Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 23 The Mystery of Lop Nur

Ancient Kingdom of Long Night?

It was the first time everyone heard this term, and they couldn't help shaking their heads.

But I asked, is it the ancient country in the Western Regions mentioned earlier?

"Yes, the reason why I know the origin of this tomb is precisely because the writing on it is from the ancient kingdom of Changye."

Lao Yan sighed and said that he didn't intend to hide it from us, but that the existence of the Ancient Night Kingdom is really involved too much. Originally, if he thought that he could successfully complete the task this time, we'd better not know anything, after all Sometimes the more you know, the shorter your life.

What he said was sincere, Company Commander Chen sighed, and put down the gun: "It's come to this point, there's nothing to hide, Lao Yan, just tell it all, even if we die, we have to be sensible ghosts ah!"

Lao Yan didn't refuse either, but asked us to talk in another place. We looked back at the cemetery behind us and felt that this was not a place to talk, so we followed Lao Yan for a distance and pitched a tent on a leeward slope.

What Yi Laoyan meant was that this matter would not be clear for a while, and since a group of us had just narrowly escaped death, we might as well recover our strength first.

"Let's talk now." When everything was ready, Company Commander Chen stared at Lao Yan to see that if Lao Yan dared to go back on his actions, he would immediately shoot a bullet.

Lao Yan smiled wryly and shook his head to let Company Commander Chen not be so vigilant. Since he had already said the words 'Long Night Ancient Country', he didn't mean to keep it a secret, because this trip also exceeded his expectations. Even if Company Commander Chen didn't ask, He will also find an opportunity to speak out.

Company Commander Chen obviously didn't believe him, and told him not to talk nonsense, but to speak quickly.

"It all started five years ago." Lao Yan told everyone to sit down, and took a deep breath: "Company Commander Chen, you should know that the Air Force used the depths of Lop Nur as a shooting range for testing aerial bombs five years ago, right? "

Company Commander Chen nodded. He is a veteran of Bayinguo Leng. He is not surprised to hear such a thing. Even the poisonous snake didn't show any surprise. I'm afraid I was the only one present who didn't know the situation.

Fortunately, what Lao Yan wanted to talk about was not the experiment, but what was blown out of the experiment!

I can't explain the complicated look in his eyes when he talked about this thing, which was a little scary, but also a little yearning.

I saw that he held a cigarette in one hand and didn't smoke it. It was almost burned until his fingers didn't feel it. He said slowly in a mysterious tone: "The bomb fell in the depths of Lop Nur and exploded a deep hole. Bottomless pit..."

The logistics personnel involved in the experiment were all very curious. They surrounded the big pit, and they couldn't see anything in the dark hole, only some criss-crossing bronze chains.Some curious people directly pulled it up, and the chain did not end after pulling it for more than 50 meters. Some even threw a big stone into it, and there was no response after waiting for several minutes.

However, they still saw something. When they turned on the flashlight and looked into the cave, they found that there seemed to be murals on the walls on both sides of the cave, and some broken pieces that were blown out seemed to be ceramic fragments...

Although the air force didn't understand the truth inside, they also knew that this place was not simple, so they hurriedly reported it to the country, and brought the fragments from the explosion with them when they reported it.

The fragments were sent to the Bureau of Cultural Relics immediately. The experts from the Bureau of Cultural Relics were surprised to find out that this place might be the ruins of an ancient country in the Western Regions, but after researching for a while, they couldn't determine which ancient country it was?
When Lao Yan said this, he took a deep breath: "The expert is also a person, excitedly went to the leader and said that he suspected that this does not belong to any ancient country in the Western Regions that has been discovered at all, but the No. China! In this way, the country organized a Chinese and Japanese expedition team to investigate the depths of Lop Nur.”

"Sino-Japanese expedition team?"

I expressed my doubts about this statement. Whether it is a relic or not, it is considered a state secret. How could foreign forces join in?
Lao Yan explained that he was quite helpless, saying that the domestic conditions were not good at that time, and many equipments were simply unavailable, and it was only for better inspection that foreign forces were allowed to join.Even nowadays, we still have to rely on help from abroad in many cases, but the waist is a little harder, and we can just need the equipment and no one.

We sighed for a while, but we also knew what he said was true.

"and then?"

Company Commander Chen tapped the ground and asked thoughtfully.

"Then..." Lao Yan snuffed out the cigarette that burned his fingers, lit another one, and after taking several puffs, he said slowly, "Then something big happened!"

The Chinese and Japanese expedition team went to Lop Nur with great enthusiasm. After they arrived at the place and conducted some exploration, they excitedly sent a telegram, saying that this place is indeed a great historical site. The telegram was not very clear because of the signal problem. , only vaguely heard the words "Changye Ancient Country", "Relics", and then a scream, which is the recording he gave us before entering Lop Nur.

"five years ago?"

We were all surprised. I still remember the first time we camped in Lop Nur, the milkman said that the tape looked very old. At that time, none of us took it seriously, but he really hit the mark.

Lianchang Chen asked Lao Yan with a black face, could it be that the Professor Yu we are looking for is the one who disappeared five years ago?

"You are still so impatient, listen to me slowly." Lao Yan glanced at Company Commander Chen, and then said something that shocked us.

After sending that telegram, the entire expedition team lost contact. The country tried many ways but failed to get in touch. They sent people again, but the pit disappeared. Only a few traces can be judged that the place did appear. remains.

The country conducted a wide-ranging search and gave up when it saw that hope was getting slimmer.

But who knew that a few months later, a professor named Yu Chengze, the leader of the expedition team, escaped from Lop Nur alone, which shocked the outside world. It is a pity that his spirit is not normal. Did not produce any valuable clues.

Yu Chengze was placed in a mental hospital, and two people were sent to take care of him. Of course, they also meant to guard him.

In the mental hospital, Yu Chengze held a bunch of materials he brought back from Lop Nur and talked about the ancient country of Changye, but he kept silent about what the ancient country was and what happened back then, or he really didn’t remember it. .

After staying in the mental hospital for almost three years, the state arranged for him to live alone after seeing that his spirit had improved a lot. The two guards did not withdraw, but they did not keep an eye on him as closely as before.

"But just three months ago, Yu Chengze escaped..." Lao Yan exhaled a smoke ring.

"Escape?" We asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)