Chapter 375 Death Sahara (51)
‘Don’t you think it’s weird to carry me like this and then sit on Xiaosha’s shoulder? ’
Not long after setting off, Wei Xun was very interested in asking Ban Ming with a string. To be honest, he didn't expect that Ban Ming would habitually carry him on his back. What Wei Xun wanted was to stand with Ban Ming and talk a little more intimately. Let Chen Cheng see it with his own eyes, and then sit on Xiaosha's shoulder.
Xiao Sha is Bai Lao's pet, and can also be regarded as the second Bai Lao's pet. His sweet talk made Bai Lao Er like him, so Bai Lao Er let his pet carry him, which was normal.
It would be a bit too scary for Bai Lao Er to just carry him on his back. Wei Xun glanced back casually, and saw Chen Cheng, the leader of the camel team behind him, looking at him keenly, giving him a friendly smile, and then immediately rode a few steps quickly on the camel and rushed to him, looking at him inquiringly, as if It seemed that Director B had something to say.
"I scared you, Captain Chen."
Wei Xun whispered to Ban Ming and smiled.
He was indeed frightened. From the moment he set off until now, Chen Cheng had been gathering other team members behind him, and he followed Xiaosha closely on a camel. He said he was giving Bingyi a general introduction to the journey, but in fact he was keeping a close eye on him at all times, for fear that he would cause trouble.
"Isn't this a conditioned reflex?"
Ban Ming said speechlessly. In fact, he regretted it when he carried Wei Xun on his back and jumped onto Xiao Sha's shoulders. He is now in the body shape of a teenager, and Wei Xun is somewhat tall. In the normal carrying position, Wei Xun's feet would have to be dragged to the ground. Before, he had to carry him upwards for half his life. It looked like Wei Xun was riding on his back. This was considered normal.
But now that he was sitting on Xiaosha's shoulder, Wei Xun, who was being carried on his back, stepped directly on Xiaosha's shoulder and stood up. This posture was as weird as you can say. Wei Xun didn't hold back much, and simply sat on Xiaosha's shoulders with Ban Mingyi. However, the deep impression he had left on Chen Cheng before was completely gone, so he simply made the mistake.
During this journey, absolute power and intimidation make it easier to intervene in a brigade than blind friendship and weakness. Especially now that Xiaosha and Banming can be said to be the trump cards invited by Chen Cheng's brigade, they are the strongest. Before he can figure out how Bingyi got involved with them, he will definitely be more cautious.
"The black desert is ahead."
Wei Xun said: "The sandstorm will be smaller in the Black Desert, and travelers can take a rest there."
The black and white desert of the Sahara is a very famous landscape, and travelers from Cairo usually go there. The so-called black desert is actually sand covered with black basalt. Countless years of desertification have weathered the rocks into countless black stones of different sizes. At first glance, they look like pieces of reefs that have been burned by fire*.
At the end of the black desert is a black volcanic hill. The volcanic minerals erupted tens of millions of years ago formed the black rock hills today.
Without exposed sand surface, the floating sand rolled up by the sandstorm will naturally be smaller. As they spoke, the brigade climbed over a sand dune, and the sight in front of them was amazing.
The black desert is like a coal mountain. It is clear that the bottom of the dune is still golden sand, but as you go up, the black becomes more and more intense, reaching a deep and pure black that seems to absorb all light. It is desolate and spectacular. When we arrived at the edge of the Black Desert, the sandstorm had indeed become smaller, leaving only the whistling strong wind. The unbearable high temperature seemed to have dropped a bit, making people feel much more comfortable. Even the Half-Life Taoist was amazed.
But Ban Ming had to be strong enough to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but Chen Cheng's face became more solemn because the camels refused to leave before reaching the Black Desert! Only the giant Xiao Sha showed no signs of abnormality and could continue to move forward.
Tang Shuang got off his camel and tried to drag it away, but the camel stiffened its neck and refused to move. Seeing him like this, Chen Cheng's camel came over and sprayed saliva on Tang Shuang's head.
The camel caravan had to stop in front of the Black Desert, and everyone frowned. It is impossible to take a detour. Looking to the left and right, there are layers of dark sand dunes. Looking ahead, you can vaguely see normal yellow sand about a few thousand meters away. The shape of this black desert is similar to a dumbbell with thick ends and a thin middle. Walking straight is the shortest distance.
Zhu Yuande, who had the best luck, and captain Chen Cheng got off the camels and went to explore the way ahead with tour guide Bingyi riding Xiaosha. Xiaosha could carry up to three people and ran very fast. They would be back in about a quarter of an hour. Leave other team members to discuss first. Chen Cheng was not too worried about the remaining team members, after all, Bai Lao Er also stayed.
“Does this mean we can’t ride camels from the Black Desert to the Petrified Forest, but have to walk?”
Cheng Tianbao was worried. This camel was considered a 'transportation vehicle'. It was prepared by the hotel after they entered the desert, just like an off-road vehicle. The camel refused to leave, perhaps because of the hotel's request - no transportation was allowed from now on, and we had to rely on manpower to move forward.
"It's possible that walking in a sandstorm is the ultimate survival."
Tang Shuang agreed at first, but then said, "But if we just walk, at our speed, we won't be able to reach the Petrified Forest before twelve noon."
Walking in the desert already consumes more energy, not to mention that now that the sun is out, the temperature is gradually rising. Even the wind has a scorching heat. Even if you are wearing a turban, veil and goggles, you can feel the heat. The black desert in front of me seemed to have absorbed a lot of heat. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the air there looked so hot that it was distorted.
"If you shouldn't get off the camel, there's something wrong with the Black Desert."
The hotel gave them a wild camel, which had only one hump and was twice as big as an ordinary camel. According to legend, the wild camel is an elf in the desert. Only it can lead people out of the desert in harsh sandstorms. The fur of all the camels in the camel team was light sandy yellow, almost white turning into a light creamy yellow in the sun. Especially the camel ridden by Chen Cheng, the fur was so light that it was almost white, making it even more magical and agile.
It was the one that spat at Tang Shuang just now.
"The wild camel should be able to sense if there is any danger here."
Tang Shuang took off his turban, shook it, and rolled it in the hot sand. After a while, the scarf dried, and the sand stained with it fell off with a shake. He Yunlai, who was standing next to him, was speechless when he saw this:
"It's so dry. The tour guide just said that this black desert was caused by volcanic eruptions tens of millions of years ago, so maybe there are radioactive ores buried here."
If there is a radiation mine, it will be explained by the fact that plants and animals will not survive, and people will lose their way in it.
"You can't just suspect that there is a radiation mine whenever you encounter a dead place. I've heard that the formation principle of the black desert in Cairo is the same as the one here. It's okay for tourists to go in and play."
Yu's brother Yu Hexuan argued: "Maybe there is something ghostly in this black desert that only the eyes of a wild camel can see."
"Legend has it that the Black Desert is a punishment sent by God. There is no grass growing here and no animals will set foot there. It is a desolate and vast dead land. Any adventurer who wants to set foot in this dead land will be tempted by the devil and lose his way. He will be lost forever. here."
Their journey has elements of mythology, mythology, and extreme environments. If problems arise, they should think in these two directions.
"I think this black sand is hotter than ordinary sand. Could it be that the camels can't stand the temperature?"
Yu Feiluan, the sister of the Yu family, whispered, showing her palms, and there was a blister on her finger! It's strange that after arriving in the black desert, the temperature in the air is obviously lower than outside, but the black sand is even hotter, as if these special black sands have absorbed all the heat!
"This sand is really hot."
He Yunlai was speechless. One of his hands, which was covered with long hair, turned into a stiff hand. He tried to grab a handful of black sand. Even though his hand had tough skin, it was so hot that a layer of skin was peeled off.
This is no ordinary hot sand, it's more like some kind of mythical, cursed hot black sand. But the people in Chen Cheng's brigade are very flexible in thinking. They tried to cover the yellow sand outside in the pitch black. On the gravel, it turned out that the camel was willing to continue walking! As long as there's something covering the black sand, there won't be any problems.
But the problem is that the black desert in front of them is so vast that they can't spread sand all the way. Moreover, He Yunlai discovered that after a quarter of an hour, the yellow sand in contact with the black sand turned black. He didn't know whether it was mixed together or how it was done. It looked like the yellow sand was contaminated.
"A quarter of an hour is enough."
"I have a Frost Talisman here that I can try to freeze the yellow sand together."
"There are too few frost spells, and too much sand is consumed. It is impossible for us to pave it all the way. The yellow sand will be dyed black in a quarter of an hour!"
The team members thought this was the time limit of the attraction, which required them to pass through the Black Desert within a quarter of an hour. If you go directly, you will definitely have enough time, but if you transport the yellow sand back and forth, it may not be possible.
"I can swallow sand."
He Yunlai swallowed a lot of yellow sand as he spoke. He has the dark blue title Mao Zhan. He was originally trained in the direction of steel and iron bones, but since he was bitten by the old crippled giant, his title has mutated. He can Swallowing an unusually large amount of yellow sand. If you have this much yellow sand, you don’t have to worry about the time limit if you vomit while walking!
When he saw He Yunlai swallowing a small sand dune, even the Taoist Taoist Half-Life let out a surprised gasp of admiration.
This zombie has a future! The half-life Taoist has been dealing with zombies for a long time, so of course he knows what kind of zombies are more extraordinary, but then his expression turned solemn.
‘He Yunlai’s title has mutated... as if it has been contaminated’
Banming spoke to Wei Xun in a low voice. According to history, He Yunlai was going to die this morning. Taoist Banming paid more attention to him along the way - because He Yunlai was swept away by a sandstorm and roasted into a mummy, he paid even more attention. Mostly it was a sandstorm, but now Taoist Half Life's attention fell on himself.
The title in the mutation is extremely unstable. We have not tested all aspects of the system, especially when it comes to contamination. There may be problems at some point. During the discussion, Chen Cheng's brigade already wanted to try to take turns using water talismans and yellow sand to pave the way forward, but half their lives were thinking that if possible, it would be best not to let He Yunlai swallow the yellow sand outside.
Is the yellow sand placed on the black sand polluted and turned black, or is it that as long as the yellow sand is brought in, even if it does not come into contact with the black sand, it will eventually be polluted and turned black?
Taoist Ban Ming felt horrified after thinking about it for a moment, but after thinking about Captain Chen's words, he didn't stop him and just told Wei Xun. As the younger brother of a 'businessman', he cannot interfere too much. The only person who can legitimately change all this is tour guide Wei Xun.
‘Don’t worry, I’m back’
Wei Xun's tone sounded very happy. Did he find something good? Taoist Ban Ming walked to the junction of the yellow sand and the black sand and looked out, and sure enough he saw the tall figure of Xiao Sha: "Director Bing, you said... Damn it!!"
Bai Lao Er's exclamation startled everyone in Chen Cheng's brigade and made them alert. They quickly prepared for battle. When they looked forward, their hearts pounded. Bai Lao Er actually fell into a sand pit that was 100 meters wide, dozens of meters long and deep! No, it's better to say it's a sand road than a sand pit, because from the place where the half-life Taoist fell forward, the black sand and gravel collapsed piece by piece. It turned out that the endless black desert in front of them was only left with the top layer!
Is this a strange landform formed by nature, or some kind of natural trap? ? Could it be that the old disabled giant ran to the front and wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop? But the half-life Taoist who fell into the sand pit understood what was going on at once. He held a broken black stone sand plate in his hand, and crushed it into pieces with a click, revealing a little light yellow gel-like liquid inside.
Corn shoots!
The black sand in front of him seemed to be fine, but it was actually all stuck with mucus! Moreover, the sand layer was eaten very thin, and people would collapse directly when walking on it! Sure enough, looking further ahead along the sand path, the Half-Life Taoist could vaguely see the twitching yellowish worm's buttocks - the collapsed sand path just extended to the feet of Wei Xun and Chen Cheng who were walking back!
"Monsters from the Sahara?"
Wei Xun, riding on Xiaosha's shoulders, raised his eyebrows and deliberately pretended to be very gloomy. The Half-Life Taoist knew that he was starting to pretend as soon as he heard it. There must be something in the black sand that Wei Xun wanted, so he sent Corn Shoot to eat it. Thinking of this, Jie Ao, who cooperated with the Half-Life Taoist, laughed and said, "You must be scared. This is the adult's pet."
"It's rare for it to come out, let it go out and eat some dirt."
As he said this, the Half-Life Taoist walked over and kicked Corn Shoot's buttocks. Before Corn Shoot could react, Wei Xun cooperated to collect it into the magic worm ball. The visual effect was the same as if the Half-Life Taoist kicked the worm away with one kick.
'There is fire in these black sands. ’
Wei Xun said happily, he didn’t expect that he would make a discovery so soon! There was a faint fire in these black sands, and his mixed flames became more active as soon as he came in. The black desert and the fossil forest were both formed by volcanic eruptions. Wei Xun believed that there was a blessing connection between them. The fire in the black desert might be the key point for the hatching of stone eggs in the petrified forest!
But the fire can be felt but not touched. Wei Xun picked up the black sand, but he couldn’t feel the fire from the black sand in his hand. It seemed that only when enough sand gathered together would they bring about this special change.
Then let the corn shoots eat. If one corn shoot is not enough, take Tong Hege to eat. Tong Hege can even fit the spirit snake bones. Wei Xun thought well, but soon he was surprised.
Tong Hege couldn’t eat black sand, and these sands could not be put into his golden elixir space.
The corn shoots were very happy to eat, and they wanted to share with their father, whispering that the sand tasted like meat and was very fragrant! The taste was just like daddy!
Wei Xun asked which father it was? Corn shoot grunted and finally stammered that it was the long and thin father. Then it cried and said that it just wanted to chew and taste it, not to eat its father QAQ
The long and thin father? An Xue Snake? An Xuefeng also let Corn shoot chew it?
The meaty sand could not be put into Tong Hege's golden elixir, black sand, snake...
Thinking of the black sand giant, Wei Xun understood.
This seemingly calm black sand is actually "alive".
"The merchant we met at the Oasis shopping point, this is the worm he raised."
Chen Cheng smiled at Bingyi, and saw that he seemed to show some fear of this giant worm, and he was slightly relieved.
It seems that Bai Laoer didn't tell him everything. When he went out to explore just now, Chen Cheng was also testing Bingyi's depth, bringing Zhu Yuande with him to predict good and bad luck. But Zhu Yuande didn't feel anything, and Chen Cheng didn't dig anything out of Bingyi's mouth. He did seem to be very interested in the Black Desert.
"It's so deep, but the black sand
Knowing that it was the pet of the Boss Bai, the team members breathed a sigh of relief, and then said in surprise. They found that the bottom of the sand path dug by the worm was already normal yellow sand - they had also dug some black sand just now, but the black sand
"The straight-line distance from the black sand to the normal yellow sand is two kilometers."
Chen Cheng said that they had explored the distance across the Black Desert. Two kilometers is not long. Although it is only a straight-line distance, not counting sand dunes, a rough look at the sand path eaten by the worm is almost a thousand meters. After a thousand meters, you can cross two black sand dunes and you can get out. He Yunlai can eat these yellow sands.
Looking at Bingyi and seeing that he had no other objections, Chen Cheng's team took the camels down the sand path and began to cross the Black Desert. But Chen Cheng's nerves were always tense - the merchant's help was mostly related to the next attraction, which means that the black desert in front of him might be closely related to the petrified forest.
The merchant's worm can directly open half of the sand path, which means that the strength of this help is within the rules of the hotel - which also means that the deeper dangers of the Black Desert, its It's really the second half.
The second half... Didn't He Yunlai swallow enough sand? Is there something wrong with the sand road method? Or will there be other dangers? While thinking, the sand road that the worm drilled out has been completed. The hairy zombie He Yunlai jumped on it and spit out yellow sand. The Yu brothers and sisters used the frost charm to freeze the yellow sand into a hard sand board, even if the camels carrying luggage walked on it.
Soon the team walked out a few hundred meters, and they only needed to climb over another sand dune to cross the black desert. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the sky in the distance was gray and yellow. The sandstorm began to get bigger again. They were about to leave the black desert, and the temperature was gradually rising. The frost charm could not freeze the sand for a long time, and the floating sand was easily blown up by the strong wind. The camels began to stir, and He Yunlai ran back and forth to replenish the sand.
Finally, Chen Cheng, who was at the front, walked out of the black desert, followed by Tang Shuang, Cheng Tianbao... Most people passed through the black desert, but Chen Cheng's mood was getting worse and worse. He simply got off the camel and quickly returned to the junction of the yellow sand and the edge of the black sand, watching the team members passing through the black desert one by one.
Where is the danger hidden?
He looked at the end of the team. The last of the team was the tour guide Bingyi, who was left behind, and He Yunlai, who was running back and forth to replenish the sand. From a distance, the yellow sand road covering the black sand dunes looked like it was paved with gold, shining. A quarter of an hour was about to arrive, but they also walked out of the black desert. But Chen Cheng was still worried, and he took another closer look.
It was this glance that made Chen Cheng's pupils shrink suddenly! He saw that the yellow sand had all turned into black sand, which was completely no different from the black desert, and the entire black desert began to flow. No, it was not flowing. Countless tangled tiny black snakes suddenly emerged from these black sands!