Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Chapter 711: Desert in the Basin

On the endless wilderness, the yellow sand flows slowly along the distant horizon with the whirring wind. The hidden sight, apart from a few bare sand dunes, is a slowly moving oil well, not to mention human cigarettes at a glance, not even the smell of living creatures can be seen much.

On the road, almost covered in yellow sand, two deserted military jeeps swept backwards and forwards towards the other side of the road.

This is the heart of the Jungle Basin, located in Gulbantungut, the second largest desert in China.

At the same time, it is a restricted area of life.

Looking at the distant rolling yellow sand, Wang Peng squinted his eyes and said in a good mood.

“It's a beautiful day. ”

Ark: “... you call that good? ”

“After all, there is no sandstorm, which is good enough.” Wang Peng, holding the steering wheel, grinned at the corner of his mouth and said with a smile on the ark in the back row, "Do you know what Gurbantungut means? ”

I don't know much about humanities, and the Ark knows that I can't answer it, so I simply ask.

“What do you mean? ”

Wang Peng: “In Mongolian, it's where wild boars come from. ”

I swept out the window and the ark was silent: "… how come I didn't see the boar? ”

Don't talk about boars. You don't even see a pig's hair.

Apart from the stabbing of camels with similar wool clumps, it is not known whether death is a living dead branch that stands indiscriminately.

Wang Peng: “So, that was a long time ago. ”

Ark: “You know a lot. ”

Wang Peng smiled and said: “I also heard from others. ”

Sitting in the back row like an ark, with a face wrapped in a face towel and sunglasses, Director Li coughed dry, "How long till we get there? ”

Looking at the on-board navigation of the car, Wang Peng replied: “The navigation shows that there are still 10 kilometers left, and we are almost there. ”

With only 10 kilometers left, Director Li finally relieved himself.

Along the way, I almost gave him this old bone.

From Shangjing City to Wu City, the journey took a whole day on the ark, from Wu City to here, and the majority of the day was lost.

To be honest, the Ark has never taken such a western part of the country, and if it wasn't important, he wouldn't mind playing here for two more days and going back. But this is clearly not the time to play, and a very important study is awaiting his confirmation.

This jeep, which seats four people, was borrowed from the local troops of Wu City. It seated Wang Peng in the driver's seat, Dr. Yan in the deputy driver's seat, and Lu Zhou and Director Li were seated in the back row, with a total of four people in the row.

The jeep that opened the road ahead was sitting with the 150th Regiment fighters, leading the way on the one hand and providing escorts for them in the car behind them on the other.

Although located in the western hinterland, the area cannot be said to be absolutely secure.

Not only did Wang Peng have a 95 rifle next to him, but even Yeon had a pistol.

Actually, the Ark also wanted to borrow a pistol to play with. Although he wasn't very interested in weapons, he couldn't hold his curiosity about new things.

However, Wang Peng said nothing and insisted that those who had never used a gun were more dangerous to hold than not. At best, he promised to lend his weapon to him while away from the crowd.

……

Ten kilometers to the end of the road.

After the pedestrians disembarked on the road, they opened a section on Gobi Beach and soon arrived at a temporarily constructed camp.

Following the previous jeep to a sentry post, Wang Peng lowered his window and took his ID out of his arms and handed it out to the outside.

The soldiers, loaded with live ammunition, came forward to examine the identification and the people in the car, then landed neatly in a military ceremony and made a gesture towards the outpost. The lever quickly lifted and the jeep was released.

On the way to the centre of the camp, the ark looked at the soldiers who had patrolled through the windows of the car and said slightly unexpectedly.

“Is the security here so strict? ”

“I had to be strict," Wang Peng drove the car to the parking spot behind the jeep in front, skillfully shutting off the engine, "that launch of Jinling attracted the eyes of the whole world to us. The thing you threw down from low orbit could hide from the eyes of ordinary people, but not from satellites and radar. Guess what the price of that thing on the black market has been? ”

“How much?”

“Two hundred million. ”

“200 million?! ”

Hearing this number, the ark cannot bear the dark tongue.

Grass...

As for that?

You want to buy it and tell me!

Going to the black market to make money is a wool job.

Wang Peng certainly didn't know what the Ark was thinking, but when he got off he saw a surprise look on his face, so he smiled and added: “And it's still the dollar. ”

“Yes," he said, looking at the four people standing next to the jeep, a man in a military uniform walked this way, grinning and joking. "It was probably yesterday that we caught a group of outlaws disguised as tourists approaching the area. ”

The ark looked at him unexpectedly: "Can anybody really touch this? ”

“Oh, guess what we searched out of their van?” The man in the military uniform laughed and simply scratched with his fingers, "two RPG-7 tubes, not too much fire. ”

Out of professional habits, Yan Yeon consciously asked: "Are you hurt? ”

“That's not true," the man waved his hand and threw his gaze at Wang Peng, opening his arms and smiling. "Long time no see, Brother Wang! After all these years of discharge, what happened? ”

He hugged his old comrade and Wang Peng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It's okay, everyone is white! You've been a good camp manager for four years. ”

Not very interested in the chills between the two, the ark looked around and went straight to the point: “What about that thing? ”

“Right in the middle of the camp, I'll take you there.” He patted Wang Peng's shoulder and let go. Li Ying turned around and looked at the ark, smiling and reaching out his right hand. "Introducing himself, Li Gaoling, 150th regiment 4th Battalion, called me Gaoling or Old Li could do it. ”

The ark held the hand extended by President Li Ying and shook: “Ark, just call me Professor Lu. ”

“I know that New Year's Day was when the regiment organized to watch the news broadcast, and I saw you on TV only a few days ago.” Camp Lee laughed and said, "How's it going in space? ”

“Pretty funny, huh? ”

Commander Li is also quite an interesting person, probably because he stayed in the military brigade for a long time, people don't have much shelving, kind of the kind that is relatively familiar. Walking and chatting along the way, the pedestrians quickly arrived at the centre of the barracks.

Throughout the centre of the camp is a circle of sand raised by a cordon, and on the slope west of this dune, a four-print “iron coffin”, about two metres high, stands prominently.

Next to this iron coffin, you can see four different sized reduction umbrellas lying there quietly, although the local forces are trying to keep it the way it is and not move it. But in order to prevent dust storms from blowing it away, some stationary heavy loads have been placed on it.

After seeing this strangely styled object, Wang Peng slightly stunned and unconsciously opened his mouth.

“This is…”

The ark laughed and said.

“Lightning... escape pod. Remember what I told you about jumping down a thousand kilometers? Just put this on. ”