Chapter 1111 – Save Yourself

“Well, be careful, I’ll go over and take a look first.”

Zhuang Rui knows that the vertical width here is already out of the quicksand area, pretending to walk a few steps tightly, picked up the stone, stomped on the sand and said, “This side is not quicksand anymore, let’s go a few steps forward.”

Here is the edge of the quicksand area, it is still dangerous to be too close, Zhuang Rui walked forward for more than thirty meters before stopping, took out a small flag and inserted it on the ground, then said to Peng Fei, “Call them over! Later I will scout the way in front and let the camel caravan follow behind.”

Although Zhuang Rui clearly knew the terrain in front of him, there was no difference between this quicksand and ordinary yellow sand from the surface, so if there was no one ahead to scout the way, it was estimated that no one would dare to ride on the camels in a big way.

“It’s bad, Prof. Manchu has fallen into the quicksand.”

Just as Peng Fei turned around and was about to go greet the crowd, Erdan’s voice suddenly came over, causing Zhuang Rui’s heart to tighten, and following the sound, Erdan, Mangzi and the others, were running towards where Prof. Mann was.

“Erdan, don’t come closer, shit, I should have known to let Prof. Mann come this way.”

Zhuang Rui shouted, running deep in the sand as well, and when they arrived at the place where Prof. Mann had fallen into the quicksand, the people who had been waiting on the dune had all gathered around.

“Teacher Man, is it going to be alright? Do we need to do something?”

Seeing that the quicksand only engulfed the root of Professor Man’s body’s thighs and didn’t continue to sink, Zhuang Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and after using his aura to look at the terrain on all sides, he couldn’t help but cry and laugh a little.

It turned out that this piece of quicksand was in the shape of a gourd’s mouth, protruding outward that much, and just coincidentally was stepped on by Prof. Mann, also counting his bad luck.

“I’m fine, Xiao Zhuang, you guys back off, back off a little more.”

Compared to the panic of the surrounding people, Professor Man Man who fell into the quicksand was calm and relaxed, not a trace of panic on his face, only the voice of his speech was very small, as if he was afraid of causing a vibration that would lead to his body sinking.

“Professor Full, how does this …… this come out ah?”

Previously heard Professor Man said that it can’t be pulled hard, Zhuang Rui didn’t know how to free it.

“It’s okay, Xiao Zhuang, help me find a one meter sized hardwood board.”

Prof. Man tried to put his voice as soft as possible, at the same time, his body slightly leaned forward, so that his abdomen was also attached to the surface of the sand, this is somewhat the same as in the water, the larger the area that touches the surface of the sand, the more buoyancy will be generated.

“Hardwood planks? , Teacher Man, do you think this thing will work?”

Professor Man’s request made Zhuang Rui scratch his head a little, running back to the camel and rummaging around for half a day, he could only pull out an aluminum alloy board that could be folded from underneath the tent and handed it to Professor Man.

Professor Man received the alloy plate, spread it on the sand surface, the action is very gentle, and the density of the alloy plate seems to be lower than the quicksand, placed on the sand surface and did not sink.

After laying the alloy plate, Prof. Full spread his two hands wide and leaned his body forward, lying on top of the alloy plate, while moving his legs slightly from side to side inside the quicksand, so that the water and sand would try to seep into the squeezed out vacuum area.

“Professor Man, how did you …… you do this?”

Zhuang Rui and the others stood around, looking at Professor Man as if he had pulled his legs out a little bit by magic, they couldn’t help but all stare in disbelief, completely unable to understand how he did it.

“Come out and say it again.”

Prof. Man shook his head gently, at this time the crowd also saw his action clearly, those yellow sand around Prof. Man’s body which originally had moisture and appeared a bit sticky, under Prof. Man’s action, it obviously became loose and sparse.

After a full half an hour, Professor Man finally got out of the quicksand, in Zhuang Rui’s help, stood steady.

Although in this process, Prof. Man showed a very relaxed, but after standing on the ground, everyone could see that Prof. Man’s legs were like a pendulum, shaking non-stop, and his face was also a little white, obviously the impact suffered by the heart was not small.

“This …… this came out?”

Erdan is seen the power of the quicksand when swallowing the camel, and now to Professor Man so easily get rid of the quicksand, the psychological feeling is a little difficult to accept, the mouth muttered: “This …… had known that this will work, big hair and two hairs do not have to die.”

“Brat, roll aside, not to mention the camel, is your kid fell in, can calm down is good.” After Professor Man took a sip of water, his spirit was slightly lifted and he scolded Erdan with a smile.

Prof. Man thought about also some fear, in just fell into the quicksand, two legs like tied on a thousand pounds of burden in general, dragging their own bodies down, this if a change of inexperienced people, will be desperately struggling, the end of the natural is self-evident.

“Teacher Man, just like what you did just now, you’ll be able to get out of the trap?”

Mangzi was most concerned about this issue, he was begging for food in the desert, he might encounter quicksand at some point, if he could learn this hand of Prof. Man, it would be a life-saving skill.

Prof. Man nodded and said: “Yes, the first thing to pay attention to is that when falling into the quicksand, the body tilts back as much as possible, if you fall headlong into it, then the gods can’t save you even if they come. The second point should be like what I did just now, never panic, the movement must be gentle, both feet gently move in the quicksand, so that the pressure on the body can be relieved, at the same time let the sand slowly become loose.”

Although Professor Man was also plunged into the quicksand for the first time, but his theoretical knowledge is quite rich, coupled with the previous practice, enough to be called a quicksand expert, and at that moment, some of his own insights were imparted to Mangzi and Erdan.

Zhuang Rui waited until Professor Man and Mangzi had finished talking, and then opened his mouth and said, “Teacher Man, I’ve already found the field over there, why don’t you take a break first, and we’ll go over there in the afternoon!”

“Found the field? Go, go take a look.”

Prof. Man waved his hand, he had been working in the field for many years, his body was considered to be relatively good, and after a little rest, he was already slowing down.

Came to the place where Zhuang Rui inserted the flag, Professor Man squatted down and carefully observed for a while, used a wooden stick to pick apart the sand surface of the quicksand that was two meters away from his body, and said, “Xiaozhuang, look at it, you can’t tell the difference between the sand surface, but picking apart the sand, it’s still a little bit different.”

“Well, it’s a bit different, we all used a stupid method just now.”

Zhuang Rui took a closer look, the yellow sand below the surface of the quicksand was different from the dry yellow sand on the field, it slightly appeared to be a bit moist, in fact, there was no need to use a stone to probe the way, just take a stick directly.

Professor Man shook his head after hearing Zhuang Rui’s words and said, “This is early morning, if it comes to noon time, I guess it won’t work.”

It hardly ever rains in the desert, and after a few hours of the hot sun in the sky, even the yellow sand on the surface of the quicksand would become dry, that’s why Prof. Man had said that.

“Well, then let’s hurry before it’s too late!”

Having stayed in the desert for several days, and now that he was expected to find the ancient temple ruins, Zhuang Rui didn’t want to delay any longer, and said at once, “Teacher Man, you sit on the camel and rest, I’ll explore the road in front.”

“Brother Zhuang, I’ll do it!”

Peng Fei grabbed the wooden stick in Zhuang Rui’s hand, this pathfinding is a dangerous job, if you are not careful and fall head first into the quicksand, then the gods can’t save you.

“Go go, you follow me.”

Zhuang Rui snatched the wooden stick over in a bad mood, if he let Peng Fei lead the way, he didn’t know when he would be able to bypass this area of quicksand!

After arguing for a while, in the end, Zhuang Rui still used the threat of not bringing Peng Fei out in the future to fight for the job of scouting the way, and walked ahead of him.

Walking in the desert was like stepping on a sponge, deep and shallow, thanks to the fact that Zhuang Rui had aura that could restore his strength, it also took nearly five hours to bypass this area of quicksand.

“Look, there’s an oasis in front.”

Peng Fei followed Zhuang Rui for a while before, really can’t hold out the energy to ride on the camel, on the camel to see farther than Zhuang Rui, the first to see in front, appeared a piece of vegetation.

The emergence of vegetation, indicating that the front of the sand appeared in the soil, Prof. Man hastily greeted Zhuang Rui: “Xiao Zhuang, all right, quickly ride on the camel to rest it!”

For Zhuang Rui’s physical quality, Dr. Ren and other people have a little understanding, but this way, is to see Professor Man and other people in the heart staggering, can be in the desert without stopping for five or six hours, this is almost beyond the limits of human physiology.

“It’s okay, Prof. Man, let’s rest here at night!”

Zhuang Rui approached the piece of vegetation and realized that around it, there were also a few poplar trees that were called by human beings as “alive but not dead for a thousand years, dead but not fallen for a thousand years, fallen but not rotten for a thousand years”.

Probably because of the existence of water source, these few poplar trees are not very tall, there is still green color on the branches, and they are not dead.

“OK, I didn’t expect that this is about to reach the North Gobi, there can still be such a desert oasis, it seems that our work is still not done!”

As an important plant for desert management, Professor Man is quite knowledgeable about the poplar tree, and after a cursory look, he judged the underground situation here, and opened his mouth to say, “Within four meters of here, there must be the existence of a water source, and it is directly drinkable.”

Relying on the security of the root system, as long as the underground water level is not lower than 4 meters, the poplar tree can live comfortably, and when the underground water level falls to 6 to 9 meters, it can only show a strong smile and shrivel up.

And if the water table and then low, poplar tree can only leave the world, should be characterized by the death of a thousand years of the proverb, so, in the desert as long as you see columns or fresh or dry poplar, you can judge that there was once a water source existed here.