Chapter 24: The Night of the Desert
In the desert, it is very dangerous to get lost, there is the same scenery all around, there is no reference, you can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and you don't even know how far you have gone and where the border is. In case of bad luck and special terrain, the compass will lose its effect. Therefore, as soon as Redbeard said that he had lost his direction, Zheng Lang couldn't help but get nervous.
There is enough food and water in the space-time warehouse, and you can't starve to death, but no one wants to wander in the desert, right?
Several people found an open place to park and prepared to camp. According to Redbeard, laymen who camp in the desert like to look near large sand dunes, believing that this can provide a shelter and bring a certain sense of security. But this is precisely the most dangerous thing, and a gust of wind at night will bury them in the dunes with their tents. When camping in the desert, the more open the place, the safer it is.
In Ruoqiang County, Zheng Lang prepared a lot of camping supplies, walked to the trunk of the car, and while pretending, he took out things from the warehouse, tents, sleeping bags, windproof lamps, and instant noodles. After a while, a large pile was pulled out, far beyond the capacity of the trunk. Ruoxi's sister has a defective IQ and doesn't notice it at all. Redbeard looked puzzled, but didn't say anything.
As night fell, several people set up tents, and in order to prevent Redbeard from becoming suspicious, they simply used instant noodles for dinner.
The surrounding yellow sand turned into silver sand in the moonlight, the temperature dropped sharply, and the movement of taking thick clothes from the warehouse was too loud, Zheng Lang took out a collar and put it on. This is produced by 9000, the military individual soldier environment adaptive device, referred to as the life support ring, can automatically adjust the surrounding environment to the most comfortable state.
The wearer is like being in an air-conditioned room, and can even provide oxygen, and theoretically, humans only need to wear this collar to go to the surface of the moon.
Looking at Ruoxi, who was huddled in the blanket and playing with his mobile phone, Zheng Lang took out another one and handed it over: "Here, put this on." ”
Ruoxi's brain circuit didn't know where it was crooked, her eyes widened, and she said shyly: "Uncle, although it's you, you can do anything, but this really doesn't work." Wearing a collar is not too large, I don't have that hobby. ”
"Scale, your sister, put it on." Zheng Lang patted the other party's head, this is really difficult to communicate.
"It's possible for my sister to accept it, you know, young people, the more you play, the more you spend."
Zheng Lang found that the conversation seemed to be slipping farther and farther in a strange direction, and finally couldn't help but make a move and forcibly put the collar on the girl's neck.
"Okay, okay, I'll just wear it, I accept it." With Ruoxi's IQ, I didn't realize the function of the collar for a while, but I gradually felt cold.
Zheng Lang looked at the redbeard who was snoring in his sleeping bag, five big and three thick, and decided that the third collar was still saved, and gender discrimination was so serious.
Ruoxi is not cold, but also has the spirit to chat: "Uncle, what did you say was the thing you encountered during the day, will he chase after him?" ”
"Did you hear what he said during the day?"
Ruoxi said angrily: "I heard it, modeling, modeling." He protested against the fact that he didn't help him with the concave shape when he took pictures. It's changed like that, and I care so much about the shape, I must have been a girl before I was born. ”
Zheng Lang wiped his cold sweat and said, "You know what I'm looking for, right?" I'm looking for something called the Earth's axis. So during the day, it is likely that what the person shouted was not the modeling, but the axis. ”
As far as Nine Thousand said, creating immortals is one of the possible side effects of space-time anchors. In this way, the dried corpses seen during the day are most likely to be the result of explorers looking for the axis of the earth. Fortunately, he moved slowly, and when there were no external stimuli, he just sat still, and if he ran out of the desert to modern society, it is estimated that he would have caused an uproar.
If analyzed in this way, the space-time anchor should be near the dried corpse, but after running so far, the radar given by Jiuqian did not respond at all, and it should have gone in the wrong direction when he fled during the day.
Ruoxi didn't care about this kind of thing at all, and after chatting for a few words, she didn't want to talk anymore, touched the collar around her neck, and said, "Uncle? Out of activity? If I'm not active, can I go to sleep? ”
The word sleep was said very loudly, Zheng Lang looked at Ruoxi helplessly, his nerves were really rough, and he was still holding the dry corpse to take pictures during the day, which would be like no one else: "Okay, you go to sleep, there is always a need for someone to keep vigil, I'll keep vigil." ”
"Oh." Ruoxi's eyes were lonely, and she got into her sleeping bag full of disappointment.
Zheng Lang looked around, Redbeard was sleeping dimly in his sleeping bag, Ruoxi was completely unreliable.
And Master Jiba's warning about the bearded brigade has been haunting Zheng Lang's heart. This redbeard, his performance during the day is very problematic, his performance is too exaggerated, a slow dry corpse, let him drive dozens of miles, obviously not wanting them to get close to the time anchor.
Looking at the speed of the corpse's movements, even if it was an ordinary person, he would not encounter much danger, let alone Zheng Lang, who was equipped with him.
Zheng Lang didn't dare to sleep alone. One will take out a handheld to play games, one will look at the starry sky in a daze, there is no pollution in the desert, this starry scene has long been seen in the city, there is no sound and light around, not even insects and birds, it is not like the world, this is also an experience that ordinary people can not imagine.
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When the sky was bright, Zheng Lang woke up and found that he had fallen asleep, but fortunately nothing happened. Ruoxi was still curled up in her sleeping bag and fell asleep, her saliva was dripping. Redbeard got up early, stood not far away and looked up at the sky, looking like a master of the world, heard movement behind him, slowly turned around, and said: "Ben Beard watches the sky at night, I think the center of Lop Nur should be over there." ”
Redbeard's finger was in the same direction as the day, moving farther and farther away from the dried corpse.
Stargazing at night? Watch your sister at night! What is the elegance of a beard.
Ahh
Redbeard pretended to be a tall man, and he wanted to take everyone away from the dry corpse, but there was a problem.
But Zheng Lang insisted on going back, the dry corpse moved slowly, since it appeared there, the axis of the earth, that is, the space-time anchor must be nearby, and if he went so far this way, the radar did not respond, and if he walked to the other side, the signal might be triggered.
The two argued, Redbeard was just a guide, and he couldn't be too abrupt, so he had to listen to Zheng Lang's walk back. Redbeard muttered, "You'll regret it, the gods will punish you." ”
Ruoxi was woken up by the sound of the two arguing, and stepped forward to grab Zheng Lang's arm: "What kind of god is he talking about?" ”
"I don't know, maybe it's an evil god that the locals believe in, and there are all kinds of beliefs in the corner."