I stuck my head deep in the sand, not wanting to hear or see anything, except for the sound of heavy breathing and the roar of the wind. Katsuko's body was constantly shaking like chaff, and I was about to pat him on the back for a few comforting words, but I heard a terrifying loud noise from the top of the tent, as if something heavy had fallen on it. At the same time, the tent began to tremble violently, and the tarp and the iron rod made a heart-wrenching sound, which sounded chilling to the bottom of people's hearts when it was accompanied by the sound of the wind outside. I didn't dare to face the terrible situation of the tent, so I buried my head deeper.

I don't know how long it took, the tent seemed to stop squeaking and moaning, the wind outside seemed to be quieter, and there was dead silence in the tent. I pulled my head out in panic and found that the iron pole supporting the tent was crooked, and the whole tent was tilted 30 degrees to the left, and the left side of the tent was pressed by a large black object, which looked like a wall of sand had fallen on it.

Zhang Siyuan struggled to prop himself up and pushed hard, and the sound of sand falling to the ground sounded. The tent straightened up slightly, and Wang Linshuo frowned and said: "Fortunately, the tent is strong enough, otherwise the sand wall just now ......."

Before he could finish his words, there was an earth-shattering loud noise. Looking back, the sand wall had made a terrifying arc of the tarp, and the whole tent was crumbling under the force of the wind and the sand wall, and the sound of an iron pipe breaking came from nowhere. Wang Zhen's face turned pale in an instant, and he jumped up with an arrow, his whole body sticking to the tent skin, his feet retreated, and he used his body to fight against the sand wall.

Panting and shouting, "Don't let the sand wall break the tent skin!" Go and see if there's anything else that's about to break! ”

I panicked and ran to other corners and found a few broken iron pipes and a tent cloth that was about to tear. I quickly pulled out the broken part and threw it aside, clutched the tearing part, gritted my teeth and dragged the tilted tent back into place, closing my eyes and clutching what I was holding, swearing to fight the storm to the death.

I don't know how many times I fought against the sand wall, how many iron rods were broken, until after an hour, the hideous wind finally died down, and the invisible fangs were retracted. Zhang Siyuan carefully poked out a pair of eyes, stared for a while and sighed: "The desert is no longer the desert I am familiar with. ”

Wang Linshuo sat on the ground panting, patted the dust on his hands and said, "Are we unlucky?" A major storm of this magnitude usually blows only once in a few months or even half a year, so why have we experienced two storms in just a few days here? ”

Wang Zhen said helplessly: "I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out, and my fortune has declined to the extreme-but fortunately, the tent is strong enough, and only a few iron rods have been broken until now." ”

I shook my head helplessly, I can't stop the heart from failing, why do good things never follow one after another like bad things? Several of us shook the sand on our bodies, wiped a plastered face, Zhang Siyuan pulled the shivering Shengzi out of the sand and said: "The storm is gone, what are you shaking, do you think you just finished peeing or just finished something?" ”

Wang Zhen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't tell him about this kind of thing, it will pollute the pure heart." ”

Katsuko's face was as pale as earth, and she clenched her teeth and showed a pained expression. I saw that he didn't look frightened, so I asked, "What, what's wrong?" ”

He lifted his clothes, revealing the wound on his back, the gauze had been soaked with blood and pus, yellow and red, and he looked very disgusting. He pointed to the base of his thigh again, and said with a bitter face: "It looks like sand has entered the wound." ”

I gasped, and Wang Linshuo threw him tweezers and gauze: "Can you clean it yourself?" ”

He shook his head, weakly; "I feel cold and dizzy, so I can't get infected again, right?"

Zhang Siyuan sighed and rushed over to uncover the gauze, his movements were a little reckless, making Shengzi scream, rolling his huge white eyes and staring at him with resentment. At this moment, Zhang Siyuan ignored everyone's eyes, he stared at the wound and muttered, "Why is the infection so serious?" It's like the meat is rotten. ”

I couldn't bear to look at it after just one glance at the wound, the black rotten flesh was mixed with sand and pus and blood, and the wound seemed to be a little deeper than before, and it seemed that Bai Sensen's bones could be seen. Zhang Siyuan hurriedly cleaned up the sores for him and changed the medicine, Wang Linshuo rummaged through the bag and held his head with a headache and said, "The anti-inflammatory drugs are gone." ”

I scolded, looked worriedly at Katsuko, who was tormented by pain, and secretly prayed in my heart that he would survive these five or six days. Wang Linshuo sighed helplessly: "I can only give you medicine and change the gauze." In addition, I will tell you the 'good news', the medicines are in a hurry, there is nothing, serums, anti-inflammatory drugs...... You all have to be careful, if anyone gets bitten by a rattlesnake again, I can't help it. ”

Not wanting to dwell on it, I leaned back in my tent and listened to the slight sound of the wind outside, and unzipped it after making sure the storm had stopped. The bright moonlight once again sprinkled on the yellow sand, and the desert, which had been calmer than a pool of stagnant water, was now chaotic, with several small sand dunes popping up on one side and a sand pit on the other.

I looked around and saw nothing but sand, and I couldn't help but sigh that it was really a sea of death, and there wasn't even a single grass or bug. Zhang Siyuan walked out yawning with dark circles that were almost down to his navel, grabbed my watch, glanced at it and complained: "It's already three o'clock, and Lao Tzu hasn't taken care of his eyes this night." ”

I didn't want to go, and pushed him and said, "Then you go to sleep, I was tossed once and my sleepiness flew out of the clouds." ”

Zhang Siyuan grinned: "Just wait for your words, you can help me take the remaining half an hour by the way." ”

I glared at him, and he slipped back into the tent and smirked at me before closing the door. I shook my head, smiled to myself, and sat at the foot of the tent looking at the starlight.

The next day, everyone woke up naturally, and it was not until 10 o'clock in the morning that the sleeping bags were covered with sweat before they lazily got up, packed their things and embarked on the way back. Zhang Siyuan scratched his head while looking back at the desert and said, "I swear to you, no matter who it is, you will never invite me next time, even if you give me 50 million US dollars, I won't do it." ”

I sighed secretly, and said to myself, who doesn't swear like that every time before leaving? However, the next time, because of all kinds of broken reasons, I had to travel thousands of miles to suffer. I looked at the backs of a few of them and the scorching sun hanging in the sky, and involuntarily thought back to Uncle Lu, lowered my head with red eyes and thought to myself, I didn't expect that I couldn't even see their corpses. Is it really worth it to go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire for a piece of jade in the second half of your life?

After that, things were a bit lackluster, nothing more than a constant advance against the sun and the cold. The monsters or strange things I encountered when I came here seemed to have disappeared, and I didn't even touch a single one along the way. We passed by the pit where the small gray building was hidden, walked past the remnants of the jade sand where the archaeological team members were buried, and were almost close to the waist of the desert. On the way back, Katsuko began to integrate with us and began to open her heart to talk about some personal matters. As he passed by the sandy area where his brother's body was buried, he only kowtowed three times and then stood up, his eyes less sad.

I finally knew that he had stolen the jade not only to resurrect his brother, but also to go to the market for a sum of money and see the outside world. He said that he had lived on earth for eighteen years, but he had never seen what a big city with a subway and skyscrapers looked like; He also said that he could not read a few words, and could only work as a desert guide, a high-risk profession that did not get much money; He also said that his sister was very kind to him, and although the family was poor, she used limited materials to cook for him, which is why he grew so tall...... For the first time in my history, I found him merit other than a drag on us, and I couldn't help but think of taking him to my own house for a few days.

But Wang Linshuo still didn't trust him very much, his eyes flickered, he swallowed his saliva, and asked carefully: "You really don't know some things between the red umbrella and the coral?" ”

Katsuko shook his head categorically: "I don't know if I don't know, do I need to lie to you about this?" Maybe you hated me because of the tricks I was doing, but ......"

Wang Linshuo waved his hand and interrupted him: "Okay, I believe in you." This is the last time I'll ask you this kind of question, and I'm definitely not going to ask it again. ”

Zhang Siyuan said enthusiastically: "Would you like to fly back to our house with a few of us?" Delicious food and drink will entertain you, and please also ask you to stay overnight and have great health care. ”

I rolled my eyes and said, "How can anyone treat tourists from other places like this!" You have to visit the well-known scenic spots, climb the mountain and take a photo, and invite people to go to the same Internet café all over the country! ”

Zhang Siyuan said disdainfully: "What mountain did you climb, you didn't climb enough when you were in Yunnan Yongsheng?" ”

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "You two might as well go to Deyun Club to talk about cross talk, but they may not recruit disciples, right?" ”

I pouted and said, "Speaking of cross talk, how can we get enough, we should pull the previous Hu San." He talked a lot when he was in Yunnan, but now he has become less ......"