Uncle Zhang and I came to the Zhang family's house. A middle-aged man was sitting in the living room. He was wearing rough clothes and had messy hair. Under his haggard face were a pair of sharp eyes. He was holding a cup of tea. He looked absent-minded and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Haitao! You bastard son, you actually lost Xuanxuan, why didn't you lose yourself?" As soon as Uncle Zhang entered the house, he rushed up and scolded the middle-aged man.

I have to say that Uncle Zhang is in his sixties, but he is still so strong.

The middle-aged man is called Zhang Haitao, the son of Uncle Zhang. He has been an adventurous man since he was a child. Because of his love of adventure and his idleness, his wife couldn't stand it and divorced him, leaving behind a daughter, Zhang Xuanxuan, who is still in high school.

Zhang Haitao let the old man scold and coax him again and again, but he just kept his head down and said nothing.

Uncle Zhang was so tired from scolding that he could hardly stand, so I quickly helped him sit aside.

The living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I couldn't get a word in, so I just sat there.

After a while, Zhang Haitao sighed softly and said, "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely find Xuanxuan back!"

"That place is so scary that even adults like you dare not set foot in it, yet you leave a little girl like Xuanxuan there. I'm afraid something might happen to Xuanxuan!" Uncle Zhang was still very excited.

Zhang Haitao quickly said, "I came back this time just to call over some experts in the industry. I will bring Xuanxuan home no matter what!"

Uncle Zhang slammed the table and said, "If he's dead, I want to see his body. If he's alive, I want to see his body. It's up to you!" After saying that, Uncle Zhang went to the inner room in anger.

"Alas..." Zhang Haitao sighed, turned around, and smiled at me embarrassedly: "Xiaofei, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

I shook my head and took the opportunity to ask, "Uncle Zhang, where did you take Xuanxuan? How did you lose her?"

Zhang Haitao looked a little depressed as he slowly spoke, "It's winter vacation, and Xuanxuan's homework is to write an essay about adventure. It just so happened that I had an appointment with a few friends to go to Lop Nur, a very exciting place worth exploring, and I took Xuanxuan with me. At first, Xuanxuan stayed by my side, and nothing happened. Then, to avoid quicksand, we ran to an ancient beacon tower. After the quicksand passed, we discovered a black hole underneath the beacon tower. In the spirit of adventure, we were all very excited to go down and take a look. After a few friends went down, I told Xuanxuan that I would go down first, and then let her jump down and I would catch her from below. However, as soon as I went down and looked up to catch her, Xuanxuan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air..."

I was shocked to hear this. How could such a healthy person disappear? I hurriedly asked him what happened next.

Zhang Haitao said that afterward, he and his friends didn't go down the cave, but instead returned to the surface to look for Xuanxuan. However, no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find any trace of her. Finding the situation strange, his friends quickly took him away.

"Lop Nur, once China's second-largest inland lake, is now a barren sandy land, nicknamed the 'Ear of the Earth' and the 'Sea of ​​Death.' It was once an oasis of life, with herds of cattle and horses, surrounded by green forests and clear rivers. Now it's a vast Gobi desert, without a blade of grass or a stream, and no bird in the sky, even daring to cross it," Su Xiaoniu said confidently. "Some people call the Lop Nur region the 'Devil's Triangle' on the Asian continent. The ancient Silk Road passed through it, and throughout history, many wandering ghosts have roamed here, and bones are everywhere. Many strange and bizarre events have also occurred there. Many explorers and gold prospectors have died inexplicably there, or even simply disappeared... That place is a must-see!"

Hearing Su Xiaoniu's words, I was even more shocked. Is Lop Nur really that strange? Damn, I'm not even afraid of ghosts now, so why would I be afraid of Lop Nur? I really want to go and see it. Besides, I don't know whether Xuanxuan is alive or dead. No matter what, I have to go find her!

Su Xiaoniu knew that I had a stubborn temper. Seeing that her threats didn't work, she had to compromise and said, "You can go, but you have to change your stubbornness. Sometimes it will get you killed, don't you know?"

I nodded repeatedly: "I will change it! I will change it! Then shall we set off now?"

But Su Xiaoniu suddenly started to scold him: "You big fool! You didn't prepare anything. You are going to die!"

I smiled awkwardly and asked, "So what should we prepare?"

Su Xiaoniu asked me to continue to inquire about the situation at that time, especially to ask Zhang Haitao about some clues about Xuanxuan's disappearance, maybe we can find out something.

I figured out my words and said to Zhang Haitao, "Uncle Zhang, let me help you find Xuanxuan?"

Zhang Haitao shook his head and refused, "No! This is absolutely not possible! Lop Nur is too dangerous. You are still young and haven't seen much of the world. If anything happens, I will be so guilty that I will die."

Haven't seen...what kind of world? Damn, I've even seen ghosts, what am I afraid of? He immediately said, "Uncle Zhang, you know, Xuanxuan has been like my own sister these days. Now that she's in trouble, I'm worried and I want to help. You can rest assured that I will protect myself and won't drag you down."

Seeing me say this, and being so eager to find his daughter, Zhang Haitao could only nod and agree, saying, "Okay, you can go, but once you get there, you have to follow my arrangements, okay?"

"OK!" I nodded without hesitation, and then said to him, "By the way, Uncle Zhang, do you know anything about Xuanxuan's disappearance? Perhaps it can be used as a clue to help us find her."

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