"I thought……"
The person in her arms looked up at Ma Tao with tears in her eyes. Although she didn't finish her words, Ma Tao knew what she was going to say.
"never mind……"
Patting Su Lanxi's shoulder again, Ma Tao saw that all the display screens in the car were all yellow, obviously covered by the wind and sand, and nothing could be seen. Then, Ma Tao's eyes turned to the area covered by the wind and sand. After entering Huang Sha in the carriage, Ma Tao instantly realized a terrible problem.
That's right, with such a large sandstorm covering the sky and the sun, and the wind blowing the sand, a pile of several hundred tons of sand will disappear in a short time, or even move horizontally. Therefore, the chariot must not just stand still like this. It must Move, otherwise, when more and more yellow sand accumulates, it won't be long before the chariot and the chariot are buried alive under the rolling yellow sand.
"Quick, start the chariot!"
Realizing this terrible problem, Ma Tao hurriedly pushed Su Lanxi away from his arms and sat in the driver's seat. He raised his hand and wanted to use his watch to contact Gao Han and Xiao Jinzi. When he looked down, he remembered that this The watch has no signal at all.
This is how to do? If you can't contact them, it will be dangerous if someone is still there.
what to do? what to do?
The malfunction of the watch made Ma Tao completely upset.
"What happened?"
Su Lanxi could see the anxiety in Ma Tao's eyes and wanted to help him, but didn't know what to do. Ma Tao quickly expressed his worries.
I can't contact my teammates. It doesn't matter if I leave now or not. If I don't leave, I will definitely be buried. But once I leave, if others don't move, I won't even be able to find the corpse after the storm.
When Su Lanxi heard this, he panicked and kept trying to use his communication watch to contact them. Ma Tao once again looked in the direction of the cabin door, planning to brave the sandstorm to find them.
"Don't be stupid. Once they are blown away, it will be troublesome. We can use the chariot to notify them."
Su Lanyu's words instantly awakened Ma Tao. Yes, he could drive a chariot to find Gao Han and Xiao Jinzi's chariots. He was also confused.
The situation was urgent, and Ma Tao didn't bother to say thank you to Su Lanyu and immediately started the chariot.
The dozens of tons of chariots shaken by the sandstorm that shook the world and ravaged the world trembled slightly, but just this, the huge chariot broke free from the shackles of the yellow sand little by little in the sandstorm, and Ma Tao could clearly feel the weight of the chariot while driving it. The thicker pile of yellow sand brought obvious resistance to the chariot. He immediately stepped on the accelerator frantically, and the ohc engine roared unwillingly. Finally, it rushed out in one breath, and the steel behemoth was instantly released and broke free from its restraints.
The outside world was still dark and yellow, and nothing could be seen on the car screen. The whistling wind was like the wail of a ghost, which was creepy. Ma Tao only relied on this memory to recall the location where Xiao Jinzi and Gao Han's chariots were parked. He drove the chariot closer.
According to my memory, the distance between their four tanks was not too far. Ma Tao was like a blind man trying to figure out an elephant, not daring to drive fast. He moved in the general direction little by little, groping back and forth in an S-shaped curve, and finally finally , with a 'bang' sound, the chariot he was driving shuddered, apparently colliding with something else.
In the smoke-filled screen, Ma Tao couldn't see whether what he hit was a tank or something else. The moment he made contact, he put his foot on the accelerator and pushed hard against the obstacle. The other party seemed to have noticed something. , actually slowly retreated, Ma Tao felt happy, it was done, he didn’t know who he was colliding with, according to Ma Tao’s memory, this should be Xiao Jinzi’s chariot.
After the opponent's chariot started, Ma Tao originally wanted to follow his chariot, fearing that the opponent would stop again, but the opponent obviously realized that there was a risk of being buried if he stopped for a long time. As the speed of the retreating vehicle increased, his horse Tao once again lost contact with the other party, and drove his chariot in circles twice. When no other obstacles were found, Ma Tao started to circle again, but there was no more contact. Ma Tao's heart suddenly sank. Go down.
There are only two possibilities for this situation. The first one is that Gao Han, Xiao Jinzi and his sister have realized that the fierce sandstorm is in danger of burying the chariot and have already moved in. The other possibility is that the sandstorm is too strong and has already driven away. Other tanks were buried, but this possibility is still very small.
"Don't worry, they will be fine..."
Su Lanxi and Su Lanyu, who were sitting on the passenger seat, looked at Ma Tao's frown and said.
Ma Tao said nothing, looking at the dim outside world on the screen, still mechanically driving the chariot slowly through the sandstorm.
He is not worried about Gao Han. He believes that Gao Han can also think of this problem. He is not worried about his sister because she is a robot. Even if she is buried in the yellow sand, Ma Tao will have enough time to rescue her. There is no need to worry about drinking water and oxygen. , what worries Ma Tao the most is Xiao Jinzi. This kid is just doing nothing all day long. Although he is serious enough about his work, he is still the most unreliable and makes Ma Tao worry the most. That’s why Ma Tao immediately drove the chariot to find Xiao Jinzi. .
In the carriage, because of Ma Tao's silence, it became even quieter. There was only the roar of the chariot engine and the alarm sound of the C device. The large rocks rolled up by the sandstorm kept hitting the chariot, and Ma Tao had to turn on the protective gear. Although the shield value lost each time it was hit by a stone was not much, it could not withstand much. The crackling never stopped. It is conceivable that a person standing outside faces the power of these rocks flying at high speed. It's worse than being hit head-on by a cannonball.
boom! ! !
Suddenly, the chariot shook violently, and the C device actually gave an alarm that the chariot had been attacked and lost a shield value of 145, which made Ma Tao's nerves turn back instantly.
"Is it a stone?"
The two sisters in the co-pilot were stunned when they looked at the display on the screen.
"probably……"
Ma Tao was also not sure how big a stone would be if it could knock off more than a hundred shields of a chariot.
The next second, the chariot was hit again, and once again lost more than a hundred shields. The three people in the car all looked solemn, because this time the attack directly hit the front of the chariot, and a ball of flames suddenly exploded. Stones will not have this effect, and my own chariot was actually attacked! ! !
Such a high attack power shocked Ma Tao. He quickly increased the speed of the car, changed the direction at a high speed, and accelerated out.
"What could launch an attack in this weather?"
Su Lanyu looked at the dim yellow on the screen and didn't understand how the other party hit them accurately.
of a chariot.
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a monster!"
Because he couldn't see the road, Ma Tao could only drive blindly, increased the speed to 60 yards, and rushed out in a straight line.
"You mean someone is taking advantage of the sandstorm to massacre humans?"
Su Lanxi immediately understood the meaning of Ma Tao's words, and then said: "But how did he find us?"
Ma Tao couldn't answer this question, because he didn't know how the other party could find him. The top priority was definitely not to be passively beaten here. He had to leave as soon as possible. Fortunately, the bastard who attacked his tank did not continue to pursue him. , but Ma Tao was not happy about it, which meant that the other party must have given up on himself by continuing to massacre other people in the storm.
Ma Tao originally planned to launch a counterattack in that direction, but the moment he turned on the fire control switch, Ma Tao gave up. Not to mention the possibility of his attack hitting the opponent, there must be others in this area. People, blindly bombarding them by themselves is basically no different from killing innocent people indiscriminately. Fortunately, the other party did not pursue them.
The sandstorm sweeping across the earth is still raging, and the sky and earth have become darker. Tornadoes like yellow dragons are roaring, circling, penetrating the sky and the earth, constantly devouring sand dunes one after another, sucking up everything on the ground. Sent to an altitude of 10,000 meters, God completely showed its terrifying side. The furious God tore apart and destroyed all the forces that tried to defy him. The angry God unleashed his divine punishment and used this devastating divine power. , slaughtering the world as if it were the end of the world.
The terrifying sandstorm came and went quickly. I don’t know how long it took. The terrifying sandstorm in the Black Desert gradually weakened. The sand in the air began to fall, and the choking smoke began to disperse. The sunlight that broke through the smoke began to dimly illuminate the entire devastated land of yellow sand.
Somewhere in the desert, the hatch of a dusty red chariot was violently opened by someone, bringing up a plume of smoke and dust, revealing a head wrapped in a turban. He first looked around, and then took out a monocular telescope from his arms. , put it in front of his eyes and looked at the distant place again, and then got back into the car in disappointment.
“Nothing, just sand everywhere”
Ma Tao, who returned to the car, glanced at the two women and sighed helplessly. Then he looked at his watch, but there was still no response. Then he walked to the rest cabin of the car and took out a compass from his backpack. I gave up after one look.
The compass in their hands was spinning rapidly, almost as fast as a fan. Obviously, there must be some kind of strong magnetic field where they were now.
"Can we go back to where we were before?"
Su Lanxi asked worriedly.
"should be okay"
Ma Tao put the compass back into his backpack, then stood up, estimated the approximate distance they traveled in the sandstorm, and replied.
"You have to believe him"
Sister Su Lanyu hugged her sister's shoulders.
Ma Tao looked at the two sisters. To be honest, he was not sure now. The storm had completely blown him away from the others. In the desert where there was no communication wristwatch and it was impossible to locate, he wanted to meet the possibility of meeting again. Basically not fighting, the only possible way is to return to their previous location to try their luck, but the sandstorm has probably completely changed the landscape of that area, so the only way is to take a look around.
There is no trace of the return route. The wind has wiped away all traces of human activities.
Using a rag and some water, Ma Tao wiped the video probe. There was so much dust on it that it piled up.
The choking smell of smoke in the air gradually dissipated, and the sun began to scorch the earth again. The terrifying sandstorm instantly expanded the desert area to dozens of kilometers. The original Gobi completely turned into a desert, with not even a withered grass in it. They are all invisible. The sky and the earth are filled with sandy yellow everywhere. Under the sunlight and the refraction of the granular sand, the entire desert is covered with a golden glow, as if you are in a golden country.
In this golden sea of sand, a dot of bright red moves slowly.
Ma Tao relied on memory and the guidance of the sun to vaguely find the direction he came from. The wolf cart stopped and went. The three people in the cockpit were observing the surrounding scenery intently, fearing that they would miss any useful information. However, what was happening in front of them was Everything we passed was nothing but sand. After climbing over this sand dune, there was another sand dune, no trace in the distance.
After searching aimlessly for more than an hour, Ma Tao, who still found nothing, was about to give up. It was at this moment that a turning point occurred.
On a sand dune that was not too high, a stick protruded out. At the top of the stick, a rag swayed against the hot wind in the desert.
When the chariot got closer, I realized that it was not sticks or rags at all, but a corner of a damaged tent.
This discovery surprised Ma Tao so much that he didn't care much at the moment. He picked up the headscarf and got out of the car to take a look.
"Shall I go down with you to take a look?"
Beside him, Su Lanxi said.
Ma Tao looked at her, then shook his head and said, "There must be someone left in the car. Lan Yu can just come down with me."
The reason why it is Su Lanyu is mainly because her elder sister Su Lanyu's combat awareness is obviously stronger than her younger sister Su Lanxi's, and Su Lanxi's driving skills are better than Su Lanyu's, so of course Su Lanyu is the most suitable for this kind of thing.
Hearing Ma Tao's words, Su Lanyu didn't say anything. There was no emotion on his expressionless face, but he silently turned around, picked up his headscarf and equipment and followed Ma Tao out of the car.
After opening the hatch, the high temperature outside instantly poured into the car. Ma Tao couldn't help but frown, and the two of them got out of the chariot one after another.
The damaged tent had been completely damaged. Most of it was buried in the sand, with only a supporting wooden stick exposed and a piece of tent cloth hanging.
Ma Tao, who was armed with a silver-clad mecha, used his hands to dig down the sand twice along the opening of the tent, suddenly revealing an arm with purple skin, which shocked the two of them.
But soon Ma Tao and Su Lanyu both reacted and looked at each other. Su Lanyu directly drew out the sword on his back to warn.
Although judging from the color of the dark red and purple arm, this person is absolutely dead, but it is still necessary to be vigilant, because there are other things under the corpse.
Taking a deep breath, Ma Tao used both hands to grab the arm that had turned purple due to blood stasis and pulled it out with force. A man's mouth was open and his eyelids were bleeding.
The body was dragged out by force.
The corpse is that of a man, wearing the clothes of the Red Flame caravan. He should be a laborer or coolie, because he did not have any defensive equipment. The man was suffocated to death by the sand. His hands were bent like chicken claws, and his mouth and nostrils were full of blood. It was sand, and the eyes were also covered with yellow sand. Coupled with the blood flowing from the eyes, it looked extremely terrifying.
"Jinbao!!! Gao Han!!! Sister!!!"
Seeing the tragic state of the corpse, Ma Tao pursed his lips, and then began to yell the names of Xiao Jinzi and Gao Han crazily to the boundless yellow sand. But in the boundless desert, Ma Tao's voice was very loud. It was big, but it couldn't reach very far. The sand on the ground and the dunes one after another successfully blocked his roar.
No one responded, and even the sound of the wind blowing the sand became as quiet as a whisper, as if even the wind didn't want to be heard by Ma Tao.
Then, as if he was crazy, Ma Tao began to rummage around the corpse, hoping to find something. Unfortunately, there was nothing. He dug here and there, except for sand.
"ah!!!!!!!!"
The hand wearing the steel claw tightly grasped the quicksand that was impossible to hold and slipped from his hand. Ma Tao knelt on the ground weakly, looked at the surrounding sand dunes, and roared loudly.
"Maybe... they are not here, we should look around"
Seeing Ma Tao, who was so anxious that he almost collapsed, Su Lanyu, who was standing aside with a sword in hand, comforted him.
"Yes...looking around...looking"
Ma Tao struggled to stand up and glanced at the sun that had risen above his head. The dazzling sunlight forced him to turn his head to avoid it.
Su Lanyu was right. Such a big sandstorm could blow a tent far away. You can't judge that this is the camp just because of a corpse. Ma Tao didn't want to miss any possibility of reuniting with his teammates. Hearing this, he cheered up. , returned to the car with Su Lanyu.
Su Lanxi, who had been observing them in the car, quickly handed the two water glasses that he had prepared long ago to them.
Considering that although the sandstorm may blow away supplies or other things, the distance should not be too far. Just follow the direction in which the sandstorm blows and look for it.
The red wolf cart walked slowly on the sand dunes. The steel tracks were most suitable for this kind of soft sand. If it were replaced with tires, it would probably get stuck here.
As expected, many supplies were discovered one after another, such as backpacks and so on. Ma Tao got out of the car and checked them all. Basically, they were all useless items, but Ma Tao kept all the fresh water and fresh water containers. .
The most valuable thing is probably a large package of compressed dry food, which can weigh several hundred kilograms. However, it was blown away by the wind and a large part was lost. Ma Tao checked it and was not in the mood to collect these compressed dry food. I was about to return to the car when a black spot suddenly appeared in my sight.
Ma Tao rubbed his eyes. Because the sunlight makes people dizzy, he thought he had seen it wrong. He quickly took out the monocular and looked at the black spot. At first glance, Ma Tao was overjoyed.
It was a green Panther tank. Although it was also dusty, the high 160mm smoothbore gun was still particularly conspicuous. That's right, it was a little gold.
This kid drove the Leopard very slowly. Ma Tao was quite curious at first, but when he looked again, he found that there were about ten people and another medium-sized Rhino tank behind this guy's tank. This guy seemed to be a That team leader level existence.
"Why!!!!"
Ma Tao quickly waved his arms and shouted loudly, hoping to make the kid see him as soon as possible, but after shouting twice, it had little effect. Ma Tao quickly called Su Lanyu next to him to return to the tank, then rotated the main gun and pointed it at a building. The towering dunes are a shot.
boom! ! !
The deafening explosion of the shells and the smoke rising into the air were quite eye-catching. Sure enough, Xiao Jinzi, who had been driving slowly, noticed the explosion here. In addition, the red chariot was still relatively conspicuous in the desert, and then headed in the direction of Ma Tao. Drive over.
Ma Tao was also very excited. He started his chariot and rushed forward. The speed of the brightly colored wolf chariot continued to increase, bringing up a cloud of dust behind the car. Soon, the two sides met.
"Brother Tao!!"
"Little gold!!!"
Ma Tao and Xiao Jinzi opened the car door and jumped out of the car almost at the same time. The moment they met, they hugged each other tightly. Ma Tao shed tears of excitement.
“You brat, what I’m most worried about is you, do you know it!!!”
The reunion of his teammates made Ma Tao, who was so happy that he didn't know what to say, but suddenly noticed that there was a large group of people and an unfamiliar chariot behind Xiao Jinzi's chariot. Ma Tao quickly let go of Xiao Jinzi. .
"What...what's going on?"
Looking at the team that this kid suddenly pulled up in surprise, Ma Tao was a little confused.
"They all followed me out of the sandstorm."
Xiao Jinzi looked back at the team behind him and answered.
It has to be said that this batch of man-made people are also quite embarrassed. Their faces are covered with dirt and they are almost unrecognizable. They are all carrying large and small packages, but they can still tell which ones are warriors and mercenaries. It was hard work, but Ma Tao's sight was finally fixed on the gray Rhino tank following Xiao Jinzi. The tank's main gun was also a 160mm smoothbore gun, and the secondary gun was a 15mm machine gun. It was a bit behind, but this tank The rear of the Rhino tank is equipped with a piece of equipment that Ma Tao has never seen before. It should be a SE equipment. It looks like a radar, but it is not as simple as a radar. In short, it is quite special.
At this moment, the hatch of the Rhino tank also opened, and a little fat man wearing headphones and a silver-clad mecha, who was older than him and in his thirties, exposed half of his body and took a Holding a kettle, he saw Ma Tao looking at him, with a silly smile on his chubby face and said: "My name is Xijia, you can also call me Laofang, or Fatty, it doesn't matter. Nice to meet you."
"Ma Tao, nice to meet you."
Ma Tao nodded and said that he had met him before.
"He has a nickname, Iron Bucket Shield, and he is a mercenary."
Xiao Jinzi added on the side.
Ma Tao looked at this kid in even more surprise, and thought to himself, okay, he's only a little older, and he's already gotten to know him so much, but looking at this little fat guy named Xijia, he must be a careless person. The Lord is easier to communicate and make friends with.
