The distance was far away, but it was hope, Bai Zhi forgot the pain and ran behind them to hope.

There are some yellowish dead grasses on the land, scattered and very sparse, but this means that the water here is more dense than elsewhere, at least at night they can collect more dew.

The sun had turned directly in front of them, and the silhouettes of eight people in the backlight added a bit of playful color to this mysterious, desolate, vast land.

"What is that?" Fatumah asked, pointing to the stones that looked like a fortress not far away.

It was not very real in the backlight, and Bai Zhi and they stepped up.

"This is an antelope horn, these are animal bones, more than one or two animals," Song Yu picked up an antelope horn and glanced at it, his eyes were scattered around, and his eyes were full of stone barriers made of animal bones, some of which looked very old, and the bones seemed to have been corroded by something, showing a state full of holes, and some of them seemed to have appeared recently, because there were some blackened and dry carrion fur attached to them, "How can there be such a large-scale animal corpse?"

"Maybe it's a war between animals, it's a common thing in no man's land, so don't worry about it. ”

"Let's go further," Song Yu looked at the sunset, "It's still early, let's hold on a little longer." ”

As the sun sets, the twilight does not rise, the dry grass grows thicker, and the sand gradually turns into a cracked land.

"It doesn't seem to be so hot," Bai Zhi swallowed a little saliva, and couldn't pour a drop of water from the kettle, "I'm so thirsty." ”

Qin Mu shook his kettle, but there was not a drop, Song Yu also glanced at his kettle and swallowed it, everyone looked at each other, looking tired, Bai Zhi saw that everyone stopped, sat on a small earthen ram, squinted slightly, and wanted to sleep.

"Let's rest and get back on our way tomorrow morning. ”

A few people tried to find a slightly wetter place to place the water collection tools.

The next morning, I accidentally found that there was a small half bottle of water in each of the water accumulation tools, and it was very clear, at least much clearer than the ones they had collected in the past few days.

Everyone had about half a pot, and Bai Zhi was really thirsty and couldn't bear to drink a few sips, and hurriedly resisted the urge to continue pouring water and tightened the cap.

The eastern horizon has been flooded with sunshine, and the fatigue of the past few days has made them oversleep, generally the sooner this kind of place starts, the better, and when the sun comes up, it will be very hard to hurry.

"I think the slope of the mountain here is relatively small, so I recommend going up the mountain. Martina said.

"At this time?" Qin Mu questioned.

"That's right, otherwise it's dangerous for us to go on so aimlessly. ”

"I don't agree," said Shadi, "first, everyone's physical energy will be exhausted because of this, second, there is no grass growing on the mountain, and getting water has become a problem, and third, going up the mountain now is tantamount to taking a detour." ”

"But we're taking a detour right now. ”

"It's normal to not see any landmarks in the desert for a few days or even ten days, this is the Gobi Desert, and sometimes it's better to take a few detours than to take risks. ”

Martina pursed her lips and carried her backpack on her back, and walked forward without saying a word.

"Angelica Bai, your leg is getting swollen more and more. Song Yu was a little worried.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. Bai Zhi herself is also worried, but she can't affect everyone's itinerary because of this.

"Bai Zhi, I'll help you go, if you're tired, I'll carry you. Fatumai came over and helped Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi smiled and held Fatumai's hand, "How could I let you carry me, you probably haven't suffered this sin when you've grown up so much." ”

"It's quite uncomfortable," Fatuma's dark skin radiated a dazzling look in the early morning sun, and she saw her crack mouth and smile, her face bright, "but here is free, you see this in all directions, I can go in that direction if I want, no one can control me, I am really happy." ”

Bai Zhi was silent, the big world of dark fragrance and sparse shadows, verdant and steaming clouds was her shackles, where she rarely smiled and didn't talk much, but in just a few days, she was like a different person, although she didn't talk much, but the smile on her face was much more real and brighter.

"Look, there's water here?" Bai Zhi pointed to the slightly moist earth, a wisp of spring that needed to be squatted down to see clearly, even water droplets that could not be scooped up with a spoon.

"Really, there must be a river over there, let's go. ”

Everyone's enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high, and they rushed forward quickly.

The moist land, beside the small finger-wide stream, snuggled up with fine green moss, followed by the small stream all the way west, even the sun is not so scorching.

The river is getting wider and wider, Shadi and Emin filter a few glasses of water with a water purification device, everyone drank happily, Bai Zhi squatted by the river and picked up the clean water in the river and washed his face, and people were much more energetic.

"Look, there's a bridge over there," Bai Zhi stood up and pointed to what seemed to be an artificially constructed earthen arch bridge in the distance, "there must be villages and towns over there." Bai Zhi happily pointed over there and danced.

Martina was also washing her face, and when she heard Bai Zhi say that there was a bridge, she hurriedly looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough.

"Why?" Fatuma was also happy, but she didn't understand why Bai Zhi said that.

"Xiaoqiao," Qin Mu's hand was on Fatuma's shoulder, pointing to the earthen bridge in the distance.

"Running water. Song Yu's tense muscles finally relaxed, and even his tone became much more relaxed.

Bai Zhi turned playfully and pointed to the back of the mountain, "People." ”

"What family?" Fatumah didn't know.

"Fatumai, this bridge must have been built by people, and human beings live near the water, so there must be 'people' living near the flowing water of the small bridge, we don't have to sleep on the ground tonight, I think we should follow Xuanzang's example to turn into a fate and spend one night at 'people's homes'. "It's rare for Angelica to be so happy, her fair skin has become wheat-colored in just a few days, and she exudes a youthful breath in the sun.

Qin Mu walked over quickly, "It's certain to stay overnight, it's better to do this, let's pretend to be a couple who go out to travel, get lost here, go to someone else's place to spend the night, no one should refuse, let's say okay first, I'll be in a group with Bai Zhi." ”

"Why do you have to dress up as a couple?" said Basel, with a pair of tiger eyes, clearly disliking the offer.

"If you don't want to, forget it, anyway, if we have more monks and less porridge here, it won't be your turn. Qin Mu said angrily.

"Okay, don't make trouble," Song Yu pointed ahead, "Let's go, find the 'family' first and then discuss the issue of staying overnight." ”

After crossing the earthen bridge, I soon saw the other side of the mountain, countless ravines outlined the calm wasteland into waves in the sea, quite a masculine beauty, the sparse grass gradually became dense, the endless sparse grassland is like a green carpet on the Gobi wasteland, and the river channel zigzags and stretches to the northwest.

Bai Zhi exclaimed, "Look, there seems to be a small village over there. ”

(End of Big World)