"What's that?"

The sudden discovery lifted Cheng Fei's spirits, only to see him step over in one step, and exert force under his feet, and suddenly a large puff of flying sand was shaken, and the small things hidden under the surface of the sand were also shaken up and landed on the desert, which was a translucent scorpion!

"What should I be, it turned out to be a scorpion!"

A smile suddenly appeared on Cheng Fei's face, according to his cognition, this should be an ordinary desert scorpion, they feed on other insects in the desert, and sometimes kill some juvenile mice and birds, their most lethal weapon is the stinger on their tail.

However, although they look disgusting, they can be eaten as food, as long as the venom glands and stingers on their tails are cut off, and the rest can be eaten.

In the desert, food is the same as water, extremely scarce, if you encounter food, you must not give up, especially, scorpions contain a lot of protein, which is exactly what Cheng Fei needs right now.

Seeing that the scorpion was struggling on the sand and trying to get back into the sand, he quickly took out the dogleg knife and pressed the scorpion firmly on the sand with the tip of the knife.

Instantly restrained, the scorpion, which felt a great threat, raised two large pincers high, and at the same time, the tail with a stinger behind him kept hitting the blade of the dog-legged knife.

"Scorpions are small, but they are also pieces of meat. ”

Cheng Fei sighed while cutting off the venom glands and stingers on the scorpion's tail with a dogleg knife, and then pinched the scorpion in his hand, without the slightest hesitation, he directly threw the scorpion into his mouth and chewed it.

Compared with cacti, the taste of scorpions is naturally not much better, like rotten lobsters, if it is not for survival, he will not want to eat it.

Survival is never a simple matter, especially in this extremely harsh natural environment in front of us, you must learn to endure.

Therefore, he immediately began to search around, hoping to find other scorpions, but unfortunately, he searched around, but could not find anything else.

He had to stop, it would be a waste of time to look for any more, he had to keep going. Before the sun goes down, he must find a shelter.

In the desert, there is nothing more dangerous than a sandstorm, which can engulf everything when it comes. Crucially, it can be disorienting. Most of the tourists who die in the desert every year are killed after experiencing sandstorms.

Therefore, Cheng Fei needed a safe shelter that could help him defend himself against sandstorms.

At the same time, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, during the day, the temperature can reach more than 40 degrees Celsius, and at night, it can quickly drop to 10 degrees Celsius or even lower. This is because sand has less specific heat, absorbs heat quickly, and releases heat quickly. During the day, the sand absorbs heat quickly, but at night, when there is no sunlight, the heat absorbed by the sand quickly disappears.

The alternation of hot and cold is a harsh test for the human body, because under the huge temperature difference, people can easily get sick.

Although Cheng Fei is a martial artist, although his body is strong, his cultivation is not advanced enough, and he has not yet reached the realm of cold and heat, and if he wants to compete with the great power of nature, he still needs to continue to work hard.

Without saying anything, at the moment, he brought half of the uneaten cactus and continued to march in the direction of the Peacock River, his journey had just begun.

Breathing, strength, strength........ The rhythm is gradually becoming regular, and with Cheng Fei's continuous pondering, in the future, the distance he takes with each step is almost exactly the same, which means that his mastery of power has become more and more proficient. But at the same time, his physical strength is also depleting sharply, but fortunately, he still has a large piece of cactus on hand, which he can eat from time to time and replenish it slightly.

However, although the cactus is known as the "sweet spring of the desert", it is by no means a panacea that can solve all problems, eating too much at one time can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting symptoms, especially for people who have never eaten before.

Here, I would like to remind everyone that although cacti are edible plants, some wild cacti contain toxins and may even paralyze the nerves, so if you want to eat them in daily life, it is best to buy edible cacti in the vegetable market.

As for Cheng Fei, it was completely because of Zhan Tian's qi and his strong physique far beyond ordinary people that he dared to act so recklessly.

As if the most difficult stage has passed, it is obvious that the number of plants has begun to increase, such as scorching grass, halophyllum grass, stone flower, flower stick, sea buckthorn, sand reed, aloe vera, etc......... Almost every once in a while, you can always come across some.

The harsh, inaccessible desert has always had a special feel for its plants compared to most of the other barren areas. Walking in the desert, you will casually see some strange flowers, shrubs or trees, and you have to believe that there is no more resilient and spectacular life on earth.

"It's a good sign!"

As a result, he encountered more and more plants, and although not all of them were edible, they were enough to sustain his life.

Second, even if it is a drought-tolerant plant, if it wants to survive, it still needs water, and the appearance of a large number of plants means that there is a water source nearby, maybe an oasis, maybe an underground water vein, but unfortunately, he did not find an oasis, it seems that the composition of the underground water vein is larger.

It was getting late, dusk was approaching, and he had to find a shelter before it got dark, but it wasn't easy, especially in the desert.

Cheng Fei can only keep moving forward, hoping to make some discoveries.

However, he walked for nearly half an hour, but he could not find a suitable place, and just as he sighed and lost, suddenly a big tree in front of him came into his eyes.

"That's ........ A poplar tree?!"

The poplar tree is a typical drought-tolerant plant, and its rhizome can penetrate into the ground below 20 meters to draw groundwater, so it can grow even in the desert, and is praised as the "backbone of the desert". According to legend, the poplar tree has the saying of "living without dying for a thousand years, dying without falling for a thousand years, and dying for a thousand years", which is the best in the tree.

The most important thing is that it stores a lot of water in its branches, so it is also called "water tung".

This discovery is really a surprise for Cheng Fei, with this poplar tree, he can not only solve the problem of water shortage, but also have a habitat at night.

At that moment, he hurriedly quickened his pace and hurried towards the poplar tree.

In the desert, the field of vision is empty, and there is almost no obstruction, so you can clearly see things in the distance, especially for people like Cheng Fei, who already have good eyesight.

Moreover, the temperature of hesitation is higher, and the light is refracted in the air, so what you see is generally farther away from what you see.

After more than half a disappearance, Cheng Fei finally came to the poplar tree, at this time, dusk had come, and the sun was slanting westward, sagging towards the horizon.

Cheng Fei was looking at the big tree in front of him.

It's not that he hasn't seen a big tree, but he never thought he could see such a big tree in the desert, and an indescribable shock is emerging from his heart.

With a diameter of more than 1.5 meters and a height of nearly 20 meters, thick stems and luxuriant branches and leaves, this huge poplar tree is definitely worthy of being called a miracle in the desert!