Chapter 267: Sandstorm
At the end of the endless sea of sand, a black line slowly emerged under the scorching sun.
The black line seemed far away, but it moved at a very fast speed, getting bigger and bigger, and the whole world became gray, and the sun gradually disappeared.
Uncle An, who was standing on the sand dune, turned pale in an instant, his legs became weak, and he rolled down directly from the sand dune.
The people who were sitting on the ground resting looked at the panicked Uncle An, a little puzzled. But Uncle An chattered at every turn along the way, and everyone was no longer surprised.
Professor Chen smiled and asked, "Brother An, what did you see?"
"Boom, boom!"
Uncle An, who got up again, ignored Professor Chen and began to drive the camels.
Then, he turned over a camel, looked at Professor Chen and his party with a serious face, and said in his broken Mandarin: "I said a long time ago, don't enter the desert in the wind season, now Hu Da (God) is already angry, the black sandstorm is coming soon, we must find a place to hide from the black sandstorm, otherwise we will all be buried by the black sandstorm!"
The man surnamed Hu, who was standing not far away, also noticed that something was wrong, the direction of the sunset was already gray, and there was no object in sight, and even the sun was covered by sand and dust.
The man surnamed Hu shouted at everyone and ran over: "It's not good, the sandstorm is coming, everyone get on the camel and prepare to leave!"
Chen Mo had already seen that this man surnamed Hu was faintly the leader of the team, and as soon as he said this, everyone was immediately shocked.
"Quick, Professor, get on the camel!" Professor Chen's student, Dr. Hao, immediately helped Professor Chen to climb onto the camel.
The rest of the crowd also hurriedly climbed onto the camels, and Uncle An had already driven the camels and began to run away.
If you want to avoid the sandstorm, you can only find some buildings or bunkers, and now Chen Mo and his party have already gone deep into the heart of the desert, where there is hardly anything else except the sea of sand.
The speed of the sandstorm was far beyond everyone's imagination, and the group only had time to walk more than a mile, and the wind and sand raged mercilessly, and the people who blew couldn't open their eyes, and the black sandstorm had caught up with them.
"Quick, cover your mouth and nose with a scarf, quick!"
The man surnamed Hu seemed to be very experienced, and he had already covered his mouth and nose with a black cloth, and his voice was a little indistinct.
His voice was quickly drowned out in the whistling sandstorm, and in the end he could only shout at the people behind him, one by one.
Soon, everyone used a cloth or towel to protect their mouths and noses, although Chen Mo and Yuan Qingshan didn't have to do this, they also pretended to cover their faces with a towel.
"Master Chen, are you going to help them? If we don't take action, they will most likely die in this sandstorm. Yuan Qingshan sent a message to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo also sent his voice back: "Wait and talk." ”
After a few more minutes, the sky became misty, and only objects could be faintly seen a few meters away.
Uncle An, who was walking in the forefront, rode on a camel with his hands folded, chanting words and praying vigorously.
The man surnamed Wang behind the young man surnamed Hu shouted: "Old Hu, this is not a way, no matter how fast our speed is, it is impossible to pass the sandstorm as fast as possible, before we find the cover, I am afraid that we have been buried by the black sandstorm!"
"What should I do then?" shouted the man surnamed Hu, and he had no choice at the moment.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the rear of the procession, which stopped moving forward.
It turned out to be a young girl from the archaeological team, who was not in good health, and after the toss of the black sandstorm, she fainted directly and fell off the camel.
Professor Chen and his entourage immediately stopped to rescue, and when the man surnamed Hu saw it, he shouted to the man surnamed Wang: "You go to the front, no matter what means you use, you must let Old Man An stop." I'll go back and see how it goes!"
"Okay!" the man surnamed Wang agreed, urging the camel to speed up and chase Uncle An.
Yuan Qingshan and Chen Mo walked at the end, and Yuan Qingshan said: "Someone can't hold on, what should I do?"
Chen Mo said: "Let's go down and have a look, looking for a chance to save people." ”
Ahead, the man surnamed Wang had already caught up with Uncle An and shouted, "Stop, stop!"
But Uncle An ignored it at all and fled for his life.
The man surnamed Wang was helpless, burst into a foul language, and directly pressed a shotgun against Uncle An's head: "I'll let you stop!"
Uncle An reluctantly stopped, and was dragged back to the rear by a man surnamed Wang.
The man surnamed Hu and Professor Chen and others were checking on the condition of the wounded, but they were in a coma due to fever, and they were fine, but they could not continue to move forward.
The man surnamed Wang threw Uncle An in front of the man surnamed Hu and scolded: "This old man is going to run away alone, I almost shot him!"
The man surnamed Hu was helpless, and shouted in Uncle An's ear: "Uncle An, someone is injured, we can't go, do you have a way to avoid this sandstorm?"
Uncle An looked pious, knelt on the ground and kept worshipping, and said something in his mouth: "I told you a long time ago, it's the wind season, you don't listen to me, and now I can't do anything!"
The man surnamed Hu was helpless, and now that the center of the sandstorm was about to arrive, there were wounded people in the team, and he couldn't walk at all.
The man surnamed Hu immediately decided: "Lao Wang, Miss Yang, Xiao Ye, a few of you go and bring the camels over and form a circle, let's hide among the camels, hoping to escape this catastrophe!"
The man surnamed Wang gave a happy thumbs up: "Lao Hu, your trick is really high!"
Hope suddenly rose in the hearts of the people, and they formed a circle around the camels with difficulty, and then everyone put their arms together and lay down under the camels.
I have to say that this method is still good, resisting most of the sandstorms, but everyone also underestimates the horror of the black sandstorm.
The powerful black sandstorm resembled a tornado, and it swept the camel directly into the sky, but at the last moment, an earthy yellow light flashed, and the camel returned to its original place.
It's just that the crowd lying on the ground and covering their heads can't see this scene at all.
Chen Mo sensed the danger and took out the bronze mirror as soon as possible, urging the power of the magic weapon to protect the entire team.
If someone opened their eyes and looked at it, they would find that they were covered by a circle of earthy yellow light masks, which blocked most of the power of the sandstorm, and only a small part of the wind and sand was still blowing in, which Chen Mo did on purpose, in order not to make everyone suspicious.
The sandstorm lasted for nearly an hour, but it felt as if a century had passed.
When everyone crawled out of the sand and found that they were still alive, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and they didn't care about shaking off the sand and dust on their bodies, and began to pray incessantly, thanking the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods.
Uncle An bowed fiercely to his Hu Da.
Although everyone was fine, there was a serious problem with them, they ran out of water.
If they can't find a water source, or an oasis or something, they're going to die of thirst.
"Cheer up, don't be idle, look around and see if you can find a place where the plants grow. If you can find plants, you can find the dark river underneath and solve the problem of water sources. The man surnamed Hu shouted.
Everyone was preparing to act, but Uncle An said with a depressed face: "It's useless, I said it a long time ago, if you go inside, you won't find the dark river underneath!"
The man surnamed Wang scolded: "This old thing, when it comes to the critical moment, the chain will be dropped, don't pay attention to him, let's go and find it." ”