There are about thirty catties of meat, and they are not afraid of spoilage, and when they pick up the water bag, there is no water in it, but it is still a good container.

Hu Xiaodao took out a compass and looked around and said, "I won't sleep tonight, let's go quickly!" ”

Monica's performance was beyond Hu Xiaodao's expectations, not only did she not complain, but also took the initiative to take out the dagger on her body and began to dismember the camel.

"There are about a dozen catties of meat to eat here, but we have to find a place to roast the meat before dawn, otherwise it will spoil in two or three days." Monica held the meat, happy like a child.

They didn't clean up the rest of the camels, there were many rats, foxes, wild wolves and the like in the desert, and it is estimated that only a bunch of skeletons will be left here after half a month.

When the two of them turned around in the night, they could see the huge black shadow of the sandstorm in the distance blowing towards the east, and according to where they were, the sandstorm should have been blowing in the direction of Egypt or Sudan.

I don't know if a camel is alive or dead, and the remaining 80 kilometers of trekking on foot seems a little urgent for the two of them to have a week.

Without the help of camels, the only way to get there was to go after 7 p.m.

Hu Xiaodao listened to Monica's persuasion and found a dead branch to use as a cane.

Walking in the desert and climbing up and down over the soft sand dunes hurts your knees a lot, especially if you carry about 30 kilograms of weight, and you sweat profusely after not walking a few steps.

Hu Xiaodao was carrying a backpack, and the remaining thirty catties of beef and more than a dozen catties of camel meat were handed over to Monica to carry.

Hu Xiaodao smiled and took the thirty catties of beef, strode forward with the dead branches, and Monica was stunned again.

The endless sea of sand is not a flat river, and there are many large sand dunes or sand mountains in the desert, so you must go around it.

Try to choose to walk on the sand ridge or the windward side, the sand surface will become very hard after being eroded by the wind, and it is more labor-saving to walk on it, while the back side is mainly formed by aeolian accumulation, which is softer, and it is deeper and more physically consuming to walk on it.

Monica is well versed in the way of survival in the desert, and constantly analyzes the pros and cons with Hu Xiaodao along the way, coupled with the systematic [Desert Survival Guide], Hu Xiaodao finally has the most superficial knowledge of the desert.

In fact, Monica was going to throw away all the meat at first, but she had to take it with the mobile conveyor of the knife.

Although Monica is not 100% sure that she will find water in the desert, it is difficult for her to find something to eat.

Monica can tell where there are sand foxes and where there are hares just by looking at them!

The antelope's droppings can also be used to observe what plants are in the vicinity.

It's fair to say that the desert is as familiar as Monica's own backyard.

The two of them walked for two hours before they saw a low bush.

"That's it, you should be able to dig up water here!" Hu Xiaodao squatted down, picked up a handful of sand, looked at it, and sniffed it again.

It depends on whether the color of the sand is dark, and if it is dark, it means that there is a nearby landmark where the water source has evaporated.

Smelling is to determine whether there is moisture in the sand, and it is not sure if you look at it at night, so it is more scientific to see and smell double insurance.

"Okay, you come and find a place!" Putting down the meat, Monica obediently helped Hu Xiaodao take out the sapper shovel and flashlight.

"Okay!" Monica didn't let herself do digging the well during the day today.

Although Hu Xiaodao didn't want to do it after running for most of the night, he couldn't let a woman do it.

Monica has been walking for two hours since she was before, and this perseverance is worthy of Hu Xiaodao's respect for her.

"Spit! ~" Spit on the palm of his hand and rubbed his hands, Hu Xiaodao took the sapper shovel and began to dig.

Monica looked at Hu Xiaodao and spit, blindly thinking that he had done this before, and immediately rubbed her hands in disgust.

"Hehe, I didn't do this before, but I'm tired now, and I spit to prevent slipping, you don't understand!" Hu Xiaodao looked at Monica with some disgust and explained.

"Be careful, there are sand dunes not far from here, and there may be gerbil holes, and that thing digs deep holes!" Monica said with a smile.

"Gerbils?"

"yes? A very tasty food, but I'm reluctant to eat it, it's a cute little thing! ”

When Monica said this, her expression was obviously warm, and it seemed that this girl was quite sympathetic.

"Reluctantly?" One sentence made Hu Xiaodao resound a certain animal he found in South America, and he was reluctant to eat that kind of animal, but he also felt cute.

"Well, North African fat-tailed gerbils are very cute, not only do they look like hamsters, but they also behave like hamsters.

Curiosity is the most attractive thing about North African gerbils, which are completely lacking in curiosity. Put them in the palm of your hand, and they just sit there, not at all interested in their new surroundings and won't try to run away.

Gerbils live in open desert areas, relying on complex cave systems, keen hearing, and rapid jumping to escape predators.

Some are active during the day and some are active at night. No hibernation. Feeds mainly on plants.

Gerbils drink little or no water throughout their lives, and rely only on water from their food to meet their needs.

Gerbils have well-developed claws and are good at digging complex holes, especially the giant gerbil is the most prominent, and every 1 gerbil has dozens to hundreds of holes.

For example, they will put the food they collect in the warehouse, but they will not sleep there, there will be a special bedroom, and even the toilet will have a special place.

Gerbils live in groups, which helps them to alert each other when they spot predators. Around the bushy dunes, the rat holes are like bunkers, and each hole is piled with a pile of sand and dirt from the hole!

So we just need to go around the nearby sand mountain, dig down when we encounter sand, and find a place for gerbils to store food, and we can barely survive, and we can survive for the time being! ”

Monica said that the mouth was foaming, but Hu Xiaodao was thinking about the edibility of gerbils, there is no shortage of food in South America, but it is different here.

It is not uncommon for people to eat people in a difficult living environment, and when the time comes, it doesn't matter if it's cute or not, if it's caught, it won't be roasted and eaten.

Thinking about it, it was not so difficult for someone to talk and work, and soon Hu Xiaodao felt that the humidity in the place where he was standing was getting bigger and bigger.

That's because after walking in the desert for two hours, the dry temperature almost evaporated the only moisture on his body, and when his pants were pressed against his legs, he obviously felt the presence of moisture.

"Yes, do you want to wait a while and let the water seep in?" Hu Xiaodao put down the sapper shovel and wanted to sweat, but found that his forehead was empty, and he didn't even sweat.

"It should be!" Monica's voice was a little uncertain.

"Why don't you dig down and try it again?" After a pause, Monica added!

"What?" Hu Xiaodao's eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, does this girl understand the desert?