James stared at the green dot on the screen, frowning and muttering, "It's so fast, it seems to be going in a circle around the camp."
At the moment a few people tiptoed out of the tent, James had a dogleg knife in his hand, staring at the front warily. Zi Yang listened, except for the rhythmic sound of the computer. In the dark night, there was only the sound of the night wind blowing through the ears and the flow of fine sand. There was nothing unusual at all. Could it be that the foreigner's broken instrument was not reliable and lied to the military.
With a slap at this time, a dazzling light rose from the camp. James held up the flare gun and fired a flare. After gliding in the air for a few seconds, the flare suddenly lit up, illuminating the hundreds of meters around the camp like daylight.
A few tens of meters away from them, a gray figure was crouching on the ground and staring at them.
Everyone was shocked, this seemed to be the smoke soul that attacked them during the day!
The flares launched by Alexander could only last for six seconds. The smoke soul stared at them like a statue until the light disappeared, leaving only two gloomy green lights swimming in the night.
Suddenly the green light flashed, Zi Yang pointed to the screen and said, "It's moving again!"
Hearing the sound, the few remaining people were also awakened. The old Wang was wrapped in a sleeping bag and crawled out of the tent, yelling: "What's the matter? Where is the enemy shooting? Are you here? Let me go! Oh, this broken sleeping bag has tied up my legs..."
Zi Yang looked at Su Rui who had just rushed out of the tent and said, "It may be a dog or a jackal."
James shook his head and said, "I have seen jackals, that is definitely not, that thing seems to come from hell, and that thing does not belong to the world!"
Zi Yang shook his head, thinking that the values of these foreigners are really strange. Obviously it is a scientist, but he still believes in the genius.
Alexander said with a gloomy expression, "Can't sleep anymore, get up and pack things, let's hurry!"
Although Zi Yang and the others were dissatisfied, after seeing the scene just now, they felt that they couldn't fall asleep even if they lay down. Seeing the sneaky look of the dog, it should be the last time that he suffered a loss and had a long memory. He only dared to attack, not to steal it.
At the moment everyone packed up and urged the camels to continue on their way.
After shaking on the hump, Zi Yang slept for a few moments. Fortunately, this camel was very well-behaved, not only walking smoothly, but also automatically following.
As the journey progressed, a piece of yellow sand gradually changed where the eyes could reach. The ground became gully and the epidermis was chapped. The original flat ground developed into many irregular dorsal fin-shaped ridges and wide and shallow grooves. , The black and yellow mud was mixed with salt and alkali and became hard and bumpy. From a distance, the earth stretched its teeth and claws like anger.
Su Ruidao, this is a typical Yadan landform. We have gone deep into the hinterland of Lop Nur.
Everyone put their jackets’ hats on their heads, put on wide goggles, and covered their mouths with large masks and towels, and their entire faces were wrapped tightly. This can reduce body moisture evaporation, and secondly avoid them. Let the skin come into direct contact with the harsh air outside.
Walking in the Gobi is not as easy as traveling. Basically, after a few hours of exposure to the outside air, the whole person will be like dried salted fish. Even if you are not dehydrated, your skin will be dry and cracked.
As he walked, James, who was leading the way with a GPS satellite locator in front of him, suddenly turned around and ran away. While running, he looked back and pointed to the distance and shouted: "Sandstorm, sandstorm!!!"
The dejected and listless Zi Yang looked at each other with Lao Wang, raised their heads to observe, and found that a black cloud was rolling in the distance.
Alexander and Timur also hurriedly turned the camel and ran. When passing by the two of them, Alexander shouted at them in blunt Chinese: "Look at the gods?! Run!"
Zi Yang turned his head and looked at Alexander, who was running away like a dog in a bereavement. He thought to himself, I usually see you as calm, why are you running like a rabbit now? Isn't it a sandstorm
With such a dizzying effort, I turned around and found that the dark cloud suddenly became bigger and darker. In just half a minute, the dust storm that covered the sky and the sun was rolling in, and a sand wall of several kilometers seemed to be erected in the sky. The sky and the earth faded for a while, and there was a fierce noise in the air.
Zi Yang was amazed, turned around and patted the camel's ass and ran wildly, ran for a while and wondered if it was silly? Can a camel run through the sandstorm as fast as it can
Just as he was preparing for desperation, James' bald face leaked from behind a ruined mound in front, and he waved to them again and again: "Here, here!!!"
Turning the bag, Zi Yang found that Alexander, Su Rui and others were there, and in just half a minute, everyone had worked together to set up a tent. Only himself, Xiao Hei and Lao Wang who were still "sightseeing" were left behind. I couldn't help but feel ashamed, and it dragged the organization back again.
At this time, the wind and sand that was still in the distance had already come over, and there was no figure in sight half a meter away. Even if he was wearing a thick jacket, the sand still hurt his face and body.
Tamerlane gathered the camels around the tent. These battle-tested camels were also very skilled. Although they were panicked, they were still trained to form a circle and bow down outside the tent. It seemed that they were gifted for doing this kind of thing.
Ziyang helped Alexander and the others to fix the tent, and four and a half-meter-long iron clamps were inserted into the ground diagonally. With these four iron braces to fix the rope, the tent would not be rolled up by the wind and sand.
At this time, the entire sky had become completely dark and the visibility dropped to zero. Alexander hurriedly greeted everyone to get into the tent. The Gobi Desert outside seemed to be angry, rolling off the sand and walking the rocks and whipping everything in front of them, as if a thousand horses were whizzing past the tent.
The old Wang, who was still indifferent just now, was so scared that his eyes were straightened. This kind of phenomenon can't be described as shocking and weeping.
It seemed that there was only a few seconds of effort. Lop Nor, who was still in the scorching sun and couldn't open his eyes, had become pitch black, as dark as the night.
Alexander turned on a cold light lamp. Everyone looked at each other, and even the most knowledgeable doctor like Alexander, who often ran out of the field, was also panicked at the moment.
Listening to the violent sound of the tent, Zi Yang couldn't help but said anxiously, "Can this tent stand up?"
James added, "This kind of special MSR field exploration tent is stronger and heavier than ordinary MSR tents. It can withstand a Category 10 hurricane, but this kind of sandstorm may be impossible."-the implication It is also very uncertain.
Alexander whispered, "This is not an ordinary sandstorm. Just now the wind wall is 5 or 6 kilometers high. It's such a huge scale and belongs to the level of a black storm."
Lao Wang forcibly interrupted: "So those of you who are engaged in scientific research should pray more to the gods and worship Buddha, do less damage, and be full of awe of nature."
Zi Yang has heard of the severe sandstorms. Once an expedition team encountered a sandstorm. Everyone was afraid to get out of the off-road vehicle. After the sandstorm passed, they found that all the vehicle patent leather had been polished by the wind and sand, revealing the bright iron skin of the bottom layer. Wear-resistant tires are all shaved off by sand and gravel. Think about what would happen if a person of flesh and blood was outside...
Listening to the sound of wind and sand outside the tent, everyone hiding in the tent looked miserable. Since entering Lop Nur, they first encountered a haunting smoke spirit, and then a dark storm that was shocking to the world and ghosts and gods. Everyone was at the gate of hell in just one day. Wandering for several times. Rao was a bold and unintentional Pharaoh, and he was silent at this time.
After about two or three hours, the wind and sand outside gradually stopped. Looking at the sky outside the tent, it seemed to have recovered a little brightness. This black storm was really like a ghost, coming and going fast.
Everyone climbed out of the tent and found that the tent set up on the flat ground had fallen into the knee-less dust. However, the camels scattered around the tent were safe and sound. When the wind and sand were invading, the camels secretly moved their limbs and belly so as not to be buried.
James took out two engineer shovel from his luggage and threw one to Pharaoh, and the two dig the tent with their butts and hum. Xiao Hei stood on the clearing, raised his hand before his eyebrows and looked around curiously.
After the storm's attack, the surrounding scene has changed greatly, and several strange-shaped sand walls have been erected, and the several earth walls that stood just now have been razed to the ground and disappeared without a trace.
Su Rui said, "In a few hours, the world has completely changed into another appearance. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you really can't believe the power of the magical work of nature. No wonder there is a devil city in the world. Except for the special Yadan landforms. The ability to change in this instant is probably one of the reasons."
Zi Yang looked at Xiao Hei and said, "Brother Monkey, don't look, come down and help."
The dull Timur said in Chinese: "Don't move, there is something in the camel group."