The storm continues. We've been hiding here for seven or eight hours, and we're all sleepy. Under the command of Gao Yanan, we took turns to rest. I haven't closed my eyes for more than fifty hours, and I don't want to open them. By the time we all woke up, it had been another day. Look at the watch, it's time for the sun to come out, right?

The stone chamber here is already full, and I can't make sense of the sound of the storm. It turned out to be blocked. I just don't know if the storm outside has stopped now? It's been thirty hours, so I guess it's stopped.

We ate something, drank two sips of water to moisten our throats, and now this was the last bottle of water, and everyone tried to save the life-saving thing. There are still more than 400 kilometers of desert to go, and water is precious.

We looked at the yellow sand in front of us and decided to divide the labor. We split into two groups, one to pick up the sand and the other to deliver it into the corridor. I don't know how long it has been dry, but the sand in the stone chamber has not decreased. The last thing we wanted to see finally happen, there should be a big sand dune on it, and only then would the sand we had picked up be replenished so quickly. We knew what was going on, but we just didn't have a solution. I could only look at the sand in front of me and shook my head helplessly. We're still going out, so we're going to have to keep trying.

Finally the sand stopped growing, and we slowly pulled out the slate and drilled it out gently. It was a big sand dune, and there was no sand in the center, but the sand around it was still like a hill. As we climbed up, the sand kept flowing, and it didn't take long. Could it be that the stone chamber is hidden under the sand dunes again?

Gao Yanan shook the bottle and asked, "Which of you still has water?" ”

We all shook our heads, and drank it all as we peeled off the sand below. You are tired in the case. And it's so dry, and I'm sweating even more. How can you not be thirsty?

Gao Yanan sighed and said, "We're going to find water." Otherwise, we won't be able to get out. ”

We also sighed, looking for water in the desert? It's just one hope. Finding water is easier said than done. What's more, we are located more than 200 kilometers away from the nearest village. This time, after we turned on satellite positioning, we can also know a little bit about all the villages. But we didn't dare to keep it on, because both guerrillas and mercenaries could detect the fluctuations of the satellites and find us.

Gao Yanan looked at me and asked, "Professor Shui, tell me, what should we do?" I didn't have the confidence to walk more than 200 kilometers without water. You just have to think of a way. You're the only one of us who has spent the most time exploring the wilderness. The most experienced, so, this puzzle is still up to you to solve. ”

I smiled wryly and said, "It's the first time I've been here in the desert, and I'm just like you when there's no water to drink in the desert, but it's the first time I've encountered it." All I can say is try to do it. It would be better if this was the desert of Mexico, where there are countless cacti that quench your thirst. But here, we didn't see a single grass along the way. Not to mention cacti. Alas, I could only walk and watch. ”

Gao Gao Ping suddenly said: "Boss, you say, what do the scorpions in the Death Valley eat to live?" I was stunned. Strange asked, "How did you think of this question?" Don't tell me, I really haven't thought about these things. There are many disturbances along the way, and my heart can't calm down. So those things weren't taken into account either. ”

Leng Feng said: "You don't mean that what they can eat may be something we can eat too?" ”

Gao Ping nodded and said, "Look at it." We're just over a hundred kilometers away from the places where there are scorpions, and I guess there will be animals around here that can feed each other. ”

I patted my head. I still can't think of anything that makes a living by eating scorpions.

Granny Blue Flower said: "There are many natural enemies of scorpions. There are mainly geckos, rats and ants to name a few. The most powerful are ants, if they invade, they generally only need to wait for the consequences of death. There are also poisonous snakes that also eat scorpions, but they devour each other, and according to the idea of Gao Ping, I think it may be poisonous snakes. ”

Damn, a big scorpion is enough to kill, and a poisonous snake? Still don't let people live? But Granny Blue Flower's next sentence reassured us a lot, "There should be few poisonous snakes in the desert, and the places where poisonous snakes live are generally close to water sources." I guess it's a lizard that feeds on each other with the scorpion. ”

Lizard? This thing is often seen in the desert, is it really them? Can I eat this thing? I frowned and said, "Let's find water, I can't eat those things." It's better to be realistic to find water. ”

Lu Liang looked at Granny Blue Flower and asked, "Granny Blue Flower, can you find water with your Gu?" Or looking for a poisonous snake? ”

Granny Blue Flower smiled and said, "It's not easy to find water, but you should find a poisonous snake." As long as it is within a range, it can be sensed. However, most of the venomous snakes in the desert are highly venomous snakes such as king cobras, do you still need to look for them? ”

Lu Liang shouted: "Look, if you find it, there will be water." ”

Li Meiting punched Lu Liang angrily and said, "You are stupid, can you drink the water that the poisonous snake has drunk?" ”

Yu Qian also said: "Lu Liang, the water used by poisonous snakes contains toxins. Of course, the amount of toxin depends on the size of the water surface. If it is flowing river water, it is generally not poisonous. If the snake is a small puddle, it is not safe. ”

Lu Liang said impatiently: "This is not good? Are we just waiting to die? ”

I shook my head and said, "Of course I can't wait to die. Now that it was getting dark, we looked for an ancient river channel or a place with some dry grass, one of which could catch the dew. ”

"Dew?" Gao Yanan looked at me in surprise.

I nodded and said, "That's right, it's dew." There is no water in the desert, but there is an abundance of groundwater. In the Taklamakan Desert in our country, as long as you dig two or three meters down, the water will seep out, but not here, the water level here has to go down, so we can't dig out. But there is also water evaporating here, and it will condense into dew at night when it is cold. As long as we put up a shelf and hang up our sabers. Put our kettle or bottle of purified water under the tip of the knife, and I'm sure there will be some water in it tomorrow morning. It should be enough for us to drink for a day. "I spoke my mind.

Everyone ran around like a whirlwind. Go to the place I said.

I looked at Ye Manqing, who was not moving, and said, "What, do you know that there is water there?" ”

Ye Manqing said with a smile: "If I say it, they won't agree with your plan." That's going to hit your popularity. If your prestige is lowered, how do you lead them? ”

"Alright," I laughed, "just say it, don't let them get lost." ”

Ye Manqing pointed to the northwest and said, "Go there, there should be water." It's either a river or a lake. The amount is huge. I was surprised and asked, "Can you measure it?" Ye Manqing nodded and said, "I saw a bright color, sparkling. ”

"Hey, come here. There's water. I shouted.

Hearing that there was water, everyone ran over like a whirlwind, and billowing smoke and dust were billowing behind them. There is really a majestic domineering spirit. I looked at everyone and smiled: "Ye Manqing said that there is water in the northwest. ”

Zhang Qian smiled: "Yes, why did we forget our goddess immortal?" Saying that, the way he beat his chest made everyone laugh. Gao Yanan didn't wait, and hurriedly said, "Let's go." What are you waiting for. The crowd walked quickly in the northwest direction.

After being here for a long time, Wang Zongjun couldn't help but ask, "Ye Manqing, how far is it?" ”

Ye Manqing shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just know that there is water here." But the distance is not calculated. ”

Lu Liang screamed and said: "Ye Manqing, if you don't take such a play, if you go out more than 400 kilometers to the Mediterranean Sea, there is water there." It's still big. How can you say you don't know the distance. I rely on it, it's still the boss's method that works, at least it's real. I think we'd better use the boss's method. Let's take a break, take a break, and walk. ”

Listen to Lu Liang. Everyone stopped. I sighed and said, "In that case, let's put up a few shelves." The crowd quickly got it right. Let's hang up the saber. The kettle was buried in the sand, and only a small half was exposed. This will prevent the bottle or kettle from tipping over. That's a wasted effort.

The next morning, there was a small half-kettle in the kettle. There is half a bottle in the bottle. Everyone took a few mouthfuls comfortably, and Lu Liang said: "It's still the boss's method that works. That's enough for today. ”

Gao Yanan waved his hand and said, "Let's go." With water, we can also go faster. The crowd agreed, and walked quickly forward. It was only more than half an hour, and after walking for two kilometers, I actually saw the river.

Lu Liang rubbed his eyes and said, "Damn, there is actually a river here?" It can't be a mirage. ”

Bai Ling pursed his lips and said, "Have you heard that there is a voice in the mirage?" ”

We listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a faint noise. The crowd cheered and ran towards the river. Lu Liang threw himself into the river without even taking off his clothes. He wiped his face and exclaimed, "It's so cool." We hurriedly shouted, "Come up, there may be water beasts inside." ”

Lu Liang climbed up inside, looked back, and said, "Where are you?" We shook our heads and said, "We just said that there might be, but we didn't say that there must be." "We leaned down and washed our faces, and we hadn't washed them for five or six days. This time it can finally be cleaned. Everyone took out the kettle and filled it with a smile, and their hearts were so relaxed, as long as there was water, whether there was food or not was a small thing. Although we only have one meal left for food.

Liu Qiang looked at the river and said, "It's a pity that there is no fishing gear, otherwise it would be good to catch a few fish here to eat." ”

Wang Zongjun suddenly said, "Look, ahead." "We all looked up and saw a couple of pheasants coming out of the grass. With a few gunshots, a few pheasants landed on the ground as soon as they flew up. Lu Liang said with a smile: "Haha, good marksmanship." Leng Feng smiled proudly and said, "Of course, it doesn't matter who it is." ”

The little girl Bai Ling ran forward with a smile and said, "Okay, there are pheasants to eat." I'm going to have a barbecue. Suddenly, he leapt to his feet, and a row of bamboo swords passed under her. The little girl just landed, and then there was a rollover, and where she landed, several arrows and bamboos protruded from the ground. The little girl shouted, and smashed the big boulder flying in front of her with one palm. In our exclamations, Bai Ling waved his hand and said, "It's okay." I ......" Bai Ling exclaimed, and his body threw himself down. Then came the sound of the little girl cursing.

We hurriedly ran over, and when we approached, Gao Yanan stopped everyone. Walk cautiously by yourself. Only two meters away from the little girl, the ground suddenly sank. Gao Yanan disappeared all of a sudden. There are traps. Bai Ling was lying on the edge of the trap. We hurriedly passed, and we saw all the places Gao Yanan had walked. There is nothing dangerous.

Bai Ling was caught in the leg by a trap. Wang Zongjun went up to break the trap, and Bai Ling hurriedly pulled out his legs. The trap was full of jagged teeth, and the little girl's bloody calves didn't dare to hit the ground at all. Yu Qian hurriedly went over to Bai Bailing's little girl and hugged her, bandaged her with medicine, and quickly healed the little girl's injuries.

Gao Yanan lay motionless in the trap, and I quickly put on the rope and slowly climbed down. The bottom of the trap is full of sharpened bamboo. I gently moved Gao Yanan, Gao Yanan groaned, and his body was covered in blood. I couldn't tell where the injury was. I beckoned everyone to pull us up and retreat to the river, and Li Meiting hurriedly examined Gao Yanan's wounds. After more than an hour of rescue, Gao Yanan finally stopped the bleeding. She was stabbed in the shoulder, abdomen, and leg with a bamboo sword. Fortunately, he used his saber to cut off two bamboo swords when he landed, avoiding the threat of piercing his chest and stabbing his throat.

We hurriedly asked, "Li Meiting, is Gao Yanan okay?" Li Meiting nodded and said, "It's not a big deal." I stitched up her wound and put medicine on it. It should be nothing. It's just that. It's just that the bamboo sword pierced her womb, and it will be a little troublesome to get married and have children in the future. But it can also be cured. It's just that the medicine is not enough now, and I'm afraid that she will have to be operated on after returning to Beijing, so that the uterine injury can be repaired. Otherwise. It's hard for her to have children. ”

Leng Feng hurriedly asked, "Can I go to the hospital to fix it?" Li Meiting nodded and said, "It should be possible, of course, if there is no infection." It's up to us to see if we can protect them in this section. ”

I frowned and looked at the mechanism over there. said: "How can there be so many mechanisms here? Who did it? ”

Li Zhiming said: "It should be the indigenous people here. We're going to get out of here. In today's Africa, there are still several cannibals in the primeval forests of the Sahara Desert and East Africa. Although it is unknown how they are connected to the cannibals of the Amazon jungle, they are all very vicious. We're going to get out of here. ”

I instructed Wang Zongjun and Heiwu Liu Qiang to make two simple stretchers. Bai Ling and Gao Yanan lifted up, turned around and walked southwest. The north has dense woods and abundant weeds. However, there are only some sparse trees on the south side, and there is no grass by the river. There may be no one to the north, but there is a possibility of an ambush. There are no large trees to the south, so it is possible that they have been cut down by cannibals. But the field of vision is wide, and you will see what lies ahead from a distance. We all have guns by our side and can face the enemies in the square, but not necessarily the opponents of the jungle hurried enemies.

I whispered: "Be vigilant, we have to leave quickly, and only when we return to Beijing will there be a good hospital." The medicine here is too backward for us to delay here. We've been out for twenty-seven or eight days, haven't we? It's time to go back. We need to speed it up. ”

Everyone agreed, and was about to leave, when the sound of fighting came from the front. The sound of fighting gradually came to this side, and we had no choice but to retreat into the woods behind. At this time, only this forest can take refuge temporarily.

A group of women and children ran to the woods to make money, and when they saw the destruction, they screamed: "......" Looking at what they were talking about, we looked at Li Zhiming, Li Zhiming smiled awkwardly and said: "I don't understand either, they are talking too fast." Leng Feng pointed to the traps and said, "They may have made these traps to deal with the people who attacked them, but they were inadvertently destroyed by us. ”

A group of big men came over with dozens of captives, surrounded this group of women and children, the leader of the old man was wearing a black cloak, a hat with a dozen feathers on his head, we know that this one is the patriarch of the tribe or the high priest. The few big men in the back stunned us, it turned out to be wolf teeth? Okay, the road is narrow, and this time we can't say anything to let you go back alive. It's not because you're so miserable. Not only plotting against our gems, but also daring to plot against Leng Feng and covet these female team members, this is unforgivable and has to pay a price.

One of the women walked and handed a wooden box to the old man over there. The old man handed it directly to the wolf's fang. Wolf Fang opened the wooden box, and inside was a small stone arrow. The key, the shock in our hearts, is the key. Wolf Fang laughed, pointed at the captives and said, "Kill them all." Seeing that the man behind me raised his spear, I said without hesitation: "Fire." "I shot at the wolf's fangs. The wolf's tooth actually flashed alertly, and the bullet pierced his arm. The wooden box fell to the ground, he bent down to pick up the wooden box, and when he saw the people around him screaming and falling to the ground, he roared wildly, threw the wooden box into the river, turned around and ran. How could we let him run away Leng Feng picked up Gao Yanan s sniper rifle, and with just one shot, only half of the wolf's head was left.

The captives knelt down at us and kowtowed respectfully a few times. We shook our heads, picked up Gao Yanan and the others and left. The wooden box was washed away by the water, and I don't know where it went. A woman rushed up to us and said something to us. We all looked at Li Zhiming, who stammered in a broken indigenous language, listened for a while, and nodded again and again. We hurriedly asked, "Li Zhiming, what did she say?" ”

Li Zhiming said with a happy face: "We can get out of the desert soon." ”

We hurriedly asked, "How to get there?" ”

Bai Ling said on the stretcher: "You are stupid, of course you are on a boat." ”

Li Zhiming gave a thumbs up and said, "Smart, it's indeed a boat." "We made a detour to the back of the tribe, where a dozen small boats were docked. Some of them belong to the same tribe just now, but they are all dead, so they don't need these things. We picked three small wooden boats, which were a little better, and everyone got on board and went down the river, faster than in a car.

Lu Liang pointed to the speed in front: "Boss, look, that wooden box." "The grass in the distance came from the inside, and sure enough, it was the wooden box. We rowed over to fetch the wooden box, and took out the little arrow, and now we had three keys in our bureau. I just don't know how many there are in total. It was time for us to know in Amazon that they had fought for a small arrow, and these keys were at least four. It seems that Africa really once had with South America, and the cannibals had it, and so did the key. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this trip to Africa is these two keys.

The river leads all the way to the capital of Algeria. We walked for three days and arrived. With the assistance of this embassy, we were on a plane back to Beijing on the same day. Gao Yanan's injuries were too serious, although Li Meiting had already done some rescue measures, but due to the limited conditions, Gao Yanan did not wake up for three days. Although she was breathing normally, we were still not at ease. I hope she can get better soon after returning to Beijing normally.

Sitting on the plane, watching the white clouds drift under my feet, I have a lot of thoughts. After walking for thirty-one days and crossing the Sahara Desert, it is also said that the merit has been completed. When we looked at the old newspaper from a few days ago and saw the news of the earthquake on the Enajel plateau, we all laughed knowingly. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter was rather tangled, and it took a full seventeen hours to write. Finished on land, the next volume goes to the sea.