Chapter 1234 Continue to Set Off

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"Good morning, gentlemen and ladies! Time to get up! Or do you want to stay here and sleep with that bone forever?"

Zhang Zian was sleeping soundly wrapped in his blanket, when he was woken up by the sound of loudspeakers.

who am I? where am I? What am I going to do?

He sat up in a daze, looking at the inside of the tent blankly, and didn't wake up for a while.

After a few seconds, he slowly regained his memory.

I slept very uncomfortable last night. The sand was very soft to step on, but it was hard to lie on, and it was uneven, especially the Simmons soft bed in the hotel these days, even through the inflatable moisture-proof mattress. His old waist is sore and tired. This is how easy it is to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!

The most uncomfortable thing was that I was sweating all over during the day and couldn't take a bath, but the temperature dropped sharply in the middle of the night, like it was autumn, so I had to wrap the blanket tightly, and my body was sticky with the blanket. At this time, I am very envious of animals that don't sweat.

He opened the zipper of the tent, it was still dark outside, only the morning light was visible in the east, and the cool morning breeze filled the tent.

The camp moved like a newborn cub, the zippers of the tents were unzipped, and sleepy people came out of the tents one after another. Everyone's face was half tired and half confused, only Nabari's spirit Yi Yi.

Li Pete was already fully dressed, walking around the camp with a megaphone, urging everyone to get up and freshen up, and if there was any tent that was not moving for a long time, he would bluntly yell at the tent with a megaphone .

The people who got up went to the designated convenient place one after another to solve their physical problems, then brushed their teeth, wiped their faces with wet wipes, made breakfast, filled their stomachs randomly, and then began to dismantle the tents, deflate the moisture-proof pads, and fold everything. Strapped to the aluminum roof rack.

It takes a lot of time to set up and dismantle the tent every day, but sleeping in a tent is at least better than sleeping in a car, because the car is loaded with fuel, supplies and equipment, and there is no place for you to lie down and sleep.

People's movements vary from fast to slow. Take the tuba as an example. Some people squat down for 3 minutes to solve the battle, and some people are constipated and squat for more than ten minutes. In the end, their legs become numb and they can't stand up.

Li Pete kept urging while looking at his watch, and he repeatedly scolded anyone who was too lazy, even He He was no exception, almost cried by him, just like a hard-working shepherd dog herding a flock of sheep.

In an inexperienced and poorly qualified expedition team, someone always has to play the black face, and usually a high-ranking person plays the role of offending people.

Zhang Zian couldn't even imagine that if the expedition team went into the desert alone, it would probably take an hour to get up every morning, and they would have to rest before they could go far.

It didn't take long, and there was nothing in the camp except for some household garbage and messy footprints.

Everyone gets into their SUVs and inspects them as Lippett orders.

The sun finally emerged from the eastern horizon, releasing thousands of orange swords, and the shadows formed by the sand dunes moved slowly as the sun rose.

The sunrise in the desert is very spectacular. A round of majestic red sun seems to ignite wildfire, and the whole earth is burning. The ripples on the surface of the sand blown by the wind are completely visible under the slanting sun, like golden water waves.

Everyone raised their mobile phones to record this rare scene.

But they didn't have much time to watch it. At the same time as the sunrise, Li Pete also gave the order to start, and they had to travel as much as possible before the heat got hot.

In fact, when the sun shines on our skin, even if it is only the morning sun, our body can feel the temperature of the sun keenly.

The sun in the desert has never been associated with the word "gentle".

Thirteen off-road vehicles roared and set off one after another, sometimes heading west and sometimes south under the leadership of Nabari.

The difference from yesterday is that today's convoy is no longer a long snake formation, but three or four vehicles lined up side by side to form a square formation.

The eastern sun rose gradually behind them, and the sun seemed to be chasing them.

Thinking of the fear of being dominated by the scorching sun yesterday, everyone felt the urgency and pressure, and prayed that the time would pass more slowly, so that they could travel more.

The temperature rose rapidly.

It wasn't long before, whether they wanted it or not, the heat hit again.

According to the method discussed yesterday, the convoy will stop every time it encounters a higher sand dune, all drivers will get off the car, climb up the sand dune on foot, and then divide into two teams, walk along the sand ridge to both sides, looking for the slope Gentle position to climb over dunes.

Yesterday everyone was just hot and not tired, but today we have to climb the sand dunes and the weather is hot, so everyone is tired like a dog.

Zhang Zian already realized yesterday that climbing sand dunes was much more difficult than he imagined. Walking three steps and slipping two steps was the next worst thing. The main reason was that the sand was poured into the shoes. Two shoes filled with sand were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Before setting off, the team considered that they might need to walk on the sand on foot, and prepared two or three sets of snow gloves for each person, which just came in handy at this time.

The snow cover is for walking in the snow, but it is also suitable for walking in the desert. The shape is similar to leggings. It is fixed on the calf with Velcro, the lower end covers the upper, and the upper end extends to the knee, so that unless the sand can not reach the knee , otherwise the problem of filling sand in shoes can be solved to a large extent.

Although the problem of filling sand in the shoes has been solved, it is still very exhausting to cross the dunes under the scorching sun.

When we encountered the first sand dune, everyone climbed up reluctantly, found a place with a gentle slope along the sand ridge, and then left one person behind, and the others walked down the dune, returned to the car, and drove to that position to cross the dune—this The process is safe, but time-consuming and labor-intensive.

When they encountered the second sand dune, everyone complained, saying that they would be exhausted if they couldn’t reach the destination, so they might as well just drive up to try their luck like yesterday.

Although it was mainly the members of the scientific expedition team who were complaining, Lippett's team members did not agree, but they also showed a lack of confidence on their faces, frowning and wiping their sweat away without saying a word.

It's definitely not good luck, they don't have much room for error, every vehicle and the materials in the vehicle are very precious, any vehicle malfunctioning and paralyzed in the desert may lead to the failure of the operation.

Wei Kang tried his best to persuade everyone to persist as much as possible, but Li Pitt kept a straight face and was ready to take a tough attitude to reject all objections.

Rationally, Zhang Zian supported Li Pitt's approach, but emotionally, he also felt that going on like this was not an option. After all, they were not an army, and not everything could be resolved by orders.