After a while, the two generals came to the camp tent and saw this obscene man who seemed to be buried in the shadows. The two of them wondered where the people in this costume came from.

Pang Tong introduced: "This is Valla, from the Five Lamps Cave. ”

Liang Xing's and Pound's faces tightened at the same time, as if an ominous trend of thought was rising. Pound smoothed the doubts on his face and said to Valla, "Is there anyone in the Five Lamps Cave?" ”

Although the hat was lowered to the back, the man who had exposed his head, the man with shoulder-length black hair, seemed to be covered in a black invisible substance, and the gloomy temperament seemed to spread from his slender neck to the high bulging Adam's apple, to the chin that bulged forward, all the way to the top of his head, and then brought that gloom to others in an unsettling mood. The man smiled.

Pound was unhappy with the reaction, but he waited.

Varla said: "There are no absolutes in this world, even if it is a death-like name like the Five Lamp Caves, there will be people who are stubborn and trying to live. This is not something that those of you who live in the gentle, moist sun know. ”

"Unreasonable!" Liang Xing shouted: "Is this a place where you talk nonsense, there are no polite people." ”

Valla held up a hand and giggled. He pointed to the half-burned white candle on the table, the oil of which had frozen out like rain, spilling into the small saucer-like ironware.

"Where there is light, there are living people, this is the truth!" His voice was sharp, but not rational. It made Pang Tong feel that this annoying guy seemed to be reciting poetry.

He ran his hand through his shiny hair, and he ignored Pound, who had not answered the question head-on since the beginning. He now looked at the leader of the place, and at a glance he could see that it was Pang Tong sitting in the large chair with the back. He took a step forward, and Dian Wei glared angrily. He didn't look at Pang Tong, but the slender index finger of one of his hands pointed at Dian Wei and said, "Don't worry, big tiger, I just want to see clearly the heroes who have been alive in this chaotic world...... Ah, what a young man, what a magnificent face, what a different thing I could see in my eyes. He curled his mouth and laughed, revealing half of his yellowed teeth without hesitation. A man who is stronger than a sandworm. ”

He was talking about Pang Tong, but Dian Wei didn't think it was appropriate to compare his leader to the sandworms. But in Pang Tong's opinion, this person is really not simple, and there is a certain meaning in his speech. The sandworm I saw today brought fear and despair to everyone just by appearing, and almost instantly that momentum occupied all the initiative in the space, and no one questioned this. If he is more terrible than the sandworm, what does this person want to mean to this person who is meeting him for the first time?

He continued: "There are living people in the Five Lamps Cave, and there are too few people who come here and people who go out, so everyone doesn't know about it. But this thing is certain. I'm a greedy person. He paused, looked at the cautious and surprised expressions of the people around him, and smiled again: "All I want is gold, yes, gold." In this world only gold is immortal. How much can you give me? ”

Pang Tong curled the corners of his mouth and said casually: "It depends on your merits." ”

Valla bowed and said, "I'm willing to serve you." He got up. The safest way for you to cross this place is to reach the Five Lamps Cave, because only there can give you water, otherwise you will walk a path of death from now on. Who is guiding you? He asked, then looked around.

Pound gritted his teeth and said, "It's down." ”

"Oh." Valla sneered, "What a reckless man, do you know the importance of water? ”

"I think I'm going to get out of the desert, I'm going to see the oasis."

"Phew!"

Valla's spit splattered and stuck to Pound's face. This made Pang De angry, but Pang Tong immediately raised his hand to signal his patience.

"Very good, docile wolf."

Valla was judging people with another animal, and he raised one of his hands, clenched it into a fist, and released it.

"Your water bar, from the beginning of entering this zone, should now be less than five days of reserves. As far as this military appearance is concerned, five days. ”

In fact, this is what Pang Tong is most worried about, this person is to the point, and what he said is very accurate, at least very close to the actual situation.

Pang Tong's forehead was filled with sweat of nervousness and excitement, and he said, "Four days." ”

As if he had won the battle, Varla laughed loudly and unbridledly. There was no one around to stop him, because Pang Tong would not allow it, so everyone watched this person do what seemed to be an ugly shameless act in their eyes. Like a madman, like a demon.

"So, you need me, don't you? My gold. ”

His pupils seemed to be filled with gold, and he shot at Pang Tong with this lustful gaze.

Pang Tong nodded coldly.

Valla raised his hands to the sky and said, "Then let us go, under my wise guidance, ah, no." He looked at Pang Tong. With your guidance, head to the Five Lights Cave and travel through the land of the dead. I'm going to show you what a miracle of death is in the bug. ”

From being hopeful at the beginning, to being filled with doubts and even doubts. There was uneasiness in the hearts of Pound and others. They couldn't get used to this suspicious man who suddenly appeared in the night.

At night, Lu Su disturbed Pang Tong's dream again. In the black without candles, Lu Su was very close to the door, bowed and said, "I heard that this person is crazy, I'm afraid that Ma Tengjun is a traitor." ”

"Pound has said that this is a place where no one will come. Neither will Ma Tengjun. Don't forget, Pound is Ma Teng's right-hand man, and even he can't conquer this place, let alone anyone else. No one dared to come, and with such an arrogant attitude. This guy is very interesting.

Lu Su was surprised: "The adults seem to believe in him? ”

"Not convinced, we don't have anyone to believe in. There are only four days of water, and they will all die and become food for that huge monster. ”

Lu Su's heart trembled, he knew the actual water resources situation for the first time. It seems that the images of his own dried corpse in the desert are floating in his mind.

"The lower official has resigned."

The man in a white robe, who seemed spotless on the outside, but deep on the inside was buried deep in a rancid dark ditch, had a loud poetic intonation. Pang Tong cares about this person very much, although he also has the result of being deceived, but if he doesn't believe him, he can only believe in God who doesn't seem to be reliable.

They have been walking hard in the desert. Varla was at the front alongside Pound, and he pointed the way. He told Pound: "Don't go through the valleys, the hills, climb the dunes, and you will see the truth, the truth without bugs." Those guys will only move in the lowlands. And. He pointed to the ground. You have to be careful, when you see a large area of trembling on the surface of the sand, you have to watch carefully if there is a strong wind, and if not, then you have to be wary of the big children below. ”

A day passed, and they still spent precious time on the high and low sand dunes.

On the third day, the water was already bottoming out.

On the fourth day, despair fell like a meteorite into the crowd and spread. They **** their parched, upturned, and extremely dry mouths with a trembling mood. They bite down on the skin of their mouths and swallow it. They thought they might not even have enough food. Perhaps the generals are still deceiving them, leading them to their death on aimless marches.

On the fifth day, there was no destination. People are about to climb to the brink of despair without water, and the feeling that the liver is about to burn is flooding, striking every nerve and allowing the toxins of fear and doubt to reside in the cranial nerves. They're going to collapse. Some people have already begun to sit on the sand and not walk, and then a group of people have sat down, and they say, "It is better to wait for death than to die, and maybe God will be able to leave a downpour of tears in time." ”

Pang Tong shouted at this: "Pass the order, whoever doesn't leave, will be decided!" ”

Everyone stood up with resentment under the guidance of the spear, the sand stained their faces, the skin seemed to be about to crack, and the full, surging blood inside seemed to flow out, to be sun-dried, to be squeezed dry. In the afternoon of this day, the flames filled the air, and the billowing hot air made people seem to hallucinate.

Pang Tong, whose face was a little pale and his lips were bloodless, had already thrown away his helmet, the armor on his body had been taken off, and he had an open white lining. He frowned and stroked the horse's neck, which was dying, and had no strength. But it was already considered lucky, he had water to drink.

And some, under the blur of vision, collapsed before their bodies were squeezed dry, stretched out that hand and trembled towards the endless desert, fainting.

"You're kidding us?"

Pound held his sword in his hand, and his reddish eyes showed murderous aura.

Valla, who wears a hat, just smiles "hehe", which brings to mind the image of a sinister miser.

"Speak to me!"

Pound's anger burned, he had endured this man for a long time, and the army behind him seemed to be about to collapse. He drew his sword, and the light of the sun danced on it. The man who was about to be executed, Valla, raised his hand and pointed to the north. He pointed firmly, motionlessly.