The people in the village all looked at the sand man fixedly. I saw a tall giant standing beside her, covered from head to toe with a large gray-black cloak, he was wearing that strange goggles and mask, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he looked exactly like the man.

They walked through the village, Shaman said, after a while, they will have to move, so that they can ensure that they will not be found by the Ark people, Shaman also said that they have become accustomed to, used to migrating, to find a place with water and food, a place with a relatively peaceful climate, if a place is very good, used to living, will be reluctant, but walking, is still the norm, because everyone believes, maybe, there is a better place.

Ryan looked at the endless desert in the distance and said, "Have you found a better place?" ”

Shaman said: "People are always driven by hope, aren't they, even if they travel thousands of miles, they still arrive at places that are no different from the original." - But if we don't arrive, how can we know, at least we have walked half the world with our feet. ”

"Really?" Ryan was surprised, "Is that all the places like this?" ”

"Almost." Shaman sighed, "There will be some differences, but there will be no big difference. ”

The people on the roadside stood or sat in front of their huts, and they all looked very weak, many of them without sound bodies, but their expressions were calm, as if they were unaware of this.

Shaman said that our number is not large, because it is very difficult to survive, the environment is harsh, our life span is not long, because of radiation damage, it is difficult for us to have children, and even if we give birth to offspring, there are many people who are born with defects.

Ryan clearly saw that the two children sitting by the hut, one with incomplete hands, and the other, with a dumbfounded gaze, looked at them and babbled.

Ryan couldn't help but turn his face away, he tried his best to hide his discomfort, knowing that in the Ark, even if he was only slightly fat like Mei Li, it would be regarded as a defect.

Ryan was startled when something jumped against the wall, only to feel that it was all yellow, and he couldn't see what it was.

"It's a lizard." Shaman said.

"And animals?!"

"In the current environment, of course, it is difficult to support large organisms with high oxygen consumption, and only a very small number of tenacious ones can survive. Drought-tolerant trees and reptiles, for example, are species that have existed since time immemorial, and they have experienced far more winds and waves than humans. ”

Ryan nodded as he looked in the direction in which the little figure had disappeared.

"And us." "We've survived, haven't we," Shaman said, "but under these conditions, we're not tall or beautiful, and we're not as tall and genetically selected as the Ark people who still have a prehistoric environment, and you're tall, handsome, and smart, and what about us, Mr. Choice, in your opinion, we're just a bunch of ugly cripples, useless trash, right?" ”

Sandman turned and looked at Ryan, the wind blowing her hair and the twilight sun shining on her face, illuminating her eyes and eyelashes.

"No ......"

"It's okay, I know it's hard for you to accept. And, you probably

It's also incomprehensible, born in this barren land, born with a weak body, what else to live? What's the fun of living like this? ”

“……”

"It's a pity that we don't have the medicine to forget our worries, we don't have nutrients, we don't have anything, we just accept it all unconditionally, endure the suffering without complaints, and only have that simple hope to find a better home."

“……”

"However, the appearance of the Ark Man changed all that."

"Sand Man ......"

"Mr. Preferred Man, this planet is so big, we are just a bunch of wandering, self-fending weeds, I would love to know what the Ark people think, why can't they give us a place to stay?"

"I'm sorry, Sand Man, I ......."

As they walked out of the village, there was a huge dirt slope in front of them, on which several children were running up and down, waving a flaky object in their hands.

As they walked over, Ryan felt something in the air, and thought he was dazzled, but slowly he saw that there was something small black flying in the air. When a few children saw Sha Man, they ran over, raised the flakes in their hands, and said, "Sister Sha Man, we also caught a lot of them today!" ”

Ryan looked over and saw that the child's hand was a thin piece of dry and hard wood, coated with sticky liquid, and the wood chip was densely covered with small black dots, which should be something flying in the air, which seemed to be a small flying insect.

The child scraped the little black dots off the board with his hands, handed them to Shaman, and said, "Look! You can make a cake again! ”

Ryan looked at Sand Man dumbfounded, Sand Man smiled, took out a few grains to the children, and said, "Take it." ”

The children happily ran away, and Ryan covered his mouth, only to feel that the whole person was not good. Sha Man said: "Why, this flying insect is a rare nutritious product, if you don't eat it, save it for us." ”

"Hmm......" Ryan continued to cover his mouth.

"After many attempts, this is almost the only animal food you can tolerate, and you will have allergies to the rest, and even have a strong rejection reaction, so you can only digest this simple creature," Shaman said. ”

Ryan felt a little warm in his heart, and felt that there was a derogatory meaning in his words, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he turned to say, "What did you just give them?" ”

"Sugar pills, the ark took it."

"You often go to the Ark?"

"Nope."

They stood on the slope, and below the slope was a vast plain of yellow sand, and in the distance, rolling sand dunes, the sky was dusk, and a huge orange sunset slowly fell.

"Thank you." Ryan said.

Ryan looked at the orange sun and said, "Thank you, for saving me, not only did you not blame me for refusing you in the first place, but you also let me live in a stone house, plant plants on the walls, let your sister take care of me, find nutritious food for me, and go to the ark to get what I need, thank you for all your hard work and doing for me." ”

Sand Man stood there, not speaking or moving.

"Why?" Ryan asked.

"What why." Sand Man turned and walked down the dirt slope.

Ryan chased after him and stopped in front of Shaman, "Why are you doing this?" ”

He stood on the slope below her, his eyes level with hers, staring straight into her eyes, not letting go of the slightest tremor in them.

However, Sha Man raised his face, and there was no emotion in his golden eyes, "Mr. Preferred People, you think too much, you guys, it's always easy to think too much." ”

Ryan's eyes swept over Shaman's face, "How much do I think?" What do I think? ”

Sand Man walked away, "Who do you think you are?" ”

Ryan said behind her back, "Shaman, why are you avoiding me after you did this? ”

Sha Man turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Preferred People, what do you want me to do to serve you every step of the way?" ”

The children came running to each other, holding a small grass in their hands, and said, "Look, Sister Shaman, we have found another plant!" ”

Another child said, "Sister Shaman, is today enough?" ”

Shaman nodded, stuffed them with sugar pills, and said, "Enough, go ahead, go find Miao." ”

The children didn't leave, and said, "Sister Shaman, why haven't you gone out with Wuwei and them recently?" Another said, "Sister Shaman, I prefer to see you with a sword, and I also like to hear you whistle." ”

"Bone whistle?" Ryan asked.

The children looked at the masked giant and stopped talking, as if they were a little afraid, and a blind child said, "The bone whistle of the sand man is the most sound, the brightest and the farthest." ”

On the way back to the village, Ryan saw what was called the "Bone Whistle", which was a small whistle made of animal bones, which was hung around the neck of the Sandman, who took it out of his clothes and said, "Everyone has one of this, and because each one is unique, each one has a different sound." ”

Ryan said, "Why don't you take the sword, why don't you blow it?" ”

Shaman didn't answer.

Ryan remembered the hostility of the strong man named Wu Wei towards him, and said, "What's the matter, have you been affected in any way, they ...... Won't let you go with them? ”

Sand Man glanced at him.

Ryan said, "I know you're going to say I'm thinking too much, but that's because ...... Me? ”