gifted collector

Chapter 369

The wind picked up, and it tended to get bigger and bigger. The whole world seemed to be filled with sand!
It's so yellow that even two steps away, it's a bit hard to see clearly.

This kind of wind and sand in the desert is the most terrifying, and it can easily kill people.

However, in this kind of wind and sand, in the long world where the horizon cannot be seen, if you look carefully, you will find three small black spots on the ground slowly moving. The pillars also have Niu Ping.It has been three days since they entered the desert. Naturally, they don't know what happened after they left. They just kept going. At the beginning, there was nothing. The weather has been normal, but shortly after they set off this morning, they encountered a strong wind and sand .

Fang Ming forcefully pulled out his foot that was deeply sunk in the sand, then slowly moved one step forward, then pulled out another foot that was sunk in the sand, and slowly moved one step forward... ... He has already forgotten how many times he has repeated such actions.

"call……"

Fang Ming paused for a while, and heaved a sigh of relief. Zhao Zhuzi walked in the front, Fang Ming walked in the middle, and Niu Ping walked in the middle. A rope was tied between the three of them. If it is not like this, I am afraid that it will get lost while walking.

Looking forward, Fang Ming nodded secretly. Zhao Zhu's body is really amazing. The one who walks in the front in this kind of wind and sand is the most strenuous, not to mention that he is carrying a big bag with everything in it. It was a tent and a Luoyang shovel, and the weight was not light at all. Fang Ming walked in the middle, and he had nothing on him, but he had an important task, which was to take good care of the last Niu Ping. He is relatively old and suffers the most from such wind and sand, so Fang Ming usually maintains an appropriate speed and keeps the rope properly tightened so that it is convenient for Niu Ping to borrow strength.

The wind and sand is really too big, it is really not suitable to go out and walk in this kind of weather, maybe they will be buried by the sand at any time, but because the three of them are in the desert, without any obstacles, they will not move forward If you just stay in place, you will be more likely to be buried in the sand.

Therefore, although it was dangerous to continue on the road, Fang Ming and the others continued to move forward.

"Damn, this sand is like a rock!"

Fang Ming cursed secretly, although his head was tightly wrapped, but the wind was too strong, the fine sand was blown up and hit his face, it was still like being hit by a stone!
Suddenly, Zhao Zhuzi, who was walking in front, stopped.

Fang Ming was taken aback, then quickened his pace and walked to his side, gestured to ask him what's the matter and why he stopped—the wind and sand were too big to speak.

Zhao Zhuzi raised his hand and pointed to the front. Fang Ming looked forward. The visibility in the long wind and sand was really poor. Fang Ming looked hard for a while, and finally saw the front not far away. There seems to be a dark shadow.

"Stone?"

Fang Ming felt ecstasy in his heart. If it was really a rock, and if it was big enough and high enough, he could find a shelter from the wind and stop.

After gesturing to Niu Ping, the three of them began to "move" towards the shadow they saw in front of them.Although it was only a few steps away, it took the three of them about ten minutes to reach their destination.

The luck of the three people is good, it is really a stone, and it is quite big, about ten meters wide, and about five to six meters high, and it may be because it is buried deep in the ground, so even in such a place It is as stable as Mount Tai in the wind and sand.

Fang Ming was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately waved Zhao Zhuzi and Niu Ping to the lee of the stone.

"call!!!!"

Fang Ming leaned his back hard against the stone, and the wind blowing on his body seemed to disappear all of a sudden, making him feel much more comfortable.

Pulling off the hood covering his face, Fang Ming looked at Zhao Zhuzi and then at Niu Ping. They also took off the hood at this time, and their faces were covered with sweat. It seemed that they were really exhausted before.

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said, "This... this kind of weather is really tormenting."

Although Niu Ping has been in the desert many times, he has never encountered such weather as today. "There is no way. The weather in a place like the desert is really changeable, and there is no way to predict it at all."

"Hey hey hey!"

Zhao Zhuzi patted the big rock behind him vigorously a few times, and said, "Good luck! If we hadn't found this rock, we would have died of exhaustion even if we hadn't been buried in sand!"

Fang Ming was afraid for a while, but what Zhao Zhuzi said was not wrong at all.If they hadn't hit this stone, the three of them would never have dared to stop, they could only continue walking, but in this way, there would always be times when energy and physical strength were exhausted, and even if they wanted to, they would have no way to go. At that time, even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't leave, and I could only wait to die.

So it is quite lucky to be able to find such a stone.

Looking around, Fang Ming found that because of the relatively large rocks, the leeward surface formed was relatively large, so although there were still sand flying where the three of them were, the force was much weaker, so they could actually pierce the sand. Get off the tent.

"Zhu Zhu, let's set up a tent. With the blocking of the tent, I think I should be able to take a short rest."

"Ah."

Zhao Zhuzi untied the bag on his back, and after digging for a while, he took out four large iron nails more than half a meter long, one pointed at one end and the other blunt at the end. A big tent came, and the rope was tied hard to it.

"Grandpa Niu, you go in first."

The wind was so strong that it was difficult to set up the tent. At the same time, because of the strong wind, it was impossible to hold it down only with iron nails stuck into the sand, and it had to rely on the weight of a person, so Zhao Zhuzi Just put up a tent, and then plan to squeeze all three of them together.

Sure enough, when the three of them squeezed into the tent, although the tent was still swaying from side to side, it was not blown away after all.

"Hoo hoo... slap..."

The sound of wind and sand hitting the tent was quite loud. How could the three of them sleep?

"Hey, Mr. Niu, it's worth it just to come out this time, and such an experience is something you'll never encounter in a lifetime."

Staring wide-eyed at the top of the tent, the whole tent was blown into a mess under the strong wind, and the sound of the sand hitting it was a little scary. Fang Ming had never had this kind of experience before, so it was really an experience. A special experience.

"Yes, Grandpa Niu, I have been in this desert many times, but this is the first time I have encountered such a thing."

Zhao Zhuzi scratched his head, and he also stared at the top of the tent like Fang Ming with his copper bell-like eyes.

Niu Ping moved his body, the tent was relatively small, and Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi were tall and big people, so there was too little space for them to move around together, but there was nothing to do under the current situation.

"Come in a few more times and you'll get used to it."

Niu Ping has entered the desert too many times in the past few decades. He has encountered wind and sand like this one before - although not many, he is experienced after all, so he didn't make such a fuss like Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi.

"Once I met a bigger one than this one, let's not talk about anything else. In the end, I tied myself to a tree, and the stones the size of the basin were blown up! That time, it took a full day and a night." , I was beaten by sand for a day and a night, that feeling... I feel terrible when I think about it now."

Zhu Ping couldn't help but twisted his body again. The experience ten years ago was really unforgettable, because he felt that he was really going to die that time.

"Isn't it? Tied to a tree? What if a flying stone hits it?"

Zhao Zhuzi was taken aback. Although he had never personally experienced what Niu Ping said, it was scary to imagine it!
If it is tied to a tree, it can only be motionless. If there are stones flying towards it, you can’t hide if you want to. Terrible torture!

Not to mention it turned out to be "enjoyed" for a day and a night!
Zhao Zhuzi didn't even know how Niu Ping survived.

"Who knows what to do? At that time, the wind and sand came suddenly, and there was only one tree around. Apart from tying myself to the tree, how could I have any other choice? Just let fate."

Niu Ping's tone sounded quite relaxed on the surface, but Fang Ming could hear a different flavor from it - it was clearly a bit like the aftermath of a catastrophe.

"Old Niu, even if you have encountered such danger, you still continue to enter the desert?"

Fang Ming didn't understand why Niu Ping was so persistent. The safety of life should be a more important thing.

"For tomb robbers, what is more exciting in this world than stealing an imperial tomb? You may not know that many tomb robbers regard robbing an imperial tomb as the goal of their life. At the same time, there is a saying called Curiosity killed the cat. I have the same mentality now. One of the important purposes of my search for the imperial tomb is to see what is inside. After digging a tomb for a lifetime, I have to see what the emperor’s tomb looks like. right?"

Touching his own nose, Niu Ping's reason is quite awesome, it's almost the same as saying that he disregards his life for the sake of pursuing interests.

"Okay, Niu Lao, it seems that you are a person who pursues ideals, while I am a vulgar person who is afraid of death and greedy for money."

Fang Ming's words made both Zhao Zhuzi and Niu Ping laugh.

The wind continued to blow, the sand continued to blow, and the tent twisted and turned like a person dancing an ugly dance. In the tent, Fang Ming, Niu Ping, and Zhao Zhuzi chatted without saying a word, and they didn't know it was over. After a long time, the wind and sand outside gradually stopped, and the three of them had already fallen asleep.

(End of this chapter)