Iron shoes rode a camel for the first time, it felt very novel, and he had been snickering, but what made him laugh was not riding a camel, but Zuo Dengfeng pulling the camel in front of him, the moon was dark at night, the surroundings were very dark, the camel could not see the road clearly, and only he and Zuo Dengfeng could see the road clearly at night, he had just sent the girl back, and the matter of leading the camel naturally fell on Zuo Dengfeng's head.

To the west of the town is a Gobi desert, the sand is not thick, Zuo Dengfeng leads the camel in front, the lame man and the scar woman are on the two camels in front, and the iron shoes are at the end.

It was Zuo Dengfeng's idea to rush at night, because although it was the beginning of autumn at this time, the temperature in the desert was still very high, and according to the scar girl, the temperature of the sand during the day could boil eggs, and it was cooler to rush at night.

There are many abandoned ancient buildings on the Gobi Desert, these are the places where soldiers were stationed in ancient times, and now the ancient soldiers have long since lost their bones, and only the ruins and broken walls guide the direction of the westward travelers.

The ancient Silk Road is not only one road, there are three forks in the west of Shanhaiguan, one is to go north to Turpan, and one is to go straight to the ancient city of Loulan, the third is to the southwest Ruoqiang, everyone is currently taking the middle of the route, located on the south side of Lop Nur, and does not pass through the existing lake in Lop Nur.

Lop Nur is also known as the Sea of Death, which means that it is extremely dangerous here, and has not entered the Lop Nur area Zuo Dengfeng has already felt the danger, a long and short scorpion can be seen from time to time on the hot sand during the day, and there are sand snakes of the same color as the sand hidden under the sand, but during the day these animals will hide, which is also the reason why people rush during the day, but these problems are not a problem for Zuo Dengfeng, because there are thirteen in front of the road, all the poisons will be far away.

The camels had to drag the camels hard at first, but after a long time, they found that Zuo Dengfeng did not take them into danger, so they had trust in Zuo Dengfeng, and easily walked forward.

Rushing at night is indeed more comfortable than during the day, there is no scorching sun, the camel walks very briskly, Zuo Dengfeng took the opportunity to talk with the scar girl, and strive to have a more intuitive understanding of the Lop Nur area, after half a night of conversation, Zuo Dengfeng knew that Lop Nur is a saltwater lake, the lake water is not drinkable, but the desert is not without drinking water, in some places in the deep desert there may be a few freshwater pools, these pools are of different sizes, small pools are only a few steps wide and narrow, and there is not much water in the pool, The large waterhole is several acres long, and some plants will grow around the waterhole.

The existence of these waterholes provides a ray of life for people who are lost in the desert, and at the same time lures them to death, because the waterholes in the desert are extremely rare, and the surrounding animals will go to drink water, and some creatures are often entrenched around the waterholes, including many poisonous snakes, if the pedestrians in a state of hunger and thirst blindly run over to drink water, they may be bitten and poisoned.

When crossing the desert, the most afraid of encountering is the strong wind, the wind in the desert can easily roll up the tent, roll up the sand, if the wind is too strong, the wind is too long, it is possible to change the previous landform, so that people can not find a reference to distinguish the road, at this time it is necessary to go out of the horse, with rich experience and distant reference to find the road, identify the direction, and bring the camel team out of the predicament, as for the camel to recognize the road is a rumor of the world, They have been domesticated by humans and have lost the instinct of wild camels to find their way and find water, and they will go wherever humans drive them to go.

Although it is often windy in the desert, strong winds are rare, and ordinary breezes are not enough to change the landscape, but once there is a strong wind, the situation will be very dangerous.

In addition, there is a strange phenomenon called ghost city in the desert, that is, a strange city suddenly appears in a certain area, the city is an ancient city, three times the size of the town, there are Guo Cheng and the city wall outside, you can't see the scenery inside, and there is no sound coming out, unlike the mirage, the ghost city generally appears at night, the duration is uncertain, the location of the appearance is also uncertain, someone has entered the ghost town, but never came out again, the legend about the ghost town is the scar girl heard, only know what happened, do not know the details.

"What's the scar on your face?" Zuo Dengfeng asked the scarred woman riding on the camel.

"It's not a scar, it was scratched by that monster three years ago." Scar Girl shook her head and said, when she was in the town, she once told Zuo Dengfeng about the encounter with monsters, that time it was also on the way to escort the caravan There was a strong wind, after the wind stopped, Scar Girl couldn't find a reference to identify the road, so the caravan deviated from the established route, and went north and farther, and finally met the monster in the dead forest area, the monster was slightly smaller than a human, with a human-like face, hairless, on all fours, moving quickly, and after seeing the camel caravan, it quickly jumped out of the dead woods to attack the people in the caravan, Seeing this, the scarred woman hurriedly stepped forward to block it, but the monster ignored her machete and pounced on her, only to lose both, and the monster was injured and burrowed into the ground, leaving a scar on her face.

"There should be more than one normal scratch." Zuo Dengfeng looked back at the scar girl.

"It only has three claws, and the middle one is particularly long." The scar girl knew that Zuo Dengfeng was looking at her scar, and she smiled and was not angry.

"What's your real name?" Zuo Dengfeng asked casually, and the people in the town called her a man's wife, so Zuo Dengfeng didn't know her real name.

"Ye Feihong, what about you." Ye Feihong replied.

"You've probably heard from the townspeople." Zuo Dengfeng raised an eyebrow and glanced at her.

"You're really not arrogant, by the way, why is your nickname called Remnant Robe." Ye Feihong pouted and shook his head, what Zuo Dengfeng said was right, she had indeed heard the people in the town say Zuo Dengfeng's name and the nickname of the remnant robe.

Hearing this, Zuo Dengfeng turned his head to look ahead, but did not answer her question.

"Why are you like this, I've been telling you for almost two hours, why is it so difficult to ask you." Ye Feihong asked incomprehensibly.

"My robe is very torn, that's why they gave me such a nickname, don't ask, 'Why don't you get a new robe,' I don't want to say." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and shook his head.

"You're right, I really want to ask this, you can talk about it, idle is idle, and, why are your spells so powerful, can you teach me." Ye Feihong said with a smile.

"Do you know why you're still not married?" Zuo Dengfeng took the reins of the camel and walked forward.

"Because men judge people by their appearance." Ye Feihong came casually.

"Because you talk too much nonsense." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and said, everyone in the town respects him, only this Ye Feihong is not afraid of him.

"Hmph." Ye Feihong snorted coldly when he heard this, picked up the water bag on the camel's back and took a sip, people who beg for a living in the desert have a very strange habit of drinking water, that is, they only drink one sip at a time.

The sand dissipates heat quickly, and the temperature in the desert plummets in the second half of the night, as if it is late autumn, at this moment Zuo Dengfeng feels that he has come at a good time, if he waits until winter to enter the desert, he can be more comfortable during the day, and at night it will drip into ice.

The Gobi Desert is not a yellow sand, with shrubs and weeds along the way, and a common feature of the plants here is that the leaves are small, which is designed to reduce the release of water.

There are also some slightly larger animals living on the Gobi Desert, and the howl of wolves in the distance indicates that there are wolves here, and there are also earth rats foraging for food outside the grass, and owls standing on the walls of abandoned castles quacking.

"Brother Zuo, you can rest for a while, I'll lead the camel." In the second half of the night, the crescent moon was exposed, and the lame man opened his mouth to Zuo Dengfeng.

"No, your job is to take care of the camels, by the way, what's your name." Zuo Dengfeng asked, the people in the town like to call each other nicknames, what kind of man, lame, urine bubbles, including Feng Si'er is not his real name, so Zuo Dengfeng doesn't know what the name of the lame man is.

"My name is Qiu Hu." The lame man replied.

"Camels can walk in the desert for days without eating or drinking." Zuo Dengfeng nodded and asked, he must know the surnames of these camels so that he can arrange his own itinerary and plan.

"Camels can live for more than a month without eating grass, and they can't die without drinking water for half a month, but they can't do it when they carry things, and the camels of the caravan generally carry more things, weighing four hundred pounds, in that case the camel can go without drinking water for seven days, and it will have no strength if it lasts longer, but our camels are carrying food and water, and the weight is not large, and they are traveling at night, and they don't sweat much, if they keep the current situation, there is no problem with persisting for half a month." Qiu Hu Chong Zuo Dengfeng explained.

"Camels sweat." The sound of iron shoes came from the tail of the team, and the four of them rented a total of ten camels, which were connected for dozens of meters.

"Yes, it sweats when it's too hot." The temperature was too low, and Qiu Hu put on his wool shoulders.

Iron Shoes didn't ask much when he got the answer, he was good at sleeping while sitting, and the camel moved slowly and at a steady pace, so he could take a nap on the back of the camel.

"Actually, you just look at the hump, and if the hump is flat, the camel will have to eat and drink." Qiu Hu said to Zuo Dengfeng.

Zuo Dengfeng nodded when he heard this, but did not speak again.

The weather is cool, the camel walks comfortably, an hour can walk thirty or forty miles, such a speed Zuo Dengfeng is still satisfied, the further west, the more serious the desertification, the sand is getting thicker and thicker, the dilapidated buildings are getting fewer and fewer, Zuo Dengfeng did not rest for a night, the next time the sun rose when it has come to the junction of the Gobi and the desert, in fact, the Gobi and the desert do not have a clear junction line, but there is an abandoned ancient military castle here, and there is no similar castle further west, therefore, Those who enter the desert use this as the dividing line, and this place is also called the ghost gate of the Sea of Death......