readx; Chapter 245: Camel at Dusk

Li Tianze and Long Ling sat on a small fire and roared all the way. www.biquge.info While flying, the two of them also paid attention to some situations on the ground, searching for the traces of the twenty-one desert merchants.

As the night passed, the sky gradually brightened, but the two of them sat on the small fire and still found no trace of the twenty-one merchants, which made Li Tianze and Long Ling a little puzzled and frustrated.

"No, Xiaohuo's speed is several times that of ordinary mounts, there's no reason why they can't catch up with these desert merchants, their mounts are slow camels, even if they go ahead of schedule, they should catch up now, could it be that they changed their route on the way?"

At this moment, the two of them drove the small fire to the ground to rest for a while, and Long Ling said puzzledly.

"Change the route, I don't think it will, the route we are taking now is the shortest route to reach the Ulin Oasis, these desert merchants will not be willing to go far, they will definitely take this shortcut. Li Tianze unfolded the more detailed map of the Gula Desert and said very firmly.

Putting away the map in his hand, Li Tianze looked up, and then continued: "The landform here is much tighter than the one we had before. ”

"Well, yes, the places we passed through before were soft deserts and sand dunes, and now we are in an area that is a bit wind-eroded, so the ground is much more solid. ”

Regarding Long Ling's statement, Li Tianze also sighed for a while that Long Ling was knowledgeable and knew everything. Immediately, Li Tianze took out some casting materials and fed Xiaohuo, and then thought a little about the previous landform features, and couldn't help asking: "So it means that only mounts like camels can be walked on the previous landform environment?"

"It should be like this, after all, camels are ships of the desert. And camels have many advantages for traveling in the desert. Walking on the terrain with many sand dunes can be walked freely, not afraid of wind and sand, even if you don't eat or drink for a few days, you can survive with the fat in the hump and the water storage organs in the stomach. ”

Long Ling lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head and continued: "Most of the landforms we passed through just now are landforms with more sand dunes, and the ground is relatively soft. Therefore, even if you don't walk on a camel, you have to ride a mount with these characteristics of a camel to be able to walk on such a landscape, otherwise it will be difficult and miserable. However, if it's a flying mount, it's a different story, and I'm just talking about land mounts. ”

"Well, Long Ling, what you said makes a lot of sense. If we can't catch up with these desert merchants, I think of two possibilities. One is that their previous mounts on the terrain with more sand dunes were camels, but when they arrived in the terrain area where we are now, they have changed to other faster mounts, after all, the terrain from here to the Ulin Oasis is all this kind of wind-eroded landform. The second is that the desert merchants started out with not ordinary camels, but some faster mounts, so we couldn't catch up with them. Li Tianze took out some casting materials and handed them to Xiao Huo's mouth, and then analyzed and guessed.

"Wasn't it an ordinary mount in the first place, but the villagers in the villages we passed through were all camels for desert merchants?" Long Ling was a little misty by Li Tianze's words, and felt very puzzled.

"Maybe these desert merchants are sitting on camels, and they are ordinary camels on the surface, but they are not. It is possible that they deliberately concealed the true face of these camels, or it may be an extremely fast spirit animal mount that looks like a camel, or it is impossible to say. Li Tianze explained slowly.

"Yes, why didn't I think for a while, what you said, husband, is not impossible. There is a spirit animal called the dusk camel, which can be used as a mount for people to drive after domestication. The most peculiar thing about this dusk camel is that it can change its form according to the owner's mental urge, a form called ordinary form, and the "dusk camel" in this form can be said to be no different from ordinary camels. The second form is the spirit animal form of the dusk camel, in this form, the physical characteristics of the dusk camel will undergo some changes, and the speed will increase several times, and it will run like a gallop. Long Ling suddenly remembered something and said slowly.

Unexpectedly, his guess for a while made Long Ling think of such knowledge and information, which made Li Tianze very amazed in his heart, and at the same time, he had to praise Long Ling's erudition.

"Actually, I'm just guessing, anyway, their final destination is the Ulin Oasis, even if we can't find them now, we can quickly rush to the Ulin Oasis to find them. ”

"What the husband said is very true. ”

After speaking, the two just rested for a while, and they didn't dare to delay any longer. After all, if it was as Li Tianze guessed, then the speed of these desert merchants would make Li Tianze and Long Ling unable to catch up for a while. And if you find these desert merchants a minute late, then the stones and other children will be in danger.

Without further ado, Li Tianze and Long Ling turned over onto Xiao Huo's back, and then, Xiao Huo continued to fly towards the Wulin Oasis with the two of them.

In the following journey, in order to confirm his guess, Li Tianze also observed whether there were abandoned camels on the ground, and if there were abandoned camels, then the first possibility of his guess could be determined, these desert merchants changed their mounts halfway.

If there were no abandoned camels, it was probably the second possibility that they had guessed, and the mounts that the desert merchants had started riding were not ordinary camels. However, these are only things that can happen within the scope of Li Tianze's guess.

Even without these speculations and analysis, Li Tianze and Long Ling still have to observe some situations on the ground, after all, the two of them don't want to miss some traces and clues about these desert merchants.

The two of them flew forward all the way in a small fire, and a day passed.

By this time, it was getting dark, and there were no desert traders or abandoned camels to be found.

Li Tianze's mind drove Xiaohuo to slowly fall to the ground, and then, Li Tianze and Long Ling flipped off Xiaohuo's body.

Then, Li Tianze put away the small fire, and took Long Ling to find a relatively sheltered rock and set up two tents behind it.

At this moment, Li Tianze took out some dried meat and dry food prepared earlier, handed them to Long Ling, and said, "Anyway, these desert merchants are also people, and it is impossible to rush without sleep. And we didn't have a good rest last night, so let's take a good rest tonight, and we'll continue to rush tomorrow morning. ”

"Well, listen to my husband. Long Ling took the jerky and said with a smile.

Afterwards, the two simply had dinner.

After dinner, the two chatted for a while, and then went into their respective tents to sleep.

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The night gradually darkened, and it was time for Li Tianze and Long Ling to fall asleep. Behind another sheltered rock, a man in a cloak with three people watched over them.

"How many days are we from the Ulin Oasis?" the cloaked man asked in a low voice.

The scumbag man on the side got off the map, estimated the time in his heart, and replied, "Captain, there are about three days to go." ”

Then, the cloaked man ordered: "The three of you will monitor these two people in shifts tonight, don't alarm each other, and report anything to me quickly." ”

With that, the man in the cloak turned and walked towards a tent. Three people were left.

At this time, a tall and thin man waiting for the man in the cloak to fully enter the tent, and said softly: "Yesterday I was on the first shift, tonight you two will take the first shift, I have been sleepy for the past few days, I will go to sleep first." ”

"Why, the captain said that the three of us were in shifts, do you feel that you can't disobey the order? The other, a slightly shorter man, didn't want to.

"Don't shirk it, be fair, let's draw lots. The scumbag man suggested at this moment.

The other two also agreed, and then, the scumbag man found three pieces of yellow paper and wrote one, two, three, and three numbers on them.

"If you catch one, take the first shift in shift, catch the second shift post in two, and catch the last general post in three. ”

After saying that, the three of them began to arrest, and the final result was that the scumbag man was in the first shift, the tall and thin man was in the second shift, and the short man was in the third shift.

"I don't have an opinion this time, so I went to sleep. With that, the tall and thin man walked into the tent. And the short man also patted the scumbag and said, "I'm going to sleep too." After that, he went to bed.

The scumbag had no choice but to shake his head, and reluctantly stayed here to monitor Li Tianze and Long Ling.