Chapter 12: Tornadoes

He really mentioned the point, everyone felt a little headache, our task is very dangerous, if we can't find the ancient country of Loulan, it's just that, at most it is a trip in vain, if we really find it, no one can predict what will happen during the period, in case of a dangerous thing, we are too busy to take care of ourselves, where can we be distracted to take care of Chen Zidie. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Then the only way is to leave enough food and water for Chen Zidie, and tell her to wait here for a few days, and then leave with her when we return. However, this is still a little inappropriate, in case of encountering such a thing as a desert monitor lizard again, with the weak Chen Zidie, wouldn't it be a dead end?

Everyone thought about it, but they couldn't think of a good way to place Chen Zidie, and they were undecided, so they said: "It's not simple, food and water have been given to her, just give her another camel, let her ride the camel back to the supply station according to the direction on the compass, won't everything be solved?" ”

Sankara immediately objected, and he said with some concern: "This is about fifty kilometers away from the supply station, and according to our speed, it will take a day to reach it, but this white-collar worker has never driven a camel, even if she is given two days, she may not be able to return to the supply station." Think about it, how many unexpected things will happen on the road in two days? ”

When Biaozi heard him say this, he immediately stopped doing it, and said angrily: "In case you cross the road and are hit by a car and die, in case you are killed by someone throwing a high-altitude object, if you are stabbed by a patient who runs out of a mental hospital, if you fall into the gutter and drown, if you go shopping and are struck by lightning, in case you are in case of anything, people all over the world don't have to go out." ”

Li Yishan seemed to think it was very interesting when he saw the mark, and immediately shook his head and said: "You are wrong, if there is an earthquake, even if you hide in the house, it will still be a dead end, I see, there is no safe place in this world at all." After speaking, he looked at Sankara and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"...... you?" Sankra couldn't think of words to refute for a while, and looked at Biaozi and Li Yishan with some anger, his anxious face turned green, and after a long time, Sankra said again: "What do you mean?" Am I not right? ”

"What do you mean?" Biaozi smiled maliciously: "Hehe, big bald head, what you are thinking, you know best in your heart." But I want to remind you that your identity is a monk, and you have nothing to do with the word "color", understand? ”

This time it was hit at the sore spot, Sankra seemed to be unable to hold back any longer, and was about to rush to the mark in anger, but was stopped by Chen Zidie, she sighed faintly, and said: "They are right, if you are worried about everything, then you can't do anything, don't worry, I have rested for a while, my body has been much better, give me a camel, I will definitely return to the supply station within a day." ”

Sankra wanted to find a standard activity to move his muscles, but when he heard Chen Zidie say this, his anger finally subsided, but he turned back to look at Tan Jia, because he knew very well in his heart that even if he and the standard quarreled, it would be useless, and the final decision was still in Tan Jia's hands.

Tan Jia frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said to Chen Zidie: "We don't mean to drive you away, but we have to continue to set off to the depths of the desert, and many accidents will definitely happen during this period. ”

Looking back at us, Tan Jia continued: "In the past, everyone's thoughts were different, and they were all decided by voting, and this time is no exception, except for Purple Butterfly, all of us have the right to vote, now let's vote, those who raise their hands represent those who are in favor of Purple Butterfly to stay, and those who do not raise their hands represent those who are against." ”

As soon as Tan Jia finished speaking, Sankla and Biaozi glared at each other, and then snorted heavily to express their dissatisfaction with each other. Sankra immediately raised his hand and cast a defiant glance at the mark. After glancing at the marker and hesitating for a while, Liu Feiyu also raised his hand, and at that moment, I saw that the marker's face trembled slightly.

Tan Jia thought for a moment, probably out of sympathy for women, she also raised her hand. Liu Dapeng has always obeyed orders, and since Tan Jia raised his hand, he will naturally not be excluded. There were nine of us in total, and now four of us raised our hands and voted in favor, which means that there is only one vote left, and Chen Zidie will be left behind.

I wanted to vote for yes, but when I saw the look on the way the sign winked at me, I began to hesitate, because I knew in my heart that if I voted yes, the mark would be a big disappointment to me. But what makes me very strange is that apart from me and Biaozi, for some reason, Professor Zhang, Wu Jian, Li Yishan and others have also been silent, and it is obvious that they do not intend to raise their hands to vote in favor.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, seeing that no one had raised their hand, Tan Jia sighed helplessly, ready to announce the final result, but at this moment, Sankra threw a pitiful look at me, the meaning could not be more obvious, and asked me to support him.

I looked at the mark, and then at Sankra, but finally stopped at Chen Zidie's body, seeing her melancholy looking into the distance, with a sad look, I finally couldn't bear it, and at the last moment, I raised my hand.

"Lao Yang, ...... you?" Biaozi never dreamed that at this most critical moment, his iron buddy would turn his arm outward, and he was so angry that he almost turned his back on it.

After a while, he came to his senses, and scolded me angrily: "Okay, you old Yang, at the critical moment, you actually ate inside and out, damn it, I really didn't see that you were still making material for traitors, I really blinded me." ”

I wanted to explain that I didn't make this decision for any other reason, but I didn't want to violate my conscience, but when I saw the angry look of the label, for some reason, my throat seemed to be blocked by something, and I couldn't say a word, and I felt so uncomfortable.

Sankra was like the rooster that had won, walking towards me with a majestic spirit, patting me on the shoulder and laughing: "Don't pay attention to the dead fat thief, your decision is related to a person's life and death, you can kill your relatives in righteousness and turn against each other, that is what the big husband did, and you don't need to feel guilty at all." ”

Glancing at the sign with disdain, Sankla said loudly: "Fat thief, you are unkind and unjust, and you can't expect everyone to be unkind and unjust with you, come on, what an old person, and like a child, you will only lose your temper, be careful to blow up your lungs!" ”

Looking at the deflated appearance of the mark, and looking at Sankra's smug expression, for some reason, at this moment, I actually began to regret it again. I was angry and regretful in my heart, only to feel a rush of anger to my head, even I couldn't control myself, I really couldn't help it, I yelled violently: "Enough, have you had a good time?" ”

After shouting this sentence, I myself was a little surprised, a little incredulous, and looked back at Sankra and Biaozi, the two of them looked at me dumbfounded as if they had seen aliens, and even their expressions were dull. The others also looked at me, and their eyes revealed a look of surprise, probably not understanding how I, who had always been modest-tempered, could suddenly be so angry.

Being stared at by so many people, I suddenly looked a little at a loss, but I didn't say anything and went straight to the side. Sitting on the top of the sand dunes, looking at the remnant sun in the sky, I suddenly realized that I was starting to feel a little incomprehensible to myself, and I actually had a strange feeling, which made me very unaccustomed to it.

After a night without a word, early the next morning, we started a new journey, heading deeper into the desert. When we set off, we had already estimated that at our current speed, there would be a day and a half left to reach the ancient city of Loulan. For some reason, the closer I got to my goal, the more uneasy I became, and I couldn't figure out what I was worried about.

It stands to reason that it would be a great thing for me to be able to find the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and maybe I could find a way to crack the corpse poison from it. But I don't know why, I always feel inexplicably uneasy along the way, and I always feel that there is a pair of strange eyes staring behind my back, as if monitoring our every move.

In the afternoon, this feeling became more and more intense, and several times, I couldn't help but look back, but there were suspicious signs in the vast sea of sand. I've been pondering for a few times, maybe it's because of the curse of the Queen of the Elite Country, that I have this bad premonition.

In fact, my hunch was a bit absurd, and until three o'clock in the afternoon, we didn't have any changes, and it seemed that from the time we set off to the present, even today's trip was the smoothest. But at this moment, Tan Jia suddenly said to us: "Look at the direction of the south, it seems that there is a black and pressing thing rushing towards us. ”

I chuckled in my heart, could it be that my hunch was really not wrong, and something bad was going to happen? Looking in the direction of Tan Jia's finger, I saw that there was a black and pressing thing condensing in the sea of sand in the distance, and in less than a moment, it suddenly rose into the sky, like a black dragon flying from the ground to the sky.

Liu Feiyu seemed to know what it was, and said in horror: "Not good! It was a desert tornado, so powerful that if you accidentally get stuck in it, you can tear people to pieces in the wheal and carry them hundreds of miles away. ”

I used to see reports of tornadoes on TV, and when the tornado began to form, it was like a huge whirlpool, and the suction was so strong that even a calf could be carried into the whirlpool. At the back, the super vortex will grow larger and larger, gradually forming a huge curved circle and soaring into the sky. At that time, everywhere you pass, whether it is people or animals, or small buildings, will be swept into it, and then carried into the air, the power can be imagined.

Liu Feiyu told us that the tornado in the desert is even more powerful, the wheal is full of yellow sand, and it rotates rapidly, like a sharp knife, even if a car is swept in, it will also become a small piece of iron sheet in the blink of an eye, if it is a human or animal, it is estimated that there will not be even bones and slag left.

Those of us who have never even seen a tornado on the continent have seen it with our own eyes, not to mention the more powerful tornado in this desert, and we still want to see the tornado and feel the power of nature when we didn't know how powerful it is. Now when I heard Liu Feiyu say this, I felt that the tornado was extremely terrifying, and I just wanted to leave here early and find a place to hide from the limelight.

The camels seemed to have a premonition of the coming disaster, and they neighed incessantly, and without us having to control them, they immediately ran towards the front of them at a fatal speed. The speed of the tornado is extremely fast, but it is only ten minutes, and it is only a kilometer away from us, and the sound of the hula wind is even louder in everyone's ears, which makes people feel thrilled.

Liu Feiyu saw that there was no way to go on like this, so he turned around and said to us loudly: "Don't run forward, the camel's foot strength will definitely not be able to catch up with the wind speed, so you have to turn immediately and dodge to the left and right." ”

It dawned on us that we couldn't outrun the speed of a tornado, so we couldn't dodge it. The crowd shouted loudly as they pulled the reins from the camels, forcing them to change direction. But these beasts, frightened, did not listen to our orders, and even ignored the pain of their flesh and skin, and still ran to the front, and the speed seemed to be faster.

After a few moments of jolting on the camel's back, a hot wind suddenly hit me from behind, and I was unprepared and almost blown to the ground. I looked back, and I was immediately scared half to death, just a moment of effort, the tornado has reached more than 100 meters behind us, and the hot wind blowing on the back just now turned out to be only its aftermath, so how strong should the wind at the core of the tornado be? Thinking of this, in this high-temperature environment, I actually broke out in a cold sweat.

The tornado was twenty meters in diameter and at least forty meters high, and when we got closer, we found that it looked like a twisted super horn, carrying yellow sand and swept towards us crazily. We were all scared half to death, but this group of camels did not fight at the critical time, and in desperation, we had to jump off the camels one after another, unify the direction, and flee to the left.

The whirring wind shook people's ears, and the yellow sand fell on us like rain, and there was a faint pain, but we couldn't care about anything, and ran forward like crazy. It's okay for us people, but Chen Zidie's physical strength can't keep up, and he ran less than 200 meters, and he actually fell behind a lot.

Sankra seemed to be very concerned about her safety, and did not hesitate at all, immediately turned around and ran back, and soon arrived in front of Chen Zidie. Without saying a word, he put Chen Zidie's hands on his back, grabbed her slender thighs with both hands, and ran forward violently. Although Sankra weighed more than a man, he didn't run much slower than usual.

But the most hateful thing is that the tornado, as if deliberately trying to embarrass us, suddenly turned around and began to sweep towards us again. While scolding, everyone changed directions again to dodge, and after running like this for half an hour, they finally got rid of the terrifying tornado.

At this time, everyone was wet, and their hands were on their knees, gasping for breath, and they were indescribably embarrassed. Sankra was even more miserable, after putting down Chen Zidie on his back, his body shook a few times, and he actually fainted, scaring several of us half to death, and Chen Zidie cried even more.

Wu Jian went over to check it, turned around and said to us: "Just now he consumed too much physical strength, and his heart was subjected to violent movements, causing instant shock. With his physique, he will rest for a while and wake up, you don't have to worry. ”

Biaozi suddenly thought of something, and suddenly slapped his head and shouted: "Oh, the camels don't know where to go, all our substances are carried on them, what should we do now?" ”

Professor Zhang also suddenly came to his senses, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Without those substances, we will not be able to move an inch in the desert, no, we must find those lost camels, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Li Yishan said with some discouragement: "The situation at that time was very bad, I'm afraid that those camels have been taken away by the tornado, where can we go to find them at this time?" ”

At that time, the tornado was blowing in a straight line, and we jumped off the camel temporarily, and ran away, but the camels with bad heads still ran forward in a panic, if there was no accident, the tornado must have been taken away.

Liu Feiyu suddenly smiled and said: "Don't be so desperate, I remember very clearly at the time, we didn't long run around the corner, and the tornado also chased after the bend, and the camels seemed to have expected that the tornado would change direction and run away in a straight line, so they were the safest, so we went to find it, and we will definitely be able to find it." ”

But now that Sankra is unconscious, we naturally can't get out of the nest, so Tan Jia said: "Sun Dabiao and Li Yishan stayed to take care of Sankra, and the others went to look for the lost camel." It seemed that he thought of something temporarily, and turned back to Chen Zidie, who was depressed, and said, "Your body is not good, so stay too." ”

Seeing that the sun was about to disappear, we did not dare to delay and immediately ran towards the road from which we came. Along the way, we saw many traces left by a tornado, as if we were sweeping with a broom on the sand, where the sand was so smooth that from a distance it looked like a highway.

After a while, it was getting dark, and we finally returned to the place where we had been separated from the camels, and looked around, but unfortunately we didn't even see the camels. Liu Feiyu told everyone not to worry, carefully thought about the direction in which the camels fled at that time, and led us all the way to the past. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )