Chapter 1: A Traveler in the Desert
Maybe you don't understand why you're alive, but when you're going to die, you'll definitely struggle desperately - Mu Yuchen
Mu Yuchen felt that he was floating in some unknown space, he could feel and think but he couldn't move at all, and there was chaos around him, and suddenly Mu Yuchen lost consciousness.
The desert is known as the forbidden area of life, although there are still many lives in the desert, but for human beings, the desert is not an ideal place, the howling wind blows, driving the sand particles to move, the sand dunes are like the waves in the sea up and down slowly, in this place where there is nothing but yellow sand, a figure falls here as if dead.
Mu Yuchen felt very hot, just like the sun in the magic capital in July was scorching his skin, no, after all, the magic capital was near the sea, and the air was still relatively humid, although he would feel more stuffy, but he could bear it. And now, Mu Yuchen could hear the whispering of his body, as if the blood was boiled, and the water was constantly leaving his body, Mu Yuchen forced himself to wake up, opened his eyes, only to feel a burst of dazzling sunlight flashing, a white expanse in front of him, he involuntarily squinted his eyes, and lowered his head, the grains of sand in front of him, and his hands clearly felt the rough texture, all of which told Mu Yuchen that this was not an illusion or a dream, "Damn!" The crossing will not come here! Mu Yuchen complained, he propped up his body and looked around, except for the sand dunes or sand dunes, except for the sand or sand, he knelt on the ground, his heart was full of despair.
"And so it ends, my life? You're not going to die here, are you? Don't, absolutely not, don't hang up like this! At least, there is one more thing to figure out......" Mu Yuchen shouted in his heart, he stood up, he found that he was not wearing the clothes he was wearing before he fell unconscious, he clearly remembered that he was wearing shorts, not even a T-shirt, but now he was wearing a white robe that looked like an Arab resident on TV, Mu Yuchen couldn't understand this situation, he patted his cheek and walked to the back of the sand dune.
Sitting in the shadow of the sand dunes, Mu Yuchen felt much better, and then began to remember how he got here, "That book! Mu Yuchen thought about it, all weird things seemed to start from that book, he didn't think about whether this was a prank by some people, but he didn't seem to have any value worthy of others to tease him like this, time passed quickly, the sunset dyed the desert with a red color, probably sitting for too long Mu Yuchen felt that his legs were a little numb, he stood up, chose a direction, and walked forward .......
Although I have seen the description of the desert night in some wilderness survival books, but I can't experience the desert at night without experiencing it personally, there is no warmth at all, Mu Yuchen can only feel that his body seems to be starting to stiffen, and the pace is getting slower and slower, for a customer service staff sitting in the office, it is good not to sit out of illness, exercise ability and physical fitness are naturally plummeting with the number of years of work, Mu Yuchen felt that he couldn't go on, he found a sand dune, and stopped on the leeward side, Curled up in a ball, he prayed to all the gods he knew that the night would pass soon. The half-otaku finally didn't resist the drowsiness, and he fainted.
Mu Yuchen felt that he was sinking, the experience of struggling in the desert was leaving him, everything seemed to be about to end, and a dark golden light illuminated the dark world, "Just die?" Don't you have any other meaning to live? Get up, get up, wake up......" That voice said a lot, Mu Yuchen struggled, he woke up, he staggered and wanted to stand up, but found that he was surrounded by something, and a warm current suddenly erupted in his body, he crawled out, and after waking up, he felt a little afraid, it turned out that he had been buried under the sand, if it wasn't for good luck, the burial was quite shallow, and it was estimated that he had already hung up.
An escape from death made Mu Yuchen seem to be much stronger, the sun in the sky is very poisonous, the time should be noon, Mu Yuchen stood on the dark side of the dunes, gasping, hoping to recover some more strength, he wants to live, he wants to live. Mu Yuchen can't remember how many days this is, it seems that he has found a few cacti on the way, but he didn't find water, he can only use cacti as food under hunger and thirst, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid he would have died a long time ago, Mu Yuchen felt that he was getting weaker and weaker, although he could always wake up after falling asleep, but Mu Yuchen found that he woke up later and later, he didn't know how long he could last, he didn't dare to sleep.
The vicious sun was baking the earth, Mu Yuchen was walking numbly on the empty desert, he realized that he had reached the end, the end of his life, he could only take steps mechanically, constantly telling himself that he couldn't stop, he couldn't stop, he couldn't see the object clearly, everything was hazy, and he slowly moved forward and moved forward with his feelings. Walking through one sand dune, one sand dune after another, there seemed to be a touch of green in front of me, "Illusion, another mirage." Mu Yuchen thought.
There have been several such scenes in the past few days, every time this desert wonder appeared again, Mu Yuchen rushed to the green place with hope every time, but every time he found nothing, and the last time he fainted in the desert and almost couldn't wake up. Mu Yuchen was desperate, and suddenly he seemed to smell the smell of water, "It's over!" Mu Yuchen thought helplessly, the phantom was getting closer and closer, and it was getting clearer and clearer, Mu Yuchen decided that something was not quite right, "It's true, it's really an oasis" A voice in his heart told Mu Yuchen like this, at that moment, Mu Yuchen thought he was saved, but unfortunately, he fell down and didn't have the strength to get up again, "It's really over!" I'm not reconciled! He thought so, and plunged into darkness.
The desert trade route between the new country and Amistolis was 20 kilometers away from the last oasis supply place back to the new country, a caravan slowly advanced towards the oasis, the bell of the camel bell and the empty space spread to all directions, the merchants wrapped themselves tightly to avoid the sun in the sky, the camels carried the goods on their backs, leaving footprints on the sand deep and shallow, the guide at the forefront of the team slowly moved forward while discerning the direction, and the oasis appeared in front of them. A low cheer erupted in the caravan, and the people involuntarily relaxed, and there was water. ,
The caravan guide spotted a humanoid object lying at the front of the procession, and several people in the caravan ran forward, "Are you still alive?" One asked, and the other lifted the upper body of the fallen man and put his hand under the man's nose, "Still breathing!" The man exclaimed. Take him with you! The rest is up to him. The oldest of the men said.
In a trance, Mu Yuchen felt a wisp of clear spring flowing into his body, it was so sweet, immersed in that feeling, it made people have a sense that life was only perfect at this moment, every cell in Mu Yuchen's body was moisturized, they were cheering, cheering for the brilliance of life, Mu Yuchen vaguely heard someone talking in his ear, he tried to hear something clearly, but he was too tired, after a short thought, Mu Yuchen completely fell into a deep sleep. In the tent by the oasis, the caravan's guide, Father Laifu, fed the traveler he picked up on the road to sleep, and constantly encouraged him to live, and after that, the traveler, Mu Yuchen, fell asleep.
Listening to the young man's gradually powerful breathing, Laifu Dad was relieved, after nearly 30 years of walking on this desert trade road, Laifu himself did not remember seeing the life that passed away, these years, he slowly grew old, maybe the older he was, the softer he became, maybe he survived the accident, he could give himself some encouragement, looking at this life that was about to pass away and come back to life, the old man felt very happy, "Maybe it's time to retire." Father Rift said a word, and slowly withdrew from the tent, and the caravan was to rest in this oasis for a few days, replenish some fresh water, and return to the territory of the new country after half a month's journey.
The sun rises and the moon sets, Mu Yuchen fell asleep for almost 2 days, and woke up at dusk, he opened his eyes blankly, as if he couldn't believe that he was still alive, he supported his body and sat up, his body felt very bad, his limbs were weak, but his spirit was very good, at this time, an indifferent and almost numb voice sounded, "Candidate survival test survival, not awakened, get 200 points of source crystal"
Mu Yuchen's nerves tensed up suddenly, and he roared almost without any hesitation: "Who are you, you got me here!" Except for Mu Yuchen's hoarse voice, there was no answer in the tent, "Answer me." Mu Yuchen roared, Mu Yuchen coughed, probably shouting too quickly.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, the tent was opened open, the light of the bonfire shone in, standing there was a stout old man, who looked almost 60 years old, his face was covered with wrinkles like a ravine, his height was only more than 1.6 meters, his waist was a little rickety, but he gave people a very powerful feeling, his hair was wrapped, but the old man's black eyes and yellow skin could be seen, and the old man's voice came: "You woke up the child, do you feel okay?" "That's right, this old man is the caravan's guide, Father Laifu, probably the same appearance gave Mu Yu Chenli a weight, he asked anxiously, "Where is this!?" The old man smiled understandingly, and replied: "This is an oasis in the desert, we found you not far from here, by the way, this is only 5 days away from Xinguo, and you will arrive through a desert, and you look like you are also from Xinguo!" How did you get here? ”
Mu Yuchen didn't answer Daddy's question, but kept muttering: "New country, new country......." He had already realized that he seemed to have reached another world.
After the caravan rested in the oasis for three days, it began to set off to continue to the new country, at this time Mu Yuchen was already able to move freely, for such a situation, Lai Fu Daddy can only be attributed to Mu Yuchen's youth, after saying "It's good to be young", he no longer questioned it, at the invitation of Lai Fu Dad, Mu Yuchen set off with them, after all, Mu Yuchen no longer wants to blindly walk through this desert, he has a hunch, maybe in the new country he can find the answer to all his questions, that strange voice, and this world.
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