We had been heading westward, previously to the northwest, but now due west, and the afternoon sun was shining on our faces, making us dizzy, and the wind was getting smaller and smaller, until it disappeared, and my whole body was covered with slimy sweat, and there was a burning sensation under my feet, and the air was hot, and I was suffocated like fire in my lungs.

It was so hard to endure that I kept wiping the sweat on my face with a headscarf, it was very stuffy to cover my head like this, I wanted to take the headscarf away, and I would definitely get heat stroke if I was directly exposed to the sun.

Lao Huang couldn't help it, and began to drink water frequently, I also drank it a few times, even the water in the bucket was warm, and drinking it did not relieve my thirst, this is still the result of wrapping a sheepskin, if there is no sheepskin to block the sun, these waters are afraid that they can reach fifty or sixty degrees.

There was a sound of falling behind him from time to time, Ah Chuan didn't even look back, Lao Huang and I had a hard time, not to mention those students, I took advantage of the time to drink water and turned my head to look, only to see Professor Zhang wanted to speak several times, but in the end he didn't say anything, he also looked very weak, not like he was in good spirits in the morning.

"Ah Chuan, take a break, I think that Professor Zhang can't stay up, if he falls here, we can't explain." I walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Ah Chuan and spoke.

"It was fine just now, how many steps have you walked?" Ah Chuan laughed jokingly, but he still stopped, turned his head and said, "Let's rest." ”

The archaeological team was amnesty, not even drinking water, sitting down, lying crookedly on the sand slope, the student named Wang Ze handed Professor Zhang a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water, he did not shirk and drank it, I saw a little distressed, so old to come to this kind of bitter place to suffer, and then think about myself, fortunately I studied geology at the beginning, almost archaeology.

Fortunately, it is a desert, and there is a Devil's Town that is considered a geological wonder, and the Devil's City is not a rare thing, and you don't have to go to the depths of the desert to see it.

Before he rested for five minutes, Ah Chuan stood up and went to lead the camel, Xiao Qi had never sat once from beginning to end, and was already ready to move forward, those students couldn't get up one by one lying on the ground, and at this moment they saw that Ah Chuan was going to leave again, they all shouted impatiently, and their voices were full of listlessness.

"Mr. Mo, let the children rest a little longer, they are really tired." Professor Zhang finally couldn't help it, and looked embarrassed with a bitter face.

Ah Chuan's face did not change: "We have already walked very slowly, and if we delay any longer, we won't be able to reach the Devil's City before dark, and we can't hide if we stay outside and meet wolves, we can't save everyone, it's up to you to rest or die." ”

When Professor Zhang heard this, his face immediately changed, and he hurriedly urged the students to get up, and several people looked at Ah Chuan with fear and suspicion, but in the end they all stood up, that Sun Kai kept looking at the camel, and saw Lao Huang looking at him directly, but he didn't dare to say it.

"It's all a habitual problem, so they should be sent to fish on the nameless island." Lao Huang said angrily behind him, fishing left a psychological shadow on him.

Ah Chuan in front also heard it, turned his head and smiled at Lao Huang, his face was full of banter, Lao Huang spat him when he saw this, he was not angry, I turned my head to look at the half-dead archaeological team following behind, Ah Chuan is not a gentleman, he just sprinkled his anger on that group of people.

I can understand Ah Chuan's intentions, our fundamental purpose is to support, not to accompany the archaeological team, he has never forgotten the real task from beginning to end.

The sun gradually tilted, the sun was no longer dazzling, but turned orange-red, shining obliquely on the sand dunes, dyeing the desert with the color of fire, I turned around, only to see the yellow sand in all directions, no oasis, no way out, no devil's city that Achuan said.

We rested again, but only for a few minutes, this time they didn't say more, and when Ah Chuan said to leave, he immediately stood up, and seeing the sun gradually disappear below the horizon, they were also afraid, afraid that there would really be wolves.

The last rays of sunlight disappeared below the horizon, and the sky immediately darkened a few degrees, and the crimson converged the light, turning a deep blue in an instant, and only a little pink-purple cloud hung in the sky, showing the sun's nostalgia for this land.

In the distance, I saw the towering clusters of mushroom-shaped rocks on the horizon, taking on a strange silhouette in the last rays of the sun, but I couldn't see them clearly, and they gradually merged with the dark sky, and we were slowing down.

No one asked to stop camping, they still believed in Ah Chuan, but they finally saw the shadow of the Devil's City, even if they were a little slower, they could get there, and as the night fell, the wind gradually became stronger, cold and biting, and it seemed to move elsewhere in an instant.

The archaeological team was well prepared, and they changed into cotton clothes, and Ah Chuan also took out a heavy wool felt coat from the camel's equipment and handed it to us, the cold wind blew on his face, and the tip of his nose was so cold that he was unconscious.

White and night are like a dividing line, the desert during the day is just hot, but at night it will become a land of tigers and wolves, the cold is just a small meaning, I can feel the uneasiness of the earth, something is about to move under our feet.

No one made a sound, everyone walked silently, relying on the searchlight hanging on the camel to light the way, the shadow of the devil's city gradually disappeared into the darkness, and the last scene was like a fierce ghost with teeth and claws, as if it had glimpsed us, and hibernated into the night.

The cold is not pleasant, but it is better than the heat, and more exercise can ward off the cold, we move much faster than during the day, and no one complains about the wind and sand blowing on the face, I always feel that the wind is mixed with some other sounds, and I can't distinguish it when I listen carefully, if I have to describe it, it is like the subtle sound of thousands of snakes moving on the sand.

My spine tingled, and the thing I hated most was snakes, and now when I looked around, there was all yellow and white sand as far as the eye could see, and there was no animal in sight, and even the strange rustling sound was gone, as if everything was my delusion.

This distance seems to be very far, but in fact it takes less than an hour to arrive, the searchlight illuminates the outline of the devil's city, countless huge mushroom-shaped rocks stand in the desert, it looks very small from a distance, and when you look closely, you can find that the lowest one is four or five meters high, and there are more than ten meters like a huge ghost, the wind blows between the rocks, making a sharp sound, like a ghost roar.

At first glance, this place is more terrifying than the sand dunes outside, Ah Chuan walked dozens of meters inside with a camel caravan, signaling us to rest, there are rocks here, obviously wetter than outside, there are sparse low shrubs growing on the side of the rocks, a lump here, a lump there, but unfortunately all of them are dead, no green, only dry and thin branches.

The place where we camped was backed by a huge rock, blocking the wind and sand a lot, at this moment the two groups of people were busy setting up tents, and they did not communicate with each other, this kind of simple tent was very easy to set up, and it was enough to hand it over to Achuan Xiaoqi, and Lao Huang and I went to the nearby bushes to cut some dry branches, and the energy that should be saved should be saved.

The students were not idle, two of them followed us to chop branches, and I could feel that they were alienating us as if they were not, and Lao Huang was afraid that it had left a psychological shadow on them.

The huge bonfire was lit, the wind was almost not felt against the rock, the warm flame was shining, and the whole body was much lighter, I was not very hungry, and I wanted to go back to the tent to sleep after a few sips of water, but I heard Wang Yiming on the opposite side shouting: "What is that?!" ”

His face was full of horror, we hurriedly stood up, all turned our heads to look, but we didn't see anything, the place he pointed to was the gap between two rocks, Ah Chuan took out a flashlight and shone it, only to see the light dissipate in the darkness in the distance, nothing unusual.

"What are you fuss about, what's the matter?" Wang Ze patted Wang Yiming's shoulder and spoke.

"Yes, definitely!" Wang Yiming still looked panicked, "I just saw it, on the side of the stone on the left, there are a pair of glowing eyes!" ”

My heart can't help but mention, he doesn't need to lie to us, is there really something behind that stone, and then think about the wolves that Ah Chuan said, maybe they are also afraid of the night wind and hide in the devil's city.

"Still glowing, light bulbs?" Lao Huang teased, but he had already walked cautiously towards the edge of the rock crevice, and I saw his hand on the crossbody bag, if it was really dangerous, he would definitely be able to pull out the gun as soon as possible.

Xiao Qi's movements were faster, and he walked in front of Lao Huang in a few dodges, half a position away from him, only to hear a "swish", the long sword on his waist was instantly unsheathed, and she lifted it in her hand, and the blue and faint sword body shone in the dim light.

Those students were stunned, this set of movements is indeed clean and neat, but I have seen more and I am used to it, there is no sense of amazement, they retreated slightly, sticking to the rock on the right and moving forward, Xiao Qi must have seen something, I saw her figure flash, jumped to the left, and stepped directly on the rock on the left, with a little left hand, the body slid like a top against the raised rock, and disappeared behind the rock in the blink of an eye.

There was a terrible scream from behind the rock, and there was a sound of struggle, and it stopped in less than ten seconds, and Lao Huang also ran up, and came out with a smile: "I thought it was something, I can add dinner tonight." ”

I looked from afar, only to see Lao Huang dragged out the corpse of an animal from behind the rock on the left, not too big, only one and a half meters long, its throat had been cut by Xiao Qi, and the blood fell to the ground ticking, exuding bursts of fishy smell, and when I got closer, I saw that its neck was almost cut in two, only a layer of flesh and skin was connected, and the vertebrae were broken, I could even imagine how much strength Xiao Qi used at that moment.

I turned my head and saw a group of people stunned, even Professor Zhang's eyes were full of surprise, and then I turned my head to see Xiao Qi walking slowly behind Lao Huang, wiping the blood on the long sword.