Everyone chose a leeward position at the bend at the top of the hill to prepare for camp, and Ding Xiu took out the tent and sleeping bag from the back compartment of the off-road pickup, spread them on the ground and laid them out.

After everyone simply ate some dry food they brought, Ding Xiu and Gu Beimo went to the neighborhood to set up camping lights and alarm bells.

Camping lanterns provide nighttime visibility to the makeshift camp, and alarm bells are hung on wire around it.

The wires were circled around the camp by Ding Xiu at different heights, so as to prevent creatures from approaching quietly at night without anyone knowing.

After doing this, everyone built a bonfire in front of the tent to keep warm. They are now at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters above sea level, and the temperature here is about 6 to 10 degrees lower than at the foot of the mountain, and it is already night, and the temperature difference between day and night is very obvious.

"How are you guys, cold or not?" Ding Xiu asked with concern when he saw that the two girls were leaning towards the bonfire.

"Okay." Shen You sniffed.

"It seems to be a lot colder all of a sudden." Song Xijun said.

"It's the same place as the desert, and there's a big difference between day and night." Ding Xiu nodded.

"It's not just the temperature difference between day and night, it's also the altitude." Gu Beimo pointed to the foot of the mountain under the canopy, and when he looked at it, he could still see the lights in Tianque City.

After sitting for a while, Song Xijun felt a slight coolness on the back of her neck, she raised her head slightly, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the night sky overhead, and the girl was stunned for a moment.

"That's ...... Galaxy?! She raised her hand and pointed to the sky, and exclaimed with her other hand to her mouth.

I saw the quiet mountain top at night, and the Milky Way quietly poured down like a light curtain, flowing to the horizon in the distance. The galaxy is incomparably bright, and it is exceptionally clear to the eye. The people who were stunned were not only Song Xijun, but Ding Xiu and them were also fascinated for a while.

"It's beautiful!" Song Xijun muttered, as if he wanted to indulge in it.

In fact, the beautiful Milky Way can be seen in the desert, but Ding Xiu never pays attention to it, because the night there is an equal sign of danger.

In the previous nineteen years, Ding Xiu had spent the night outside the camp only a handful of times, and each time he had almost brushed shoulders with death.

When he thinks back to the past, he can't help but feel that he missed out on a lot.

It was late at night.

Ding Xiu waited for everyone to return to the tent, he got up and added some firewood to the bonfire, then took his weapon and prepared to go around.

Stepping out of the leeward bend, the cool breeze of the night instantly enveloped him.

Ding Xiu carried the hand of Yanlong on his back and climbed a big rock next to him, and his vision suddenly became much clearer.

Tomorrow over the mountain, their car will officially enter the basin, and at the foot of the mountain in the distance is a dense forest that stretches into the distance, and there seems to be a river hidden in the dense forest.

The woods under the canopy were inky, just like the sea outside the window at night when I was in Nangang.

Ding Xiu stood on the boulder for a long time, and finally said goodnight to those who had passed away in the cool breeze, and then prepared to go back to the tent to rest.

He had just turned his head when he suddenly heard a faint howl in the wind.

Ding Xiu turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, the place where the sound came from was far, far away, it came from the forest sea at the foot of the mountain, and dissipated under the starlight on the top of the mountain.

"What kind of creature?" He was a little curious, but at the same time he was vigilant.

The long whistling faded quickly, and then there was no movement, as if it had never been.

Ding Xiu shook his head, went back to his tent and lay down, preparing to tell everyone about the situation tomorrow.

In the early morning, the water vapor at the top of the mountain was very heavy, and before the sun came out, there was a faint fog around the camp.

Ding Xiu opened the tent and saw a familiar figure standing in the open space outside.

"Sorry for you?"

"Ding Xiu, it's early." Song Xijun was practicing the spear drawing technique that Ding Xiu had taught her, she heard the voice behind her, turned her head and smiled at Ding Xiu.

The two weapons in the girl's hands were small models of sand eagles that she bought in Tianque City yesterday, and her warm palms had already made the coldness on the guns fade.

"Early." Ding Xiu also smiled at her, and praised again: "The posture is much more standard than before, and the movements are also a lot more agile." ”

"Really?" Song Xijun's face was slightly red, and his eyes were full of joy.

The sun peeked out from the top of the mountain, and Ding Xiu had already practiced with Song Xijun for a while.

Shen You got out of the tent, rubbed his eyes, and was slightly stunned when he saw the two people outside.

"You two are so early." The little girl pursed her lips, slightly jealous in her heart.

"The air here is so good." Song Xijun said with a smile, "You can breathe the fresh air in the morning when you wake up early." ”

"Really?" Shen You sniffed, "I don't seem to feel any difference." ”

"Why do you all wake up so early?" Gu Beimo climbed out of the tent and looked up at the sun that had just risen to the top of the mountain.

"Everybody's awake." Ding Xiu said, "Let me tell you something. ”

"What's the matter?" All three of his companions looked at him.

"I was looking around last night, and right on that big rock, I heard some unusual sounds coming from the basin."

"What sound?" Gu Beimo was stunned for a moment.

"The whistling sound of some kind of animal." Ding Xiu said.

"What kind of animal?" Shen You asked curiously.

"I don't know." Ding Xiu shook his head, "The sound came from the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, so we should be more careful when we come down the mountain." ”

"It's scary...... Shen You rubbed his hands, the cold air in the early morning made the body temperature lose relatively quickly.

"If it's a mutated creature, hmph, Lao Tzu will take their crystal nucleus." Gu Beimo rubbed his hands.

"When you say that, I don't seem to be afraid anymore." Shen You thought about it, and in his heart, he had already equated the mutant creature with the crystal nucleus.

"Let's have something to eat first, and we'll leave later." Ding Xiu greeted his companions and began to pack up camping tools such as tents and sleeping bags. He packed them all together and moved them to the back of his off-road pickup, where he would continue to use them on the road.

In the bonfire, there were still some sparks that had not been extinguished, Gu Beimo added some firewood and fuel to it, and warmed a few cups of hot drinks for everyone.

"Xiaoyou, hurry up and recruit some bugs for us to be scouts." He handed the food to Shen You and said to the little girl, "It's time for you, the captain of the reconnaissance team, to go out." ”

"There are no bugs on the top of the mountain, I'll try it when it comes down." Shen You nodded, when it was her turn to contribute, she would never back down, "You have to be able to fly." ”

At night, the sea of ink at the foot of the mountain turned green again in the early morning, the trees swayed in the wind, and the four of them packed up the makeshift camp and returned to the car with all their belongings.

The bonfire was doused with water, and Ding Xiu covered it with another layer of ash before leaving.

Two pickup trucks slowly descended the curve, and when they reached the end of the upwind road, the entrance to the basin appeared ahead.

It was a relatively steep slope, but fortunately, Ding Xiu and Gu Beimo's off-road pickup truck performed very well and the tires had strong grip, so there was no problem when going downhill.

The view at the foot of the mountain was not as wide as that from the top, and ahead was the dense forest they had seen at the top of the mountain last night. The tires pressed against the gravel pavement and there was some slight grinding sound between the stones.

A few white-feathered birds were startled by the sound of the vehicle's engine, and they flapped their wings from the branches, and their figures were soon reflected in the blue sky and white clouds.

"They ignore me......" Shen You lay by the car window, a little frustrated. She had just tried to make contact with the birds, but they were visibly afraid of the steel "monsters" that the girl was riding.

"Pheromones have a greater effect on insects than animals, so you should try more bugs." Gu Beimo comforted her.

"I just wanted to see if birds could be as obedient as insects." Shen You said and continued to rub his fingers.

The gravel road under the wheels stretches into the dense forest, and some sections of the road are already overgrown with weeds and have lost their first traces.

This road was paved by the military and civilians when Tianque City was built, and after Tianque City was built, there were many towns around it, and it gradually lost its effect.

In recent years, the vegetation of the forest has been encroaching on the road, and in addition to erasing the traces of the road, it is easy for people who enter the basin to lose their way.

Ding Xiu took out the compass to proofread the direction, this compass was still given by Chen Jianing when he was in distress in the desert, he looked at the compass slightly fascinated, and couldn't help but think of the girl's appearance in his mind.

"Ding Xiu." Gu Beimo's voice came from the walkie-talkie in the car.

This communication equipment came from Tianque City and was purchased in the store before everyone left the city.

In today's world, the coverage of communication base stations is very small, and mobile phones can only be used in some large cities. If the distance is farther away, you have to use the line of a satellite phone, but ordinary people do not have this permission at all.

Ding Xiu did not choose a mobile phone, but used this walkie-talkie, which is very convenient for short-distance communication.

"What's wrong, old Gu?" Ding Xiu pressed the call button on the walkie-talkie and asked inside.

"The road seems to be gone." The voice over the intercom was a little helpless.

The two cars stopped, and Ding Xiu and Gu Beimo got out of the car and looked around for traces of the road.

"It's true that the direction is northeast, but the road is gone." Gu Beimo said.

"As long as it's in the right direction, the road is not the most important thing." Ding Xiu signaled Gu Beimo not to worry, because he had never seen a road in the desert, so whether there was a road or not had little impact on him at all.

"You guys are waiting for us in the car." Seeing that Shen You and Song Xijun both poked their heads out of the car window, Ding Xiu said to them again, "Lao Gu and I will go around and have a look." ”

"Then you have to be careful." Song Xijun shouted at the two of them.

Ding Xiu nodded, went back to the car to get the weapon, and followed Gu Beimo in the direction where the gravel road disappeared.

The two of them walked forward not far before they heard the sound of the water, and Ding Xiu used the blade of his gun to split the branches in front of him, and followed the sound of the water to the river.

The river here is not wide, but the water seems to be very deep, Ding Xiu stood on the edge of the river and could not see the bottom of the river, he looked around again, ready to turn away.

Gu Beimo squatted down, picked up some water from the river with both hands and covered his face.

"It's so cool!" He rubbed his face, there was no condition to wash his face at the top of the mountain in the morning.

Just when Gu Beimo was intoxicated by the refreshing and pleasant feeling of the river, a few bubbles suddenly appeared on the surface of the river where he had just scooped water.

Ding Xiu noticed the strangeness in the river, and his eyes suddenly froze.