"Squad leader Yang, are there any dangerous creatures like wild beasts here?" Gao Jian asked.
"It's relatively rare, but they are all relatively powerful." Yang Zhigang said.
"Generally what?"
"Wolves, scorpions, and some beasts like bears and leopards." Yang Zhigang said.
"Do you think there's going to be a snowstorm in this weather?"
"90% sure it won't happen." Yang Zhigang said.
"Then hurry on and get to the point before setting off to camp." The high school teacher made the decision.
The three of them speeded up slightly. The warrior military vehicle pressed out a path behind the three of them. The special transport vehicle was sandwiched in the middle. The two warriors behind them moved along the pressed road in an orderly manner. The escorts on both sides wore deep-colored masks. He followed with colored windproof goggles and kept observing the situation next to him.
The residual radiation in the surrounding environment is not high, far less than the edge area of the nuclear explosion during the great change. It seems that it has long since dissipated under the wash of rain and snow.
"It's too calm, a bit abnormal." Chu Xiang suddenly said.
"How do you say it?" Gao Jian asked.
"Lao Yang, was Lop Nur a place of death before? What I mean is that no living things survived at all." Chu Xiang said.
"No, only places where nuclear tests are frequently conducted are places of death. There is still some distance between here and there." Yang Zhigang said.
"How far?" Chu Xiang asked.
"About fifty kilometers away from our inspection point," Yang Zhigang said.
"Downwind area, that's not right." Chu Xiang frowned and said to Gao Jian, "Give me the gun."
Gao Jian hesitated and handed the rifle to Chu Xiang.
Chu Xiang took the rifle and turned on the intercom: "Attention, all teams, be on alert." He stopped, listened intently for a few seconds, raised his gun, aimed somewhere on the right, and fired two shots.
The clear gunfire echoed in the wind and snow. Everyone's expressions changed. They understood that something was happening. They concentrated on observing their surroundings and were ready to fight at any time.
Throwing the rifle back to Gao Jian, Chu Xiang turned off the intercom and said in a deep voice: "Someone is snooping, please be careful."
The man was well hidden and showed no flaws. After Chu Xiang fired two shots, the man's aura fluctuated and he loomed in the silent snow, which made Chu Xiang sure that someone was spying on him. Gao Jianjian frowned. It was unusual for something like this to happen as soon as he arrived. Yang Zhigang looked a little solemn and looked like he didn't know anything about it.
The situation is a bit troublesome. Only Yang Zhigang is familiar with the situation here. Others who try to track the man will most likely not come back. If Yang Zhigang goes, no one can lead the expedition team to the predetermined location.
"The enemy is dark and we are clear, do you two have any good countermeasures?" Gao Gao Jiandao said, holding the gun in both hands, the muzzle of the gun slightly raised.
"The other party is snooping like this. Obviously they can't figure out our situation. They shouldn't dare to invade in a short time. Let's go to the lower camp to set up camp first?" Yang Zhigang said.
"That's all it can do." Chu Xiang said.
The expedition team walked through the snow, and under the guidance of Yang Zhigang, they bypassed dangerous terrain and avoided snow hills. They encountered no danger along the way. After the snooping incident, Chu Xiang moved forward and back to check the snooper's whereabouts. However, he did not find the snooper's whereabouts until he arrived at the predetermined location. He did not know whether he gave up or something.
Not long after dark, everyone arrived at the scheduled location. There were no accidents and everything went smoothly.
Yang Zhigang's chosen base camp was on a high ground. Not far away was the target this time, an ancient city that had been severely eroded by wind and sand. Only some broken eaves and broken walls were left, which could barely be identified under the cover of heavy snow.
Chu Xiang checked the ground and found that the ground was very solid after being frozen by ice and snow. It was not a quicksand swamp below. He called the escort to get off the car and set up camp through the intercom.
The vehicle turned on its headlights, illuminating the surrounding area. Under the command of Yang Zhigang, everyone worked together to dig a large pit more than one meter deep in the ground. They set up a large cowhide tent in the pit and nailed it into the ground with steel drills. Turn on electricity and lighting, lay floor mats, and move all the food, clothing, and accommodation into the tent.
While everyone was setting up tents, the senior high school teacher was not idle and arranged for people to set up a cordon around the area. Yang Zhigang dug a hole in the ground himself and did not intend to sleep in the tent with everyone else.
After the tent is set up, it is only less than two meters above the ground, and half of it is underground. This prevents it from being blown away when a snowstorm comes, and also prevents the tent from being submerged in snow to a certain extent.
After the tent was set up, everyone parked the six vehicles and connected them with locks to prevent the vehicles from being blown away by the strong wind. It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening when everything was done. The high school administrator arranged for manpower to be on guard. Everyone entered the tent, had some food, and discussed plans for tomorrow.
Chu Xiang was not familiar with scientific examination matters. He sat nearby and listened carefully to Tao Gongchi, Gao Jian and Yang Zhigang discussing the arrangements. What Chu Xiang did not expect was that Yang Zhigang was also an expert in this field. Most of the plans were made by him and Tao. The decision was made after public discussion.
After making a rough plan, everyone got into their sleeping bags after a tiring day and fell asleep quickly.
The high school arranged four soldiers to guard the four sides, and left one person on duty in the tent to receive regular reports from the four people outside, and at the same time take care of the fire and electricity in the tent.
Chu Xiang arranged for Luo Feng and Zhao Bing to take turns on duty in the tent, and said to Yang Zhigang: "Old Yang, you have been freezing in the ice and snow for a few days. You should have a good night's rest tonight."
Knowing that Chu Xiang's strength was unfathomable and experienced, he could rest assured that he was on duty. Yang Zhigang did not insist and nodded and got into the sleeping bag.
The wind was much stronger at night and the snow was flying. Chu Xiang called four soldiers on guard at regular intervals, and the four soldiers lying in the snow pit returned to normal.
Chu walked around and found nothing unusual. He returned to the roof of the transport truck, sat down cross-legged, and carefully felt the world.
In the second half of the night, four other soldiers arranged by the high school construction team came out to change shifts, and the watchmen in the tent also completed their rotation. After calling to confirm the situation, the dark Lop Nur returned to silence, with only the howling of the wind and snow.
The weather was good, and the heavy snow slowly stopped after dawn, revealing a hint of blue in the gray sky overhead. Looking into the distance, under the small amount of sunlight that penetrated the radiant layer, the earth became more and more snowy and dazzling.
The joyful mood did not last long. A group of black dots appeared in Chu Xiang's sight in the distance, approaching along the way everyone came: "Everyone, please pay attention, there are wolves approaching at two o'clock. The first team and the second team came out of the tent." Enemy, three teams and four teams protect the tents, everyone in the archaeological team stay in the tents and don’t come out.”
When the enemy situation appeared, the escort immediately rushed out of the tent. At the same time, Gao Jian also ordered: "The first class suppressed from both sides, and the second class got on the roof."
Everyone rushed out of the tent one after another and set up fire points. Looking at the wolves in front, Chu Xiang shouted: "Don't let them escape the meat that was delivered to your door."
Everyone was living a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife. Coupled with the strong firepower of the high school construction gang, the hundreds and dozens of wolves didn't take it to heart at all. Seeing what Chu Xiang said was interesting, some people laughed.
The two groups of soldiers did not open fire rashly. They did not knock down the hungry wolves one by one with precise bursts of fire until the wolves reached a distance of fifty meters. Deliberately showing off the capabilities of the army, gunfire rang out continuously. A group of hungry wolves failed to get close to the escort, but were killed one by one by the twelve soldiers, turning into black spots on the snow. Not a single bullet was wasted.
"Team 4 is on alert, teams 1, 2 and 3 are going to carry the meat back." Chu Xiang shouted into the intercom.
Eighteen people ran over with knives. Under the precise shooting, no wolf could survive. Everyone grabbed the wolf's tail and dragged several wolves back.
"Team 1 and 2 patrol the surrounding area, while teams 3 and 4 handle the meat and prepare breakfast." Chu Xiang said.
Everyone was ordered to leave.
The high school teachers tacitly filled in Chu Xiang's arrangements: "The first class is on standby, and the second class is on the spot to protect the teammates."
Yang Zhigang is an experienced hunter. Under his guidance, everyone decomposed the wolf carcass in an orderly manner. All the skin and internal organs were dug into pits and buried. A large pot was set up in the tent to cook the wolf meat.
While everyone was preparing breakfast, the scientific research team, with the help of the second squad of soldiers, took out various instruments and loaded them on two Warriors, preparing to transport them to the excavation site.
After breakfast, a team was left to guard the tent. The high school set up a fire point on the hill next to it, which could bring the camp and excavation points into the shooting range. Everyone drove a transport truck equipped with large equipment and two warriors to go there. Go digging.
Yang Zhigang led the way, and the vehicle carved a path suitable for walking in the snow. Everyone protected the ten scientific research team members as they slowly arrived in front of the unrecognizable ancient city.
Teams 2 and 3 spread out to inspect the ruins of the ancient city, and confirmed that there was no threat. They carried out vigilance at high altitudes, and then team 4 followed the scientific research team into the ancient city.
The ancient city is not big, and most of it has been covered by wind and sand. Only a few ruins are left exposed on the ground. After careful study, Tao Gongchi and two old men, He Rong and Hu Fuming, drew an accurate map of the appearance and decided on the excavation site.
The ice and snow were frozen, and the scientific expedition team could not dig through the hard ground at all. Chu Xiang asked the fourth team to dig for a while. After a few people warmed up, he asked the second and third teams to take turns digging to warm up everyone's bodies and avoid blowing the light. The cold wind made my neck shrink.
After digging out the surface layer of frozen soil and snow, Tao Gongchi immediately stopped the convoy from continuing to dig. He picked up a pickaxe and worked with several powerful archaeologists to carefully remove the layers of soil.
