"What do you see is that?" Patriarch Bai laughed and said with his white sheep beard in his hand.

I followed the gesture of the Bai patriarch and looked at it, and there was a sparkle of stars, and nothing else.

Seeing my confused look, Patriarch Bai continued: "Have you seen the Big Dipper?" This Big Dipper is very particular. The 'nine stars' in the eight doors and nine stars in Qimen Dunjia refer to it. ”

"Didn't you say the Big Dipper, how did you get the Nine Stars?" I was even more confused.

"Xiao Nan, it seems that your astronomical knowledge is also insufficient. The Big Dipper is actually made up of nine stars. The common seven spoon-shaped bright stars are Greedy Wolf, Jumen, Lucun, Wenqu, Lian Zhen, Wuqu, and Pojun, and there are two fainter companion stars in Wuqu and Pojun, named Zuofu and Youbi. This is the so-called 'seven light and two dark'. The Big Dipper should actually be the Big Dipper," the fourth master explained.

Patriarch Bai said: "Xiao Nan, take a closer look, can you see Zuo Fu and Right?" ”

I rubbed my eyes, squinting hard, carefully searching for the two hidden stars at the handle of the spoon formed by the Big Dipper. My eyes were sour, and I could vaguely see as if there was a star there.

Patriarch Bai looked at the location I was pointing at and said, "Not bad, not bad. The place you are pointing to is the left auxiliary star. And the right side is still difficult to see with the naked eye, and it is rumored that people who can see the left and right sides at the same time can live a long life. You can see that Zuo Fu is already very good. The old man saw it just now, and Zuo Fu was unusually shiny tonight, which was a good omen. The left auxiliary star is also known as the Tianren star, which corresponds to the eighth house in the northeast of Qimen Dunjia, which is the Gen hexagram. Gen belongs to the soil and is the door of life. All things are born in the soil, and when it is spring, it indicates that everything is auspicious, and all four seasons are appropriate. It seems that we are saved. ”

The fourth master nodded while listening to what Patriarch Bai said. It seems that he agrees with this as well. Although I don't know whether what Patriarch Bai said is a comforting word or if there is really such a celestial phenomenon, in short, I am still very excited after listening to it, as if I have escaped this sea of death. I looked at the shining Big Dipper, hoping that good luck would come as Patriarch Bai said. I hope we all get out of here safely this time.

I just woke up and feel much better. Seeing that the fourth master and the Bai patriarch had been on duty until now, he persuaded the two of them to take a rest, and I would keep an eye on them for the rest of the time. couldn't survive my death, so the fourth master and the Bai patriarch went inside to rest against the wall. I fumbled in my backpack for a long time before pulling out the last half of a pack of cigarettes and lighting a pick-me-up. Thinking that half a year ago I was still working as a yard farmer in the imperial capital, and now I am struggling to survive in this desert, the thrill of this journey is much more exciting than the bridge in the movie. Life is really wonderful, and it is this unpredictability that makes tomorrow full of mystery and expectation, and makes life interesting.

There was no storm that night, and before the moon set, everyone rested. The night was well slept, and everyone was in good spirits, but there was no more food and water. The fourth master gathered everyone together and said, "Now that the ammunition is exhausted, you can only wait for death if you stay here." We must act before dawn and the temperature is not high. According to the original direction, keep going southeast, maybe there is still hope of survival. ”

"Everyone slept and was in a good state of mind, so while they still had the physical strength, they cheered up and walked together. Patriarch Bai has already seen the celestial phenomena at night, and it is auspicious. We'll make it through alive! "All I can do now is to give you a "pre-war mobilization".

In fact, there is only one road in front of us, and there is no need to explain much at all. I have been persuading the Shunli brothers and scholars to throw away the treasures they had taken from the ancient tower to lighten the burden of the march. But helplessly, all three disagreed. Ali said that these things had been obtained at the expense of so many brothers, and that they had to be brought back. And Ah Shun proposed that this was the first time that the eldest lady had a pot and had to be brought back. The scholar said that the treasure found in this tomb for the first time was very memorable and had to be brought back. In short, everyone seems to have good reasons not to give up these treasures. I shook my head with a wry smile. A lot of things are always thought to be complicated, and there are too many extra expectations attached to simple things, making everything uncontrollable.

Unlike the messy and dilapidated after the strong wind in the city, even after the black sandstorm that destroyed the world like yesterday in this desert, there is still no trace, and the long yellow sand is full of the same as before. The fourth master said: "In fact, many have changed. You see, the front of this circle of small dirt bags is almost half piled up with yellow sand, and it will not be long before these small dirt bags that have saved our lives will be covered with yellow sand, forming small sand dunes one by one. Many of the dunes in the distance have changed their positions, making it easy to get lost in the desert. ”

Anyway, we didn't have any routes, everything was just a southeasterly direction, I thought to myself, but I began to feel scared. We don't have any water or food, and we can last a day or two at most in this desert, so will we die here?

I don't know how long I walked, but it was already completely bright, the temperature began to rise slowly, my mouth began to dry again, and my stomach was growling. Behind is a messy string of footprints, and the front is indeed the same yellow sand as the back, boundless. We were almost all looking down at the distance ahead, swinging our legs mechanically. The fear in my heart was gradually driven out by numbness. When a person's body and mind begin to fatigue, emotions will be slowly emptied, like a deflated ball.

In the afternoon, the weather changed from the cold of last night to extremely hot. The sun was scorching the sand, and I could feel the heat through the soles of my shoes. We are already close to a collapse. Ah Shun and Ah Yong kept shaving with their hands, and it was already more than a meter deep, and there was still no moisture. There's no water at all. Linglong leaned on me weakly, looking into the distance. The scholar and Lao Xu covered their faces with their clothes and lay in the freshly dug sand pit. The fourth master and the Bai patriarch were also out of breath. What the fuck is the celestial phenomenon, what the fuck is the birth gate, what the fuck is Qimen Dunjia, I'm afraid what the Bai patriarch said is false, it is used to cheer me up, but I believe it. We're dead this time.

I feel like by this time, everybody has given up. Thinking of my parents whose sideburns have turned white, I feel so sad that tears are about to fall. Linglong seemed to see my sadness, gently touched my cheek with her hand, and said in a weak voice: "Brother Nan, don't be sad. Even if we go to Huangquan Road, we can still be together. ”

My heart was hot, and I couldn't help hugging Linglong and saying, "Linglong, we won't die." I'm not willing to die like this! Let's rest, keep walking, we will definitely be able to get out, we will definitely be able to! ”

Maybe it was Linglong who gave me courage, I felt like a fucking coward to die here like this, so I pushed Linglong away and yelled, "Brothers! Let's just lie down and wait for death now! Even if you die, you have to crawl to die! Get up, let's keep walking, we will definitely be able to get out! ”

Maybe it was my words that gave them motivation, maybe it was the instinctive drive to survive, Brother Shunli, Lao Xu, Scholar, Linglong, Fourth Master and Bai Patriarch all staggered and stood up. Together, we put the hands of the people next to us on our shoulders and walked forward side by side.

In this way, we support each other, continue to fight against fate, and continue to struggle in this "sea of death". Time and space have no concept in our world, and all life activities depend on inertia. It was as if my legs were gone, and I didn't feel anything. I know that this is exhaustion, that my strength has been exhausted, that any one person will fall and everyone will fall, and then no one will get up again. Now it's not so much a run for your life as a search for a place to be buried.

I feel like that's all for this time, and I can't get out again. But suddenly, it was as if I heard a strange sound. There was a buzzing roar that reverberated back and forth in my ears, and it took me a long time to realize that it was the noise of the propellers. I raised my head vigorously and faced the harsh sun, and in the distance, I seemed to see two helicopters. It's just an illusion, and I know in my heart that when the human body is extremely weak, the brain will involuntarily produce hallucinations that are used to numb the body's pain.

"Look, look, that! Is that an airplane? Is it an airplane?! When the scholar shouted hoarsely, the word airplane shook my heart, like being touched on the back with a cold hand when I was naked and sleeping in a warm bed.

If it is a hallucination for me to see a helicopter alone, the chances of two people hallucinating together are not high, after all, this is not a chieftain tribe, and there are no hallucinogenic aromas.

"It's a helicopter! It's an airplane! "In this desert where no one lives, it is impossible to see things from modern civilized society, and now there are still two helicopters, and the remaining physical strength in our bodies has burst out, taking off our jackets, and constantly shaking the black side in our hands, hoping that the helicopter people can see us.

The two planes were supposed to see us, hovering over us, gradually decreasing in altitude and humming. Originally, this kind of noise would sound irritating, but now the sound sounds like heaven to us. The huge propeller spun rapidly, and the sand particles I brought up slapped against my face, and not only did I not feel pain, but I felt very comfortable, like the warm breeze of a spring afternoon breeze blowing on my body. The strings that had been tense in my body were finally blown off, and I collapsed to the ground like a loose puppet. The eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, the sounds around me were getting more and more indistinct, and before I fell unconscious, I saw two helicopters hovering low on the sand in the distance, and two or three people came down and ran towards us...