Chapter Seventy-Three: Making a Fire

Shen Man'er thought back to the place where she saw the blue fire last night, and it was estimated that it was about 200 meters away from the lake. Shen Man'er walked along the edge of the lake and searched, and the emperor finally let her find a place where the aquatic plants were overwhelmed. Shen Man'er took off her shoes and gently got into the water. As soon as she got out of the water, Shen Man'er felt different from the feeling of going into the water before, but she couldn't say that it was any different.

Shen Man'er was pulling the aquatic weeds, and the dagger that the eldest brother gave him was black, in this dense aquatic weed, it was not easy to find, but Shen Man'er just pulled it for a while, and then saw the dagger hanging upside down on the water, and a group of swimming fish were constantly touching it, as if they were full of novelty about it. Shen Man'er rowed over with difficulty, picking up the dagger in the water, although the dagger was small, it still weighed a little, Shen Man'er looked at the knife in her hand, it actually floated on the water, which made her feel very novel.

As if to confirm the conjecture in her heart, Shen Man'er let go and threw the dagger in her hand back into the lake, and the dagger fell straight into the water, causing a splash, and then floated up from the water again like the plastic that Shen Man'er had seen countless times fall into the water in her previous life. Shen Man'er pressed the dagger down with her fingers, back and forth several times, and each time the dagger floated up. Only then did Shen Man'er know what the reason for her strange feeling at the beginning. It is buoyancy, and the water in this lake is more buoyant than ordinary water.

Shen Man'er suddenly felt a chill down her spine, she is a woman who has received nine years of compulsory education in modern times, and she knows that there are usually two reasons why water is buoyant. One is that the salt content in the water is particularly high, but Shen Man'er has never seen it in the Dead Sea, at least from the Internet, there are no creatures in it. However, not only are the aquatic plants growing in this lake, but even the fish are larger than those seen before, and the idea of high salinity is not valid at all. Then there is only one possibility, the water is not normal, and it contains ingredients that you don't know.

Shen Man'er pulled up the hem of her skirt, clenched the dagger, and ran to the shore with all her might, the splash under her feet wet her clothes, and she didn't care at all.

It wasn't until Shen Man'er stood by the lake and stepped on the solid ground under her feet that her pounding heart temporarily stabilized, Shen Man'er gasped for breath, she didn't dare to go down in the water for the time being, in case there was something in it that she didn't know, it was too aggrieved to die without knowing it.

Shen Man'er couldn't, so she could only turn around and see if she could find something to eat.

The weeds around him were half as tall as a man, and Shen Man'er used a dagger to cut the grass in front of her while walking, making a path for herself, I don't know how long she walked, Shen Man'er felt that her feet were blistered, and she finally climbed a small hill. The hill is full of unknown trees, with small golden flowers, which Shen Man'er saw at the bottom of the hillside just now, thinking that the ancients had eaten flowers to lose weight, she just wanted to fill her stomach temporarily.

Shen Man'er looked at these trees, they looked a bit like apple trees, the branches were mixed, and the flower branches were not very high. Shen Man'er put the dagger in her waist, picked up the petals on the branches and ate them, probably because she was too hungry, Shen Man'er actually felt that the petals were very sweet.

It wasn't until Shen Man'er couldn't swallow it anymore and wanted to vomit as soon as she opened her mouth that she stopped picking. I have to say that Shen Man'er really doesn't have the stomach to make a sheep, even if this flower can be eaten, she really can't stand the smell.

Shen Man'er touched her half-full stomach, but fortunately, her stomach was not as uncomfortable as she was hungry just now. Shen Man'er looked up at the sky, maybe it was because of the light rain yesterday, today the sky was full of white clouds, and white clouds kept drifting through the sky in the distance and disappearing behind the peaks. Shen Man'er stood there, unable to see the sun at all, but in the high place, the vague oblique shadow and the already cold temperature indicated that it was not early.

Without time for her to think twice, Shen Man'er sat up from the ground, patted the soil on her buttocks, tore a lot of petals with her hands and carried them around her skirt, and walked down the hill along the same road.

Coming to the bottom of the hillside, Shen Man'er stood in place and was at a loss, looking around, where should she go.

Only this time Shen Man'er didn't hesitate for too long, she thought of that place. Although that place was a little scary, after all, there were real people there, and it was safer than other places that I didn't know about.

Following her memory, Shen Man'er walked towards the cave. The skeleton of the old man in the cave was still leaning against the mountain wall, looking outside, Shen Man'er watched, thinking that the old man should be full of despair before he died.

Shen Man'er came to the place where she woke up this morning, it was a few simple rabbit skins, which were connected from the bark in the middle, and Shen Man'er picked them up and held them in her arms. I looked at the place where I kicked this morning, and there were a few simple stone pots, although they were covered with dust and moss, but they should be able to be used if they were cleaned up.

Shen Man'er lifted the stone pot upside down and buckled it on the ground, knocking out the dust inside, thinking about finding water to wash it tomorrow.

The surroundings gradually became cold, and Shen Man'er crossed her arms and shivered. Seeing a few rotten logs around, Shen Man'er stood up and cut some hay from the outside of the cave, took a wooden stick and drilled it into the wood.

The wood has been around for a long time, and when Shen Man'er poked it, the inside of the wood turned into crushed slag. Shen Man'er put the sawdust underneath, attached the hay to it, and then picked up the wooden stick and drilled it hard.

After a while, thin black smoke rose from the wood, but the black smoke was intermittent, and there was no spark. Shen Man'er drilled so hard for I don't know how long, the sky around her gradually darkened, there were already several black holes in the wood, but the fire did not rise. Shen Man'er stood up, kicked the wood under her feet in anger, and the wood rolled a few times and stopped in the distance.

Shen Man'er squatted on the ground, rubbed her slightly aching toes, and cried lowly.

Until Shen Man'er had cried enough, and the sky was completely dark, Shen Man'er had to wrap the rabbit skin around her body, slowly stand up, drag her already numb legs, and pick up the wood again.

The moonlight tonight is very good, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the sparkling water, illuminating the hole with bursts of light and shadow.

Shen Man'er was wrapped in rabbit skin, looked at the moon cast in the lake in the distance, thought about her past, and unconsciously closed her eyes.

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On the edge of the cliff, the prince sent people to set up camp here overnight. Everyone came and went, constantly trying various ways to descend to the bottom of the cliff.

The prince still stood on the edge of the cliff, motionless like a statue. Long Yi looked at the prince in the distance, sighed lowly, turned around and returned to the camp, and continued to discuss the matter of saving people.

Early in the morning, the crown prince was covered with dew, and Long Yi walked up to the prince's side, "Your Highness, go and rest in the tent for a while." You haven't closed your eyes all night. ”

"What's going on over there Ziling. The prince's deep voice sounded, filled with infinite sorrow. As soon as the dragon heard this voice, he felt sad for the prince.

"I'm already rushing here, and I guess I'll be there in the evening. Long Yi said, thinking about Shen Zhao's current appearance, he was also worried, Shen Zhao's three swords, the sword stabbed the vital point, and he didn't dare to pull it out rashly, especially one of the swords, which directly penetrated Shen Zhao's lungs, if it wasn't for the thousand-year-old ginseng hanging, it is estimated that he would have run out of breath a long time ago, Rao is like this, Long Yi still sighed Shen Zhao's vitality.

"Prince, Dark Er is back, Miss Shen asked him to save Zhu'er, he knows that he is derelict in his duty, and he has been kneeling there. The doctor said that Zhu'er's condition is not very good, and if there is no peerless miracle doctor, it is estimated that her life will not be guaranteed. Long Yi sighed again, this time they were careless, they didn't expect to encounter two groups of killers, and the next wave is obviously strong, now Shen Zhao and Zhu'er are both life-threatening, the life and death of the dark three are unknown, Miss Shen even fell off the cliff, it is estimated that His Royal Highness hates himself to death now.