More than a month later.

The warm sun was quietly shining on the vast land, a rolling mountain range was bare, grayish-brown, desertified so badly that there was not a trace of greenery in sight, and a wide canyon where the small river made of melting snow flowed towards the east.

On the bank of the river, Yang Zheng slowly moved forward along the somewhat dry riverbed, his already peeled face was wrapped in a scarf, and he looked around a few times from time to time through the goggles, and continued to move forward after making sure it was safe.

The wolves he encountered a week ago made Yang Zheng even more afraid to slow down.

The snow field has been passed on, and the mountains with serious desertification are also unique terrain, one of the training contents, because there is no snow water cover, although the mountains are desertified, but there are many more creatures and beasts than the snow fields, but it is more dangerous, Yang is walking slowly, while chewing the tired jerky.

Who can stand eating jerky for more than a month? Fortunately, I met a few wild apple trees and picked some, otherwise the vitamins could not keep up, and it would be even worse, and there were still a few jerky and apples left in the backpack, which could last for a week at most, Yang Zheng estimated that he had to find an opportunity to prepare food.

All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted.

Slow all the way, unconsciously in the afternoon, along the wide canyon turned a corner, there was actually a fire on the open river beach in front, the black smoke can be seen from afar, Yang Zheng was shocked, this area is no man's land, and it is not very far from the border, who will come back here?

Yang Zheng quickly stopped, observed in surprise for a moment, the distance was still a little far, he couldn't see clearly, he could vaguely see what someone was doing by the river, there were undulating mountains on both sides, it would be very troublesome to go around, it would take two more days to walk, and it would be even worse if he didn't stop and walk, what should I do?

After thinking about it, Yang Zheng continued to move forward, taking out the dogleg knife from the rucksack just in case, the jerky was almost gone, the rucksack was empty, and the sleeping bag and other materials were all reloaded back, and it was not easy to reveal his identity, Yang Zheng walked forward cautiously, the distance gradually narrowed, and found that it was some people wearing desert camouflage uniforms.

Getting closer, Yang Zheng found that there were actually three men and three women, the woman had long hair, obviously not an active soldier, and the man didn't look like a soldier, Yang Zheng became more and more careful, who else would come in this no-man's land except for the soldiers? Hunter? No way.

Out of professional sensitivity and duty, Yang Zheng decided to go up and have a look, and after walking some distance, someone shouted: "Hi-"

It sounds like a very friendly greeting, but it is a female voice, Yang Zheng continued to move forward in surprise, seeing that the other party stood up and looked at him, Yang Zheng pretended to greet and waved his hand, and a female voice shouted in surprise: "Do you dare to come here to hike alone?" ”

Yang Zheng heard the word hiking and understood the identity of these people, it should be tourism, but to this no-man's land to hike, this is not an adventure, it is a life, the premise is that these people have a strong ability to survive in the wild, if it is very poor, it is to die.

"Hi, hello, what do you call it?" A man shouted enthusiastically.

"What are you doing here?" Yang Zheng stopped and asked as he pretended to be afraid.

"We are sports students of Beijing University, we are all classmates, no, we graduated, come here to hike and celebrate, I heard that this river is the river of death, and it is safe only in this season, so let's come over and see, what about you?" The man explained enthusiastically.

"Just like you." Yang Zheng said with a smile, he couldn't see that these people were threatening, and it didn't seem like they had bad intentions, so he walked up and secretly observed, like a student who couldn't see it, Yang Zheng didn't go to school and had no concept, but these six people really didn't have bad physical fitness, and they looked like three pairs of lovers.

"My name is Ah Guo, what do you call me?" The enthusiastic guy asked.

"Catalogue." Yang Zheng casually made a name.

"The name sounds like a Tibetan." The man who called himself Ah Guo smiled, and did not doubt it.

Yang Zheng smiled, walked up, and saw a simple stone stove, there was a fire burning in it, the fire was not very big, there were three lunch boxes on it, made of rectangular stainless steel, it looked like a brick, and a few food bags were thrown on the ground at random, and he couldn't help but be vigilant and asked: "You actually dare to come here, how bold are you?" ”

"It's the first time for us, he has experience, an old travel friend, and takes ours." A man named Ah Guo said.

"Lin Bin, hello." A swarthy man smiled and held out his hand.

Yang Zheng stepped forward, shook hands with the other party politely, and became more and more vigilant in his heart, as long as he was an experienced traveler who would abide by a rule, not leaving any garbage in the wild, this kind of random behavior of throwing food bags would never happen, the food bags were used well to survive in the wild, and the worst would be thrown into the fire to burn.

However, these people just throw them in food bags at will, no matter how you look at it, they don't want to be wild hiking enthusiasts, even novices, since they have experienced hands, why do they still make this kind of mistake? Yang Zheng speculated about some occupational diseases, but he didn't break it, came to the river, found a random place to take out the towel, wet it, and washed his face.

"Wow, your face is very peeling, you have a plateau red, you are really Tibetan, your Chinese does not speak like a Tibetan at all." The girl who greeted her warmly before asked.

"I grew up in the mainland, and my parents went to Tibet all these years, and they followed it, and it's still early, don't you plan to leave?" Yang Zheng said casually, wringing out the scarf and putting it on his shoulder, although the weather was very cold, the strong sunlight and ultraviolet rays could still dry the scarf quickly.

"We're lost, there's no signal here, the phone can't get through, no, we want to burn a fire and get some black smoke to see if we can attract rescue." Ago said.

"Don't you have seasoned veterans?" Yang Zheng looked curiously at the person named Lin Bin.

"It's the first time I've been here, I'm not sure if it's the river, everyone can't walk, and the food is running out, so I want to ask for help." Lin Bin smiled bitterly.

"Why don't you try it at the top of the mountain, maybe there's a signal." Yang Zheng reminded.

"Tried, it didn't work." Lin Bin explained.

Yang Zheng recalled the map, there is only this river nearby, there is no reason to make a mistake, these people have read books at a glance, and they will definitely do a strategy before coming, there is no reason not to know this, right? Yang Zheng, out of professional instinct, always felt a little strange, thought about it, and said: "As far as I know, there is only this one river, you should be right." ”

"Really? That's okay, we've been walking for a few days, and we haven't gone out yet, thinking we might be in the wrong place, do you know how far we have to go? Ago asked.

"Follow the river, you can reach a plain in about three days, you should be able to find villages and the like in about a day, the weather is still early, do you stay or continue to hurry?" Yang Zheng looked at the sky and asked.

"Why don't we go together tomorrow? Maybe someone sees the black smoke and comes to the rescue. Ago said.

(End of chapter)