On the boundless wasteland, endless yellow sand flowed slowly along the distant horizon along with the whistling sound of the wind. He could vaguely see a few bare sand dunes and a slowly moving oil well. At a glance, he couldn't even see the aura of a living creature, let alone human habitation.
On the road that was almost covered by yellow sand, two desert-colored military jeeps sped towards the other end of the road one after another.
This was the center of the Junggar Basin, the second-largest desert in China, the Gurbantunggut.
It was also a forbidden area for life.
Wang Peng looked at the rolling yellow sand in the distance. He squinted his eyes and spoke in a good mood.
"The weather is nice today."
Lu Zhou: "You call this nice?"
"There's no sandstorm, which is nice." Wang Peng, who was holding the steering wheel, smirked and said to Lu Zhou, who was sitting in the back, "Do you know what the Gurbantunggut is?"
Lu Zhou didn't know much about the humanities, so he knew he couldn't answer.
"What does it mean?"
Wang Peng: "In Mongolian, it's a place where wild boars come and go."
Lu Zhou looked out the window and said, "How come I don't see any wild boars?"
Forget about wild boars, there wasn't even a strand of pig hair.
In this area, other than the Camel Thorns that looked like a ball of wool, there were also dead or alive branches standing around haphazardly.
Wang Peng: "That's why it's a story from a long, long time ago."
Lu Zhou: "You really know a lot."
Wang Peng smiled and said, "I heard it from someone else."
Director Li, who was sitting in the back with Lu Zhou, coughed and asked, "How long until we get there?"
Wang Peng looked at the car navigation and said, "The navigation shows that there are still ten kilometers, we'll be there soon."
Director Li was relieved when he heard that there were only ten kilometers left.
Along the way, his old bones were about to fall apart from the jolting.
It took Lu Zhou an entire day to travel from Shangjing to Wushi by train, and half a day was taken from Wushi.
To be honest, Lu Zhou had never been to such a western place in his motherland. If he didn't have something important to do, he wouldn't mind staying here for a few more days before going back. But now was obviously not the time to play, there was still a very important research result waiting for him to confirm.
The jeep that the four of them were in was borrowed from the local army. Wang Peng was sitting in the driver's seat, Doctor Yan was sitting in the front passenger seat, and Lu Zhou and Director Li were sitting in the back.
The soldiers in the jeep leading the way were from the 150th Regiment. On one hand, they were leading the way, and on the other hand, they were protecting the people in the jeep behind them.
Although this area was located in the hinterland of the Western Region, it could not be said to be absolutely safe.
Not only did Wang Peng have a Type 95 rifle next to him, but even Yan Yan was equipped with a pistol.
In fact, Lu Zhou also wanted to borrow a pistol. Although he was not very interested in weapons, he couldn't resist the curiosity of new things.
However, Wang Peng refused to lend him a pistol. He insisted that people who had never used a gun before were more dangerous than those who didn't. At most, Wang Peng agreed to lend him the weapon when they were away from the crowd.
…
The ten-kilometer drive quickly came to an end.
After the group of people got off the highway, they drove for a while in the Gobi Desert, and soon arrived at a temporary camp.
They followed the jeep in front of them to a checkpoint. Wang Peng lowered the window of the jeep, took out his ID, and handed it out.
The soldiers with live ammunition walked up to them. After checking the documents and the people in the car, they gave a neat military salute and then gestured to the sentry post. The barricade was quickly lifted, and the jeep was allowed to pass.
On the way to the center of the camp, Lu Zhou glanced at the patrolling soldiers outside the car window and spoke with slight surprise.
"Is the security here this strict?"
"It has to be." Wang Peng followed the jeep in front of him and drove to the parking spot. He skillfully turned off the engine and said, "The launch in Jinling attracted the attention of the world. The thing you threw from low orbit can hide from ordinary people, but it can't hide from satellites and radars. How much do you think the price of that thing is on the black market? "
"How much?"
"Two hundred million."
"Two hundred million?!"
When Lu Zhou heard this number, he couldn't help but be astonished.
The f * ck …
Is this necessary?
If you want to buy it, tell me!
Why are you going to the black market to make money?
Of course, Wang Peng didn't know what Lu Zhou was thinking. He just saw the surprised expression on Lu Zhou's face when he got out of the car, so he smiled and said, "And it's in USD."
"That's right." A man in a military uniform walked over and grinned as he looked at the four people standing next to the jeep. He said, "About yesterday, we also caught a group of criminals disguised as tourists approaching this area."
Lu Zhou glanced at him with surprise and said, "Someone actually got here?"
"Heh, guess what we found in their van?" The man in the military uniform smiled and made a simple gesture with his fingers. He said, "Two RPG-7, quite a bit of firepower."
Yan Yan subconsciously asked, "No one was hurt, right?"
"Not really." The man waved his hand and looked at Wang Peng. He opened his arms and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Brother Wang! You've been retired for so many years, how have you been? "
Wang Peng hugged his old comrade and patted him on the shoulder. He said with a smile, "It's not too bad, you're a lot older than me! You've been doing well for the past four years, you're even a battalion commander. "
Lu Zhou wasn't very interested in the small talk between the two people. He looked around and said, "Where's that thing?"
"It's in the middle of the camp, I'll take you there." Commander Li patted Wang Peng's shoulder and turned to look at Lu Zhou. He smiled and extended his right hand. "Let me introduce myself, Li Gaoliang, 4th Battalion, 150th Regiment. You can call me Gaoliang or Old Li."
Lu Zhou shook Commander Li's hand and said, "Lu Zhou, just call me Professor Lu."
"I know, the regiment watched the news broadcast on New Year's Day. I just saw you on TV a few days ago," Commander Li said with a smile. He then asked, "How is it, is it fun in space?"
"It's quite interesting, right?"
Commander Li was also quite an interesting person. Perhaps because he had been in the military for a long time, he didn't put on airs. They chatted along the way, and the group soon arrived at the center of the military camp.
In the center of the entire camp, there was a circle of sand dunes pulled up by the cordon. On the slope to the west of this sand dune, there was a very eye-catching four-edged "iron coffin" about 2.5 meters high.
Next to this iron coffin, there were four parachutes of different sizes lying quietly. Although the local troops tried their best to maintain the original appearance here, they didn't move it. However, in order to prevent the sandstorm from blowing it away, some weights were placed on it.
After seeing this strange-looking thing, Wang Peng was slightly taken aback. He subconsciously spoke.
"This is …"
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke.
"Lightning … Escape capsule. Remember what I told you about parachuting from a height of a thousand kilometers? Just wear this thing. "
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