After returning at noon, they each came to the tent. Everyone was in a state of disgrace. They had been walking in the scorching sun for several hours. Most of them had red faces and slightly peeled skin. They looked very embarrassed. It could also be seen from their eyes that they No ruins seem to have been found.
"Everyone has been walking for a long time. Have you found any architectural ruins? Or even just a few mounds." Song Siyuan looked at everyone and asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone shook their heads. The old herdsman from Queeni said: "We walked directly to the Hotan River according to the direction you gave us. During this period, we did not find any traces of ruins, let alone mounds. , there isn’t even a serious plateau, it’s all sand dunes.”
"So are we."
People from other teams also said in unison.
"what about you?"
Keli asked Song Siyuan.
Yue Guanchao shook his head and chewed his teeth: "We searched for a long time along the way, and indeed we did not find any ruins of the royal city. If you say that we searched in all four directions, if there are no ruins in any direction, is this Shahai Royal City really possible? In an alien space?"
Everyone could only shake their heads helplessly. They had too little information about Shahai King City.
Song Siyuan sighed: "Why don't we change directions tomorrow? Maybe it's because we haven't looked very carefully yet. If we haven't found the ruins of Shahai King City by tomorrow, it might be as we guessed. Neptune City is probably in the mirror space."
"Okay, this is the only way we can do it. It's already here, and it's impossible not to make any efforts."
Song Siyuan added: "I suddenly had an idea. Is it possible that the Shahai King City was covered by yellow sand? Is it possible that their ruins are under our feet? Rather than being exposed on the ground."
Her proposal made everyone's eyes brighten. Yue Guanchao nodded: "What you said is also possible. After these yellow sands are blown by the wind, they can easily form constantly moving sand dunes. After thousands of years, the ruins of Shahai King City were buried in the yellow sand. It is indeed possible under the sand, you mean we have to dig up the yellow sand to find things inside?"
Song Siyuan nodded to everyone, and she had exactly what she wanted: "Then let's give it a try. At least we need to dig a few meters first and see what is buried under this yellow sand?"
Just as he was told, Yue Guanchao and several of Quinni's men quickly found a slightly hardened sand nearly 100 meters away from the camp. They scrambled to pick up the engineering shovel and dug down the sand. After about an hour, we had dug five or six meters deep.
At this point, except for the slightly moist sand, there was still no sign of soil. It could be seen that the accumulated sand layer in the hinterland of this desert was definitely not shallow. They struck while the iron was hot and dug down for several meters. They did not stop until they dug out to a depth of more than ten meters. Digging.
Everyone stood by the sand pit and stared at the deep dug sand pit. There was still no trace of any ruins. The buildings in the city should be made of rammed earth. Since there is no earth, it means that it is still far away from the ruins, or in other words The ruins are not here at all.
Unwilling to reach the Yellow River, they bumped into the south wall before turning back. Seeing that there was still yellow sand more than ten meters underground, they gave up completely and went back to rest dejectedly at night.
After a night's sleep, Yue Guanchao woke up from a sore throat. He looked at the pocket watch in his hand and saw that it was already seven or eight in the morning. However, the sky outside was not as clear as yesterday. It was like a rainy morning. It was filled with chaos and darkness, and you could even feel a low pressure that made your body extremely uncomfortable.
At the same time, it seemed to be raining on the tent, pattering and pattering, and with the wind and sand blowing, the tent continued to vibrate.
Could it be raining?
Yue Guanchao rubbed his eyes, put on his clothes and got up and left the tent. The sky was just as he had guessed. It didn't feel sunny at all. The sun had long disappeared. When he looked up, he saw yellow sand and dust like mist. In this glorious and chaotic sky In the environment, you can also feel some swirling winds in the distance getting bigger and bigger, forming a dragon whirlwind that continuously sweeps away the wind and sand.
This kind of tornado directly picks up yellow sand and throws it everywhere, which adds to the chaos of the environment and makes people unable to see their surroundings.
He originally thought that raindrops would start falling from the sky. The moment he raised his hand, he saw countless grains of sand falling into his hand. The direction he looked at had nothing to do with the wind and sand blowing. It was completely falling from the sky. If he listened carefully to the sound, he could still find that the sound of the whistling wind was coming from The tornado produced by the sandstorm and the strong wind blew through the tent, which naturally caused a crash and vibration. From the tent, it sounded like a strong wind and rain, and the wind was whimpering.
As for the dark and chaotic sky, the wind and sand completely obscured its original state!
After the old herdsman Queenie came out of the tent, he raised his hand, looked at what fell in his hand, and saw a handful of sand falling in his hand. His face suddenly woke up from fatigue, as if he had been startled, and his face became panicked. : "Sandstorms, tornadoes, dry sand rain, bad! We have to get out of here quickly."
Yue Guanchao saw that the old herdsman looked strange and asked curiously: "Uncle Quini, it's just a little bit of sand. Don't be so nervous."
This point was obviously not as simple as Yue Guanchao understood. The old herdsman said in a panic: "Young man, it's not what you said. Raining in the desert is not terrible. I'm just afraid of sand falling. Get everyone up quickly. Go to the top of the Red and White Mountain, go as high as you can, otherwise a disaster will definitely be imminent, believe me, I will explain to you the reason when we reach the mountainside."
Although Yue Guanchao didn't know whether Queenie's words were true or false? But judging from his attitude, it is definitely not a good thing to get into the sand. He would pick up the copper basin and knock it, waking up all the living people in the tent. At the same time, they picked up their bags and valuables, including the tents. There was no time to stop, so he started leading the camel towards Hongbai Mountain.
Fortunately, the camp where they were stationed was only two hundred meters away from the Red and White Mountains. They led the camels and walked over in a short time. During this period, they would inevitably be attacked by the surging tornado and quicksand. If they hadn't led the camels to carry some weight, they would have been there long ago. He was swept up into the sky by a tornado, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
After experiencing the current situation, they were also able to see how terrifying the desert is under the sandstorm?
Generally speaking, these sand dunes are usually still, like layers of complex scales. When a sandstorm occurs, the quicksand is like a movable hill. When blown by the wind, it looks like waves in the ocean. The ripples kept squeezing in the direction of the person.
After they led the camels up the Red and White Mountain, they ran all the way up the mountain road until they reached the highland slope halfway up the mountain, where they stopped completely.
This location is not too high in calculation. It is only a third of the mountain. But fortunately, the terrain here is hundreds of meters higher than that of the desert. It is also a completely hard stone mountain. After being far away from the sand, the moving sand dunes It would not threaten their existence. In addition, if you stand high and see far away, you can see more clearly. It will also be clearer what is happening in the sand dunes at the foot of the mountain?
At this moment, they were hiding in a grotto on the mountain. At a glance, they could see that the sand dunes below the mountain were like boiling yellow soup, constantly rising and falling, trembling left and right. Every time they moved, the dunes would change their order and orientation, although they were still arranged like fish scales. , but the size and height changed drastically in the trembling. Every trembling of the sand dunes was constantly swallowing up living creatures. In addition, the tornado rolled up the sand everywhere and fell to the ground. It was not surprising to say that there were strong winds and showers.
Fortunately, they managed to escape in the end. The old Queeni herdsmen did not feel a little more at ease until they entered these abandoned grottoes.
"Uncle Quini, can you tell us the dangers of sand rain now? From what I see, you seem to be afraid of these sand rains. I don't think they are very dangerous. It's just some sand falling from the sky."
Yue Guanchao's words made the old herdsman wave his hands frequently and retort: "If it's an ordinary heavy rain, it won't be a big problem. The most feared thing in the desert is sand rain overhead. Do you know what sand rain is?"
The so-called sand rain refers to the fact that what falls from the sky to the ground is no longer rain but gravel. Sometimes it is even mortar formed by rain mixed with gravel. The cause is related to sandstorms. In sandstorm weather, tornadoes spit out clouds and fog violently. In severe weather, Under the weather, the sand is directly rolled up into the clouds, and then falls to the ground with the weight of the sand, just like rain, so it is called sand rain.
Sand rain is dangerous because the amount of sand swept into the air is very large. When it tilts into the ground, it can easily submerge people and animals, and directly hit the desert surface. Once a living person is submerged by the sand, it seems like he is trapped in the sand. In quicksand, the sediment accumulated around the body will quickly squeeze the human internal organs until the internal organs are squeezed and bleeding.
At this time, it will be difficult for living people to come out again. The sand will continue to squeeze their bodies and facial features until they are drowned alive in the sea of sand.
It is equivalent to saying that although sand rain is not rain, it is indeed more terrifying than floods. It can be said to be like a scourge, making people frightened and avoid it.
While they were talking, they looked at the place where they were stationed. The camp that was originally located on the tidal flat had been mostly submerged by yellow sand. Only a section of the tent at the top was exposed, like a small bag of soil sunk into the sand. If they If he had left a little later, he would have been buried alive.
In the crisis, everyone felt their calves shaking, and they had a narrow escape from death.
Halfway through the sand rain, a real violent shower began to fall in the sky. It fell into the sea of sand like a torrential downpour, and was quickly sucked up by the accumulated sand. The sand quickly became dry, as if it were a giant The funnel will drop the falling rainwater into an underground river that they don't know about.
The Hongbai Mountain where they were located was not affected by sand and soil due to its high terrain. It was also subject to strong winds and showers. The rainwater fell on the ground and was quickly evaporated by the high temperature, making it even hotter than before.
For them, it was extremely scary to see the desert celestial phenomena abnormally before even seeing the desert monster, and even almost being submerged by the quicksand.
As the sand rain gradually disappeared, the sky gradually returned to normal. Later, Song Siyuan observed certain situations and became curious about these special situations - in the desert near the Red and White Mountain, some sandy areas had no water at all and were very dry. Some sand pits have accumulated a lot of rainwater, forming many ponds, forming patchy distribution of wet and dry tidal flats under the Hongbai Mountain. This situation is obviously abnormal!
