With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

But less than half an hour into their flight, the sky suddenly changed.

The weather, which had been fine and sunny, suddenly turned windy, blowing sand and dust up from the ground, and the sky began to darken.

Nangong Wu had a bad feeling. In her previous life, she had driven through the desert on missions and knew the desert weather. This was a sign that a sandstorm was coming.

The second and third months of the lunar calendar are indeed the season when sandstorms are frequent.

Adelin also noticed, but he wasn't surprised; this was the first test of the desert.

As time went on, the wind picked up and picked up more and more dust, causing the plane to shake violently.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Li Shuang couldn't help but look at Nangong Wu.

The weather is getting worse and is no longer suitable for flying.

Nangong Wu kept her eyes fixed on the front, gripping the control stick tightly. As long as she could continue flying, she wouldn't stop so soon.

Gradually, the strong wind turned into a gale, the fuselage shook violently, and sand and dust swirled up outside, obscuring everything within a meter. Even with their headsets on, they could hear the howling wind outside.

Nangong Wu brought the helicopter to a stop and then used her mind to enter the space.

She made the space transparent, so that everything outside could be seen.

"With winds this strong, it's impossible for anyone to stand outside," Qiao Xiangqing said with some fear. "It's terrifying."

A man from the northern region couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Miss Qiao, don't you find the desert land fun anymore?"

Qiao Xiangqing waved her hand, "I'm not coming! I just want to see what the desert is like."

Such a huge sandstorm, even if it doesn't blow people away, will bury them in sand.

Eileen leaped over to them, exclaiming, "Master, this is practically a super-strong sandstorm!"

Nangong Wu glanced at the time. "It's already past mid-Shenshi (3-5 PM), so we can't leave today. None of us slept well last night, so let's eat something early and get a good night's sleep."

Adelin approached her and said, "Princess, we're nearing the heart of the desert, which is also the most dangerous area. The weather is unpredictable, and severe weather like this happens frequently. Once this sandstorm passes, you should head back!"

"The heart of the desert? How long would that take?" Nangong Wu asked him.

"If we're lucky, we can cross in a little over a month; if the weather stays bad, it could take three months," Adeline said.

"It took me four months to get here," a man from the Northern Region interjected. "Princess, if it were your plane, it would only take an hour, but it would take us several months."

"You need good weather to fly a plane. We're now in the heart of the desert, so good weather is impossible. Even if this sandstorm passes, the wind will still be strong," Adeline said.

"Let's wait until tomorrow to see!" Nangong Wu looked outside the space.

Just a moment later, the wind suddenly intensified, carrying sand and dust that rolled in like a black wall connecting heaven and earth.

"Then I'll go cook first!" Eileen turned to go back.

"Sister Eileen, I'll go help." Qiao Xiangqing grabbed her, but Eileen took her away instead.

"Li Shuang, make arrangements for them first," Nangong Wu instructed Li Shuang.

"Understood," Li Shuang replied.

The princess's arrangement was for her to tell the people of the Northern Region how to use the latrine and where to wash up.

The sandstorm raged until late at night, only gradually subsiding.

Nangong Wu sealed off the space, allowing everyone to get a good night's sleep.

If she can't see them off tomorrow, she probably won't get a good night's sleep until they get out of this desert.

As Adeline had predicted, the sandstorm subsided on the second day, though the winds remained at force six to seven.

Nangong Wu asked Eileen to bring breakfast to Adeline's place so she could have breakfast with them.

"Princess, let's walk from here ourselves!" Adeline said.

If another sandstorm like this were to occur, the princess would not only have traveled a short distance but also wasted her time.

Nangong Wu glanced outside again. "Alright, let's have this meal together, then it's time to say goodbye!"

A little over 25 minutes later, just after they finished breakfast, Eileen pushed a cart over.

"Look, I made sesame seed cakes that you all love, as well as some dry food and fruit for you to take on your journey."

"Thank you so much, Miss Ai."

Several people from the Northern Regions came to help.

With a thought, Nangong Wu conjured more than twenty large boxes in front of them.

Li Shuang walked over and opened the lids of all the boxes, revealing the gold and silver jewelry inside.

"Adeline, this is what I've prepared for you. Take as much as you want, as long as you can carry it."

"So many treasures!"

The people from the Northern Regions were stunned; it was the first time they had ever seen so many treasures.

Adeline replied, "Princess, silver isn't worth much where we live. We only need some gold, and we can't take that much with us anyway."

"Don't you have thirty camels? You can just put them on the camels' backs and take them away," Qiao Xiangqing said.

"We also need to bring food, and most importantly, water—enough to last us for several months," Adeline said.

"Water has been prepared for you as well." With a thought, Nangong Wu brought dozens of plastic buckets, each weighing fifty pounds, to their front.

"These buckets are lightweight, won't break easily, and are easy to carry. They're much better than your wooden buckets."

Eileen added, "And your camels, I've fed them plenty of water too."

Adeline and the other northerners were very grateful for their words and knelt down.

"Princess, we can never repay your immense kindness!"

"You don't need to say thank you. These things are rightfully yours. Go and pack your things!" Nangong Wu said.

All these gold and silver treasures were taken from that cave. Without Adeline, they wouldn't have been able to find so many treasures.

She also helped bring over the thirty camels so they could carry the goods.

Adeline and his men first packed enough dry rations for more than two months. Eileen prepared flatbread, vacuum-packed steamed buns, as well as biscuits, canned food, ready-to-eat vacuum-packed braised meat, braised eggs, and other foods for them. They packed five camels, each carrying about 200 pounds, and there was room for people to sit on them.

Secondly, water is essential to crossing this desert. Each camel carried six buckets of water, weighing 300 jin (150 kg), for ten camels.

"Isn't it a bit too little to have only filled sixty buckets of water? If you're going to be on this journey for two months, then each of you will only get a little over two hundred kilograms of water during those two months. And the camels also need to drink water," Qiao Xiangqing said.

"That's already very good; they brought half again as much as we did when we came," said a man from the Northern Region.

"With so little, how did you manage to survive?" Qiao Xiangqing asked with some admiration.

"Sometimes it rains. It was raining when I came. If it doesn't rain, I can only drink a little less," Adeline said.

"Alright! You can fill the gold container again!" Nangong Wu said to them, "We still have fifteen camels left, all of which will be used to fill the gold container."

"Princess, we would also like to ask you for a few more tents, as well as waterproof shoes and waterproof clothing, so that we won't get wet in the rain."