The convoy of prisoners and the classical expedition continued on their way, and in the evening of the same day, finally reached the destination that the old expert had called it. Standing on the sand dunes and looking into the distance, there is an endless sea of sand, there are hills formed by towering sand dunes, and there are sand valleys surrounded by hills, and the desert is not flat.

"Tomorrow, we will start searching due north from that sand mountain, make a drill bit every 20 meters, and plant a small flag in the drill bit hole." At dinner time that night, the old group of experts called a meeting of the prisoners' team: "Don't fight on the top of the dunes, choose the lowest place." Three groups of men marched forward fifty meters apart, and reported to me anything they found that wasn't desert. ”

Cui Ming asked, "How far are we going to advance?" ”

The old expert replied: "Due north, thirty kilometers." If it is not found, it will return to its original position and advance due north. After that, camels were no longer used, and manual trekking was carried out. It started at seven o'clock in the morning and set up camp at eleven o'clock to avoid the scorching sun. Starts at 6 p.m. and closes at 10 p.m. ”

it. When we die, it means you're looking for that thing in the area where we died. If it is a simple task as the old experts say, the classical expedition company can be done on its own, and with all the indications that the classical expedition company failed in the first expedition, it can be concluded that the role of the prisoner team is to find the dead of the first expedition. Otherwise, in the vast and boundless desert of early dawn, how could the dead old man accurately locate an area and a direction?

But what's the point of hiring prisoners if there's no risk? Cui Ming glanced at Beiyue not far away, who was by the fire, slowly eating food. Ding Ze sat beside her and spoke, Beiyue rarely spoke, nodded, and shook his head to show his attitude. Cui Ming said in Xiao Jiang's ear: "Believe me once, don't care about anything when you encounter danger." Run, run back, remember, run as far as you can towards Beiyue and Ding Ze's position. ”

Xiao Jiang looked at Cui Ming, and then at Beiyue and Ding Ze, he didn't speak, and nodded. After ten days of contact, Xiao Jiang also has his own views on Cui Ming. Cui Ming is a very humorous person, he is at peace with what happens, he can sleep with a pillow or without a pillow. What you eat or where you sleep is an attitude that doesn't matter. At the same time, Cui Ming is a person with good judgment, if he says one thing seriously, this matter is basically correct. For example, Cui Ming said that the female assistant next to the old expert was pink......

It's not easy to know that the female assistant is pink. There are security guards with guns here, and peeping is not allowed. So what to do? The female assistant found herself losing her lipstick, several prisoners were playing poker, and the female assistant was passing by and overheard them betting on the ownership of lipstick tonight. The female assistant sneered in her heart, pretended to be interested in the gambling game, and joined in.

Cui Ming made a bet, if the female assistant wins, then the lipstick belongs to her, and if the female assistant loses, the lipstick goes back to her, but everyone must be told the color of her little Nene. How to bet on it? It's very simple, Cui Ming took out three playing cards, namely J, Q, and K, and the female assistant could draw one to compare the size with Cui Ming. The female assistant has a total of three chances, and only one win is considered a win.

Cui Ming showed the three cards, and then switched positions at will, and the female assistant chose J for the first time and lost. The second time it was J again, and I lost again, and the third time I still chose J, and there was no accident, and I lost again.

Well, the female assistant generously admitted that she was pink inside, and deliberately pulled out a section to show everyone, winning the applause of the prisoners. Then the female assistant asked for lipstick, and Cui Ming pushed one of the prisoners out and said, "Take it." ”

"I want lipstick." The female assistant was annoyed

"He's nicknamed Lipstick, and we're betting on his nightly ownership." The female assistant was stunned for a few seconds, knowing that she had been tricked, and hid her face and left.

Afterwards, Xiao Jiang asked Cui Ming: "Aren't you afraid of her revenge if you play her?" We're all under people's roofs. ”

Cui Ming replied: "If we are really in danger, it will not be her who can save us." ”

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The hardest work began, with a drilling rig weighing 50 kilograms of metal detectors, three people under the scorching sun, one person controlled, two people held the fuselage, and every 20 meters made a hole. Also bring tents, food and water. The most annoying thing is that the old expert, every ten minutes or so, he takes the walkie-talkie to ask if he has found it. When it was time to work again in the evening, because of the distance, the walkie-talkie lost its effect, and everyone could be quieter.

The three security guards followed the three groups separately, and it was impossible to escape, but sabotage was possible. Security guards change shifts every day to supervise the work of the prisoners. After a hard day's work, they can go back to camp and rest for the day.

Among the prisoners, Cui Ming was the smallest and was responsible for operating the rig, while Xiao Jiang and Jumbo were responsible for holding the fuselage. After the fight, Cui Ming looked at the meter and said, "Accept it." "The operation is still very convenient, the drill bit is retracted when the button is pressed, and the rig is charged twice a day to be used for a day's work.

The Big Mac gestured to the shady area created by the dunes: "Take a break." ”

The three of them walked over, touched the sand, it was not hot, sat down, and Xiao Jiang said to the security guard twenty meters away: "Dude, give a cigarette to smoke." ”

The security guard is also under the sun umbrella, bringing his own sun umbrella and chair, ignoring Xiao Jiang, looking at the watch, the prisoner has to register after a few minutes of rest. This is not to say that the classical corporation is too calculating, but to let the prisoners know that the classical corporation has a record of their behavior.

Cui Ming's group is the slowest, at the beginning the three groups were working side by side, advancing at an interval of fifty meters, and now the first group is almost to today's campsite, and Cui Ming's group is still two kilometers away from tonight's campsite. Fifteen criminals were divided into five groups, three groups probed, and two groups prepared camps, cooked food, and pitched tents. It's also a hint that you won't be able to eat until your work is done today.

"People are not happy, let's continue." The first group of security guards had already arrived at the camp to change shifts, and the security guards here accompanied them to suffer in the scorching heat. Big Mac said a word, stood up first, pulled Xiao Jiang and them up, and the security guard also collected the umbrella and chair.

The four of them climbed a sandy slope and stood on the top of the slope, Cui Ming exclaimed: "This place is so peaceful. "There are no sand dunes within a radius of 10 kilometres, it is all flat sand, and you can clearly see the camp two kilometres away, and the tents have been set up.

"The second group is there." Koe Road.

The second group is a kilometer from the camp, which is not bad. The four of them sat on the sand and slid down, and when they got to the bottom and were about to make a hole, Cui Ming sniffed and asked, "Do you smell a strange smell?" ”

Big Mac pointed his thumb back, Cui Ming turned around, the security guard was in the tuba, Cui Ming smiled, and continued to make holes. At this time, the first group's singing voice floated over the intercom, and the lyrics were to the effect that I am a snail, I climbed and climbed, and climbed a beautiful peak. After singing, the first group of prisoners said, "Hurry up, the soup is ready." ”

"Leave me a mouthful, you animals." The Big Mac replied to the shoulder intercom and continued to work.

The two groups slowly advanced, and when Cui Ming's group was more than a kilometer away from the camp, several prisoners in the camp brought a few bottles of water to comfort everyone. Big Wu said: "It's okay if these people have a conscience. ”

"No, take it." Cui Ming said a word and put away the drill bit. Suddenly, I felt that the movement of the drill bit was a little louder this time, and there was an obvious shaking under my feet.

A voice suddenly came over the intercom: "There are bugs." ”

Then gunshots were heard at the camp, three security guards were shooting at the sand, something jumped up and covered the head of one of the security guards, and the security guard fell to the ground.

"What's that?" Xiao Jiang asked in a panic.

The security guards of the three of them also stood up, holding guns on guard, and suddenly the sand near them cracked, and a large insect came out of the sand, looking like a beetle that had been magnified dozens of times, green, with a large head, a pair of eyes, covered in scales all over the body, no feet, and a fat body writhing on the sand, and the speed was fast.

The security guard immediately opened fire, and the bullet hit the body of the big bug, which did not cause substantial damage, but also suppressed the big bug from approaching. At this time, a big insect appeared from the bottom of the security guard's feet, bounced up, opened a big mouth, a huge mouth, a mouth as big as his head, and swallowed the security guard's head in one gulp. The round mouth is full of sharp teeth, and in two seconds, the big bug left the security guard's body, and the security guard's head was gone, and then looked at the big bug's stomach with a round ball, which was obviously the head of the security guard.

Thirty meters away, he could see it too clearly, Xiao Jiang couldn't help it, and spit it out. Big Mac pointed a finger and said in alarm: "There are a lot of bugs." ”

A hundred meters around them, suddenly more than a dozen insects, one by one, wriggling their fat bodies and rushing towards the three of them. Cui Ming looked at the insects and waved his hand again and again: "Run, run, run." ”

The trio threw away their instruments and turned to run, running towards the sand dunes they had come from. Xiao Jiang ran the fastest, and a big insect came out five meters away from Xiao Jiang and jumped towards Xiao Jiang. Cui Ming flipped his fingers, and a poker flew over in his hand, and the poker rotated and cut through the body of the big insect with a touch of red light, and the big insect fell to the sand, opening its big mouth to gasp.

The second playing card arrived, flew into the big insect's mouth, and came out very fiercely. The big insect that was still breathing screamed, and its whole body exploded, and green blood and corpse parts splashed all over Xiao Jiang's body.

"Don't be stunned, run." Cui Ming flew out another poker, cut the back half of the body of a large insect fifteen meters away, rotated the playing card to cut through its hard scale armor, swirled in the body, and cut it into two pieces. The big insects in the neighborhood also seemed to know that they were scared and didn't dare to get any closer.

There were still 100 meters away from the sand dunes, and when Cui Ming looked back, he couldn't see any living people, only big worms wriggling everywhere. Suddenly, the earth shook, the sand dunes in front of him exploded, the sand flew dozens of meters high, and a huge and incomparably large insect came out. The huge body that was three stories tall opened its mouth, and a green liquid spurted out, hitting Xiao Jiang, who was completely stunned.

Cui Ming's left hand was pulled in front of his chest, and countless golden flash cards flashed in front of him, Cui Ming grabbed one with two fingers of his right hand, and the card flew towards Xiao Jiang. It's too late, it's fast, the card came with venom first, Xiao Jiang's body flashed a white protective light wave, the venom hit the protective light wave, Xiao Jiang flew to Cui Ming's side like a heavy blow, safe and sound.