Late at night, the soldiers who had been searching for a day gathered together and returned to the makeshift camp one after another, except for the 100 soldiers stationed at the mouth of the valley to prevent Ash and Nana from going back, the rest of the 200 soldiers were scattered in groups of 20 people throughout the valley.

Ash stood on a hill, glanced up at the scattered campfires, and staggered deeper into the canyon with one of Nana's arms on his shoulder.

There is no other way, they have no way to climb over the mirror-like mountains around the canyon, and the only exit from the canyon is also guarded by the other party's soldiers, and now they can only hope that Nana's physical condition can be as good as possible, and with her skills, the two of them may get out alive.

Although they didn't know how many soldiers were left at the mouth of the valley, Nana also knew very well that although her strength was strong, it was already the limit to deal with twenty soldiers, and even last time, when those twenty soldiers were defenseless and in chaos, she inevitably suffered injuries when she killed them.

It's just that although both of them know this situation in their hearts, they don't say it, the situation at the moment is desperate enough, they can't let this despair be completely exposed, and can only try their best to seek the almost impossible light in the darkness.

It was already very deep, and the whole canyon was silent, and there seemed to be no wild beasts inhabiting it, and the moonlight sprinkled down, falling to the ground through the leaves of the dense forest, providing Ash with minimal illumination.

In the previous battle with the wolves, they had not much dry food on their bodies, and at this time, the physical strength of the two of them had reached the limit, and there was no way to experience another chase, Ash didn't know if the soldiers would search at night, so they walked very carefully step by step, if they were found by the group of guys, the consequences were likely to be death.

During the march, Ash was silent, Nana didn't look at her, extreme exhaustion, hunger, and injuries on her body had made her consciousness more and more blurred, and being supported by Ash to hurry was already the limit of what she could do.

A night breeze blew, and the leaves in the jungle swayed in unison, and Ash paused, raising his hand to pluck a fruit the size of a dragon's eye from a treetop.

It was dark, and Ash couldn't tell what color the fruit was, but it wasn't bright, it was soft, the skin was a little wrinkled, and it looked ugly.

He gently pinched the fruit with his fingernails, and suddenly a wisp of juice flowed out, and at the same time, it also emitted a faint fragrance like the fragrance of jujubes.

Grabbing the fruit in his hand, feeling Nana's arm hanging on his shoulder, which was getting looser and stronger, Ash gritted his teeth and bit on it.

The flesh of the fruit is in the mouth, but there is no imagined sweetness like jujubes, but instead there is a strong sour bitterness, I don't know if the fruit is not ripe, or it is originally this taste.

Ash's brows furrowed, but in order to replenish his strength, he still swallowed it whole, he asked Nana to sit on the fruit tree first, and sat cross-legged for a long time, and after realizing that he had no signs of poisoning, he got up again and picked a dozen fruits, threw them in his mouth one by one, and at the same time divided some and handed them to Nana:

"It's a little bitter, but it seems to be edible."

Hearing this, Nana nodded in a trance, weakly reached out to take the few fruits, and ate them slowly.

Unlike Ash, she seemed to have lost the ability to distinguish tastes, and she didn't even frown when the juice of the sour flesh was bitter.

In this way, while walking, the two of them looked for the same fruit to replenish their strength, although this fruit was unpalatable to death, but the energy it was rich in was quite high, after eating more than forty pieces, Ash gradually gained some strength, and Nana could simply say a few words.

"Hey, the fruits we ate just now are actually used as feed in our Thunder God Department."

As if to adjust the atmosphere, Nana leaned on Ash's shoulder and spoke in a dry voice.

"There must be some other ingredients added to the feed, otherwise even the livestock will not want to eat the bitter and bitter food."

Hearing this, Ash tightened her arm, smiled, and replied, "It's all said to be feed, how do you know the taste?" ”

"When I was a child, I was curious, and I secretly stole it over ......and tasted it while the adults weren't paying attention," Nana's mouth floated with a bitter smile: "I didn't expect that after all these years, I could taste this taste again, speaking of which, I really miss it......"

Ash noticed her face and sighed, "Homesick?" ”

Nana shook her head noncommittally, and after this conversation, she forced herself to cheer up again, and her steps seemed to be a little sharper, although her thighs were still trembling.

After a while, they found a puddle, the water in the puddle seemed to have accumulated after a rainy day, because there were no animals around, the water quality seemed to be quite good, worthy of the title of the source of life, after a binge drink, Ash and Nana's mental head recovered a little, and after Ash filled both of their water bladders, Nana finally had the opportunity to clean the wound on her waist.

Now, except for some too bumpy roads, she no longer needs to be supported by Ash.

Eventually, Ash and Nana, who didn't seem to have been completely abandoned by the heavens, discovered a cave, which was located on the side of a low mountain with unusually dense vegetation, and it was very wide and dry, and there was a boulder between the entrance of the cave and the space inside, leaving only an exit that was exactly one person wide, as if it was a natural screen, but it was a good place to hide.

Ash first covered up the entrance to the cave with his hands and feet, then turned back to pick up some dead wood, took out the flint and steel from his waist, and lit a bonfire, the light of which was blocked by the boulders at the entrance of the cave and the vines and branches used for cover, but he was not afraid that he would be discovered by the soldiers in the distance.

The bonfire gradually lit, the red firelight covered the entire cave, the long-lost warm feeling, made Ash feel relaxed in his heart, and his cold hands and feet gradually returned to their proper temperature, in this extremely hidden cave, he finally got a long-lost sense of security, and he could rest for the night.

Just thinking like this, Ash saw Nana's body next to him suddenly shake, and then fell to the ground with a 'plop'.

"What's wrong with you!?"

Ash hurriedly stepped up, but saw Nana, who was still a little energetic a moment ago, at this time her face had returned to the pale of the daytime, or even a little worse, fine beads of sweat appeared on her face, her dry lips trembled slightly, and her eyes looked faintly a little sluggish!

Nana's appearance can startle Ash, how did he know that Nana's previous cheer-up appearance was all pretended, when this stubborn girl sat in this safe and quiet cave, the moment she completely relaxed, she could no longer lift the imposed disguise, showing her most real situation at the moment!

Unable to get Nana's response, Ash's gaze involuntarily fell on her red-soaked waist, where the strip of cloth used to bandage the wound was already covered with blood scabs, and he reached out to tear the strip of cloth open, and then gasped!

I saw that on Nana's slender waist, a hideous wound with two palms was stretched there, and the skin and flesh turned outward, although it had already coagulated and been cleaned again, it was inevitable that blood would continue to flow out.

The skin around the wound is reddish-purple, obviously very inflamed, and accompanied by white and yellow concentrated water.

After a short shock, Ash touched Nana's forehead with a solemn face, and sure enough, because of this injury, as well as days of running and cold environment, Nana inevitably launched a high fever.

Looking at Nana's disgraced face, Ash gritted her teeth, took off the only piece of clothing left on her body and wrapped it around her, and then turned and walked out of the hole.