Chapter 30: The Pit
The morning sun shines on the yellow sand, like gold everywhere.
Although the sun was still rising, the heat in the desert had already begun to spread, and Qin Shaofu opened his eyes and saw that Renault was already eating not far away.
Busy is to lift the things on his body and get up, the mess looks like a quilt, but in fact, clothes and pants are knotted together. I don't know how much sediment there is, it's even dirtier than it is, and in some places there are even animal feces and juices of unknown animals, which are even more disgusting than those used by beggars in the imperial capital.
But now Qin Shaofu can't care about so much, because he has really learned a big lesson.
The desert is like a furnace during the day, and the desert can freeze out of ice ballast at night. If I didn't have this dirty "quilt", I am afraid that I would not be able to die of thirst and starvation, and I would freeze to death first.
Tuck the quilt into your backpack and run to a sandpit not far away. There was a simple shelf, with his knife hanging from the bunker, and a small clay bowl with half a bowl of water in it.
Qin Shaofu picked up the bowl in surprise, licked it a few times, and then carefully poured the rest into his shriveled water bladder.
This is the method of collecting drinking water taught by Reynolds, this violent coach, who said that only a part of the water is really only given a part of the water. Even if the oasis was rehydrated, most of the water was still on Renault.
Although Renault will definitely not let him die of thirst, if he does not find a way to collect a little more water by himself, he will definitely have a very hard time.
Take out a piece of jerky with skin and put it in your mouth, chew it without hurry, as long as you bite into minced meat, then you take a small sip of water and swallow it together.
He had been living in this desert for nearly five months, and he had eaten insects, eggs, rat tails, and even feces that he didn't know how to use force. Being able to have jerky is already a luxury. At this moment, God knows how much he misses the bread of the imperial capital, even the hardest and most unpalatable bread...... Of course, wait for a bottle of water.
After eating, pack up and say to Renault, "It's time to go!"
"How's the injury on your hand?" asked Renault.
"It's all right!"
Qin Shaofu shook his left arm, there was a mark that seemed to have been burned, but it had already scabbed.
This is the masterpiece of the desert poisonous ant, the kind of big ant about an inch long, with a powerful mouth, and what is even more terrifying is that there is an extremely strong liquid in its seemingly cystic body, once it is touched, it is like a fire, extremely terrifying.
Without the juice of the cactus, the wound will spread rapidly until the person is burned to death. If Renault hadn't been prepared, he would have been in danger yesterday.
"Remember this lesson and don't underestimate your small opponents. “
Renault admonished, put on his things and continued to set off.
"Got it!"
Qin Shaofu responded with a sunny voice, but in his heart he was slandering, a lesson, this violent instructor thought of a way to make himself suffer and be deceived. In the past three months, I have received more "lessons" than in a lifetime.
After walking forward for a few hours, Qin Shaofu suddenly stopped, sniffed hard, frowned and said, "Why is the water vapor here so strong?"
In the past few months, under Renault's "careful cultivation", he has learned the ability to feel the humidity of the air with his breath.
Generally speaking, a sudden increase in water vapour in the desert often means that there is an oasis nearby. But the water vapor here is relatively strong, not as simple as an oasis.
When things go wrong, there must be demons, which is also a truth that I have learned in the past few months. When something good happens suddenly, be wary of danger nearby.
Renault had already expected it and said: "After a few days' walk, you will arrive at the Tranquility Bay of the North Sea, where there should be an undercurrent leading to the North Sea, so the water vapor is extraordinarily heavy." ”
Qin Shaofu was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "So, this training trip is coming to an end?"
When he set off, Renaud said that he would end his training and return to the Holy See after crossing the desert.
Renaud nodded: "It's almost time to teach you...... Well, I'm sure there must be an undercurrent here, and if it's fresh water, it often means that there is hope for life. As long as you find this undercurrent cave before sunset today, we'll head to Tranquility Bay to find the local ants to return to. “
"Okay! Why the sunset, you can find it before noon!"
Qin Shaofu was extremely surprised, he was already quite experienced in finding an undercurrent water source.
Climb one of the highest sand dunes to get a closer look at the topography. Don't look at the desert as desolate and barren, but there are many undercurrents underground.
Experienced people can judge the direction of the underground undercurrent based on the undulation and direction of the dunes.
With a judgment in mind, he began to walk along the sand dunes, and every ten meters he walked, he inhaled to judge the intensity of the water vapor. The more intense the water vapour, the closer the undercurrent is to the surface and the more likely it is that undercurrent caves will appear.
Renault didn't say a word, just followed behind. It's been the same all the way, whether it's right or wrong, either you succeed or you lose, otherwise he won't give the slightest opinion.
Constantly changing directions, my heart became clearer and clearer, and after a few hours, I finally saw the hard ground I wanted, and I was busy shouting: "Ahead, just ahead." “
The other deserts are not clear, but as long as this kind of hard ground appears in this desert instead of yellow sand, it often means that there are undercurrent caves, otherwise these stones would have become yellow sand.
"Yes, go over and have a look!"
Renault nodded and followed.
He was very happy with the student, not a dead brain, very smart, and very willing to listen to his own teachings. Even if you know that some things will suffer, you will follow your advice on the first day and don't need to be clever to resolve it.
There are many stones standing on this hard ground, forming a small stone forest.
Qin Shaofu smelled the water vapor and searched, and after a long while, he finally passed through a stone crack and found a hole leading to the bottom.
"This cave is hidden deep enough!"
Laughing, Qin Shaofu was extremely complacent, lowered his head and looked at it, it was about eight meters deep, very large, and there were ten meters in the places that could be seen clearly, and there should be a lot of places that could not be seen. There are quite a few rocks that protrude and can be climbed like a ladder.
If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of gurgling water, and it seems that this place is not just a puddle, but also a small river, with plenty of water.
I hadn't encountered an oasis for a few days, just because I wanted to feel comfortable, and when I turned around and saw that Renault had already followed, Qin Shaofu immediately jumped down with the protruding stone.
As soon as he landed, he immediately felt wrong, hurriedly leaned back, disappeared into the shadows, leaned his back against the stone wall, and immediately pulled out the knife, and then shouted loudly to the top: "There are people inside." “
The wind blew through the cracks in the rocks at the top, and the sound of running water below, which interfered with his hearing. At this point, he could clearly hear a lot of breathing around him, and it was definitely human.
I thought that Renault would come down immediately to take a look at the situation, but I didn't expect to hear a bang, and the entrance to the cave was blocked by a large rock. The bottom was darkened instantly, and only some of the stone crevices were filled with light, barely seeing.
Immediately, I heard the rough voice shouting loudly: "I have finally found the remnants of the Assad Pirates, Qin Shaofu, you stop them first, don't let them run away, I'll call someone." “
Before he could finish speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps leaving.
Assad...... Pirates ...... Remnant ......
Then the light of the stone crack, looking at the about twenty or thirty people who appeared in front of him, how could Qin Shaofu not know that he was pitted by Renault again.