In the afternoon, the sun was not as hot as at noon, but it was still unbearable.

A teenager slowly climbed to the top of a low sand dune.

He started from the back of the dune, obviously to climb over it.

He had a sword in his hand, with a wooden hilt, and the blade was strange and full of shoddy workmanship. The boy was using the sword as a crutch to assist him in his journey.

The boy's body is very thin and not strong.

He was dressed in linen underwear, long pants and long sleeves, but barefoot.

His head was still covered with a layer of clothing, his nose and mouth were tightly covered, but his eyes were greatly exposed, and he also had blonde hair on his forehead.

Exactly needle gold.

The top of the dunes was just a few steps away, and the sun was shining down, making Needlegold squint.

He deliberately exposed his eyes because he knew that he had to maintain a good field of vision, and at the same time mobilized his senses of hearing, smell, and touch along the way, and was alert to predators that could attack him at any time and place.

The sun was very dazzling, and there were still some spots in the sun's narrowed eyes.

Instead of going straight over, he stopped very close to the top of the dune, and waited until his eyes were really used to it, and then he continued to climb it.

Seeing no danger, Needlegold stood at the top of the sand dunes and looked out into the distance.

The desert in front of him was gentle, not as undulating as the dunes behind him.

The boy couldn't help but sigh.

This meant that he had to make a difficult trek under the torture of the sun.

The boy's eyes are also very beautiful, with a blue color, like the sky after rain. The confusion in his eyes flashed and disappeared, and then it meant persistence.

"Keep on your way. ”

Needle Gold said to himself, and suddenly his blue eyes suddenly lit up.

"There's food!"

After practicing Douqi, his physical fitness was far beyond that of ordinary people, and he found a spider not far away, rolling down the sand dunes with the wind.

Needle Gold hurriedly rushed down, and without much effort, the spider was successfully caught.

The spider was the size of an adult's two thumbs combined, and its body was yellowish-brown, similar to the color of sand, but it was spotted by the keen eye of Needlegold.

Spiders have eight legs, but they all curl up and make their bodies into a ball. Then, with the wind, the spider can calmly roll down the dunes.

If you want it to move on its own legs, it will be much more laborious.

In this barren desert, life has its own unique survival skills. Saving physical strength is undoubtedly one of the most effective ones.

Needlegold pinched off the spider's head, then shook his hand to shake off all the sand grains from the spider's body.

After that, he put the spider directly into his mouth, chewed it with his teeth, and after it became very fine, the Adam's apple rolled and swallowed it completely.

Pinch off the head of the little spider in order to remove the poison. Of course, this kind of small life breath is weak, and it is very different from the bronze level, even if it is poisonous, it is not poisonous, at least it is a silver-level needle gold. But the boy didn't want to add any other burden to his body.

The taste of the spider was not very good, there was no baking, and there was no seasoning, and there was a strange smell in the mouth, throat, and nasal cavity of the needle.

The spider's arthropods have a crisp taste, like thin branches.

After tasting it, this crisp taste is similar to other small insects.

This little spider wasn't the first one he used as food.

Along the way, he also encountered a few others sporadically.

There are spiders, scorpions, and those whose names cannot be named, spiders with heads and scorpions with tails, all of which have a belly of gold.

Every time he eats, he has a feeling of retching and wanting to vomit.

But he would never underestimate these little lives.

He knew very well in his heart that these little beings were very important for water and food.

After walking in the desert for a long time, Needlegold had already discovered: he did not encounter any edible plants, but it was easier to find some small creatures.

These little creatures have very little meat, and the most valuable thing is that it can hydrate the needle.

These foods are very cherished.

Although these bits and pieces of food are very small, they accumulate little by little, and they may be the basis for him to successfully get out of the desert later.

"If I hadn't cherished this food, I might have almost managed to get out of here in the future, but I ended up in the desert. ”

"I wish I could meet a cactus. Needle Gold sighed.

Along the way, he also came across some scattered plants.

But alas, there are no cacti.

These plants are also small and short, and I don't know what kind of species they are and whether they can be eaten.

He tried.

Carefully avoiding the needle-like sharp foliage, he found that the plant's roots were deep in the desert beneath.

This root system allows the plant to absorb a little water from the desert floor, but it also makes it difficult to dig for the needle.

After trying it, he decisively and wisely chose to give up.

Even if they are dug up, the roots of this plant may not be food. Needle gold did not know the variety of this plant.

Many times, he has to calculate the consumption and possible gains, patiently compare the results of the two, and then think calmly and make a decision on the trade-offs.

Obviously, digging up a plant that you don't know about is too risky!

In the end, Needle Gold chose to give up.

It's a tough choice.

Every time I left a desert plant, I would be in a state of doubt - had I done something wrong? Perhaps, this was an opportunity for the gods to help me out of my predicament. But I chose to give up.

Needle Jin felt like a student in the academy, working on a test paper that would be a matter of life and death, and he kept answering the questions, but no one gave him the correct answer to each question.

Time passed and the sun slowly set in the west.

In the evening, Sunshine resembles a rude man who vents his anger through violent fights, and at this moment, his swearing and beatings are weak and give people the illusion of tenderness.

The temperature in the air became suitable, but it was still dry, and the needle began to consciously quicken its pace.

He needs to walk as much as he can at this time to make up for his previous losses.

When the sun gradually sets the horizon, the afterglow of the setting sun and the sunset on the horizon look beautiful.

But this kind of beautiful scenery, needle gold has no intention of appreciating it at all.

He just thought it was like an ultimatum or a warning from the sun - boy, let you go for now. Tomorrow I will come and continue torturing you!

At this time, the air temperature drops rapidly, and the rate of reduction is very fast.

Needle Gold began to feel the thinness of his clothes, and a strong chill hit him, and he couldn't help but shiver.

The young man couldn't help but feel a slight sinking in his heart.

The temperature difference in this desert is very large, and it is even more than he had previously estimated.

It was also a test for him.

"Although I can still tolerate it now, the later I go, after my physical condition declines, I am afraid that this temperature difference will become a death blackmail on my neck. ”

This is a possible threat in the future, and the current teenager wants to solve the hunger and thirst the most.

The feeling of hunger and thirst was worse than when I first woke up.

How could the little creatures found along the way fill the belly of the needle. In fact, it's more of a comfort than food.

Luckily, Needlegold was not attacked by powerful predators during the day. But this is also the unfortunate, which means that he does not have the opportunity to harvest a lot of food.

At this time, he also had a special "scarf" around his neck, which was the corpse of the desert viper he had killed earlier.

The boy stroked the snake scales "affectionately" with his fingers.

A cold touch came from the fingertips, but when it came to the heart, this cold turned into a warmth.

This was the only food left in Needlegold's hand, and it was also deliberately preserved by him.

On the one hand, as long as there is it, there is hope in the heart of the needle.

On the other hand, the needle gold is also wary of the risks. Eating large amounts of food can also deplete your body of water.

As for the fact that the viper is a poisonous snake, it is secondary.

The body structure of the viper determines that its venom gland is in the head of the snake. As soon as the snake's head is pinched off, there is basically no poison.

According to the physique of needle gold, even if it is poisoned, it is not afraid of the poison of this ordinary beast.

"But it's better to light a fire and bake it. After all, this island is strange and dangerous, and it cannot be viewed with ordinary eyes. Perhaps such a snake has poison all over its body? If so, my scene at this moment is tantamount to taking the initiative to put the scythe of death on my neck. ”

The sun disappeared completely, and night fell.

"The day passed. Looking at the deep and vast sky, there was a sense of confusion, and panic appeared in my heart again.

He is now in danger and difficult.

During the day, the sunlight he hated and hated actually gave him a good vision. And now in the darkness, there will be more predators.

Needle Gold took a few deep breaths and tried to regain his composure.

Then he was delighted to find that he had really succeeded!

With the first tempering, he seems to have made a qualitative leap in stabilizing his state of mind.

He didn't even have to pray.

He was now able to keep his composure on his own.

Of course, he was also well aware of the results of his prayers. He didn't have much expectation for Emperor Shengming to respond to him.

In the middle of the night, the temperature was very low, and clumps of white gas began to be exhaled from the mouth and nose of the needle.

The chill is biting.

Hunger intensified, leaving the teenager tormented.

His stomach was already protesting, making a rumbling sound.

But there is more thirst than hunger.

Needle Jin felt that his throat was smoking, and if there was a lake, he wanted to immerse himself in it and swim and drink to his heart's content.

Too little water is replenished.

Needlegold had pinned its hopes on some desert plants, but that hope was dashed.

He didn't even see the shadow of a cactus.

There is no moon tonight, and the sky is full of stars.

Needle Gold looked up at the starry sky, feeling the ruthlessness and indifference of these starlights, as if watching him slowly towards his death.

He struggled to discern and rely on the stars to prove his direction, but he failed.

He didn't dabble in this aspect, and was a complete layman.

Because of the correct strategy during the day, he still has a lot of physical strength left.

The boy continued to trek alone in the desert under the stars.

Before you know it, the sand dunes are starting to appear next to Needlegold again.

"What's that?" In his blurred vision, Needlegold spotted a beast shadow hovering over the waist of the dunes.