Chapter 55 Section VI

A distance of more than two hundred kilometers may only take an hour or two for modern transportation, and even riding a horse may only take a day, but we spent a day and a night here, and the day before was just hazy Liang had already got up, and did not arrive at Poli-Polip until noon the next day—the forbidden land that the Teda people regarded as the territory of the gods. The guide pointed to us, murmured something, turned the camel around, and left without looking back. Danny turned his head and asked Ningxue: "What did he say?" Ningxue put up the awning on her forehead with her hands, and stared forward with squinted eyes: "The front is where we are going, five hundred meters away from us, and the area of ​​more than one hundred miles is that place."

I also carefully observed the surrounding environment and asked, "Danny, was this the place you came to last time?" "How do I know, there aren't even any ground markers!" Danny complained. There is indeed no difference between this place and other places, the same billowing yellow sand, the same blindness, and the same lifelessness.Moreover, the desert is constantly changing. A large river, an oasis, or even a bulge that is much higher than the ground may be completely buried in a few days.Even if there were markers at the time, it might not still be there, I let out a sigh of relief: "Well, no matter what, since we are here, let's go in!"

We pulled the camel reins, and the five camels lined up in two rows and went inward. We have already prepared a camel of clean water and a camel of food in the Teda people's camp. It is not a problem to stay here for four or five days, provided that no other dangers are encountered. The scorching sun at noon scorched the fine sand like a mirror and reflected the heat. At this time, the temperature should be above 50 degrees.Being in such a world is no different from being steamed in a steamer. I feel so lazy that I can't lift a bit of energy. I really want to tear off all the clothes on my body and go into battle shirtless.But no one would do this. Wearing clothes can also block the ultraviolet light from the sun to a certain extent. If you really take them off, you can be dried fish in the sun.

Everyone has filled the skin bag in their hands with clean water several times. Whenever they are too thirsty to bear, they unscrew it and take a sip gently, but this little water has no effect at all, and the sweat from the pores will last forever. More water than you drink. "It's like an iron plate made of gravel. Everywhere looks exactly the same. We are wasting our efforts!" Danny began to complain routinely again. Ningxue's voice also became a little anxious: "Have we been walking for more than four hours?" I looked at the watch on my wrist and said, "It's been two hours and twelve minutes since I entered this area."

"No way! Is your watch damaged by the sun?" Danny straightened his throat and said, "I don't think it's been more than a century. I don't think there will be anything discovered." The last sentence Clearly tinged with frustration. "It's not that there are no changes." Ningxue corrected, "The wind here seems to be a little stronger than before." Danny stretched out his arm and waved it in front of him: "It's not that the wind here has become stronger, but the wind in the entire desert has become stronger. After all, more than two hours have passed, and besides, this change is not considered a change." !"

In fact, there is not much difference between the wind and just now, Ningxue thinks this is probably due to psychological effects. "I have already said, what oasis, what god's territory, that dead black old man is just trying to scare us. If there is really a god ruling here, why has we been here for so long, and he didn't show any welcome?" I laughed to myself, if I was in normal times, I would have ridiculed everyone for his unworthy descendants who don't "recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors", but now I am not in the mood.In fact, I am also very irritable now. If the whole Polipoli is like this, there is really no point in our search.If there is really a thousand-year-old city buried in the yellow sand under our feet, how did Roque enter at that time?

Just when I was thinking like this, I suddenly heard Ningxue pointing at the sky and screaming: "Look, what is that?" Both Danny and I looked up at the same time.Right in the middle of our heads, a palm-sized cloud hangs low in the air, covering the three of us upright.But the sky in other places is clear, not to mention cloudy, there is not even a single white cloud. "It's being targeted!" Danny said eccentrically. This is also my first feeling, because the cloud is not floating high, and the visual distance is only about one thousand meters. The basis for saying this is that the changes in the clouds and mists in it are presented in front of our eyes without any omission. .Moreover, in the desert with a clear sky, such a cloud appeared for no reason, which always gave people an ominous feeling.

Danny gulped down a few sips of water, pointed at the dark clouds in the sky and yelled, "Hey! What are you looking at, do you believe that I will shoot you down?" The small dark cloud swirled in the air, and its shape also changed to a certain extent. Just now, it looked like a clenched fist, but soon it became an open palm, and the curved "five fingers" seemed to be filled with water. Once the strength is gained, it will be the same as Danny grabbing it immediately. "Shh!" Danny waved his arm with a mocking face, and sprinkled the little water left in the skin bag into the gravel.

"I said can you stop for a while, can you really knock it down or scare it away, isn't this a nonsense? You know how precious water is to us!" I complained. "I don't like to be stared at by others!" Danny said as he climbed awkwardly down the hunchback. "I don't feel comfortable thinking about having a malicious 'eye' looking at the sky... Hey , don't worry, the water we brought is enough to waste..." When Danny said this, his voice suddenly stopped, and he stood between the two camels, looking back in a daze, as if he saw another unbelievable scene.

I turned my head to follow his gaze, and there was nothing behind him except the yellow sand. I couldn't help being a little annoyed: "I said Danny, can you not be so surprised, as if..." "No!" Danny interrupted me loudly, his face turned ashen, "Look, why are our camels gone?"