Chapter 63: Desert Storm

James stared at the green dot on the screen, frowning and muttering, "It's so fast, it looks like you're going around the camp." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

A few people crept out of the tent, James with a dogleg knife in his hand, staring warily ahead. Zi Yang listened attentively, except for the rhythmic sound made by the computer, in the dark night, there was only the sound of the night wind blowing through his ears and the fine sand flowing, there was nothing unusual, could it be that this foreigner's broken equipment was unreliable and lied about the military situation?

At this moment, a dazzling light rose from the camp, and James held his flare gun high and fired a flare, which glided in the air for a few seconds before suddenly lit up, illuminating the area around the camp for hundreds of meters as if it were day.

A few dozen meters away from them, a gray figure was crouching on the ground staring at them.

Everyone was shocked, it seemed that this was the smoke soul that attacked them during the day!

The flare Alexander fired lasted only six seconds, and the smoke spirit stared at them like a statue until the light faded and only two dark green rays swam in the night.

Suddenly, the green light flashed away, and Ziyang pointed to the screen and said, "It's moving again!" ”

Hearing the sound, the remaining few people were also awakened, and Lao Wang's lower body was wrapped in a sleeping bag, and he crawled out of the tent with a rolling belt, shouting in his mouth: "What's the matter?" Where are the guns? Is the enemy coming? Let me go! Oops, this broken sleeping bag tied my legs......"

Zi Yang looked at Su Rui, who had just run out of the tent, and said, "It may be a soil dog or a jackal." ”

James shook his head and said, "I've seen jackals, that's definitely not, that thing seems to come from hell, that thing doesn't belong to the world!" ”

Zi Yang shook his head, thinking that the values of these foreigners were really strange. Even though he is a scientist, he still believes in gods and ghosts.

Alexander said with a gloomy face, "I can't sleep, get up and pack my things, let's go!" ”

Although Ziyang and the others were dissatisfied, after seeing the scene just now, they all felt that they couldn't sleep anymore when they lay down, so they simply hurried away. Looking at the sneaky appearance of that dog, it should be that he suffered a loss last time and had a long memory, and he only dared to sneak attack, not to rob openly.

At that moment, everyone packed up and urged the camels to continue their journey.

Shaking on the hump, Ziyang slept a few times in a daze, but fortunately, the camel was very well-behaved, not only walked steadily, but also automatically followed.

As the journey deepened, the yellow sand as far as the eye could see gradually changed, the ground became ravine, the epidermis was cracked, the originally flat ground developed into many irregular dorsal fin-shaped ridges and wide and shallow grooves, the black and yellow mud mixed with nicotine became hard and bumpy, and from a distance, the earth seemed to be angry and dancing.

Su Rui said, this is a typical Yadan landform, we have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Lop Nur.

Everyone wore the hat of the jacket on their heads, wore wide goggles, covered their mouths with large masks and towels, and wrapped their entire faces tightly, which would reduce the evaporation of water from their bodies and avoid direct contact between their skin and the harsh air outside.

Walking in the Gobi is not as easy as tourism, basically exposed to the air outside for a few hours, the whole person will be as dry as salted fish. Even if you don't get dehydrated, your skin will dry out.

As he walked, James, who was leading the way with a GPS satellite locator in front, suddenly turned around and ran in a rage, looking back and pointing into the distance as he ran, shouting: "Sandstorm, sandstorm!! ”

The depressed and listless Ziyang looked at Lao Wang, looked up and tried to observe, and found a dark cloud rolling in the distance.

Alexander and Timur also hurriedly turned around and ran on their camels, and when they passed by them, Alexander yelled at them in stiff Chinese: "Look at God?!" Come on!! ”

Zi Yang turned his head to look at Alexander, who ran away like a lost dog, and thought, I usually see you very calm, why are you running like a rabbit now, isn't it just a sandstorm?

Just like that, I looked back and found that the dark clouds suddenly became bigger and darker, and in just half a minute, the sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun rolled in, and a sand wall of several thousand meters seemed to be erected in the sky, and the sky and the earth were discolored for a while, and there was a fierce sound in the air.

Zi Yang was shocked, turned around and slapped the camel's butt and ran wildly, running for a while and thinking that this is not stupid? Can a camel run fast enough to run through a sandstorm?

Just as they were preparing to make desperate efforts, James's bald face leaked from behind a ruined mound of earth in front of them, and he beckoned to them again and again: "This way, this way!! ”

Turning the dirt bag, Zi Yang found that Alexander, Su Rui and others were there, and in just half a minute, everyone had already set up a tent together. Only himself, Xiao Hei, and Lao Wang who are still "sightseeing" in the back are left. I couldn't help but feel ashamed in my heart, and I dragged the organization back again.

At this time, the wind and sand that were still in the distance just now had been covered, and there was no figure in sight half a meter away, even if he was wearing a thick jacket, the sand and gravel still hurt on his face and body.

Timur gathered the camels around the tent, and these battle-hardened camels were also very skilled, and although they were frightened, they were trained to bow down in a circle outside the tent, as if they were gifted to do such things.

Ziyang helped Alexander and the others fix the tent, and four half-meter-long iron tongs were inserted diagonally into the ground, with these four iron tongs to hold the rope, the tent would not be rolled up by the wind and sand.

By this time the sky had become completely dark, visibility had dropped to zero, and Alexander hurriedly beckoned everyone to come into the tent. Outside, the Gobi Desert seemed to be angry, whipped up in sand and rocks and whipped everything in front of it, like thousands of troops and horses whizzing past outside the tent.

Lao Wang, who was not caring just now, was so frightened that his eyes were straight, and this phenomenon was best described as earth-shattering and crying ghosts.

It seemed that it was only a few seconds of effort, and Lop Nur, who couldn't open his eyes in the scorching sun just now, had become pitch black, as dark as late as night.

Alexander turned on a cold light. Everyone looked at each other, Rao is a well-informed doctor like Alexander, who often runs in the field, and he is also frightened at this moment.

Listening to the fierce sound of the tent, Ziyang couldn't help but say worriedly, "Can this tent hold up?" ”

"This purpose-built MSR wilderness tent is sturdier and heavier than a regular MSR tent. It's enough to withstand a Category 10 hurricane, but this kind of sandstorm may not be enough" - the implication is also very uncertain.

Alexander muttered in a low voice, "This is no ordinary sandstorm, the wind wall just now is 5 or 6 kilometers high, such a huge scale, it belongs to the level of a black storm." ”

Lao Wang forcibly interrupted: "Therefore, those of you who are engaged in scientific research should usually pray more to God and Buddha, do less destruction, and be full of reverence for nature." ”

After the sandstorm passed, it was found that all the patent leather of all vehicles was polished by the sandsand, revealing the shiny iron sheet at the bottom layer, and the strong and wear-resistant tires were cut off by the sand. Think about what would have been cut into if a flesh-and-blood person were outside......

Listening to the roaring wind and sand outside the tent, everyone hid in the tent with a miserable face, since entering Lop Nur, first encountered the elusive smoke spirit, and then the earth-shattering black storm, everyone wandered in the gate of hell several times in just one day. Rao is a bold and heartless old king, and he is also silent at this time.

After about two or three hours, the wind and sand outside gradually stopped, and the sky outside the tent seemed to have regained some brightness.

The crowd climbed out of the tent and found that the tent had been erected on the flat ground and had sunk into knee-deep dust. However, the camel was scattered around the tent and was safe and foreboding, and in the process of the wind and sand, the camel was also secretly lucky, constantly moving its limbs and belly so as not to be buried.

James took out two sapper shovels from his luggage, threw one to Lao Wang, and the two of them pouted and snorted and dug the tent. Xiao Hei stood in the clearing, raised his hand in front of his eyebrows and looked around curiously.

After the storm, the surrounding scene has changed dramatically, and several strange-shaped sand walls have been erected, and the few earthen walls that were still standing just now have been razed to the ground and wiped out without a trace.

Su Rui said, "In a few hours, the world has completely changed into a different appearance, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you really can't believe the power of this magic work of nature, no wonder there is a devil city in the world." In addition to the special Yadan landform, this instantaneous ability is probably also one of the reasons. ”

Ziyang looked at Xiao Hei and said, "Brother Monkey, don't look at it, come down and help." ”

Timur, who was silent, said in Chinese: "Don't move, there is a situation in the camel herd." ”