Chapter 310: A Tree with Water
The group walked all morning, all tired and out of breath, but fortunately in the bushes, there are not too many vines and weeds, and the difficulty of its implementation is not great, if it is in the tropical rainforest, I really dare not imagine.
Rao is still very tired. Li Shan said to Ah San: "You are good at kung fu, take the telescope and go to the trees to see when we can get out of this dense forest, and whether there are rivers and lakes near here." ”
Ah San took the telescope and jumped up a tall tree, and said after a while: "Young master, I saw the grassland in the distance, and I only estimated that there was still a day to go, but I really couldn't find a visible river or lake near here. ”
Without rivers and lakes, there would be no fresh water, and things are more tricky than you think.
Li Shan didn't say much, asked his subordinates to rest quickly, and marched another distance in the afternoon. Finally out of the jungle.
Gadot looked at the dry grassland and said, "What is this?" Cao Cao is all yellow, there is nothing, there is like water there? We're not in the wrong place. ”
Only then did Li Shan realize that the dry season that should be ******** had arrived at this time, and it was no wonder that there was no water everywhere. It seems that the difficulty of finding water this time is higher than expected. In all directions in front of you, the choice of direction is even more important, if you choose the wrong direction, it is likely that you will not find water, it will be very dangerous.
Although Li Shan asked everyone to eat wild vegetables as much as possible to satisfy their hunger, but the water could not be drunk, and they would not be able to hold on for three days at most if there was no water, not to mention the people who stayed at the seaside, if they could not transport the water back in time, those people would die even worse.
Just when Li Shan didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard an elephant moo in the distance, which made Li Shan's eyes light up.
Everyone also heard such a voice, Li Shan's subordinates were mostly people from the Heaven and Earth Society, and they had never seen an elephant, and Gadot's subordinates had never seen it, and they were all startled by such a voice. Gadot also looked at Li Shan with a confused face, hoping for an answer from Li Shan.
Li Shan smiled: "Great, our savior is here." When the order goes down, everyone obeys my command, and cannot act rashly, and not a single voice can be uttered without my orders. ”
Elephants are experts in finding water, and Li Shan knows very well that as long as he follows the elephants, he will definitely find water. Hurriedly followed the sound, took a look at the binoculars, and sure enough, another elephant herd was slowly moving not far away.
Gadot followed, took the binoculars and exclaimed, "What is that?" How do you look like this? ”
Gadot had naturally never seen an elephant, and he probably couldn't imagine that there was such a big animal in the world.
Li Shan said with a smile: "This thing is called elephants, they are experts in finding water, just follow them." Within two days we would definitely be able to find water to drink. ”
Gadot was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”
Gadot trusts Li Shan very much now, and he doesn't know how, he feels that Li Shan's words are particularly convincing, although Li Shan deceived her with mud not long ago. But afterwards, Gadot also figured out that if she didn't put on the mud, she would really have to feed the mosquitoes.
Li Shan led a group of people to follow the elephant herd closely and kept walking. Gradually, I entered the depths of the grassland. The more he went inside, the more dense and green the grass became, which also gave Li Shan more confidence, and it seemed that he was not far from the water source.
But everyone's bodies were also extremely tired, and the water they brought had been drunk, but this group of elephants seemed to be joking with Li Shan, and they didn't drink water for two days.
Without a water source, they can't support it at all, and now it's like gambling with their lives, if they can't find water every two days, their lives are really in danger.
Gadot said impatiently: "Li Shan, you said that you will definitely find water within three days, today is the third day, we have already drunk all the water, but we just can't see the water." Are these elephants reliable? If we continue like this, we will die of thirst before the elephants find water. ”
The elephants had actually been in the water along the way, but in a mud puddle where there was not much water, and people could not drink it at all. Moreover, elephants can get water from tree roots, so they will not be affected if they don't drink water for two or three days, but Li Shan and they can't bear it.
Gadot squeezed the last drop of water out of his water bag and said, "Look, I don't have a drop, what do you think?" ”
Li Shan smiled: "Didn't my water let you drink it a long time ago?" I can't make water now. It's good to endure it, and tomorrow there will be a water source, I promise. ”
Although Li Shan said firmly, only Li Shan himself knew, in fact, he was not sure at all, now it is up to them to compare their endurance with elephants to see if the elephants' thirst resistance is more powerful than theirs. Li Shan now only prays that the elephants will not be so thirsty and find a water source quickly.
The next day, I went on the road as usual and followed the elephant. The hot sun was scorching the pedestrians, and Gadot was no longer noisy, because she was no longer noisy, because of the lack of water, and now they had to reduce all their activities to ensure unnecessary waste of energy.
"Li Shan, I'm thirsty, I seem to drink water." Gadot licked his chapped lips and said weakly to Li Shandao.
Li Shan looked at Gadot's appearance, thought about it, took out a small water bag from his arms and handed it to Gadot and said, "Drink, we will definitely be able to go, holding on is victory." ”
Gadot took the water bag, there was only a mouthful of water in it, and she didn't know how Li Shan left it, so she quickly drank it in one gulp, only feeling sweeter than any fine wine she had ever drunk.
Li Shan took the binoculars and looked at it again, the elephants seemed to be very tired, it seemed that they were almost at their limit, and the water source must not be far away.
"Pounce" A sailor next to Li Shan fell directly to the ground, apparently fainting due to dehydration, and the other people's faces were also unusually pale, and it was not possible to do it without water.
Li Shandao: "Hurry up and two people to carry him, don't let them fall behind." ”
Ah San said: "Young master, it seems that we also need to think of a way, there are already some people who can't hold on." Carrying this person will only make the others more tired, so that soon our whole team will collapse. We can give up on him, let his blood out, and let everyone drink it, so that we can have a chance. ”
Li Shan looked at Ah San angrily, these brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society all followed Li Shan from Jingzhou, and now Ah San actually wants to drink his blood. But Li Shan had to admit that if he couldn't find a better way, Ah San's method was undoubtedly the best.
Li Shandao: "I don't want to hear you say such things again, my brothers, you can never give up." ”
Ah San nodded and said, "Subordinate, I know." ”
Li Shan looked at the confused eyes of everyone, as well as the subordinates who fell to the ground, and was also anxious at this time, looking around with a telescope.
Suddenly, Li Shan found a few trees, standing alone a few kilometers away. Although it is a tree, this tree is different from other trees, because the body of this tree is very thick, more than ten meters high, and the diameter of the tree body may reach three meters. The entire trunk of the tree has no branches, only a clump of branches and leaves grows on the canopy, and the fruit the size of a watermelon bears on it. Exactly the baobab tree. The most important feature of this tree is that it stores a lot of water in its trunk, and a baobab tree can store up to a ton of clean water.
Li Shan smiled: "We have been saved, the target, the baobab tree in front, we will win when we get to the tree." Everyone is moving forward at full speed, and no one is left behind. ”
Everyone didn't know what Li Shan meant, but since Li Shan had spoken, they all obeyed the order.
Li Shan was the first to take the lead and rushed to the bottom of the tree, picked up a spear and poked it at the tree, and clean water flowed out of the hole in the tree, and his subordinates hurriedly caught it with a bucket.
Gadot was amazed: "There is really water in this tree!" Incredible? Li Shan: How do you know? ”
Li Shan smiled: "I still know a lot of things, all these trees have water in the hurry, everyone is full, fill some water, pick some tree fruits, and we have to keep up with the pace of the elephant herd." Don't worry, soon we will be able to find the water source. (To be continued.) )