Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 301 Ancient Sand City
When he opened his eyes in a daze, Chen Ziyang felt that the surrounding light was very strong, and the strong light made him unable to open his eyes.

"Am I still alive?" Feeling a burst of warmth from his body, Chen Ziyang felt that he might have narrowly escaped death this time, and the pressure from his chest let him know that he was lying on the ground now.

Because he stayed in a dark environment for too long before, and the surrounding light was too strong, Chen Ziyang couldn't open his eyes for the time being.He felt that every muscle in his body was sore, especially his right arm. The whole right arm was trembling slightly, with no strength at all.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Ziyang slowly opened his eyes.The first thing that catches the eye is still the half-person-high stone pillar and the round stone plate in front of him. From these two items, Chen Ziyang judged that he might not have been caught in the gust of wind. It seems that he should still be In that deep well, where did the surrounding light come from?

After trying several times but unable to stand up, he had no choice but to give up the idea. The muscles in his body were so painful and he had no strength at all. All Chen Ziyang's strength was used to fight against the gust of wind and the rope around his waist No, now he is really powerless.

Gritting his teeth forcefully, Chen Ziyang turned around slowly, turned his body ninety degrees, lay on his side on the round stone plate and looked around.Seeing this, Chen Ziyang opened his mouth wide in surprise, so much so that he forgot the pain all over his body.

The surrounding scene is really shocking!The sun hung high in the sky, casting warm rays of light, and pieces of ruined walls appeared in Chen Ziyang's field of vision.Only at this time did he realize that the yellow sand surrounding the stone pillar and the stone platform had disappeared, replaced by a ruin standing on top of the yellow sand. The area of ​​this ruin was not small, almost covered with Chen Ziyang the whole field of vision.

"Did I time travel? Or was it that I was blown somewhere by the tornado before, just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz."

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang quickly lowered his head and looked at the round stone plate in front of him, then he raised his head again and looked carefully at the stone pillar in front of him.

Chen Ziyang had seen this stone pillar and stone plate many times before, and he remembered the patterns on it clearly, but the stone pillar and stone plate in front of him at this time were exactly the same as he remembered, and the diamond that had turned white was still in good condition. placed directly above the stone pillar.

"That's right! The stone pillar is still the same stone pillar, and the stone plate is still the same stone plate. I haven't left." Because he was too surprised, Chen Ziyang even felt that everything in front of him might be his hallucination.So he closed his eyes abruptly, shook his head vigorously, and slowly opened his eyes again, but what he saw was still the large ruins of ruins.

In the shock, Chen Ziyang even forgot the pain all over his body. With strength he didn't know where he came from, he stood up slowly while supporting the stone pillar with difficulty.After leaning against the stone pillar and stabilizing his figure, Chen Ziyang looked around.

The area of ​​the whole ruins is very large, not only the one I saw before, but also surrounded by stone pillars and stone platforms. It seems that this stone pillar and stone platform are located in the center of the ruins.

"Is this a mirage? It shouldn't be. Mirages usually appear in the midair of the desert, or close to the ground in the distance. I have never heard of mirages appearing tens of meters below the sand surface."

Surprised, Chen Ziyang raised his heavy legs and was about to step down the stone platform, but just as he was taking a step, another pulling force came from his waist suddenly.

Chen Ziyang was startled by this tugging force, the familiar feeling made him think that he was still in the eye of the strong wind, and the rope tied around his waist was still trying to pull him into the strong wind.Is everything in front of me really a hallucination because I am too tired!
After feeling the pulling force, Chen Ziyang suddenly stopped, and then he found that as his movements stopped, the pulling force from his waist also quickly disappeared.Lowering his head, he saw that the rope tied around his waist was still tied there. Chen Zi knew that the source of the pulling force was still the rope.

Turning his head to the direction of the other end of the rope, Chen Ziyang saw a long rope protruding from his waist and stretching forward.After the rope crossed two broken walls, it was blocked on the other side of the wall, and it was impossible to see what was on the other end of the rope.

Knowing that the pulling force just now was only because the rope was still pulling him, Chen Ziyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and slowly pulled the rope with his right hand.

Following Chen Ziyang's movements, the rope was slowly pulled, and from the far side of the other end of the rope, there was the sound of objects scraping as they rubbed against the ground.

It wasn't until Chen Ziyang pulled the rope closer that he realized what happened in the strong wind.Attached to the other end of the rope was a pulley, the very same pulley that had been placed on the bracket to lower himself to the bottom of the deep well.

It seems that the support above the deep well collapsed because of the previous strong wind, but the pulley was still tied to the other end of the rope, and because the strong wind was so strong, the pulley on the rope was blown high by the strong wind. Or the rope itself was swept into the strong wind, so there was a huge pulling force from the rope, and I was actually fighting against this pulley all the time.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang shook his head with a wry smile, unexpectedly the pulley installed for his own safety almost killed him.

At this time, he noticed that there was a lot of loess on the pulley. This discovery made Chen Ziyang a little confused.The pulley has been in the strong wind before, even if there is any loess sticking to the top of the pulley, it should have been blown away by the strong wind, and it shouldn't be sticking to it now.

When the pulley was installed before, Chen Ziyang saw that the pulley was brand new, and it was impossible for loess to stick to it. Besides, there was only yellow sand around the place where the pulley was placed, and there was no such sticky soil.

After squatting down, Chen Ziyang pressed the loess on the pulley with his fingers.With a little force, the loess clods fell off the pulley, revealing the bright pulley surface.From this point of view, the loess has just been glued to the pulley.

Chen Ziyang hurriedly raised his head and looked towards the direction the pulley was pulling over.The rope connected to the pulley just crossed two earth walls, and the loess stuck to the pulley was exactly the same color as the soil on the earth wall. At the same time, he saw that there was an obvious gap where the rope touched the earth wall just now. dent.

This dent should have been made when the pulley was pulled over, that is to say, the loess on the pulley is the soil on the previous wall.Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang knew that the ruins around him were not a mirage at all, nor was it his own illusion, but a real existence.

After thinking for a long time, he only thought of a reasonable explanation.The ruined walls and the stone platform under my feet were indeed buried tens of meters below the sand surface, buried in the yellow sand.

But because I activated the mechanism of this ancient city, endless gusts of wind blew out from the bottom of the stone platform. The gusts of these gusts were beyond my imagination. Let this piece of ruins see the light of day again.

Although Chen Ziyang didn't think that there would be strong winds that could blow away tens of meters of sand and soil, but this diamond caused too many strange things. At the same time, he knew that diamonds have some special effects on soil, or that this diamond After touching the sand, a special ability will be released, and this kind of strange thing is not surprising.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang looked away, and he saw that the sand on the edge of the ruins generally showed a slight upward slope.These slopes extend to the vicinity of the tall sand dunes in the extreme distance.

The bottom of the entire basin surrounded by tall sand dunes is no longer flat, but like a big iron pot.The location of the ruins is the center of the entire basin, and it is also the lowest point of this "big iron pot".

This discovery verified Chen Ziyang's previous guess.It seems that my guess is not wrong, it was indeed the previous big and bizarre gust of wind that blew away all the sand that had previously covered the ruins, otherwise the surrounding sand would not have taken on this shape.

After looking around the entire basin, Chen Ziyang suddenly realized that something was wrong.There is not even a living person in the place I can see.What about Yang Lei?What about the team?What about Instructor Liu?

"Lei Zi, are you there?" Chen Ziyang shouted this sentence in different directions, but no matter how loud he shouted, there was no echo at all.

Turning around and picking up the white diamond, Chen Ziyang carefully put the diamond in his pocket. This diamond is the key to the entire ancient country, so it must not be lost.

After collecting the diamonds and cutting the rope tied around his waist with the dagger he carried, Chen Ziyang dragged his heavy legs, stepped down the stone platform with difficulty, and walked forward in a random direction. After walking a dozen steps, he turned around and looked at the stone platform he had inspired from a distance.

The location of the stone platform is in the center of a small square, because there are no broken earth walls around the stone platform, and the surrounding area is very empty.At this time, the stone platform was completely silent, and the stone pillars and the notches on the stone platform no longer glowed red.

After memorizing the location of the stone platform, Chen Ziyang slowly searched the entire ruins with the stone platform as the center, hoping to find Yang Lei and others.

In this way, he yelled as he walked, until his strength was exhausted again, until his voice was hoarse and he could no longer make a sound, Chen Ziyang still did not find a living person.

After feeling weak and weak, Chen Ziyang found a stone wall helplessly, and sat down with his back against the wall. After drinking a few sips of water, he carefully recalled the search process just now.

The area of ​​the ruins is not too large, only about one kilometer in radius.I searched about a quarter of the entire ruins area before, and the remaining walls of the ruins are not too high, and the tallest ones only reach my shoulders.

From the style of these ruins, it can be seen that these ruins should be houses made of loess one after another.Thinking of the gust of wind before, Chen Ziyang was amazed at the firmness of these walls.

Under such a strong wind speed, the walls of these ruins can still maintain this height without all collapsing. It seems that these walls are very strong, and it is unknown how the ancients who lived here built their houses.

Although the area of ​​the ruins is not too large, it has to be compared with when.If you look at it now, the area of ​​the ruins can only be counted as a relatively large village, but in the Western Han Dynasty, the scale is a bit unbelievable.Especially since the ruins are still in the middle of the desert, the scale is even more jaw-dropping.

Apart from the earthen walls, Chen Ziyang found nothing in the ruins.This is understandable, after all, the previous gust of wind was too strong, even if there were some small objects buried in the ruins, they should all be blown away by the gust of wind.

Then Chen Ziyang turned his mind back to Yang Lei. He didn't know what happened to those people above the deep well. It must be difficult for these people to survive in such a strong wind.

Although Chen Ziyang knew that Yang Lei and the others were likely to be in trouble, he still had a little luck in his heart.Since he was able to survive, it is possible for Yang Lei to survive as well.This kid is very smart, he shouldn't just turn himself into a bone in the yellow sand for nothing.

After resting for a while and regaining his strength, Chen Ziyang decided to continue searching within the ruins, trying to walk through the entire ruins before sunset.If you want to see people when you live, and if you want to see corpses when you die, you must find Yang Lei.

During the rest of the day, Chen Ziyang walked almost all over the ruins. Although his footprints did not cover every corner of the ruins, he took a rough look at the whole ruins. Apart from the yellow sand, there is nothing at all.

After sunset, the temperature in the desert dropped sharply. Chen Ziyang found a small space squeezed by two broken walls, and he took it as his place to spend the night.

Wanting to build a bonfire to keep warm, Chen Ziyang found that he couldn't find any wood for the fire, so he could only cover his body with yellow sand.Just like that, Chen Ziyang lying on the sand bed looked up at the starry sky and meditated.

What if Yang Lei can't be found?What should I do next?Is Yang Lei really bad luck?The food in the backpack is probably only enough for a day or two, how long can I last?Looking at the bright starry sky, Chen Ziyang only had worries in his heart.

(End of this chapter)