Chapter 311 The extinction of creatures

Zhang Fan thought for a moment, recalled the relevant records he saw, and said, "There are several situations, which one is the most likely? First, it died in the war. There are many tribes here, and there have been continuous conflicts. It is normal to be suddenly attacked and destroy the city-state.

"Second, drought and lack of water, this is the official statement. Due to excessive reclamation, soil erosion, serious desertification, ecological deterioration, and the dilogy of inland rivers, it eventually leads to a serious shortage of water resources and migration across the country. Finally, it was scattered in the long history of the Western Regions. But I think this statement is the most unbelievable. How come there is no historical material left? Even people in this era don't know!"

"Third, the plague, a sudden epidemic, suddenly destroyed this city-state with a small population. I think this statement is very credible. The Black Death in Europe is a good example. But it's hard to confirm!"

"There are still several inferences that I can't remember clearly. It seems that there is a flood of pests that cause crops to be eaten up..."

"But these should be traceable. After all, there are many tribal civilizations here. They communicate with each other and should always leave something, but there is no information left, which makes this ancient country disappear overnight..."

Aken listened carefully to Zhang Fan and did not put forward his own opinion. He was also thinking bitterly, but the direction was not the same as Zhang Fan. What Zhang Fan said was speculation in the real world, while Aken was thinking about the possibility in this world of discipline holders.

"Zhang Fan." Aken took a pot of cooked tea soup from the bonfire and poured a bowl for Zhang Fan and Lv Yi. "What do you think we will do if this scene is going to cause us some trouble here?"

Zhang Fan thought for a moment and said, "Sandstorm! There are often sandstorms and dryland tornadoes here. I'm afraid it will make us feel uncomfortable.

"What else?" Aken asked again.

"Disease, a rare infectious disease suddenly spreads, which is prevalent in the army and caravans, but with me, the problem should not be too big." Zhang Fan said confidently.

"What if it's a supernatural disaster? What will happen?" Aken seems to have something to worry about.

Zhang Fan was stunned and remembered that he and his teammates were in this scene in the world of discipliners, and anything could happen. Moreover, the encounters in the scene are often related to some ancient events.

So he thought for a moment and said, "When you meet many lonely ghosts in the ancient city of Loulan, you can beat our 1500 Tang army! Do you think we will encounter any difficulties?

Aken nodded, "The scene won't really let us travel."

"But we have been on a great food country for so long and haven't encountered anything. Why did something happen when we saw the Tang Dynasty to make it difficult for us?" Zhang Fan is puzzled.

Aken shook his head, "I don't know, but I feel a little uncomfortable."

Then he changed the topic and said, "Oh, let's not talk about this. We are going to Chang'an, the ancient capital. Do you think we will meet the poetry fairy Li Bai? It is said that Broken Leaf City is Li Bai's hometown!"

"It's hard to say. Now Li Bai doesn't know where he is. He just looks at the historical materials of the war. You didn't pay attention to the historical figures of this period, do you know? Zhang Fan is also interested.

"I didn't go to see it either. You know I don't like liberal arts." Aken also laughed.

Oh, that's right. Our iron pestle may have something to do with Li Bai. Zhang Fan took out the black iron pestle that he had been grinding in his spare time. "When my master lit me, he once said a proverb: As long as the effort is deep, the iron pestle will be ground into a needle!" Isn't that what the old woman who grinds needles by the river that Li Bai met when he was a child said?

"So you keep grinding it?" Aken took over, looked carefully, and found that nothing had changed except for the small grinding.

"My tolerance has gone up." Zhang Fan said, "Maybe it has something to do with grinding this iron pestle."

Aken nodded, and Green Wing listened, took the iron pestle from Aken's hand and looked at it carefully. Her tolerance is the highest. When she helps Zhang Fan grind this iron pestle, she does feel more relaxed. Maybe this is also a test in the world of ringers.

Zhang Fan smiled and said, "If you really grind this iron pestle relationship, then you need to sharpen it most. Your tolerance is the lowest!"

"I don't think green wing mill is the best. She has the greatest tolerance and may soon be able to grind this iron pestle into a needle! Maybe you can get a great prop!" Aken said another possibility.

The green wing clapped his hands and said happily, "I know that if this iron pestle is sharpened by people with low tolerance, it can exercise tolerance. If a person with high tolerance grinds, he can take shape quickly!"

Zhang Fan and Akan looked at the green wings in surprise, which was a little hard to believe. Aken asked carefully, "Sister Green Wing, have you increased your intelligence..."

"How do you know? It's up a little bit. But not much." Green Wing looked at his attributes and found that his intelligence had increased.

"Of course not much. The problem of this iron pestle is too simple for everyone to know." Aken joked.

Green Wing patted Aacon's head, "You're looking for death, right?"

Aken blocked it with his hand and laughed, "I mean, your intelligence is not reflected here..." Zhang Fan also nodded with a smile.

She didn't think much and suddenly asked Zhang Fan and Aken excitedly, "Is there Yang Guifei in this era?"

Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Yes, now is the time for Yang Guifei to fall in love with Tang Xuanzong. What? Do you still want to help Yang Guifei put on makeup? But Aken, you also want to see one of the four beautiful women, right?

"Of course, I heard that Yang Guifei is very fat and has an affair with An Lushan, who is about to rebel. I don't know if it's true or not." Aken became energetic as soon as he heard it and immediately gossiped.

"Do you want to have an affair with Yang Guifei..." Green Wing joked.

"Do you think we have entered Chang'an? Did we secretly go to 'Huaqing Pool' to have a look? Maybe we can really see the noble concubine taking a bath!" Aken's saliva is about to flow down!

"Look at your head! Do you want to take a bath with Yang Guifei?" Green Wing laughed and said that this woman now often hangs out with Tang soldiers, and she is also very reckless.

"Hey, maybe it can really...ah!" Aken poured a pot of wine for himself and took a sweet sip, but he didn't notice that the pot of wine had just been heated in the bonfire. It was so hot that he stretched out his tongue.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Fan and Green Wing laughed.

The cheerful laughter of three people floated on this desolate Gobi, but next to the Tang army's camp, far away, there seemed to be a faint resentful sound of reed flute, like crying...

It seems to be the residence of the caravan...

At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, but it is quiet and a little dead. For the three precepters who are used to making noise in the city, this quietness is a little frightening. Even the bright moonlight, spread on the vast Gobi, turned out to be dead white. In the vast world, this team of thousands of people still looks so thin!

A quiet night passed, and the weather was very cool, which was a good time to go. Both the caravan and the army set out early and marched east at the right time.

Half a day passed, and it was the sun in the sky. The team marched to a place, like an ancient river. There are traces of human smoke scattered beside the river, but it is obviously a long time.

Zhang Fan got out of the car and picked up some rough artificial objects, some ancient pottery and broken wooden items. Zhang Fan identified these things at least more than 3,000 years ago, and according to the current scene of the Tang Dynasty, it has been more than 2,000 years!

This is not the legendary ancient Guoloulan of the Han Dynasty! But according to Loulan's earlier primitive tribal ruins. Zhang Fan couldn't wait to stay on the spot and began to visit.

Aken called Tang Jun, who was familiar with the road, and asked him where the boundary was. The Tang army hesitated and was not very clear, but he knew that it was in Loulan. Aken asked him to go to the caravan to find a guide familiar with this place to ask questions.

In a short time, an elderly local guide was brought in. His Tang officials didn't speak very well, but he knew it well! After a long time compared with the Tang army, Zhang Fan and Aken understood that this was the ancient river of the Qum River. If you go east along this river, you can reach the dry salt. Zhang Fan knew that it was the famous Robber!

The guide asked Zhang Fan to quickly take everyone away from this place, saying that there are often ghosts here and often come out to endanger business travelers. Zhang Fan laughed it off and led the team to continue on his way.

Not long after walking forward, I found a large area of ancient cemeteries, full of barren graves and night coffins, and bones everywhere. Those business travelers were panicked and thought they had gone to the ghost land.

Zhang Fan didn't care. He carefully got out of the car and identified the antiquities. It was indeed the same era as the ancient ruins he met in front of him, and it was a cemetery of a primitive tribe. At that time, this place was still very densely populated, with rich water and lush forests. It seems that the destruction of the environment led to the disappearance of Loulan, which may have some basis.

The large army continued to move forward. Zhang Fan took some antiques and sat in the back of the car to study them carefully.

Aken pulled Zhang Fan, who was studying antiques, pointed around and said, "Don't you think it's strange? There seems to be no trace of creatures here, not even birds!"

"It's very desolate here, and it's the Gobi Desert. Without food, how can birds and beasts come?" Zhang Fan sat behind the car and fiddled with a few broken wood carvings. And some jade ornaments leaking from a broken cowhide boat coffin.

"But since we entered Loulan, we haven't seen a single bird! Birds and beasts are extinct here!"

At this time, I saw the sky in the distance of the Gobi. The sky changed, and there seemed to be a black-gray smoke rising on the horizon.

The local guide looked at the changing sky and his face changed greatly. He shouted randomly, which meant that the Tang army angered the ghosts and gods in the sand sea and disturbed their hibernation. The ghosts and gods launched a sandstorm to punish them!