aircannonsinc Chapter 259 High Risk
Chapter 259 High Risk
The howling of the sandstorm lasted for an unknown amount of time, as if it wanted to grind time itself into sand.
Inside the starry sky, every breath carried an air of tension.
Fine beads of cold sweat trickled down Xu Si's forehead. His forced internal seeking only caused his sequence to surge forward relentlessly.
However, this feeling is never exactly pleasant.
The sandstorm came suddenly and disappeared even more suddenly.
The destructive shriek abruptly ceased without warning.
As if suddenly gripped by an invisible giant hand, billions of wildly dancing grains of sand lost their support and fell with a rustling sound, spreading out into a new, flat expanse of sand in the deathly silence.
Beyond the starry sky, the scorching, blinding sunlight poured down again, causing the sand sea to emit distorted halos of light.
The sky returned to its original color, and the overwhelming sense of being watched from all sides slowly dissipated like the receding tide.
"It's stopped?" Tashan's voice, hoarse with disbelief, came through the car radio.
Xu Si slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, his starry eyes dimming slightly.
Maintaining the "Star Curtain" for nearly an hour at such an extremely high intensity left him feeling exhausted, even with his Sequence 4 foundation and Yi Yi's support.
With a slight thought, the ethereal shield covering the convoy rippled and faded like water before finally dissipating completely.
As for whether [Vifū] will return, who cares? Anyway, he can't hold on any longer.
The heat wave hit you instantly, bringing with it the suffocating dryness unique to the desert, so dry it seemed to suck all the moisture from your soul.
The temperature was completely different from the pleasant temperature on the "grassland" before.
The convoy members pushed open the car doors, and hot air rushed into the cabins, causing a series of low coughs and suppressed gasps.
The sight before them silenced them.
The endless sand dunes stretched out under the blood-red sun, burning all the way to the horizon.
There is no greenery, no water, no life, only a monotonous and cruel mix of golden yellow and dark red.
Not far away, the Changsheng convoy slowly appeared. Lu Xun's condition was not much better than Xu Si's. In fact, Xu Si sensed that Lu Xun had fainted.
This made Xu Si secretly pleased. If Sequence 4 was similar to Sequence 3, wouldn't his promotion have been in vain?
However, Xu Si did not underestimate the Land Cruiser, a Sequence 3 vehicle.
The fact that they were able to remain undetected during a level 5 bizarre search is quite telling.
"Old Xu, what's wrong with you?" Fu Xiaojian's voice came through the loudspeaker, tinged with urgency.
"I'm fine!" Xu Si calmed down a little.
"It's good that everything is alright. The others should check the vehicles and count the number of people." His voice remained calm.
But everyone could hear a hint of fatigue beneath the tension.
The group silently began to act.
Next, they will be driving in the desert, and all the preparations the convoy made before will have to be redone.
Fortunately, with Wang Hu providing guidance, nothing unusual happened.
Xu Si chewed on an ice pop, and the "All-Time Control" of [Nirvana] came into play.
Its tires are at least twice as wide, and the vehicle body is raised accordingly.
The crow took off immediately, but it didn't fly very high; it flew almost skimming the ground.
Fu Xiaojian had originally intended to win over Lu Xun and his men, but seeing their two cars retreating cautiously, he refrained from approaching them.
It seems they're also afraid of being double-crossed.
However, the Land Cruiser SUV remained where it was, as the man was already unconscious and it was impossible for him to drive it away.
"They even gave us a big gift before leaving, they were quite polite! Someone! Take that SUV away!" Fu Xiaojian naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to increase the fleet's spare vehicles.
Xiao Wu is quite perceptive; he's the most suitable candidate right now.
The convoy did not linger in the same spot.
After all, we don't know what that strange thing was all about.
The rest of the team gradually recovered.
After making eye contact with Xu Si to confirm that he was alright, Fu Xiaojian turned on his loudspeaker again.
"Everyone, get on the bus, we're leaving immediately." Fu Xiaojian's voice was slightly hurried.
"Yes!" the crowd replied.
It was just deflating the tires, which didn't take much time.
Having prior experience driving in the Gobi Desert, the convoy was quite adept at it.
Engines roared one after another, tearing a gash in the desolate desert.
The Mengshi truck and ambulance were still in the lead, followed by Su Su's pickup truck and Wang Hu's Volkswagen, then Xiao Wu's SUV and Tashan's bus in the middle, and Chen Pei's RV and Li Miao's big dog were ahead of Xu Si.
The wheels rolled over the sand, making a dry, rustling sound.
The heatwave seeped in through the gaps in the car windows, and even with the air conditioning on, the interior of the car was still unbearably stuffy.
The scorching heat of the blood-red sunlight seemed to penetrate metal and glass, scorching everyone's skin.
Of course, Xu Si is an exception.
The Nirvana has excellent temperature control, so you won't feel hot even without air conditioning.
With Xu Si and Yi each having an ice pop, it couldn't be more comfortable.
Yi Yi no longer hides inside Xu Si's body; instead, she has started trying various foods.
Perhaps it's because I've spent so much time with Bingxin that I especially love popsicles.
The convoy slowly advanced through the sea of sand, its tires constantly slipping and sinking as they rolled over the soft sand, struggling to move forward again.
The roar of the engine sounded particularly dull in the empty desert, carrying a sense of exhaustion and powerlessness.
The walkie-talkie was quiet, with only Fu Xiaojian occasionally issuing brief instructions.
Everyone focused their energy on controlling the vehicle, battling the resistance of the desert and the corrosive heat.
The blood-red sun slowly set in the west, but the light remained harsh, casting short, dark shadows on the shady side of the dunes.
Everyone just wanted to get away from that terrifying area as quickly as possible.
"Want another one?" The passenger in the front seat licked the popsicle in small sips.
"Is it okay?" Her voice was very soft, like the wind brushing against ice crystals.
"Of course," Xu Si replied simply.
Immediately, the popsicle that was almost finished in Yi Yi's hand returned to its original shape, which made Yi Yi's most radiant smile bloom.
The star veins spread out silently, and Xu Si still couldn't figure out why that thing suddenly disappeared.
Could it be that he opened it?
Then Xu Si thought of another possibility.
The only thing capable of scaring away this strange creature is probably another strange creature!
And what could scare away a level 5 eerie creature?
Xu Si's good mood, which had just been lifted by the popsicle, immediately plummeted.
No way?
Could I really be that unlucky?
"Old Fu? How's your danger perception?" Xu Si asked through the walkie-talkie.
"Just recovered! Probably orange!" This means the danger hasn't been completely eliminated.
Fu Xiaojian described his sense of danger to them.
It is roughly divided into four levels: red (lethal), orange (high risk), yellow (dangerous), and green (safe).
This was his own division, made so that Xu Si and others could understand it.
However, Xu Si's vigilance did not decrease in the slightest.
That level 5 anomaly can't just suddenly retreat without a reason, can it?