Chapter Twenty-Five: The Shifting Desert

  It ends here.

  I'm saying it's all over the place and doesn't make any sense at all.

  I only know that Huang Daxian mentioned some vague information about a box, but I'm not sure what it is specifically. Who are they?

  The owner of this book seems to have written it in a state of panic, the handwriting is more sloppy than before, he was rushing to finish writing.

  Suddenly, I noticed that there were some unfamiliar characters written on the back. Lin Wu Xuan's face sank when he saw those words, and he tore off that page and put it in his pocket.

  "What does it mean?" I asked him vaguely.

  He put the notebook back among those clothes, stuffed the clothes into his backpack, and then threw the backpack into the pit, immediately filling it with soil.

  I also crouched down and helped fill in the sand.

  I think he found some problem and didn't want others to find out, so he buried all these backpacks.

  As I looked up, I found that the old professor was nowhere to be seen. I guess he saw Lin Wuxuan throw someone's bones aside and got angry and ran back. Now there are only two of us left on this sand dune, me and Lin Wuxuan.

  Filling in the sand, it makes me feel like I'm burying something.

  After covering up the sandy soil, I immediately tensed up and looked at Lin Wu Xuan with my head raised.

  I knew about the existence of this tactical package and read some content on a small notebook. Will Lin Wu Xuan break my 'leg'?

  Lin Wu Xuan's series of actions clearly indicated that he didn't want anyone to know the contents on the small notebook, especially that passage with the characters I couldn't recognize. I felt that he recognized those words, but he wasn't willing to tell me.

  All I saw was a flash of cold, harsh light in Lin Wu Xuan's eyes. His gaze at me had an added warning, and from the thin edge of his lips, he spat out one sentence:

  "If you want to expose it, it's not just about breaking your leg."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, Lin Wu Xuan had indeed harbored murderous intentions in his heart, and he didn't want anyone to know about those words.

  But I don't even know what that line means, something unimportant is being threatened and it's losing value, damn it, brother, are you sure this is fun?

  Do your family members allow you to threaten people like this?

  I've never been good at putting on airs, I can only pretend to be cool occasionally. Who would have thought that pretending to be cool would bring threats to my life? Originally, there were already too many unknown dangers in the desert, but now I'm being threatened because of a mustache.

  After all, people should control their curiosity and not let it overflow too much.

  But I'm in a good mood, and that's taught me something.

  Lin Wu Xuan warned me and then left with the corpse's belly as if nothing had happened.

  I crouched on the sand for a while, and the old professor shouted with a horn to hurry up, bitter and forced.

  I dragged my tired body, and before I even got back to the car, suddenly, a rustling sound started coming from the ground, it sounded like strong winds were blowing over, in waves.

  That sound flashed by, coming and going quickly. If I hadn't really heard it clearly, I would have thought it was an illusion.

  "Did you all hear that just now? I...I feel like there's a huge noise coming from under my feet." I asked nervously, wiping away sweat.

  "You didn't hear that? There's something under the sand. Everyone get ready to board." The old professor's face turned extremely ugly, he said hastily.

  If anything goes wrong, this off-road vehicle behind us is our only lifesaver.

  It wasn't until much later that we all let out a sigh of relief when the rustling sound started up again.

  This time, the sound was much more shocking than the previous one. It was as if a heavy rainstorm had broken out in the entire desert, and it felt like the cicadas calling in the summer woods, coming from all directions.

  What's even more frightening is that the source of the sound was none other than the patch of sandy soil under the car.

  At this moment, the golden yellow sandy ground suddenly shook slightly, as if it were an earthquake, and the surface sand continued to rise slowly, while the middle sand sank strangely, leaving a fist-sized hole.

  "This can't be an earthquake, can it?" Yu Gang's face turned pale as he shouted.

  When I heard Yu Gang's foul language, I couldn't help but worry about him. He was so rude in front of the 'girl' he liked, and Xiang Er had clearly heard everything.

  The most experienced person in the car was the old professor, who hastily explained: "That's not an earthquake, it's a common flowing phenomenon in the desert. Under the blowing of the wind, the sand dunes change shape and move with the transportation and sedimentation of sand particles. I think we're unlucky to have encountered this. Although there are few plants in the desert, the main reason for this phenomenon is that the wind has started to blow, and judging from the situation, it's not a small wind."

  Under the urging of directional wind, the desert's mobile trend tends to move with the direction of the wind, constantly migrating. Such a desert is called "mobile desert", and the Taklamakan Desert is the second largest mobile desert in the world.

  Since we entered the desert, we encountered a huge storm. I saw with my own eyes that a huge hill was easily swept away by the storm. The wind was simply irresistible to humans.

  It's really as the saying goes: humans should respect and fear nature.

  "What are we going to do now?" I asked in shock, it's not like we can just stay in the car forever. If we encounter another storm like that day, staying in the car would be suicidal, who knows if the car will be swept up into the air and thrown out again.

  The old professor rubbed his eyes with his hand, pinched the cross on his neck, looked out of the car window and sighed, saying: "Stay in the car and see how strong the wind is. Hopefully it won't be so unlucky."

  The vibration amplitude under the car is getting bigger and bigger, the frequency is getting faster and faster, the car has slightly shaken up, as if there are sharp stones rubbing against the steel plate of the off-road vehicle. I feel that the car has moved forward a bit, I thought it was just starting to drive, and without thinking, I scolded him: "Damn it, you're more likely to be swept away now."

  I roared at Yu Gang sitting in the front, I know that the off-road vehicle's performance is very good, if the wind is strong, it will really roll into the air and crash down heavily, damn it, everyone in the car will become "meat" sauce.

  Yu Gang replied with a wronged expression: "I haven't even lit the fire, it wasn't me who did it."

  As soon as this was said, everyone took a cold breath. If it wasn't for Yu Gang starting the car, I clearly felt that the car had moved forward a few centimeters just now. What caused it?

  I glanced at the girl sitting behind me, she was so scared that her face turned pale, her eyes revealed an unutterable fear, her mouth slightly opened, and her body kept trembling. Her eyes stared fixedly outside, forcing herself to look outward. She was just a little girl, when facing danger, could only helplessly pinch her own arm to shift her attention, fortunately she didn't cry out loud.

  And I wasn't doing much better, taking a few deep breaths, the turbulent emotions slowly stabilized, and then my gaze fell to the ground, only to see that the surface layer of sand had already rolled away with the wind in another direction. The speed of the sand was not very fast, which could only mean that the current wind speed was still relatively stable.

  Outside the car, all the sand slowly began to flow like water, flowing slowly.

  As I looked at the scene in front of me, my jaw almost dropped to the ground. Yu Gang was shouting beside me, "He's so cool! He's dazzling my eyes, all the sand is flowing!"

  Indeed, that vast expanse of yellow sand, stretching far and wide, looked like a mighty river flowing slowly towards the sea.

  "Ah, I've traveled through so many deserts, but this is the first time I've seen such a sight. It's incredibly beautiful." The old professor gazed out in admiration, his entire being excited beyond composure.

  This old man shouldn't be thinking of dying and rushing to heaven, should he?

  This flowing 'desert' looks nowhere beautiful, it's as treacherous as the Yellow River. If you're not careful, it will surely take your life and you won't even know it. Is it still beautiful after you die?

  "Old man, you're not going crazy, are you? That sand might be deadly!" Yu Gang shouted out, trembling with fear.

  "The first time I saw such a magnificent scene, for a moment, I couldn't hide my emotions," the old professor said with embarrassment.

  What is emotion? This old man is like a madman, saying things that don't match reality. To be honest, it's a kind of illness, you should take medicine.

  Just as I was about to speak, I was surprised to find that the off-road vehicle had already moved more than ten meters away from us. The two cars deviated from their original intention, and this car's own speed of progress was like a normal person walking on the road.

  "This way, you don't even need to drive a car, it's fully automatic." Yu Gang rubbed his nose and burst out laughing.

  The car moves forward by itself, just like autopilot, it's awesome!

  Of course, I was relieved on the surface, but my heart has always been in a state of tension.

  This state lasted for almost an hour, and the car just kept moving forward with the sand.

  The atmosphere in the car slowly eased, and Yu Gang, who was originally going to drive, closed his eyes and fell asleep at this moment. I couldn't help but despise him for being so unprofessional.

  At this time I can still sleep well, it's really damn happy.

  The desert continued to flow, and Tang Guangze's car was getting farther and farther away from us. I don't know how long it will take for the sand to stop flowing.

  The car swayed back and forth, and as I waited in the car, I suddenly had an urge to sleep. The swaying feeling was a bit like a hypnotic feeling.

  Bang...

  Yu Gang suddenly woke up and opened the car door, preparing to get out. This guy's brain was muddled or still sleepy, so I quickly pulled him back and shouted loudly: "What are you getting out for?"