Last time, Zhang Zian had taken the arc route from Cairo to Alexandria to Mersa Matruh to Siwa Oasis. In order to sightsee in Alexandria and Mersa Matruh, this time he had chosen to follow the highway from Cairo all the way to the west, passing through Faiyum Oasis before heading to Siwa Oasis.
If you go south at the fork instead of west, you will lead to a famous scenic spot in Egypt, the Black and White Desert.
The Black and White Desert was two adjacent deserts. One was the Black Desert, and the other was the White Desert. Many tourists who came to Egypt would visit there and spend the night in the desert. They would light bonfires, live in tents, eat barbecue, drink beer, and enjoy the desert sunrise and sunset, as well as the pure and unpolluted starry sky. It brought a different novel experience to people who were used to living in big cities.
Recently, the situation in Egypt had been unstable, and tourists were not allowed to stay in the black and white desert alone for the night. However, Zhang Zian did not intend to visit the black and white desert in the south anyway. At the fork in the road, he would turn west. The Black and White Desert was only at the edge of the Sahara Desert. Once they entered the Western Desert, they would have plenty of time to spend the night in the desert. It would be impossible for them to leave early.
The scenery on this road was extremely monotonous. On both sides of the road were endless deserts and the Gobi Desert. On the road that was so long that one could not see the end of it, there would only be a bus carrying tourists every once in a while. After all, it was the off-season for tourism.
The elfins had slept late last night and got up early today. After a while, they were drowsy from boredom, especially Fina, who was sitting in the passenger seat. She couldn't stop yawning, and Zhang Zian started to feel sleepy as well.
Being sleepy while driving was a big taboo. Zhang Zian did not want to get into a car accident on the road in a foreign country. Moreover, this place was so desolate. If he really got into a car accident, it would take a long time for the rescue team to arrive.
In order to refresh himself, he had no choice but to bring out the Divine Artifact — Fengxixi's version of cooling oil!
He had given out a lot of the cooling ointment, and he still had some left in stock. He planned to give them all out before leaving Egypt. If he really couldn't give them out, he could only throw them away. Anyway, he couldn't bring them back to his country.
Opening the lid of a small box of cooling oil, a strong smell immediately spread in the car.
He dipped his fingertips into it and applied it to his temples. Immediately, he felt refreshed. He felt that the sticky paste was like a bottomless pit, absorbing the heat from his skin.
"What is it?"
Fina was the closest to him and smelled it immediately.
"Cooling ointment, do you want to apply some? You won't feel sleepy after applying it. " Zhang Zian eagerly recommended, but he did not know how to pronounce the word "Yi", so he could only pronounce the word "Qing" instead.
Fina looked at him like he was an idiot. "Are you stupid? Why should I erase this? Can't we just sleep if we're tired? "
"I have to drive, and I can't sleep. Besides, it contains peppermint, which is a close relative of your favorite catnip," he said.
Although peppermint and catnip both had the word "peppermint" in their names and looked quite similar, they weren't actually that close. Catnip wasn't a plant of the genus Peppermint at all.
Fei Na pulled a long face and flatly denied, "Who said I like catnip? Don't confuse me with those ordinary cats! "
Well, catnip didn't work on all cats. Only about 50% of cats responded to catnip. It seemed that Fina belonged to the other 50%.
Some cats also responded to things with peppermint ingredients such as cooling ointment and floral water, but as for the box of cooling ointment in his hand … God knows what its ingredients were. Anyway, as long as they didn't eat it, it shouldn't kill them.
Seeing that the cooling ointment had no effect on Fina, it began to yawn again. Zhang Zian thought about it and said, "Right, there seems to be a crystal mountain in the black and white desert."
"Crystal … mountain?" Fina suddenly opened its eyes and asked suspiciously, "Is it the kind of crystal mountain that I understand? You're not trying to trick this empress again, are you? Just like the diamond town in Germany … "
When they were in Germany, Zhang Zian had just said it casually. He didn't expect it to remember the diamond town in Germany. This was awkward.
"No, of course not. There really is a crystal mountain in the black and white desert. There are crystals all over the ground, and they are the size of a fist. You can pick them up anywhere you want," he said confidently.
Fina suddenly straightened its body and said with its eyes shining, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go to the crystal mountain! If we're late, they'll be picked up by others! "
"It's a pity that we're not going that way. After the Faiyum Oasis, we'll have to turn west." Zhang Zian shrugged.
"What?" Fina angrily slapped the cushion and said in a stern voice, "You, a mere mortal, dare to disobey my orders?"
Old Time Tea coughed in the back. "Your Majesty, please calm down! There must be a hidden story. The crystal mountain shouldn't have been discovered recently. It has been standing here for many years. Why hasn't anyone picked it up? "
When Fina heard that there were crystals all over the ground, it ignored other problems. At this time, it was reminded by Old Time Tea. It carefully thought about it and seemed to make sense. It was just like the diamond town in Germany. If there were diamonds everywhere in the town, why hadn't they been picked up yet?
"You're fooling me again!" It angrily stretched out its claws. "I'll give you a chance to confess. Are there crystals there?"
Zhang Zian didn't expect it to have such a big reaction. Originally, he just wanted to make a joke. He didn't want to lose his life, so he quickly explained, "I'm not fooling you. There is indeed a crystal mountain over there, and it's true that there are crystals everywhere … It's just that the purity of the crystal is not high, so it's not worth much."
If there was really a valuable crystal mountain over there, Fina would probably forcibly fill the car with crystals, and he and the other elfins would have to learn from the three Indian brothers and buy tickets.
Fina heard that he didn't seem to be talking nonsense, so it slightly restrained its anger. "Not worth much?"
"Not worth much. Crystals are essentially no different from glass. They're all silicon dioxide, and they can already be artificially synthesized. In fact, not to mention crystals, even diamonds are hyped up … "
When Zhang Zian talked about diamonds, he hated them. What diamonds last forever? The advertising slogan was really deeply rooted in people's hearts. This evil little stone not only fooled women, but it also fooled cats!
He tried to change Fina's point of view and let it accept the fact that diamonds themselves were not worth much. He didn't want it to be like the evil dragon guarding the treasure all day long, treating its own diamonds as treasures. It was better to sell them second-hand while they were still valuable.
"Shut up!"
Fina scolded with a cold face. "Seeing that you didn't lie, I won't argue with you about the crystal mountain for the time being, but you can't take it too far! Otherwise, I'll settle the debt of the diamond town with you first! "
Zhang Zian awkwardly shut his mouth, but at least the purpose of refreshing his mind had been achieved. He was no longer sleepy. From his temples to his back, he felt cool …
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