At one o'clock in the afternoon, the car entered the sand.

Before entering the sand, each car was hung with a small red flag to facilitate identification in the desert.

The Tengger Desert is as large as seven Demon Cities, and most of it is mobile sand dunes.

Soon after entering, all mobile phones lost signal, but Zhang Wei's car had a satellite phone, and everyone's walkie-talkies could be used.

In recent years, the infrastructure construction of our country has been really amazing. For the first few dozen kilometers into the desert, we drove on a very flat asphalt road. After reaching the destination, everyone took the initiative to leave the hardened road.

After leaving the hardened road, you must first deflate the tires.

There is an inflating device on Zhang Wei's car, and he needs to inflate it again when he leaves the sand area.

After being deflated, the contact area between the sand tire and the sand increases a lot, making it less likely to sink.

No matter how good the car is, once it enters the sandy area, it will give you an unsteady feeling. The wheels will obviously be a little difficult to control, and there will be a feeling of slipping and being difficult to control.

In this place, if you step on the accelerator to the bottom right away and lose control, you may end up digging a hole and leaving your car where it is.

This unstable and unrealistic feeling can stimulate people's adrenaline, which is also the fun of driving in the desert.

At night, everyone stayed at a herdsman's house as agreed before.

There are many places to stay here, and every year at this season many people come here to play and stay.

After dinner, some people felt tired and went back to rest. Bai Song made an appointment with Xinqiao, left here, and walked into the desert.

The sand had turned cold, so Bai Song put on a coat and brought one for Xinqiao as well.

Perhaps few people know how beautiful the starry sky in the desert is.

There were no clouds or light pollution, and the Milky Way was clearly visible across the sky.

"How do you feel?" Xinqiao looked around: "Don't go too far, there's nothing around here, it's scary."

"Let's do it here." Bai Song found the top of a sand dune and scattered things around.

"Sulfur?" Xinqiao felt uncomfortable with the smell.

"You know what you are talking about!" Bai Song said, "We prepared a lot before we came here. I heard that there are Alashan pit vipers, flower-striped snakes, oriental sand pythons, red sand pythons, and chess-spotted water snakes here..."

"Stop, stop, stop. Why did you call me over here?" Xinqiao felt scared when he heard these names.

"Nothing else, come, look up." Bai Song pointed upwards.

"Look up?" Xinqiao looked up at the starry sky for a full twenty seconds: "This... is indeed different from what I saw in Shangjing... So, this is what the universe is like!"

After saying this, Xinqiao's mood improved for some reason.

"The stars are beautiful wherever they are~" Bai Song felt very happy at this moment.

Living in the steel forest for a long time, due to severe light pollution, I can’t see the stars at all.

There was once a misunderstanding in Jianguo. A large city on the west coast suddenly experienced a power outage.

After the power outage, the entire city was plunged into darkness. People who had lived here for many years suddenly saw many bright spots flashing in the sky. Many people called the police, saying that they had seen alien UFOs attacking the earth.

"It's so beautiful." Xinqiao leaned closer to Baisong and said, "Looking at these, sometimes I wonder why we are so tired all day long. It would be better for us to find a small town to live in for the rest of our lives."

"I do," Bai Song said with a smile, "We'll choose whichever you like, starlight or lights."

"Are you not going to continue on your way?" Xinqiao asked.

"My path has always been for you."

"Where did you learn so many corny love words?" Xin Qiao didn't buy it: "Wang Liang didn't tell you again."

"I will never listen to Wang Liang again in this life." Bai Song shook his head: "What I said is true."

"You, too, should do the same when you go back. You should balance work and rest. Everything in Beijing is difficult, so you don't necessarily have to come here." Xin Qiao said, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

"People like me..." Bai Song suddenly felt very happy: "Although I can't save the world like Stanislav Petrov, I will definitely leave something in this world."

…

the next day.

Today's plan is a little crazier than yesterday's. We plan to go deeper and, from here, cross dozens of kilometers in one breath to reach another unpaved road.

It is an unpaved road that few people walk on. It was built many years ago with gravel and desert sand. I heard that the scenery is particularly beautiful and there are many desert plants.

There is one good thing about the desert area, you basically don't need to check the weather forecast, it will definitely be sunny. We asked the inn owner for advice on this road, and he said there was no problem, so we set off.

Driving in the desert is not fast, and there are many skills. The tire pressure is half of the normal situation, switch to the manual second gear to the third gear, continue to accelerate when going uphill, release the accelerator at the top of the slope, and accelerate appropriately when going downhill. Do not release the accelerator during the whole process. Once the car is stuck, do not continue to step on the accelerator.

In addition, since everyone is a novice, try to avoid the back of big crucian carp and knife-edge slopes, and have good psychological quality.

Challenging paths are often more fun.

On the way, Wang Huadong's car got stuck and he used an inflatable jack, but he was lucky enough to get out of trouble.

You can't tow in this kind of place, as it's easy for the car in front to get stuck.

Once on the hardened unpaved road, everyone felt as if they had been reborn.

It may sound a bit exaggerated, but it is true. Leaving the desert and seeing traces of human civilization is like a long drought finally ending in a downpour.

Because there was only one air pump but sixteen tires, it took a long time for everyone to get it done.

"There's a car coming from a distance." Bai Song looked at the dust in the distance.

"Let's all get in the car, otherwise we'll be covered in dirt once they pass by." Zhang Wei said, "This road is relatively wide, let them pass first, and we can pack up and set off directly."

"Okay." Bai Song looked at the time. It was the hottest time of the day at noon. He had been preparing for the inflation under the car for a long time and was already sweating profusely. He drank a bottle of water in one breath before getting in the car.

The air conditioner in the car was on and the gas was half full, so there was no problem. Bai Song looked at the convoy getting closer and closer in the distance and frowned.

Everyone’s car has a small red flag, which can be seen from a long distance. We can clearly see that there is a convoy camping here, so why are they driving so fast?

Soon, two old Jiangling pickup trucks arrived nearby, and then started to brake, bringing a lot of dust.

One of the cars drove directly in front of the convoy, and the other one stopped behind.

That's not a good way to say hello.

"Lock the car doors. Ladies, don't get out of the car. Men, come with me to see what's going on. Did you encounter robbers?" Bai Song said to everyone on the walkie-talkie radio.

"Do you bring any weapons?" Everyone had some basic engineering shovels and the like.

"Bring it." Bai Song said, "It's better to be prepared."