There is no way to find out whether sandstorms are normal in this Gobi Desert, but if they only occur occasionally, Wang Ping has to say that the timing is too coincidental.
The depression he pointed out at the beginning was at the corner of the western foot of Chitong Mountain. If the sandstorm blew from the east and rushed into the canyon, it would be a sheltered place. Seeing the dust rising from the east getting closer and closer, Gu Laosan hurriedly drove down the hillside, drove west directly across the creek, and stopped in the depression.
There was definitely no time to set up the tent, and with the wind so strong, Gu Laosan didn't dare to risk staying in the tent.
"Oh, if we had known there was a sandstorm, we should have gone the other way! Now we are stuck in the middle, and there is no way to go either way."
Gu Laosan kept mumbling in the car while checking the four windows with a worried look on his face to see if there were any gaps. As for Wang Ping, his heart had already flown to the Gobi Desert.
"How about we go back?" Gu Laosan suddenly looked up at a badger, as if asking for advice, but in fact he was talking to himself: "Look, the sandstorm hasn't come yet. It will only take us an hour to cross the snow line. Once we pass the mountain pass, we can avoid the sandstorm here. Then we can go to the place where we camped yesterday to rest for another night, or go around Weiwei Mountain to the other side."
"It's a good idea..." A badger curled his lips, "But what if there are sandstorms here every day? What if the other side is blocked?"
Seeing that the badger's eyes seemed to be unfriendly, Gu Laosan became less and less confident as he spoke.
As soon as the voice faded, there was a whoosh outside the car window behind him, and the car went dark. Gu Lang looked back, and it was already gray outside, and he couldn't see anything.
“… Well, there’s no way we can go anywhere now.” Gu Lao San shook his head and sighed.
In the live broadcast room, there were also exclamations. Because Gu Lang installed the external camera on the rearview mirror outside the passenger door, the sandstorm blew over and instantly became gray. Coupled with the contrast between the inside and outside of the car captured by the two cameras at the same time, the overwhelming shock of the sandstorm was even stronger.
Reaching out and taking the tablet off the dashboard, Gu Lang held up the tablet to show everyone the scene outside the four windows.
For those who have not personally experienced this kind of weather, it is difficult to imagine what it would be like when the sand and dust reaches a certain scale and forms a huge sandstorm like thick fog, and you are in the middle of it.
"How terrible! We must take good care of the environment in the future..."
After chatting idle for a while, seeing that the sandstorm would not subside for a while, Gu Laosan simply folded down the front seat and planned to take a nap.
The tablet was still attached to the suction cup on the dashboard, facing the co-pilot. Anyway, most of Gu Laosan's fans came from a certain badger, so even if the anchor was lying on the side and sleeping, no one would pay any attention.
Perhaps only at such a lazy moment would someone remember the good things about a badger, instead of complaining that he always steals his limelight.
Just as Gu Laosan started snoring, netizens in the live broadcast room saw Wang Ping pulling the blanket used by a wolf cub from the back row.
"The eldest brother is still good to the third brother"
"This pet has become a spirit, and it even knows to cover its owner with a blanket."
"You got it wrong. This is the owner caring about the pet."
Before netizens could finish their sighs, a badger raised its little paw and spread the blanket forward, covering the entire dashboard including the tablet computer.
“I’ll go!”
"Third brother, wake up!"
"The camera is blocked!"
"Quick, who has the anchor's WeChat? Please remind me."
"Housing manager, where's the housing manager? Get out here right now!"
On the other side, after Wang Ping covered the tablet computer, he turned around and picked up the mobile phone that someone had placed in front of him. Xiao Guazi pressed the power button next to it and turned it off!
In addition to the sleeping Gu Lao San, the wolf cub was also dangled to sleep in a small hammock by a badger who had planned it in advance. At this time, apart from someone's snoring in the car, the only sound was the whistling wind outside the car.
However, just when Wang Ping couldn't wait to run to the back seat to get the drone, something suddenly occurred to him and he began to worry.
It is true that everything is ready, but the east wind is a little too strong.
According to Wang Ping's idea, under normal circumstances, someone should be camping outside the Gobi Desert. After nightfall, Wang Ping will use the drone to take a look around the Gobi Desert. If there is nothing unusual, that would be the best. If there is any trace of poachers, he will go down to destroy them. Of course, if he sees his teammates, maybe a badger will have a chance to peek.
But at this moment, looking at the whistling wind and the gloomy scene outside the window, Wang Ping suddenly didn't know what to do.
The drone was definitely useless. With such strong winds, it would be blown away if it flew. But if he just ran, Wang Ping's legs were so long that his claws would be crushed.
Turning his head to take a look at the sleeping wolf Xiao Si, Wang Ping sighed, thinking that it would be better if this guy was a little older.
Wang Ping had to admit that this trip to Tibet was actually an impulse for both Gu Lao San and himself. Especially Wang Ping, he had never thought carefully about what he could do here. He just got excited and fooled someone to come here.
Now that he has really come here and has the opportunity to get closer to his teammates' mission area, Wang Ping actually feels powerless.
After all, he was just a badger.
"It would be great if Gu Laosan could help!" Touching the box containing the drone with some melancholy, Wang Ping sighed as he looked at someone who was drooling with his mouth wide open.
But at this moment, a badger's ears moved slightly, and he looked up to look outside the car. In the whistling wind, it seemed that the sound of a car engine came from afar. However, because it was upwind, it was completely inaudible.
"Is there a car approaching?"
Wang Ping hurried to the back door and put his ear to the car window. He could vaguely hear the sound of a motor coming from the west.
The herders were not far from the valley entrance, and Wang Ping was worried about what would happen if poachers came. But in a flash, a badger realized that the opportunity had come.
Turning around and running to the back door on the right side close to the mountain, Wang Ping fastened the lock and gently pushed the door open a crack. He got out before a large amount of dust rushed into the car, and then quickly closed the door.
As soon as he got outside, the smell of dirt instantly rushed into the badger's nostrils, and everything in front of him was gray. He opened his mouth slightly and felt like he was "eating dirt." Wang Ping subconsciously waved his paws, made two "Pooh" sounds, then turned around and crawled under the car to the middle of the valley entrance.
Turning back to look at the Wrangler, I could only see a rough outline in the dust. Due to the absorption of dust, the originally black body of the car had now turned into a khaki color. If it weren't for the preconceived judgment, at first glance it looked like a rock submerged in the wind.
Wang Ping felt relieved and turned to look west. After about five minutes, he vaguely saw an off-road vehicle driving slowly towards him.
When I got closer, I realized it was a modified Hummer. But it was like someone's Wrangler, a huge gray mass, with only the windshield wipers turning from time to time to barely reveal a clean area.
With the badger's eyesight, even though there was dust and sand, he could still see at a glance that the driver was a foreigner.
"Oh, it's you!"
At such a sensitive time, and in the midst of a sandstorm, he ran to this sensitive location. If there was nothing fishy going on, he would have written the word "王" upside down.