The early morning sun shines through the leaves on the archaeological team members resting in the forest, forming a patch of dappled light and shadow, after everyone gets up, they simply freshen up, eat some dry food, and then ride on the camel and start the journey.

The rolling sea of sand is still the same as yesterday, reflecting the golden light under the blue sky and white clouds, but this cookie-cutter, lifeless scene has lost the attraction of yesterday, and no one feels new to the lonely and empty scenery, everyone is tightly covered on the camel for this monotonous journey.

After Li Qingcang learned last night that the tomb was in Inner Mongolia, he couldn't figure out why the archaeological team didn't set off directly from Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia, but instead had to go through the Tengger Desert to find the tomb.

So he asked Hai Ruyu? Hai Ruyu told him that this involves the distribution of interests, if the Inner Mongolia side is notified, because the tomb is in Inner Mongolia, then this archaeological excavation work must be presided over by them, since Director Wang got this opportunity, the funds, personnel and equipment are so complete, I think he doesn't want to make any major archaeological discoveries to make the Inner Mongolia side get the first credit, so he simply did not notify the Inner Mongolia side, will do this, Li Qingcang suddenly realized.

From time to time, the old camel took a compass of considerable age to look at the direction and adjust the direction, and directed the camel caravan to the destination, where to rest and eat along the way had to be approved by him, and competently performed the duties of the guide, and under his leadership, everyone was safe and sound during the journey, except for fatigue and irregular eating and sleeping.

In the early morning of this day, everyone woke up behind a low stump, the sun in the morning was red in the sky, the clouds on the side were reflected red, a few young people shouted excitedly, so beautiful sunrise, a few also took out their cameras to take pictures of this moving beauty.

But the old camel's face changed, and he could not even pay attention to the prayer that must be done every morning, and cried out: "Pack up your things, don't do it, it looks like a sandstorm is coming, the clouds in the sky are bleeding, Allah is not happy, go quickly!" ”

This day is the fifth day of entering the desert, and according to the current speed, that is, they will be able to reach Blackwater City tomorrow, and the young people have not appreciated the power of this sand sea storm, and they don't care too much about the urging of the old camel, they are still laughing and playing.

Angry, the old camel's eyes were bulging, and the wrinkles on his forehead were much deeper, and he dragged Curator Wang and said: "Old Wang, I'm not joking, it's the wind season now, look like this There will be a big storm today, you old guy should know the strength of this sandstorm, let's not rest during the day today, rush to Blackwater City as soon as possible, don't find a place to block the wind and sand, you go with me to see Allah!" ”

Seeing that he was serious, Director Wang also became cautious and called the two professors, Hai and Xu, to talk.

Professor Hai also said: "This day seems to be abnormal, it seems that 'the morning glow does not go out, and the sunset travels thousands of miles.'" This is true in the desert as well! ”

The professors reached a consensus, each beckoned to his students, and hurriedly packed up his things and put them on the backs of the camels, who seemed to smell the danger in the air, and all of them became agitated. Everyone helped each other to sort out and strengthen their luggage.

One climbed on the hunchback. The old camel, who had been waiting impatiently, gave a long whistle: "Whoa, ......, run quickly, if you run slowly, you will be buried alive by the sandstorm." Urge the head camel under the crotch to start running.

The rest of the camels saw that the camel had run, and they also began to throw off their four big hooves and run wildly in the desert, usually walking on the camel, swaying and feeling stable, but once it run, the speed will not be much slower than the horse, and it will be very bumpy.

Except for the old camel, Li Qingcang's skilled riding skills and no reaction in this team, the rest of the people were tightly grasping the hump and lying on the camel's back, for fear of falling. The archaeological team, led by the old camel, rushed forward, and the three PLA troops stayed at the end of the team to prevent anyone from falling, Li Qingcang followed closely behind the father and daughter of the Hai family, and Xiao Meng and the leopard followed.

Everyone put on goggles, covered their mouths and noses with turbans, and urged the camels to run, and after running for a few hours, although the camels were good at walking, they were also tired and sweaty, so they had to stop and recuperate. Everyone was also like falling apart, Professor Hai, Curator Wang, Professor Xu, several older women, and Zhu Qianwen and Tian Xiaoli couldn't even get off the camel.

Everyone went up and helped them down, Hai Ruyu was not so delicate, and she went to help other women after she got off the camel.

The old camel asked everyone to hurry up and eat some dry food, drink more water, don't be afraid of not enough water, and go to Blackwater City immediately, where it can be replenished, and it can reduce the weight of the camel. The girls with weak constitution only drank a few sips of water, but the dry food could not be swallowed.

The others also ate something indiscriminately and sat on the ground to rest, Li Qingcang was full of energy, and he was not tired of checking whether the ropes on the camel's back were firm with the three PLA soldiers, and it seemed that the physical fitness of these soldiers was also good.

After a short rest, we set off again, and after walking for a short time, we saw a breeze blowing on the sand dunes in the distance, bringing up a fine sand, forming a small pillar of sand, which hovered on the sand for a long time before dissipating. The old camel even changed his voice when he saw it, and cried out, "The wind is blowing, run!" Don't stop, no one will survive this sandstorm. ”

Everyone looked behind them, and the clear sky on the horizon where heaven and earth met in the distance had darkened, and the billowing sand and dust were slowly moving towards them with a momentum that swallowed everything. The wind around is also getting stronger, and the fine sand on the ground is blown up by the wind from time to time, and the visibility is getting lower and lower.

The old camel whistled and the herd began to run wildly. At this time, everyone knew the seriousness of the situation, and they all clung to their saddle locks so as not to be turned upside down by the camels.

There are more and more yellow sand in the air, and the surroundings are dark yellow, and the figure cannot be seen clearly from a few meters away, Li Qingcang wants Xiao Meng and the leopard to follow closely behind him, and he is close to the father and daughter of the Hai family to prevent them from falling behind.

The wind was howling, and everyone could not speak, as long as they opened their mouths, the sand would fill their mouths, and this was still far from the sandstorm, so you can imagine how terrible the situation would be if you were in the center of the sandstorm.

The old camels didn't care about the physical strength of these animals, and ran wildly all the way, and the camels seemed to know that the time of life and death had come, and the white foam in their mouths and noses did not slow down their speed, and the camel team and the natural power of nature started a race of life and death.

But manpower is sometimes poor, where is as tireless as this sandstorm, and after running for more than an hour, the speed of the camel caravan gradually slows down, no matter how the old camel shouts and whips, the speed cannot be fast, but the sandstorm behind it catches up unhurriedly.

Under this chaotic run, the old camel of the leader also lost his sense of direction, facing the yellow sand flying in the sky and the desert with a greatly changed scenery, and he didn't know which direction Blackwater City was in, and the camel under his ass was getting slower and slower, and he couldn't support it.

Just when everyone was desperate and at a loss. A large black shadow suddenly appeared on the right side of the caravan. They quickly ran in the direction of the caravan, and when the black shadow got closer, it was a group of wild camels much larger than the camels they were riding, and it seemed that they were also running here to avoid the all-engulfing sandstorm.

The others didn't feel anything, but the old camel danced excitedly on the hunchback.

Li Qingcang's eyes were sharp, and he could see the light in the eyes of the old camel through the goggles, it was a kind of joy of being alive in a desperate situation, the excitement of being alive in the dead, and the camels were also tired and mooed excitedly, as if they had met a savior, all of them were full of energy, and the speed was much faster than just now.

Although Li Qingcang didn't know what was going on, his intuition told him that it must be a good thing to meet wild camels, and the wild animals in this desert are fighting against nature all day long: drought, severe cold, hunger and thirst, and sandstorms are all their enemies, and they can't survive in this desert without some skills.

Sure enough, I saw the old camel waving desperately, asking everyone to follow this group of wild camels, and there was a shout in his mouth, although his mouth was covered by a turban, and he couldn't hear clearly, but everyone understood the meaning.

The crowd didn't talk much, grabbed the saddle locks, and ran wildly by the camels under them, the camels lowered their heads, the white foam in their mouths flew everywhere, and when they were about to lose their strength, the wild camels suddenly turned around and turned a large sand mountain, and the terrain of the desert suddenly rose here, and the last wild camel figure fled, and the whole camel herd disappeared.

Li Qingcang secretly said that it was not good, they were gone, and the archaeological team was finished. Seeing that the surroundings were getting darker and darker, it was no longer possible to distinguish between the sky and the earth, and in another ten minutes or so, the life-devouring sandstorm was coming.

Before the archaeological team could understand what was going on, the camels that sat down turned around the towering sand mountain, and the big guy looked left and right, and there was a broken city wall in the sand mountain, and there were many rammed earth houses below, which turned out to be the remains of a small ancient city.

When I saw this ancient city wall, the old camel shouted "Allah forbid", most of the buildings were buried in yellow sand, some houses have collapsed, only the strong city wall towered out, the wind and the sun, I don't know how many years, has long become the same color as the desert, from a distance, only think that it is a big sand dune, do not turn in from the side, you will never find this ancient castle.

The wild camels had run into this place for refuge, but the ruins of the ancient city blocked the view, and it was impossible to see where it had gone.

If you want to keep this rare sandstorm at bay with the wall of sand, in the words of the old camel: "Praise Allah first of all, the messenger who has been sent to guide them in the lost way, and to guide them to their lost people." Later, you will have to pray well, and whether you can stop it or not depends on Allah's mood. "In short, in this case, having a place to hide is already an eye-opener."