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Chapter 76 Mirage

Driven by the storm, we ran towards the temple.

The temple that was cared for by Seth looked very close, but it took a long time to get closer.

Fortunately, as soon as they entered this area, the fierce storm suddenly stopped, or bypassed this place. It seemed that Seth couldn't bear to destroy the temple, and everyone was not hurt at all after entering. Although they were still frightened,

But most of these people were licking blood from their knives and quickly calmed down and started looking around.

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

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

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

After hearing this, everyone who was paralyzed on the spot sat up in shock as they were dying of illness.

The Infernal Affairs guide comforted us and said that he once served as an Egyptian air force and conducted survival exercises in the desert. The desert seemed deserted, but there were many snakes and rats. In addition, they also learned how to obtain these survival resources, so even if they brought

If you don’t have enough food, you don’t have to worry about not being able to survive.

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

A storm in the desert means thunder but no rain.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. The innocent Egyptian guide invited by 279 angrily pulled the Infernal Affairs guide aside and started arguing fiercely in Arabic, to the effect that he was scolding him for being obsessed.

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

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

Arno stopped arranging his appearance and looked at the sky.

He was wearing a coat that I had never seen before. This was in the desert, and even Li Yuan was wearing the coat from the previous few days. But Arnold could guarantee that his outfit would be different every time he showed up.

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

In fact, everyone's watches and communication equipment have become decorations. People cannot accurately estimate time when experiencing extreme situations, and they don't even know how long the storm lasted. And although Seth's anger seems to have dissipated

, but the sun has not yet appeared, and you can only feel from the rising heat that it is still daytime.

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

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

Bruce took off his gloves and groped around on the ground, then said slowly, "It's not like we won't be able to find water."

He said that the Sahara Desert was formed at least two million years ago. It is a wasteland second only to Antarctica and an excellent natural underground reservoir. We are now standing on an underground sea that has the flow of the Nile River for hundreds of years. If it really

If there is no water to drink, you can always dig out an underground river by digging down in the right place.

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

Such a desert contains the longest life.

Sure enough, after a while I heard someone exclaiming: "River!"

"There is a river not far ahead." Karl ran over. He looked at the people lying on the ground with disgust, then turned to Bruce and said, "My people went there first, shall we go too?"

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

go back.

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

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

I was puzzled, so Li Yuan whispered: "There's something wrong with this place."

At this time, the ancient Egyptian guide was picking up a hare that had also been driven here by the storm. The hare was hiding among the camels just now, and did not know how to hide when people passed by.

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

She said this because Hassan and others did not follow them here, and only Socrates stayed restlessly beside the Egyptian guide.

That storm outside is no joke.

Although Hassan and others deceived me as a fool over and over again, I was a little worried when I saw that they had not escaped the storm. What's more, Alex was not with us either.

The ancient Egyptian guide was not too worried. "The Egyptians respected the souls of animals. Eating the body would not be blasphemous." He picked up the rabbit with its guts eviscerated and stood up with his legs. "As for you, you have no respect.

Strangers with a loving heart, be careful not to be enjoyed by the gods.”

He used the word "eating".

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

"Is something going to happen to her?"

"Don't worry about others, this is the only evil here." Lou Shiqi said. "I knew that bearded guy was not a good guy. Maybe it would be safer to follow him now."

After hearing what he said, I realized that Buswell and others were not here either.

Indeed, Buswell behaved suspiciously along the way, and Morgan and others also took a special look at Alex. Maybe these people just took a fancy to the relationship between Alex and the magnetic field, and left us here to act alone. I just don’t know how they treat these things.

The matter is cleared up.

It seems that the people in 279 also feel that they have been manipulated by Buswell. Xia Shangzhou, Chang Xiao and Ding Ze are not with us. They probably followed Buswell's team in the chaos. Meng Weiqing and others are not in a hurry. Yes.

If Alex is here, those people won't attack Xia Shangzhou and the others.

I glanced at Lou Shiqi, who was watching the movements around him warily. Fortunately, he was not alone in the opponent's team. After all, if they really took action, with the skills of Xia Shangzhou and Ding Ze, even with Chang

At least you can get away with laughing at this dragster.

Carl and Bruce had already walked deeper. Arno had been following them, but now he stopped and surveyed the environment.

We ran over after seeing the temple. Although we did not walk to the temple, there were ancient Egyptian-style walls surrounding it.

"Is there something wrong here?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I immediately realized something was wrong.

It stands to reason that we did walk into the temple complex, but we didn't feel the slightest shade. Furthermore, even though it was noon, there were short shadows under our feet. But the walls seemed to be floating there.

It has no 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 passed through the wall without any hindrance. He turned his palm 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 others. He could still see their shadowy figures. "It doesn't look like there is any danger. Do you want to follow me and have a look?"

He said this, but after looking at me, he walked forward. Arno saw this, waved towards us, and followed.

"Can people walk in a mirage?" Lou Shiqi said with disbelief written all over his face.

"We are now in the hinterland of the desert and do not meet the conditions for the formation of a mirage." He Rongchuan took a picture of the building, "What's more, I have never heard of a mirage that can be approached."

Teacher Bai looked confused: "Maybe this does not reflect the current building."

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

Meng Weiqing nodded and took the lead.

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

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

Karl and others were gathering at the river to fill the water, and a few people jumped directly into the water and splashed water on themselves. Fortunately, they were standing downstream.

It seems that at least this river is not fake. Moreover, the water is clear and clear, which is consistent with the characteristics of sandstone water storage.

Now that the water source is guaranteed, everyone feels relieved.

The desert is rich in solar energy, mainly because there are fewer clouds in the sky and the scorching sun is shining brightly. People in the mirage of thousands of years ago tried in vain to block the sun with the eaves of ancient Egypt.

Arno and others happily gathered under a basalt rock not far away under the bright sun.

It turned out that Tempura was amusing himself by scattering flowers in the endless cat litter box. At this moment, he dug out a snake slough from a basalt half-buried in the sand. He plucked it hard with his mouth and plucked it for himself.

A somersault.

Arno went to help it, and then stopped us with a serious expression while holding the snake slough.

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

It's seven or eight meters long, so how long has it lived?

Tempura meowed dissatisfiedly after his snake slough was confiscated. Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he stared at a desert black snake with a thick wrist. The snake was confronting a sand cat. The orange cat was fat.

Du's belly was close to the ground and he joined the fight.

Everyone was excited to watch the dragon-tiger fight, and then lizards and scorpions emerged from the black stone.

James, who was always drunk, smiled and said, "I'll eat some tonight."

Those people also laughed. After all, they were all equipped with guns, and they were afraid of these small animals.

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

Lou Shiqi was frowning as he looked at the snake shedding just now. When Jacqueline dodged him, he subconsciously looked ahead.

The one with a shy mouth asked, "Has this snake shrunk? It's still at least seven or eight meters tall."

Lou Shiqi felt a little embarrassed when he was ridiculed. He handed the snake slough to me and took a step forward towards the snake.

"This is a fucking cobra." I pulled him.

"Don't move." Li Yuan said, walking over slowly. Neither Carl nor the people from 279 moved. Li Yuan whispered in Chinese: "I'll go, snake venom has no effect on me."

Lou Shiqi pinched his neck: "When I was a kid, I caught snakes to exchange for money. Just wait and see." After saying that, he stood up straight and made a falcon cry in his mouth, while raising his hands forward.

Go up to the cobra's head.

The cobra had already stood up when it heard the cry of its natural enemy.

Li Yuan had no idea. He picked up a dead tree fork and held it in his hand, waiting to hit the snake at any time. Although Karl and others were mostly looking at 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 escape unscathed.

I saw Lou Shiqi extending his hand to the top of the cobra's crown, ignoring the hissing and spitting of the poisonous snake, shaking his body, and at the same time slowly lowering his hand lower and lower. The snake gradually followed his gesture and lay on the sand.

On the ground.

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

This operation was simply magical. We were all stunned.

After restraining the cobra, Lou Shiqi thought for a moment and said, "I think something is not right."

I also feel like something is not quite right.

Lou Shiqi went on to say: Every small animal is logical and reasonable. Which animal will appear in which environment? They have their own behavior patterns and will evaluate possible risks.

Theoretically, Egyptian cobras should not appear in pure deserts. They usually use human houses, temples and other buildings. So there are either human activity areas nearby, or there are large buildings.

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

I am more interested in why Lou Shiqi could face a cobra without changing his expression than why there is a cobra here. After all, humans have an innate fear of snakes, and even Li Yuan and Karl seemed more nervous.

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Jiang Can and He Rongchuan went over to touch the snake and asked Lou Shiqi why he was so good at it. Lou Shiqi said lightly that when he was a child, he followed people in the village to hunt in the mountains. If he didn't know how to catch snakes, he would have been poisoned to death.

"Although I have never caught a cobra, if I miss it, just run away. Those people can kill the snake anyway." Lou Shiqi shrugged: "Besides, I am very confident in myself."

The sand cat ran away at some point, and Tempura enthusiastically fought with the thick-wristed desert black snake.

Kawaii San was afraid that the thing would hurt his beloved cat, so he wanted to take Tempura back, but the two little animals were inseparable from each other.

Lou Shiqi handed the cobra to Jiang Can, and amidst the latter's scolding, he volunteered to show everyone his snake-catching skills again. When he got close to the black snake and didn't linger for long, he suddenly froze.

.Tempura also bowed her back at his feet.

Lou Shiqi slowly took two steps back, waving his hands randomly 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 was suddenly lifted up.

James, who had a strong resonance with Lou Shiqi, pulled the trigger, and the black snake was shot in the head.

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

"Apep!" Jacqueline cried out.

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

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