bit stealing game

Chapter 76 Mirage
Driven by the storm, we ran to the temple.

The temple that Seth took care of looked very close, but it took a long time to get close.

Fortunately, as soon as they entered this area, the raging storm stopped suddenly, or bypassed here.It seems that Seth didn't have the heart to destroy the temple, and everyone came in without being injured at all.Although they had lingering fears, most of these people were licking blood, and they quickly calmed down and began to look around.

We found a place to sit, and each of us poured two pounds of sand out of our boots.

The camels that had just neighed and fled in all directions were gathering together, lying motionless under a wall not far away.

Several people went to check the luggage, and then said with a serious face: "There is still some equipment left, but there is not much food and water."

Everyone who collapsed on the spot sat up in shock when they heard the news.

The Infernal Affairs guide comforted us, saying that he had once served as the Egyptian Air Force and conducted survival exercises in the desert.This desert looks barren, but there are many snakes and rats.In addition, they have also learned how to obtain these survival resources, so even if the food they bring is not enough, they don't have to worry about not being able to survive.

Then he sighed again: "It's just that the water is not easy to handle."

A storm in the desert is nothing but thunder and no rain.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. 279 The innocent Egyptian guide invited angrily took the Infernal Affairs guide aside and started a heated argument in Arabic, to the effect of calling him obsessed.

Lou Shiqi pointed to the camel and told us that there is no need to worry about the water.Camels are creatures that know how to survive in a desert environment.They store water in body fluids and blood, and they know how to find water.

No wonder camels have gentle and moist eyes in such a dry environment.

Yano stopped the action of grooming and looked at the sky.

He was wearing a coat I hadn't seen before.This is in the desert, even Li Yuan is wearing the coat from the previous few days.Yanuo can guarantee that the outfit will be different every time he appears.

"Who knows what time it is? My watch doesn't seem to work."

In fact, everyone's watches and communication equipment have become decorations.When people experience extreme conditions, they cannot accurately measure the time, and even do not know how long the storm has been blowing just now.And although Seth's anger seemed to have dissipated, the sun hadn't yet appeared, and he could only feel it was still daytime from the rising heat.

"The storm lasted for about 10 minutes and it's now a little after one o'clock in the afternoon."

The person who said this was not Teacher Bai, but Bruce.We subconsciously asked Mr. Bai for confirmation, and he nodded.

Bruce took off his gloves and fumbled on the ground, and said slowly: "It may not be impossible to find water."

He said that the Sahara Desert was formed at least 200 million years ago. It is a wasteland second only to Antarctica, and it is also an excellent natural underground reservoir.We are now standing on the underground sea that has the flow of the Nile River for hundreds of years. If there is really no water to drink, digging down in the right place can always dig out the underground river.

"The desert has its own ecosystem. If you're lucky, you might even come across a tributary of the Nile."

In such a desert, there is the longest life.

Sure enough, after a while, someone exclaimed: "River!"

"There is a river not far ahead." Carl ran over.He looked at the people who were lying on the ground in distaste, then turned his head and said to Bruce, "My people will go first, let's go too?"

In the desert, the biggest dilemma is lack of water.No matter how much equipment you bring, the evaporation of water from the human body under the scorching sun is much greater than normal.So everyone cheered up when they heard that there was water, and put on the boots they had taken off.

Knowing that the dog's life is guaranteed, I also got up excitedly.

Just as I was about to follow, Lou Shiqi stopped me.Meng Weiqing's face sank like water, and Teacher Bai also frowned.

I was puzzled, Li Yuan whispered: "This place is not right."

At this time, the ancient Egyptian guide was picking up a hare that was also driven here by the storm.The rabbit was hiding among the camels just now, and it didn't know how to hide when it saw people passing by.

Stephanie sarcastically said: "Don't you Egyptian priests worship animals? Why do you dare to eat life in the desert? Are you afraid that Seth will punish you like those liars?"

She said this because Hassan and the others didn't run here together, and only Socrates was fidgeting by the side of the Egyptian guide.

That storm outside was no joke.

Although Hassan and the others repeatedly deceived me for a fool, I was a little worried seeing that they hadn't escaped the storm.Besides, Alex wasn't with us either.

Ancient Egyptian guides aren't too worried. "Egyptians admire the souls of animals. Eating the flesh is not blasphemy." He stood up with his legs on the rabbit that had been gutted. "As for you, a stranger without awe, be careful not to be used by the gods."

He used the word "eating".

But I was worried about Alex and the others, so I didn't think about the strangeness.

"Is something wrong with her?"

"Don't worry about others, this place is evil." Lou Shiqi said. "I knew that bearded man was not a good thing. It might be safer to follow him now."

Hearing what he said, I realized that Boothwell and others were not here either.

Indeed, along the way, Boothwell acted suspiciously, and Morgan and the others looked at Alex differently.Maybe these people just took a fancy to the relationship between Alex and the magnetic field, and they left us here to act alone.I just don't know how they cleared up these things.

It seems that the 279 people also feel that they have been put together by Boothwell.Xia Shangzhou, Chang Xiao and Ding Ze were not with us either, probably following Boothwell's team in the chaos, Meng Weiqing and others were not in a hurry.With Alex around, those people probably wouldn't attack Xia Shangzhou and the others.

I glanced at Lou Shiqi who was watching the movement around vigilantly.Fortunately, it was not him who was singled into the opposing team.After all, if they really attack, with the skills of Xia Shangzhou and Ding Ze, they can at least escape without Chang Xiao.

Carl and Bruce have gone deeper.Arno, who had followed them, stopped to survey the surroundings.

We ran over after seeing the temple.Although he didn't come to the temple, there are ancient Egyptian-style walls standing around.

"Is there a problem here?"

As soon as I said the words, I realized something was wrong.

It stands to reason that we did walk into the temple complex, but we didn't feel half shaded.Furthermore, even though it is noon, there are short shadows under our feet.But those walls seem to be floating there, without any attachment to the surrounding environment.

"What's going on?" I asked tremblingly.

Li Yuan had already walked to the wall.He grabbed a handful of sand, and his hand penetrated the wall unhindered.The palms flipped and the sand fell back to the ground.

"It might be a mirage." Li Yuan clapped his hands and turned to look in the direction of Karl and the others.You can also see their shadowy figures. "It seems that there is no danger, do you want to follow up and have a look?"

As he said that, he glanced at me and walked away.Seeing this, Yano waved his hand towards us and followed.

"Can a person walk in a mirage?" Lou Shiqi had disbelief written all over his face.

"We are already in the hinterland of the desert, and we don't meet the conditions for the formation of a mirage." He Rongchuan patted the building, "What's more, I have never heard of a mirage that can be approached."

Teacher Bai's expression was indistinguishable: "Perhaps this does not reflect the current building."

Before we could ask, he showed a reassuring smile: "Anyway, let's go and have a look first."

Meng Weiqing nodded and took the lead.

Jiang Can shrugged. "What are you afraid of? I don't believe this stupid thing can do anything to us."

After walking in for a while, I saw a river suddenly flowing through the endless desert.

Karl and others were gathering water by the river, and several people jumped into the water and splashed water on their bodies.Fortunately, they are standing downstream.

It looks like at least the river is not fake.Moreover, the river water is clear, in line with the characteristics of sandstone water storage.

With the guarantee of the water source, everyone was relieved.

Deserts are rich in solar energy, mainly because there is less cloud cover above.The sun is shining.In the mirage thousands of years ago, everyone tried in vain to block the sun with the eaves of ancient Egypt.

Under the sun, Yanuo and others happily gathered under a basalt rock not far away.

It turned out that Tempura was entertaining himself by spreading flowers in the endless cat litter box, but now he found a snake slough from a piece of basalt half buried in the sand.It pushed hard with its mouth, and made a somersault for itself.

Yano went to help it, and then stopped us with a serious expression on the snake slough.

The snake slough was more than one meter long, and it was not complete yet.Lou Shiqi picked it up, looked at it, and said, "This snake must be seven or eight meters long, so let's say it's less."

It is seven or eight meters long, so how long has it lived.

Tempura, whose slough was confiscated, meowed twice in dissatisfaction. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he stared at a desert black snake with thick wrists.The snake was confronting a sand cat, and the orange cat joined the fight with its fat belly pressed to the ground.

Everyone watched the dragon and the tiger fight vigorously, and then there were lizards and scorpions rushing out beside the black stone.

James, who was always drunk, laughed and said, "I have something to eat tonight."

Those people also laughed.After all, they are all equipped with guns, and I am afraid that these small animals will fail.

Just as he was talking, a horned adder more than half a meter long swam over.Jacqueline was so frightened by the triangular poisonous snake head that she hid behind Lou Shiqi.

When Lou Shi was frowning and looking at the snake slough just now, Jacqueline dodged him and subconsciously looked forward.

One of the slobbers said, "Has the snake shrunk? It's still at least seven or eight meters long?"

When Lou Shiqi was ridiculed, he couldn't hold back his face.He handed the snake slough to me, and took a step forward to meet the snake.

"It's a fucking cobra." I gave him a hand.

"Don't move." Li Yuan said, walking slowly.Neither Carl nor the 279 people moved.Li Yuan whispered in Chinese: "I'll go, snake venom doesn't work on me."

Lou Shiqi cocked his neck: "I used to catch snakes in exchange for money when I was a child, just wait and see." After finishing speaking, he stood up straight and let out a falcon cry, and at the same time raised his hands forward To reach the cobra's head.

The cobra stood upright when it heard the cry of the natural enemy.

Li Yuan didn't know what to do, he picked up a dead tree fork and held it in his hand, waiting to give the snake a blow at any time.Although Carl and the others mostly saw the meaning of the joke, they all raised their guns and aimed at the cobra.

Now even if Lou Shiqi angered the snake, he would be able to retreat unscathed.

I saw Lou Shiqi put his hand above the cobra's snake crown, ignoring the poisonous snake's hissing letter, shaking his body, while slowly lowering his hand lower and lower.The snake also followed his gestures and gradually fell on the sand.

Lou Shiqi saw the opportunity, stepped on the snake's seven inches, nailed it to the ground, then turned around and raised his head triumphantly.

This operation is simply magic.We were all dumbfounded.

After restraining the cobra, Lou Shiqi thought for a while and said, "I don't think something's right."

I also feel that something is not right.

Lou Shiqi went on to say: Every small animal has logic and reason.What animals will appear in which environment, they have their own behavior patterns, and they will assess possible risks.

Theoretically speaking, Egyptian cobras should not appear in pure deserts.They generally use human residences, or buildings such as temples.So either there are human activity areas nearby, or, there are large buildings.

But except for a dead tree around here is real, those buildings are actually mirages.

Rather than why there is a cobra here, I am more interested in why Lou Shiqi can not change his face when facing the cobra.After all, human beings are born with a fear of snakes, even Li Yuan and Karl are more nervous.

Jiang Can and He Rongchuan leaned over to touch the snake, and asked Lou Shiqi what he was doing.Lou Shiqi casually said that when he was young, he went hunting with the people in the village, if he could not catch snakes, he would have been poisoned to death.

"Although I haven't caught a cobra, but if you miss it, just dodge it. Anyway, those people can beat the snake to death." Lou Shiqi shrugged: "Besides, I am very confident in myself."

The sand cat had already run away at some point, and Tempura happily fought with the thick-armed desert black snake.

Kawaii-san was afraid that the thing would hurt the cat, and wanted to take Tempura back, but the two little animals were inseparable.

Lou Shiqi handed the cobra to Jiang Can, and volunteered to show everyone his snake-catching skills amid the latter's scolding.After he got close to the black snake, he froze for a long time, and suddenly he froze.Tempura also bowed at his feet.

Lou Shiqi took two steps back slowly, waving his hands behind his back, trying to convey the seriousness of the matter to us.

Before we could decipher his body language, the sand in front of him suddenly lifted.

James, who resonated with Lou Shiqi very much, pulled the trigger, and the black snake was shot in the head just now.

At the same time, a snake head the size of a twelve-liter rice cooker emerged from the ground.

"Apep!" Jacqueline yelled.

　Try to finish writing the first [-] chapters this year, and the real main line of the story cannot be left until next year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)