"Yes." Bel. Grylls took a closer look at the marks on the ground, nodded, and said, "This guy just crawled over here, and the traces are still fresh. In fact, not only can we humans stand the hot weather, but also snakes, which are cold-blooded animals, they also need a shaded place to hide from the blazing sun, and if there is a bush nearby, I bet it will definitely take refuge in this bush. ”

"There's a bush here." The two followed the snake's crawling trail and found a bush under a sand dune about 100 meters away.

This is a clump of jujubes, a shrub of the few families, which is widely distributed in the desert areas of the northwestern provinces of China, and is very common.

"Rui, I saw it, it was here, it was a desert cobra, quite large, apparently, our arrival angered it. When provoked, the cobra will erect the front of its body, swell the sides of the skinfold on its neck, and make the ring lines on its back more pronounced, while making a 'whirring' sound to intimidate its enemies. "Bell. Grylls said. Then, he took a stick from the side, sharpened it with a knife, and said, "We have to be vigilant with 10 points to watch out for it, it is very venomous, the top ten most venomous snakes in the world, including the cobra, which ranks very high."

The toxicity of cobras is mainly nerve venom, nerve venom blocks neuromuscular conduction, affects breathing, appears muscle paralysis and is fatal, as far as I know, in South and Southeast Asia, thousands of deaths from cobra bites occur every year.

Now, we have two options, either put it in. Either fix it as soon as possible. We're hungry right now. A hungry stomach can't get us out of here alive, so, sorry, Mr. Snake. ”

Bel. Grylls pointed the stick at the snake's head, and with a sharp movement of his hand, pressed the cobra to the sand, and then, taking out a knife, cut off the cobra's head. "Even if you get here, you can't take it lightly.

Although the cobra's head is cut off, its nerves still react, and when you are paralyzed, your fingers reach to its mouth, and it bites you hard, and its sharp fangs pierce your skin and inject venom into your veins.

The venom dose is much higher than in a normal bite. Just like a baby snake bites a person is far more deadly than an adult snake bites. Because the baby snake bites like a child who goes to a convenience store with a lot of money, it will inject all the venom stored in the fangs into the victim's body. Unlike adult snakes, it will be careful and will control the amount of venom injected.

As far as I know, in East and Southeast Asia, there have been many cases of poisonous snakes bitten or even killed by severed heads. ”

Now, what I'm going to do is bury the severed head of the snake in the sand.

"Let's go, let's continue to set off, hoping to find a good shelter before dark, tonight's dinner is this snake, although there is not much snake meat, it may not be enough for the two of us to stuff our teeth, but, at least, there is something to eat, to replenish the energy and protein we need. Beef is known for being high in protein, but snake meat has a higher protein content than beef. "Bell. Grylls said.

The two continued on their way.

The two stopped under a sand dune.

"Bell, let's get here today, the sun is going down, we don't have much time left for light, and this is a great place to shelter. First of all, near here, there is a sand jujube bush, we can get firewood for taking the evening and barbecuing food, and secondly, here is a very steep slope, which can prevent the wind and save the heat well, the heat released by the bonfire in a radial shape hits this slope, the sand absorbs the heat, and part of the heat is reflected back, which is very good for preserving the heat. Finally, in front of us, there is a small lake that provides the drinking water we need and the fish food that is rich in protein. ”

"Rui, this is a great idea, in the process of survival, we have to be improvised, constant risk, and make full use of any survival resources we have at our disposal." Bel. Grylls said.

"Then let's act, let's assign the task, Bell, you are responsible for collecting firewood, making a fire, building a shelter, I know you are the best at this, I'll see if I can catch fish in the small lake in front of me." Chen Rui said.

“OK！ Maybe I can start a fire by focusing on the sun. "Bell. Grylls said.

"Then let's do it." Chen Rui said.

A photographer photographed Bell. Grylls.

A photographer followed Chen Rui.

Chen Rui walked towards the small lake and came to the lake.

The area of the lake is about 2,000 square meters, you can imagine, about 2,000 square meters, about 50 meters long, about 40 meters wide, the size is not much bigger than the pond in the countryside, converted into acres, one mu is 666.67 square meters, about 2,000 square meters, a little more than 3 acres.

The lake is in the shape of a gourd, so let's call it a gourd lake.

It is a freshwater lake, the water of the lake is very clear and sparkling in the sun.

The place where Chen Rui stood was about 50 meters away from the lake.

Chen Rui opened his mouth and said, "On the rocks under my feet, you can find that there are traces of erosion and erosion by the water flow, the water washes the rocks very smooth, and the weakly acidic water erodes the weak minerals of the rocks into dense small holes, the traces are very new, you can imagine that more than ten years ago, or decades ago, this was the shore of the lake."

However, the uncontrolled use of water resources, mining deposits, ignorance of natural laws, the destruction of ecological balance, the serious deterioration of the ecological environment, and the desertification of Lop Nur have led to the shrinkage of this lake by more than 2/3 in more than ten years or decades, and in another ten years, we may not see this beautiful lake.

In fact, not only this lake, but also the famous crescent spring, which was home to large boats during the Qing Dynasty, was visited for fishing in the early 20th century, and his travelogue said: "The pond is extremely deep, and its bottom is sandy, and it is unfathomable." ”

In the 70s of the 20th century, the local reclamation and irrigation and the destruction of surrounding vegetation and soil erosion led to a sharp drop in the groundwater level of Dunhuang, and the water level of the crescent spring dropped sharply, and by 2004, the water level of the crescent spring dropped to 1.3 meters, and the area was reduced to 7 or 8 acres. ”

Chen Rui threw his backpack at the lake.

A thumb-thick, more than 1 meter long, relatively straight branch was selected from the bushes next to it.

Chop it with a knife. (To be continued......)