Above the Taklamakan Desert.
Seven enormous objects were floating, each with a diameter of over a kilometer.
Under the sunlight, large swaths of shadow were cast across the desert.
The Taklamakan Desert is the largest desert in China, the tenth largest desert in the world, and the second largest shifting sand desert in the world.
The entire desert stretches approximately 1,000 kilometers from east to west and 400 kilometers from north to south, covering an area of 330,000 square kilometers. The average annual rainfall is less than 100 millimeters, with a minimum of only four or five millimeters, while the average evaporation rate is as high as 2,500 to 3,400 millimeters.
Here, pyramid-shaped sand dunes rise 300 meters above the plain.
Strong winds can blow sand walls up to three times their original height.
The desert is filled with sand dunes that stretch out and are constantly shifting due to the wind.
There are also a few plants in the desert with exceptionally developed root systems, dozens or even hundreds of times larger than their above-ground parts, in order to draw water from the ground. Animals there exhibit aestivation.
But in such a place where humans and animals cannot survive for long, there is a paradise.
That is Daryabuyi.
Darya Boyi, an oasis known as a "Shangri-La" by Chinese and foreign archaeologists and explorers, is little known due to its isolation from the world, and this oasis is full of mystery.
The mystery of this small oasis, known as the "navel of the Taklamakan Desert," lies not only in its independent location in the heart of the world's second-largest desert, remaining unrecorded for nearly a thousand years and completely isolated from the world, but also in the fact that no one knows the origins of it and its inhabitants.
It once had a place name: "Tungusbazt" (meaning the place where wild boars hanged themselves).
Although this place name cannot be found on the maps in use, its international renown, especially in the fields of geography, history, and archaeology, is no less than that of the Loulan Ruins and the Jiaohe Ancient City. It has only been known to the world for a century.
Right now, in this place full of mystery.
Rows of buildings stood tall, and groups of people lined up to look up at the seven enormous objects in the sky.
An elderly man in a white coat rubbed his eyes, which were slightly dazed from the sunlight.
He turned to look at an officer who appeared to be in his thirties.
"Commander Chen, are they the alien spaceships mentioned above?"
The man called Commander Chen looked up at the several enormous objects that were slowly descending from the sky.
"Professor Ran, I don't know."
"I have received a safe escort from above to bring you and other academicians of the Academy of Sciences here."
"I don't know what's up there either!"
"Look, what's that over there?"
"Have we encountered moving sand dunes?"
"Why is that pile of sand moving?"
At that moment, several researchers who had just arrived pointed to a spot in the distance of the oasis and shouted.
Everyone's eyes turned to that direction, and then they watched as the sand pile in the distance kept moving in all directions.
Commander Chen immediately ordered his soldiers to be on high alert.
The legends that circulate in the desert have always been shrouded in mystery.
It wouldn't be surprising if any danger occurred here.
Especially in the desert, the sand dunes stretch endlessly, and due to the influence of the wind, the sand dunes often move.
This situation is even more common here.
Moreover, he had been instructed by his superiors before he arrived.
"Don't worry."
"That's the base gates opening."
At this moment, a guide walked over and said something.
"The base's gate?"
How did you know?
The man looked at Commander Chen with a smile.
"You don't think just anyone can be your guide, do you?"
"This is the most secure base in the entire country. After it was discovered, the higher-ups immediately relocated the personnel."
"And a secret military base was built directly around the oasis."
"Now that you've come, you don't need to go back!"
"What?"
Commander Chen was taken aback when he heard what the guide said.
Then he recalled the words his superior had said when he gave him the escort order.
"No way, he, the commander of a main force regiment, was just thrown into the desert?"
But then they saw those seven enormous creatures in the sky.
"An order is an order, and soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders."
After the sand pile in front stopped moving, a steel-like gate slowly opened to both sides.
Then a hole about ten meters long was revealed.
One after another, desert terrain vehicles drove out from inside.
In no time at all, it drove right up to them.
Soldiers quickly emerged from the desert terrain vehicles.
The leader was a man in his forties with the rank of senior colonel on his shoulder.
"Report, Chen Qian, commander of the 8th Regiment of the 23rd Brigade of the 3rd Group Army of the Beijing Military Region, has been ordered to escort the academicians."
The colonel returned Chen Qian's salute.
"Lamberton, Chief of Staff of the base."
"Welcome."
After shaking hands, Lauberon turned to look at the other academicians.
"We also warmly welcome all academicians to stay at our base."
The white-haired Academician Ran glanced at Lauberon and then pointed directly at the seven enormous objects in the sky.
"Is that our target this time?"
Lauberon looked up, a fleeting look of shock crossing his face.
"It seems so at the moment."
Under their watchful eyes, the seven enormous creatures slowly landed on the desert ground.
A gust of sand was stirred up, and the sandstorm quickly drifted away into the distance under the wind.
The Luan Bird was positioned at the very front, and the elevator, which opened, led directly downwards.
Yuan Yi walked directly down the elevator, followed by Yan Wuwei, Liu Mingliang, and more than a hundred special forces soldiers.
As soon as he saw the hatch open, Lauberon jogged over.
He paused for a moment when he saw Yuan Yi.
Major General's rank and shoulder insignia, that's right.
That's him, but he's too young.
"Greetings, sir. I am the chief of staff of this base, Lauberon. Currently, neither our commander nor the political commissar is at the base."
"Only I can greet you!"
Yuan Yi waved his hand: "Have all the professors and academicians arrived?"
Lauberon pointed ahead to the oasis.
"Sir, they're all over there!"
Yuan Yi glanced back at the several enormous ships behind him.
The Luan Bird will definitely return to the capital, but these five pyramid-shaped spaceships will certainly remain here for secret research.
But you can't just leave it on the ground forever.
"Sir, the engineering team is expanding the underground base. We'll be able to enter the underground base in three days!"
Lauberon noticed Yuan Yi's confusion and quickly explained.
They began preparations after receiving the order, but building a base in the desert is inherently difficult.
Moreover, building such a large object that can contain thousands of meters is even more difficult.
"Yes, we brought back some materials that you can use!"
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