Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 297 The Canal in the Desert
Chen Ziyang did not expect that Instructor Liu would decide to move on so soon. After all, in his opinion, now is not the best time to move forward, because there are two problems that have not been resolved.

The first question is who is the person who drained all the water in the water tanks of the water storage trucks in the convoy.Before, Chen Ziyang thought that this person was Shuai Sanshi or someone who was brought by Shuai Sanshi to deliberately cause trouble for the convoy, so as to rescue himself while taking advantage of the chaos, but later he found out that this should not be the case.

What this person did was obviously to let Instructor Liu's entire convoy be buried in the yellow sand, and he and Yang Lei didn't even think about letting him go.If this person is still hiding in the convoy, it is very likely that this person will continue his sabotage in future operations.

The previous incident of releasing water almost killed everyone, and if we go further, it is likely to be the real ruins of the ancient Yumi country, which may be much more dangerous than the desert outside.

So Chen Ziyang felt that if there was such a spy hiding in the convoy who wanted to put everyone to death, he would undoubtedly be like a powerful time bomb, and maybe when this person's actions would make these 23 people The whole army was wiped out.

The second issue that Chen Ziyang thinks is very important is the hydration team led by Yushioka Yu.After this convoy set off, it seemed that nothing had disappeared, and there was no news at all.Previously, Instructor Liu judged that the convoy might have encountered two situations. The first one was that when the convoy finished replenishing water and was about to return, it was stopped by the huge sandstorm outside the desert.

Another possibility is that the convoy encountered a sudden sandstorm on the way back, which caused the entire convoy to be wiped out.The reason why Instructor Liu has to wait here for a few days is also to see if his idea is correct. If the convoy was not destroyed by the sandstorm, but just blocked outside, then Yoshioka Yu’s convoy should have returned by now up.It seems that they may have encountered an accident.

Chen Ziyang didn't care about Yoshioka's life or death. What he was most worried about was that there might be a third situation, that is, Yoshioka's convoy encountered a man-made disaster instead of a natural disaster, and was wiped out by others. Lost.If there is not only one person who released the water for the convoy, but also other accomplices, this possibility is very high.

After the person who released the water released the water in the convoy, he must have expected that some people would go outside the desert to find water.It is very likely that the number of people who will be allocated will not be very large, and this is exactly the case.If a small group of people are sent to ambush them on the only way the convoy must pass, then Yoshioka Yu and others are likely to fall into someone else's trick and be plotted by someone else.

Through the water release incident, Chen Ziyang found that the person who released the water was very ruthless. If his accomplices were able to kill all the people in the Yushioka convoy, Chen Ziyang felt that it was very possible.

Although Chen Ziyang thought of so many things only a few seconds after instructor Liu announced that the convoy was ready to set off, he couldn't discuss this issue with instructor Liu in front of so many people.However, Chen Ziyang found that not only he was worried after hearing what instructor Liu said, but the other people in the convoy all showed different expressions after hearing what instructor Liu said.

Some people showed worry on their faces, and some people showed surprise. Chen Ziyang even found that even the most loyal subordinates of Instructor Liu, Da Kui and Er Kui, had expressions on their faces after listening to Instructor Liu's words. Not very pretty.

Chen Ziyang understood the concerns of these people very well, after all, they did not have the same reason as instructor Liu to have to move on.After the water release incident, these people watched their colleagues either die of thirst, or were killed by others, drank all the blood in their bodies, or died of other miserable situations.No matter what kind of death it is, the impact on these people is relatively large.

In just one week, more than 60 people died or disappeared in the convoy, which is enough impact in anyone's eyes.It's understandable that they didn't want to move on with Instructor Liu.After all, it took everyone a lot of effort to save their lives, and no one would be so stupid as to continue to risk their lives.

It was precisely because of what Instructor Liu said that made the atmosphere of the banquet quite dull.Before, everyone was filled with the happiness of regaining a new life, but after listening to Instructor Liu's words, these people were no longer so happy and no longer so active.But on the surface, they were all passable, and these people didn't refute them in person, saying that they didn't want to continue to follow.

After all, Instructor Liu can be regarded as a cruel and merciless person. Chen Ziyang estimated that these people would not dare to speak out even if they had such thoughts. The two who were shot dead by Instructor Liu were the same.

Although this is not the center of the desert, it is not easy to leave here. Even if they escape by car, they may get lost in the desert because they do not have navigation equipment.At that time, there will still be a dead end, so these people under Instructor Liu don't even have a choice.

The banquet ended in this awkward atmosphere.

In the middle of the night, Chen Ziyang, who was lying in the middle of the carriage, could not fall asleep listening to Yang Lei's snoring.Too many things happened these days, plus he needed to worry about tomorrow, so it was difficult for him to fall asleep. After tossing and turning for a long time, Chen Ziyang sat up all of a sudden, since he couldn't fall asleep, he stopped sleeping.

When he came to the sand outside the carriage, he sat there looking up at the stars in the sky.Ever since he came to the desert, Chen Ziyang found that he really liked looking up at the starry sky.But the reason why he likes to look up is not because the starry sky here is exceptionally beautiful, but because he feels that looking at the starry sky like this can make his heart feel very peaceful.

Before Chen Ziyang found the location of the Orion constellation, he suddenly heard the sound of the vehicle starting.After turning his head away, Chen Ziyang saw a multi-purpose off-road vehicle parked beside him, and Instructor Liu, who was sitting in the driver's seat, waved to him, motioning for him to take the co-pilot's seat.

After getting into the car, Chen Ziyang realized that there was another person sitting in the back seat of the car. It was the short woman who had treated both himself and Yang Lei.Chen Ziyang, who didn't understand instructor Liu's purpose, looked at the other two people in the car with puzzled eyes.

"Let's be a vanguard tonight, go to the front to explore the road first, know ourselves and the enemy, and win a hundred battles. Since we have decided to set off tomorrow, let's take a look at the situation ahead and prepare for tomorrow's action." After what Chen Ziyang meant, Instructor Liu explained.

"We will act tomorrow. Will it be a little too hasty? The current situation of the team is not very good. There is no news about Yoshioka Yu's team, and there are not enough manpower now, and the excavator has not yet been produced. If we arrive What if there is still an excavator ahead? Don’t you have to wait a few more days?” Chen Ziyang asked tentatively.

"I can't wait any longer, so I won't have long nights and dreams. If Yoshioka Yuu and the others could come back, they would have come back a long time ago. If they can't come back now, it's already a clear problem. Never put your treasure on others, everything depends on yourself. Since you said that, do you think I'm a little anxious too?"

"Listen to what you mean, someone has already told you this."

"It's not just one person. They found all kinds of reasons to convince me. These reasons are more convincing than what you said. I don't know that almost no one wants to move on except me. After all, after such an incident, no one wants to move forward.

They are different from you. It can be said that you had to choose to act with me under my coercion, so their desire to leave is much stronger than yours, but I will never allow this. For the treasure of this ancient country, I have paid too much, and there must be a result that satisfies me. "

Chen Ziyang knew that it would be of no benefit to say any more, so he kept silent.In fact, the excuse he mentioned about the excavator was just a temporary thought. Now that he calmed down, Chen Ziyang realized how ridiculous his excuse was.It's already impossible to get that excavator out just by these twenty or so people, and just like what Instructor Liu said, when you don't understand the situation ahead, it's superfluous to think about it now.

Because the vision is not good at night, and after a few days, the canal that was washed out before has been covered with a layer of sand, which is not so obvious, so the speed of instructor Liu is not fast.He drove this multi-purpose off-road vehicle slowly along the side of the canal, and drove forward along this straight canal.

When he was in the team camp before, Chen Ziyang looked at the canal several times, but he couldn't see what the end of the canal looked like, nor did he know how long the canal was and where it extended to.

At this time, he was sitting in the car staring at the canal intently, and then Chen Ziyang discovered a very strange place. Although the canal was formed by the water flowing out of diamonds, the entire canal Not only is it very straight, but the depth of each section of the canal is the same.

If it is on normal land, it is not surprising to dig such a canal, but here is a desert, the sand grains are very loose, and the surface of this desert is not flat, so the whole canal is in this state. It's intriguing.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang hurriedly asked Instructor Liu to stop the car, and then the three got out of the car and carefully inspected the canal.Tentatively touching the side wall and bottom of the water area with his fingers, Chen Ziyang was surprised to find that the sand on the two sides and bottom of the water channel had hardened, as if the sand had been glued together. It's the same as being together.This discovery surprised all three of them.

Pressing the side of the ditch vigorously with his fingers, Chen Ziyang found that he couldn't move the sticky sand with the strength of his fingers alone, so he stood up and kicked the ditch vigorously with his toes. side wall.

A person's legs are much stronger than their arms. With this kick, Chen Ziyang kicked off a large lump of sand on the side wall of the canal. The lump of sand that fell was about the size of a palm. It was two centimeters thick. When the sand was about to fall down, a large amount of yellow sand behind the soil flowed into the ditch along the kicked-off position.

It seems that the water flowing from here before has not only washed out the canal, but also solidified the side wall of the canal.The three looked at each other a few times, and no one could figure out what was going on.After inspecting all the canals within a few meters of the surrounding area, Instructor Liu found that the entire canal should be in this state.

It's no wonder that after such a long time, the canal still looks exactly the same as when it was first formed. Except for some yellow sand entering the canal, the canal has not changed at all. This is the reason.

After experiencing the water cut-off, all the people in the team didn't have the mind to continue to study the weird hints brought by the diamond, so no one studied the canal. Everyone thought that the canal was formed only because of the flow of water. relation.

"It shouldn't be because of the sand. The sand in this desert is all the same, and the yellow sand is flowing under the blowing of the wind, so it is still the problem of the water that flowed before. But we have all drank the water. , There is no abnormal physical reaction, the water should be water, which is really strange." Liu instructor said in wonder.

Listening to Instructor Liu's words and looking at the strange sand in front of him, Chen Ziyang recalled the scene that Lao Lu described before.When the diamond fell to the ground in the tomb, the surrounding sand all moved aside, causing a deep well to appear on the ground.

When he heard these words at the time, Chen Ziyang was only surprised by the magic of this diamond, but now that he thinks about it, there is a problem that he has ignored.

A very deep well can appear out of thin air on the ground, so where did the soil that was in this deep well go?What Lao Lu described at the time was that the sand and soil were automatically avoided to the surroundings. At this time, Chen Ziyang felt that it was very possible that the soil was not automatically avoided, but was squeezed by the diamond, as if it was The side walls of this canal are the same.

If it is said that this diamond has some kind of magical power on the soil or sand, and can make the sand or soil bear tremendous pressure, then what Lao Lu described and this weird canal can be explained, precisely because the diamond The special magical power of the water caused the sand on the side wall of the canal to suffer tremendous pressure, so the sand fit together tightly.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang hurriedly greeted Instructor Liu and got into the car with the woman, and quickly drove along the canal.He faintly felt that he had already guessed what was at the end of the canal.

(End of this chapter)