1249 Undecided (2/2)

Based on estimates made on the map, it took about one and a half days to reach the Devil's Sea. Zhang Zian would have that amount of time to decide on his course of action.

Nabari saw that they had already made up their minds. He sighed and gave up trying to persuade them otherwise. He muttered a few words to God.

After lunch, at about 3 p.m., the intensity of the sun had decreased. The team decided to continue moving ahead.

The closer they were to their destination, the closer they were to returning home. Although nothing else seemed to have changed, most people's moods were relatively buoyant.

At the request of Peter Lee, Nabari led the team to deviate from the ancient road and go into the depths of the unknown desert.

From now on, even Nabari would not be sure what was in front of him. He had started walking on the ancient road with his father a few decades ago. However, with this new path, he had little experience. In addition, the path may constantly change in as little as a few days.

Time passed slowly, and in the summer heat, the sun slowly set. The sky soon turned from bright to dark, indicating that it was the evening.

Nabari, who was at the front, stopped his car and spoke to Zhang Zian through the intercom. There was another tall sand dune in front of him. He asked him to get out and use the drone to check the situation.

The other team members heard the conversation and stopped as well. They got out of their cars to stretch. They gathered together to talk and laugh, and some talked with great interest about the Devil's Sea.

It was getting late. They were likely to camp just after scaling this sand dune. Also, with the high temperature subsiding, everyone's mood lightened a little. It was much like getting off work on a Friday evening.

Zhang Zian manipulated the drone to take off. He had done this many times, and it had become a routine. With each additional time he successfully completed the task, more people had seen it and therefore lost interest.

Nekhbet flew over the sand ridge and first gave a 360-degree panoramic view of the terrain. It then transmitted the image to the remote control's screen in real time so that Zhang Zian could roughly estimate which side had lower terrain. According to his experience, the side with a lower height also had gentler slopes.

The evening light was not very good. The place where the sun was shining was still relatively bright, but the places that had no light were very dark. To make matters worse, the contrast between light and dark was very strong.

The sunset from the west had too much influence on the line of sight. Zhang Zian fine-tuned the height and shooting angle of Nekhbet to minimize the interference of the sunset.

Halfway through the 360-degree panoramic view of the landscape, something suddenly flashed on the screen of the remote control. When Zhang Zian looked again, the flash did not happen.

”Strange. What was that?”

He used his joystick and manipulated Nekhbet to turn back in the opposite direction.

There was another flash.

There was no mistake this time. Something was flashing in the distance on the back of the sand ridge.

He let Nekhbet hover in the same place and aimed the camera in that direction. He then adjusted the focus and enlarged the picture.

A blurred black dot appeared in the picture. Alas, it was too dark. Even if the focal length had been pulled to the farthest, it would still be impossible to make out what it was.