The driver, Old Sun, felt a little scared when he heard this and was a little hesitant.
"How about I give up the rest of my money and you guys drive your own cars."
Suddenly people were in panic.
The professor is over fifty years old and has experienced countless ups and downs. How could he back down just because of a few words?
"Come over here and let's talk."
He gestured to Lao Sun that he was willing to offer three times the previous price, which was already a huge sum of money for an ordinary family.
The man also had a sick wife lying in the hospital, and he needed money at that time.
He thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, let's make it clear first. If there's any danger, I'll return. I'm worried about having money but no life to spend it all."
This place, which even the Taji people who have lived in the desert for a long time feared, has become more and more mysterious.
The six of them set out on their journey again, following the map that the professor had asked the locals to mark, but after a few hours, they got lost in the desert.
There was no cell phone signal at all.
By contrast, they were already in an unnamed no-man's land, so primitive and undeveloped.
There were only two days' worth of gasoline and water left, so they had to use them sparingly.
Xiaoshuang was so thirsty that her lips cracked, and she couldn't help but unscrew the lid and take a sip.
The car stopped on a slope and they got out to look for suspicious traces.
The girl was following behind and seemed to hear the sound of something sliding across the sand.
She turned around and looked into the eyes of a rattlesnake. Its erect pupils were looking at the stunned Xiaoshuang, which was frightening.
Its tail was still sending danger signals, indicating an imminent attack.
The color on the girl's face instantly faded, her hair stood on end, and she stared at the rattlesnake's scales with wide eyes.
It approached with its tongue spitting out, skimming across the surface of the sand with silky movements.
Xiaoshuang's legs went weak, her eyes were panicked and helpless, and she was extremely frightened.
The two boys who were on good terms with her didn't dare to go over for fear of being bitten.
The professor raised his palm to comfort her and said softly, "Don't move."
But it is easier said than done. The girl grew up in the city and had never seen a snake, let alone one at such a close distance.
She was so panicked that her mind went blank. She stepped backward and fell on the soft sand.
The rattlesnake was provoked into a quick attack, lunging towards her with its sharp teeth bared.
Xiaoshuang covered her face with her arms and screamed in fear.
"ah!"
Zhou Shuo took off his backpack and hit the rattlesnake with force, and it fell next to the panicked girl.
After being hit and hurt, it twisted its body with crackling sounds. The mottled brown patterns on its torso were intertwined with the sand, which was extremely terrifying.
When Zhou Shuo walked over, the rattlesnake nimbly burrowed into the sand and escaped.
After this incident, Xiaoshuang didn't dare touch the ground anymore, thinking that it would come out again at any time.
He was so scared that he was breathing rapidly and ran to Zhou Shuo.
"Thank you, thank you!"
The boy glanced at her frightened expression, picked up his backpack, looked away, and ignored her.
At night, the temperature dropped to minus five degrees Celsius.
Fortunately, they had prepared tents and sleeping bags in advance.
Zhou Shuo was covered with a fluffy blanket and was about to fall asleep when he heard a rustling sound outside. He vigilantly grabbed the stick next to him.
I didn’t expect it to be Xiaoshuang.
"I didn't mean to disturb you. I...I was just too scared."
The boy frowned and said impatiently, "I won't be afraid if I fall asleep."
After saying that, he turned over and tried to fall asleep again.
After not getting a response, the girl walked to another tent nearby.
The sound was muffled by the wind and could not be heard clearly.
"You ignored me today. Do you want to see me get bitten to death by a snake?"
When Xiaoshuang cries, people will have a strong desire to protect her. Her cry is not sharp, but soft and gentle.
"Baby, I'm sorry, I didn't react at the time."
Xu Zhe coaxed him for a long time, and then Zhou Shuo didn’t know what happened because he fell asleep.
As the sun rises, the temperature warms up.
The professor was the first to get up. Although he was old, his eyes were bright.
Standing on the sand dunes, Lao Sun and I planned today's route. If there was no more harvest, we would go back.
It was just a waste of so much time and energy.
Zhou Shuo was packing his things and saw Xiaoshuang coming out of Xu Zhe's tent out of the corner of his eye.
I don't take it seriously.
The girl's earlobes turned red. She wanted to come over to explain to him, but the boy grabbed her wrist.
The professor informed us to prepare to leave for the next location.
"Um...I, I want to go..."
Xiao Shuang hesitated until her cheeks turned red, but before she finished speaking, everyone understood.
The professor warned her, "Go quickly and come back quickly. Be careful of the poisonous creatures in the desert."
Half an hour passed and there was still no sign of her.
Xu Zhe was a little anxious.
"I'll go see how she is."
Unexpectedly, the girl's feet got stuck in the sand pit and she couldn't pull them out.
Xiao Shuang cried out, "Azhe, save me."
The boy stood at the edge and pulled her arm, but the sand pit, which didn't look deep, was like a whirlpool that could suck in everyone around it.
After Xu Zhe reacted, he found that he could no longer lift his feet. He was so nervous that he let go of Xiaoshuang's hand.
When disaster strikes, everyone runs away.
He crawled on the sand and struggled to climb up. The girl grabbed his feet and said, "Don't leave me, please."
Xu Zhe kicked her hard.
"release."
The boy couldn't pull himself out, and instead got himself stuck.
When the professor and his colleagues arrived, they saw that the two men had been buried in sand up to their waists, and they showed rare expressions of fear.
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