Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Canyon in the Desert
"Where is this?"
As far as the eye can see, it is all yellow sand.
However, my position seems to be a bit high, because I can see far away.
Su Yimu stood up from the ground and wrapped his head with a white cloth, revealing only a pair of eyes.
First, he looked around.
There seemed to be black lines dancing on the undulating sand dunes.
"What's that?"
Snake?
No, it won't.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals and do not walk on the beach at will.
Su Yimu looked at where he was, and he found that the place he was on was a very high rock platform similar to a small dirt slope.
If he wanted to get out, he had to go down from the rocky platform.
But his position was twenty or thirty meters from below.
If you go straight down...... Breaking a leg is probably a small thing.
But if you don't go down, under the irradiation of such a scorching sun, after a long time, you are likely to be sunburned into a dry corpse.
"I still have to go down, if I don't go down, at most one day, I'll be gone. ”
This is not alarmism.
Su Yimu's heart couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
It's not that easy to get down from such a high place.
He looked down from the rock platform for a long time, and found a relatively gentle position, about the middle of the rock platform, about fifteen meters high, with a small gentle slope.
"That place should be able to stand people, and I can stop in that place for a while and adjust my position. ”
Su Yimu cautiously lay on the edge of the rock, took out a dagger from the space backpack, and then slowly moved down.
He kept plunging his dagger into the cliff to give himself a little resistance to the slide.
Burst!
As soon as the dagger was inserted into the rocky cliff, he found piles of fine sand flowing down.
"The rock has been weathered for a long time, and the surface has long been weathered into a pile of loose sand. ”
Su Yimu frowned, now he is stuck in mid-air, either up or down.
If you go up, you'll lose all your efforts.
But if I wanted to go down, I might just fall straight down, because the dagger couldn't do much for my climbing.
So what to do?
Su Yimu gritted his teeth, what else can he do, this rock platform must go down today.
He took a deep breath.
Then plunge the dagger into the rocky cliff again.
A fine wisp of sand splattered down the rocks.
Holding his breath, Su Yimu let go of his other hand that stabilized his body, grabbed the dagger with both hands at the same time, and with the help of the resistance brought by the dagger inserted into the cliff, he raised a puff of dust and let his body slide down from it.
He's actually gambling that he'll be able to land on that little gentle slope halfway through the slip.
Touch!
Su Yimu only felt a strong shock coming from his legs.
His legs went numb, and he felt as if he had stepped on something.
When I opened my eyes, I was impartial, and I just landed on that small gentle slope.
Su Yimu bent down so that his body lay on his side on the small gentle slope, and then rubbed his legs with his hands, and only after the numbness and pain subsided did he plan to continue sliding down.
The current location is more than a dozen meters above the ground.
The height is not low, as this height is equivalent to the height of a five-story building.
Su Yimu found another angle, found a relatively flat position, held the dagger in both hands, and then followed the previous appearance and slowly slid down from the height of the five-story building.
Fortunately, the slope is relatively gentle, the body is close to the rock wall, and the dagger inserted into the rock wall has brought a lot of resistance to the slide, so the speed of the slide is not very fast, and when he was about to slip to the ground, Su Yimu rolled on the spot, and once again unloaded most of the impact force, which protected himself very well.
"Whew!"
After sliding down from the rock platform more than thirty meters high, Su Yimu breathed a sigh of relief, at this time he only felt sticky and his lips were a little dry.
In the desert, you can't sweat profusely, because your sweat is almost all dried before it can be shed.
Su Yimu used the Arabic clothes he bought online to cover his body tightly, in order to prevent the sun from burning and damaging his skin, and also to prevent a large amount of water seal in his body from being lost.
"In the desert, water is absolutely indispensable. ”
Su Yimu took out a bowl of water from the space backpack and took a sip, not drinking too much.
Because his water was still brought from the desert island at that time, and it was only enough for himself to drink for a day, he had to save it.
"Judging from the current situation, the first problem to solve is not food, but water. ”
Here, you can live for three days without food, but without water, you can only live for one day.
Bring up the system map and glance at the directions.
"Where to find water?"
Looking at the large dark map, he couldn't help but sink in his heart.
The map has to be explored by yourself to light up.
So at the moment, this desert is completely unfamiliar to me.
You don't know where you're closest to a water source, and you don't know which direction there's water.
Therefore, you have to make a difficult choice yourself.
Select the direction of progress.
Southeast, northwest, four directions.
Where to go?
If you choose the wrong one, you may be able to replenish fresh water in one day.
Head east.
Su Yimu made up his mind.
Fortunately, with the system map, he will not get lost in the desert and go around in circles.
Under the scorching sun, he headed east.
"The last thing you can't lose in the desert is hope, the hope of tomorrow, the hope of finding water. ”
Su Yimu stepped on the soft sand step by step.
You don't know if you'll be able to meet a water source if you walk another 100 meters, or if you'll be able to meet hope after walking for a while.
Loneliness is the most crushing thing about a desert island, and despair is the most crushing thing about a desert.
When you run out of water, your body is exhausted, and there is still a vast yellow sand ahead, most people will fall into despair and choose to give up, and you may not know that there is a water source just a few hundred meters ahead.
Su Yimu gave himself confidence while continuing to move forward.
Suddenly, he stopped and looked into the distance.
"What's that?"
It seems to be a canyon there.
A canyon in the desert.
What does this mean?
Represents the source of water!
Su Yimu was a little excited.
He hurried over and found some traces of water from the side of the canyon, and he was even happier.
"The terrain of the canyon is relatively low, so there is the greatest possibility of water in the canyon!"
But he's on top of the canyon for now, and if he wants to find water, he'll have to go down and find it.