Chapter 36. A trip to the Sand Sea

The vast desert, the dead sea of sand. Majestic, quiet.

It is as if nature has frozen the turbulent waves and the empty angry waves here in an instant, making it forever still, vast and insignificant, undulating constantly, and people suddenly seem so small in the middle.

The desert is sparsely populated, and the wind sweeps from the distant horizon, flying over the sand dunes, the poplars, and the underground rivers that disappear beyond.

Cheng Yubai exclaimed, he had never seen the desert, in his previous life, in this life, but soon he couldn't get excited, and after the novelty passed at first, only boredom and boredom remained.

In order to save energy and drink, everyone in the army did not open their mouths unless it was necessary. There is only one monotonous color as far as the eye can see, yellow sand, yellow sand, and always scorching yellow sand.

The wind was mixed with countless coarse grains of sand, and the sun was like a white cauldron covering the sky and the earth. The wind swept low through the yellow sand, the sand flow moved, the evaporated air dried without a trace of moisture, and the sweat beads were evaporated by the scorching sun before they could roll down.

Although Cheng Yubai has plenty of drinking water in the storage ring, he is not ready to take it out and divide it, Dou Mien, Shengmi Qiu, no one has a deeper understanding than him, in the past five years, he has survived the escape, not as defenseless as he was at the beginning.

Cheng Yubai imperceptibly stroked the water bladder on his waist, it has been more than a month since he left the last oasis, and there is not much drinking water left on everyone's body, in the desert, water is more expensive than gold.

Water is life......

"There's a Sham rock up ahead, let's go and restโ€”"

The black-clothed old man led by him looked at the sky and licked his dry lips, today they can probably only walk so much, after resting, they should set up camp, and if they go down, it will be dark, the night by the sand and the sea is so dark that he doesn't dare to take risks.

He has been back and forth in the Gobi several times, asking himself if he is familiar with the distribution of oases and sand bandits everywhere, and he can also be called an old man in dealing with the harsh and changeable weather in the Gobi.

At this time, the camel horse team had already traveled more than half of the journey, and probably waited for the next oasis, and after walking for more than 20 days, it would be able to reach the scope of the western district.

After this trip, he washed his hands in a golden basin, went home with his children and grandchildren, and did not want to wet his shoes at the end and stay in the desert.

With a whistling whistle and a flick of the whip on his right hand, the team slowly walked towards the reddish-brown boulder.

This camel horse team is composed of six teams of scattered merchants, and there are no giant beasts that large martial arts regiments have the financial resources to equip them, only nearly fifty ordinary camel horses, and a group of nearly forty people accompanying them.

Listening to the order of the high whip, the camel horse team walked slowly towards this side, and the sound of footsteps and shouting cattle resounded for a while, making the lonely Gobi finally show a trace of vitality.

In less than a quarter of an hour, they had crossed the sand dunes and stopped in the shadow of the boulder for a temporary rest.

Over the sand dunes, it is still a desert, but the ground is very hard, but the surface is covered with a layer of yellow sand, which is not the same as the soft desert before, the wind has stopped, and the blue sky and golden sand are still. The air was hot and dry, but without the dry and hot air with a mushy, Cheng Yubai felt much better.

"I'll go untie my hands."

"Little brother, don't go far, pay attention to the surroundings, beware of the sand scorpion!" The high-palm whip reminded Cheng Yubai's back, and then turned around to settle the people and prepare to set up camp.

It was getting dark, and the sand on the shore at night would only be more dangerous, and if no preparations were made, the temperature on the sand sea would be so low at night that people could freeze to death, and they had already frozen two camels and horses, and they took timely measures to rescue the remaining ones.

The high whip commanded everyone to lead the camel and horse team first, and then sorted out the goods. As he walked into the shadows, he shouted loudly to a few people in the shadows, probably meaning to tell them to stay steady and sprinkle more medicine around......

Cheng Yubai responded with a smile, handed over the burden to the cat, and after a few words of advice to her, he walked into the distance, ready to solve his personal problems.

"Boom-" A gust of wind blew in the distance, and the wind and sand covered Cheng Yubai's face.

Along with this gust of wind came a faintly audible muffled thunder, which was very weak, but had a tendency to gradually become louder.

"How can there be thunder, it won't rain here?" wiped his face, Cheng Yubai snorted a few times, secretly said unlucky, and hurried back.

Cheng Yubai didn't run far, he only felt the wind whistling in his ears, his body was out of control and was generally pulled by the wind and sand, and in the blink of an eye, he was already surrounded by the wind and sand, and he couldn't even tell the direction.

The wind was too strong, the yellow sand covered his face, and his eyes opened two narrow slits forcefully, and he could only see a few steps in the sky when he saw that the sky was full of yellow sand.

There seemed to be shouting from the direction of the base camp in the distance, accompanied by an inexplicable roar, and Cheng Yubai was a little inaudible.

From Cheng Yubai's position, even the voice of the high palm whip and the loud command was blown by the wind, his position was high, and he was dizzy by the wind and sand, and the eyes were all yellow and red mixed sand and soil barriers, and it was difficult to identify the figures of the camel and horse team under the boulder.

Cheng Yubai faced the wind and sand, groped his way back to the camp tent, and yelled at the old man in black: "High palm whip, what's the matter, is it going to rain?!"

"What a rain it is! It's a sandstorm!!" Another gust of wind blew, much more violent than before, and the sound of the wind blew the gravel and dust on the ground. A dull tremor could already be heard clearly, and the camel horse roared loudly. "Lao Zhao, come over and help, the sandstorm is coming!!"

"Don't mess around!! First return to the whole camel team and follow the goods!! The camels and horses form a small circle and all surround the goods on the outer layer!! This time, our goods are white iron stone and star steel, which are so heavy that they can't be scraped awayโ€”โ€”!! โ€

Seeing that some people were so frightened that they ran to the camp tent, he cursed again with his high whip and shouted to the guys: "Leave them alone, the camp can't hold it!" When the sandstorm comes, they all shrink up in the herd of camels and horses, don't get up, don't run around, otherwise you will bear the consequences!! โ€

Cheng Yubai's feet seemed to have roots, until there was a louder and louder rustling sound behind him, and as soon as Cheng Yubai turned around, he saw the yellow sand covering the sky and the sun, and saw that the sky in the depths of the desert had become full of yellow sand, accompanied by a raging wind, as if the flood was rushing towards them with a roar.

The flying yellow sand was terrifying, and the sandstorm was unexpected.

It happened between lightning and fire, they have been here for more than three months, and the journey has been safe and smooth, and they have never encountered too much danger, so at that moment, Cheng Yubai's brain did not react immediately for a while.

But soon, the louder and louder rumbling sound in the depths of the desert behind him made Cheng Yubai completely sober up, and quickly pulled the cat and did what the high helm said, the power of heaven and earth is not something that human can stop, even if he is Jin Dan now, he can't withstand such a toss.

Several guys were originally proficient, mainly dozens of small retail merchants who were in a mess, but under the command of the high whip, although they were still very flustered, they all pretended to be calm and obediently listened to the command.

The camel horse team formed a small circle around the camel horses, and then surrounded the goods in the outer layer and fixed them with special hooks that they carried with them. The camel horse caravan composed of six groups of loose merchants was divided into six groups and formed six small circles, which together became a large circle.

Everyone hurriedly prepared for the sandstorm, but found that the thunder in the distance gradually subsided, and the wind quietly stopped. On the Gobi, where no one dared to make a sound, there was silence all around.

"W-What is that?!!?" An honest-looking middle-aged businessman pointed to the sky and suddenly screamed in a panicked voice: "What kind of monster is that?!! Mom, we're doneโ€”โ€”!! โ€

"You don't want to die!! Don't make a sound! Lao Zhao squatted not far from the man, and as soon as he heard the sound, he immediately covered his mouth, gritted his teeth and scolded softly: "It's the Demon Flame Wolf King!" If you want to die, shout louder, stay away, don't hurt us! "

Cheng Yubai happened to be hiding in the camel pen commanded by Lao Gao, and he looked into the sky with the middle-aged businessman's point-

Most of the sky was occupied by a huge wing, and the scorching sun on the Gobi was completely covered by it, and the entire Gobi instantly went dark.

The wings were icy blue, emitting a cold, dark glow in the sky, as if there was only one color left in the entire sky.

"Good...... Big ......" Cheng Yubai stared at the spectacle in front of him, and was stunned for a while.

The thing filled the sky with just one wing, and the rest of the place was hidden in the vast mist, and it was impossible to see clearly.

"It's the wolf god coming, the wolf is running, and everyone who sees it has a blessing, and everyone lies low." The circle where the high palm whip was located was not far from Cheng Yubai's circle, and he lowered his voice to comfort everyone, but even his voice sounded a little trembling.

That's a wolf?! How can there be such a wolf?!

However, the cold green light of several Dawsons passing by in front of him made him have to believe what he saw.

"What a wolf! I think it's a crazy wolf that eats people, and everyone you meet will not die well!! โ€

Zhang lame replied softly, and then honestly lowered his body.

"The ants dare to discuss this seat privately!"

A low and arrogant roar was like a thunderstorm in the nine heavens that suddenly exploded in his ears, shaking the entire Gobi to be dismantled and shattered, the wind mixed with gravel, and the next second, accompanied by a dark thunder light, came straight to the camel circle where Cheng Yubai was below.

The temperature felt around the body was twice as high in an instant, and the broken felt carpet fixed on the back of the camel horse not far away instantly sparked, and the felt carpet that burned a corner emitted a pungent smell of burning, but the camel horse that was affected was still trembling and half-kneeling, not daring to let out the slightest roar, and looked like it would not make a sound even if it was burned to death.