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Chapter 38 Safe Harbor

I once naively thought that the wind and sand in the desert were not very terrible. Compared with other places, there was nothing more sand. Now I personally felt that when the strong wind rolled up a large amount of sand, if there was enough sand, a solidification would form around it, as if people were buried in a sand pit.

I guess those who die in the sandstorm are mostly suffocated to death!

In addition to the suffocating wind and sand, the more terrible thing is the subsequent low temperature. I didn't understand just now, why Dawuti called this kind of wind and sand white wind. Now I have seen it with my own eyes. Because the temperature is extremely low at this time, any slightly hot moisture will immediately turn into frost and condense on the ground. Looking around, it seems like the desert is covered with white hair.

I wrapped my coat tightly on the camel, but I was still blown by the cold wind that swept through my heart.

I looked around and saw a layer of white frost hanging on each camel. Not to mention camels, even the windscreen and windscreen masks of each of us were covered with a layer of frost.

Kong Xue next to me raised her wrist, looked at her outdoor sports watch, and said tremblingly, "My God, now, it's already minus, minus forty degrees!"

At minus forty degrees, my heart skipped a beat. It was like I had arrived at the freezer in the refrigerator, and it was also turned on the freezer in the quick-freezer mode.

I tried my best and shouted loudly: "Da, Dawuti, uncle! We are almost frozen to death! What, what should I do!"

Dawuti had already shrank into a ball on the camel. He heard my shouts and shook his body hard, turned around and waved at us, "Everyone, get off the camel, run, otherwise you will be frozen! Quick! Run!"

Yes, if we stay still, we will be frozen! We quickly turned over and jumped off the camel. As soon as I stood on the ground, my legs became weak. I felt that my legs were already wooden and almost had no sense, as if they were not my legs at all.

I patted my legs hard, and a sore and greasy feeling came immediately. I almost staggered on the ground. I gritted my teeth and shouted, "Ah!" I grew so big, and it was so difficult to move my legs for the first time!

Kong Xue next to her screamed and fell to the ground.

I hurried over and helped her up, but before Kong Xue could stand firm, her legs froze and fell to the ground. Kong Xue shouted anxiously, "My legs can't move!"

I quickly squatted down and rubbed his legs hard. The sour feeling immediately made Kong Xue scream again. While rubbing, I told her, "You must persist. No matter how uncomfortable it is, you must run, otherwise you will really be frozen to death here!"

Kong Xue clenched her lips, tears rolling in her eyes, but she still nodded vigorously. I pulled Kong Xue up again and again, "Be careful that tears are frozen in her eyes, run away!"

Kong Xue laughed and limped with me.

If I hadn't been stepping on the sand under my feet, I thought I must have arrived at the Arctic. Frost flowers and sand were flying all over the sky, and the sand on the ground was covered with white hair. I couldn't tell where the sky was or where the earth was. I now feel that the sky was integrated, and we were the part that was about to be melted in the middle! It was frozen into ice and then slowly melted into water!

Shi Tao asked Dawuti loudly, "Brother! Where are we going?"

Dawuti pointed to the front and responded loudly: "There is a sea in front, and there is a large dense poplar forest. We enter the forest and use the trees to fix the tent, then light a bonfire, maybe we can survive it! I hope Allah will bless you!"

After listening to Dawuti's words, I guess maybe we still have a long way to go. Everyone was not talking, we followed the camel, and the camel followed the Dawuti.

We kept walking like this. I don’t know how long I walked, but I felt that my spirit might have been frozen, and only my body was still moving mechanically.

The white-haired wind is indeed the white-haired wind. At this moment, a layer of white hair is hanging on our bodies!

I reached out to wipe the cream on my goggles. Even though I was wearing thick gloves, my hands were still unconscious and I couldn't even feel my hands touching the glasses.

After wiping off the frost from my glasses, I looked around. The yellow sand and frost flowers in the sky had blocked the sun's light. When the sun was supposed to be bright, it was as if it was evening.

With this dim light, I suddenly found that there were several black shadows above the ground two or three hundred meters to our left. I looked carefully, but was surprised to find that the black shadows were clearly some ruins. This should be an ancient city ruin.

I shouted excitedly, "Look, everyone, on our left! It seems that you can shelter from the wind! Look!"

When Dawuti heard my scream, he turned his head to look at it. When he saw it, he was very surprised, "It's really God's blessing! We are saved! Everyone, hurry up! Go away!"

Everyone immediately ran to the ruins of the ancient city as if they had taken stimulants.

There are many dried jujubes growing around the site, as well as several poplar trees that have fallen to the ground. These plants that have begun to weather mean that they have been dead for quite a long time. This shows that there was a water source here, but the depletion of the water source led to the death of the plants and the decline of the ancient city.

When we walked into the ruins, we began to search for all the places where we could shelter from the wind, a tower that had fallen down, and some intermittent stone walls. Suddenly we found half a piece of building exposed under the sand. I ran over and saw that it should be a place similar to a hall, but one wall collapsed, the roof fell, and a lot of sand was piled up on the ground. But despite this, because the house was big enough, the remaining space was enough for us to live in.

We didn't have time to think too much, and we all got into it all at once. The cold wind that disappeared instantly made us feel a sense of warmth. We lay on the sand in a row and breathed a long sigh. I deeply felt a feeling of escaping from death.

After a little rest, apart from Kong Xue, we went out again, pulled back two poplar trees and many sand jujube branches. Then we lit a fire, and in an instant, the whole space became warm and bright. When I lived in a five-star sea view room in Weihai, I didn’t have this strong sense of happiness!
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