After some intense preparations, everyone in the caravan had all the supplies in place before the time of departure.

The caravan also got its wish and walked out of the east gate of the pass in the evening.

When Xue Hua and the caravan of the others walked out of the city gate hole, which was almost as long as a tunnel, the sight that greeted them made everyone in the car except Kane take a sharp breath.

"Wow!!"

The two girls, who had never seen the desert, almost couldn't help jumping out of the caravan in action, but fortunately, Xue Hua dragged the two small things back by the collar at the last moment, otherwise he could only get out of the car and run with the two of them.

You know, chasing pack beasts in the desert is not a fun job, even if you are a professional, you can't compete with a well-fed pack beast in this environment.

However, the endless sand dunes, as well as the sunlight that was slowly turning yellow, and the temperature that suddenly warmed up, all made Xue Hua sigh from the bottom of his heart.

It's like walking from the cold Himalayan summit to the middle of the Sahara Desert.

The huge psychological gap brought about by such a huge environmental change is really difficult to accept for a while.

Xue Hua put the two excited little things that were almost scurrying around next to the window on the side of the caravan, and looked at them face to face, looking at the desert scene outside with wide eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.

"Xue, your performance makes me a little curious, have you been to the Aranok Desert before, or have you been to the dry highlands more farther away?" Kane looked at Xue Hua as if he was not very interested in the scene outside the car, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"No, I haven't been to any desert areas... It's just, well, when we get out of the sandstorm and stop camping, I might be a little interested in the environment, but if it's just from the car......"

Xue Hua is telling the truth, whether in his previous life or now, he has never been to any place that can be called a "desert", but the Internet in his previous life was so developed, even if he had not been to the desert, just the various experiences on the Internet could let him know what the desert was like.

So unless he was asked to grab a handful of golden sand with his own hands, the scene outside the window would be no different to him than the pictures and videos on the computer.

"You know, Xue, sometimes I think you know a lot, your experience is not like what you should be at your age, you seem to have seen a lot of things, you have been to a lot of places... But sometimes, you don't act like someone who actually went to those places... This makes me... A little confused. ”

Kane sat down in front of the car window on the other side and looked at Xue Hua with a deep gaze, with a slightly puzzled expression on his face.

"Really... Maybe it's because my hometown is too colorful......"

Xue Hua looked away, walked to the entrance of the caravan and sat down, lifted the curtain, and looked at the convoy that stretched for miles behind and the yellow city wall that slowly moved away, with a hint of longing and confusion in his tone.

Kane pursed his lips, but didn't continue to ask, knowing that everyone had a secret in their hearts that they didn't want to be touched, a secret that even the closest people couldn't share.

At his age, he already knew what he could ask and what he could never ask.

The caravan gradually fell silent, except for the small exclamations of the two girls and the creaking of the caravan itself echoing in the limited space.

......

At the front of the caravan, Variif sat on top of a minivan, sipping from his pouch and frowning at the rudimentary map in his hand.

Looking at the map was just a habitual act of his, in fact, having traveled back and forth hundreds of times on this trade route, he was able to bring the convoy into Lugoin even with his eyes closed.

However, he is now worried about something else......

"Tyne! Let Vajilie and Jeff come and see me. ”

He thought about it for a moment, but still couldn't figure it out, so he shouted to the bottom of the truck.

A man of the convoy dressed in a sackukan shoulder and wrapped in an Arabian white turban immediately agreed, jumped out of the wagon, and ran towards the rear of the caravan.

After a while, two men about fifty years of age, dressed in white arabesque robes, with thick beards and white turbans, rode camels from behind.

Camels are also present in this world, and they still retain the reputation of "Ship of the Desert", but due to the invasion of Hell, this tame herbivore has become scarce, and only large caravans can have some for the path explorers in the caravans.

Two men followed the minivan with camels in tow, and one of the men, with a scimitar at his waist, asked, "What do you command, principal?" ”

"Vajilie, you are the best explorer under my command, but the report you made in the morning made me suspicious, it is not the 'Sandstorm Month' in August every year, and I have not heard the news that there are a large number of sandworms near the trade route, why is there a big sandstorm sweeping towards the trade route?"

Hearing Varif's question, the explorer with the waist knife shook his head helplessly and replied.

"Principal, there are many reasons for the formation of sandstorms, it does not necessarily have to be sandstorm months or sandworm activity to produce sandstorms, as far as I know, sometimes storms blowing on the ocean come to the desert to form large sandstorms, maybe this time we are not lucky enough......"

Wajilie makes a lot of sense, the desert is a very harsh living environment, and the sandstorm in the desert is also the most unpredictable natural disaster, it can appear for any reason, and it does not have to be triggered by the annual sandstorm "sandstorm month" or the violent activity of the sandworms when they lay eggs.

However, Variif still had doubts about this, because his experience had taught him that ordinary small or medium-sized sandstorms could erupt for no apparent reason, but there must be a reason behind the large sandstorms reported by the explorers.

Therefore, he decided to ask again.

"I know that the ocean storm surge affects the desert and causes large sandstorms, but such sandstorms must be accompanied by trade winds before they appear, and there must be a salty smell of sea water in the trade winds, but I have been on the roof of the car until now, and I have not found any trace of the trade winds, let alone the smell of the sea in this dry air."

"Principal, what do you want us to do?"

Vajilie's brow furrowed when he heard this, and he glanced at the other explorer beside him, his face a little solemn.

They are all very good path explorers, and of course they know how important the cause of a large sandstorm is to a large caravan, because if the cause of the sandstorm is only an accidental factor, then it is fine, but if it is formed by some more terrible factors, then the act of continuing to move forward without exploration is likely to bring disaster to the caravan.

There was once a huge caravan that ignored the cause of a medium-sized sandstorm, and was constantly attacked by a mysterious sandstorm that suddenly occurred during the subsequent trip, and finally the entire caravan was completely buried under the yellow sand.

Why they are constantly attacked by sandstorms is still a mystery.

Variif is a good caravan leader, and he will not allow any unexpected events to threaten his caravan, so he must find out what caused the impending sandstorm.

At the very least, it is necessary to find out whether it is due to some kind of accident.

"Vajilie, Jeff, after a hard trip to you, you take all the explorer brothers, and then take a look in the direction of the sandstorm, see if you can distinguish the cause of the sandstorm from the way the sandstorm travels, remember, once you find anything wrong, you must first put your own safety first, understand?"

"I know the principal, let's leave immediately." Vajilie nodded solemnly, turned the camel's head and led Jeff to the caravan behind.

Soon after, a six-man camel squad broke away from the caravan and made a quick move south.

Variif stood on the roof of the car, watching the group of explorers slowly moving away, and sat back down with some preoccupation, his instincts telling him that this trip might not be so smooth.