Chapter 238 Crossing the Desert
"Look there." Lin Wu suddenly pointed in a certain direction, his voice was extremely low, but his tone was urgent.
You Xi looked in the direction he pointed, and suddenly saw the black creature mixed in with the dark scorpion group.
Whether it was the long and weird neck, the pale and dull face, or the twisted limbs, they were all very familiar. It was the black creature on the platform of the train station. At this moment, it was mixed in this group of huge mutant scorpions. Not only did it not feel out of place, it seemed to be particularly integrated, and it seemed to be leading this group of scorpions.
You Xi took out his mobile phone and typed a few words to Lin Wu: That thing is commanding.
Lin Wu nodded. Scorpions are afraid of many things, fire is one of them. Now they are not afraid of fire, and they appear in large groups to besiege. It may be because of mutation, or it may be because something is driving them.
Two waves of scorpions fought with the tourists. There was only one black creature in the scorpion, which fell at the back of the scorpion and hid its body in the darkness outside the range of the fire.
The group of tourists was a little bit overwhelmed because someone was poisoned and unconscious, and they were attacked late at night. In fact, their strength is not weak, but they are outnumbered. What's worse, they found that the number of scorpions has been increasing.
Lin Wu also typed on his mobile phone to show Youxi: That thing - let's call it a black reptile, it will continue to summon scorpions.
Youxi looked at the new wave of scorpions that appeared below, and typed: If we continue like this, we will also be discovered. You wait here for me.
Youxi put away her mobile phone, took out the [Air Hair Dryer] and gestured, then stood up and jumped onto the rock next to her.
She controlled her breath and footsteps, landed silently, and moved quickly. In a few steps, she climbed up higher rocks and circled to the other end of the tourists' camp.
She lay on the edge of the rock and used the [Air Hair Dryer] to accurately aim at the black reptile in the dark. The thing was very alert and discovered it almost the next second when the red aiming point appeared on its body.
It raised its long neck and stared in Youxi's direction with its pupils erect.
But it was too late. Youxi pulled the switch at the moment of aiming. The air bomb was so powerful that a big hole was blown in the slender body of the black reptile. The smelly liquid splashed everywhere. It rolled on the rough sand for a while and then stopped moving.
Until this moment, the passengers who were busy fighting discovered the black reptile hiding behind it.
"How come there are such things outside the station? This is too disgusting!"
"Who just did it? It seemed to come from that direction!"
"Never mind, no matter who did it, they should be helping. The scorpions are still there, be careful not to get stung!"
"Wait - they don't seem to be as aggressive as before!"
Indeed, after the black reptile was killed by Youxi, the scorpions were obviously not as desperate as before and rushed forward. They were quickly dispersed, and some began to retreat from the fire. After the passengers had the upper hand, all the scorpions dispersed in all directions and soon disappeared in the shadows of the crevices under the rocks.
Among the passengers, a slightly older man raised his voice towards the direction of the attack just now and said: "Which friend just helped us? We are all passengers, thank you for your help. This station is short of supplies and the map is large. If friends are interested, we can team up and go on the road!"
No one answered him. Youxi had already quietly returned to the depression where they had originally camped when they were dealing with the scorpion swarm.
Her and Lin Wu's camp was completely in two directions from the place where she had just shot, and the height was also different. Even if they knew that someone had helped, it would be impossible for them to find her and Lin Wu for a while, unless they stayed up at night and searched all the high and low rocks in the darkness nearby.
But she believed that they would not do that.
Sure enough, after the man asked a few questions and saw no response, he quickly gave up.
He thought that the other party might be afraid that they were outnumbered and would turn against him (her) and attack him (her). In addition, the other party was so cautious and helped him (her) at the critical moment, so he didn't want to force him (her)
any more. The companion of the poisoned man took out the medicine and treated his wounds. The others also cleaned up the aftermath of the battle. Several scorpions that they had killed fell on the sand. One scorpion had half of its body in the fire and was burning.
The air was filled with the smell of burnt food, and the stomachs of several passengers who had only eaten instant noodles and ham sausage for dinner moved.
Someone looked at the scorpion and swallowed subconsciously. Someone immediately reminded him not to be stupid. This kind of mutant scorpion that can poison and knock people unconscious with just one stab is not to be touched no matter how fragrant it is. It is better to be alert and rest early. Go out to explore this site tomorrow.
On the other side, You Xi returned to the original place and looked at the countdown on her mobile phone. She signaled Lin Wu to rest and she would be on duty for the rest of the night.
Lin Wu insisted that she continue to rest, but she couldn't persuade her. After all, between the two of them, she was the boss who made the decision.
However, the remaining hours of the night were not very stable.
You Xi was wearing half of the earphones and hadn't finished watching a movie yet. The camp below was noisy again. It was still a group of scorpions, driven by the black reptiles, coming from another direction.
This time, the travelers were alert. Some of them had previous experience, so they worked together. The others attracted the scorpion's firepower, and a person with martial arts skills bypassed the scorpions and killed the black reptiles first, and then dispersed the scorpions again.
The scorpions this time seemed to be different from the previous ones, but they were all lurking near the rocks. No one knew what attracted them, or what attracted the black reptiles.
After several travelers discussed, they finally decided to put out the fire. In the Gobi Desert without any light, the fire and temperature were indeed a big target.
This time, the scorpions did not come again, but other creatures did.
When Youxi heard the noise, the people below had already entered a state of war. In the darkness without light, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were staring at the tourists.
Youxi looked carefully and found that those were the eyes of hyenas. These hunters with night vision were attracted by the smell of people or the smell of roasted scorpions. They attacked and killed in groups, and did not retreat in the face of various weapons of the tourists.
Finally, a smart tourist lit a fire again and made several torches in a hurry to drive the hyenas back.
After this, none of the tourists who were disturbed for half a night dared to rest.
This desolate Gobi lacks water and all resources, and this scarcity also makes the creatures living here more aggressive.
They packed up their tents and waited for daybreak.
An hour later, the sun rose from behind the rocky mountain. Youxi used the sunrise as the standard and adjusted the time on both of his mobile phones to six o'clock.
At the bottom of the rocky mountain, the travelers simply ate some bread and water, put their belongings back into the inventory or space, took their weapons, and set off in the direction they had agreed on before.
In the tent nearby, Lin Wu also woke up. He actually didn't sleep well in the second half of the night because he was woken up several times by the sound of fighting. However, with Youxi, the big boss, on duty, he just opened the tent and looked out to check, then shrunk back to rest.
Youxi had finished washing and other "work" before Lin Wu woke up. She found a bottle of sunscreen and a few ice sleeves in the space, and was ready to fight the heat of the day.
Lin Wu placed steaming beef ramen and a few tea eggs on the camping table, and Youxi poured a small basin of warm water for Lin Wu to wash. His space was small, so he only stored drinking water and didn't plan to wash up.
"No, we'll stay in a car later... You should wash up, this little water is still useful."
Lin Wu: ...
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Half an hour later, the two people who had reconnoitred the surrounding situation came down from the rocky mountain to the ground. Youxi took out the jeep, and this time Lin Wu drove, and she took a rest in the co-pilot.
The jeep drove along the direction of the rocky mountain, and Lin Wu took out the compass from time to time to check the direction along the way.
When they arrived at this station yesterday, it was some time before dusk. At that time, the temperature was over 40 degrees, which made people feel abnormally hot.
And today, three hours after setting off, the car's dashboard showed that the temperature had reached 46 degrees Celsius.
At this time, the sun had not yet risen to its highest position. Youxi estimated that the temperature in the Gobi Desert would exceed fifty and approach sixty degrees Celsius from noon to afternoon.
Probably because other travelers had also surveyed the terrain, almost everyone's goal was the black shadow on the northern horizon.
If this station is regarded as a survival copy that relies on physical strength to pass, many practical difficulties have already been placed in front of us, such as lack of water, sneak attacks by various creatures at night, and the large area resulting in a long journey to find the hidden station. As
for the difficulty of this B-level station, it is unlikely to continue to add too much difficulty to the direction of the trek.
Otherwise, so many people have gone to the north with great difficulty, but found that they were looking in the wrong direction. Most of the passengers at this station will be trapped here due to lack of water, and it will not be just a B-level difficulty.
Since they were going in the same direction, it was inevitable that the travelers would meet each other during their trek, especially those like Youxi Linwu who were driving a jeep, who were noisy and could be seen as big targets.
Along the way, they met several groups of travelers, most of whom were walking. When they saw them, they would wave and ask them to stop and take a ride. Some ruthless travelers took out their weapons and attacked them directly when they saw that they did not stop.
When they were attacked for the first time, Youxi was about to open the window and fight the opponent, but Linwu stopped her, and then took out the "iron stick" that was once a bound weapon and now was a skill by default, and turned on the shield.
Soon, a translucent arc of light protected the jeep and blocked the attack from behind.
After the defense points of "Iron Stick" are used up, defense skill cards are needed to replenish them. After entering this world, the large number of defense skill cards he had accumulated before disappeared, leaving only two cards, occupying two item slots.
So he, like Youxi, will keep these strong attack or strong defense things for when they are most needed.
The jeep accelerated again and soon left those angry passengers behind.
At noon, the two of them had a simple lunch of burgers and iced coffee in the car.
They had no intention of stopping the car. The air conditioner in the car could only maintain a better cooling effect when the car was running, and the temperature outside the car had reached 55 degrees Celsius. Even with Youxi's physique, he did not have the courage to get out of the car in this desert where there was no tree or shade.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally passed through a large area of Gobi Desert. The hard ground was gradually replaced by sand, and the sand dunes on both sides gradually increased. Fortunately, there was still a road in the middle, which continued to wind northward.
Youxi and Lin Wu frowned as they looked at the winding road. In such a deserted place, a road means there are people - no, not only people, such passers-by can't walk out, this road is obviously made by wheels.
"Be careful." Youxi reminded, "Don't drive too fast, be careful of the road."
Lin Wu nodded, and the car drove forward for about half an hour. They gradually went deeper into the desert, and the ground became softer. In addition to sand dunes on both sides, there were also various strange-shaped rocks.
The rocks here are more severely weathered, with pits and craters on the surface. Some are as high as one or two hundred meters. There is a thick layer of sand at the base of the rocks. They try to stay away from those areas to avoid the wheels getting stuck in the sand and having to
get off the car and walk. The accident happened very suddenly. When a large cloud of sand suddenly rose in front of the front of the car and then fell on the windshield, Youxi's first reaction was a sandstorm.
But the next second, she suddenly got goosebumps and held Lin Wu's arm tightly: "Back up! Reverse! Quick!"
Lin Wu rarely saw Youxi like this, especially after meeting again this time. She was more calm and resolute than before. Even on the platform of the station, facing the siege of the black reptiles, she was only on guard and vigilant, and would not give orders in such an almost urgent tone.
At the critical moment, Lin Wu's body was faster than his brain. While his brain was still analyzing, his hands and feet had already coordinated, and he reversed the car with an emergency brake.
The next second, the sand in front of them made a swishing sound, and a raised sand line was close to the front of their car, chasing their car, and spreading rapidly.
This inexplicable sand line looked like someone was hiding under the thick sand layer, cutting the air from bottom to top with a huge knife. Because of the speed and force, the sand was raised from the ground to the air, forming a visible sand line.
"Faster!" You Xi looked outside the front of the car, staring at the sand without blinking.
Lin Wu frowned. He had already stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, but this was a desert and the speed was limited. He glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a rock next to him that was close to a tall rock mountain. The rock formed a rock slope because of the angle, and the top was against the rock mountain.
He immediately turned the steering wheel hard and stepped on the accelerator at the same time, and then reversed the rear of the car up the rock slope.
The car quickly left the sand and fell onto the solid rock slope.
"Get ready, put the car away!" The back seat and trunk of the jeep were filled with boxes of supplies in the space. She held Lin Wu's arm and quickly put the car into the space when the car's reverse impact ended and was about to slide down the sand again due to inertia.
The two landed on their toes at the same time, and then jumped back at the same time, jumping to a higher place on the rock slope.
Lin Wu activated his weapon shield to protect himself and You Xi, but the next second, their bodies were thrown into the air as the huge rocks beneath their feet shook.
The two of them hit the rock wall behind them. Youxi reached out and grabbed the protruding rock, climbed up with Lin Wu, and secured their bodies in a rock crevice where they could hide.
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