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The clear sky seemed to darken in an instant. The wind came too fast, and more and more fine sand was swept into the air by the wind. The surroundings were covered in sand and dust, and the visibility was getting lower and lower. In the chaos, I secretly counted the number of people in the team. Including me, there were a total of eight people. Who was left behind?
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the sand was raging everywhere. It was dark yellow everywhere. I couldn't see who had fallen behind, but the camels had just descended the sand dune. It was still not too late to go back and find someone.
The first thing Qin Shi thought of was the American Miss Yang. If she were to die, this trip would be over. However, I immediately dismissed that thought. That thought was a little selfish. The lives of the Americans were precious, but the lives of the people of China were not exchanged for salt particles. I could not let anyone fall behind.
The person beside Qin Shi was Brother Long, the only person Qin Shi could recognize. Qin Shi wanted to talk to him, but the wind and sand were so strong that he couldn't open his mouth. Riding on the camel, he gestured to him to stop Old Man An, who was running in front.
With this delay, the twenty or so camels had already run dozens of meters away. Before Qin Shi could confirm whether Brother Long had understood what I meant, he jumped off the back of the galloping camels.
The footprints of the camels in the desert had already been blurred by the wind and sand, and would soon disappear. Qin Shi ran in the direction he had come from, feeling as if his body was like a piece of paper. Every step he took was involuntary, and he could be swept away by the wind at any moment. Other than the sound of the wind, he could not hear anything else.
After staggering for nearly 200 meters, he finally found a person lying on the ground on the sand dune beam where everyone had just rested. Half of that person's body was already covered in sand. I didn't know if he was dead or alive. I rushed over and pulled him out of the sand.
So it was Professor Chen. He wasn't in a good condition just now. Perhaps he was knocked off by the camel when everyone was on the camel to escape. Professor Chen was still alive, but he was so scared that he couldn't speak. When he saw me coming, he fainted in excitement.
Although the sandstorm was fierce, Qin Shi knew that this was only the prelude to the desert storm. The real violent storm could arrive at any time.
There was no time to waste. Qin Shi carried him on his back and turned around. The footprints that Qin Shi had just left were still recognizable. God bless Brother Long. He had to stop Old Man An, who ran faster than a rabbit.
Qin Shi wanted to carry Professor Chen down the sand dune, but the wind behind him was so strong that he couldn't stand properly after taking his first step. The two of them rolled down the sand slope. In the yellow wind, someone helped me up.
It turned out that Brother Long understood what I meant and stabbed the camel's butt with a knife. He caught up with Old Man An in front and threw him off the camel's hump. When the camels saw that the head camel had stopped, the rest also stopped. Only the one with the injured butt ran forward crazily and immediately disappeared into the vast sand and dust.
Fortunately, they did not run too far away. Otherwise, they would not have been able to find it. At this time, no one could speak. They could only gesture. If they could understand, then so be it. If they could not understand, then just follow. Everyone prepared to climb back onto the camels and escape.
However, the camels seemed to be frightened. They did not run anymore. No matter how much An Liman beat them, they did not listen to his instructions. They lined up in a row, squatted in place, and buried their heads in the sand.
Along the way, they had seen many camel bones. When they died, they all retained this posture, as if they were sinners receiving punishment.
Old Man An said,
"These are camels that were frightened by Hu Da's black sandstorm. They knew that the black sandstorm would come soon, so it was useless to run. They simply knelt on the ground and waited for death.”
This situation had suddenly appeared, and everyone was helpless. Were they all waiting to be buried alive by the yellow sand?
It was not a good feeling.
Just as he was at his wit's end, Shirley pulled Qin Shi's arm and pointed to the west, indicating for us to look over there.
In the sandstorm, a huge white shadow ran towards us. It was very close, but the wind was too loud for anyone to hear.
Brother Long subconsciously took off the automatic rifle on his hunchback. This small-caliber sports gun was prepared for us to use against the wolves.
Everyone could not care less about the sandstorm and focused their attention on the white shadow. What was that thing? It didn't seem human.
The white shadow was like a demon, instantly arriving beside us. It was a camel that was twice the size of an ordinary camel. There was only one hump on its back, and its entire body was white, especially eye-catching in the yellow sand.
"Wild camel!"
The few people who knew this kind of camel cried out in their hearts at the same time.
Other than the difference in size, the biggest difference between ordinary camels and wild camels was that camels raised by humans had two humps on their backs, while wild camels only had one.
Through the goggles, Qin Shi could almost see Old Man An's eyes glowing. It was the light of joy from being alive. Old Man An was waving his arms excitedly in praise of the True God Hu Da. The camels kneeling on the ground seemed to have been summoned by something and raised their heads that were buried in the sand again.
Although Qin Shi didn't know what was going on, he could tell from his intuition that they were doing something. We still had a chance to survive. We just had to follow this snow-white wild camel. It was an animal of the desert, so it should know where to hide from the black sandstorm.
He immediately gestured to the rest of the people to climb onto the hunchback and follow the white camel in front.
The camels lowered their heads and ran until their mouths were almost foaming. They used their remaining strength to follow the white camels in front of them. They turned around a large sand mountain. The terrain of the desert suddenly rose here. The white camels 'figures flashed and disappeared in a leap.
Qin Shi knew that things were not looking good. Now that it had disappeared, everyone was in trouble. The surroundings were getting darker and darker, and they could no longer distinguish between the sky and the earth. In another minute or two, the black sandstorm that would devour life would arrive.
Before we could understand what was going on, the camels under us turned around and bypassed the towering sand mountain. I looked to my left and right. There was actually a broken city wall on the sand mountain. There was a large rammed earth fortress below. It turned out that this was the ruins of a small ancient city.
More than half of the buildings were buried by the yellow sand. Some of the houses had already collapsed, and only that section of the sturdy city wall stood tall. It had been exposed to the wind and sun for countless years, and it had long turned into the same color as the desert. From afar, one would only think that it was a large sand dune. If one did not turn in from the side, they would never discover this ancient castle.
It turned out that the snow-white wild camel had run into this place to take refuge, but the ruins of the ancient city blocked his view, so he couldn't see where it had gone.
Qin Shi knew that this was the hiding place in the plot, but it was very dangerous and he had to stop it later.
The city wall was like a tall sand-proof wall. If one wanted to use it to block this rare sandstorm, in Old Man An's words,"
"That depends on Hu Da's decree.”
In short, under such circumstances, it was already a blessing for the heavens to have a place to hide.
The members of the archeological team had survived the disaster, and their faces were all yellow. It was impossible to tell if they were scared or covered in dust. Everyone got off the camels. Old Man An instructed the camels to lie down by the wall. Then, he led the group down from the broken roof of a large house.
Although the ancient city had city walls to block the sandstorm, some parts of the city walls were broken. Over the years, a large amount of sand had been blown into the city by the wind. The damaged houses were filled with fine sand, which was more than two meters thick.
The big house that everyone had gone to take refuge in was probably a yamen or some other facility. It was relatively tall. Even so, they still had to bend their backs. If they raised their heads slightly, they would hit the wooden beams above.
Ye Yixin, Hao Aiguo, and the others who were not in good health lay on the ground and drank from their water bottles. The others helped Professor Chen in. He had recovered his consciousness, but his legs were weak. Fatty heaved a sigh of relief.
"We've finally gotten our lives back.”
After Old Man An entered the house, he immediately knelt on the ground. The devil from Black Hell had stirred up a black sandstorm. Thank you, Hu Da. Thank you for sending the auspicious white camel to save us from the nightmare of disaster.
Old Man An said that the single-humped white camel was the most magical spirit in the desert. Genghis Khan, King of the Western Xia, Li Yuanhao, and others all had white camels. However, those were all two-humped camels. Although they were rare, they were not magical.
If there was even one person in the team that Big Hu didn't like, we wouldn't have seen the white camel. It seems that we are devout believers blessed by God. From now on, we have to be like brothers, breaking our bones and connecting our tendons. Old Man An patted his chest and promised,"
"If there's any more danger, I won't abandon everyone and run for my life.”
Qin Shi cursed in his heart.
"Damn it, you old man, you didn't take us seriously before. I said that once something happened, you ran faster than a rabbit.”
As they were talking, the sandstorm outside had already arrived. The wind was raging and the earth was shaking. We couldn't help but be shocked in the ancient city ruins. If the sandstorm buried the exit of the house, wouldn't we suffocate to death? He told Brother Long that everyone should take turns to watch the hole in the roof. If anything happened, they should immediately run out.
However, everyone knew that if the storm moved the desert, the city wall in front of us would be swallowed. Even if we ran out, we would only be buried alive in another place.
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