Chapter 55
Hu Ming burned the queen...
The numerous corpse ants seemed to have lost their leader. They were all in chaos, retreating, and encircling and suppressing. Disoriented by tear gas.
“Well done, Mingzi!” Hu Ba couldn’t help but praise him when he saw Hu Ming coming back.
"Are you okay?", Yang Xueli showed rare concern for Hu Ming.
"I have no problem. Let's go quickly, catch up with the large army, and use camels to get out of here quickly.
The effect of tear gas is still there, and the desert army ants may not dare to cause trouble, but when the effect of tear gas disappears , they will most likely rush up.
We really won’t be able to leave then.”
As he spoke, Hu Ming led Hu Bayi and Yang Xueli. The two people ran quickly into the distance.
The speed is as fast as possible. After running for about three or four minutes, I finally caught up with Professor Chen and the others.
At this time, Fatty Wang seemed to have a blood feud and was constantly cursing An Liman.
"Old man, why are you running away? You can't wait for us."
"Do you want to run away alone again, leaving us still in this desert.", Wang The fat man was menacing, like a villain.
"What you are talking about is nonsense. Why would I stay where I am when I am in danger.", An Liman explained.
"Stop the quarrel, everyone get on the camels and leave quickly." It was only then that everyone in the expedition team finally realized that Hu Ming and others were catching up.
"Mingzi, how's the situation?" Fatty Wang asked.
"Quickly, I burned the queen ant, maybe the desert army ants will catch up with me.", Hu Ming said.
The rest of the people quickly mounted their horses, thinking of escaping far away.
After almost two hours of escaping, everyone finally escaped from the encirclement of desert army ants.
But at this time everyone was lost. They were just focused on escaping, but they didn't pay attention to the direction at all.
Also, in the process of running away, a lot of supplies were lost.
And because of previous waste by Professor Chen and others, drinking water is in short supply.
Fortunately, there was still water in Hu Ming’s space, but Hu Ming did not dare to take out too much at once. He only took out three kilograms of water to let these people support it for a few days.
Hu Bayi and Fatty still had a lot of water on their bodies, so Hu Ming didn’t give it to them.
"Mingzi, actually those desert army ants just now don't look like normal ants to me, but rather like farmed corpse ants."
"There are records about corpse ants in ancient texts. Corpse ants are insects that guard tombs. They were bred to protect tombs.
"So I guess that in the ruins of the ancient city just now, I guess there is an ancient tomb. "Recalling everything that just happened, Hu Bayi said what he was thinking.
At this time, Hu Ming nodded and said: "Indeed, I just scattered a handful of glutinous rice. On them, black gas appeared from their bodies. If I guessed correctly, it should be corpse gas! "
"Corpse Ant? Why do I feel like a desert army ant? I have seen this kind of ant in foreign magazines. It looks similar. It has a very high formic acid content and can eat people. In Africa, these ants can eat people. ", Shirley Yang thought about her words and said.
"Maybe they are corpse ants cultivated from desert army ants." Hu Bayi frowned upon hearing this and sighed slightly.
“Let’s not worry about the ruins of the ancient city now. Even if there is a cemetery in the ruins of the ancient city, is there any way for us to get there? Let’s find the direction and the way out as soon as possible. The one who ran away just now In the process, we lost a lot of water resources. If we don't find the water source in time, we will run out of water in less than a day." Hao Aiguo was a little frustrated.
In the desert, the most important material is water resources. If water resources are gone, life will be lost.
The three kilograms of water that Hu Ming just gave were drank by Professor Chen and his disciples in less than two hours.
But Hu Ming didn’t blame them too much.
After all, the deeper they go into the desert, the hotter it gets. It’s the hottest at noon, and walking on the desert is like walking in a steamer. So from the fourth day of going deep into the black desert, they chose to rest between nine o’clock and five o’clock in the afternoon.
The best time to travel is in the morning when it is dawn. A group of people rode camels and set off to the west. The desert scenery along the way was colorful, but no one thought it was beautiful anymore.
Not only does everyone have separate water, but everyone drinks a fixed amount of water every day. If you want to drink more, I’m sorry, you drank too much this time, and you have to drink less next time. But in the desert, everyone You must drink at least three kilograms of water a day, otherwise you will faint in the desert due to dehydration and die.
So even Hao Aiguo and Professor Chen lost their fighting spirit at the beginning.
It was noon at this time, and the fiery red sun in the sky was pointing at the desert to bake. You could see that the desert was on fire, with ripples of heat rising from the sand.
Totally hot.
“This ghost desert is so cold at night and so hot during the day. It’s so boring. It’s really not worth it to pay 20,000 US dollars to suffer this kind of thing without knowing whether you can get out alive.”
The fat man didn’t even smoke anymore. It was so hot that his lungs were on fire and he could even breathe freely. Why else would he smoke? He sat under the sun tent, wiping his sweat with his cloak, wearing only Half pants and shirtless, but still hot and sweaty.
There was no one who was not hot. They were all sitting under the tent, wiping sweat. Only Hu was obviously more relaxed. His physique was the best among these people, and he had the capital to resist the heat.
Of course, there is also the most important reason, which is the "Marrow Cleansing Art". In this scorching hot state, the "Marrow Cleansing Art" in Hu Ming's body can't help but operate, absorbing a large amount of heat and tempering. Hu Ming's body made him stronger, and a trace of internal power was born in his body.
Everyone else was hiding in the tent. Only Hu Ming was sunbathing outside, enjoying the nourishment of the sun. At first, Hu Ming felt as if his body was being bitten by thousands of ants. Later, after getting used to it, he felt particularly comfortable. !
"Mingzi, our water bottles are all empty, not even a drop." Hu Bayi came over and sat next to Hu Ming, looking at him with envy.
Hu Bayi cursed in his heart: Damn, how come this pretty face is getting whiter and whiter under the scorching sun?
“Hey, Old Hu, I still have water in my backpack, so I’ll just order it. Go get it and share it with everyone, save some.” Hu Ming looked at Hu Bayi, Then he said slowly. His camel bag contained nine large bottles, all of which were filled with water.
But with just this little water, we can last at most a day and a half in the desert.
There were exactly nine people, and each of them could get a bottle. This was prepared by Hu Ming in advance when he saw that Hu Bayi and others had run out of water.
(End of this chapter)