Chapter 247: Desert Spring

Is it hard to live forever with technology? Actually, it seems simpler.

After the world reaches a certain level of scientific and technological civilization, when computer intelligence really reaches a certain height, human beings will become a mixture of machinery and flesh and blood, and the mechanical part will account for more and more with the passage of time, and eventually all except for the core of the brain will be mechanical.

This kind of immortality seems ridiculous, but when you think about it, humans themselves are the most ridiculous creatures.

The weather is getting colder and colder, they have to wear the Da Jing number overalls in the backpack, wrapped in two layers of clothes, it seems to be much better, the bear fat man pinched his nose and put on the black coat of the rotten fish, but the taste is not as serious as expected, but several women still force him to stay away from the line for two meters.

I don't know how long I walked, there were more and more white bones on the desert, all of them were some animal bones that had been weathered for many years, lying in the sand white and lonely, I don't know if the soul is still lost in the desert.

Several people kept an eye on the compass and would reorient themselves when there was a large change in angle, but the compass was always stable, and they insisted on walking vertically.

The dry and cold weather at night allowed them to save the water of their bodies as much as possible, so as not to sweat and get tired, but just a few hundred milliliters of water in the aluminum basin in the evening was really useless.

It was cold, but they were also thirsty.

When these white bones began to appear, the little eyes of the fat bear immediately lit up, and he waved his hand to stop the team, and then regardless of the criticism of several women about the smell on his body, he came up and said, "Let's change direction and move forward!" ”

"The compass doesn't fluctuate, I guess we're still within the range of the equilibrium magnetosphere!" Kexin glanced at the compass and said.

"Regardless of the destination, I mean, let's go in the direction of these dry bones!" The bear fat man pointed to a camel skull not far away.

"Irrelevant destination? What do you mean? Kexin asked.

"It's not about the destination, but it's about water and food, and in the desert, when you get lost, you must carefully observe the direction of the dry bones around you, because in that direction, there is the most likely source of fresh water." The bear fat man said very seriously.

Yun Yanuan nodded and said: "What Fat Xiong said makes sense, our top priority is to find fresh water and food, and follow the direction of these scattered dry bones, it must be right!" ”

As soon as they heard the water and food, the eyes of the three girls lit up, and they nodded in agreement, so several people changed their routes, offset the vertical line of the compass by about thirty degrees, and began to move forward in the direction of the animal's dry head.

Along the way, they encountered more and more dry bones, and they hardly needed to look carefully, and at a casual glance, they could see large or small animal dry bones.

A few people were not scared by these horrible white bones, on the contrary, they were excited now, more and more bones, representing that they were getting closer and closer to the water source, which was their hope of survival.

Crossing a high sand dune, the dry bones were still sparse and did not increase, but they saw the green plants, and they hurried around them, and could not help laughing happily.

This plant is known as a sweet spring in the desert, and the leaves have completely degenerated into small thorny cacti.

The cacti they encountered were particularly beautiful, with a lot of purple berries growing on them, which made people look appetizing. However, they still didn't eat it recklessly, and Yun Yanuan almost became the Shennong among several people, a drug testing worker.

He cut a piece of cactus meat with a knife, picked off a small piece of the flesh full of moisture, put it on the tip of his tongue, and then waited slowly, and the other few people, like kindergartens, waiting for the teacher to give candy to the children, looked at it with blank eyes, full of anxiety.

After about a few minutes, the tip of his tongue showed no signs of tingling and tingling, and then he nodded and said:

"Eat it with confidence, it's not poisonous, but be careful not to get pricked, it hurts!"

The fat bear waited for this, and when he heard Yun Yanuan's words, he hurriedly took out a knife, cut a large piece of cactus, pulled out the thorns, and began to devour the tender flesh of these cacti.

Yun Yanuan carefully picked those purple fruits, put them in his mouth and bit them gently, a slightly bitter fragrance and sweetness filled the entire mouth, and he felt a slight coolness in his chest when he swallowed it.

The fruit of the cactus is recognized as a health fruit, which can clear the heart, resist oxidation, and block radiation damage. There is a specialty in Penghu called cactus ice, which is made from the fruit of cactus.

In fact, cacti are generally not poisonous, and the reason why Yun Yanuan wants to test the poison is mainly because he is afraid of mistaking the plants of the Euphorbiaceae family for cacti, which is very dangerous.

However, even so, some cacti eat too much raw, and it is possible to create illusions and make people hallucinate. In ancient times, the clergy in some places used that kind of phantom cactus to communicate with the gods.

Later, under Yun Yanuan's reminder, several people only sucked up the water in the pulp in their mouths, and vomited all the residues of the pulp to avoid gastrointestinal problems.

The two big cacti fed a few people, but the berries were still all picked by a few people, put them in their bags, and ate them while walking, which was a snack.

This Yunya Nuan is not worried, it is okay to eat as much as you want, as long as you can eat it, and it is only good for the body.

They walked slowly along more and more plants, I don't know if it was because they had been in the dry place for too long, Maya always felt as if she smelled the water, or rather, felt the wetness of the water.

She stopped and looked in the direction of ten o'clock in front of her, where there were only high sand dunes, and Yun Yanuan saw Maya stop, so she stopped and asked, "Maya, what's wrong with you?" Can't walk? ”

In fact, in his impression, this little girl is strong, so he hasn't heard her cry tired.

Maya shook her head and said, "No, I always feel like some wet wind is blowing over there!" ”

Yun Yanuan closed her eyes, quieted her body, felt it quietly for a while, patted Maya's little head and smiled: "Where is it, I think it's just dry!" ”

But the little girl stubbornly shook her head and said, "No, I really feel it!" ”

Looking at her stubborn appearance, Yun Yanuan really couldn't do anything about her, and remembering some strange things that happened to this little girl before, it seemed that she really had a perception that she couldn't reach.

He beckoned to the few people who were already standing in front of him, and said to the sand dunes that were very high and far away on the diagonal side: "Let's go over there and take a look, Maya said there is water on that side!" ”

The fat bear glanced at the distribution of plants under his feet, shook his head and said, "No, there is no vegetation at all on that side, I guess the water veins should be in the direction we are going now." ”

No one wants to waste their energy in the desert because it's a luxury.

However, Yun Yanuan still chose to believe Maya, I don't know why, he seems to feel that ethereal good fortune has returned to him, with an inexplicable self-confidence.

Without saying anything, he waved to a few people and walked towards the sand dunes on the diagonal side......