Chapter 109 Sandstorm is coming
The vast yellow sand stretches as far as the eye can see, and the golden sunshine shines on it, covering the undulating sand dunes with a layer of glow, and even the dry Populus euphratica seems to be plated with gold.
Such rich colors form a magnificent picture in the vast world.
After marching like this for several days, the team officially entered the rumored Black Desert after passing a river bend.
The so-called 'Black Desert', according to the old man An Liman, was created by Hu Da to punish greedy pagans. Countless ancient cities and treasures are buried in it, but no one can extract it from it. If they take out even one gold coin, they will get lost in it and eventually be buried under the wind and sand.
The intellectuals in the team simply did not believe An Liman's explanation, which was full of religious overtones. In their view, the 'Black Desert' might be a highly mobile area, which would cause people to enter. Difficulty finding the way back.
Professor Chen even used this opportunity to teach his students a lesson and explain to them the characteristics and precautions of the special environment of the desert.
It seemed that the old professor planned to treat the three students as students until they showed no obvious abnormalities.
I just don’t know if he is planning to take advantage of the situation or if he is really doing things with the idea of teaching and educating people.
In order to avoid being scorched by the scorching sun, Chen Ziyan and his party stayed in the sun and went out at night. Such a sudden reversal of black and white made everyone feel a little tired.
So after the novelty of entering the desert wore off, everyone was sitting on the back of a camel with a sad expression. Only Shirley Yang was still energetic, taking two pictures from time to time with her camera that never left her hand.
At this time, the night was about to recede, and the light suddenly appeared in the sky. After Wang Kaixuan yawned, he asked An Liman: "I said, old man, didn't you say this is the windy season? Why is there so little wind? There are no shadows.”
He has never been to the desert, and all his impressions came from Hu Bayi’s narration. Hearing Hu Bayi’s description of this place as a scourge, he had already been curious.
"Hey! You can't say that!" An Liman said quickly after hearing this.
Hu Bayi also reprimanded: "You fat man, why don't you have a handle on your words? Wouldn't it be better not to encounter a storm!"
After finishing speaking, Hu Bayi wanted to see how the others were doing.
Although Chen Ziyan is the nominal manager of this team, he is too lazy to take care of the little things on the road. He simply appointed him as the deputy captain and dumped all the trivial matters on him.
Hu Bayi simply used his experience as a company commander and observed the mental outlook of the team if nothing happened.
But when he glanced at Chen Ziyan, he found that something was wrong with his expression. He was not showing his usual laziness at all, and his eyes were flickering dimly.
This made him feel a little uneasy, so he leaned over and asked, "Master Chen, have you discovered anything?"
Chen Ziyan put his hand into his pocket, gently comforted the trembling spirit weasel, and said in a deep voice to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, check immediately whether the things on the camel's back are tied properly, we are going to be in trouble."
Chen Ziyan couldn't understand the signs, but he believed in the early warning of his spirit ferret.
Spirit beasts have their own sense of crisis, and their current performance is enough to illustrate the problem.
"Okay! I'll go right away!" As soon as Hu Ba heard his solemn words, he knew something was going to happen and quickly pulled Wang Kaixuan to check the luggage.
Chen Ziyan jumped off the camel, came to Professor Chen, and said, "Professor, I'm afraid there's going to be a storm, so I have to make some preparations. Please forgive me."
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"Ah?" Professor Chen suddenly heard this. Before he could realize what was going on, Chen Ziyan took out a rope from somewhere and tied Professor Chen firmly to the camel's back.
He felt that the upcoming crisis would be the storm in the original plot, so in order to prevent Professor Chen from falling to the ground due to lack of physical strength, Chen Ziyan planned to give him a seat belt to prevent danger. In the future.
If he still falls halfway like this, then he really has nothing to say. "Chen Ziyan, what are you doing!" Naturally, the movement here could not be hidden from others.
In other words, when Chen Ziyan made a move, others had already set their sights on him.
Seeing him tying up Professor Chen so roughly, Shirley Yang, who was nearest, immediately questioned him.
"Add insurance." Chen Ziyan responded lightly, and then reminded: "You should also be prepared quickly. If not unexpected, the storm should be coming."
" Storm?" When Shirley Yang heard what he said, she didn't even bother to question him about tying up Professor Chen, and quickly looked up to the horizon.
But she didn't see anything. Let alone a storm, there wasn't even a trace of breeze. There was only a hint of blush in the golden light in the distant sky, which seemed a bit unusual.
The morning glow travels thousands of miles without going out.
For some reason, at this moment, the proverb that her grandfather once taught her flashed through Shirley Yang's mind.
Although she was a photographer for a geographical magazine, she was not proficient in astronomical knowledge, so she turned her attention to An Liman in front of her.
"Mr. An Liman, is it really going to change?"
At this time, An Liman was staring at the rising sun looming in the east, and it took him a while to confirm. He said something, "Yes, the clouds in the sky are bleeding. This is because Hu Da is angry. The wind is about to rise in the desert."
At this moment, the sun has not fully come out, and he also passed by Chen Ziyan After being reminded, I noticed something was wrong.
Then, he looked at everyone and said: "It seems that there will be a very strong wind in the Black Desert tonight. We can't rest during the day. We have to find a shelter from the wind quickly."
An Liman Tell them that the ruins of Xiye Ancient City are not far ahead and can be reached in a day at most. If they walk fast, they might be able to reach them before the storm comes.
After hearing what he said, everyone else knew that what Chen Ziyan said was true, and quickly began to check their luggage and other belongings. Even Hao, who had just walked up to Professor Chen and was about to untie him. Patriotism cannot help but stop there.
He is just rigid, not stupid. He knows that if a storm really hits suddenly, it may be better for Professor Chen to have this 'safety belt', at least he will not have to worry about being thrown off.
Hao Aiguo could think of this, and Professor Chen would naturally not have thought of it. After he moved his body slightly, he said to Hao Aiguo: "Aiguo, you can go and help with the examination. That's all I can do."
After checking the supplies on the camel's back, Wang Kaixuan saw An Liman praying calmly and couldn't help but wonder: "Look at how calm and relaxed this old man is, is there really such a strong wind?"< br>
Hearing his words, others couldn't help but look over. When they saw An Liman's posture, although they didn't say anything, the movements of their hands couldn't help but slow down a bit.
But what no one expected was that after the prayer, An Liman seemed to have changed. He was so flexible that it was completely inconsistent with his age. He rolled up the blanket in twos and twos, and it was like a spring. He jumped on the camel and whistled for a long time: "Oh... yo yo yo... run quickly. If you run too late, you will be buried in the purgatory of black sand."
As he spoke, he had already urged the camel under him to run wildly.
“This damn old man!” Hu Bayi, the deputy captain, couldn’t help but cursed secretly and hurriedly called for everyone to set off.
Everyone hurriedly started to chase An Liman who was running in front. No one noticed that Chen Ziyan looked at An Liman's back suspiciously.
After seeing An Liman's skills with his own eyes, Chen Ziyan suddenly realized that this old man seemed to have a big problem!
(End of this chapter)