148, Sand Sea Devil's Nest
With the guide's shout, the sky, which was originally relatively clear, darkened in an instant, and the dark yellow of the distant sky also pressed towards them at an extremely fast speed.
And Luo Zihang and the others also climbed on the camel for the first time, and continued to urge them to run, who were still a little tired.
Although the camels were too tired, they also knew that the situation was critical, and while sticking out their tongues, they galloped in the direction of the ancient city of the West Night.
However, no matter how fast the camels were, they could not match the strong winds, and soon the sandstorm caught up, and the fine sand swept into the air by the wind became more and more, and the surrounding area was shrouded in overwhelming sand and dust, and the visibility became less and less.
The grit crackled against the people, and the wind staggered them from side to side.
Luo Zihang leaned down on the back of the camel to prevent himself from being blown down by the wind, and at the same time looked around hard to prevent anyone from falling behind, especially Professor Miao, who fell off the camel in the original book, was the focus of Luo Zihang's attention.
Although his relationship with this stinky old nine is relatively ordinary, firstly, people should not be killed, and secondly, he may be able to come in handy later, and thirdly, it is Luo Zihang's idea of "perfect customs clearance" that is at work.
Under Luo Zihang's special watch, Professor Miao was discovered by Luo Zihang the moment he fell off the camel, but before he landed, he was caught in mid-air by Luo Zihang, who rushed over, and then thrown back on the camel's back.
It's just that in this emergency situation, of course Luo Zihang couldn't hold him up, and Professor Miao was beaten by him and hung between the two humps of the camel.
In this way, Professor Miao could only hold the hump tightly to prevent himself from falling down, while enduring the waves of impact from his abdomen, and when he couldn't stand it anymore, he opened his mouth and spit out some sour water, and then continued to use his belly to fight the camel's back.
Just when Professor Miao could not bear it anymore and was about to fall off the camel again, the camel under him, along with the other nineteen camels, all stopped running, and all knelt down, lying on the ground, burying their heads in the sand, as if they were sinners being punished.
On the way into the desert, Luo Zihang had never seen this posture before, but the camels that had posed in this posture before were all dead, either corpses or bones.
According to the guide and Li, those were all camels frightened by the Black Wind Sand, and they knew that the Black Wind and Sand would come soon, and it was useless to run, so they simply knelt on the ground and waited for death.
And in the current situation, it means that these camels also feel that they can't hide this time, so they choose to lie down.
This made everyone anxious, but no matter how much they whipped the camels, they were like dead pigs who were not afraid of boiling water.
Therefore, whether it is a human or an animal, as long as you choose to lie down, you are fearless.
Just when everyone was at a loss, the dromedary white camel mentioned in the original book appeared, and under its leadership, everyone came to a small ancient city ruins.
According to the description in the original book, the white camel disappeared after turning into the ruins, causing the protagonist and his party to lose their vision, but this time Luo Zihang deliberately followed closely, but he still lost it the moment the white camel turned around the corner, as if it had disappeared out of thin air.
Luo Zihang smacked his lips with some regret, but he didn't think it was so strange, after all, this copy was not lacking in any gods and ghosts, and it was not a big deal to have one more strange white camel.
The scheduled rare mounts could not be fished, so Luo Zihang had to follow the others to drive the other camels, let them lie down by the wall, and tether them to prevent them from leaving, and then unloaded some of their supplies and hid in a nearby big house for refuge.
After confirming that they were safe for the time being, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they all lay on the yellow sand regardless of their image, gasping for breath.
After resting for a while, Professor Miao took the initiative to find Luo Zihang and thanked him.
Although he is not very easy to deal with, he is still a grateful person after all.
Luo Zihang waved his hand, his attitude towards these ordinary NPCs has always been very indifferent, as long as the other party doesn't make trouble for himself, he really doesn't care what his attitude is.
Compared to these, he was still more worried about the desert marching ants that would appear after the wind and sand......
Therefore, Xu Wutu's goods are really not a little new.
It's bugs again! Can't you change some new tricks?!
In his heart, he complained about the author's poor donkey skills, but Luo Zihang's movements were not slow, he took out the solid fuel and gasoline he carried, and began to make simple incendiary bombs and torches.
Even the other people next to him found human bones and giant boy stone statues, but they couldn't distract him.
As a graduate of archaeology, Ah Cheng is naturally very interested in the giant boy stone statue, but after all, he has graduated for many years, and he has been distracted to do a lot of other things, so he lost interest after observing it for a while.
Then he found "Zhou Shijie" working silently on the side, thinking that he had encountered danger several times, "Zhou Shijie" showed a general means as if he had predicted, so Ah Cheng immediately came up.
"Brother Jie, what are you doing here?"
"Do you remember our previous adventures?" Luo Zihang asked rhetorically without raising his head.
Ah Cheng nodded, and then said with a somewhat ugly face: "You mean ......"
"Well, I'm not confident in my luck, so it's better to prepare a little first." Luo Zihang nodded and replied.
"What are you talking about? What is Mr. Zhou doing? ”
As a half-layman, Monica just had a fresh look at the giant boy statue, and she couldn't understand the high-end bureau that Professor Tian was talking about, so after taking a few photos, she also came to Luo Zihang's side.
Luo Zihang explained briefly, and then handed a torch and a few incendiary bombs to Monica.
"Are you a little worried?"
After listening to Luo Zihang's explanation, Monica was a little crying and laughing, and at the same time, she finally figured out why the other party would explain that she had to prepare more fuel when preparing materials before.
"It's always good to be prepared, and we bring enough solid fuel and gasoline anyway, and we're not afraid of wasting it." Luo Zihang replied vigorously.
Monica pouted, didn't you bring more because you specifically asked for it?
Although he felt that Luo Zihang was a little too cautious, Monica still accepted the torches and incendiary bombs handed by the other party, after all, he was also out of good intentions, and he did not mean to pit his own funds.
When the others finished burying the corpse and studying the statue, Luo Zihang's incendiary bomb was almost ready, and he looked at the "munitions" full of "munitions" in front of him, and his heart suddenly settled down a lot.
The others also knew Luo Zihang's thoughts at this time, but except for Ah Cheng, everyone felt like Monica that he was making a fuss.
However, Luo Zihang didn't care at all, and when the marching ants appeared, they would know how prescient they were.
After a long time, everyone had nothing to do, and gradually, some people began to think crankily, and pessimism began to spread.
Mainly because the wind outside is still howling, and there is no intention of weakening it at all.
The yellow sand that covers the sky makes everyone not know what the situation is outside, the whole environment is dark, people can't detect the change of sky, although there is a watch to check the time, but it is still difficult for people to have a feeling that time is passing, this shelter is like a small black room, it is easy to make people depressed thoughts.
Fortunately, they are a group of people, and they can communicate with each other from time to time, otherwise everyone will collapse faster.
In addition, the sand from the outside will continue to flow in through the holes in the house, and one can't help but worry about whether they will be buried in the house and accompanied by the corpses and statues that have been found before.
The two boys tried to cover the holes with the canvas they were carrying, but the holes were too big to cover completely, and they couldn't hold out long under the strong wind, so they had to give up after trying to no avail.
Everyone could only pray silently that they would be able to stop before the wind and sand buried them.
I don't know how long it took, the wind whistling outside gradually weakened, although from time to time a little grit was blown in from the hole in the room, but there was no longer the momentum that might have buried them in the house like this, and as the wind and sand weakened, some light began to shine in outside...... Before I knew it, it was already the next morning.
The nervous crowd soon noticed the change in the light and wind outside, and everyone suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and their mood was finally not as depressed as before.
A few interns began to chat with Ah Cheng, the elderly Professor Miao and Professor Tian fell asleep immediately after relaxing, and the guide began to pray every morning as usual.
And Monica, as in the plot, came to talk to "Zhou Shijie......
This is not necessarily because of the "will of the world", although Luo Zihang's behavior pattern is not the same as the protagonist in the original book, but his performance during this period of time is just as reliable, even more reliable than the original protagonist, Monica will find him, it is not a strange thing.
Because he knew that the other party would be his companion in the future, and even at the end of the plot, before the plot of the movie began, he still had the opportunity to have a white female ticket, so Luo Zihang, who had just "died of his wife", did not refuse the other party's invitation to chat, and chatted without stubble.
It's just that while he was chatting with Monica, he also paid some attention to the giant boy statue, because the first marching ant appeared on the statue.
And Monica also seemed to be aware of his absent-mindedness, but she thought that Luo Zihang was worried about the next situation, so instead of getting angry, she comforted: "Look at this trend, the wind and sand should stop after a while, our supplies and camels are still there, and when we get to the West Night Ancient City, we can also use the underground river to replenish the water, so don't worry so much." ”
Luo Zihang turned his head, glanced at Monica, and asked inexplicably, "Then what if we run into desert marching ants?" ”
"Desert marching ants?" Monica was stunned for a moment, and then she realized what he was talking about, and said with a smile: "Are you still thinking that we will encounter such a thing as a swarm or a swarm?" Even the varieties have been thought of? ”
"It's not that I thought of marching ants," Luo Zihang shook his head, and then pointed in the direction of the stone wither, "but they have already appeared in front of me." ”
Monica followed his finger and looked at the stone statue of the giant boy, and sure enough, on the face of the stone statue, there was an ant with a black body, a blood-red tail, and an ant the size of a knuckle, especially the two big jaws on the head, which were not easy to mess with.
"Is it really a marching ant?!" Monica screamed.
She is also well-informed, and naturally recognizes the terrifying creature of marching ants, but the reason why she screams is more with a kind of surprise of "I was really told by Zhou Shijie", and partly because the marching ants in front of her are much bigger than she knows, so their danger is naturally higher.
"Everybody light the torches! Grab the incendiary bombs I gave you, bring as much supplies as you can, and get back outside! Also, be sure to untie the camels! Luo Zihang quickly gave the order.
The others were still confused, Ah Chenghe knew that the marching ants were powerful Monica responded immediately, and although the guide had never seen the marching ants, he had also heard of the power of these little things when he walked the desert all year round, so he was only half a beat slower, and then jumped up and rushed outside, intending to untie the reins of the camels.
"Ah Cheng, follow him!"
The guide in the book was the first to open something, and Luo Zihang naturally didn't worry about letting him lead the camel alone.
As soon as Ah Cheng's front feet walked out of the house, the hind feet of the marching ants poured out from under the ground.
"Run! Bring your supplies with you, and leave them alone on the ground! Luo Zihang lit an incendiary bomb with a torch and threw it at the marching ants while continuing to command the others.
On the other side, Monica did the same, throwing an incendiary bomb at the march.
When everyone else had exited the house, Luo Zihang picked up a small half bucket of unused gasoline, poured a horizontal line in front of him, and erected a wall of fire to block those marching ants, and then pulled Monica beside him and retreated.
However, when they escaped from their houses, they saw hundreds of yellow sheep, wild camels, sand wolves, gerbils, and iguanas scurrying among the ruins of the ancient city.
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Not only the big house where they were just now, but also patches of desert marching ants appeared in many places, and some animals ran a little slower, and they were immediately covered by desert marching ants, and in a moment they were gnawed into a pile of white bones, and everyone felt numb in scalps.
Luo Zihang, who had long known that such a situation would occur, was still determined, he calmly commanded everyone to use incendiary bombs and gasoline to create a protective belt, because there were other prey in the ancient city, the marching ants did not fight with Luo Zihang, and they all bypassed the flames around them to chase those animals who took refuge in the ancient city.
With the incendiary bomb made by Luo Zihang to clear the way, they quickly escaped from the ancient city occupied by marching ants, and they didn't have to provoke the queen ant the size of a lamb like in the original book.
The camel caravan ran hundreds of meters, and when I looked back, the dilapidated ruins of the ancient city were no longer visible, and countless desert marching ants, tumbling and tumbling like the red and black sea water that had boiled the pot, boiling and swarming out of the ground.
However, Luo Zihang and the others have escaped from the hunting range of the marching ants, and there is no danger.
"MD, I really got you right, Brother Jie." Ah Cheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Do you think we're fighting with bugs?" How many times has this been? ”
And Monica apologized to Luo Zihang convincingly: "You are right, if it weren't for your previous preparations, we might have become food for those marching ants." ”
Everyone else also thanked Luo Zihang one after another.
Luo Zihang, who came according to the strategy, was not proud of this, but his mood was still very happy, because ......
After this experience, he has a higher weight in the team, which will be of great help to his subsequent "perfect clearance".
After all, the corpse incense konjac that appeared after that was comparable to the indigo dyeing Yousuke.
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