The morning sun brightens and the ground whitens, and the endless desert looks empty and mysterious and terrifying. Huzi cheered up and chased down the vaguely visible footprints.

Natasha panicked in the dark, and only remembered that after going around two sand beams a short distance ahead, she could come to a dirt road that was rarely walked, which was the ox cart road left by the Bayingolin people who came to cut the reeds in winter, and no one usually walked. Therefore, weeds and low reeds intermittently cover up the faint traces.

In order to get rid of the tiger's pursuit as soon as possible, Natasha used the last bit of strength and accelerated her footwork to run forward. She knows Huzi's ability, if she really lets him stick to it, it will be more difficult to get out than to climb to the sky, as long as she gets rid of Huzi behind two sand beams and turns into the red willow bush next to the dirt road, Huzi is also looking forward to sighing even if he has great ability.

However, the strength was exhausted, and two sand beams were detoured, but the dirt road in memory did not appear. Looking at it, there are still two sand dunes of different sizes in front of me. Natasha was slightly stunned and wondered: Did she remember wrong? Climbing over those two dunes is the dirt road. So, the spirit of searching walked forward with a little difficulty.

The sun still didn't show up on time, only a rainbow of colors, squeezing out the gray cloud cracks. The earth gradually came alive, and the sandbag mounds within a hundred meters were blurred into their original appearance. On the horizon in the distance, a foggy curtain softly blocked people's vision.

Natasha looked around with a little trepidation, the sand dunes in her memory were everywhere, and they were the same color, even the appearance was like a mother's birth, almost similar. After two turns in the same place, I couldn't make out the direction I came from - because there was no trace left under my feet.

Natasha was suddenly startled in her heart, and hurriedly bent down to take a closer look, the fine sand under her feet, as soft as tiny sawdust, drifting with the wind and silently. The feet were removed, and in the blink of an eye, the shallow traces were gently erased, and he seemed to be standing in one place forever, so clean that no one had ever been.

A rare fear quickly permeated Natasha's body and mind, and she sat down on the ground with a little despair, muttering like a gasp, "It's over, I'm lost." ”

At this time, the sky had already lit up, and through the light of the clouds, the barren field was tenaciously displayed in front of Natasha. She looked around in frustration, still unable to find her direction. As far as the eye could see, a faint red left in the distant sky regained her confidence - there was the East, and I should go to the West.

So, he rolled over and got up and prepared to move on. However, just as she turned around in a daze, her feet slipped, and her body involuntarily rolled off the sandbag.

Natasha was in a panic, and Huzi didn't look at the road at all, just looking for footprints and rushing forward. After turning over an alkaline slope, the footprints in front of me gradually blurred, and when I climbed a sand dune, all the original sparse footprints were gone. Huzi's heart sank, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance blankly ahead.

At this time, the light can already illuminate the landscape a hundred meters away, and the slightly yellowed sand dunes are scattered there, as if artificially created, with the head and tail in the same direction. Looking back, the alkali slope is faintly visible.

Just when Huzi was at a loss and didn't know what was wrong, he saw a faint black dot slowly wriggling on the sand dunes in the distance. Huzi was overjoyed, so he let go of his footsteps and hurried towards the goal.

After turning over a few sand dunes, the black dot in front of me suddenly disappeared, looking around, the terrain and landform are surprisingly similar, looking in the direction of memory, the way to come is gone.

Huzi suddenly felt a slight panic, and at the same time, a mysterious and intimidating place name suddenly appeared in his mind - Lop Nur.

Regarding the special topography of Lop Nur, and the uncontrollable climate change, as well as the terrifying rumors that can devour all lives, Huzi only listened to the locals after arriving at the base, and has not met a person who has really entered this magical land, but everyone is unanimous in one sentence, that is: there is no return.

Although the sun refused to show its face, the tenacious light illuminated the field white. In the distance, the sand dunes are dotted continuously, and the top of the ground mound is completely colored, and it is the same under your feet.

A burst of palpitations and fear quickly spread to Huzi's body and mind, and he thought a little decadently: Don't talk about whether you can catch the thief, even if you want to go back now, I'm afraid I don't know where to go.

Huzi sat softly on the sand dune, grabbed the fine sand, and weakly threw it aside, and the shadows of his relatives inexplicably appeared in his mind, like villains stained on the cloth belt, and they emerged in line one by one. first the weathered parents, then the teacher-like Shuzhen, the childhood sweetheart Orchid, the lively and lovely Anarhan, and the virtuous girl Wang Yan who didn't see much but made him dream.

Thinking of his relatives, Huzi's heart seemed to gradually seep into the heat flow. I'm going to walk back alive for them.

I was uplifted, and my eyes brightened. Huzi raised his eyes again and looked into the distance, hoping to find traces of his homecoming. However, a relatively gentle sand dune in the far line of sight, the sunny side is glowing with a dark gold, and on the golden picture, there is a little black and brown thing slowly wriggling,

The black dot seemed to be trying to climb up, but the loose and soft sand seemed to be deliberately playing tricks on the black dot that was almost exhausted, and when the black dot finally climbed halfway up the slope, the sand dune smiled brightly and sent the black dot back to the bottom of the slope softly. After repeating this several times, the black dot simply fixed at the foot of the mound, and did not move.

Huzi's heart suddenly rejoiced, and he couldn't help but have a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth, and sat down heavily on the ground again, as if enjoying the scenery, scanning everything around him.

Suddenly, a cluster of white thorns caught his eye, and he was immediately carried away with joy. I saw him crawling under the white thorns, and stretched out his hand to dig almost frantically. In a moment, he held a fist-sized plant rhizome in his hand, looked at it with joy on his face, and continued to plane it like a mongoose.

After a while, Huzi made four round guys of different sizes. Got up and glanced in the direction of the black dot, then squatted down, and with some impatience, peeled off a layer of skin that seemed to be rough and tough, and chewed and swallowed the slightly reddened tenderness.

It turns out that the thing is called Suoyang, which is a perennial herbaceous parasitic plant, which blooms and bears fruit every spring, and withers and dries up almost in one or two months, but the small seeds are skillfully sown in the depths of the white thorn root, and quickly absorb nutrients and develop into fist-sized stems, ready to show its existence to the world in the coming year with a more rapid momentum. This substance is not only rich in nutrients, but also has the effect of tonifying the kidney and aphrodisiac, commonly known as immortal grass. The locals call this stem Suoyang Baby.

After eating a Suoyang baby, Huzi suddenly felt his spirit. To tell the truth, from last night to now, he has not run out of water, his dry mouth, and empty stomach and intestines have long been irritated. The fresh and tender Suoyang baby not only made him feel that there was something in his stomach, but also the slightly astringent and slightly sweet water also greatly relieved the dryness of his mouth and tongue.

Huzi shook the soil, comfortably took the remaining three treasures into his arms, and walked briskly towards the faintly visible black dots.

Natasha inadvertently rolled down the dunes, dizzy from tossing, and with a dry mouth and an empty stomach, she lost a little strength. But she knew very well in her heart that if she slept here, it would be death, and if she climbed the sand dunes and continued to walk, there might be hope for life.

So, she looked up at the faintly visible sun, gathered the last bit of energy, and climbed towards the slow slope of the west. However, just as she was about to reach the top of the slope, the sand suddenly loosened from under her, and her body slowly slid down, leaving her helpless to deal with it. If you struggle to climb, the speed of descent will be faster. After repeating this a few times, Natasha only had the strength to breathe.

Huzi climbed the hill and finally gradually approached the black spot, and after sliding down a gentle slope, Huzi was only about ten meters away from the man, but at this time Huzi was also exhausted. Leaning back against the sand slope for a full breath, he glanced up at the man, and his heart couldn't help but move: it turned out to be a woman.

Natasha, dressed in a Uyghur gown and a headscarf, curled up like a bean sprout, like a dead man if it weren't for her slightly undulating breasts.

Seeing that the man was a woman, it seemed that she couldn't afford to toss anymore. Huzi lay down on the warm sandy slope with peace of mind and raised his spirits. Eating a lock yang baby on an empty stomach, although it replenished physical strength, it also made the stomach feel uncomfortable. But Huzi knew in his heart that although he felt sick to his stomach when he ate this thing, it was the only food he had to eat to get out of this sea of death.

Huzi took a deep breath, and was just about to touch the gun to approach, only to see the man slowly turn around, recline on the sand slope, raise his hand and take off the towel weakly, smiled sadly at Huzi, and said in a weak voice: "Is it Brother Huzi?" Huzi was suddenly startled, and it was Natasha lying in front of him.

Seeing Huzi looking at him in shock, the corners of Natasha's mouth barely let out a smile, and she murmured, "Surprised you, right?" Come, come close to me. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand softly.

Huzi hesitated and took a few steps forward, but stopped two steps away from Natasha. Because, this is the limit distance to prevent the opponent from launching a surprise attack. Seeing that Huzi froze, Natasha's lips moved slightly, wanting to give a pitiful smile, but she seemed to be unable to do so. Somehow, Huzi's heart was inexplicably sour.

I saw Natasha say weakly: "Anyway, none of us can get out, it's better to do something meaningful before we die." As he spoke, he closed his eyes tiredly.

Huzi knew that Natasha's physical strength had reached its limit, and if she didn't replenish her nutrition in time, she would be in danger of fainting. So, subconsciously touched the bulging hard object on his waist, hesitated to take out a smaller one, and shouted at Natasha: "Don't sleep!" Eat something. So saying, he threw himself at her side.

Natasha was slightly stunned, and hurriedly opened her eyes to see a round little guy rolling beside her, thinking it was a sweet potato or something, so she hurriedly grabbed it and nibbled on it. Huzi grinned and said, "Peel the skin and eat it again." ”

When Natasha heard this, she peeled the skin and gnawed the exposed tender pulp into her mouth, and a charming smile gradually appeared on her face.