Professor Ding, who is nearly 70 years old, brought an archaeological team funded by a university into the hinterland of Taklimakan. And got the strong support of the local cultural relic station. It is mainly to investigate the lost civilization of the ancient kingdoms of the Western Regions. The archaeological team consists of four off-road vehicles and a truck. There are 5 professional drivers in the team, 5 researchers from a university brought by Professor Ding, and 2 staff from the local cultural relic station, totaling 13 people. The archaeological team searched the desert for more than 20 days and still had nothing to gain. The team members have lost the excitement they had when they first entered the desert.

In the evening, the motorcade camped behind a large sand dune. The temperature in the desert varies greatly. The temperature can reach more than 40 degrees Celsius during the day, and it can drop below zero at night. After dozens of days of desert life, the team members have basically adapted to this harsh climate. When everyone gathered for a meal, Comrade Gong Jian of the local cultural relics station, in order to enliven the atmosphere and encourage everyone, told an ancient legend that has been circulated for thousands of years. Legend has it that there was a Weimi country during the prosperity of the Western Regions, which was one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions that the archaeological community has been paying attention to. At that time, Wei Miguo used the power of the whole country to cast a golden statue, but there is no text record of who the golden statue is. However, since the completion of the casting of the golden statue, there has been a special breathtaking power. Anyone who sees it will lose humanity and will eventually die. Therefore, the place where it is enshrined will be covered with a curtain. Later, the country of Wei Mi disappeared mysteriously like other countries in the Western Regions, and I don’t know where the Golden Statue was. This legend is well known in the local people. For more than a thousand years, many people have entered the desert in search of golden statues. It is said that Stein, who discovered the Niya site, came here after hearing this legend…

One day after a strong wind, the archaeological team discovered a temple site and they were very excited. ; Professor Ding also discovered the differences in the Buddha statues in the temple. When they tried to move the Buddha statue, they found a golden statue wrapped in it. This is an older golden statue. No one knows who the golden statue was made of, but it must have a high archaeological value. If it is brought back, the international archaeological sensation will not be inferior to the discovery of the ancient country of Loulan. At that time, they suspected that the golden statue was the legendary golden statue of Wei Mi State, and everyone remembered that legend. But as archaeologists, they would not believe these legends. However, several drivers hired from the local area were worried that they would invite bad luck. However, Professor Ding and several archaeological team members insisted on taking the golden statue away, and the driver had to agree, after all, it was just a legend. A dozen people worked together to transport the golden statue to an off-road vehicle and put it away. Then a few people returned to the temple to carry other things, and the temple suddenly collapsed. When they were rescued, they had suffocated to death. Three university archaeological team members and three professional drivers died. Looking at these corpses, everyone couldn’t help but think of that ancient legend. Whether it will be the fulfillment of the legend, no one is sure. Professor Ding insisted that it was an accident and should not be linked to legend. Although everyone accepted this statement at the time, the fear of the golden statue was still imprinted in people’s hearts.At that time, someone said to leave the body alone. Professor Ding said with tears in his eyes: “They are all young, I can’t keep them in the desert, I want to take them back!” Everyone was moved by his words. Love is sincere.
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On the infinite sand dunes of the Taklimakan Desert, an archaeological team consisting of 5 vehicles is marching hard. The Taklimakan Desert is located in the center of the Tarice Basin. It is the second largest desert after the Sahara Desert in Africa. It is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west and 400 kilometers wide from north to south. “Taklimakan” in Uyghur language means “to go in and not to come out”, and is also called “the sea of ​​death”. The Taklimakan Desert is very beautiful, but the beauty stems from the endless sand dunes, and the danger is also deep in it. Departing from Urumqi, passing through Kashi, Aksu, and Awati, enter the Taklimakan Desert, then walk to Megaiti, Pishan, Hotan, Minfeng, Korla, Bosten Lake, Turpan, and finally return to Urumqi. This is a carefully designed crossing Route of Taklimakan. The archaeological team has made sufficient preparations for entering the desert. GPS positioning system, 4700 displacement four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, food and medicine, can be said to be prepared for unexpected. But after entering Taklimakan, the development of the matter completely exceeded their imagination. Compared with the sea, the Taklimakan Desert is another vastness. The types of sand dunes are complex and diverse. Compound sand hills and sand ridges are like giant dragons; tower-shaped sand dunes show various honeycomb, feather, and fish scale shapes. The boundless sand dunes are unpredictable, and they can produce a strange and shocking power in the ethereal, which is daunting to see.

The archaeologists have a beautiful fantasy: the discovery of the golden statue may make a sensation in the archaeological world and add a strong touch to desert archaeology. But they never expected that the bad luck of the lingering ancient legend would be fulfilled once again on them from this moment…

At the moment, there are still seven archaeological team members returning. People: Professor Ding and two university researchers Xing Ming and Jiang Yang; Gong Jian and Zhao Jun at the local cultural relic station; and two full-time drivers Lin Fan and Wang Song. There are five more vehicles: four off-road vehicles and one truck. Gong Jian is the team leader and guide, driving a 4,700-displacement four-wheel-drive off-road vehicle in front of the road; Jiang Yang drove the off-road vehicle with the golden statue, and Professor Ding and Xing Ming escorted the car to the second place; Zhao Jun was the third and Lin Fan was the fourth. , Wang Song drove the truck to the end.