Lao Zhang always has a wooden stick tied to his camel. The stick is used to explore the sand. Before walking, you can use the stick to poke it to know whether the place can be stepped on.
He got off the camel, took off his stick, and told everyone to be careful when walking.
Desert army ants are social animals. Like the red imported fire ants, the ant nest they create will form a big bag on the ground. The army ants are not as aggressive as red imported fire ants, but they are more harmful and rare than red imported fire ants because
Army ants are only found in deserts.
"Stop!" Lao Zhang suddenly waved his hand.
He pointed forward with a wooden stick for us to see.
I saw a big bulge on the sand less than three meters away from the camel team in front of me. Occasionally, there were a few black ants burrowing in and out of the bulging sandbag.
Lao Zhang pointed there with a stick and said: "Look, that is the nest of army ants. There are not many of them now, but the space below is very big. If a person accidentally steps on it, tens of thousands of ants will kill him in minutes."
Bite to death."
Dou Sprouts swallowed and said, "Damn, this ant nest is worse than a hornet's nest. We have to be careful."
Qin Xingping echoed: "Everyone, be careful. Get off the camel and lead it away. Don't step on it."
We led the camels carefully around the army ant nest. We raised our heads and looked ahead and said, "Why do I feel that the wind is getting stronger?"
Lao Zhang stretched out his hand to feel the strength of the wind, and suddenly his face changed: "The wind level is already close to level seven. The formation of sandstorms requires three conditions: strong wind, sand, and no windshield. Once the wind level rises to level nine, it will be dangerous.
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The group speeded up a bit more.
While paying attention to the ant nests that may appear at any time, we have to speed up. Yesterday we drank all the water. Everyone left with dry mouth and panting. Although I was wearing a veil, I always felt like I had something in my throat.
The sand is very uncomfortable.
"No way! Not enough time! We can't get out!" Lao Zhang suddenly shouted.
There were unpredictable weather conditions, so we hurriedly hurried and slowed down, but we still didn't make it. At this moment, the strong wind mixed with the yellow sand in the sky made it difficult for people to move.
"Everyone, stay where you are and don't move! The sandstorm is coming!"
He quickly took out a small whistle and blew it. When the camels heard the whistle, they all knelt down.
Lao Zhang shouted anxiously: "Lower your head! Grab the camel! Hold on!"
"Ya Zai! Yun Feng! Where are you!" I heard the leader shouting but couldn't see anyone else because I couldn't open my eyes. If I didn't catch the camel, I felt like I would be blown away!
"No! The wind is too strong! I can't hold on anymore!" I suddenly heard Zhao Xuanxuan's cry for help from behind me.
Relying on a little sound to determine the direction, I crawled over and grabbed her arm.
"Hold on! I got you!"
I couldn't see Zhao Xuanxuan at all, so I could only pull her to crawl on the ground and squirm forward. As long as we stopped, such a strong wind and sand would completely cover us in a few minutes!
It felt like a long time passed, and the wind became weaker and weaker.
I shook my body vigorously and struggled to get up from the ground. I looked around and saw yellow sand everywhere. My head was missing, and Lao Zhang Dou Sprout and the others couldn't see it either. What scared me even more was that I didn't see my head.
camel!
My throat was dry and smoking, so I suppressed the discomfort and shouted a few times.
"Yunfeng..." Less than five meters behind me, I heard Miss Zhao's echo.
Her legs and lower body were buried in the sand, and I ran over and struggled to pull her out.
