The vast yellow sand stretches as far as the eye can see, and the golden sunshine shines on it, covering the rising sand dunes with a layer of glow, and even the dry Populus euphratica seems to be plated with gold.
Such strong colors form a magnificent picture in the vast world.
After marching like this for several days, the team passed a river bend and officially entered the rumored Black Desert.
The so-called 'Black Desert', according to the old man An Liman, was created by Hu Da to punish greedy pagans. Countless ancient cities and treasures are buried in it, but no one can bring them out, not even If you only take one gold coin, you will get lost in it and eventually be buried under the wind and sand.
The intellectuals in the team simply didn't believe An Liman's explanation, which was full of religious overtones. In their view, the 'Black Desert' might be a highly mobile area, which would cause people to enter. It’s hard to find the way back.
Professor Chen even used this opportunity to teach his students a lesson, explaining to them the characteristics and precautions of a special environment like the desert.
It seemed that the old professor planned to treat the three students as students until they showed no obvious abnormalities.
I just don’t know if he is planning to take advantage of the situation or if he is really doing things with the idea of teaching and educating people.
In order to avoid being scorched by the scorching sun, Chen Ziyan and his party stayed in the sun and went out at night. Such a sudden reversal of black and white made everyone feel a little tired.
So after the novelty of entering the desert wore off, everyone was sitting on the back of the camel with a sad expression. Only Shirley Yang was still energetic, taking two pictures from time to time with her camera that never left her hand.
At this time, the night was about to recede, and the light suddenly appeared in the sky. After Wang Kaixuan yawned, he asked An Liman: "I said, old man, didn't you say that this is the windy season? Why is there no wind shadow at all?"
He had never been to the desert, and all his impressions came from Hu Bayi's narration. When Hu Bayi described this place as a flood and ferocious beast, he had already become curious.
"Hey! You can't say that!" An Liman said quickly after hearing this.
Hu Bayi also reprimanded: "You fat man, why don't you have a way to keep your mouth shut? Wouldn't it be better if you didn't encounter the storm?"
After finishing speaking, Hu Bayi wanted to see how the others were doing.
Although Chen Ziyan is the nominal manager of this team, he is too lazy to take care of the little things on the road. He simply appointed him as the deputy captain and dumped all the trivial matters on him.
Hu Bayi simply used his experience as a company commander and observed the mental outlook of the team.
But just when he glanced at Chen Ziyan, he found that something was wrong with his expression. He was not showing his usual laziness at all, and his eyes were flickering dimly.
This made him feel a little uneasy, so he leaned over and asked, "Mr. Chen, have you discovered anything?"
Chen Ziyan put his hand into his pocket, gently comforted the trembling spirit weasel, and said in a deep voice to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, check immediately whether the things on the camel's back are tied properly, we are going to be in trouble." p>
Chen Ziyan couldn't understand the signs, but he believed in the early warning from his spirit ferret.
Spiritual beasts have their own sense of crisis, and their current performance is enough to illustrate the problem.
"Okay! I'll go right away!" As soon as Hu Ba heard his solemn words, he knew something was going to happen and quickly pulled Wang Kaixuan to check the luggage.
Chen Ziyan jumped off the camel, came to Professor Chen, and said, "Professor, I'm afraid there's going to be a storm, so I have to make some preparations. Please forgive me."
"Ah?" Professor Chen suddenly heard this. Before he could realize what was going on, Chen Ziyan took out a rope from somewhere and tied Professor Chen tightly to the camel's back. He felt that the coming crisis would be the storm in the original plot, so in order to prevent Professor Chen from falling to the ground due to exhaustion, Chen Ziyan planned to give him a seat belt to nip it in the bud.
If he can still fall off halfway, then he really has nothing to say.
"Chen Ziyan, what are you doing!" Naturally, the movement here could not be hidden from others.
In other words, when Chen Ziyan made a move, others had already set their sights on him.
Seeing him tying up Professor Chen so roughly, Shirley Yang, who was nearest, immediately questioned him.
"Add insurance." Chen Ziyan responded dully, and then reminded: "You should also hurry up and prepare. If not unexpected, the storm should be coming."
"Storm?" When Shirley Yang heard what he said, she didn't bother to question him about tying up Professor Chen, and quickly raised her head to look at the horizon.
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But she didn't see anything. Not to mention a storm, there wasn't even a trace of breeze. There was only a hint of blush in the golden light in the distant sky, which seemed a bit unusual.
If you don’t go out in the morning glow, the sunset will travel thousands of miles.
For some reason, at this moment, the proverb that her grandfather once taught her flashed through Shirley Yang's mind.
Although she was a photographer for a geographical magazine, she was not proficient in astronomical knowledge, so she turned her attention to An Liman in front of her.
"Mr. An Liman, are things really going to change?"
An Liman was staring at the rising sun faintly peeking out in the east. After a while, he seemed to confirm something and said, "Yes, the clouds in the sky are bleeding. This is because Hu Da is angry. The wind is blowing in the desert."
That’s it.”
The sun hadn't fully come out yet, and it was only after Chen Ziyan reminded him that he noticed something was wrong.
Then, he looked at everyone and said: "It seems that there will be a very strong wind in the Black Desert tonight. We can't rest during the day. We have to find a shelter from the wind quickly."
An Liman told them that the ruins of Xiye Ancient City were not far ahead and could be reached in a day at most. If they walked fast, they might be able to arrive before the storm.
After hearing what he said, everyone else knew that what Chen Ziyan said was true, and quickly began to check their luggage and other belongings. Even Hao Aiguo, who had just walked next to Professor Chen and was about to untie him, couldn't help but pause.
There it is.
He is just rigid, not stupid. He knows that if a storm really hits suddenly, it may be better for Professor Chen to have this 'safety belt', at least he will not have to worry about being thrown off.
Hao Aiguo could think of this, and Professor Chen would naturally not have thought of it either. After he moved his body slightly, he said to Hao Aiguo: "Aiguo, go and help with the examination. I can do that."
After checking the supplies on the camel's back, Wang Kaixuan saw An Liman praying calmly and couldn't help but wonder: "Look at how calm and relaxed this old man is, is there really such a strong wind?"<
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Hearing his words, others couldn't help but look over. When they saw An Liman's posture, although they didn't say anything, the movements of their hands couldn't help but slow down a bit.
But what no one expected was that after the prayer, An Liman seemed to have changed. He was so flexible that it was completely inappropriate for his age. He rolled up the blanket and jumped onto the camel like a spring.
He whistled for a long time: "Oh...you, you, you, you, you... run quickly, if you run too late, you will be buried in the purgatory of black sand."
While he was speaking, he had already urged the camel under him to run wildly.
"This damn old man!" Vice-captain Hu Bayi couldn't help but cursed secretly, and quickly called for everyone to set off.
Everyone hurriedly started chasing An Liman who was running in front. No one noticed that Chen Ziyan looked at An Liman's back with suspicious eyes.
After seeing An Liman's skills with his own eyes, Chen Ziyan suddenly realized that this old man seemed to have a big problem!