The vast desert, the dead sand sea is majestic, quiet, and has a straight face, giving people always a monotonous color: yellow, yellow, always a scorching yellow. It is as if nature has frozen the turbulent waves and the angry waves that crash in the air here in an instant, making it stand still forever.

A few small black dots in the distance that were getting closer and closer looked so dazzling in this yellow world, this was the fourth day that Wang Youmu and they had left the stone beam.

On the evening of the first day, the wolves followed them from a short distance, and the wolf king let out a wolf howl from time to time, so that Wang Youmu's nerves were always tense, and they didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

Later, Wang Youmu knew that the wolves were not going to attack them, but the wolves were going to drive them out of the territory. Finally, after entering this desert, the wolf was never seen again, and the howl of the wolf was heard. Wang Youmu knew that the wolves had left, or that they had left the territory of the wolves.

"Captain Liu, will you leave here today?" Wang Youmu asked Liu Yusheng, who was walking in the last formation.

"Well, the sand dunes up ahead, where everybody camped tonight. Liu Yusheng pointed to a sand dune not far in front of him and said hoarsely.

These are the few words that Wang Youmu and Liu Yusheng have said in the past few days. Since the conflict broke out between the two because of the attack by the wolves that day, the two have hardly spoken in the past few days.

Wang Youmu didn't want to think about that day for a long time. Every time he thought of Liu Yusheng's wolf-like gaze that day, Wang Youmu felt a chill all over his body. Besides, the most important thing for them now is water.

Xiao He told Wang Youmu that Xiao Hou had repeatedly asked to help him carry the water that day, so now except for the two kettles on each of them, the rest were bitten by wolves. Wang Youmu didn't blame Xiao He, he felt that it was no longer necessary.

In the past few days, he has carried all the eight kettles of the four people on his shoulders, not because he doesn't believe Xiao He, but because he has to control everyone's drinking time and water by himself, otherwise he will definitely not be able to get out of this sea of death. Liu Yusheng has no opinion on this, he understands that compared to the ability to survive in the wild in this sea of death, he is not half a star worse than Wang Youmu. So when Wang Youmu proposed, Liu Yusheng not only did not object, but was the first to hand over his kettle to him.

A few people sat down under the dunes, the sun was already setting in the west, and they sat at the bottom of the dunes just to avoid the fire-like sunlight. The temperature difference in the desert is very large, the average annual temperature difference can reach 30-50 degrees, the daily temperature difference is even greater, the ground temperature can reach more than 60 degrees at noon, and the temperature at night drops below 10 degrees, so at least under this sand dune, it will not make people feel so cold at night

Liu Yusheng walked to Wang Youmu and sat down, handed Wang Youmu a cigarette, helped him light the fire, and lit a cigarette himself. Liu Yusheng actually regretted it, what he regretted was not what he said that day, he regretted that he said it too early, this is where he thinks he has failed the most, since he has decided to put all the responsibility on Wang Youmu, then he should be silent that day, neither denying nor admitting it, so that after going out, he believes that he can definitely explain everything, and he should not expose his purpose so early in exchange for the trust of these two young people, two young cubs, and a few people will believe their words and listen to their opinions after they go out。

Now because of this, he and Wang Youmu have a stiff quarrel, exposing their hole cards, and now whether they can go out depends on Wang Youmu, they really make themselves very passive, and once they go out, exposing their hole cards so early gives Wang Youmu a lot of time to think about how to push the responsibility back to him.

Now that it is useless to regret it, the most important thing now is to repair the relationship with Wang Youmu, so that he can take himself alive and go out first, and then talk about it in the long run.

"Youmu, can our water get us out of this desert?" asked Liu Yusheng with a puff of cigarette.

"As long as there are no accidents, it should be fine, and I guess we can get out of this desert tomorrow. Wang Youmu said.

"Actually, I was scared stupid and talking nonsense that day, Youmu, don't you mind, as long as you can go out no matter what, I will definitely do everything I can to help you turn positive. Liu Yusheng looked at Wang Youmu and said seriously.

"Now I have been mauled to death by wolves, two because I led the way, and one because I slept at night, do you think I still have a chance to turn around? Wang Youmu said emotionlessly.

"How can it be, you can rest assured that no matter what, as long as you can take a few of us out, I will definitely help you explain to the leader. Liu Yusheng said a little excitedly.

When Wang Youmu heard this, he stood up abruptly and said, "Let's talk about it if I can get out alive." ”

Wang Youmu has been thinking about this matter for the past few days, in fact, he is also responsible, after all, he is a guide, and his duty is to adhere to his own principles.

Because the field guide has unquestionable authority and power in this regard, but he did not adhere to his principles, in fact, he caused the sacrifice of three comrades in disguise, and he also has an unshirkable responsibility, and he has been suffering for the past few days, no matter what, it is three living lives.

originally thought that if he went out in the end, he would never shirk the responsibility, even if he couldn't be turned positive or expelled in the end, he admitted it. Because at least he felt that it was worthy of his conscience.

Liu Yusheng rarely took the initiative to talk to him in the past few days, he thought that Liu Yusheng felt that he completely regretted shirking the responsibility to himself that day, and now he understands that Liu Yusheng wants him to take all the responsibilities and let Wang Youmu be his scapegoat.

This Liu Yusheng is a wolf through and through, a vicious wolf in human skin, usually you can't see it, once he shows his fangs, he will not hesitate to bite your neck fiercely, until you run out of blood or lose your breath will not let go of the wolf.

If you take such a person out alive, is it right or wrong for you to do it? Wang Youmu asked himself silently in his heart.

Shaking off his head that was confused by these problems, Wang Youmu told himself not to think about this, the biggest problem and difficulty he faces now is that they don't have much water, if this is in the Gobi, he is still somewhat sure of finding a water source, but in the desert to find enough water for four people to drink, he has no confidence at all.

Wang Youmu walked to the bottom of the dune, took out a plastic bag from his backpack, cut it neatly with a knife along the side seam and bottom edge, and then dug a hole in the ground where the kettle could be put in, and then put the kettle in, the kettle was inserted vertically into the sand, the upper part of the kettle was below the ground, the hole was covered with the plastic sheet just cut, and the sand was pressed all around, and a small stone was taken out of the bag and placed in the middle, so that the stone was facing the mouth of the kettle, which was a simple still.

Although the amount of water he collects every morning is not very large, Wang Youmu knows that even if there are only five or six drops of water, it can completely save a person's life in some cases.

Wang Youmu walked to the next place he had chosen, this was what he had to do every day during his rest these days, and he wanted to make all the empty kettles that had run out of water into this simple still.

"Ah~~~" At this time, on the other side of the sand dune not far away, Ye Qiang let out a miserable scream, Wang Youmu and they followed the sound and saw Ye Qiang's left hand tightly holding his right wrist, lying on the ground and wailing.

Throwing down the plastic sheet in his hand, Wang Youmu strode to him and asked

"What's wrong with you?"

"Scorpion, scorpion, I was bitten by a scorpion. Ah~~ It hurts me to death!" Ye Qiang said with a cry.

Wang Youmu saw that Ye Qiang's right hand was already red and swollen. Wang Youmu hurriedly took out the medical bandage from his bag and tightened it at Yeqiang's right wrist.

"Do you see what kind of scorpion it looks like?" asked Wang Youmu.

At this time, Ye Qiang's face was as white as a piece of paper, and he said intermittently

"No~big, it's~ it's a black scorpion. ”

Wang Youmu's face turned pale when he heard this, others may not know, but he knows too well. The venomous size of scorpions in the desert is not distinguished by size, black scorpions are the most poisonous, and some black scorpions that do not look big, if you don't take the right measures after being bitten, a camel may die, let alone a human.

At this time, Liu Yusheng and Xiao He had also rushed over. Wang Youmu said to them while tying a belt

"Captain Liu, you go and light a bonfire, and then sterilize your knife on the fire, the higher the temperature, the better, Xiao He, you go over there and pick up the empty kettle I threw down, pee some urine into the kettle, and then go to the bottom of the sand dunes to see if you can find some soil by digging the sand, if you don't bring the urine directly, as long as you don't waste time." ”

The two of them went to prepare separately according to Wang Youmu's instructions. Wang Youmu said to Yeqiang

"You bear with it, I'll get you a stinger and let the blood poison. After speaking, without waiting for Ye Qiang to answer, he grabbed the knife with one hand and pressed Ye Qiang's right hand with the other, and cut a hole with the knife at the place where the wound stung by the scorpion was a little closer, and the other hand kept squeezing, and the blood kept flowing to the ground, and he used the knife to pick out a stinger the size of a millet grain in the place where he was stung.

At this time, Xiao He came back, holding a handful of soil in one hand and a kettle in the other.

"Master Wang, the urine and soil have been found, what should I do now?" Xiao He asked breathlessly.

"Give me the soil with urine and mud. Wang Youmu replied while squeezing Yeqiang's wound.

Wang Youmu finally scalded the sting wound a few times with the reddened knife that Liu Yusheng had brought to burn, and then applied urine sludge to it, and finally finished treating the wound.

Wang Youmu climbed to the top of the sand dune and looked into the distance, at this time it was almost dusk, the entire desert was shrouded in the setting sun, the desert in front of him showed a piece of gold, and many folds of sand and stones surged like solidified waves, extending to the golden horizon in the distance.

Wang Youmu really didn't know in his heart, in this environment, could this young man named Yeqiang get out of this golden ocean?