Duomaiti remembered the scene of seeing the ancient city of Xiye. It is still fresh in his memory and cannot be forgotten.
At that time, the entire team followed him and trudged through the sandstorm.
Originally, when encountering a sandstorm, one should hide behind a pile of sand or find a leeward place to avoid the sandstorm. Wait until the sandstorm is over before taking other actions.
But because we were on the road when we encountered a sandstorm, the weather was fine, but like a child's face, it changed at every turn. It was originally sunny and windy, but the sun was shining right on my head.
In just one stick of incense, the temperature not only dropped sharply, but the wind also started to rise.
As someone who has lived in the desert for many years, Domat naturally knew what this climate change meant and immediately wanted to find a place to hide.
But it is a pity that there is no suitable place around. Even hiding behind the sand pile is not a wise choice.
Therefore, he could only find the leader of the team and tell him that he knew a place that was very suitable for avoiding the sandstorm. But it was about two hours away from the current place. As long as he got there, he could safely avoid the sandstorm.
The leader naturally agreed and asked him to lead the way to the location.
As a native living in the desert and having worked as a desert guide for decades, every place in the sand sea has been engraved in my mind. Therefore, there is no problem in leading the way.
Unfortunately, his prediction of this sandstorm was somewhat wrong. He originally thought that he would be able to reach the shelter in two hours, and he also estimated where his group should be able to go in the sandstorm.
After all, as an expedition team, the equipment is pretty good. Not to mention that everyone has two camels, professional desert clothing, and some emergency equipment.
Therefore, Duomaiti led the way, and everyone followed, heading forward despite the sandstorm.
Fortunately at the beginning, the sandstorm was not that powerful. It was just about the same as the sandstorms we usually encounter, except that the vision was a little blurry, and the wind force was between Level 8 and Level 9.
In this kind of environment, there is no problem in rushing. As long as everyone is strung up with a rope and all lie on the camel, there will be no problem if they don't fall off.
But as time went by, the sandstorm became more and more severe, and the wind force was rising, gradually reaching level ten or above. As for level ten, the expedition team did not test it because the wind was too strong and everyone was blown away.
As the camel swayed westward, some people couldn't hold on tightly and were blown off the camel.
After everyone trudged hard in the sandstorm for more than an hour, Domat discovered that due to the strong wind and sand, he had lost his reference point, which meant that he had lost his direction.
In the sandstorm, once you lose your direction, what does it mean? Duomaiti has naturally been very clear about it for decades.
We can no longer move forward, otherwise the greater the deviation, the harder it will be to find the right direction. In the past, Duomaiti never lost his way even in a sandstorm, but this time, he felt the desert
of cruelty.
Once people lose their respect for it in the desert, the desert will teach you to respect it!
Duomaiti regrets it very much. If he had taken shelter from the sandstorm at the beginning, he might have lost some people and supplies, but he would not have had the difficulty of losing his way. Now that he has lost his way, a whole team of people may go to get their lunch boxes.
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Unfortunately, it was too late to regret now. He originally thought that he could face the cruelty of the desert calmly, but when he was proud, the desert taught him a good lesson, a lesson at the cost of his life.
Duomaiti could only find the team leader to explain everything.
The team leader also had rich knowledge and experience. After hearing what Domat said, he immediately issued an order. All the team members immediately got off the camels, and then asked the camels to lie down in a circle. All the team members were in the circle, relying on the camels to avoid the wind and sand.
At this moment, as long as he can survive, he no longer cares about whether there will be any problems with the camel.
But just when everyone was not ready, someone yelled, ran over with difficulty, and pulled the leader to point in one direction, showing a horrified expression.
Everyone looked over one by one and were horrified. They saw a high wall of sand and dust. Under the extremely low visibility conditions, it rolled in like a mountain and made a huge noise.
It's like the end of the world.
Everyone had no time to escape and was swallowed up by this terrifying sea of sand. For a moment, there was only the sound of wind and dust storms in the world. There was no other sound. All the sounds that could be made were in this terrifying sea of sand.
During the explosion, it was submerged.
Just like that, when the sandstorm gradually subsided and the wind and sunshine returned again, a hand stretched out from the sea of sand with difficulty.
This is Duomaiti's hand. As a native of the desert, he naturally has a way to save himself. Although it is crude, it can save lives.
He struggled to pull away the sand that had submerged him, and then stood up with difficulty. Then after scanning around, he realized that he was the only one, and everyone else was buried in the sea of sand.
Fortunately, after looking around, he quickly went to Bala Sand and dug out the expedition team members from the sand based on his own experience.
In the end, after statistics, there were dozens of people in the group, but because of this sandstorm, only about ten people were left. And from the time of departure, there were nearly a hundred camels, and less than thirty were left.
The rest of the camels were either swept away by the explosion in Shacheng or were frightened and ran away.
Therefore, the leader of the expedition team could only issue an order to go back. The losses were a bit heavy, and many of the expedition supplies had been lost. If we did not go back, it would be impossible to continue the expedition mission. There was really no one without equipment, and nothing could be done.
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The desert is a restricted area for life. A sandstorm will send this team back home.
However, now there is a problem, that is, how to find the way home.
Duomaiti looked at the sun and the surroundings, but still couldn't find any reference. Everything was buried in the sand.
Therefore, he could only roughly deduce where to go based on the position of the sun.
Everyone still believed in Duomaiti and started to move forward with him.
The morale of the entire team has reached an extremely low level.
In this way, everyone started a difficult trek under the sun. Before leaving, they collected all the supplies they knew and put them all on the backs of camels. Therefore, all team members could only walk with the camels.
In the desert, supplies are the most important thing. Once you lose supplies, you will face the risk of receiving a box lunch.
Therefore, it is better to walk than to carry all the supplies. The most important things are food and water, especially water, which is absolutely indispensable in the desert.
In this way, under the sun, based on the position of the sun and his own experience, Domat discovered that the position he might deviate from was quite large.
However, if you can find the direction, then it is the best of all hardships.
In fact, when traveling in the desert, you should drive in the morning, rest at noon, and then continue traveling in the afternoon when the sun is not strong. The best time to travel is before and after the sun sets, and before and after the sun rises in the morning.
It wasn't hot or very cold at that time, and I could walk faster.
Now, because we have experienced a sandstorm, the route has been deviated a long way. If we don't hurry up, the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be. That's why Duomaiti discussed with the team leader and rushed on the road under the sun.
Duomaiti took the remaining people and walked for a long time. The sun went down and everyone gradually became a little energetic. Duomaiti proposed to take a good rest for half an hour and then continue on their way. When they were out of sight at night,
Rest again.
The team leader naturally accepted Duomaiti's opinion, and then ordered all team members to prepare for a rest and replenish themselves.
But at this moment, as the sun sets, the light shines through the front, illuminating a blurry outline!
That is……
Ancient City Wall!
Suddenly, everyone became energetic and no longer rested. Instead, they climbed to the highest point of the sand sea and looked at the city wall revealed in the distance.
Under the setting sun, the city wall and some buildings inside the city wall stand in the distance like towers on the sea.
"Is it Haishi Chenlou?" the team leader asked with some uncertainty.
"It's not like that!" Duomaiti said.
Miracles usually occur when the sun is strong, and in deserts they usually occur more often in summer. However, now that the sun is setting, the chance of mirages appearing is very small.
Therefore, after everyone was stunned for a moment, they all shouted at the same time: "The ruins of the ancient city!"
Immediately, without resting, they became more energetic, and their legs became less weak. Everyone started to pack up their things and headed towards the place illuminated by the sunset.
Domati naturally followed. With a goal in mind, he was behind the team instead of walking in front. He also observed and memorized some of the surrounding environment, reference objects, the position of the sun, etc.
Based on some of his experiences and memories, he remembered the location of this ancient city. He felt that he might come here again in the future.
After walking for more than an hour, everyone finally arrived in front of the ancient city when it was getting dark.
Only then did we know from the writing on the city wall that this was the ancient city of Xiye.
The ancient city of Xiye was also a very famous royal city in ancient times, and was known as one of the thirty-six ancient countries in the Western Regions. It was once a famous flower in the Western Regions, and it was extremely bright. Compared with this, there are several other cities.
, such as Loulan, Da Yuezhi, Jingjue, etc.
But the Kingdom of Xiye, like other ancient kingdoms, disappeared overnight without a trace, and was only mentioned in historical writings.
Now, they saw Xiye Ancient City with their own eyes, which was a stroke of luck.
Everyone was extremely excited, and then passed through the somewhat weathered city tower and entered the ancient city of Xiye.
Of course, they didn't go far inside. It was getting dark now, so they set up camp inside the city wall to rest and wait until the next day to talk about anything else.
However, just when everyone was preparing to take a rest, the nightmare came!