Chapter 26: Night in the Desert

After dragging her up, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the girl was also frightened, she was paralyzed on the ground at the moment, and she was crying weakly, and before everyone could catch her breath, XY asked everyone to hurry back, and now the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the quicksand is likely to spread, just like that, we hurried back to the place where we just took shelter.

After going back, everyone asked them why they ran so far, and the girls were all flushed, lowered their heads embarrassedly, and didn't speak, and everyone didn't continue to ask, but they were still afraid for a while.

In this way, the space here is so small that almost everyone did not have a good rest all night, and as soon as the morning dawned, we continued to set off.

One by one, the sand waves are surging forward, like an invisible giant hand, which has removed the desert from the layers and then to the vast desert and the dead sand sea, which makes people feel that this place is so majestic and quiet.

For a whole day, we didn't have the excitement of the first day to come to the desert, although it is very magnificent, an endless sea of sand, but, walking around here for a long time, it makes people feel so helpless, as if they can never go to the end, we bring water and food is very sufficient, we don't save, thirsty just drink a big sip, tired on a short rest, along the way in order to pass the boring loneliness, everyone also sang, we also passed by a small ruins, it should be a small country in the Western Regions, In the ancient Western Regions, such small states could be seen everywhere, and at that time, basically as long as there was a place the size of a village, it could be called a country, and then it went around fighting wars and occupying resources and territories.

This place should be frequented by explorers, there is hardly anything of value, everyone just briefly visited, took a few photos and continued to set off, but the students were very strange and reluctantly left.

That night, we found a good place, this should also be a ruins, several houses are half into the sand, Li Ling told everyone, this should be an ancient post station or something, there are several stone houses here, a lot more spacious, at night, there is a fire, there is no strong wind, everyone has eaten a mouthful of hot, after eating and drinking, XY made a suggestion, vigil, he said:

"There will be many unknown dangers in the desert at night, and we need to keep vigil."

As for what the danger is, he didn't elaborate, but just gave a few examples to remind us that that night, we were divided into groups, and the girls didn't have to be on duty at night, and there were two or three people in each group, and the number of people was relatively large, and a group was less than two hours, which was more relaxed.

Liang Qiu and I were divided into a group, this kid is very clever, always Brother Yun's screaming, I like this kid more, we said that we would call it when we changed the group, but in the second half of the night I woke up, look at the time, there is still half an hour to take over, but I can't sleep, get up and stretch, light a cigarette and walk out, then I found out that there was no one outside, the fire was also extinguished, I touched it with my hand, it was a little warm, it seemed that it had been extinguished for a while, looked around, and sure enough, no one kept vigil, Could it be that I secretly went back to sleep again, it seems that these students are really unreliable, but I think it's not right, in the last group of me are two experienced old servants, there shouldn't be that kind of mistake, will it be to find a place to go conveniently, so, I looked around.

The desert at night is not too dark, I can see clearly without a flashlight, after looking around, I found that there is no one, are these two really asleep, I don't think much about it, other people's business is other people's business, there is no need to let everyone know to offend people, so, I began to drum up the fire, tonight's wind is not strong, there is solid fuel, the fire soon rose again, looking at the vast desert under the night, I suddenly had a carefree feeling in my heart, to be honest, Gu poison is such a thing, There is no such thing as the process of making people feel their lives disappearing little by little, it will suddenly come one day when it is about to explode, and take away your life in an instant, this feeling, at least not the feeling of being close to death, suddenly coming, is actually quite good.

Just when I was thinking nonsense, suddenly a voice came, it was a kind of thing moving sound, my ears are very smart, although this sound is very shallow, but I can still hear some, that kind of pace, it doesn't seem to be a person, thinking quickly thought of this, I quickly stood up, the black gold short knife instantly appeared on the right hand, the handle of the knife was held horizontally, and walked quickly along with the voice, I don't know if my movement made the thing perceive, the sound disappeared, I stood around and watched for a while, but I didn't hear that sound, could it be that I heard it wrong? No way, the sound was too real, I would never hear it wrong, so, I kicked my legs, my body flipped over, and I jumped to the top of the stone house, because of the height, I saw more clearly, there was nothing around but stones or stones, just when I was wondering, I saw two figures in the night, yes, they were human figures.

Slowly, the two figures got closer and closer, and they seemed to be very relaxed, not like people of unknown origin, and soon, I saw these two people clearly, it was the two servants, Lao Zhang and Lao Li.

They didn't notice me, and walked directly to the foothold, I turned over and got out of the stone house, at this time, they also noticed me, I asked them where they went, Lao Zhang rubbed his hands and said:

"Just now, I saw an animal like a deer running over, the speed is not very fast, I am thinking about catching some game tomorrow, hehe, no, the farther and farther I chase."

It turned out that when these two people were keeping vigil, they found an animal walking slowly, and they touched it, and as a result, the thing got faster and faster and threw them off, and I asked them how long they had been walking, and they both said that it was only ten minutes, but, when they looked at their watches, they said with surprised faces:

"I think it's only ten minutes, how can it be more than an hour?"

The two of them were older, and I didn't say much, so I waved my hand and asked them to go back early to rest, and I came to guard, at this time, Liang Qiu also woke up consciously, walked to me and asked me for a cigarette, and we sat around the fire and smoked.

I was still thinking about the voice just now, at this time, suddenly, the bursts of sound continued to come, I asked Liang Qiu if he heard it, Liang Qiu said at first that he didn't hear any sound, but, after a while, Liang Qiu said that he listened carefully and did hear it, don't look at the kid is very clever, but he is very timid, he is a little scared, this time, I listened carefully, and locked the direction of the source of the sound, I was about to get up and go over, Liang Qiu grabbed me, saying that he wanted to go with me, he didn't dare to be here by himself, I didn't think much of it, so I nodded, but asked him to be quiet.

Soon, I felt that I was very close to the place, and the sound still seemed to be coming, and I thought that the thing was moving slowly, and the sound of "rustling" was very close, and just when I thought it was very close, I rushed quickly, and on my toes, I suddenly crossed the big rock, and I was almost stunned at this look, what was it? Or rather, what kind of animal is this? I saw that this guy was as big as a deer, his head was very much like a wolf's head, his face was green, and there were two narrow fangs that were exposed, he was like a little monster, I had never seen or heard of such an animal.

This thing was crouching there and gnawing on something, and my sudden appearance also startled it, only to see this thing look up at me, and quickly turned and ran, so fast that it couldn't catch up at all.

Liang Qiu gasped for breath, ran over with a snort, and asked me, "Brother Yun, what is that, is it a deer?" ”

I was afraid of scaring him, so I said casually: "It should be, I didn't see it too clearly", as I said, I glanced at the direction of the guy again, and said to Liang Qiu: "Let's go back first, that thing is too fast, we can't catch up." ”

While walking, Liang Qiu said: "It must be a deer, I have seen it on TV, there are deer in the desert, and this is likely to be a place for it to rest." ”

I didn't listen to what he said, I thought about it alone, the look of that thing just now is too weird, especially in the dark night, especially infiltrating, but, I am also a person who has experienced some scenes, the psychology is very strong, and I don't feel afraid, I just don't understand what it is, in a flash, just now Lao Li and Lao Zhang's words, they are also old people who often participate in archaeological work, and they should have a strong sense of time, but I saw their expressions just now, It seems that he is very sure that he has only been away for ten minutes, but why has more than an hour passed?

By the fire, I looked at the burning fire, and while adding poplar wood, I thought about it, and sure enough, the sound was gone, it must have been the thing that came from, it seemed to be gnawing there, but I looked at it, there was nothing there, so what was it doing, and after thinking about it, I decided to take a look at it.

However, Liang Qiu is timid and doesn't dare to keep vigil by himself, if he goes with me, it will be bad if something happens, so I thought about it, and when the shift changes later, I will go by myself.

Soon, the next group of class changers came, it was two other students, one of them I knew, called Zhang Jianjian, a more stable young man, I asked Liang Qiu to go back to rest first, and go to make it easier for myself, they didn't say anything, let me be careful, probably because the girl fell into the quicksand last time, everyone is very careful to be convenient now, don't go too far.