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Chapter 28 The Strange Wound

I don't know what others think about his words, but I'm skeptical.

Although we don’t trust them, we still have to be able to get by on the surface. Then we introduced each other and then we realized that the two Uyghur people among the four were called Ziya and the other was called Aman. These two Han people are two brothers, Ma Liangping and Ma Liangguo. The person who talked to us was our brother Ma Liangping.

At this moment, Ma Liangguo, who was originally sitting on the ground, just wanted to get up, but suddenly screamed, then covered his back and fell to the ground in pain.

"Hey! What's wrong with him?" We were all panicked. We wanted to help Ma Liangguo up, but he waved his hand to us desperately, "No, don't move, I'm very painful behind me."

We carefully lifted his coat and found that the clothes inside were torn and blood had already oozed out. When we lifted the clothes inside, we were surprised to find that a piece of skin on his waist was gone, revealing bright red flesh and blood. It looked very scary. Kong Xue screamed and tilted her head to the side.

Shi Tao pointed to the wound and asked, "What's going on?"

Ma Liangguo cursed, "md, when did he get hurt?"

Ma Liangping was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Ah, yes, that's right. My brother accidentally fell off the camel and rubbed against a stone. He thought it was okay at the time, but he didn't expect it to be so bad."

When Shi Tao heard this, he frowned, "Let's bandage it first." He turned to Dawuti and said, "Uncle Dawuti, please bring some bandages and medicine."

Dawuti agreed and walked towards our camel.

I looked up at Ziya and Oman and found that their eyes were a little flustered. I felt that when they saw Ma Liangguo's wound, they were not surprised but fearful. I always felt that these people were not as simple as they said.

After bandaging Ma Liangguo, they thanked us repeatedly. We said no, anyone would help us when encountering such a thing. After that, we returned to our respective camels.

We saw Ma Liangping and others walking into the sea with water bags and pouring water. Then we began to prepare to camp.

I whispered to them, "I always feel that these people have some problems."

Shi Tao nodded, "I think so too. But what exactly do they do?"

Kong Xue whispered, "They aren't fugitives, are they?"

"This possibility is not ruled out."

"They should have been attacked by something." Wen Mo suddenly spoke.

We were shocked when we heard this, "What was attacked? What did you mean? Why did you say that."

"It's the wound on Ma Liangguo just now." Wen Mo said, "his wound was definitely not scratched by a stone."

Shi Tao nodded in agreement, "I have discovered this too, but how did that wound cause it?"

"It's scratching!" Wen Mo replied, "I was scratched by the sharp claws of some kind of animal."

I don't really believe it, "How is this possible? Look at the wound behind Ma Liangguo, the animal is at least about the same size as the Siberian tiger, but there is no such a big animal in the desert!"

As I said that, I turned to look at Dawuti, "Uncle Dawuti, have you ever heard of such a big animal in the desert?"

At this time, Dawuti lit his pipe, took a few sips before speaking, "I have heard of such a monster, which lives in the sand, and is the messenger of the devil's land in the deepest desert. But I have only heard of it, and I have never seen it."

I stood up and patted the sand on my body, "No matter what, let's leave here as soon as possible."

"Okay!" My proposal was responded to by others.

But Dawuti shook his head, "Oh, I can't leave for the time being. It seems that we can only camp here today."

"Why?" I asked in confusion.

Dawuti pointed to the clouds in the sky, "It will be windy at night. It is very dangerous to camp on the sand on windy days, and it is easy to be swallowed by flowing sand dunes. Therefore, we usually choose to camp in places with rich vegetation. It is safer to fix the sand dunes in such places. We just missed some time and it was too late to get to the next sea, so we can only camp here today."

I originally wanted to leave here, but now it seems that I can only do this. I couldn't help but look at Ma Liangping and the other four in the distance with some concern.

Shi Tao patted me and said, "There is no other way now. We have a tent of four. We will squeeze in a tent tonight. Everyone will take turns to watch the night, and we must ensure safety."

Shi Tao looked at Kong Xue, "Xiaoxue, you don't have to watch the night. I will feel wronged at night. Please pay attention to it, special circumstances."

Kong Xue smiled, "This is nothing. In this case, I don't dare to let me live in a tent alone. It's good to have so many people."

Dawuti and Shitao picked up a lot of branches and hay and raised a bonfire. When the sun completely set, the temperature in the desert became very low, which was a world of difference from the daytime.

We gathered around the bonfire, roasted the dry food and ate it in hot water. Shi Tao also took out a lot of jerky meat. Even with such food, we still ate with relish in this situation.

We deliberately wanted to stay away from Ma Liangguo and the others, so we set up the camp on the other side of Haizi and looked across from their camp. From a distance, I saw Ma Liangping and the other four seem to be preparing for something.

After we all had enough food and drink, Dawuti dug a square shallow pit on the ground that was large enough, and then shoveled out a lot of carbon ash with sparks with engineers. Then he evenly spread the carbon ash in the sand pit that had just been dug out. Then he filled the shallow pit with sand.

After that, we tied the tent on it, and then I realized that Dawuti had built a simple kang. I got into the tent and touched the ground, which was very warm and comfortable.

I was simply amazed by this method. The wisdom of the people is indeed infinite. Sleeping in such a tent on a cold night is simply a pleasure.

Dawuti told us that the nights in the desert are very cold. According to the current months, the temperature at night is at least below zero, and there will be winds tonight, and the temperature will be even lower, and it may even reach more than ten degrees below zero. Using this method can ensure that there is enough temperature to maintain until dawn.

I now deeply realize that this guide is really worth it.

We got into the warm tent, and Shi Tao volunteered to let him watch the night before and the rest of us went to bed first. We were not shirking, nodding, and all seized the time to rest.

I was asleep in a daze, and suddenly I seemed to hear a scream. I woke up suddenly, but when I heard it carefully, I could not hear anything. Only the sound of the wind outside was whistling.

It seems that I heard it wrong. I looked at the others and didn’t move, only Wen Mo moved slightly.

I turned over and continued to fall asleep. Just half asleep, I suddenly heard an anxious voice outside the tent shouting: "I'm really sorry! Are you sleeping?"

I could hear that this was Ma Liangping's voice. Shi Tao asked through the tent: "It's Brother Liangping, is there anything wrong?"

Ma Liangping said in a trembling voice: "Do you guys see my brother, he is missing!"

"What?" Shi Tao got up, pulled open the tent and walked out.

I lay inside the tent listening to the conversation outside.

"What's going on? The Brothers of Liangguo are missing?"

"Yes, I can't find it with a glance!"

"When did this happen?"

"Just just now, he said he wanted to go out, but we heard a scream from the side of the tent. When we rushed out, we didn't see any trace of my brother."

"Will you encounter quicksand?"

"Impossible, we've seen everything around the tent, there's no quicksand at all."

"That's right!"

"So I beg you brothers, can you help us find it? I beg you."

I heard Ma Liangping's voice almost crying. It seemed that what he said should be true.

Then I heard Shi Tao's voice, "What are you doing? Get up quickly! Get up! We'll help you find this is nothing, you don't have to do this. I'll go around you now."

Ma Liangping hesitated again and said, "The other brothers... can you..." I knew what he meant and hoped that a few more people would help him find it. Actually, I felt quite sympathetic to him, so I got up and planned to go out to help, but as soon as I sat up, I found that Wen Mo also sat up.

"You..." I looked at Wen Mo and was about to speak.

Wen Mo waved his hand and said to me in a very low voice, "Go and delve into the situation!"
Chapter completed!
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