The small boulders next to the bunker made up camp for the night.

Although you can see the starry sky when you look up, and the wind leaks everywhere, it is good luck to find such a place in the vast Gobi.

After settling the still unconscious Princess Qixia, the shadow maid found a pile of dry firewood, without matches, making a fire became a troublesome thing, and the two of them spent a lot of effort until it was dark before the fire was finally lit.

With a fire, things are much simpler.

A rabbit peeled the skin and strung the bones, put it on the fire, and within a few minutes the oil splashed everywhere, and the fragrance floated for miles, so that the throats of the two people surged, and they couldn't stop swallowing saliva.

Xu Rui still learned the skill of roasting rabbits from Guo Shengbao, although there was no seasoning, but the two of them were already hungry, and their eyes were glowing green.

Xu Rui endured his growling stomach and divided the roasted rabbit into two halves, half wrapped in cloth and kept for tomorrow's dry food, and the other half was torn in two, and handed the slightly larger one to the shadow maid.

"Eat it, don't let the smell attract the wolves."

Xu Rui said.

The shadow maid took half of the rabbit meat and said with a smile: "Don't worry, young master, the animals on the Gobi are the most spiritual, but before the catastrophe, they must seek good fortune and avoid evil in advance, this place has just been visited by a sandstorm, and there is no cave enough to hide around, even if there were wolves, they have long been far away." ”

"Oh, I see."

Xu Rui nodded, glanced at the rabbit meat in his hand, and without speaking, he gnawed his share in three or two clicks.

The rabbit meat was fatty, because he was too hungry, he didn't feel it when he ate it, but after eating, he felt even more dry, so the shadow maid handed Xu Rui the only remaining half a bag of water and asked him to drink a few sips to quench his thirst.

Xu Rui unscrewed the water bag, helped Princess Qixia to drink a few sips, and then closed the lid again and handed the water bag to the shadow maid.

The shadow maid was stunned: "Young master, don't you drink?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head while checking Princess Qixia's physical condition: "After the earthquake, I don't know if the oasis ahead is still there, so it's best for us to save money, so as not to have another accident." ”

Hearing this, the shadow maid nodded, carefully put away the water bag, and did not persuade again.

Although Princess Qixia has not yet woken up, her vital signs are finally stable, but she can't eat by herself now, and she has no liquid food to feed, so she has to find a way to help her replenish her energy as soon as possible.

Xu Rui relaxed a little, and found a pile of thatch blown together by a sandstorm nearby, and carefully spread it on Princess Qixia as a thing to keep out the cold.

The sun gradually set, the temperature in the desert plummeted, and Princess Qixia couldn't stand the slightest injury.

After doing all this, Xu Rui took out the tools around him one by one, saying that it was a tool, but in fact, there were only a few inconsequential gadgets left, as well as a map, and a small compass.

Before coming here, the research institute had purchased a large number of valuable natural magnets in order to study generators, and Xu Rui ordered someone to use a small part of them to make more than a dozen compasses, which can be of great use now.

Seeing that Xu Rui was tinkering with the map in front of the compass, the shadow maid came up curiously and asked, "What is the young master doing?" ”

Xu Rui didn't answer, but stared at the map and said, "The most difficult thing for us right now is that there is no water......

The Shadow Maiden muttered for a moment, "If the oasis on the map is still there, we will probably have half the effort to obtain the water source. ”

Xu Rui shook his head, glanced at Princess Qixia and said, "No, Her Royal Highness the princess can't eat dry food, I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

"Why don't we speed up our pace tomorrow and go to join the army as soon as we get water?"

Shadow Maiden proposed.

Hearing the word "army", Xu Rui's heart tightened slightly, but he couldn't see it on his face.

He groaned slightly, got up suddenly, dug a pit in the sand beside him, and then put two relatively smooth stone slabs on the pit, and then tore off a corner of the big slab and put it under the slate.

The shadow maid watched Xu Rui finish all this, and asked curiously, "Young master, is this a trap for catching beasts?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "The temperature difference in the Gobi is large, the coldest at dawn, there is a temperature difference between the ground and the inside of the sand pit, and the moisture in the air will condense on the stone slab, as long as this moisture can be collected, it can come in handy." ”

"Can it still be like this?"

Shadow Maiden's eyes widened.

Xu Rui sighed in his heart, this method is a common method for special forces to take water in the desert, if there is a piece of plastic sheeting that can even get half a cup of water at a time, the current conditions are limited, and I don't know how useful it will be.

He shook his head and said to the shadow maid, "It's getting dark, rest early, and we'll have to hurry tomorrow." ”

After speaking, he came to Princess Qixia's side, first untied the big curtain that was about to turn into rags and covered Princess Qixia's body, and then gently hugged the princess's body and used his body temperature to keep her warm.

Seeing Xu Rui lying down, the shadow maid also came to the rock a few feet away, closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.

However, Xu Rui, who was holding Princess Qixia, had his eyes wide open, and he was gently playing with a small pill in his hand.

After a while, there was a slight snoring sound from the shadow maid a few feet away, Xu Rui observed the situation of the shadow maid with his keen five senses, and saw that her heartbeat was gradually slowing down and her breathing was steady, and she was probably really asleep.

After being tired for a few days, even the iron beaten people were already exhausted, Xu Rui put down his heart and felt that the two eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and slowly closed his eyes.

I don't know how long I slept, and in a daze, Xu Rui was suddenly awakened by a trembling, only to find that Princess Qixia's face was blue, her lips were purple, and her body was shaking badly.

"Qingwu ......"

He hurriedly touched the princess's hands, as if he had touched two pieces of ice.

This is a hypothermic state caused by the rapid drop of core body temperature, and if it is left unchecked, it may be life-threatening.

Xu Rui's face changed, and he hurriedly moved the princess from the leeward rock to the fire, and added a few firewood to the fire that was about to be extinguished.

The fire gradually grew bigger, and the scorching temperature made Princess Qixia's face gradually recover a little, and her body no longer trembled.

Xu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly found that the shadow maid who was supposed to sleep not far away was gone.

He frowned, and hurriedly got up and went to the place where the shadow maid had slept before, and there was no body temperature on the sand and rocks, indicating that she had been gone for a long time.

In the middle of the night, where can she go in this dark Gobi?

Just thinking about it, Xu Rui suddenly noticed a slight strange noise behind him, and when he looked back, the shadow maid was standing behind him like water.

Xu Rui was shocked, but asked casually: "Where have you been?" ”

The shadow maid said in a deep voice: "Someone came while we were sleeping, and the prepared rabbit meat was gone, and there were still some traces outside. ”

"Oh?"

Xu Rui frowned: "What traces?" Take me to see it. ”

Without saying a word, the shadow maid took Xu Rui to the outskirts of the camp, and there was indeed a not very obvious footprint, which was obviously a human footprint.

Xu Rui's face sank and asked, "What do you think?" ”

The shadow maid said in a deep voice: "Someone has been following us, he has very high martial arts, and he can steal rabbit meat under my nose." ”

At present, water and food are the key to survival, and in this vast desert, even more precious than the same weight of gold, it is no wonder that the shadow maid looks so dignified.

What's more, being followed by a master whose identity and purpose are unknown, no matter who it is, will drum in his heart.

"Rabbit meat was stolen, but what about the water?"

Xu Rui asked.

The shadow maid took out half a bag of water from her arms and said: "The water and rabbit meat were originally put together, maybe it was just when I stole the rabbit meat and woke me up, and the man didn't have time to get the water." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "The water is still there, and the hope is still there." ”

The shadow maid shook her head: "No matter who this person is, since he can steal rabbit meat, I'm afraid he doesn't have good intentions towards us, so he has to guard against it." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "You go to sleep first, and I'll keep guard." ”

The shadow maid shook her head again: "The young master should take care of the princess, and the slave maid will come to sentry." ”

"It's fine, if you're tired, call me."

Seeing that Ying Wan had a firm attitude, Xu Rui did not insist, and turned around and walked towards Princess Qixia.

But as soon as he turned around, Xu Rui's face sank, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a sneer.

"Someone infiltrated? Is there really such a person? ”

He muttered softly, and his face immediately returned to calm.