Chapter 32 Storm Escape
In the morning sun, snowflakes were floating in the sky, but no snow traces were left on the ground. In the dreamy scenery, everyone was intoxicated, but the old man An Li was lying on the blanket, muttering something in his mouth.
Seeing that he was so calm, An Yi thought that it was not too serious that he said a big storm would happen at night. He thought that it was not the wind season now, so there shouldn't be too big storm. So he relaxed and went to watch the beautiful scenery of the desert with the rest.
Who would have thought that after An Liman finished praying, he felt like he had become a different person, his body seemed to be twisted with a clockwork. He rolled up the blanket in two seconds, jumped up the camel like a spring, and made a long whistle: "Oh Yoyo Yoyo... Run quickly, if you run too late, you will be buried in the purgatory of black sand." As he said that, he activated the big camel under his crotch and ran first.
An Yi's face turned dark and he cursed in his heart: "This damn old man." In such an emergency, he had the leisure and slow prayer just now, but now he ran so fast, and he called everyone to leave.
The camels also seemed to feel the danger signals from the sky. They were like crazy, and they shook off their four big hooves and ran wildly in the desert. They usually walked while sitting on the camel and found it very interesting, but once it ran, it was bumpy and everyone was lying tightly on the camel's back, for fear that if they couldn't catch it, they would fall down. Only by having a comfortable body and having a good time seemed to be at ease.
The running camel caravan was moving rapidly in the desert, and the raised yellow sand rolled up a yellow dragon. At this time, the snow had stopped. Everyone put their goggles on their eyes and covered their nose and mouth with a headscarf. An Yi looked around and felt that the situation was wrong. The camels were out of control, staring and panting, following the big camels of An Liman's old man, running towards a whirlwind. It seemed that things were more urgent and dangerous than the bottom line he expected.
Everyone ran until noon. Even though the camels were so agile that they were sweating profusely at this time, they had to calm down, but fortunately no one fell behind.
An Liman asked everyone to take a few bites of dry food at this time and drink more water. Don’t worry about drinking all the water. Under the ruins of Xiye City, you can find the groundwater veins of the ancient Peacock River. The clear water will be replenished there, eat and drink enough, and let the camels raise their feet slightly. Fortunately, they are not far away, but they will still run immediately, otherwise it will be too late.
Everyone took out the naan and dried meat and ate a few bites. At this time, everyone's physique was also highlighted, as if they were comfortable. Professor Hao and others were overwhelmed by camels and couldn't say a word. They just drank some water and couldn't eat anything.
Wu Meng and another tall student, Qin Xueming, were nothing, especially Wu Meng. The name of retired special forces was not well-known. He was not tired all morning and was still energetic and busy helping the old man An Liman strengthen the supplies on the camel's back.
A true breeze blew across the sand dunes, rolling up strands of fine sand. The sky in the distance gradually turned into a dark yellow. An Liman shouted: "The wind of faith is coming, don't rest again. Bless by Allah, we have so many people, hurry up and run away."
The members of the archaeological team dragged their tired bodies and climbed up the camel again. At this time, they no longer cared about the camel's physical strength and shouted and urged the camel to run.
The sky, which was still clear just now, seemed to darken in an instant. The wind came too fast, and the fine sand was swept into the air by the wind, and the visibility was getting lower and lower.
The wind became more and more fierce, and the wild sand was raging, and there was a dark yellow everywhere. Suddenly, the old man An Liman at the front of the team shortened with the camel under him. It turned out that the camel was running too fast, and he stepped on the air and did not pull it up in time. He fell to his back with a thud.
The camels saw that the camel stopped, and the rest stopped. Everyone was shocked. An Yi jumped down in a hurry and pulled the old man An Liman up. Because the wind and sand were too strong, he didn't care about speaking, so he pulled him to a camel behind. The camel could not get up for a while, so he had to give up.
But the camels seemed to be frightened. When An Yi returned to the camel, he didn't obey the command, and lined up with the other camels, squatted in place, buried his head in the sand.
Along the way, I have seen many camel bones. When I die, I retained this posture, as if a sinner was punished.
An Liman said that these were camels frightened by Hu Da’s black wind and sand. They knew that the black wind and sand would come soon and it would be useless to run, so they simply knelt on the ground and waited for death.
This situation suddenly happened and everyone was helpless. Are they waiting to be buried alive by the yellow sand? It tasted bad.
Just when he was at a loss, a huge white shadow suddenly came over. The white shadow was like a devil, and instantly arrived at An Yi and others. It was a camel that was twice as big as an ordinary camel. There was only a hump on his back, and his whole body was snow-white, which was particularly eye-catching in the yellow sand.
"Wild Camel!" Several people who knew this camel called out in their hearts at the same time.
Except for the difference in size between ordinary camels and wild camels, the biggest difference is that there are two humps on the back of the camels raised by people, while there is only one on the back of the wild camels.
Through the goggles, An Yi seemed to be able to see the light of the old man An Liman's eyes emitted, which was a light of joy that was alive in death. An Liman was so excited that he waved his arms to praise the true God Allah. The camels kneeling on the ground seemed to be summoned by some kind of call, and raised their heads buried in the sand again.
An Liman greeted everyone. No one was fool. He knew that if he ran with this snow-white wild camel, he would have a chance to survive. He was an animal in the desert and should know where to avoid the black wind and sand of Hu Da.
Everyone was crawling on the camels. The camels under them lowered their heads and ran so hard that they almost foamed in their mouths. They used all their remaining energy to follow the white camel in front of them and turned over a large sandy mountain. The terrain of the desert suddenly rose here. The figure of the white camel flashed and disappeared in just one jump.
Everyone thought it was not good, it ran away and disappeared, and they were in trouble. Seeing that the surroundings were getting darker and darker, they could no longer distinguish between the sky and the earth. In another minute or two, the black sandstorm that devoured life was coming.
But before everyone could understand what was going on, the camels under the mount turned and bypassed the towering sand mountain. A broken city wall appeared in front of them. There was a large fortress with rammed earth under the city wall. It turned out that this was a small ruin of an ancient city.
Most of the buildings are buried by yellow sand, and some houses have collapsed, only the solid city wall is towering out, and the wind and sun are shining. I don’t know how many years have passed, but it has long turned into the same color as the desert. From a distance, I will only think it is a large sand dune. If I don’t turn in from the side, I will never find this castle.
The wild camel with snow-white body on the peak turned out to run into the place to take refuge, but the broken walls of the ancient city blocked their sight and could not see where it was running.
The city wall is like a high sandproof wall. If it is said that it can block this rare sandstorm with it, in the words of the old man Anliman: "It depends on Hu Da's will." In short, in this case, it is already God's eyes to hide if there is a place to hide.
The members of the archaeological team survived this disaster. Everyone's face turned yellow. They couldn't see whether they were scared to their faces turned yellow or their faces were covered with dust. Everyone got down camels. An Liman directed the camels to lie down by the wall, and then led the crowd to wait, one after another, and gradually descended from the broken roof of a big house.
Although the ancient city had walls to block the wind and sand, some parts of the city walls were broken. Over the years, a large amount of sand was still blown into the city by the wind. The damaged houses were covered with fine sand, which was more than two meters thick.
The big house where An Yi and others went in to take refuge may have a facilities like the yamen or the city hall. It is quite tall. Even so, you still have to hold your waist and hit the wooden beam on it as soon as you look up.
Ye Yixin, Hao Jingwen and other people with poor physiques lie on the ground when they go in, take out the kettle and drink. The rest are almost the same, only An Liman, after entering the house, he immediately kneels down on the ground, muttering words: "The devil from the black hell shaved the black sandstorm. Thank you, Hu Da, thank you for sending the auspicious white camel to save us from the nightmare of disaster."
It turns out that in the eyes of the locals, this unmatched white camel is the most magical elves in the desert. Genghis Khan, the Western Xia King Li Yuanhao and others all have white camels, but those are all two camels. Although they are rare, they are not magical.
"If even a person in the team who Hu Da didn't like would not see Bai Luotuo. It seems that we are devout believers favored by Allah. From then on, we will break bones and tendons like brothers." This is An Liman's original words.
An Yi ignored this. Looking at the hole above his head and listening to the thunder-like wind outside, an inexplicable emotion rose in his heart: the power of heaven and earth is so terrifying!
At this time, Wu Meng leaned out and pulled out some wormwood under the exterior walls of the house, which was a kind of hay. He took out solid fuel and lit a small fire to keep everyone warm.
The dark ancient house was illuminated by the fire. Ye Yixin suddenly jumped up and hit the beam of the house. She almost fainted. Countless fine sand fell from the beam of the house. No one underneath was wearing goggles, so she was inevitably confused.
While rubbing his eyes, everyone asked Ye Yixin what was wrong and what nerves were.
Only comfort and reaction was almost unsightly. At this time, I opened my eyes and looked at it. A corpse was buried under the wall, half of which was blown in by the yellow sand from the wind, and most of it was exposed outside. When I looked at it coldly, it was really scary. No wonder Ye Yi's heartbeat so high.
Only Ye Yixin's trembling voice came out at this time, and she said with a sharp voice: "There is a dead body lying on the corner of the right wall!"
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Chapter completed!