Wearing a sheepskin that recorded the secrets of the ancient country, lying in the futon made of yellow sand, Chen Ziyang thought a lot. In addition to worrying about Yang Lei, what he thought about the most was where he should go.

Because the water and food in the backpack were limited, Chen Ziyang knew that he had to plan carefully and plan his next things. Thinking of this, he knew that he couldn't sleep again, so Chen Ziyang sat up from the sand, shook off the sand covering his body and sheepskin, and took his backpack.

After opening the backpack, Chen Ziyang took out all the things in the backpack, put them in front of him the same, and counted them carefully.

There are very few tools that can be used in the backpack, only four things, a sapper shovel, a Xuanming ancient sword, a military dagger, and a lighter. The rest of the things are some Taoist magic weapons and the coffin nail of unknown origin, and the long rope on the stone platform can also be used, but Chen Ziyang estimates that these things are not very useful.

There wasn't much food in the backpack, only a dozen compressed biscuits and a few packets of mustard, which he had prepared himself. Because he learned from Umbrella Shishuai that the salt in mustard can replenish his strength, every time he went out to the tomb, Chen Ziyang would get a few bags of mustard and put it in his backpack, and after going to the tomb several times, he had developed the habit of carrying mustard.

After carefully counting the number of compressed biscuits and mustard, Chen Ziyang estimated that if these things were saved, he would probably not be hungry for three days and would be able to maintain enough physical strength. If you eat less every day, you can eat these foods on your own for five days, but in this way, it is difficult to ensure that you have enough energy during these five days.

Fortunately, after the previous incident of the water storage truck being discharged, Chen Ziyang now attaches great importance to water, so although he came with Instructor Liu's convoy this time, his backpack is still full of three-water bottle water, which should be enough for one person to drink for a week.

After counting the water and food, Chen Ziyang put these things into his backpack as carefully as he could, and after sorting out the things, his brain was running rapidly.

There are two paths for me to follow. The first way is to walk to the outside of the desert by yourself, and the second way is to wait in place to see if you can wait for Yang Lei or someone else to miraculously appear. Both paths have their own advantages and disadvantages, and both are risky.

Now that Yang Lei and Instructor Liu's convoy has not been heard from, and he doesn't know what happened to them, Chen Ziyang feels that there is a great possibility that these people are buried under the surrounding yellow sand, if that is the case, there is nothing he can do at all.

Even if he knew where Yang Lei and they were buried, his shriveled left arm would not allow him to dig them out, not to mention that now he had no clue about their whereabouts at all. Therefore, Chen Ziyang is carefully thinking about the feasibility of the first way.

If you want to leave this desert on foot, you must meet two conditions to ensure that you do not starve to death, die of thirst or die of exhaustion in the desert, and to ensure that you can leave this desert.

The first condition is the direction of walking. Chen Ziyang read a report before, saying that if a person walks forward in the desert without the help of a compass or other instruments or equipment that indicates the direction, it is not a straight line at all, but a huge circle, and the reason for this phenomenon is probably because of the rotation of the earth.

There is no reference in the desert, so it is natural for people who walk in the desert to use the sun as a reference. But the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, and the sun is moving at every moment, so people who walk in the desert are naturally affected by this.

However, Chen Ziyang felt that he did not need to worry about this, because he had a compass in his hand, which could ensure that he would not get lost in the desert. Moreover, when he came, Chen Ziyang had already written down the direction of the convoy, and if he extrapolated backwards from this point, he should be able to accurately find the direction of leaving the desert. This condition has been met by itself.

The second condition is to have enough food and water. Only with food and water can you ensure that you have enough physical strength to move forward. Although food can last three days and water can last seven days, if you want to ensure the physical strength to walk in the desert, this food and water are not enough.

The convoy came here from the edge of the desert for about a day and a half, although it stopped and stopped halfway, and the convoy was not too fast in the desert, and sometimes there were a lot of detours to avoid some tall sand dunes, but even so, the distance between here and the edge of the desert was staggering.

Chen Ziyang estimated that if he walked this distance on foot, it would take at least four days to reach the edge of the desert. The first three days were okay to say, there was food and water on top of it. But what about the fourth day? Walking in the desert is already very physically demanding, so if you don't have enough food, will you be able to make it to the fourth day?

Even if he gritted his teeth and stood up, coupled with a miracle life, he persevered for four days, but after completing the four-day journey, he only came to the edge of the desert.

Desert areas are sparsely populated, and even on the edge of the desert are rarely inhabited. If he barely got out of the desert, it would probably take another day or two to find someone, and these two days were without food support and excessive physical exertion, so Chen Ziyang felt that this road was almost impassable.

However, there was a hint of luck in his heart. It's the beginning of autumn, and the desert isn't too cold or too hot at this time, and this season is the peak tourist season for the desert.

So usually at this time, there are often some tourists in the edge of the desert, or some large tour groups. There are even many tour companies that will set up some tent camps with ethnic characteristics in the desert during this season.

Therefore, Chen Ziyang felt that if he was lucky enough, he would most likely meet these people on the fourth or fifth day of the hike, and if this was the case, then he would be saved.

However, although there are many tourists, the area of the desert is too large, and the possibility of encountering tourists is very small, so Chen Ziyang can feel that his choice of walking out of the desert on foot is difficult and dangerous.

The second option is to stay where you are and wait for rescue, as for the people who can rescue themselves, there are many possibilities.

The fate of Instructor Liu's team members is uncertain, but Chen Ziyang feels that Yang Lei and they still have a chance of surviving, and if they don't die, they will rush here as soon as possible.

Yoshioka had left with a convoy of hydration and had not returned, but it is unlikely that they would have been killed in a sandstorm. It's also possible that Yoshioka's convoy was only delayed by these sandstorms for a few days, and if that were the case, they should be back soon.

The third person who may have come here is the person who released water from the water storage truck before. Chen Ziyang has analyzed before, these people are definitely purposeful to kill Instructor Liu and others, and there should be more than one or two teams sent by forces that can confront a convoy of Instructor Liu's size, so it is very likely that they still have a large group of men and horses hiding in the shadows.

Now that the treasure of the ancient kingdom has been opened, if it is really that these people have been secretly coveting, it is time for them to appear, so Chen Ziyang feels that the possibility of the emergence of people from this force is also very high.

As for the fourth group of people who may come here, it is the reinforcements found by Umbrella Shishuai, and the reinforcements are likely to be Liu Cong's team.

Chen Ziyang had never figured it out before, but after Yoshioka Xiong and Instructor Liu let go of Umbrella Shishuai, it took four or five days for Yoshioka Xiong and others to leave the ancient tomb. In other words, Umbrella Shishuai had enough time to find someone to help rescue him, and these people had enough time to rush to the ancient tomb and follow Instructor Liu and them here.

Whether it is Wang Lele or Liu Cong, Chen Ziyang feels that they will come to rescue him without hesitation. But why haven't these people shown up yet?

Chen Ziyang has not figured this out before, if Wang Lele does not have the ability to rescue himself, Liu Cong has, and Liu Cong and Instructor Liu's Dragon Digging Club has always been a hostile relationship, and they have no reason not to come to rescue themselves.

On the public, the two forces are mortal enemies, in terms of selfishness, Liu Cong is the godson of his fifth grandfather Chen Benzhong, plus the last incident in Inner Mongolia, so Chen Ziyang feels that Yu is public and private, when Umbrella Shishuai asks Liu Cong for help, he will come to rescue him, but so far Umbrella Shishuai and Liu Cong have not appeared.

Thinking about the benefits, Chen Ziyang felt that it might be because of the rush of time, so Liu Cong brought insufficient manpower and could not compete with Instructor Liu and them.

There is also a great possibility that Liu Cong wants to take advantage of the fishermen, and wants to wait for Instructor Liu to open the treasure of the ancient country, and then kill them by surprise, so that they can not only deal with the people of the Dragon Digging Society, but also grab the treasure from their hands.

Now that the treasure of the ancient kingdom has been opened, and because of the water release incident, the strength of Instructor Liu's team has been greatly reduced, and now there are less than twenty people left, so Chen Ziyang feels that if Liu Cong and they have been waiting for an opportunity in the dark, then this opportunity has appeared now, so they should also show up.

All four possible forces have the possibility of appearing, and they all have reasons for appearing. Therefore, Chen Ziyang feels that it is undoubtedly more reliable to stay here and wait for rescue than to meet tourists on the edge of the desert.

After all, walking in the desert for four days is too variable, and it is likely that when you set out, there will be many unexpected situations that you did not expect, and it is also very likely that this journey will be much farther than you expected, and there may be many more difficulties encountered on the road than you expected.

But the risk of choosing to stay where you are is not small, these four forces, in addition to the forces of Instructor Liu and Liu Cong, Yoshioka Xiong and the forces opposing Instructor Liu may not rescue them at all, even if they come here, they will be able to live a few more days at most, and it is very likely that they will not end up well.

And whether these four forces can appear is also a big variable, although Chen Ziyang feels that his analysis is more correct, but after all, this is his unilateral conjecture, whether these people will appear, and how they will treat themselves after they appear is unknown.

Chen Ziyang knew that he had to make up his mind, and the more he acted a minute later, the more risk he would increase and the possibility of his survival would decrease.

Considering his food and water reserves, Chen Ziyang knew that he only had one chance to choose, and tomorrow morning, he had to act according to his choice, otherwise it would be too late.

This is tantamount to a gamble, but this time the gambling stakes are his own life, and Chen Ziyang is really in trouble. No matter which path you choose, it can be said to be extremely dangerous.

If you choose to leave the desert on foot, you have to bet on whether you can make it to the edge of the desert, on whether you can meet people who come to travel, and on whether you can last on the fourth and fifth days.

And if you choose to stay, you have to bet on whether these four forces will appear, and you have to bet on how the two forces other than Instructor Liu and Umbrella Shishuai will treat you. If these four groups of people don't show up, it's likely that in seven or eight days, they will starve to death here.

It can be said that these two options are half a catty and eight taels, and the risks are very large.

After feeling the temperature drop around him, Chen Ziyang put on sheepskin again and buried himself in the yellow sand, using the sand in the desert to keep himself warm. The sand pressed against his body, giving Chen Ziyang a sense of security, and then he let out a long sigh.

Chen Ziyang didn't understand why he would come to such a desperate situation every time he went to the tomb. I knew this, I just became a treacherous villain, and lived a comfortable life at home. In that case, he would have saved his life, and he wouldn't have let his left arm become like this, but he knew that he wasn't that kind of person at all.

In this way, in the midst of cranky thoughts, Chen Ziyang fell asleep in a daze. That night, he didn't sleep well, and was woken up several times in the middle of the night.

But fortunately, the sleeping place chosen by Chen Ziyang is still good, there are broken walls on both sides to block the cold wind in the desert, and there is sand between the broken walls that can protect himself from the cold. In addition, the sheepskin that recorded the secrets of the ancient country could also help keep out the cold, so he survived the night with difficulty.

After packing up his things the next morning, Chen Ziyang climbed to a relatively high broken wall and looked around, hoping to see someone appear. But after looking around, his expectations were disappointed, and Chen Ziyang knew that it was time for him to have a choice, and this choice would determine his life and death.