Chapter 238 Crossing the Desert
[Only released by Jinjiang Literature City]
"Look at it." Lin Wu suddenly pointed in a certain direction, his voice was so strong that he spoke, but his tone was anxious.
You Xi looked in the direction he pointed, and suddenly saw the black creatures mixed in the group of black scorpions.
Whether it is the long and weird neck, the pale and dull face, and the twisted limbs, they all look familiar. They are the black creatures on the station platform. At this moment, they are mixed in this group of huge mutant scorpions. Not only is there no sense of incongruity, but they also seem to be particularly integrated, and they feel like leading these scorpions.
You Xi took out his cell phone and typed a few words for Lin Wu to show: The thing is in command.
Lin Wu nodded. Scorpions were afraid of a lot of things, and fire was one of them. Now they did not dare to get fire. Large groups of people appeared to siege, which may be because of mutation, or because something was driving them.
Both waves of scorpion fight with the passengers. There is only one black creature in the scorpion, falling on the last side of the scorpion, hiding his figure through the darkness outside the range of the fire.
The group of passengers fell into a coma because someone was poisoned and was attacked late at night. They were quite struggling. In fact, their strength is not weak, but they are less able to fight against more. What's worse is that they found that the number of scorpions has been increasing.
Lin Wu also typed it on his mobile phone to You Xi: That thing - just call it the black crawler beast, it will continue to summon the scorpion group.
You Xi looked at the new wave of scorpions below, typing: If this continues, we will have the possibility of being discovered, you are waiting for me here.
You Xi put away his cell phone, took out the [air hair dryer] and signaled it, then got up and jumped towards the rock next to him.
The breath and footsteps she controlled fell silently and moved quickly. After a few strokes, she climbed up to a higher rock and walked around the other end of the camp of the passengers.
She lay on the edge of the rock and accurately aimed at the black crawler in the dark with [air hair dryer]. The thing was very alert and found it almost the next second when the red aiming point appeared on her body.
It raised its long neck and its vertical pupils stared in the direction of You Xi.
But it was too late. You Xi pulled the switch the moment he aimed it. The air bomb was extremely powerful. The slender body of the black reptile beast was blasted out of a big hole, and the smelly liquid splashed everywhere. It rolled on the thick sand for a while, and there was no movement.
It was not until this moment that the passengers who were busy with the battle discovered the black reptile beast hidden behind them.
"Why do you have this thing outside the station? This is so disgusting!"
"Who made the move just now! It seemed from that direction!"
"Don't worry about it for now. No matter who takes the action, he should be helping. The scorpion group is still there, be careful not to be stabbed!"
"Wait-they seem not as aggressive as they were just now!"
Indeed, after the black reptile beast was killed by Youxi, the scorpion swarm was obviously not rushing forward as before. They were quickly dispersed, and some began to retreat from the fire. After the passengers completely gained the upper hand, all the scorpion swarms dissipated around and quickly disappeared into the shadows of the cracks under the rocky mountains.
Among the passengers, an older man spoke loudly in the direction where he attacked just now: "Which friend just helped us? We are all passengers, thank you very much for your help. The site is scarce and the map is large. If your friends are interested, we can form a team to go on the road!"
No one answered him. When You Xi had already dealt with the scorpion group after them, she quietly returned to the depression where she had originally camped.
Her and Lin Wu's camp and the place where she just shot was completely different, and the height was also different. Even if they knew that someone would help, it would be impossible for them to find her and Lin Wu for a while, unless they didn't sleep at night and searched all the high and low rocks in the nearby darkness.
But she believed they wouldn't do it.
Sure enough, the man asked a few questions and didn't see anyone responded, and he quickly gave up.
He felt that the other party might be afraid that they would be too many, and he would take action against him (her). In addition, the other party was so cautious, but he was still helping at a critical moment, so he didn't want to continue to force the other party.
The poisoned companion took out the wound medicine and treated him for the wound. The others were also cleaning up the end of the battle. Several scorpions that were killed by them fell on the sand. One scorpion half of its body fell into the fire and was burning at this moment.
A burnt aroma of food was emitting from the air, and the stomachs of a few passengers who only ate instant noodles and ham sausages for dinner were squirming.
Someone looked at the scorpion and swallowed subconsciously. Someone immediately reminded him not to be stupid. This mutant scorpion that can directly cause poisoning and fainting by stabbing a person cannot touch it no matter how fragrant it is. Be more alert, rest early, and set out tomorrow to explore this site.
On the other side, You Xi, who returned to the original place, looked at the countdown on his phone, signaled Lin Wu to rest, and she would be the rest of the time.
Lin Wu insisted on letting her continue to rest, but she could not resist her. After all, she was the boss who made the decision between the two.
However, the remaining hours of the night were not very stable.
You Xi was wearing half of his headphones. Before he could finish watching a movie, the campground below started to get up again. It was still a group of scorpions, driven by black reptiles, coming from another direction.
This time, the passengers were alert. Several people had previous experiences, divided the labor and cooperated, and others attracted the firepower of the scorpion. A person with skilled force bypassed the scorpion and killed the black crawler beast first, and then they broke up the scorpion again.
The scorpion group this time seems to be different from the previous ones, but they are all lurking near the rock mountain. I don’t know what attracted them, or what attracted the black reptile beasts.
After several passengers discussed, they finally decided to put out the fire. There was no bright Gobi desert, and the fire and temperature were indeed a big goal.
This time, the scorpion did not come again, but other creatures came.
When You Xi heard the movement, he had already entered a state of combat. In the darkness without light, more than a dozen pairs of floating eyes were staring at the passengers.
When You Xi calmed down, she found that those were the eyes of hyenas. These hunters with night vision were attracted by the smell of humans or the burnt scent of roasted scorpions. They fought in groups and did not retreat in the face of various weapons of passengers.
Finally, a smart passenger lit the fire again and urgently made several torches before forcing the hyenas to retreat.
After this time, no one dared to rest for those passengers who had been chaotic for half a night.
This deserted Gobi Desert lacks water and all resources, and this lack also makes the living creatures that live here more aggressive.
They packed up their tent items and finally sat for dawn.
An hour later, the sun rose from the back of the rock mountain. Youxi adjusted the time of the two mobile phones to six o'clock at the same time based on the sunrise.
Below the rock mountain, the passengers simply ate some bread and water, took the items back to the items or space, took the weapons, and set out in the direction agreed before.
Lin Wu also woke up in the tent next to him. He actually didn't sleep well in the middle of the night because he was woken up several times by fighting. However, with the big boss You Xi, he just opened the tent and poked out his sight to check, and then retreated to rest again.
You Xi had finished washing and other "work" before Lin Wu woke up. She found a bottle of sunscreen and several ice sleeves in the space, ready to fight against the hot day.
Lin Wu put out steaming beef ramen and a few tea eggs on the camping table, while You Xi poured out a small basin of warm water for Lin Wu to wash. He had a small space and only stocked up water for drinking, so he didn't plan to wash.
"Don't, we'll stay in a car later...you'd better wash up, this little water is still affordable."
Lin Wu:...
Half an hour later, the two men who had surveyed the surrounding situation again went down from the rock mountain to the ground. You Xi took out the jeep. This time, Lin Wu drove, and she was resting in the passenger seat.
The jeep drove along the direction of the rock mountain, and Lin Wu took out the compass and proofreaded the direction from time to time.
When they arrived at this site yesterday, it was a while before the evening. The temperature at that time exceeded forty degrees, which made people feel extremely hot.
Today, three hours after departure, the vehicle's dashboard showed that the temperature had reached 46 degrees Celsius.
At this time, the sun had not yet risen to its highest position. Youxi estimated that the temperature in the Gobi Desert would exceed fifty, approaching sixty degrees Celsius from noon to afternoon.
Perhaps because other passengers have also inspected the terrain, almost everyone's target is the black shadow on the north horizon.
If this site is regarded as a survival copy that can pass through physical strength, many practical difficulties are already in front of you, such as water shortage, sneak attacks from various creatures at night, and too large a region, which makes it necessary to travel a long distance to find a hidden station.
As for the difficulty of this stop at B level, I won’t continue to put too much difficulty in the direction of the trek.
Otherwise, so many people went to the north to find that they were looking for the wrong direction. Most of the passengers at this station would be trapped here due to lack of water, which would not be just a level B difficulty.
Since the direction is the same, passengers will inevitably encounter it on the way, especially those who drive jeeps like Youxilinwu have great movements and goals.
Along the way, they met several groups of passengers, most of whom walked, would wave to ask for parking and want to take a ride when they saw them. A few ruthless passengers took out their weapons and attacked them directly when they saw them without stopping.
When he was attacked for the first time, You Xi planned to open the window to fight the other party. Lin Wu stopped her, and then took out the "iron stick" that was once bound to the weapon, which is now defaulted to be a skill, and turned on the shield.
Soon, a translucent arc of light protected the jeep and blocked the attack from behind.
After the defensive points of the "Iron Stick" are consumed, the defense skill cards need to be supplemented. After entering this world, the large number of defense skill cards he had accumulated in the past disappeared, only two left, occupying two items.
So like You Xi, these strong attacks or strong defenses will be used when they need them most.
The jeep accelerated again and quickly left the angry passengers behind.
At noon, the two of them simply used burgers and iced coffee to serve lunch in the car.
They had no intention of stopping the car. The air conditioner in the car had to maintain a better refrigeration effect when the car was running. The temperature outside the car had reached 55 degrees Celsius. Even with Youxi's physique, he did not have the courage to get off in this desert where there was no shade of trees.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally passed through a large Gobi Desert. The originally hard ground was gradually replaced by sand, and the dunes on both sides gradually increased. Fortunately, there was still a road in the middle, which winded and continued to head north.
You Xi and Lin Wu frowned at the winding road. In such a deserted place, if there is a road, there is someone - no, not only people, but such passers-by cannot walk out. This road is obviously driven by wheels.
"Be careful." You Xi said, "Don't drive too fast, be careful of the road."
Lin Wu nodded, and the car drove forward for about half an hour. They gradually penetrated deeper into the desert, and the ground became softer. In addition to sand dunes, there were also various strange-shaped rock mountains on both sides.
The rocks here are even more weathered, with a bumpy surface, some of which are as high as one or two hundred meters high. There are thick sand layers piled up at the roots of the rocks. They try to stay away from those areas so that the wheels will not fall into the sand and have to get off the car and walk.
The accident happened very suddenly. When a large bunch of sand was raised in front of the front of the car and pounced on the glass in front of the car, You Xi's first reaction was a sandstorm.
But the next second, she suddenly stood up and she held Lin Wu's arm hard: "Retreat! Reverse! Quick!"
Lin Wu rarely saw You Xi like this, especially after meeting again this time, she became more calm and confident than before. Even on the station platform, she was only alert and would not give orders in such an almost anxious tone.
At the critical moment, Lin Wu's body was faster than his brain. While his mind was still analyzing, his hands and feet had already cooperated, and he had a reverse gear and braked rapidly, and he quickly reversed backwards.
The next second, the sand in front of them made a whizzing sound, and a raised sand line pressed against the front of their car, chasing their car, chasing and spreading quickly.
This inexplicable sand line looks like someone hiding under a thick layer of sand and using a huge knife to cut the air from bottom to top. Because the speed is too fast, the sand is raised from the ground toward the air, forming a sand line visible to the sight.
"Hurry up!" You Xi looked outside the front of the car, staring at the sand without blinking.
Lin Wu frowned. He had already stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, but this was a desert and the speed was limited. He glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a rock near the tall rock mountain next to him. The rock formed a rock slope due to its angle, and was leaning against the rock mountain at the top.
He immediately turned the steering wheel hard, stepped on the accelerator to death, and then poured the rear of the car up the slope.
The car quickly broke away from the sand and fell onto a solid rock slope.
"Ready to collect the car!" The back seat and trunk of the jeep were filled with supplies in the space. She held Lin Wu's arm and quickly put the car into the space when the backlash of the car was about to slide down the sand again due to inertia.
The two of them landed on the ground with their toes at the same time, and jumped backwards at the same time, jumping to a higher point on the rock slope.
Lin Wu turned on the weapon shield to protect himself and You Xi tightly, but the next second, their bodies were thrown away as the huge rocks under their feet fluctuated.
The two men's bodies collided with the wall of the rock mountain behind. You Xi reached out to catch the protruding rock, climbed up with Lin Wu, and fixed the body in a crack of rock that could be hidden.
Chapter completed!