Chapter 150: Black Storm
Xia Xue originally disagreed with Ouyang Qian going deep into the desert, but Ouyang Qian insisted on finding Long Xiao in person and begging him to give him the antidote to save Dugu Jun. Xia Xue saw Ouyang Qian's anxious appearance, and had no choice but to take her.
The yellow sand was dazzling, making people's eyes tired and lazy, Xia Xue and Ouyang Qian both lowered their heads, as if they were asleep, and walked silently on camels.
At this time, the desert wind gradually rolled up, and it was very hot and dry to the touch, like the heat of a stove, how Ouyang Qian hoped that there would be a cool rain at this time. The sweat on her body had soaked through her blue and white robe, and the sweat on her forehead couldn't stop flowing down, staining her mouth and making it salty.
As she walked, Ouyang Qian suddenly felt that the yellow sand in front of her had darkened, as if it had been covered with a layer of black sand, which had hidden its original luster. She was in surprise when she suddenly heard Xia Xue exclaim: "Look! She was taken aback, and suddenly raised her head to look up with her fingers, and saw a row of thick black clouds, surging straight towards her head like a sweeping wave. At this moment, I only heard Xia Xue exhale again: "Look again!" She hurriedly followed her point, and saw a row of billowing yellow dust rising in the distance of the horizon, pouring straight towards this side like a mountain and a sea. The wind and sand are like ten thousand camels rushing together, and even more like the collapse of a mountain, the stone chips falling, and the sky and the earth have been stirred into one color, dim and dull, like the coming of a long night.
The stronger the wind, the more sand blew from the south, it hit her face very painfully, because the wind was still weak before, and it was only some small sand, but now the wind is so strong that even the stones the size of broad beans hit her like random arrows, and she could no longer open her eyes, and twisted her head, and the sand hit the back of her head again. At the same time, the camel also hissed and did not move forward, and she heard Xia Xue shouting loudly: "Put on the hood!" He put on his hood and covered his face with his sleeve and looked forward.
She was looking around in amazement, and heard Xia Xue shouting: "Get off the camel quickly, the black wind is coming!" Ouyang Qian was still hesitating, Xia Xue, who had already jumped off the camel, stretched out her hand to pull her off the camel, and quickly led the camel with one hand and pulled her with the other, and ran straight to a sand dune not far ahead. As soon as the two of them arrived at the sand dune, Ouyang Qian heard a burst of shouts from the front, like thunder, like an earthquake, like a tsunami, and like a landslide. Xia Xue had already pulled Ouyang Qian into her arms, and she was forward with her back, protecting her tightly, wanting to shield her from the impending catastrophe.
Xia Xue kept whispering softly in Ouyang Qian's ear: "Don't panic, Sister Qian! It will pass! "Don't be afraid, Sister Qian! I'm by your side! "Ouyang Qian has already understood that what is coming is a strange disaster, a strange disaster! When Ouyang Qian had realized that this terrible disaster was coming, she wanted to get out of Xia Xue's embrace and put the queen who was protecting her under her protection. But with all her strength, she couldn't break free from the arms that held her tightly. She only heard Xia Xue say in her ear with a kind of kindness and resentment, and a voice full of kindness and rebukeness in her ear: "Don't earn, don't move!" The Black Wind is coming! ”
Ouyang Qian didn't have time to be surprised by what she said, only to hear a deafening roar approaching, followed by a huge violent attack, she only felt that her eyes were dark, her whole body was like hitting a wall, and in an instant, the camel fell, and she and Xia Xue also fell to the ground together. Xia Xue rolled over, sat up with her in her arms, pressed her in her arms, bent down and protected her tightly against the wind. Roars came and went, and then whistled away. The wind and waves are fierce, shoveling the ground and blowing away. The sand is blind, the wind is closed, it is dark, and it is impossible to distinguish between heaven and earth! Ouyang Qian was already dizzy, only feeling suffocated for a while, she couldn't breathe in a little when she opened her mouth wide, and she couldn't breathe out. Gradually, she felt the hands that were clung to her relax. She was startled, and wanted to get out to see Xia Xue, but as soon as she struggled, her loose hands immediately became tight again. Immediately, another strong wind rushed in, overturning the two of them together, rolling on the ground a few times, Xia Xue struggled to sit up again, hugged Ouyang Qian in her arms, resisted the wind with her back, bent over to block the sand, and protected her to death. Ouyang Qian is no longer struggling, she is powerless to struggle!
Xia Xue hurriedly comforted: "Don't be afraid, don't move, just avoid this gust of wind." ”
The wind was blowing stronger, and the sand had buried the camel's belly and their bodies in the ground, so that even the camels and the camels would be buried alive. And the sky and the earth were dark, it was inseparable, and the loud noise in their ears was like thunder and roaring, and they all had to lower their heads, close their eyes, and endure with only a little breath.
Xia Xue felt Ouyang Qian's trembling with fear, and she was about to comfort her. Suddenly, the wind was strong again, and a large pile of sand fell on Xia Xue's head and back, and the wind roared like a group of evil spirits; The heavens collapsed, and the earth did not look like the earth, nor did it look like the earth, nor did it widen the earth, but it was a tomb, a cave of the dead. Xia Xue hurriedly covered Ouyang Qian with her whole body, protecting her weak body to the death, not moving, like a stone, but the wind and sand became more and more violent, and the world became more and more miserable.
After a long time, the wind stopped for a while, Xia Xue moved her body, gritted her teeth, and pulled out her two legs from the sand, and she held Ouyang Qian's delicate body with both hands to pull her out of the sand.
Seeing Her Majesty the Queen's disregard for her own safety, desperately fighting to the delicate jade. Protecting herself, Ouyang Qian's moved tears rolled down apologetically with grains of sand.
Xia Xue took a breath, and saw that it was dark in the north, and the terrible black wind and sandstorm had gone there, and the dark clouds here were gradually dissipating, the wind was getting lighter, and the sun was about to be revealed. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and my heart throbbed, the power of nature is really too powerful, and people are too small in front of the vast nature.
Xia Xue looked down at Ouyang Qian's pale face, her face was full of wind and sand, her lips were chapped, and she looked weak, knowing that if she was forced to move on, she might be killed.
Xia Xue had to pause to rest, but the two of them were running out of fresh water, and if they didn't find a water source soon, they might die of thirst in this endless, dry and barren desert.
Xia Xue looked around with a telescope and found that there seemed to be a reflection of lake light more than 5,000 meters away from her in the east, but she knew that there were many towers in the Tengger Desert, and she was worried that it was an illusion. So she decided to go over and see for herself, she let Ouyang Qian's camel lie down, and then let Ouyang Qian lean on the camel's side, so that the camel could block the wind and sand for Ouyang Qian, she asked Ouyang Qian to drink some more water to relieve her symptoms of dehydration, and told Ouyang Qian not to run around, she went to find water, and she would come back soon.
Xia Xue also drank a little water, moistening her dry and smoking throat. Resolutely stood up and rode his camel towards the place where the light of the lake reflected slowly.
There was a strong wind blowing in the desert again, although it was not as strong as the black storm just now, but the wind and sand all over the sky rose one after another, and the sky and the earth were all yellow. The traces of Xia Xue's walk were buried in an instant. In the distance, only her vague graceful figure could be seen, slowly disappearing in the eastern direction of the desert. If it weren't for the tenacity of an anomaly and the unending faith in her heart, she might have fallen on this endless desert long ago.