Chapter 9: Changing Days

The cool breeze was blowing in my face, and we were already deep in the desert at this time, and there was no turning back to go any further, according to Aria, if we kept walking, we could reach the Lop Nur area, I looked at the slack sand in front of me, and then looked up at the past, and saw that the air had become distorted under the rising temperature, forming a wave-like shape, and the state of the air looked extremely unstable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The second uncle took out the compass and looked at it, shook it on the camel, his head kept jolting up and down, and suddenly said: "It seems that we are in the right direction, this compass points to the direction of the Peacock River, and our direction is just to the north, and Lop Nur is located on the north bank of the Peacock River, so it won't take long to get there." ”

"That's right, but the weather doesn't look very good!" Zhang Yuntian covered the sun with one hand, and said, think about it, how did this kind of person with fine skin and tender flesh suffer from this kind of exposure, but since he has been to this desert and has the curse of Lu Wen on his body, I am afraid that his fair skin is just a gimmick, and it belongs to the type that does not tan.

"You guys get it right, you have to let the camels go faster, the wind is a little wrong! It's getting bigger! Then Aria said anxiously, and drove the camel faster.

"What's the matter, isn't this wind blowing quite comfortably? What's wrong? Abu asked, puzzled.

"You don't know, this summer, although the Taklamakan is a desert, but the air is also very dry, although there is a gap compared to the spring, but you also know the wind in the north, plus the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large, you have also seen, this wind is getting stronger and stronger, in the evening it is not like this, maybe there will be a sandstorm, but when you encounter a black sandstorm, it will be troublesome!" Aria was still driving the camel and said with some nervousness.

"Ahh I won't be so back, I've just entered the desert, where did the black sandstorm come from! Raven was surprised.

"Leave it alone, listen to the little girl." The old lady interrupted, and we didn't do much about it, and followed the camel led by Alia.

You know, the soil in this desert is unusually loose, and secondly, if there is a strong wind, it will blow up the sand on the ground, this one is the material basis, and the wind will become the power base, and if the wind does not stop, there will be a continuous power base, it is easy to form a black sandstorm, I still remember that in the spring of 1979, there was a terrible black sandstorm in Xinjiang, including Ruoqiang County, in one day, one square kilometer will fall 25,000 tons of sand, it sounds scared, It can be seen that the destructive power of the black sandstorm is not something that a few of us can withstand in the flesh.

Coupled with the unstable air state in the desert, the formation of a local thermal environment, which is also an important factor in the formation of the black desert, so the black sandstorm mostly occurs in the evening, in addition to the arid climate environment in the desert, after the spring and summer, the sandstorm is more frequent, unless it rains, so as to reduce the possibility of the black sandstorm.

Now that we are in the Taklamakan Desert, which is a well-known sub-sandstorm area, and Alia is a well-known desert guide, she said that something was wrong, I am afraid that there is really a problem, and we can't help but speed up, saying that we want to find a low-lying place to hide from the black sandstorm that I don't know if it will come in the evening.

Before we knew it, there was already wind and sand rushing towards us, we all wore masks, covered our veils and put on windproof goggles, and all dust-proof items could be used, although it was a little hot, but it was much better than eating sand, otherwise the eyes would have some inflammation and then be infected with a respiratory tract or something, and the road would not have to go in the future.

Somehow, I feel thirsty after walking a short distance in this desert, and I have to drink some water from time to time, which seems to be enough water to drink like this, but I can't bear it, and we discussed that we don't have to drink water as a last resort, talk less, otherwise we will have a dry mouth after a while, and then I don't know how far it is, I can save a little water, and I don't care how much water I bring, but the water in this body is dispersed too quickly, and I can't drink it.

Along the way, we occasionally saw some withered vegetation, stuck in the sand, and under the roots of the dead grass, there would be some small animals inhabiting underneath, which looked like spiders or scorpions, but we didn't provoke them, just hurried.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost evening, and we didn't know how far we had traveled, but the wind was already much stronger, and the sand had lifted more, and the vision was blurred, and Alia shouted, "Let's take a little shelter under the stone wall, and wait until tomorrow!" ”

The crow was puzzled and asked, "Where did the stone wall come from, why didn't I see it!" ”

Aria pointed not far away, and said, "Right there, I remember a lot of the terrain in this desert, and I have been here too, and there is a stone wall under the dune, but there is more than that, there is a groove under the stone wall, and there is a relatively old hole under the groove, which seems to have been dug by the people who used to live here, and it is enough for us to spend this evening!" ”

But we couldn't see anything, but we all answered and let Aria lead the camel and lead the way. At this time, the camel suddenly barked, and when Alia heard this, she immediately panicked, and said, "It's all up, this black sandstorm is coming!" ”

It is said that this camel is really a good livestock, they will not lose their way even in this kind of windy and sandy environment, their eyelashes are very long, they can resist the wind and sand into the eyes, even if the sand gets into the eyes, they blink their eyes, squeeze out a little tears, they can wash the sand away, so even in the sandstorm weather, they can distinguish the road, never lose their way, plus its large size, thick soles, and even can premonition the strength of the wind change, what is more perverted is that they can also know the location of the water underneath.

And Alia is a person who has walked in the desert since she was a child, and her reaction to the camel is even clearer, when and what state the camel is, she knows very well in her heart, seeing that the camel is different from usual at this time, I am afraid that the sky is going to change.

"How long will it take to get to the stone wall?" Abu complained from behind, "I'm not tired, and the camels seem to be a little tired." ”

The second uncle heard Abu's words and said, "Just talk a lot, save some effort and hurry!" Abu didn't say much about it.

We crossed a few sand dunes and walked towards one of them, where there was indeed a stone wall underneath, but it was like the stone wall that Aria had spoken of, it was clearly a weathered stump, but it was much better than the loose sand.

Aria let go of the camel rope and went to the bottom of the stone wall, took a shovel and dug it under the stone wall, and when we saw this, we all got off the camel and started digging with her, and after a few minutes of shaving, the sand actually leaked down, and I thought it was quicksand, so I hurriedly took a few steps back.

But when the sand was cut some more area, there was a hole under it, and it was pitch black, but it seemed that there was a lot of space, and Aria saw this, and said, "We'll stay here tonight, and we'll go out after tonight's sandstorm." "We don't answer the question.

At this moment, the yellow sand under Abu's feet loosened, and he was directly stepped on by Abu, and in an instant Abu shuttled towards the entrance of the cave, and then only heard the sound of sand and soil shuttle.