I hurriedly unbuttoned the clothes on the flashlight, raised the flashlight and fired around, this fire has not been extinguished for a long time, so it means that Dr. Zhang and the others are still here not long ago, what is the reason for them to disappear collectively?

At this time, my flashlight suddenly swept an object, that thing was hidden at the junction of darkness and light, it was difficult to distinguish, I raised the flashlight, the thing actually moved, and then, I saw a yellow mouse.

If it's a girl, I'm afraid I'm going to call it cute, this mouse exposed to the flashlight is not afraid of people, staring at me with black eyes, the fur on the body is yellow, long and soft, no tail, like a pet mouse.

This kind of rat I know, called gerbil, is divided into many species, most of them are herbivorous, but in places where there are less herbaceous deserts, there are also carnivorous species, the gerbil I went to first, with two white teeth showing out of his mouth, looked at me for a while, and flashed into the darkness with a whoosh. I subconsciously followed the flashlight, and when I saw it, I was surprised to see that there were fist-sized holes under the roots of the poplar trees, and countless gerbils were crawling out.

Gerbils also have the title of desert army rats, are in groups, in the gerbil society, the hierarchy is very strict, these gerbils crawling out of the hole, silently, in an orderly manner and fast running, as if in the night to carry out a large migration.

I was stunned, what's going on? Is it a live version of the animal world?

Dr. Zhang and the others were stationed here, and suddenly disappeared, and then a swarm of gerbils appeared, is there any connection between this? I thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of a possibility, they all say that animals can predict disasters, could it be that these gerbils have discovered something, so they migrated overnight?

Did Dr. Zhang and the others also think of this and feel unsafe, so they leave overnight while we are sleeping?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was possible, and in order to confirm my thoughts, I used a flashlight and strode through the poplar forest, and almost completely checked the surrounding area of more than 100 meters, and found no trace of Dr. Zhang and others.

The Golden Operator is also a local, so it should be able to provide a little clue, and immediately, I ran all the way back to the sand dunes, but I was dumbfounded, because the fat man and the golden operator were gone.

The sand grains on the dunes were flat and smooth, without any traces, as if a big fat man had never slept here. My heart instantly rose to my throat, impossible, it is impossible for two big living people to disappear for no reason, I swallowed my saliva and quickly swept around with a flashlight, but I still couldn't see any signs of human activity, not only people, but also equipment.

How so.

There must be something wrong, there must be something I didn't find.

I immediately began to scream: "Fatty! Wang Fatty! The little chubby ...... "roared several times, in the desert, there was only my own voice, it was very empty, and it became intermittent in the night wind, and I suddenly had a feeling that I was the only one left in the world.

An unquenchable sense of fear arises. Aware of my state at this time, I pinched my thigh hard, the pain made my brain clear a little, and then, I calmed down and observed my surroundings over and over again.

It must be something I'm missing.

Calm, calm down.

It was then that I finally realized that something was wrong, because I suddenly realized that the sand dunes I was in now had become shorter overall. I didn't find it at first because there was no reference in the desert, but as I looked over and over again, I found out.

The dunes become shorter.

…… Getting shorter, is it ......

I suddenly thought of a possibility, and suddenly I shuddered, threw the flashlight, knelt in the sand, and slashed the sand with my hands. When I was studying, my geography teacher once told us about a phenomenon of desert sinking, and he only mentioned it at the time, but for me at that time, it was a relatively magical thing, so I remember it deeply.

According to the geography teacher whose name I have forgotten, there is sometimes a strange phenomenon of desert subsidence in the desert, that is, a big hole in the sand seems to suddenly break, so that the surface sand particles suddenly sink, changing the topography of the desert.

This phenomenon of sedimentation is still one of the mysteries in the desert, and speculation about this phenomenon is endless, but after the appearance of this phenomenon of sedimentation, it will inevitably be accompanied by large-scale black storms.

I finally knew why those gerbils migrated in the middle of the night, they must have felt the sinking sand, so they fled for their lives at night. Dr. Zhang and his entourage are all cultural people, and they must have figured out the truth, and it is estimated that they have already run away.

And the fat man and the two disappeared suddenly, and without thinking about it, they were sure that they must have been buried alive by the silent sand in their sleep.

Oh my God, are they still alive?

I didn't care about anything else at the moment, so I used my hands and feet to pick up the sand, shouting as I could, but the sand was too slippery, and when I pulled out a little bit, the sand around me sank back in, and no matter how much I picked up, it was in vain, and I was almost desperate.

Just when I was so anxious that my eyes were hot, a hand suddenly stretched out from the sand, and my fingers were still moving, and when I saw the thick hand, I immediately recognized it, and quickly grabbed my hand and pulled it up, and after a while, another hand stretched out, and then a sand man came out of the sand.

It's fat. His eyes were closed at the moment, his face was full of sand, and he couldn't see his expression, only his mouth was wide open, and his chest rose and fell violently. "The fat man stretched out his hand with his own strength, and I was able to pull him out, but the gold operator trapped in it, unless I use an excavator, I can't dig it out with just two people, me and the fat man.

The fat man gasped, saw that I hadn't moved, patted me on the shoulder, and said: "This, although this kid has a slippery head, but well, he also had a relationship with the fat man back then, innocent comrade, don't make a fuss about this knot." ”

How could I think about it so much, I was angry with the fat man, and I couldn't help scolding: "Wang Fatty, you fucking have time to talk nonsense, it's better to take action." After saying that, I went to pick up the sand, and the fat man took a few breaths and climbed along, and I felt that the two of us were like dogs shaving in the sand, just a pile of dog shit to live.

This gold operator is also a number person, and after a few strokes, I saw his hand constantly reaching out, and the fat man and I quickly pulled him out, at this time he was already more in and less out, lying on the sand like a corpse.

As a result, it didn't take long to find that he was still sinking, at the same time, I and the fat man's half calf also fell into the sand, this kind of sand does not have to come quickly, and it is sudden, completely ignorant, I looked at this posture, knew that the sand was still continuing, and quickly beckoned the fat man to set up the gold operator, and said, "Withdraw first." ”

The fat man almost didn't scold his mother, and said with a hideous face: "Where to retreat,, until now, the fat man hasn't understood, and he fell asleep and fell asleep in the sand, and was almost suffocated to death." I didn't have time to explain so much to the fat man, I thought of the gerbils in the poplar forest, these desert animals can sense the arrival of the sinking sand, since they will migrate, they must migrate to a safe place, and when it comes to this, they can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, immediately, I said to the fat man: "Don't talk nonsense, follow me." ”

Then, the two of us set up the gold operator and started to run wildly, and the gold operator also relieved his breath after a while, and said tremblingly: "Sink and sink the sand." "Damn, hindsight, now I said that I was a bird, I ignored him and beckoned the fat man to step up.

The fat man looked in this direction and said, "It's over, I'm going to collide with the surname Zhang." ”

I said, "The one surnamed Zhang is smarter than us, and the one who ran early is gone." ”

The fat man panted and said: "Comrade naïve, it seems that you know a lot of inside information, no, you have to explain clearly......" Before we finished speaking, we had already run to the pile of ashes, and the gerbils had almost gone, only a few were left, and the speed was also very fast.

Jin Operator also understood people, and hurriedly said: "Follow, follow the military rats." "Only the fat man is still in the clouds, I have to explain to him while running, Jin Operator is relieved, and he can run by himself, in the dark, we only have a flashlight, accompanied by a faint light, followed by a few little army rats, I am afraid of losing it.

The fat man knew that there would be a storm after the sand sinking, so he couldn't help jumping to his feet in anger, and said to Jin Operator: ", you Hu Da won't give you face." Jin Operator's face changed, and he said, "Fatty, don't talk nonsense, you want to die." ”

It's all at this juncture, this dead fat man is still in the mood to rip off, I yelled at him, the fat man was scared, and then he was stunned, and said while running: "Okay, you...... Naive, this voice has been practiced for a long time...... "It's very laborious to run in the desert, not to mention staring at a few little mice, the psychological pressure is extremely great, it didn't take long, even the fat man couldn't speak, don't look at this little mouse with a small physique, but the staying power is not covered, maybe it is living in the desert for a long time, they have been familiar with the skills of running in the desert, the speed has not decreased but increased, and then look at the three of us, one by one is already dragging the pace of running."

In the dark, I felt that the wind seemed to be stronger, because I didn't bring anything with the windbreakers, so the sand particles carried in the wind would be lost from time to time, and I felt pain when I thought of that bag of equipment, especially my 60,000 sunglasses, my heart was really dripping blood, so when I thought about it, there was a force of grief and indignation bursting out, and my steps were happier.

The fat man howled weakly: "Innocent, you ...... You dope, you foul ......"

Before I had time to educate the fat man, Jin Operator suddenly stopped, and then gasped for breath on the spot, I secretly cursed in my heart, how can this person drag the oil bottle more than me at a critical moment. I turned around and was about to cheer him up, but Jin Operator immediately shook his head at me and said, "No, it's too late......"

The fat man said: "Damn, I want to be buried in the sand, and I don't run yet, it's not too late." I felt that something was wrong, and immediately said, "Fatty, listen to Lao Jin." Jin Operator shook his hand and said, "Haven't you noticed that there are fewer and fewer military rats with us." ”

I hurried to see it, damn it, because of the delay of the gold operator, the military rats have already run away.

The fat man choked angrily and said, "I said the golden retriever roared, what should I do now." While we were talking, the night wind, which was not very small, suddenly became violent, and a large area of sand and dust swooped down, and we were defenseless for a while, eating a mouth full of sand, and our eyes were also hot and painful, and we were all blindfolded.

Originally, the sound of the wind gradually intensified, and finally it seemed to be the cry of ten thousand ghosts, because it was night, we couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly, but we could feel the strong wind, the sand was like a splash on us, our eyes couldn't be opened at all, we could only cover it with our hands, and it was difficult to breathe, and the three of us were completely speechless for a while.

At this moment, I was suddenly grabbed by someone on the shoulder, and then, the man began to walk forward with me, the hand was very thin and thin, not fat, it should be a gold operator. At this time, I heard the intermittent voice of the golden operator: "Find a shelter." ”

Even if I'm a geography idiot, I know that there is no shelter in the desert at all, and Taklamakan is a typical hilly desert, sheltered from the wind under the dunes, and the sand above will be poured down directly by the wind, so we are now facing the storm.