Why didn't anyone tell me this is a parallel world?

Xia Liuying chased after them and saw that the wild camels had gathered together to rest. No more wild camels would come to find her, so she returned to the tent and went to sleep with peace of mind.

I slept relatively soundly that night. I didn't have to worry about the sudden increase in wind and sand at night. Only the faint sounds of animals appeared and disappeared, which was a good sleep-inducing sound.

After getting up in the morning, Xia Liuying went to take another look at the group of wild camels, and found that they had gotten up earlier than her.

They were walking around the puddles drinking water and eating grass, each one of them was much more leisurely than her.

However, Xia Liuying discovered that the water in the puddle was smaller than what she saw last night, and the distance between the animals drinking water had become closer.

I don’t know how long the puddle here can exist.

I randomly picked a small lucky one to cook meat porridge, and Xia Liuying’s breakfast was ready.

After packing up her things and keeping an eye on the direction, Xia Liuying put on her backpack and prepared to set off when she discovered that the group of wild camels had also left the oasis and were heading in another direction.

Originally, Xia Liuying thought that they would stay here for a while, but maybe they realized that this oasis could not last long, so they left early to look for the next place.

Not forgetting to take away the two birds buried last night, Xia Liuying used three-section staff to form a long stick and held it in her hand. She had just discovered this thing two days ago. Using this thing as a walking stick would make walking a lot easier.

You can find out in advance whether the sand in front is soft or hard, so that you don't have to find out that the sand is unstable and easy to sink when you step on it.

On the contrary, the engineer shovel, which I thought would be very useful, was only used once the night before yesterday when I was taking a break from digging a sand pit. Life is unpredictable.

Because Xia Liuying took a detour to deliver the desert lizards given by Base No. 12, this section of the road was not on the desert hiking route, so there was no need to plant seeds along the way, so Xia Liuying traveled a lot faster.

After walking for several hours with her head down, Xia Liuying discovered something was wrong.

In the past, by eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the sun would have risen very high and the sun would have been so hot that we had to take a break before we could continue walking.

Xia Liuying looked at the time. It was already past ten o'clock, and the sun in the sky didn't seem to be very hot. Instead, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. Yellow sand was flying all over the sky. It looked gray in the distance, and only things close up could be seen clearly.

A sandstorm is coming. Xia Liuying doesn't have much experience, but she can guess it to some extent. After all, there are only a few types of weather in the desert.

The most urgent task is not to rush on the road, but to find a place to hide as soon as possible and avoid this sandstorm.

Although Xia Liuying's physical ability can be considered strong and she can withstand most injuries, it is still a bit difficult to use human power to fight against the power of nature.

What can a human body weighing only a hundred pounds do when faced with strong winds that can easily blow down decades-old trees?

The summer fireflies follow a triangular route from the desert hiking route to the oasis delivery point, and then from the oasis delivery point back to the desert hiking route, not returning by the original route.

This made Xia Liuying a little hesitant. Should she spend a few hours speeding up to get back to the desert hiking route, or find a suitable hiding place before the sandstorm comes?

Although the desert hiking route is relatively safe and secure, it does not mean that Xia Liuying will be able to find a suitable place to hide as soon as she goes there. It may take even longer to find it.

The latter saves time on the journey, but the saved time does not necessarily mean you can find a suitable place.

Both options are gambles.

Xia Liuying lowered her eyes, but in just a few seconds, she decisively chose the latter and returned to the desert hiking route. It would take at least a few hours, and she could not guarantee that a sandstorm would not come at this time.

So choosing the latter and finding a place nearby to avoid the sandstorm can at least save some time and is safer.

Of course, returning to the oasis was also an option, but Xia Liuying felt the direction of the wind and found that it was blowing from the direction of the oasis. If she turned back, she would probably walk into a trap and run into it on her own initiative.

Moreover, that oasis could not give Xia Liuying much sense of security. Perhaps after this sandstorm, it would completely disappear in the desert.

After walking for less than half an hour, the wind suddenly became much stronger. Even Xia Liuying felt the pressure. Every step she took required more effort to land on the ground. Her body was swaying in the wind. In order to stabilize her body, her physical energy consumption increased several times.

The distance of visible objects is getting closer and closer. At the beginning, Xia Liuying could see things dozens of meters away, but now she can only see things more than ten meters away.

Moreover, the wind was blowing and my body was swaying constantly. Just as I turned left, the wind blown me to the right involuntarily. I couldn't walk in the direction I chose.

You have to keep checking the direction of the compass to determine which direction you are going.

Even so, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the wind stopped briefly. Xia Liuying took the opportunity to take out the map and checked it, and found that she had still gone in the wrong direction.

Fortunately, Xia Liuying was lucky and encountered a rocky desert. The huge rocks were blown by wind and sand to leave various marks, and many cracks were the most natural hiding place.

After expelling the creatures that originally lived there, Xia Liuying unceremoniously occupied a huge gap that was more than one meter wide, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, visibility outside was only a few meters in front of me. All I could see was yellow sand flying all over the sky. It was only a little after one in the afternoon, but it was already dark as if it was almost night.

Xia Liuying left her backpack in the gap, and before the sandstorm really arrived, she went out to look for some larger pieces of rubble.

It will be used to block the gap later to prevent strong wind from blowing sand in.

A few stones were piled up, leaving only a small gap for ventilation. The inside of the gap suddenly became as dark as night. Although Xia Liuying could see in the dark, she preferred a brighter environment.

Turning on the lighting equipment and hanging it on a protrusion in the gap, Xia Liuying looked around the environment in the gap.

The cracks extend from the outside to the inside, and the space becomes narrower and narrower. The outermost entrance is more than one meter wide and two meters high, but less than two meters inside, the width is only half a meter and the height is only more than one meter.

The inside wasn't very clean, with some residues of dried animal excrement. Fortunately, a lot of sand had just blown in, covering it up, so it couldn't be seen unless you dug deep, which was acceptable.

Xia Liuying sat down against one of the stone walls. She couldn't even straighten her long legs and could only bend them partially. She looked out through the gaps between the stones. It was dark and she didn't know how long it would take for the darkness to end.