Chapter 506 The Eve of the Storm
Chu Huan held this very thin and light paper, but he could feel the sad mood of the wolf boy. Perhaps in the wolf boy's belief, his next life meaning is to find the real murderer behind the scenes and kill him to avenge his blood revenge.
For some reason, the yellow sand in the sky and the paper equivalent to a letter of loyalty made Chu Huan think of the rather strange motto of his mother Chu Li for no reason.
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Now that I am in the desert, I can't feel the meaning of "never leave the sand", but is the so-called "Greedy Wolf"? This idea just flashed, but Chu Huan just felt it was a bit ridiculous.
"By the way, your Ma Tang's body?"
The camel guest sighed, "It has been buried in the desert and can't go back." They had previously brought Ma Zhengyi's corpse back. If they rushed quickly, they could still return to Luoyan Town for burial, but were intercepted and avoided the sand bandits. They could only find a place to bury Ma Zhengyi's corpse in the desert.
In fact, if camels lose their lives in the heart of the desert, they will be buried in the desert. For camels, the desert is their final destination.
Chu Huan looked at Ma Xiulian's body. The camel guest already understood what he meant and said, "Uncle Chu, we will advise the wolf boy to bury Xiulian's body as soon as possible and not delay the trip."
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At dusk, the delegation had already started to pack up the tents, sort out the goods, and prepare to set off.
After resting for half a day, it was far from enough to recover everyone's physical strength, but it also recovered a little bit, so it was barely possible to travel at night.
In fact, everyone knows that this time the luck is really bad. Qiu Yinghao's internal trouble was eliminated, but the threat from the sand bandits still did not disappear. Moreover, this time, he actually encountered a great desert storm. The civil servants complained secretly, and the soldiers felt that the luck was not good.
At dusk, the weather is already a bit weird.
The wind and sand are much stronger than before. And when the sunlight falls, the temperature drops rapidly, and dark clouds are even beginning to squirm in the sky.
Chu Huan knew that the situation was indeed serious, and fortunately, Zhao Cheng explained the situation in advance and prepared the plan, otherwise he was afraid that the road ahead would be more troublesome.
Under the persuasion of the camel tourists from the Ma family, Lang Wazi finally buried Ma Xiulian's body in the desert.
He did not let anyone interfere, but just left the camp with Ma Xiulian's body. It was not until the team was packed and about to set off, the wolf boy returned to the camp alone.
The team no longer continued to move northward, but led by Zhao Cheng and a group of camel tourists from the Qiu family, and turned to the northwest.
Xuanyuan Sheng was really worried at the beginning, so he found the Ma family Camel Guest and asked privately whether there were valley-shaped sand dunes in the northwest direction. The Ma family Camel Guest nodded and said yes.
According to the Ma family Camel Ke, valley-shaped sand dunes are a relatively special terrain in the desert. There are countless sand dunes in the desert, but a large piece of valley-shaped sand dunes are concave and are blocked by high sand dunes around it. It really has a great effect in resisting storms.
However, the terrain of the desert is unusual. Sometimes, after a big storm, many terrain will change. The formation of valley-shaped sand dunes was created by a big storm. No one knows one day that there will be a big storm, causing changes in the terrain.
Chu Huan actually felt that his luck was not good.
Zhao Cheng explained to him that great storms are not rare in the desert. In fact, there are several times every year, but the season is unsure. There was once a camel passenger in Luoyan Town who died because of a great storm. Even the goods were swept away by wind and sand. He didn't know where to end. A few people fled back. He was frightened and said that the scene of the storm was terrifying.
Camel tourists walk in the desert, one avoids sand bandits and the other avoids storms. The whereabouts of camel tourists lead the way are uncertain, and sand bandits actually find it difficult to judge the appearance of camel tourists.
However, if the sand bandits meet Camelters, they rarely kill them. Most of them rob property, kill one or two people to demonstrate, and let the others go. For the camel bandits, it is unlucky to meet the sand bandits, but if they encounter a storm, it will be a big bad.
The chance of encountering a storm is actually much smaller than that of a sand bandit, but the luck of the delegation this time is really bad. Zhao Cheng claimed that he had been walking in the desert for more than 20 years. Although he would worry about encountering a big storm every time he walked in the desert, he only had two or three times to encounter a storm. Moreover, the storm he encountered these few times was not too fierce. He had been prepared to avoid it several times. Only when he encountered a big storm was still on the edge. However, even so, that time was very dangerous. When Zhao Cheng spoke, he felt quite frightened.
It was getting dark quickly, and the wind and sand became heavier and heavier. The strong wind in the desert blew on his face, blew across his skin like a knife, and it felt really uncomfortable. More importantly, the fine sand was sandwiched in the wind, and the wind was dancing in the sky, which was uncomfortable when hitting his face, and it was even more uncomfortable to drill into his nostrils and eyes.
Everyone could only resist the wind and sand, raise their hands to cover their eyes, and lower their heads to move forward. The camels leading the way were much more neat than the troupe, and their leather felt hats were effective at this time.
Camel guests' leather felt hats have thick leather edges, which are usually lifted up and buckled on them. When they are put down, they can cover all their ears. The brim of the hat is extremely low and can even block the upper eyelids. In addition, they are very familiar with the environment of the desert and are equipped with masks. The masks are covered, and the flying sand cannot enter their mouths and noses.
The wind and sand were like ghosts howling, making whimpering sounds. This was a situation that the team had never seen before. For a moment, everyone only knew to pull horses and camels and follow the camels, not knowing how to make other responses.
Chu Huan soon realized the trouble caused by wind and sand to the team. After most of the time, the wind and sand not only did not weaken at all, but also had a tendency to become stronger and stronger. Thinking that this was the case at this moment, if you really encounter a big storm, wouldn’t it be even more terrible? When you saw many people blocking the wind and sand with their arms, they immediately sent someone to send orders to everyone to tear off their cloth towels and block their faces.
Only then did everyone realize that they could tear off the cloth towel from their bodies, and after passing the order, they would immediately take action and cover their faces with the cloth towel. In this way, the speed of traveling was indeed much faster.
On a windy and sandy night, there was no moon in the sky. Chu Huan also ordered the camel caravan and horses to be in the middle, and the soldiers on both wings were one after another, so as not to get lost in the wind and sand.
At this time, the environment was already extremely harsh. As the wind and sand blew, many people had blood on their faces.
Xuanyuan Shengcai was still patrolling back and forth between the team to avoid the scattered formation of the team. In the wind and sand, the normal volume of speech was no longer clear. He had to shout at the top of his throat to hear clearly.
Zhao Cheng came from the front and finally found Chu Huan and shouted: "Mr. Chu, this big storm is extraordinary. We must speed up the rush to reach the valley-shaped sand dunes. This is the eye of the wind. When the sandstorm comes, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Chu Huan actually understood that this storm must be quite large. These camel tourists are indeed somewhat capable. They can judge that a storm will come when the sun is scorching.
The weather at this moment is obviously a sign of the storm coming, just an appetizer, and the real difficulty has not yet arrived.
The team stared at the knife-like cold wind and walked all the way to the northwest.
By midnight, the team had no idea how far it had walked. Chu Huan groped to the front and found Zhao Cheng, asking how far it was to the valley-shaped sand dunes. At this time, the sky and the earth were dark. The camel tourists were traveling entirely based on their experience, but they said that they should be not far ahead, but it was not easy to determine how long it would take.
When he returned from the front to the team, Liu Meiniang and the mission were mixed together, and they were also moving forward in the strong wind and sand. Chu Huan could only vaguely judge who Liu Meiniang was from her figure. He stopped beside her, but finally said nothing and returned to the mission.
After walking forward for more than half an hour, I suddenly heard a whistling sound in the north. The sound was like a dragon's roar, covering up the already huge sound of wind and sand.
The sound of tiger roaring and dragon roaring seemed quite far away, but it seemed to be close to you. Camel tourists were already chasing behind Chu Huan and shouted loudly: "No, Lord Chu, that's the sound of a sandstorm. The sandstorm is coming here!"
Chu Huan frowned and looked north. It was already dark and even when facing north, he could not see much. However, Chu Huan already felt that a large wall seemed to be squeezing towards this side. The sound of tiger roaring and dragon roaring was not just a certain place. It seemed that dozens of divine dragons traveling in the north were roaring towards this side.
In fact, when the team heard the sound from the north, many people had changed their colors.
Chu Huan was anxious and shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't hesitate, don't worry about that, hurry up and walk forward. There is a place in front to avoid wind and sand. We must rush there before the wind and sand arrive. Brothers, we must fight to the end, we must rush over!"
The horses in the team obviously had a premonition. They had already started to neigh and nimble. Hundreds of horses were neighing, mixed with the wind, but they were also shocked. The camels, who were silent but were also turbulent at this moment, making strange screams. The camels could continue to move forward. The horses in the group had not passed through such a formation. Many of them were no longer under control and were about to run away. The soldiers could only hold on to the reins of the horse and drag them forward. Chu Huan saw a fierce horse breaking free and went forward to help the soldiers pull the horse together. The team knew that the situation was urgent and did not dare to delay. He put all his strength forward. Even Xue Huaian, the weak people, also tried his best to move forward.
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