Chapter 22: Light in the Darkness
Zheng Qiu's voice came, and his voice was very steady: "Okay, now is not the time to complain. Old Xiao, are you sure that we are heading in the right direction now? ”
Lao Xiao said: "According to the instructions of the compass, I am sure that we are now returning the same way. ”
Zheng Qiu said: "But my compass refers to the south, not the east. ”
Lao Xiao was stunned for a moment, and looked at his compass, which was still east.
Lao Sun said: "Mine points to the north!" ”
Lao Xiao hurriedly looked behind him through the rearview mirror, and he couldn't see the car in the yellow sand at all, but could only vaguely see the light of a car lamp, confirming that the two were not left behind and followed behind.
Lao Xiao was stunned, three compasses, three directions, which means that there is something wrong with the compass!
Then Lao Xiao found that his compass began to tremble, turn, and finally simply rotated at high speed, and even the walkie-talkie began to rustle, and the sound was intermittent.
Lao Xiao hurriedly braked, stopped the car, and shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Don't drive, the direction must be wrong." There seems to be a magnetic field in front of me interfering with the compass, can't go! ”
The car behind also stopped, and Lao Sun's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "What are you talking about?" Can't afford to listen! ”
Lao Xiao repeated it a few times, and Lao Sun, Tang Mei, Zheng Qiu and others heard it clearly, and then urged Lao Xiao to think of a way.
Xiao Ou said: "Dad, no, let's stop here and not leave." ”
Lao Xiao shook his head and said, "Sandstorms are divided into four levels, dust, sandstorms, sandstorms, and black storms.
What we encountered was a very rare black storm, the wind strength of the black storm was at least 8, judging from the shrinking visual distance, this black storm is still increasing.
If it's an ordinary sandstorm, we can stop the car, stuff the chassis with something and hide and carry it through.
But not to this extent!
We don't go, the dunes do. Now the whole desert is moving, and if we don't move, we will be buried in the yellow sand, and we won't be able to walk if we want to. So we have to go! ”
"Where are you going? Not even in one direction. Xiao Ou asked.
Lao Xiao was also at a loss, although he had crossed the desert many times and had been attacked by sandstorms, but it was the first time that sandstorms combined with magnetic field interference and compass failure had been encountered.
"Girl, you keep an eye on the compass for me, and after we drive for a while, if the compass turns faster and faster, you remind me, it means that we are going in the wrong direction. We have to stay away from the magnetic field to have a chance to get out alive. Don't cry, be strong! Didn't you say that girls should have the same power as men? Then take on the obligations of a man, including bravery! ”
Lao Xiao patted Xiao Ou's shoulder heavily.
Xiao Ou looked at his father's firm and trusting eyes, and nodded vigorously: "Well, I'll watch, Dad, come on!" ”
Lao Xiao began to try to communicate with everyone and reversed, and reversed the same way.
Lao Sun, Zheng Qiu and others also cooperated and began to reverse, but soon everyone was desperate, because whether it was driving forward or reversing, the compass was rotating at high speed, and there was no speed or deceleration.
Lao Xiao's face was very ugly......
"Old Xiao, what the hell is going on?" Lao Sun asked with a crying voice, but Lao Sun was still enduring it, obviously in front of his son, he still wanted to save face.
Lao Xiao said: "You follow me closely, we have to walk on the windward side near the upper part of the sand beam." Wind is an important factor in shaping the surface morphology of the desert, and the desert in the northwest region is dominated by northwest winds at this time, and the sand dunes generally form a southeast trend. Let's go downwind, and the direction is most likely southeast! As long as the wind is always favorable, you won't get lost. For the rest, it's up to fate. ”
After Lao Xiao finished speaking, he started the vehicle, but after walking for a while, he heard Lao Sun shouting: "Oh no, my car broke down and couldn't start." ”
When Lao Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but want to scold his mother, this is simply a house leak that happened to rain overnight.
In desperation, Lao Xiao could only stop, and then after trying to communicate, he calmed Xiao Ou and went down with the rope himself.
Not long after, Lao Xiao connected the two cars together and began to pull Lao Sun's car forward.
As a result, after driving for another distance, Lao Xiao's car also stalled, and no matter how he tried it, it couldn't catch fire.
Lao Xiao gritted his teeth, and directly took Xiao Ou, Lao Sun, and Sun Xing into Zheng Qiu's car, and decided to abandon the three cars to get out of trouble.
However, the more they walked, the more the mood of the crowd sank, and they didn't know where they were going in the vast black storm, nor did they know how long the storm would blow and how long the car could last.
Once this car also breaks down, I'm afraid everyone will die!
For a moment, the car was filled with an air of despair.
The black storm is getting more and more fierce, the car body is shaking, and the crackling sand particles hit the car window, as if countless ghosts are beating the car window, and the people who listen are terrified.
Everyone looked at Lao Xiao, hoping that Lao Xiao could come up with a better way.
However, Lao Xiao just smiled helplessly: "There is no way...... Follow the wind, for now, you can only resign yourself to fate......"
Just when everyone was desperate, Lao Xiao saw Zheng Qiu praying with his hands folded there.
Lao Sun said: "What's the use of chanting Buddha." This only temple is still occupied by a black-hearted monk, and I estimate that the Buddha did not have it, and there may be two monsters. ”
Lao Xiao also said: "Zheng Qiu, this is a black storm, it is useless for you to chant sutras and recite Buddha." No matter how devout you read, you can't recite the Buddha. ”
As soon as the words fell, after going through a lot, Xiao Ou didn't seem to be so timid.
Now that she was sure that she was going to die, she calmed down a lot and teased: "Dad, beware of being slapped in the face again." ”
Lao Xiao laughed and said: "If this can be slapped in the face, then hit it, harder, hahaha......"
Laughing and laughing, Lao Xiao's smile froze, his pupils dilated, and he was even glowing!
Reflective, to be exact!
At the same time, Zheng Qiu stopped chanting, and Tang Mei, who was sitting in front, exclaimed: "Light! Light! There's light ahead! ”
Sun Xing and Zheng Yun also saw it: "There are people in the light, is that the Buddha?" ”
Xiao Ou looked and saw a white light in front of him, sitting on a sand dune like a white sun in this black storm, shining on them through the darkness.
The point is, there seems to be a man in the center of that light!
A black storm is a type of darkness that occurs when dust particles are swept into the air and block the light, rather than swallowing the light. To put it bluntly, the Black Storm is a barrier that blocks out the light.
If the sun doesn't shine in, neither can other lights, unless it's very close.
But the gentle and peaceful light shines through the infinite grains of sand and dust. Even the figure in the center of the light can be seen clearly......