Chapter 111: Quicksand

Author: It's okay to be idle

After resting in place for a day and a night, Lin Fan's gang began to organize their things and go on the road, this time they drove an off-road vehicle ordered by the military, which was dual-purpose for gasoline and solar energy, which was most suitable for long-distance travel in the desert.

They walked all the way south under the leadership of Zhou Boyang, and when they walked for about a kilometer, they found a dilapidated monument, and after some cleaning work, they swept out some remnants of the broken wall, although it was not of much value, but Zhou Boyang's guess was more proven.

At this time, the weather has begun to become hotter and hotter, the scorching sun is hanging high overhead, like a big fireball scorching the world, the noon temperature in the desert is as high as 60 degrees Celsius, everyone has to stop, set up tents, install portable solar generators, none of the tents are equipped with a small three-dimensional air conditioner, and there are some prepared ice cubes and drinks in the car refrigerator.

These people stayed in their tents from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and after the sun set in the west, the temperature of the desert began to drop rapidly, and the desert temperature in the evening was about 20 degrees, which was refreshing and comfortable.

The big guys neatly put away their tents and began to prepare for their journey, but the large sand dunes that lay in front of them blocked the front of the car.

A high-nosed, deep-eyed exploration team member walked up to Captain Zhao and whispered something, this team member was called Kawuli. Arslan (meaning: strong lion), a native of Western Xinjiang, his grandfather used to be a guide in the desert, he was taught by his grandfather since he was a child, he is very familiar with everything in the desert, and during this time, he has been responsible for finding water sources, sheltering from storms and quicksand.

The two of them muttered there for a while, Captain Zhao frowned and looked ahead, then turned around and walked back, waved at Lin Fan, Zhou Boyang and the others, and motioned for them to come over together.

When everyone arrived, Captain Zhao pointed to the sand dunes in front of him and said: "Arslan told me that the sand dunes in front are too slippery, and there may be a small area of quicksand, and our car can't drive up. ”

Zhou Boyang looked up, then thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, just do as you say, climb over this dune belt, and walk about a kilometer to the place, but some professional excavation equipment must be brought." ”

Since Zhou Boyang agreed, Lin Fan and Xuan Ming naturally would not object, it seemed that they were not far from their destination, even if they walked over, they would not be too tired, and their supplies were sufficient.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Captain Zhao began to assign tasks, these people from the exploration team were responsible for pushing the exploration equipment, Zhou Boyang's group of subordinates were responsible for bringing tents and weapons, Lin Fan and Xuan Ming were responsible for bringing food, and the other two people were left to take care of the car here.

After assigning the task, the group began to hit the road, and at the front was Arslan, who had nothing with him, but he was not walking fast, and the dunes in front of him seemed to be mixed with quicksand, and every step had to be carefully taken.

It took more than two hours, until it was completely dark, and the men slowly ascended the sand dunes, and Ah Wu and the two brothers in the back kept whispering that the front was too slow.

The descent from the dunes was also slow, as Arslan was slowing down, holding a miner's lamp in his hand, and the intense beam of light could hit several kilometers away, illuminating everything around him.

Suddenly, a breeze blew in the air, and Ah Wu's sand cap was blown to the ground, and he shone it on the ground with a special flashlight for the field, and then bent down to pick up the hat.

But at this moment, there was another gust of wind, and the hat on the ground continued to roll to the side under the influence of the wind, and Ah Wu hurriedly chased after it, chasing fifty or sixty meters in one breath, and the sand hat stopped slowly.

After Ah Wu caught up, he stepped forward, and just wanted to bend over, but suddenly his feet slipped, and his body rolled twice on the sand, and two buddies laughed and pointed at Ah Wu, joking on their lips.

But what happened next made the two of them exclaim, as Ah Wu's body slowly sank in the sand, and he shouted for help, half of his body was stuck in the sand, waving his hands on it and struggling.

"Ah Wu, Ah Wu has an accident, save him." The two buddies shouted, and then rushed over directly, and Zhou Boyang's other subordinates also ran to the place where Ah Wu had an accident, preparing to rescue their brothers.

Arslan, who was leading in front, heard the movement behind him, shone it with a miner's lamp, and then shouted loudly: "Don't move, don't move, be careful under your feet, it's quicksand." ”

It's a pity that no one listened to his words at all, Zhou Boyang's group of subordinates all ran out of the team, and ran towards the place where Ah Wu fell in, but before those people ran to the place, they felt that their feet had stepped into a muddy swamp, and then they wanted to get out, but they couldn't move no matter how hard they tried, and there seemed to be a pair of invisible big hands under the sand that grabbed their feet tightly.

Only Zhou Boyang felt that something was wrong under his feet, kicked down the soles of his feet, jumped up high, and then leaned back, made a few backflips in mid-air, and got out of the suction of the quicksand unharmed.

"Don't move, take the rope quickly, hand it to them and pull hard, and save the one who is close first." Arslan saw that there were six or seven people trapped in the sand, and he knew in his heart that he might not be able to rescue everyone, because these people were inexperienced, struggling in the quicksand, and their bodies were sinking too fast, and the rescuers were undermanned and could not cover everything, so they could only selectively abandon some of them.

People who fall into quicksand are generally unable to move, and the sand after the density increases, it sticks to the lower half of the human body that falls into the quicksand, forming a lot of pressure on the human body, making it difficult for people to exert their strength.

Quicksand is a natural phenomenon that often occurs in deserts with unstable foundations, when a heavy object is placed on top of the sand, as if it were sinking to the bottom, sinking to the bottom. If you're stuck in quicksand, struggling hard or kicking your legs will only make you sink faster. The best way to cope is to gently move your feet so that the water and sand can penetrate as much as possible into the squeezed out vacuum area, which will relieve the pressure on the trapped person's body and allow the sand to slowly loosen.

Those people who were sucked by the quicksand heard Arslan's shouts and quickly calmed down, these people are all fierce people, and they have also encountered a lot of dangers with Zhou Boyang over the years, so they can still maintain some calm at this critical juncture.

The members of the exploration team hurriedly took off the rope around their waists, and then handed them to the people who fell into the quicksand one by one, but unexpectedly, the speed at which those people sank was too fast, and Ah Wu, who first fell into the quicksand, had lost his head, leaving only one pair of hands still exposed outside the sand, and the others were a little submerged to their waists and thighs after such a while.

These people who were trapped in the quicksand began to lose some control, and the torture of watching themselves swallowed by the yellow sand was even more unbearable than killing him directly. Please remember our website:,,