The sandstorm was getting bigger and bigger, and none of the three of them wanted to say a word, so they could only follow the pace of the camels in silence. Seeing that the temperature was gradually rising, it was noon, and according to the footsteps, they should have been able to see the ruins of the ancient city of Zamar by now, but in front of them, there was nothing but yellow sand.

"Don't go, everyone." Chu Tianyue turned over and jumped off the camel's back, reopened the map and looked at it.

There are several important areas circled with red pens on the map, including the remains of an ancient city wall, a few withered poplars, and a dry riverbed.

They have already walked through these three important areas, which means that their direction is fine. But why haven't you seen the ruins of the ancient city yet?

"Cheng Feng, Xiao Man, you see, we should be in this area now, although we haven't seen the ruins of the ancient city yet, as long as the direction is correct, draw an arc with the location where we are now, and the ancient city should be within two kilometers." Chu Tianyue is worthy of being born in a professional class.

"The problem is that even if the ruins of the ancient city are close at hand, it is estimated that such a large sandstorm has been blowing for several days in a row, and it has already engulfed the ruins, and we can't see it with the naked eye." Xiao Man said.

Ma Chengfeng patted the docile camel and said, "Don't be afraid, you have neglected our mount." When I rented camels, I heard from the locals that these camels walk in the Taklamakan all year round and are very familiar with the nearby terrain. In case of danger, the camels would take us to a relatively safe place to avoid the sandstorm, and in addition, before setting off, I deliberately did not feed them, as long as they were thirsty, they would walk in the direction of the holy spring to drink! ”

"Huh...... Hehe......" Chu Tianyue smiled bitterly and shook her head, her expression seemed to be extremely disdainful of his methods.

"What are you laughing at? Don't they go to find water on their own when they're thirsty? People say that the holy spring is the only source of water nearby. ”

"Please! Cheng Feng, can you grow your brains? Did you know that camels can go eight days in the desert without drinking water? Can they go eight days without water? We can't, we only brought water for two days, if we can't find the ancient city of Zamar, then we have to go back, otherwise our lives will be in danger! Chu Tianyue sighed.

"Ouch...... I...... I don't know? I thought? ”

Xiao Man pinched him vigorously and said, "Okay, okay, Sister Tianyue, then what do you say is the best way for us now?" ”

"Now look within two kilometers, the ruins of an ancient city can't disappear out of thin air, even if they are swallowed up by a sandstorm, they will leave traces." The three of them turned over and sat on their camels, and walked some distance forward, but they had walked four kilometers, and within four kilometers there was still all flat yellow sand, and there were no raised outlines or sand dunes at all.

"What's going on? Could it really be that we are going in the wrong direction? ”

Tianyue said that the direction was no problem, I think it must be that the sandstorm in the past few days has been too big, burying the entire area. "In other words, we have unknowingly walked up to a huge and flat sand dune, and the ancient city is under the dunes."

While the three of them were arguing, they faintly saw that at the end of the yellow sand, it seemed that a wild camel had stopped, standing on the horizon, looking back at the three outlaws motionless.

"Look? Wild camels? Chang Xiaoman exclaimed.

"Keep up! If wild camels want to live in this harsh environment, they must not be able to live without water! The three of them led their camels in the face of a whirring sandstorm and ran towards the horizon.

But only then did they realize that yesterday they were complaining that the camels were walking as slowly as snails, and that when it was their turn to go, they could not catch up with the camels. The yellow sand under your feet is very loose, and I don't know how thick it is, but when you step on it, it is so soft that it will sink down if you try a little harder, and you can't run at all.

At the end of the horizon, more and more camels appeared, about a dozen of them, and it seemed to be a herd of wild camels. Camels are docile by nature and rarely attack humans. There are also often stories of lost camel saviors in the desert. These wild camels were very strong, with their twin peaks tall and a lot of water stored in them, and when they saw someone coming, they turned around and walked slowly in the opposite direction.

"Keep up!" Ma Chengfeng greeted everyone.

The wild camel herd took them to the southeast for about a kilometer, the terrain in front of them was a little low, the camels walked down slowly, only to see a monument below, although most of them were buried in the yellow sand, but everyone can still judge that this should be the ruins of the ancient city of Zamar.

It was the remains of a building, and after walking a short distance along the ruins of an ancient building, I saw a city wall.

"This is it! This must be the place! According to local recollections, the holy spring was located under an ancient city wall. Ma Chengfeng rushed over with a few water bladders.

But what he didn't expect was that behind the city wall were corpses and bones, some animals and some people, some of which had been buried in the yellow sand.

Xiao Man and Chu Tianyue followed him and ran over, and they couldn't help but gasp when they saw such a desolate scene.

The legendary holy spring ancient well was behind the city wall, but there were corpses all around, and the three of them looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

"How so?" Ma Chengfeng frowned, not daring to make the decision to fetch water.

The wild camels probably thought that the three were trapped in the desert without water to drink, so they brought them over. But the wild camels did not want to linger any longer, and hurried into the desert. Animals are far more sensitive to danger than humans, and it seems that there is not only water that saves people's lives, but also the danger of killing people invisibly.

The camels they rode didn't seem to want to approach easily, and stood far away on the sand dunes, a little restless. However, they are well trained and will never leave their owners.

"Cheng Feng? You see? There was a corpse not far in front of Xiao Man, which had not completely decomposed. He was an adult man, wearing a *** style outfit and carrying a water bladder in his hand before he died.

It is estimated that like them, they all came to the holy spring to get water to save their lives.

He was head-down, and there was a lot of yellow sand buried in his body. Xiao Man lowered his head and wanted to brush away the yellow sand to see how he died.

"Xiao Man? Don't move yet! Chu Tianyue rushed up and grabbed her. There is danger here, let's not miss a while, let's see the situation first and then make plans, follow me! Chu Tianyue was very cautious, and took everyone to the sand dunes first, and the three of them hid behind the camels, just peeping at the Zamar Sacred Spring below.

(End of chapter)