The Tarim Desert is located in the northwest of China and is the largest inland desert in China.
I don't know how the fragments of the ancient beast tribe's divine map appeared there. But the induction of half a divine map should not be wrong. So I took Elder Ma Zuoci and rushed there.
Because I didn’t know much about the Tarim Desert, I searched for some information on my mobile phone and wrote it down in a notebook.
The desert is located between the Tianshan Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains and the Altun Mountains. It is 1,500 kilometers long from east to west and about 600 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of 530,000 square kilometers. The altitude is between 800 and 1,300 meters. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with foothills, Gobi and oases on the edges.
There is a desert highway in the middle of the desert, and its name is Tarim Desert Highway.
Four roads have been built in the desert.
The first one is from Luntai County to Minfeng County. It starts from the east of Luntai County on National Highway *** in the north, passes through Lunnan Oilfield, Tarim River, Xiaotang, Tazhong 4 Oilfields and the Taklimakan Desert, and ends in Qiahan, Minfeng County in the south, where it connects with National Highway 315. It runs through the Tarim Desert from north to south, with a total length of 522 kilometers.
The section crossing the moving desert is 446 kilometers long.
The Tarim Desert Highway is the longest highway in the world built in a mobile desert. Construction of the highway started in March 1993 and was completed in September 1995... ... .
After finding out this information, we first took a plane and then a car to Luntai County.
In Luntai County, I bought an off-road vehicle and hired a local guide who had crossed the desert before.
The guide’s name is Doriku, which translates to “wave, tide.”
Doriko is a quiet man, but he is very interested in money. When I invited him, he was very reluctant, but when negotiating the price, there were obviously little stars in his eyes.
Finally, I spent 50,000 yuan to finally hire Doriku.
I got in the off-road vehicle, took Elder Ma and Doriku with me, and drove recklessly on the desert highway. I felt really relaxed.
However, the windows could not be opened because the wind was very strong, and dust rolled in, filling the car with sand.
The weather was pretty good, the sun was strong and a little hot.
There are very few vehicles on the road, and even if there are, most of them are transport vehicles carrying food and water into the desert.
This is not surprising. In addition to sand, there are oases in the desert, and those people live in the oases.
In the morning, I met a car that broke down on the road. There were several people in the car. After asking, I found out that they were travellers who came to the desert to have fun.
They seemed very excited when they said these words.
Doliku was kindhearted and helped the hikers fix their bikes. But he still paid for the repairs.
After spending more than 2,000 yuan and repairing the car, those hikers followed our car.
At first, I was very reluctant. After all, Elder Ma and I were going to look for the fragments of the sacred map. I felt it was very troublesome for those fellow travelers to follow us.
But I got used to it later.
And it wasn't long before we arrived at a nearby desert oasis.
There is also a hotel in the oasis, which provides food and accommodation for travelers who travel to the desert. However, the hotel is a bit shabby and many facilities are not complete.
Even for drinking water, the hotel owner had to go to the nearby military area to get it.
After staying in the hotel for one night, Doliku guided us to continue walking into the desert. The other hikers did not catch up with us.
Soon, under the perception of my half divine map, we got off the desert road and entered a world full of yellow sand.
The desert was full of yellow sand, and there were very few plants to be seen. Fortunately, not long after we left the desert highway, we entered a saline-alkali land.
There is a hard-shelled sand layer here, and vehicles will shake violently when driving on it.
Next to it is a slanted sand pit. When I was driving the car, I always felt like the car was going to fall down at any time. This feeling was more terrifying than encountering a ghost.
After coming here, I really felt that there was a feeling of man fighting against nature.
It is said that man can conquer the world, but how many people dare to take on this vast desert
I can already sense that we are getting closer and closer to the half of the ancient beast tribe's divine map.
During this period, I communicated with the Taotie beast in the red lacquer coffin. The Taotie beast told me that when the time comes, if I really find the fragments of the ancient beast clan's divine map, it will help me to subdue it.
We walked and stopped many times and spent half a day on the road.
This afternoon, when I got off the car to pee, I saw an oasis in the distance. It is also called a buffer plain.
The oasis was vast, full of trees of all kinds. In the middle, there was a large lake, and when the sun shone on the lake, it sparkled and looked very beautiful.
I rubbed my eyes and thought I was seeing things and that it was a mirage.
But after returning to the car and talking to Doriko, Doriko seemed very confused.
Doriku muttered, "Is it really an oasis? I've been here before, and although I didn't find an oasis, I heard from others that after they entered this place, they came to a magical place. It was very similar to a jungle. But how could there be a jungle in the desert!?"
Doriko got out of the car while muttering.
Elder Ma and I followed behind.
Elder Ma glanced at the oasis in the distance and asked me, "Master, do you think that is a mirage or a real oasis?"
I said, "I just used my spiritual eyes to look around, and I didn't see anything strange. That should be the oasis."
Soon after I finished speaking, Tubagen's voice came from the fragment of the divine map: "Master, we are getting closer, very close. The fragment of the ancient beast tribe is nearby."
After Tubagen said this, I seemed to realize something vaguely.
Elder Ma saw that I looked strange, so he looked at me and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
I swallowed, unable to hide my excitement, raised my hand and pointed at the oasis in the distance, and said to Elder Ma: "I think that place is not an illusion or a mirage, it should be a real oasis. Maybe it is the location of the ancient beast tribe."
I had already told Elder Ma about the ancient race before entering the desert. He seemed very excited after hearing it. Although he was very old, he gave me a fearless and adventurous spirit.
After staring again, Elder Ma smiled awkwardly and said, "I still don't understand. Although those water waves are real, they always give me a vague feeling. It's as if they are isolated by something."
Isolated by something
This got me thinking.
I suddenly thought that the fragments of the ancient human race, the ancient sea race, and the ancient ghost race's divine map can actually form a protective layer after unfolding. With this protective layer, it is very difficult for people from the outside world to enter, and the protective layer even plays a confusing role, making it difficult for people to detect its specific location.
Doriko came back with binoculars, his face full of joy and excitement. He waved at me with a smile and shouted, "Mr. Yang, it's true. It should be true. It's amazing. It's really an oasis."
Doriku seemed very excited, as if he had discovered a new world.
If it's true, let's go and find out.
"Let's go, let's go and take a look."
After saying hello, the three of us got in the car, with Doriku driving, and we headed straight there.
There is a connection between the half piece of the divine map fragment and the other three scattered pieces of the divine map fragment.
The closer we get to the oasis, the stronger this sensitivity becomes.
I have already made up my mind,
It is a fragment of the ancient beast clan's divine map.
The vehicles approached the oasis amidst roars and dust.
But just when they were about to reach the oasis, the picture suddenly became distorted.
Immediately afterwards, the location of the oasis shifted again and moved to the right.
"Hey, that's not right, why isn't it here? Damn it, is this really a mirage?"
Doriko complained a little, his face darkening.
I squinted my eyes and looked at the location where the oasis was just now. Faintly, I felt a little bit of energy fluctuation.
I thought to myself, no, it’s either a mirage or a fragment of the ancient beast clan’s divine map.
The beastmen in the fragments of the divine map should have discovered that we were approaching, so they controlled the fragments of the divine map to move away from here.
Damn it, we chase them and they hide, it’s really difficult to deal with.
I sent a voice message to the Taotie beast in the red lacquer coffin and asked it, "Taotie, if I'm not mistaken, we have already found the fragments of the ancient beast tribe's divine map. But the ancient beast tribe's divine map is moving. Do you have a way to get us there?"
The Taotie beast thought about it and sent me a message: "Okay, Master, I'll give it a try. But you have to let me out first."
"Okay, I get it, just wait."
After that, I spoke up and stopped Doriku: "Stop the car for a moment, I have something to do."
Doriku parked the car on top of a sand dune.
Elder Ma asked me, "Master, what's wrong?"
I smiled and said, "Nothing, I have already thought of a way to find the fragments of the ancient beast tribe's divine map."
That Doriku didn't understand what Elder Ma and I were talking about and looked at us in confusion.
I opened the car door and got out.
After getting off the car, I took out the red lacquered coffin from the cloth bag.
Chanting incantations and making hand gestures, I threw the red-lacquered coffin far away.
The red lacquered coffin turned into a red light and was thrown high by me. Then, the coffin instantly became bigger.
This scene happened right before their eyes, and Doriku and Elder Ma in the car were stunned.
"Hey, what is that? What is Mr. Yang doing?"
Doriku had a look of horror on his face, and his voice became halting.
Elder Ma stared with his eyes wide open, muttering, "Divine artifact, divine artifact... This is definitely a divine artifact."
But the next moment, his mouth widened again, because the lid of the red-painted coffin suddenly flew out, and a huge beast shadow jumped out of the coffin.
"Is that... a monster?" Doriku muttered.
Elder Ma replied subconsciously: "No, it's not a monster, it's a divine beast. It's incredible. There's actually a divine beast inside the master's artifact."
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I threw out the red-painted coffin and hurried back to the SUV.
As soon as I got in the car, Doriku asked me with an uneasy look, "Mr. Yang, what are you doing?"
I smiled at him with a smile, and then, I activated the "acupoint tapping method" on my hand, and my fingers directly pressed on Doriku's acupoints.
My technique has become very sophisticated. Before Doriko realized what was happening, he had already fainted. No, not fainted, but fell asleep. I'm afraid he will have to sleep for a while.
I looked back at Elder Ma.
Elder Ma was swallowing his saliva.
I smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. That is the divine beast Taotie that I control. It comes from ancient times. It can help us find the location of the fragments of the ancient beast clan's divine map."
Elder Ma said nervously, "No, not Master, I just saw the divine beast and I felt a little excited. I didn't expect that the divine beast from ancient times would appear in front of me. This is incredible."
I curled my lips and said, "Don't find it incredible. If we enter the fragments of the ancient beast tribe's divine map, there will be more beast tribe members over there. There may be other divine beasts."
(to be continued)
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