Chapter 2: The Price of Pretending

The next morning, José woke up early. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info He spent the morning carefully inspecting the ship's supplies, and he couldn't even find the means to get around, except for water and food.

Since many of the hatches in the cabin were closed, it was impossible for José to open the heavy alloy metal doors, so he had little new to gain.

It was possible to find a car or something, but there was no way to open the hatch!

In the end, he found a large cart that transported garbage during the scientific expedition in the bottom bilge of the ship, and looking at the "trolley" in front of him, Joseph's heart almost collapsed.

Water, food, fuel, medicine, and this ...... "cart", although it was now only semi-mechanized, José was determined to try his luck.

José carefully calculated the water and food he needed every day, and filled a whole truckload of supplies with the garbage trucks that carried waste in the camp, including fuel, medicine, quilts, compasses, tool boxes, binoculars, and the like.

Finally, Jose went through everything and looked at the cabin where he had spent a few days, sighed, and finally pushed the cart on the road.

But in which direction?

"It seems that we can only gamble. José sighed, looked at the sun at the head, and couldn't help but grit his teeth, Damn, it's going north!

............

Walking in the desert was much more difficult than hiding in a ship's cabin, and the huge temperature difference between day and night and the high intensity of walking every day made José lose weight almost every day at a rate that could be seen by the naked eye.

But he didn't stop, just frowning a little every day just looking at the dwindling supplies, but gritted his teeth and insisted, refusing to leave a day behind.

Day 3, Day 4...... Finally, on the seventh day, José saw something that surprised him.

Mountains, mountains, to be precise, are valleys, and there is a river between the valleys that is not very wide, and the water is quite clear.

However, to José's disappointment, there were no people living here, and to the south of the mountain, there was still a desert.

After resting for a while, José hastily ate a bag of compressed biscuits, and after a few more hours, the mobile phone still had no signal, and the positioning system could not function, as if only the compass had not failed in this desert.

Joseph was a little frustrated, "Forget it, at least you can add some fresh water," he muttered to comfort himself, and couldn't help but be a little worried, "After walking for so many days and still haven't gone out, won't you die here?"

Immediately, he laughed at himself, "Well, it's better here than to be buried in those yellow sands!" Although the trees are dry and yellow, and the water is not clear, the environment is much better than that of some cities in China. It's a pity that I'm still a virgin, and I'm going to die so young......"

As Chase's rambling thoughts, he suddenly noticed what appeared to be a cloud of dust rising from the horizon in the distance.

José looked closely, and it looked like the dust kicked up by a car driving in the desert......

Wait, cars? someone!

Joseph jumped out of the car, took out the binoculars from his bag, and ran out of the open area of the valley to find a relatively high slope. With the help of the high-powered telescope of the scientific expedition, José finally saw the scene in front of him clearly:

There were people in the distance, but they weren't driving cars, they seemed to be riding ...... Horses! The men and horses passed by, and a large cloud of dust flew behind them.

José rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finally became convinced that the scene in front of him was not an illusion or a mirage, and immediately jumped up with joy: "Haha, after so many days, I finally saw a living person!

Joseph cheered, then shouted, "Hey, there's someone here!

José shouted hard, holding the binoculars in his hands, waving his hands incessantly, and his voice couldn't help but raise a few points. Thinking that the last accurate location of his ship was the waters near the southern Indian Ocean, which must be some country in Africa or Australia, he quickly shouted again in English.

I don't know if I heard José's cry for help, but the man was riding in the direction of the valley behind José, and his speed seemed to speed up a little.

The terrain in the desert was very flat, although he had seen people, but the two were still separated by a short distance, and Jose held up the telescope again, but when he could barely see the appearance of the person who came, he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart:

The man was dressed in black, and immediately seemed to have a quiver hanging from it, and when he looked closely, José couldn't help but be a little surprised—the armor, he was wearing armor!

From a distance, the person who came was tightly wrapped up and down, wearing a black helmet on his head. And with a bow on his back, one hand holds the reins of a horse, and the other holds a hand...... Sword?

That's right, under the reflection of the sun, José could even see the faint cold light on the sword! He looked like a medieval knight in a TV series, and behind him, there were many people in the dust raised!

I can't see them clearly, but judging from the way I dress, I look like I'm fully armed. And at this moment, something that made Jose even more stunned happened! About twenty or thirty people behind him attacked directly on horseback, and they were shooting with bows and arrows!

"!" Joseph exclaimed, and the person in front seemed to have already noticed the change behind him, and naturally leaned down, clinging to the horse, and manipulating the horse to dexterously dodge the deadly cold arrow behind him.

After a rain of arrows, he suddenly turned around, and the bow and arrow on his back had been taken by him at some point, and an arrow was fired, and the nearest pursuer behind him fell to the ground!

After falling to the ground, a cloud of dust was quickly stirred up, and the man seemed to struggle only a few times before slowly ceasing to move.

But the others were unmoved, and paid no attention to the fallen companion, but seemed to be a little afraid of the man's precise archery skills, so they slightly widened the chase.

Seeing this scene, Jose's smile immediately stiffened, "What's the situation, is that person ...... Dead?!"

His mind went blank for a few seconds, and when he looked up, he realized that the person was getting closer and closer, and José finally realized clearly what had just happened.

"Damn, did you really kill someone?!" his back was wet with cold sweat, and he only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and then slapped himself hard, barely calming himself down. Some reluctantly looked at the "killing god" who was galloping all the way and getting closer and closer, looked around, and finally bit it and hid in the bushes on the edge of the valley behind him.

The bushes were very dense, and the branches such as thorns quickly cut a faint bloodshot on Joseph's hands, feet, and face, but Joseph didn't have time to pay attention to these, he only felt that his heart was beating fast, but the blood all over his body seemed to be about to coagulate.

Hide himself in the bushes as quickly as possible, but fortunately his shirt is darker in color, and it is not too conspicuous to hide in the bushes, so it is difficult to spot without careful observation.

Almost at the same time that Joseph hid himself, the sound of horses' hooves was already ringing in the valley!

José suddenly felt like his mind was in turmoil!

He is just an ordinary sophomore who usually likes to stay at home, play games, scold his teammates, and coax goddesses. Despite his wealth, he doesn't like to hang out in bars and clubs, and lives a life similar to that of most otaku.

Because I like to participate in some club activities, I am usually quite famous in college. Friends know that he has a cold personality and a hot personality, and occasionally he is a little sullen, and the goddess often says that he is a good person...... (Well, that's negligible).

As for this Antarctic scientific expedition, in addition to his interest in travel and scientific expeditions, it is largely to establish an image of a young man in front of the goddess Neng, so as to win the favor of the goddess of Wenqing.

Hehe, maybe he can develop further and say goodbye to his shameful debut career in one fell swoop...... Not only can you please the goddess, but by the way, you can also improve the style or something, there are a lot of benefits.

However, a few days ago, after his research ship was caught in a storm at sea, he inexplicably appeared in a desert! Everyone was missing, and he finally met a group of people, but for the first time he witnessed the scene of murder!

Hiding in the bushes full of thorns, recalling the appearance of his two former YY, Jose's heart couldn't help but feel a little remorseful at the moment: "It turns out that pretending to be forced is really retributive......"