Because the heat storage of sand and gravel is fast, and the heat dissipation is also fast, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, and the temperature difference between noon and early morning can reach more than 30 degrees.

Not long ago, I was exposed to the scorching sun, but I started to feel cold again at night.

In order to avoid snakes and insects in the desert as much as possible, Zhang Heng chose a relatively high terrain to make a fire, and the light of the fire could also prevent some predators near the top of the food chain from approaching.

But danger doesn't always come from the outside.

Zhang Heng, Jia Lai and Bruno were now sitting around the campfire, and the night should be the best time to make up for the physical strength lost during the day, but at this time, the three of them did not dare to close their eyes.

Because it's also the best opportunity to get hands-on.

During the day, NASA people are watching them from a few kilometers away, and it is difficult to do much to make many moves, and after nightfall, not to mention whether NASA people need to sleep, visibility is reduced, and even if the observers are still dedicated, it is difficult to grasp all the conditions here from a distance.

The flames danced in the night, the wood crackled in the firelight, and there was no other movement until a long time before a voice spoke, whispering.

"Do not go meekly into that good night,

The old should burn and roar at dusk;

Angry rebuke, angry rebuke

The passing of light.

Though the wise man at his deathbed understands the truth of darkness,

For their words did not burst forth with lightning,

Nor did they go meekly into that good night......"

"Dylan Thomas, this is a poem he wrote to his father who was critically ill." Zhang Hengdao.

"I always thought the poem was from that movie called Interstellar." Bruno yawned and rubbed his sleepy eyes, his physical strength had been exhausted during the day, especially after dinner, and he could feel noticeably tired, but he didn't dare to close his eyes at this time.

"I love that movie and I love this poem, it's very close to where we are now, isn't it," Jia Lai said, "We participate in every round of the game, we face the risk of being eliminated, and I don't need to say more about the result of losing the game, everyone knows it, so whether it's good times or bad, we can't give up until the last minute, after all, we don't want to be forgotten by the whole world." ”

"Well, I honestly don't care if anyone remembers me," Bruno shrugged, "but I don't want to lose at the thought of never being able to party in my Australian mansion again, not being able to date a beautiful girl in college in my Porsche 911, and having my part of my estate inherited by my brother...... After all, the next time I am reincarnated, I may not have such good luck. ”

"And what about you, and what sustains you through round after round of the game?" Jia Lai moved his gaze to Zhang Heng on the side, "Since everyone doesn't plan to rest, it's better to chat together, after all, there won't be much time left for us." ”

"I don't know, for now I'm just trying to figure out what's behind it." Zhang Heng adjusted the bonfire in front of him with a tree branch and said lightly.

"Yes, we all want to know who is running the game, what is the purpose, when it will stop, how to win in the end, but sometimes we don't always get the answer to the question, do we?" Jarley's gaze flickered in the night, and no one knew what he was thinking right now.

For a moment, Zhang Heng even thought that the other party was about to hold back and prepare to make a move.

But the next moment came Bruno's nervous voice beside him, "Hey, what do you see that?!" ”

He had just gotten up to get behind the bushes nearby, but not long after he took off his pants, he saw something flash in the darkness in the distance.

No wonder Bruno was making a fuss, this was the time of life and death, and he didn't care about emptying the inventory in his stomach after feeling the movement, so he hurriedly ran back with his pants.

Zhang Heng and Jia Lai stood up at the first time when they heard this, glanced at each other, and saw a look of surprise in each other's eyes, in other words, this sudden situation had nothing to do with the three of them.

Zhang Heng picked up a lit wooden stick from the bonfire on the ground and shone it in the direction where Bruno was running, and sure enough, he saw a few sneaky shadows on the sand dunes not far away.

"What's that?" The fat man squinted.

"Looks like it's a mountain coyote." Zhang Heng carefully observed for a while, in the novice copy he learned a lot of ways to identify animals from Bell, which came in handy at this time, Zhang Heng's mind flashed information about mountain coyotes.

Mountain coyotes are one of the subspecies of coyotes and native to the North American continent, with a wide distribution in the United States, from Washington State, the Cascade Mountains in eastern Oregon, south through the Great Basin, the Sierra Nevada Highlands, and all the way to northern Mexico.

However, most of the time these mountain coyotes live in forests, swamps and grasslands, where food and water are abundant, and it is rare to run into the desert like this, and they should look extremely hungry, and they have not harvested for several days, otherwise they would not have stared at the three people who were still leaning against the fire.

Zhang Heng didn't know if the observers on NASA's side had noticed the situation on their side, but even if they came, it would take some time, and those mountain coyotes had already launched a charge on this side.

The creature is not afraid of humans, and coyotes are often reported in the suburbs of the United States, although they are generally more accustomed to hunting alone.

Even Zhang Heng didn't want to deal with four or five coyotes alone, of course, he could turn around and run away, although he couldn't outrun the two coyotes at his speed, but it was no problem to run past Jia Lai and Bruno, but Zhang Heng then seemed to think of something, and instead of leaving the campfire, he kicked the wooden bars that were still burning with the thickness of his two forearms to Jia Lai and Bruno.

The fat man hesitated, but finally picked up the wooden stick on the ground, and Bruno turned his head to run, but because he was too anxious, he tripped under his feet, and instead ate a mouthful of sand, and when he raised his head again, a coyote had already pounced on him.

Bruno was suddenly distracted, but he also knew that he couldn't count on anyone at this time, Zhang Heng and Jia Lai were already good if they didn't have a black hand, fortunately, Bruno is also a veteran player who has experienced several rounds of games, although the props on his body are no longer there, but his skills are still there, and he used his elbow against the coyote's neck at the critical moment, so that the latter's mouth could not bite him, and then he turned over and pressed the coyote under him.

The fat man on the other side was much calmer in the face of the attack of the wolves, standing in place and watching coldly, until the coyote rushed over, kicked the ground with his hind legs, and his body was in the air, and Jia Lai made a move, choking the coyote's neck with lightning speed.