Chapter Ninety-Three: Mingsha
Is this Gan Feng's handwriting? I asked Alan Lin if she was completely sure, and she nodded, her eyes determined.
"Strangely, the route marked on this sketch seems to be the same as the map we found." Professor Wu said while comparing the map.
"Yes, the Luoli Ancient City we are looking for is exactly fifty miles northeast of Biye Pass." I agree.
"Gan Feng, how did they know the exact location of this ancient city? They don't have a map in their hands. Zheng Tian wondered.
No one can answer the question. I had a vague sense of foreboding in my heart, it was certainly not an accident that such an important drawing was abandoned here, could something have happened to them? I said my thoughts, but Alan Lin denied it: "Don't talk nonsense, this must have been deliberately left by Gan Feng." β
Ailanlin's statement seems far-fetched, first of all, since they are already waiting for us in front of us, there is no need to leave us the drawings in advance, and secondly, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if they really want to leave us the drawings, they will never hide the drawings under the coffin in the hidden cellar, but find a conspicuous place, or simply give us the letter when they are in Xishi Town.
Considering Alan Lin's feelings, I didn't continue to ask questions. At this time, Professor Wu took the drawings in my hand, pondered for a while, and said, "Anyway, we will put away this drawing first, and then ask Gan Feng what is going on with them when we get to Biyeguan." β
After speaking, Professor Wu consciously put the drawings into his pocket, although I felt a little unhappy, but thinking that this drawing was discovered by his subordinates first, I didn't say anything.
We looked around again to make sure there was nothing else, and then we climbed out of the cellar.
After I came out, I briefly talked to the fat bear about what happened in the cellar just now, and then I saw Urati and Nangong Han on the other side of the sand dune also walking over with camels, Nangong Han's face looked very bad, as if he was sick, which made me feel incredible, because in my mind, it is impossible for such a bullish person to have anything to do with illness.
βGarbage!β Seeing Nangong Han like this, Mo Sen, who had been beaten up before, gloated and scolded.
Because of his fear, his voice was not very loud, but I heard it very clearly, and immediately glared at the bald man and said, "Please clean your mouth." β
Mo Sen twisted his neck and was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Professor Wu behind him: "Apologize to Mr. Nangong quickly." β
Seeing Professor Wu speak, Mo Sen had no choice but to restrain his emotions and reluctantly spit out a sentence of "sorry" from his mouth. β
I asked Nangong Han with concern how he felt, he just shook his head, but he didn't speak, Ulati hugged him and said: "Everyone in the desert will be uncomfortable, Urati has already given this friend some medicine just now, and he should be fine after a while." β
"Why don't we take a break?" I looked at Nangong Han's appearance and suggested.
"Don't delay, let's go." Nangong Han finally said a word.
His voice was soft but weighty, and since he had asked for it, we all got on the camels and went on.
After about another hour of walking, Nangong Han's state was much better than before, just as I relaxed a little, a new situation soon happened, and the camel I sat on suddenly stopped, and it was useless for me to whip it. I looked around and noticed that the rest of the people were in the same situation as me.
"Is this camel hungry, do you want to feed something?" The fat bear said as he slapped his hump.
"You have to eat five meals a day like a camel like you? It's no problem for people to eat or drink for ten days and half a month! Zheng Tian shook his hand and said.
"The camels of Urat are the finest, and even if they feel hungry, they will keep going!" Urat added.
"So what's going on now?" Fat Bear said impatiently.
As soon as the fat bear's voice fell, I vaguely heard something in my ears, hazy, like a muffled thunder from the vast sky.
"Just now...... Thunder just now? Zheng Tian behind me said in surprise.
"Is it going to rain? Damn, we didn't have an umbrella! The fat bear looked to himself and became annoyed.
Rain in the desert may happen, but it's basically a once-in-a-few years, and if we just enter the desert and meet it, then this kind of luck can be enough to buy a lottery ticket.
The muffled thunder became clearer and clearer, and it would "boom" every seven or eight seconds, and at first we didn't feel anything, but soon the sound became deafening. The yellow sand around us was so restless that it fluttered in the sky, and the camels we sat on began to become agitated.
"Good boy! Looking at this formation, it looks like it's going to be a heavy rainstorm soon! The fat bear clutched his ears and shouted.
I think it's a little strange, if it rains soon, the sky should have changed, but now the sun is still scorching, which is really unreasonable.
At this time, Urati, who was at the front of the line, turned his head and said to us, "Don't panic, everyone, it's not a rainstorm, but the god of the desert is welcoming us!" β
"Hey, let your god rest, we understand his kindness, but this voice is really annoying!" The fat bear shouted.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be a phenomenon of sand in the desert." Professor Wu said, spitting out the sand that flew into his mouth.
"Mingsha? Is the sand itself calling? I asked.
"Suffice it to say, sand is a unique desert phenomenon in which the friction between the moving sand particles at the top and the fixed sand layer at the bottom creates an elastic wave that causes the sand to make an abnormal sound, and after a while it should be fine." Professor Wu explained in professional words.
"Rubbing each other up and down? How does it sound weird? Zheng Tian smiled lewdly and took out his DV to record this strange phenomenon.
"What's wrong with the up and down friction, it's up to you kid to think......" As soon as I said this, I heard the fat bear behind me let out a scream and fell heavily on the yellow sand.
Professor Wu's assistant John, and I were closest to him, and immediately got off the camel to help him up, and the fat bear ate a mouthful of yellow sand, and scolded while scolding: "Damn, the wall calendar says that it is not suitable to travel today, which is really good." β
I scoffed, "You must be too heavy for other camels to bear." β
"Nonsense! The fat man has been losing weight recently. It's clear that it's not angry. The fat bear defended himself again and again.
At this time, I noticed that the camel that the fat bear had ridden had knelt down on its two front feet, and on closer inspection it seemed to be bleeding.
"You've crushed other people's legs, and you're embarrassed to say it's not because you're heavy?" Zheng Tian also jumped off the camel at this time and said.
The fat bear looked at the camel's painful appearance, and did not know why this was happening, like a child who had made a mistake, and wanted to explain something but could not find an excuse, and then Urati also came over, and looked at the wounded camel with a distressed face, and said something I did not understand.
I pounded the fat bear's waist and whispered, "Fatty, you have something to do, I guess you will lose a lot of money this time." β
Fat Xiong said righteously: "One person does things and one person is responsible, if it is really crushed by the fat man and me, the fat man should be responsible." β
Urati turned the camel's front feet over, and after examining it carefully, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he shook his head, saying, "O God, poor Zayasi is not crushed. β
"If it wasn't crushed, then why did it kneel down on its two legs and look like it was still in pain?" I wondered.
Urat pointed to the camel's turned front legs and said, "See for yourselves." β
I leaned my head closer and saw that the camel had a wound an inch long on the inside of its front leg, and the bloody flesh had rolled up, and it looked like a knife wound.