Chapter 13: The Oasis



The wind and sand were coming, I could barely speak, I quickly touched my body, and finally touched a mask, which was prepared by Jin Operator, which was the basic travel equipment in the desert, and I and the fat man stuffed two of them.

As soon as I touched the mask, it was like finding a savior, and I put it on my face against the wind and sand, and it took a while to tighten it, and my eyes could barely be opened, and there was no more sand to burrow into my eyes, but the wind was still very strong.

I hurriedly shouted, "Fatty, bring a mask." As soon as I opened my mouth, the wind-blown mask drilled into my mouth, and the mask was carried by me, and it was full of sweat and smell, almost disgusting me. Jin Operator didn't wait for me to remind him, he had already put on the mask, the fat man put on the mask, scolded in his mouth, and said, ", there is sand on all sides, where to go......"

Jin Operator gasped: "It's too late to go back now, I just observed that those military rats are all the way to the north, and it does not conflict with our route, it is estimated that there is a sheltered place in front of you, hurry up." We immediately stopped talking, staring at the wind and sand and walked forward, not long after, the wind strengthened again, I could barely stand on my body, in the end, the three of us held hands, hunched forward, a large piece of yellow sand smashed in front of the eyes and flew in front of the eyes, the whole world was yellow, orange and orange, even if the eyes were protected by masks, they were still dry and painful by the strong wind.

We ran all the way for more than 20 minutes, just when I couldn't breathe, but my feet were suddenly empty, the whole person was planted in the sand, the body rolled down uncontrollably, I rolled the whole person was confused, completely unable to stop, and I didn't know where to roll, the fat man and the two seemed to step on the air, and the fat man could vaguely hear the fat man's intermittent abuse.

It was dark when I stopped, opened my eyes, and it turned out that we had just run to a sand dune, and we couldn't see the terrain clearly for a while, so we stepped on the air. Taklamakan is the second largest mobile desert in the world, the terrain is very complex, the plains, ravines, and mountain-like terrain composed of sand are innumerable.

At this moment, the sky is already bright, but the wind and sand are coming more fiercely.

I stumbled up and found that the fat man was still standing there, so I quickly went over and kicked him against the wind, and said, "Get up, this is sand, not stone, you can't be killed if you fall, so don't play dead." ”

The fat man groaned, covered his ass and got up, and said, "It doesn't hurt to fall, and those who are kicked by you are going to bloom." "At this time, I was not in the mood to fight him, squinting around, my eyes were full of wind and sand, but we slid down this dune, and behind it was a flat desert, and at the end of the horizon, there seemed to be something.

When I squinted, there seemed to be a little green in the yellow sand.

Is it an oasis?

I hurriedly said, "There seems to be an oasis ahead, let's go over and have a look." Jin Operator coughed and said, "What? Oasis? No way. I haven't been in this area, but the terrain has been pretty much exploited by the expeditions, and there shouldn't be any oases nearby. ”

When the fat man heard me say this, he also hurriedly looked forward, and then said, "Hiss...... It seems that there is. Then he said to Jin Operator: "This is called timely rain in the dry land, what kind of expedition can really touch every inch of the desert?" It seems that Hu Da and his old man still like us very much. ”

I said: "When did Hu Da become so familiar with you, don't talk nonsense, if you don't leave, we will all have to be buried." Immediately we stopped talking and rushed forward hand in hand.

The wind has reached an unimaginable level, and when I went to the Western Queen Mother Country before, I also encountered a black storm, but at that time there were stuffy oil bottles and black blind men to guide the way, but now we are blind, and under the strong wind, we can't open our eyes, and we can rush towards that bit of green with the image.

I don't know how long I ran, but I squinted and saw that the green seemed to be very close, and over a small sand dune, a small oasis appeared in front of us.

Inside is overwhelming traveler's banana, blown to one side by the wind, like a green wave, in the green, you can vaguely see some earth-colored buildings, is there still people living here?

When the fat man saw the oasis, he jumped to his feet happily and rushed into the forest first, scolding at the two of us as he rushed: ", you guys are still addicted to blowing the wind." Jin Operator and I reacted and hurried to follow.

As soon as I got into the banana forest, the dreaded wind immediately diminished a lot, and my eyes could be opened, and through the mask, I saw a large area of dark green, black traveling banana tree trunks thick and tough, the banana leaves above were blowing, but the branches below were as steady as rocks.

Traveler's banana, cactus and grass shuttle, and known as the three wonders of the desert, because they are the only plants that can grow into the depths of the desert, among which the traveler's banana and cactus, is known as the source of life for the desert victims, because the trunk of the traveler's banana stores a lot of water, and the cactus can also be eaten after heating, so the desert is inhabited in the oasis, almost all are planted with traveler's banana and cactus.

Entering Jiaolin, I found that Jin Operator was a little strange, staying where he was and refusing to leave, I asked him what was wrong, Jin Operator said: "It's not right, look at the layout of this oasis, there should be people living here, but an oasis with people, I don't know anything about it." ”

The fat man said: "You think you are an encyclopedia, you have to feel strange, go out and blow the wind by yourself." Jin Operator sighed and said, "The surname is Wang, I was really cheated by you this time." ”

The fat man smiled and said, "Okay, big man, it's like a girl, now we can't get out, if you want me to say, just sleep well in the oasis, what kind of wind, let it blow away." ”

I listened to what Jin Operator said, and I also felt that something was wrong, there are many oases in the desert, and the distribution is not regular, and there are countless that have not been discovered, but an inhabited oasis will inevitably be traded with the outside world, if what Jin Operator said is true, then this oasis that suddenly appeared, it does seem very strange. But at this time, we had no other choice, so I said to the two of us: "It's useless to talk about this now, the wind and sand outside are too big, and it's not wise to go out of the oasis now, I seem to have seen that there are indeed buildings in this oasis just now, let's look for it, and avoid this gust of wind first." ”

The fat man and the two had no opinion, so we began to make our way to the center of the oasis.

In this oasis, looking around, there are travelers' bananas everywhere, and occasionally you can see a large group of cacti, I don't know why, I walk in it, there is always a strange feeling in my heart, I don't know if it is just the words of the golden operator that affected me, I always feel that something is wrong with this oasis, but what is wrong, and some can't say.

At this time, I suddenly realized that the fat man had taken off his mask at some point, and a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind.

I see, there is no sand here.

Although the trees block a lot of wind and sand, but can still feel the wind is very strong, and under such a wind, we can not feel a little dust, I looked at the ground, it is covered with a dense vine plant, I used my foot to pluck it, found that the vine grew very tight, completely wrapped the sand layer below, with my foot to pluck the leaves of the vine, only the dense rhizome can be seen below.

Strange, what kind of grass is this?

I tried to take off the mask, but I didn't feel anything like sand except for the strong wind, I asked Jin Operator, what kind of grass is this, the vitality is so strong, it seems that the ranking of the three miracles of life in the desert should be moved.

Jin Shuanzi squatted down and looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said he didn't know, he hadn't seen this plant, and he didn't know if it was a new variety.

When the fat man heard this, he became energetic and said, "Then are we the first discoverers?" Isn't there any rule that it can be named after the discoverer, and this grass will be called Wang's sand creeper from now on. ”

I said, "This is what I discovered first, and it should be called Wu's Sand Crawler." After saying that, I couldn't help but want to slap myself, grandma's, why did I mess with this dead fat man again, go to see Jin Operator, he really looked helpless, looking at the eyes of the two of us, like looking at an idiot.

I secretly scolded the fat man for being unreliable, pulled me to be embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic, saying: "Let's find a place to rest first, our equipment is gone, it seems that the next action has to be replanned." ”

We walked in this scorched forest for about half an hour in the direction we remembered, and suddenly found a yellow earthen wall exposed in the distance. ”

I rolled my eyes, grandma's, how can it be the same as the devil entering the village.

When we got closer, we found that the earthen houses had half collapsed, and there were all kinds of earthen houses hidden in the scorched forest, some of them had collapsed, some of them were still standing, and they did not look like they could be inhabited at all, but it was clear that these earthen houses were built by people.

So where did these people go? Already moved out of this oasis?

The three of us walked all the way to it, and finally found a house that looked a little sturdier and walked in. The houses here have no doors, they are all mud and sand, and the walls have already cracked countless holes, and they will collapse at any time, and the three of us were stunned as soon as we walked in.

There is a table in the center of the house, there are several large bowls on the table, and chopsticks are placed, on the left side is a kang head, on which there are some dried chili peppers, and then look inside, it is a raised cloth curtain, through the door frame you can see the bed inside, quilts and other things are messily placed, as if they are still inhabited, but most of these things have been covered with thick dust and sand.

There were a lot of things here, and in the big bowl on the table, there were some black things, and when I looked closely, it was supposed to be potatoes or something, but I couldn't tell the specifics, they were all dried and turned into a black lump.