Chapter 1251 Distress
"Let's drive over and take a look." Someone expressed everyone's thoughts.
Nabarri frowned, looked at the sky and raised an objection: "It will be dark soon, so it's better to wait for the day..."
"No, maybe there are still victims who survive." Lee Pitt shook his head.
No matter who drives into the desert, it is definitely not possible to keep it in the car. Everyone wants to find out the truth, and keeping it indifferent is also contrary to the humanitarian spirit - the light is too dark, too close to see the specific situation, and only see that the car is half buried in the sand. Perhaps the driver is still nearby and has not yet escaped, waiting for people to rescue him.
Time is life. If there are really victims, waiting overnight may cost the person's life.
Besides, an off-road vehicle with unknown conditions is nearby, so everyone will definitely not be able to sleep well tonight.
After a little discussion, everyone quickly formulated a plan - the drone returned, looked for a smooth slope on the sand ridge, drove over the sand ridge together, then drove towards the car, investigated the situation and set up camp by the way.
Everyone was curious about the truth about the car. The onlookers scattered and all returned to their cars, ready to set off.
Zhang Zi'an withdrew the drone, flew flat on the sand ridge and found a place with a gentle slope, allowing everyone to successfully climb over the sand ridge and come to the other side of the sand dune.
At this time, it was completely dark, and each car turned on its headlights, making the nearby area look snow-white.
If you are hiking through the desert, the best choice is to lie down at night, avoid the daylight when the sun is strong and hot, and rest during the day and walk at night to reduce the body's water loss.
However, if you drive, driving in the desert at night is very dangerous. Generally, you will try to avoid driving at night, because the sand is rugged and undulating, and there is darkness outside the light range. Too strong contrast between light and dark and sharp changes in light and dark can easily cause visual fatigue and cannot detect danger in time.
Nabari recommends parking on the walkie-talkie.
"Mr. Wei Kang, Mr. Li Pitt, the situation ahead is not clear. If you insist on going to inspect, I think it's better not to everyone go there together. It's better to send a few cars to reconnaissance first."
Although Wei Kang and Li Pitt believed that this was not necessary, they still respected Nabarri's opinion.
After discussion, it was decided that the four cars, Nabarri, Li Pitt, Wei Kang and Zhang Zi'an, would check the situation, and the other cars would be on standby.
In fact, everyone wanted to have a sneak peek, but there was no way, so they could only stay honestly and listen to the live broadcast through the walkie-talkie.
The four cars were instead driven side by side at several meters apart, heading towards the approximate position of the off-road vehicle half buried in the sand, so that the headlights combined can cover a large area, ensuring safety without missing any clues.
The images obtained from the drone before could not accurately judge the distance. The four of them felt that they had driven quite far, but they still didn't see the car.
They glanced at the rearview mirror from time to time. The headlights of the large army behind were very bright. Even though they were still penetrated through the darkness, they were just lights appearing and appearing, which proved that the sand was undulating in a large range.
Suddenly, the high beam seemed to have slight reflection object, and it seemed that it was the off-road vehicle.
"Stop! Stop! Stop quickly!"
Nabarri suddenly shouted.
Zhang Zian reacted quickly and was the first to step on the brakes. He stepped on the brakes to the bottom all at once. The tires rolled up a lot of sand and stopped quickly.
Li Pitt also stepped on the brakes, but not as decisive as Zhang Zian stepped on them. He slid forward a few meters before stopping.
Wei Kang's reaction was slower, and he slid forward for more than ten meters before stopping - although he stopped, the vehicle seemed to have problems with the front wheel on one side.
Wei Kang just braked the car, but did not turn off the engine. He shook his car suddenly, as if he was stumbled. Fortunately, he was wearing a seat belt, otherwise his head might hit the steering wheel.
He noticed that the front wheel seemed to be trapped in a pit, and instinctively moved to reverse gear, trying to rewind the car.
"Don't move! Don't move!"
Nabarri yelled, and had already jumped out of the car and ran towards Wei Kang's car.
But it's too late.
Not only did Wei Kang not pour out the car, the wheels of wildly turned out a large amount of sand, which seemed to have a counterproductive effect, disturbing the deep sand structure. Not only the front wheels on one side, but also the rear wheels began to sink.
"Professor Wei Kang! Get out of the car quickly!" Seeing the emergency situation, Zhang Zian grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted.
"Prepare the traction rope!" Li Pitt also reacted, "Don't let the car sink!"
Wei Kang's face was pale, his whole body was sweating, and he trembled and released the steering wheel and the accelerator.
A word suddenly jumped into everyone's mind - quicksand!
They understood why the off-road vehicle in front was trapped in the sand, probably also encountered quicksand.
Quicksand is very terrible, like an insatiable bottomless pit, trying to swallow any object passing through it into your stomach. The most terrible thing is that the surface of quicksand is often no different from ordinary sand, and you will only notice it when you walk up and sink.
The off-road vehicle weighs a lot and bears a bigger load. It sinks very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the sand has already passed the lower end of the car door, and Wei Kang can't even open the car door.
"Car window! Come out from the window!" Nabarri shouted.
Wei Kang was completely panicked, and then he remembered that the car window could escape. He was thin and could completely get out of the car window.
He rolled down the car window, struggled to get out of the window, sat down on the window frame, looked down, as if he was hesitating whether he could jump down.
"Don't jump! Get on the roof! If you jump down, you will be buried with the car!" Nabarri shouted.
Wei Kang gritted his teeth and tried a lot. Relying on his frequent inspections in the field, he had good physical fitness. He successfully climbed from the car window to the roof, lay down on the roof, clutching the luggage rack with both hands, and his face turned pale like copy paper.
At this time, Zhang Zian had already taken out the traction rope from his car and threw it far towards Wei Kang. He didn't know how big the quicksand was, so he didn't dare to stand too close, but the traction rope itself was very heavy. The first and second time they were thrown in a crooked manner, and Wei Kang didn't catch it until the third time.
Li Pitt had turned his car, and Zhang Zi'an tied one end of the traction rope to the tow hook behind Li Pitt's car, and then allowed Wei Kang to jump off the car.
Wei Kang gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and jumped down, his legs immediately fell into the sand, and he felt a suction force deep in the sand, dragging his feet down. Now the traction rope is his life-saving straw. He used his strength to pull the rope tightly and wrapped it around his arms several times.
Li Pitt stepped on the accelerator lightly, and the traction rope was straightened. The engine's horsepower easily defeated the suction of the quicksand, dragging Wei Kang from the quicksand to a safe area.
Chapter completed!