Soon, everyone quickly gathered in the direction of Chen Si. Everyone was gathering at the top of the sand dune. Luo Xiaodan was shaken by the strong wind and heavy rain. If it weren't for Gu Fengchun pulling her, she herself thought that a gust of wind could blow her away at any time.
Scrape her away.
"Old Tang, Old Xiao, count the number of people!" Chen Si gave the order decisively. The number of people was quickly counted. There was one person missing from the team, but everyone knew that this person could not bear the scorching heat when the foehn wind came.
He ran out of the camel's body and was killed by the foehn wind.
After counting the number of people, Chen Si immediately led everyone to leave this place. The entire sand dune was sliding down. It would not be surprising if there was a large-scale collapse later. By then, more than a dozen people on the dune might have been buried alive.
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But the evacuation was very difficult. Because the camels had been completely killed, everyone could only walk on foot. The Humvee was still there, but after being roasted by the foehn wind, all the lines inside were destroyed, and within a short time
It is impossible to drive and move after major repairs. In Chen Si's words, it is considered good that these three vehicles did not explode. Marching on foot in the desert is not difficult, but if you want to evacuate with supplies, then
It's a big difficulty.
In the rain, Chen Si cleaned out more than ten boxes of water, which were buried in the sand when the sandstorm came. Later, when the foehn wind came, most of the water in the water tanks above melted.
All the water has evaporated completely, and the remaining ten boxes of water are the last water of life for everyone. Naturally, Chen Si will not throw away these precious water resources. He immediately asked Xiao Zhonghua to select more than ten people, one for each person.
One box, carry the water on your back and take it away.
This water is not light. The net weight of a box is one hundred kilograms. Add in the travel weight of each person, and the load reaches one hundred and sixty kilograms. Not everyone can carry an eighty kilogram load cross-country in the desert and in violent storms.
They can easily afford it. Therefore, top experts from Xiao Zhonghua to Bronze are used to carry water tanks on their backs. The rest of the people are not easy either. There are a large number of flamethrowers in the team, and each bottle of flamethrower weighs almost 20 kilograms.
Heavy, each person should carry at least one bottle.
These flamethrowers did not explode in the scorching heat, which made Chen Si breathe a sigh of relief. This batch of sharp weapons was one of his important weapons to enter the Xi soil temple. Without these items, he would not even have enough courage.
Chen Si quickly discussed with Qin Chuan and decided on the direction to move forward. He walked slowly along a relatively flat slope. There was already some water storage there, which ensured that the land there was protected from rainwater.
It has become relatively strong due to the erosion, so you won't have to worry about the sand pit collapsing when passing by. Every step in the desert is full of dangers. If you are not careful, you will not even know how you died.
Gu Fengchun hung his backpack in front, carried an AK-47 on his back, and had three magazines and two water bottles on his waist. The military spurs were also dangling on his waist. Even so, he still had to stretch out his backpack.
He held Luo Xiaodan with his right hand.
Luo Xiaodan and Qiu Huiyan are the ones with the lightest burden in the entire team. This is a special consideration for women. But it does not mean that they will be relaxed like this. Qiu Huiyan has great supernatural powers and is even stronger than Chen Si and Qin Chuan.
She was ashamed of herself, so she naturally didn't think carrying a backpack was a big problem. But Luo Xiaodan was miserable. The supplies in the backpack totaled almost thirty kilograms, and being soaked in the rain made it even worse.
Shao. Such a large backpack was hanging on her body and it was very strong. When the wind blew, she almost fell backwards. Her feet stepped on the sand and sank deeply. It was very difficult to pull them out... In short, that
It’s just not easy!
The weather was good, and the team only walked for about half an hour. When they almost climbed up another sand dune, the rain slowly stopped. And at this time, the sand dune they stayed at before suddenly shook half an hour.
A sand dune collapsed, and countless sand and mud swept away toward the north slope like a beast descending the mountain.
When everyone turned around and saw this scene, they were all frightened. If they hadn't discovered this just now, most of the people in the team would have been buried in the sea of sand. Many people broke out in cold sweat.
Less than ten minutes later, the rain stopped and the sky quickly cleared up.
Above the sky, there was no longer the dirty black and turbid yellow color before. It was cloudless, deep blue and clear, as quiet and peaceful as a huge sapphire. The sun also returned to the earth, and the scorching heat suddenly reappeared.
Everyone smiled bitterly. Apparently, in the desert, the word "cool" would not appear. Everyone had already taken off their gas masks, and after taking a few deep breaths, they took out their sunglasses and sun hats.
Wearing it on the head. The rain just washed it away very thoroughly, and no one smelled the bloody body fluids from the camel that they had touched before. However, there was a lot of gravel attached to the clothes on the body, and they patted it lightly.
, the gravel fell down in a "sand" manner. After a while, everyone's clothes were dry, and the water in their bodies also evaporated quickly.
"Everyone, please stop and take a rest." Chen Si cleared his throat and said. He knew very well that the physical strength of the team members was very exhausted. They were roasted by the foehn wind and washed away by the heavy rain, and everyone's load capacity was very high.
It's so big, it would be strange if I wasn't tired.
Chen Si also needs to sort out his current position and discuss his future march.
Without camels and humvees, the road ahead has become very difficult just by walking. Although these difficulties are not big difficulties for Chen Si, for ordinary team members, every step forward
, that means one step closer to death.
Chen Si is tired of accumulating victories with his life. He knows very well that this journey may be the last journey of his life. And in this journey, there is an end. He does not want this ending to be like the past.
In this way, wherever he passed, there was a bloody storm. Although this idea was difficult to achieve, he was already trying his best to try to save more lives.
Chen Si laughed self-deprecatingly. Over the past fifteen hundred years, he could no longer count how much blood his hands had been stained with, but using the word "blood flow" to describe it would never be wrong. Although he
He was not a butcher, but for some purposes, he killed a lot of people. But wasn't everything he did just to save more lives? Chen Si thought about it and smiled bitterly. No matter what, those who died
No one in his hands would accept his explanation.
"Chen Si, what's the matter?" Gu Fengchun saw that there seemed to be a sad look on Chen Si's eyebrows, so he asked.
Chen Si shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Take some time to rest. We will continue on our way later." Chen Si replied to Gu Fengchun and called Qin Chuan to come over to discuss the route. Such a thing is what Chen Si
Gu Fengchun would not avoid Gu Fengchun, but Gu Fengchun had no interest in hearing such a topic. Seeing the two of them gathering together, they chatted for a few words, then took out the food and went to Luo Xiaodan and his mother.
The problem raised by Chen Si is very serious. The team's load is too heavy, which is very detrimental to the march. However, after repairs, all unnecessary things have been discarded as much as possible, but the average load per person still reaches 50 kilograms. Such a load-bearing march
, you can't get far every day. Both Qin Chuan and Chen Si are deeply aware of this.
However, both of them knew very well that most of the load-bearing materials were drinking water, which was consumed in large quantities every day. In this way, the team's load-bearing capacity would be greatly reduced. But at the same time, another problem also emerged.
Soon, the team will be short of water resources. In the desert, lack of water is definitely the biggest cause of death. Both Chen Si and Qin Chuan attach great importance to this issue.
With these two problems in front of him, Qin Chuan was silent for a while and then said: "All of my people are elites. It is no problem to march on foot with heavy loads and endure hunger and thirst for two or three days. If the existing resources are reasonable,
Under the distribution, everyone can support it for at least seven days. And after the heavy rain just fell, there should be water in some places in the desert, and the difficulty of replenishing water resources should not be as difficult as in the past." Qin Chuan said methodically. There was something in his words.
The meaning is very obvious, that is, he is still optimistic about the future.
But Chen Si knew where Qin Chuan’s optimism came from. Qin Chuan himself was an immortal, and he only needed very little water to maintain normal body functions, and he had recently used the Seal of Reincarnation to replenish his soul.
Energy, he personally has no problem carrying a kettle across the entire desert. Therefore, Qin Chuan's calculations did not prepare a retreat for the team members. After the matter is completed, as long as he can leave alive, others will
It didn't matter to him. But Chen Si had to calculate the round-trip problem of this team. Although he knew that there would be very few people who could come back, he wanted to have as many people on the list as possible.
However, what Qin Chuan said is not unreasonable. It has just rained, and some places with better soil and water conservation will still accumulate some water. When there is a shortage of water, look for some relatively moist sandy land and dig down, and you should be able to
Dig out some water.
Chen Si nodded and planned the progress of the trip with Qin Chuan. The actual remaining distance is actually less than 300 kilometers. If we march 50 kilometers every day, we can reach the destination in six days. From this point on
Calculating the time, there is still plenty of time. Chen Si is just worried about one problem. If the team is discovered by the military, there will be no chance to escape. The two immediately decided that in order to protect the team's concealment, the team would resume their previous daytime rest.