The sun was shining brightly, and the hot wind was scorching the desert wasteland.
The three off-road vehicles lined up in a line, keeping their distance and moving forward slowly in the low sand dunes. Liao Wenjie closed his eyes and leaned on the co-pilot, turning on the daily lying-down mode.
At least in Nogami Saeko's eyes, every time she wanted to take a break and let Liao Wenjie take over the steering wheel, the latter started to pretend to be dead.
In desperation, she could only chat with Isayama Yomi and gather her energy to continue driving.
After a few days, the relationship became warmer and the sisterly love became deeper.
Perhaps to annoy Liao Wenjie, or to get him to stop pursuing Isayama Yomi, the conversation topic often revolved around the perfect fiancé.
The same is true today.
"He sounds like a nice man, but he is a bit young, only eighteen years old, otherwise I would have been attracted to him."
Nogami Saeko sighed with emotion, 'someone else's boyfriend', and then thought about all the perverts she met, she was speechless and said to the salted fish next to her: "After hearing so much, you don't want to prove anything.
Like come over and touch the steering wheel or something?"
"Something is wrong!"
Liao Wenjie opened his eyes and turned to look behind the convoy: "We are being followed. There are many enemies, at least fifty, all riding camels and holding semi-automatic weapons."
"Who is it?"
Nogami Saeko's eyes flashed, and she had no doubts about Liao Wenjie's prediction.
"Desert Robbers."
"Don't they only be active at night?"
"Who knows, maybe you and Miss Isayama are too beautiful, and the robbers can't wait until night."
Liao Wenjie said: "Let your team members be prepared. The opponent has a lot of people and they will suffer a lot if they fight."
"No need, we are here to find gold, not to fight."
Saeko Nogami stepped on the accelerator, overtook the car and came to the front. She reached out her hand and made a gesture outside the window, and the two off-road vehicles behind her immediately began to accelerate.
In the desert, an off-road vehicle may not be able to outrun a camel within a short distance, but if it has to fight for endurance, its four legs will be so tired that it will foam at the mouth and it will not be able to catch up with its four wheels.
It was a good idea. Before the camels could be seen running across the sand, the three off-road vehicles rushed out of the encirclement of the desert bandits.
"How's it going? Is it safe now?" Saeko Nogami asked, holding the steering wheel.
“Not safe!”
Liao Wenjie's eyes twitched: "You may not believe it, but a sandstorm suddenly appeared in front of us, covering a considerable area. I personally recommend returning the same way. Maybe we will sacrifice those desert bandits and the sandstorm will stop."
"Is it that exaggerated?"
Nogami Saeko asked in surprise. The innkeeper had warned about sandstorms and desert bandits in the morning, but he bumped into two of them in the afternoon. No one was lucky.
"It's indeed a bit exaggerated. Sandstorms are very evil..."
Liao Wenjie frowned and looked into the distance. Besides them, Jackie the Flying Eagle, and the mercenaries, there seemed to be a group of people eyeing the gold in the base.
The three off-road vehicles turned around and returned to the original route, raising dust and rushing towards the desert bandits.
On the other side, the desert bandits, who had lost their target and were feeling annoyed, were preparing to return when they suddenly saw three off-road vehicles approaching from a distance. They were all surprised, waving their spears and shouting loudly.
At this time, a wisp of hot wind blew in the fine sand. The sky was clear just now, but it darkened in an instant. The hot wind came extremely fast, and more and more fine sand was swept into the air.
In the distant sky, a patch of gray and dark yellow appeared ferocious, like an endless mountain range, covering the sky and the sun, rolling in and sweeping in.
"Sandstorm!"
"Damn it, get out of here!"
The desert bandits smiled stiffly, turned around and started running wildly on their camels. The sandstorm is not scary. The scary thing is that you don't think it is scary.
Rumble————
The yellow dragon rolled, making a sound like muffled thunder, and the wriggling yellow line in the distance quickly approached. There were more and more sand and dust in the air, so thick that it blocked the sunlight.
Within a moment, the off-road vehicle was surrounded by flying sand and rocks, and everything was dark yellow. The visibility was comparable to the sunset at dusk, and the distant scenery became increasingly unclear.
"Look...that's behind..."
Isayama Yoizumi in the back row exclaimed. After the off-road vehicle was shrouded in a sandstorm, the earth dragon behind the yellow sand barrier emerged.
A huge tornado occupies the ground, towering into the clouds. It rumbles and picks up large amounts of sand and dust, throwing it high into the sky. It is so majestic and terrifying that it makes people feel frightened.
"Yeah, let me just say it's an exaggeration."
Liao Wenjie leaned on the seat with one hand and saw a camel being thrown up by a tornado and finally disappeared: "Zezi, do you want to make a bet? The off-road vehicle under our butts is not big enough to withstand the tornado's devastation."
"It's this time, can't you be more serious? It makes me... not even nervous anymore!"
Saeko Nogami gritted her teeth and suddenly thought of Liao Wenjie's ability. This guy would not put himself in danger, so this sandstorm must have been a near miss.
Xiaofeng also looked at the excitement.
Ten seconds later, she no longer thought so. There was a muffled sound, and a dark mass was carried high into the sky by the tornado, and disappeared in an instant.
It's an off-road vehicle.
Just when Isayama Huangquan lifted the cloth around the sword and was about to draw the sword to summon the spiritual beast Ran Hongren, Liao Wenjie said: "With the speed and diameter of this tornado, it will be a matter of time to be caught by it. It's so powerful.
You know, once we float into the sky, even if our brains are not thrown out, we will be thrown to death when we hit the ground, so..."
"So what, you told me!"
"So the two beauties will be buried together?"
"..."x2
"It looks like you don't want to, so forget it, I won't force you!"
Liao Wenjie smashed the car window with his elbow, quickly reached out and slapped his hand forward, and when a huge hole with palm prints was dented in the sand, he pulled the steering wheel and turned, driving the off-road vehicle into the big hole.
The flying sand roared up and submerged the palm print pit...
…
Snap!
In the dark compartment, Liao Wenjie turned on his tactical flashlight and held it upright under his face: "It's so dangerous. I almost died. Are you two okay?"
As he said that, he raised his hand and nodded: "One, two, plus me, there are exactly three people. Not one is missing."
(?_?)x2
"Please, please, please feel a little nervous." Saeko Nogami held her forehead, feeling too tired.
"There is no need to be nervous about this small scene. When the sandstorm passes, we can go out again..."
Liao Wenjie leaned against the window to block the continuous overflow of fine sand: "This sandstorm came too suddenly. If I guessed correctly, it was caused by man. Some masters used spells of mass destruction."
The two women looked surprised, feeling a little unbelievable. How strong must the enemy be to summon such a powerful natural disaster?
Liao Wenjie didn't think about this and continued: "There is such a big movement. We only deal with three off-road vehicles. It's just a cannon to fight mosquitoes. No one would be so stupid. In this way, the other party's intention is already obvious. All competition will be eliminated in one go.
Opponent, slowly look for gold."
"Let me first remind you that the oxygen in the carriage will not last long."
"That's a problem."
Liao Wenjie nodded, closed his eyes and contacted the scattered scout crows around him. After a moment, he opened his eyes: "That's enough, the sandstorm is moving very fast, and there is no grass around it."
Having said this, he pointed to the roof of the off-road vehicle: "Miss Isayama, please open a door here."
"Yes, yes, but won't the sand leak in?"
"It doesn't matter, we have already gone out before being buried alive."
"good."
Isayama Huangquan nodded and pulled out his precious sword 'Lion King'. The 1.4 meter blade was too long. It was half unsheathed and clinked against the car window beside him.
"Forget it, I'll do it."
Liao Wenjie took out the Demon-Conquering Pestle from his pocket, pierced the roof of the car with the triangular blade, and cut a rectangle like paper. Before the yellow sand could crush the roof, he slapped the roof away with a slap.
The fine yellow sand slid down like a waterfall. He threw the two women out with each hand. When the yellow sand submerged half of the carriage, he jumped to the sand.
The sandy land is flat, with an unobstructed view. There are no camels, desert bandits, or other team members. The sky is gray in the distance, and the distant sandstorm can be seen.
Nogami Saeko sighed with empty hands and said to Liao Wenjie: "Ajie, although the chance of survival is very low, I still want to find the team members...even if they are corpses."
"It should."
Liao Wenjie nodded, a blue light flashed in his eyes, and he glanced around, but found no new ghost.
Either the person is still alive and buried under the sand along with the off-road vehicle. Or the person was taken away by the tornado and the body is still floating in the sky.
"I'm here to help."
Isayama Huangquan pulled out his long sword, and as spiritual power poured into it, the huge spiritual beast figure of Ran Hongren appeared behind him.
"Ho ho ho——"
As soon as she appeared on the stage and met the two strangers in front of her, Luan Honglian roared menacingly.
After roaring, it was shocked to realize that something was wrong. One of the strangers seemed to have been seen somewhere before. The dual fear of mind and body made it subconsciously take a step back, growling lowly in its throat, with a trace of luck.
"Luan Honglian, they are not enemies, go and find out if there are any survivors nearby."
Isayama Huangquan didn't notice anything strange, thinking that Luan Honglian thought Liao Wenjie was a threat, so he behaved strangely.
"Ho ho ho ho!"
Upon hearing the order, Luan Honglian felt like she was being pardoned, and ran away, turning around and disappearing.
"Ajie, something just appeared..."
"Spiritual beast!"
Liao Wenjie raised his hand and tapped Nogami Saeko's forehead to help him open his yin and yang eyes.
Ten minutes later, Luan Honglian came back with empty words, shaking her head and finding nothing.
Nogami Saeko was silent. Liao Wenjie patted her shoulder without saying any words of comfort. He asked Isayama Huangquan to help and ordered Ran Honglian to throw the off-road vehicle out.
Yellow sand flew up, and Luan Honglian dug the hole very diligently, and the off-road vehicle was dug out in a short time.
The three of them cleaned the dust inside the car. Liao Wenjie checked around and cleared the blocked exhaust pipe. They were lucky. The off-road vehicle was durable and could still be started.
"Whoosh, whoosh——"
Just as Nogami Saeko tied up the car roof with ropes, Luan Honglian, who was running around, picked up a few water bags and threw them at the foot of Isayama Yellow Spring next to Liao Wenjie.
While digging the hole, Luan Honglian remembered the fear of being dominated. Even if she changed her face, she still recognized Liao Wenjie's identity.
Therefore, at first, he planned to give the water bag to Liao Wenjie, but when he was met with an indifferent look, he squatted obediently in front of Isayama Yomi and wagged his tail.
"Luan Honglian, why are you..."
Isayama Yoshizumi secretly said that unfortunately, Ranguren, who finally returned to normal, started to get sick again.
"Miss Isayama, why does your spirit beast look weird? Is it sick?"
Liao Wenjie asked out of curiosity, if it couldn't be cured, he would suggest treatment.
"No, it's not illness..."
Isayama Yoshizumi didn't know how to explain it, so he said awkwardly: "Some time ago, Ran Honglian was injured and he hasn't recovered yet. He was very vicious before."