Richest Rag-picker

Chapter 488: Chapter 460: Encountering Danger

Go back? That was obviously out of the question. Not only had they gone through immense trouble to get here, but the Meteorite—in reality, a small asteroid—was something Fang Chenyi absolutely had to obtain.

The group paid no mind to the guard’s warning. However, it was clear that passing through here was impossible.

The youth discussed it with Fang Chenyi, and they decided to find a way to detour.

He then gave the order to the convoy behind them over the walkie-talkie.

The next moment, the entire convoy slowly began to turn around and head back the way they came.

The men in the sentry post saw this and shook their heads, saying nothing more. They just assumed the convoy was turning back. After all, apart from this one passable road, the entire surrounding area was nothing but quicksand.

Trying to cross through the quicksand was clearly unrealistic. Even they, people who had spent their entire lives in the desert, wouldn’t dare to take such a path.

After all, the weather out here was notoriously unpredictable. Under a perfectly clear sky, who knew if a massive sandstorm might whip up in the next moment?

"Besides this road, is there any other way for us to get through?"

Inside the vehicle, Fang Chenyi turned to the youth beside him and asked.

The youth smiled and shrugged. His tone was relaxed as he replied,

"Of course. In this vast desert, you can drive anywhere. There are no roads, yet everywhere is a road."

Qi Xiaotian, who was sitting nearby, frowned at the youth’s words.

"But this desert is full of dangers, isn’t it? There are places you can’t go. To be more accurate, there are probably *many* places you can’t go."

The youth nodded, conceding Qi Xiaotian’s point.

"Right. A lot of areas are quicksand, full of uncertainty and danger. But I can find a better route through it all."

Hearing the confidence in the youth’s words, Fang Chenyi studied him for a long moment before finally nodding and saying, "Alright."

Since getting the woven bag, Fang Chenyi had met countless people from all walks of life.

So when he saw the confidence in the youth’s eyes, Fang Chenyi was certain it wasn’t just a bluff.

Once the convoy had driven back far enough to be out of sight of the sentry post, they made a sharp turn and began to bypass it.

The massive vehicle kicked up a cloud of dust as it quickly skirted the area around the sentry post. Inside, the youth held up a map, pointed to a spot, and said to Fang Chenyi,

"If we follow this new path for another five kilometers, we can merge back onto our original route."

To be safe, the youth didn’t try to get back to the main road immediately. The plan was to drive another five kilometers before cutting back over.

Fang Chenyi had no objection. He just nodded, leaned back in his seat, and closed his eyes, feigning sleep.

A minute passed, then two.

The five-kilometer drive should have taken only ten minutes or so.

But just over two minutes after Fang Chenyi had closed his eyes, the youth in the front seat cursed loudly.

"Fuck! Damn it! It’s a sandstorm."

As soon as the youth finished speaking, panicked shouts from the other vehicles in the convoy crackled over the intercom.

KSHHH... "Captain, we’ve got a sandstorm closing in from behind! Should we stop and wait it out?"

Hearing the voice on the radio, both Fang Chenyi and Qi Xiaotian snapped to attention, their eyes turning to the window.

Not far behind them, a colossal wall of sand was bearing down on their position.

It was moving incredibly fast. At this rate, the sandstorm would reach their convoy in no time.

Fang Chenyi quickly asked the youth in front,

"What do we do? Should we speed up? Try to get back on the main road before it catches us?"

The youth’s expression was grim. He shook his head firmly and said,

"It’s too late. Looking at the size of it, that sandstorm will be on us in three minutes, tops.

And we need at least another ten minutes to get back to the main road!"

Hearing this, Fang Chenyi asked anxiously,

"So what’s the plan? Do we keep driving or do we stop?"

The youth thought for a second before replying, his own voice laced with urgency,

"Keep going! Full speed ahead! We absolutely cannot stop. This is a quicksand zone. If we stop moving, the sand will bury us in no time."

The driver in front heard the youth and immediately floored the accelerator. At the same time, Qi Xiaotian grabbed the intercom and quickly relayed the orders to the rest of the convoy.

"Pick up the pace! Full speed ahead! Do not stop for any reason. I repeat, do not stop!"

As soon as Qi Xiaotian finished speaking, acknowledgments crackled back from the other vehicles.

The vehicles sped on, but the colossal sandstorm crept closer and closer.

Perhaps due to the approaching storm, the air outside was already beginning to fill with swirling sand.

Fang Chenyi took one last, long look at the relentless sandstorm nipping at their heels, then slowly rolled up the window beside him.

’Just my luck,’ he thought. ’Running into a sandstorm this massive. Well, nothing to be done about it now...’

He sighed to himself in resignation. At the same time, he brushed at his clothes.

Since the window had been open while the sandstorm was kicking up, some sand had blown in and settled on him.

He gave a light shake, and a handful of sand instantly fell onto the floor of the vehicle.

But the moment he saw the sand, Fang Chenyi’s gaze sharpened.

An absurd thought had suddenly popped into his head.

The next moment, he reached for his leather bag, unzipped it, and revealed the woven bag inside.

He then bent over and scooped up the handful of sand that had fallen at his feet. Then, much to Qi Xiaotian’s confusion, he tossed the sand into his leather bag.

[Host has collected: Desert Storm (x1). Special reward triggered. Reward: Sand-Nailing Pearl (x1). The item has been delivered to the Host’s woven bag inventory. Please retrieve at your discretion.]

Fang Chenyi listened to the prompt in his mind, the sound so comfortingly familiar. Now that he thought about it, it had been a long time since he’d last used his woven bag.

’It seems I’d almost forgotten all about the woven bag since entering this desert...’

Just a moment ago, when he saw that handful of sand, the absurd notion to put it in the bag and see what would happen had simply popped into his head...

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