The situation was extremely urgent at the moment, and Lao Jiang handed over the command of the entire team to Master Diao without any hesitation!
The camel dragged Yueyue, and He Lanxue protected Yin Ling'er. A group of us fled from the beacon tower like bereaved dogs.
Before even having time to untie the rope that tied the camel, Lao Jiang pulled out the black knife and cut off the ropes one by one in an instant.
Although I don’t know what those two eagles saw, and what does it have to do with the ‘spring breeze’ recorded on the wooden slips?
But to be honest, this is the first time I have seen Diao Ye showing a fearful expression.
Amidst the swaying camel bells, we retreated as fast as we could. On the way, Ayim Khan’s confused voice floated forward along the wind: "What are you doing? You are so tired." You worked so hard to get here, why are you going back?"
"Hey, hey, Mr. Jiang in front, slow down."
"I'm too old to bear the trouble."
……
In fact, in addition to Ayim Khan, the group of young people in the Free Commune were also quite dissatisfied.
After a while, I asked who the Lord Diao was and why he should give orders?
After a while, we complained that we were not strong-willed. Victory was so close, but we retreated.
Lao Jiang turned around and glared at them fiercely: "If you don't want to leave, just stay and see who can survive tonight!"
Cold murderous intent burst out from his body, stabbing at the group of young people like flying frost and flying flowers, scaring them so much that they immediately stopped murmuring.
I could only lead the camel and silently follow the large army.
When we hurriedly and slowly returned to the Devil's City, the morning star appeared in the east, looking down at us like a huge white jade plate.
The desolate night shrouded this strange empty city, and the intermittent crying was louder than before, rubbing our ears like fingernails scraping glass, making our hearts tremble.
Looking at this place of execution, I couldn't help but sigh to myself: "I just stepped out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den again."
After entering the natural castle in the center of the Devil's City, the group was already out of breath from exhaustion, but Master Diao did not give us any time to breathe. The leader issued the first order: "Everyone get off the camels, and the engineering soldiers shovel!"
Lao Jiang began to distribute engineering shovels to everyone, and Diaoye asked each of us to dig holes along the largest and sharpest sand dune.
I couldn't help but feel ashamed: "Are you still digging? How deep?"
Lord Diao stood under the sand dune, holding a jasper crutch in his hand, like a leader pointing out the country: "At least one meter deep, enough for you and your camels to hide in it..."
Thinking of the mummy I encountered just now, I said with a grimace: "What if I accidentally dig up something like that again?"
Diao Ye was a little impatient and hit the ground hard with his crutch: "What nonsense are you talking about, whether the mummy is more scary or the spring breeze is more scary, just dig it up for me!"
Now everyone started digging holes in the cold wind. Fortunately, the Free Commune also brought a lot of tools, so everyone could barely take care of themselves.
By the time we finished digging the hole, each one of us had lost seven to eight points of strength.
After all, two quick marches back and forth throughout the night and non-stop digging of holes were too much for even a black-sword unicorn like Lao Jiang!
Not to mention Professor Xiang Wanli, who is known for his elegance. At this time, his face was pale, he was sweating profusely, and he was almost out of breath.
I wasn't much better, but this monster was the only one who dug holes one after another tirelessly, just like a perpetual motion machine, and everyone around me was stunned!
However, Ayi Muhan, Yin Ling'er, Yueyue and the others have found their traps, and they were all completed by Banban on his own.
"What is the background of this young man in white? Jian Shou is more powerful than Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. His shoveling posture and strength are really a good hand in fighting..."
The monks were very curious about the companion, and I didn't bother to explain. I leaned on the companion and breathed heavily.
Seeing that everyone was in a trap, Lord Diao issued a second order at this time: "All of you, along with your camels, lie down in the pit!"
We obeyed obediently. Anyway, the pit can block the wind and make it warmer.
Mr. Diao and several monks took off all the blankets from the camels and laid them on us.
Immediately afterwards, Master Diao actually unscrewed his jasper crutch!
At first I thought that thing was just for show off by Master Diao, but I didn’t expect that it actually contained the universe.
He walked up to us cautiously and poured a drop of the strange liquid in the crutch onto the blankets we covered.
I don’t know what this liquid is. I only know that it is only a small drop, but it emits a pungent fragrance, which is even stronger than a whole bottle of foreign perfume...
Shahu explained: "This is refined musk, an extremely precious Chinese medicinal material. Samanas often use this fragrance to drive away poisonous insects, snakes and ants when they go to the tomb."
Poisonous insects, snakes and ants?
I frowned. Could it be that Mr. Diao already knew what "Spring Breeze" was?
Just as I was thinking, Diao Ye himself lay down in the pit and continued to speak: "Everyone stays in their respective positions. No matter what happens or what you see later, no matter how terrifying or unbelievable it is, without me You are absolutely not allowed to leave the pit even if you receive orders!”
"Remember, your life now is not only your own, but also affects the life and death of the entire team!"
Diaoye's words instantly brought a strong sense of fear to us, and at the same time, they also aroused our curiosity.
At this moment, I really can’t wait to see with my own eyes the ‘spring breeze’ that invades Yumen Pass every year, what is that thing that makes foreign explorers die tragically at the Beacon Tower?
I lifted up a corner of the blanket and stared at the other side of the sky with squinted eyes. At this time, a touch of fish belly white appeared in the east. Because of the telescope, I could see very far away...
But the other side of the beacon tower was still surprisingly calm, as if Mr. Diao had just played a big joke on us.
Just as I held my breath and continued to stare into the distance, the camel's iconic loud voice suddenly sounded from the pit behind: "Always take care of yourself, don't talk about it. You lie here, the size is just right, doesn't it count?" Is it better to be laid to rest early?”
As soon as these words came out, even Yueyue couldn't help but smile.
Then I heard Diao Ye's sinister voice: "When we get back, I will cut off your tongue and feed it to Xiao Hei."
The sand fox next to him warned seriously: "Luotuo, this is the 367th time you have said something that offends the boss..."
I thought to myself that Mr. Diao was really kind-hearted to his subordinates.
Suddenly, Lao Jiang shouted: "Quiet!"
Following the direction of his finger, we clearly saw that the sky on the other side of the beacon tower changed, and the color of the entire sky changed.
I swear that in my life I have only seen the setting sun dye the sky red, and the wind and sand blowing the sky yellow, but I have never seen a green sky!
A touch of green, like endless clumps of green grass growing crazily along the sky.
Can't see the end, can't find the edge...
No, those grasses grow from the ground to the horizon!
Just through the telescope, I suddenly saw that the entire distant horizon was covered with green. The dense green color seems to be composed of countless small green dots.
And that burst of green is not stationary, it is coming towards us at a speed visible to the naked eye!
God, what is this?
Xiang Wanli was quite optimistic at this time: "Could this also be a natural wonder that we don't understand?"
Lao Jiang couldn't help but yell: "Fuck your mother's natural wonders, this is a disaster, a disaster at Yumen Pass!"
You must know that Lao Jiang has always respected Xiang Wanli. If the situation was not critical, he would not use swear words.
It was only later that I found out that when Lao Jiang was at the beacon tower, in order to avoid causing panic in the team, he secretly hid a wooden slip. Only he, He Lanxue and Diao Ye had seen this wooden slip.
What was written on the wooden slip was: "Three years after Qian was sent to the Western Regions, there was a plague of insects at Yumen Pass. The insects had green bodies and wings. They could turn all things into withers. They were named: Spring Breeze."
"Therefore, we ask Dunhuang County to increase the number of border troops by 500 every year to guard Yumen Pass!"
As the green color got closer and closer, everyone else saw it too. The strange thing is that the piece of green makes a "buzz", "buzz", and "buzz" sound when it moves, as if there are thousands of insects flapping their wings, and the entire team is now in a state of panic.
Xiang Wanli stammered: "This, this thing I... I have never seen or heard of it."
The voices of other people also came and went: "Help! Help!"
"Everyone, hurry up! Keep running back..."
"We're going to die!"
Ayim Khan climbed out of the pit at some point. He kept kowtowing to the sky in the distance and murmured to himself: "Allah has appeared, God has appeared."
I really don’t know whether to admire his piety of faith or to admire his courage to not be afraid of death?
Lao Jiang immediately shouted angrily: "Quiet, everyone, go back to the pit!"
While speaking, Lao Jiang stretched out his hand and pulled Ayimhan back.
There were still a few young people who were ready to make a move. Master Diao smiled coldly: "Didn't you see how fast that thing is? Run away, where are you going?"
This mockery made the group of young people suddenly dare not make a sound.
When the moving green sea was still dozens of meters away from the Devil's City, we finally saw their true face in Lushan!
They are actually insects waving transparent wings one after another. They are round in appearance and green in color. They are only the size of bottle caps, but they cannot hold thousands of them.
These swarms of insects vowed to cover the entire desert sky and devour all living creatures outside the Yumen Pass.
Lao Jiang was silently chanting the countdown: "Three..."
"two!"
"one!"
"Get down and wrap yourself in a blanket!"
When we pulled up the blanket and covered the entire pit tightly, holding on to the corners with both hands, we heard the green insect wave passing through the Devil's City.
Those that are closer are like dive bombers flying over our heads!
Rumble, rumble, and there was a loud noise in my ears.
Because there were so many of these bugs, they tore up the cries of the Devil City and set off waves of yellow sand, which actually strengthened our concealment.
This makes me feel a little bit lucky. Master Diao is worthy of being a good fighter in the desert. If he hadn't made preparations in advance, I couldn't believe what would have happened to the entire team?
Just when I once again decided that asking Mr. Diao to come out was the best decision, something unexpected happened!
Only a low humming sound was heard, and something suddenly jumped out of the pit. It was the cry of a camel.
There was also a sharp female voice behind: Come back, come back!
It turned out that the camel next to Yueyue was frightened and rushed out of the pit without obeying the control. It seemed to be crazy, screaming and rushing out of the Devil City...
