Chapter 7: A Desert Oasis
Even though our reaction ability was already very fast, in the face of hundreds of venom sprays at the same time, we couldn't dodge all of them, and several people were sprayed with venom at that time. Fortunately, www.biquge.info is sandy here, and as soon as the clothes on our bodies catch fire, we roll on the ground and we can extinguish the flames, but it is inevitable to be burned.
Sankla rolled into the sand, extinguished the flames on his body, and quickly stood up again, and he immediately shouted: "If this continues, sooner or later, we will suffer, why don't we work together to open a gap and fight our way out of the encirclement." ”
There is no better way at the moment, everyone is already in a mess, and when Sankra heard this, it was as if he had a backbone, and he didn't even think about it, and nodded his head in agreement. Sankla and Wu Jian opened the way in front, and we followed them closely, rushing towards the place where there were few sandworms, hoping to break through the encirclement.
We shot while dodging the venom sprayed, and for a while the formation was chaotic, but fortunately, Wu Jian and Sankla blocked most of the sandworms in front of them, so that we would not be in a big formation.
In the panic of the breakout, I suddenly noticed something, those sandworms sprayed venom once, it seemed that it would take a moment before they could squirt a second puff of venom, I thought this was an opportunity, and I didn't think much about it for the moment, and shouted loudly to tell the other people the news.
Wu Jian relied on his agility and deliberately risked his life to attract the attention of those sandworms, and after they squirted out the venom, he turned around and shouted: "Seize the opportunity, we only have half a minute, otherwise they will squirt out a second mouthful of venom." "Under the leadership of Wu Jian, we ran towards the sand dunes without our lives.
Due to the loss of venom, those sandworms could no longer attack us from a distance, and when they saw us rushing towards us, they made a "silky" sound in their mouths, straightened their upper bodies, and pounced on us. They are huge, with sharp teeth in their mouths, and if they pounce on the ground, they will probably bite off their necks immediately.
It was close, and we didn't dare to shoot indiscriminately, so as not to hurt our own people, so we had to take out machetes and play white-knives with those sandworms.
Although those sandworms are huge and fast, they have one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, they are unstable, they tend to stand up straight, and in less than three seconds, they fall again, so as long as we are not hit by them, we can quickly escape.
All this is a long story, but in fact, it is only a dozen seconds, and at this time, we are already about to break out of the encirclement containing sandworms. However, some of the sandworms had recovered, and they began to spray venom at us intermittently, and we didn't dare to fight, dodging while running towards places where there were few sandworms.
Luckily, we were on a downhill trail, and our speed increased considerably, and when we were about to break out of the sandworm-containing encirclement, we almost rolled down the sand dunes and finally left them behind. We didn't dare to stop at all, we chose a random direction, and ran forward with no lives.
In this life-and-death situation, people's spiritual power is very strong, we are like the tireless wild horse, crazy to the front, running for half an hour, finally unable to persevere, all lying on the yellow sand panting, but fortunately, those sandworms did not catch up.
After a while, we finally relented, and Biaozi said with palpitations: "Didn't you say that sandworms are only produced in water, and they have disappeared for many years, and only some ancient books still record some of their information, how can we encounter sandworms in the desert?" ”
The record in "Sou Shen Ji" is very clear, insinuation, pest, name, also known as short fox, can shoot people with sand, the person in the body is anxious, headache, fever, and the drama is dead.
In ancient times, some people also took apart the 'insinuation' to explain. Hansha, legend has it that a monster called a snake sprays sand when it sees a person, and the person who is sprayed gets sick and dies. Projection, also known as archer, short fox, can shoot people with sand, make people sick, and in severe cases, the whole body ulcers and dies.
Whether the insinuation is a bug or an underwater monster, in short, they have a characteristic, they are highly poisonous, can shoot people with sand, and are a major pest in rivers. The insects we encounter in the desert today seem to be more powerful than insinuations, spitting out not sand, but venom that can set people on fire, which seems to be far from the sandworms recorded in ancient books, but I don't know how Professor Zhang could treat them as sandworms.
Professor Zhang said: "What is recorded in the ancient books is not completely correct, there must be such insects, but it is by no means in the rivers, you just imagine that there is resistance in the water, and you can attack people with the small grains of sand in your mouth alone, so what kind of height should the jetting power of the sandworm reach, it seems unlikely." What's more, scientists have found fossils containing sandworms in the desert and Inner Mongolia, and they have checked the records in ancient books, and they look the same. One of the archaeological discoveries was a colleague of mine, and I had seen the photos he had taken, and the worm in the fossil was exactly the same as the one that had attacked us, so I decided that it was a sandworm. ”
Biao Zi shrugged his head and said: "Since this is the case, you experts and professors should correct the mistakes of the ancients and change the name of the sandworm to a fire-breathing worm, so as not to mislead the world." ”
Professor Zhang explained: "Legend has it that Nuwa and Fuxi are both human-headed and snake-like, but now the world knows that it is fake, and it does not exist at all, but why do they still carve their statues like that? In fact, the reason is the same, people have accepted their existence, and the name is no longer important, so why bother to drill the horns. ”
Biaozi was just about to refute a few more words, when suddenly his butt jumped up from the ground as if it was on fire, and he said loudly: "You show me, is my plump buttocks hit, why is it so hot and painful?" ”
At a glance, we saw a hole the size of an egg in the left buttocks of the marker, and the skin inside turned black, which we knew was caused by the venom of the sandworm. Previously, we were only concerned about running for our lives, maybe we were too nervous, and we didn't even notice the wounds on our bodies.
We weren't too worried about the burns, they were just a scar, but it wasn't as simple as we thought. Sankra tells us that the venom containing sandworms has a corrosive effect, and that our injured skin not only festers, but also spreads to the periphery. In this kind of weather, if the wound is not treated in time, once it becomes infected, it will cause the wound to become inflamed, which is very bad.
Under the scorching sun, although we sat on the ground to rest, we were still sweating all over our bodies. Sweat passed through the wound, and it literally cost us our lives. Sankara said worriedly while bandaging us: "I can only bandage your wounds briefly, and you try not to let the wounds get covered by sweat, otherwise my disinfection work will be in vain." ”
It was an hour after our wounds had been treated, and now it was close to noon, and the temperature was getting higher and higher, and we had lost our camels, which was equivalent to losing water and food, and now we had no delay, and it was imperative to find them and go back to the gravel road.
After resting for a while, and slowly recovering our strength, we carefully recalled the direction in which the camels fled, and took out our compass to search all the way. We didn't dare to approach the area where the sandworms appeared, so we spared a big circle before returning to the place where we had camped yesterday.
There are often strong winds blowing in the desert, and all traces will disappear in a short time, buried by the yellow sand, but fortunately we arrived in time, and we can still find the traces left by the camels from the yellow sand. We followed the footprints of the camels as they were about to disappear, and after about an hour's walk, we finally found the lost camels behind a sand dune.
The camels were all kneeling behind the dunes, hiding from the fierce sun, and when they saw us coming, they lazily did not get up. We couldn't help but be overjoyed, Liu Feiyu whistled happily, and the camels stood up and walked slowly towards us. We were wounded, tired and hungry, and we couldn't hold on any longer, so we had to grieve the camels.
Sitting on the back of the camel, my whole body relaxed, and with their steps, my body swayed, but it was also a different taste. Not only the old horses know the way, but the camels also have this specialty, and under their leadership, we finally returned to the gravel road after a meal.
Looking around, there was not a single house in the vicinity, and we couldn't find a place to rest for the day, so in this helpless situation, we had no choice but to continue to set off in front of us, hoping to find houses and other buildings in the next moment.
Liu Feiyu told us that we had walked nearly fifty kilometers, and that we were already very close to the heart of the desert, and she remembered very well that there seemed to be no villages along the way, but as long as we worked hard, we might be able to reach an oasis here before dark.
According to Liu Feiyu, the oasis is the only one in the vicinity, and there are about 20 or so local families gathered there, which is considered a small village. I was puzzled and asked, "Do those locals eat too much, and they actually live in such a deserted place, even if they go out, it takes a lot of effort, isn't this asking for hardship?" ”
Liu Feiyu smiled and said: "Don't be fooled by those locals, there are countless people who come to the desert every year to travel, and that oasis is the only way for tourists, the locals choose to gather there, and spend a lot of money to build bars and entertainment venues there, do you really think that they are bodhisattvas and serve the majority of tourists, just to do exclusive business." ”
As soon as she said this, I thought of the idea, and scolded indignantly: "So that's the case, damn it, it's really no business and no treachery, it is estimated that the consumption in the oasis is the same as those scenic spots, all the services in it are expensive to death, just waiting for the passing tourists to come to the door and be slaughtered." ”
Biaozi said disapprerovingly: "This is no way, who called it the only way for us to pass there, on the other hand, if it weren't for the existence of those profiteers, there would be one less supply station on this road, and many travelers would die in the desert because of the material could not be replenished in time, in comparison, the merit of the profiteers is not small." ”
Along the way, stop and stop, and at dusk, not far ahead, a street sign appeared, on which a white arrow was marked, and the bottom read: Desert Oasis, from this into twenty miles.
Liu Feiyu smiled back and said to us: "Great, we are finally here, well, there is still about an hour, we will be able to reach the oasis." ”
The crowd was so excited that their spirits were lifted at once, and they patted the camels on their backs, urging them to speed up and move in the direction pointed by the arrow. After walking for about half an hour, under the guidance of Liu Feiyu, we saw a green orb the size of a fist in the distance, and Liu Feiyu told us that it was a small lake in the oasis.
The camels seemed to come here so often that they didn't need us to control them, and they neighed excitedly and rushed towards the oasis, more than twice as fast. By the time we reached the oasis, the sun had disappeared over the horizon, and there would be half an hour at most before night fell.
Looking at the small lake in the center of the oasis, we cheered excitedly a few times, and jumped off the hunchback, if Liu Feiyu hadn't told us a long time ago, this small lake is the lake of life in the oasis, sacred and inviolable, we big men had to strip off their clothes and pants, jump down and take a bath.
The beautiful lake is in the heart of the oasis, and it is flanked by local-built houses, mostly poplar-made wooden buildings, the highest of which is only two storeys. There were about fifty or sixty rows of wooden buildings, almost enclosing the entire lake, and we saw many people coming in and out of those wooden buildings, most of them Chinese, but a very small number of foreigners.
We were about to go in and find a place to stay, a little old man from Xinjiang came over, he smiled all over his face, and said to us very politely: "Welcome guests from afar, do you want to stay, I still have a lot of clean rooms there, to ensure that you are satisfied." Speaking of this, his expression became a little obscene, and he whispered to us big men: "And we also have special services here, and the service attitude is very good." ”
Biaozi and Sankra's eyes flashed with green light, and they got carried away for a while, and actually showed their true faces, and couldn't help but ask, "Really?" As soon as the words came out, they knew that they were speechless, and the two looked back, Tan Jia and Liu Feiyu were looking at the two of them with a smile, and suddenly their whole bodies were smart, and they honestly stepped aside.
Liu Feiyu couldn't be more familiar with this place, so he said: "Don't be verbose, take us to see the room, if you are satisfied, and the price is fair, we can consider it." ”
The little old man was immediately overjoyed, and led us into the village, passing through several green fields, and stopped in front of a row of white wooden houses, and he opened one of the doors and smiled at us: "There are all the facilities that should be there, you should take a good look at them." ”
The room was about forty square meters, with a bed in the innermost part and a red table with a television and a moving head fan on it. There was also a horizontal curtain in the left corner, and I don't know what it was doing inside. We were about to ask the little old man, who seemed to read our thoughts, and told us with a smile that it was a place to take a bath, but the faucet was equipped with a showerhead, which was very comfortable to use.
Although the layout of the room is very simple, but as the little old man said, the things are placed very neatly, and the cement floor is also clean, in such a place, this kind of room is very rare.
Tan Jia felt that it was okay, so she said to the little old man: "The room is okay, I don't know how to calculate the price." ”
The little old man said with a smile: "It's very affordable, a room is only 2,000 yuan, you can live until 12 o'clock at noon tomorrow, if you continue to live the next day, you can also give you a 20% discount." ”
"What, it's so expensive, you think it's a big hotel?" The standard was unbelievable, and he pointed to the little old man and said angrily: "Just your broken house, all the things in it add up, it's not worth two thousand yuan, you can double it if you rent it out for one night, just go and grab it." ”
The little old man saw that we were all shaking his head, expressing great dissatisfaction, and immediately persuaded him with kind words: "Friends from afar, for the sake of how many rooms you need, I can give you some cheaper, one thousand eight, how about it?" ”
The standard consciously succeeded in the conspiracy, and said with a smile: "It's not that expensive, at most 1,005, if it doesn't work, you can pull it, you can do it yourself." Unexpectedly, the little old man didn't say a word, and immediately made a deal with the bid, and took the keys to the five rooms for us. It's as if we're afraid we'll regret it.
Liu Feiyu sighed and said, "If I come to bargain, I can get it at most one thousand three, you were slaughtered by him, and you think you have taken a big advantage." ”
The little old man took the banknote from Tan Jia's hand with a smile, and said to us: "Look at it, I have a bar on the left and a leisure place on the right, these are very lively places, how can the house of one thousand three be compared to me here." ”
Tan Jia didn't bother to talk to him, allocated a reasonable room to everyone, and told us before leaving, there are a lot of people here, there are all kinds of people, if there is no special reason at night, it is best not to move around without permission, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
As long as you are not a fool, you can hear Tan Jia's off-strings, and it is clear that she is warning Sankra and Biaozi not to go to those dirty places. Biaozi and Sankela laughed a few times, and made a guarantee in front of everyone, Tan Jia and Liu Feiyu returned to the room with a heart. (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.) )