Actually, for father, mother, and Ryan don't have any concept, for him, it's a relationship and title that no longer exists, but it's different here.

He sat in front of the window of the stone house every day, watching the people in the village, these two terms were frequently used and mentioned, and the interaction between parents and children was also the most frequent picture. He was amazed by the parents who helped their children wake up in the morning, helped them eat, played with them, took naps, talked with them, and did almost everything.

For as long as he can remember, Ryan has been with his peers and has adults watching over them, but those adults are not as meticulous and patient as their parents, they are like a symbol in the caretaker's uniform, and the task is to make sure that the children are safe and do what they should do on time (such as eating or eating).

Children who are close to birth will be lined up, so he is with Mei Li, Vincent and Yu Xiang for almost everything, and it is said that they were born on the same day.

He used to dislike them. He doesn't like Mei Li, who is not good-looking and strong everywhere, Vincent, who is always disobedient in black, and Yuxiang, who never knows what he is thinking, he has been very depressed for a long time, especially when he learns that he will live with them for the whole of his youth, why do he have to be tied up with such three people, why can't he be with those smart and beautiful children who have the same temper as him?

But there was no way, he had to be with them.

Later, after a long time, I got used to it.

Later, it became that I left them, but I would not get used to them, but I would miss them.

Maybe family, that's it.

Ryan thought, father, mother, for him, maybe it was Mei Li Vincent Yuxiang together, plus those adults who wore the uniform of the caretaker and took care of them from childhood to adulthood, so it seems that they are indeed important people.

He looked at the sand in front of him. Shaman was walking in the desert, and along the way, she just lowered her head and hurried away, without saying a word.

He knew that it was a bit abrupt to ask her so much in the morning, but his patience had been worn out to the top, and he was convinced that she and Wu Wei knew something, about him.

She didn't express surprise or displeasure at the time, she just turned away, crossed her waist against the wall of plants, as if in thought, and then turned back and said, "I'll take you somewhere." ”

Although, he had already explained that he had overheard what he had said about his father, she had not said anything more.

They had set out early in the morning, and it was now noon.

For the first time, Ryan experienced the pain of the scorching sun, and the feeling of dizziness hit him one after another, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his goggles were also full of moisture. He wore the heavy lead-wire cloak and walked staggeringly.

He really couldn't hold on until he said it, and then the sand man would stop. He didn't want to appear weak in front of her.

The sand man will try to find a tree for him to sit down and rest, saying that it is a tree, but it is just dead wood in the desert that I don't know if it is dead or alive. Ryan sat down next to the dead wood, gasping like a fish out of water, his rubber mask covered in sweat sliding across his face, and he felt like he was suffocating.

Shaman handed him the water, which was contained in a long, pointy clay pot, and he took it, pulled off his mask, and drank it with a clatter, feeling that there was nothing more than the happiest thing in the world.

She also drank, her water was in another clay pot, and she only took a few sips.

Sandman stood in front of Ryan with two clay pots on his back, creating a shadow for him and covering his face. Ryan lowered his head, feeling that it was simply a shame, since he was a child, he had not let a girl take anything.

Sha Man was wearing a white robe, wrapped from head to toe, revealing only a small face, which looked very dazzling in the scorching sun

The color, she says, reflects light. So, she insisted that he wear one over his black cloak.

His sweat was pouring down like rain, and he didn't know if it was because of the extra piece of wear or the light. But Shaman's face was clean, she looked at him with golden eyes, and said, "You always need more water and sweat more, so it won't be long before you get dehydrated." ”

He wanted to say that it was because the metabolism of the Ark people was significantly faster than that of wild people, and in comparison, the body of the Ark people was high energy consumption and high efficiency, but these strengths have become natural defects in today's environment.

And she is like a lizard in the desert, always calm, dry, dexterous and stable.

"Let's go." He staggered to his feet, not because he had rested, but because he couldn't sit down on the hot sand.

They continued to walk in the desert one after the other.

He didn't know where he was going, she wouldn't say, he wouldn't ask. He knew she wasn't in a good mood.

He was the same. What Wu Wei said to him last night was like a boulder pressing on his heart, extremely heavy but unable to get rid of, after all, what had happened could not be changed.

Although he couldn't fully understand her feelings due to his unfamiliarity with the concept of mother, imagine if her people killed Mei Li Yuxiang Vincent...... God, that's unimaginable.

So he had to follow her, even if it was painful, he didn't say anything, as if he was willing to be punished.

……

Ryan was awakened by the light of the fire.

He opened his eyes and saw a pile of flames burning in front of him, the flames were dancing and beeping, and he moved and propped himself up.

Beyond the top of the flames, Ryan saw the sandman sitting across from the fire.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked around, only to see that there were stones all around, the space was cramped, and they were in a stone cave, the height of the cave was only large enough for people to sit, and it was pitch black outside the cave entrance, and it was already night.

"Where is this? Me, how can I ......"

"You fainted in the desert." Shaman said.

"Well, then ......"

"I'll carry you out."

“……”

Shaman didn't wear mechanical boots, and Ryan couldn't imagine how she, such a small person, carried him, a man nearly two meters tall, out of the desert.

Halfway through, Ryan only uttered one sentence, "You...... You okay? ”

"No, I'm a little tired."

"Well, of course...... No, I'm sorry. ”

"So, we can't go any further, we're going to stay here tonight."

"Oh, good, good."

Shaman handed over a slender clay pot, "Do you want to drink water?" ”

"Okay, thanks." Ryan took it, took off the breathing mask, opened his big gulp and was about to drink it, Shaman said, "Save it, this can is mine, yours is gone." ”

"......" Ryan vaguely remembered that he had run out of water in the desert.

Ryan handed the clay pot back, "Then I'll not drink it yet." ”

"What are you afraid of, I've already boiled it."

"No, it's not...... Save a little. ”

"Okay." Shaman took the clay pot, poured half of the water into Ryan's clay pot, and said, "Now we only have so much water left, and we don't know when we will find a water source, so we ......"

Ryan nodded earnestly. It's so stupid during the day.

"Then let's ......" Ryan wanted to say, where are we now, where are we going, is it dangerous now, is it lost, what should we do, many questions popped up in his mind, he remembered those adventures in prehistory, and couldn't help but be a little excited, and a little nervous.

However, Shaman just lay down and said, "Sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow morning." Then he closed his eyes.

“……”

Ryan looked at the flame in a daze, and said in his heart what to do with this fire, whether to extinguish it, or just keep it, if it is extinguished, it is too cold, and it will be dangerous to keep it, he remembered that in prehistoric stories, people always had to stay vigil in the wild, and everyone took turns to sleep, so he beat his spirit and sat up.

"Why don't you sleep?" Shaman said.

"I ...... It's night. ”

"Do you want me to carry you again tomorrow?"

"No, it's not ......"

"Go to sleep."

Ryan wanted to say something, but after all, he was at a loss of words, so he had to lie down too.

Sleepiness hit, Ryan glanced at the sand man again, she closed her eyes, wrapped the white robe tightly around her body, silently, Ryan sighed, and said in his heart, today, must have exhausted her.

"Ryan."

"Huh?"

"The next time you can't hold on, say it in advance."

"Oh, good...... I'm sorry. ”

"It's not that I'm sorry, it's very dangerous, you know, I don't know your body's endurance, you can't manage so much in the desert if something happens like this, so you have to let me know in advance."

"Oh, what a ......"

"Sleep." Shaman said.

"Hmm."

……

Ryan heard a small sound, as if something was sliding on the dry sand, silent and smooth, except for the sound of tiny grains of sand being touched.

Ryan ordered himself to open his eyes and prop himself up, only to see two glimmers of light in the darkness.

The fire had been extinguished, and the two dim lights flickered in the darkness, and it turned towards Ryan, slowly rising from a very low position, and Ryan didn't know what it was.

At this time, it makes a "hiss, hiss" sound.

Ryan quickly searched for his memories of prehistoric animals, and if only ancient reptiles survived, it was probably snakes.

Two shimmers of light swam towards him, smooth and silent.

Ryan fumbled and grabbed a rock on the ground.

The glimmer paused, lifted, backwards, flashed, and instantly arrived in front of Ryan's eyes, Ryan felt the air current, grabbed it in the air, grabbed its neck, and a slippery thing touched Ryan's face, and it was closed at the touch.

Let's say it's a snake, it's thicker and more powerful than expected, Ryan felt a big mouth open in front of him in the dark, and a cold breath came to his face, Ryan had to throw away the stone and grab it with both hands.

Something came up from Ryan's feet, crawling up in circles and circles, like a big hand, slowly holding Ryan in the palm of his hand.

"Shhh

"Sand, sand!"

Ryan fell to the ground, his legs numb, and the snake's body was still moving slowly on his body, clenching little by little.

"Sand Man—"

However, Ryan's voice was blocked in the rubber mask, coupled with the fact that he didn't have much strength, Ryan began to regret not waking up Shaman in the first place, he gasped a few times with difficulty, gathered a few breaths, and desperately shouted: "Sha, Man!" ”

Seeing that the prey under him was still struggling, the serpent strengthened even more, and Ryan only felt that some bones were about to break, so he pulled out one of his arms like a boat, grabbed a handful of sand and stones on the ground, and threw it at the sand man.

"Ahh