Duomaiti remembered the scene of seeing the ancient city of Xiye. It is still fresh in his memory and cannot be forgotten.
At that time, the entire team followed him, trudging through the sandstorm.
Originally, when encountering a sandstorm, one should hide behind a pile of sand or find a leeward place to avoid the sandstorm. Wait until the sandstorm is over before taking other actions.
But because we were on the road when we encountered a sandstorm, the weather was fine, but like a child's face, it changed at every turn. It was a sunny day, and the sun was shining right on my head.
In just one stick of incense, the temperature not only dropped sharply, but the wind also started to rise.
As someone who has lived in the desert for many years, Domat naturally knew what this climate change meant and immediately wanted to find a place to hide.
But it is a pity that there is no suitable place around. Even hiding behind the sand pile is not a wise choice.
Therefore, he could only find the leader of the team and tell him that he knew a place that was very suitable for avoiding sandstorms. But it's about two hours away from where we are now. As long as we get there, we can safely avoid the sandstorm.
The leader naturally agreed and let him lead the way to the location.
As a native living in the desert and working as a desert guide for decades, every place in the sand sea has been engraved in my mind. Therefore, there is no problem in leading the way.
Unfortunately, his prediction of this sandstorm was somewhat wrong. He originally thought that he would be able to reach the shelter in two hours, and he also estimated where his group should be able to go in the sandstorm.
After all, as an expedition team, the equipment is pretty good. Not to mention that everyone has two camels, professional desert clothing, and some emergency equipment.
Therefore, Duomaiti led the way, and everyone followed, heading forward despite the sandstorm.
Fortunately at the beginning, the sandstorm was not that powerful. It was just about the same as the sandstorms we usually encounter, except that the vision was a little blurry, and the wind force was between level eight and level nine.
In this environment, there is no problem in rushing. As long as everyone is strung up with a rope and all lie on the camel, there will be no problem if they don't fall off.
But as time went by, the sandstorm became more and more severe, and the wind force was rising, gradually reaching level ten or above. As for the tenth level, the expedition team did not test it because the wind was too strong and everyone was blown around. Some people could not hold on tightly and were blown off the camels.
Everyone trudged through the sandstorm for more than an hour, but Domat discovered that due to the strong wind and sand, he had lost his reference point, which meant that he had lost his direction.
In the sandstorm, once you lose your direction, it means what it means. Duomaiti has naturally been very clear about it for decades.
You can't keep moving forward, otherwise the bigger the deviation, the harder it will be to find the right direction. In the past, Duomaiti never lost his way even in a sandstorm, but this time, he felt the cruelty of the desert.
Once people lose their respect for it in the desert, the desert will teach you to respect it!
Duomaiti regrets it very much. If he had taken shelter from the sandstorm at the beginning, he might have lost some people and materials, but he would not have had the difficulty of losing his way. Now that he has lost his way, a whole team of people may go to get their lunch boxes. .
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret now. He originally thought that he could face the cruelty of the desert calmly, but when he was proud, the desert taught him a good lesson, a lesson at the cost of his life.
Duomaiti could only find the team leader to explain everything.
The team leader also had rich knowledge and experience. After hearing what Duomaiti said, he immediately issued an order. All the team members immediately got off the camels, and then asked the camels to lie down in a circle. All the team members were in the circle, relying on the camels to avoid the wind and sand.
At this moment, as long as he can survive, he no longer cares about whether there will be any problems with the camel.
But just when everyone was not ready, someone yelled and ran over with difficulty, pulling the leader to point in one direction with a horrified expression.
Everyone looked over one by one and were horrified. They saw a high wall of sand and dust. Under the extremely low visibility conditions, it rolled in like a mountain and made a huge noise. It's like the end of the world.
Everyone had no time to escape and was swallowed up by this terrifying sea of sand. For a moment, there was only the sound of wind and dust storms in the world, and there was no other sound. All the sounds that could be made were drowned in this terrifying sea of sand eruption.
Just like that, when the sandstorm gradually subsided and the wind and sunshine returned again, a hand stretched out from the sea of sand with difficulty.
This is Duomaiti's hand. As a native of the desert, he naturally has a way to save himself. Although it is crude, it can save lives.
He struggled to pull away the sand that had submerged him, and then stood up with difficulty. Then after he glanced around, he realized that he was the only one, and everyone else was buried in the sea of sand.
Fortunately, after looking around, he used his own experience to quickly go to the Bala sand and dig out the expedition team members from the sand.
In the end, after statistics, there were dozens of people in the group, but because of this sandstorm, there were only about ten people left. And from the time of departure, there were nearly a hundred camels, and less than thirty were left.
The rest of the camels were either swept away by the explosion in Shacheng, or were frightened and ran away.
Therefore, the leader of the expedition team could only issue an order to go back. The losses were quite heavy, and many of the inspection materials had been lost. If we didn't go back, it would be impossible to continue the inspection mission. It is true that no one can do anything without equipment.
The desert is a forbidden area for life. A sandstorm will send this team back home.
However, now there is a problem, that is, how to find the way home.
Duomaiti looked at the sun and his surroundings, but still couldn't find any reference. Everything was buried in the sand.
Therefore, he could only roughly deduce where to go based on the position of the sun.
Everyone still believed in Duomaiti and started to move forward with him.
The morale of the entire team has reached an extremely low level.
In this way, everyone started their arduous trek under the sun. Before they left, they collected all the supplies they knew and put them all on the backs of camels. Therefore, all team members can only walk with their camels.
In the desert, supplies are the most important thing. Once you lose supplies, you face the risk of receiving a box lunch.
Therefore, it is better to walk than to pick up all the supplies. The most important thing is food and water, especially water, which is absolutely indispensable in the desert.
In this way, under the sun, based on the position of the sun and his own experience, Domat discovered that the position he might deviate from was a bit large.
However, being able to find the direction is the best of all.
In fact, when traveling in the desert, you should drive in the morning, rest at noon, and then continue traveling in the afternoon when the sun is not strong. The best time to travel is before and after the sun sets and before and after the sun rises in the morning.
It wasn't hot or very cold at that time, and I could walk faster.
Now, because we have experienced sandstorms, the deviation route is very far. If we don't hurry up, the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be. That's why Duomaiti discussed with the team leader and rushed on the road under the sun.
Duomaiti took the remaining people and walked for a long time. As the sun set, everyone gradually became a little energetic. Duomaiti proposed to take a good rest for half an hour and then continue on his way. Wait until you are out of sight at night before resting.
The team leader naturally accepted Domaiti's opinion, and then ordered all team members to prepare for a rest and replenish themselves.
But at this moment, as the sun sets, the light shines through the front, illuminating a blurry outline!
That is……
Ancient City Wall!
Suddenly, everyone became energetic and no longer rested. Instead, they climbed to the highest point of the sand sea and looked at the city wall revealed in the distance.
Under the setting sun, the city wall and some buildings inside the city wall stand in the distance like towers on the sea.
"Is it Haishi Chenlou?" the team leader asked with some uncertainty.
"It's not like that!" Duomaiti said.
Miracles usually occur when the sun is strong, and in the desert, they usually occur more often in summer. But now that the sun is setting, the chance of Miracles appearing is very small.
Therefore, after everyone was stunned for a moment, they all shouted at the same time: "The ruins of the ancient city!"
Immediately, no longer resting, they became energetic and their legs became less weak. Everyone started to pack up their things and headed towards the place illuminated by the sunset.
Duomaiti naturally followed. With a goal in mind, he was behind the team instead of walking in front. And observe and remember some of the surrounding environment, reference objects, the position of the sun, etc.
Based on some of his experiences and memories, he remembered the location of this ancient city. He felt that he might come here again in the future.
After walking for more than an hour, everyone finally arrived at the ancient city when it was getting dark.
Only then did we know from the writing on the city wall that this was the ancient city of Xiye.
The ancient city of Xiye was also a very famous royal city in ancient times, and was known as one of the thirty-six ancient countries in the Western Regions. It was once a famous flower in the Western Regions, and it was extremely bright. Compared with this, it can only be seen in several other cities, such as Loulan, Da Yuezhi, Jingjue, etc.
But the Kingdom of Xiye, like other ancient kingdoms, disappeared overnight without a trace, and was only mentioned in historical writings.
Now, they saw Xiye Ancient City with their own eyes, which was a stroke of luck.
Everyone was extremely excited, and then passed through the somewhat weathered city tower and entered the ancient city of Xiye.
Of course, they didn't go far in. It was getting dark now, so they set up camp inside the city wall to rest and wait until the next day to talk about anything else.
However, just when everyone was preparing to take a rest, the nightmare came!
(End of chapter)
