Chapter 38: A Safe Haven
I used to naively think that the desert was not so terrible as the wind and sand, and that compared to other places, there was nothing more than sand. And now I feel that when the wind blows up a lot of sand, if there is enough sand, it will form a solidification around it, as if a person has been buried in a sand pit.
I suspect that most of the people who died in the sandstorm were suffocated!
In addition to the suffocating wind and sand, what is even worse is the low temperature that comes with it. I just didn't understand the reason why Dawut called this kind of wind and sand white-haired wind. Now I have seen with my own eyes that due to the extremely low temperature at this time, any slightly hot moisture will immediately turn into frost and condense on the ground. When you look at it, it's as if the desert is covered with a layer of white hair.
I wrapped my coat tightly on the camel, but I was still chilled by the cold wind that swept in.
I looked around and saw that each camel had a layer of hoarfrost on it. Not to mention camels, but each of us has a layer of frost on our goggles and windproof masks.
Kong Xue, who was next to me, raised her wrist, looked at her outdoor sports watch, and said tremblingly: "I, my God, now, it's now, it's minus 40 degrees!" ”
minus 40 degrees, my heart chuckled, this is almost to the freezer of the refrigerator, and it is also the freezer with the quick-freezing mode turned on.
With all my might, I shouted, "Da, Dawut, Great, Uncle!" We're freezing to death! How, what to do! ”
Dawut had also shrunk up on the camel, and when he heard my shout, he shook his body vigorously, turned around and waved at us, "Everyone, get off the camel and run, or you will be frozen!" Fast! Run! ”
Yes, if you stay still, you will really freeze! We hurriedly rolled over and jumped off the camel, and as soon as I stood on the ground, my legs were weak, and I felt that my legs were wooden, and I could barely feel anything, as if it were not my own legs at all.
I patted my legs hard, and a sour and sour sensation came immediately, and I almost fell to the ground. I gritted my teeth and yelled, "Ah! "I've grown so big, and for the first time, I feel like it's so hard to open my legs!
Kong Xue next to him screamed directly and fell to the ground.
I hurriedly ran over to help her up, but before Kong Xue could stand firmly, her legs stiffened and fell to the ground. Kong Xue shouted anxiously, "I can't move my legs!" ”
I quickly squatted down and rubbed its legs vigorously, the sour and numb feeling immediately made Kong Xue scream again, I told her while rubbing, "You must persevere, no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to run, otherwise you will really freeze to death here!" ”
Kong Xue bit her lip tightly, tears swirling in her eyes, but she still nodded vigorously. I pulled Kong Xue up again and again, "Be careful with tears frozen in your eyes, run!" ”
Kong Xue sneered and limped with me.
If it weren't for the sand under my feet, I would have thought I must have reached the North Pole, where frost and sand were flying all over the sky, and the sand on the ground was covered with a layer of white hair, and I could hardly tell where the sky was and where the earth was. I now feel that heaven and earth have become one, and we are the part that is about to melt in the middle! Frozen alive into ice, then slowly melted into water!
Shi Tao asked Dawut loudly, "Brother! Where are we going? ”
Dawut pointed to the front and replied loudly: "There is a sea in front, there is a large dense poplar forest, we go into the forest and use those trees to fix the tent, and then light a bonfire, maybe we can get through!" Hope Allah willing. ”
After listening to Dawut, I suspect that we may have a long way to go. No one was talking, we followed the camels, and the camels followed Dawut.
We walked like this, I don't know how long, and I felt that my spirit might have frozen, and only my body was still moving mechanically.
White-haired wind, sure enough, white-haired wind, at this moment we have a layer of white hair hanging on our bodies!
I reached for the frost on my goggles, and despite the thick gloves I was wearing, my hands were still unconscious, and I couldn't even feel my hands touching my glasses.
Brushing the frost off my glasses, I looked around and saw that the yellow sand and frost flowers in the sky had blocked the sun's rays, and when the sun should have been bright, it was like evening at this time.
By this dim light, I suddenly found that two or three hundred meters on our left, there were a few black shadows above the ground, I looked carefully, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that those few black shadows were clearly some ruins, this should be an ancient city ruins.
I shouted excitedly, "Look, everybody, it's on our left!" There seems to be shelter from the wind! Look! ”
When Dawut heard my cry, he also turned his head to look, and he was also greatly surprised by this look, "Allah bless!" We are saved! Everyone, hurry! Come on! ”
Everyone immediately ran towards the ruins of the ancient city with the last strength of their bodies, as if they had been stimulated.
Around the ruins, there are many dried dates, and a few poplars that have fallen to the ground. These weathering plants indicate that they have been dead for quite some years. This shows that there was originally a water source here, but it was only later that the depletion of the water source led to the death of plants and the decay of the ancient city.
We walked into the ruins and began to search for all the shelter from the wind, a fallen tower, some intermittent stone walls. Suddenly, we saw half of the building under the sand, and I ran over to see that it was supposed to be a hall like a place, but one wall had collapsed, the roof had collapsed, and there was a lot of sand on the ground. But despite that, because the house is big enough, there's enough space left for us to stay.
We didn't have time to think about it at all, we all got into it all at once, and the cold wind that disappeared in an instant made us feel a kind of warmth at once, and we lay on the sand and breathed a long sigh of relief. I felt a deep sense of escape from death.
After a little rest, in addition to Kong Xue, a few of us went out again, and brought back two poplar trees and a lot of sand date branches. Then a fire was lit, and in an instant, the whole space became warm and bright. When I lived in a five-star sea view room in Weihai, I didn't have this strong sense of happiness!