Chen was in turmoil, so whether it was to escape the military disaster or the famine, most of the refugees near the border chose to leave Chen.

After Liu Lu left Blackstone Town, he did not go to the land of Chen, but followed a group of people who fled the famine to the west, intending to leave Chen.

There are two countries to the west of Chen, and the Song State is in the southwest, and there is no harmony with Chen, and the border fights every year, so basically no one goes there.

To the northwest is the Zhaoming Kingdom, a rich country rich in beautiful jade, if it were not for the thousands of miles of barren and barren Gobi sandy land between the two countries, and the legendary Devil's City that shocked people's hearts, with the turmoil in the Chen Kingdom in recent years, I am afraid that many people would have crossed the Gobi and went to the Zhaoming Kingdom.

Heishi Town is going west out of the Chen State, which is the vast Gobi, so this piece of the border of the Chen State, there are usually not many border guards patrolling, and now in this situation, there are even fewer border guards.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Blackstone Town has basically not suffered from border wars in history. But who knows, there are no external worries, and it is difficult to live in peace because of the internal troubles.

Liu Lu, who left Blackstone Town, was hungry, where there was any clear direction, followed the flow of people, and walked in wherever there was food, and went with the flow all the way.

Five days later, Liu Lu had arrived at Chen's border.

Looking at the endless Gobi Desert in front of him, Liu Lu was a little troubled and didn't know where to go. When I was in the territory of Chen, there was still a lot of people, but the more I went to the border, the fewer people were, some of these people couldn't support it and fell halfway, and some of them scattered to other places, and only a few people could get to the border of Chen.

Not only Liu Lu, but many people who walked to the border of Chen began to hesitate, and when they had not been to the border in person, they could not feel how desperate the endless barren sand land was. Except for the well-equipped and well-fed business travelers, no one dared to cross the vast Gobi Beach alone, let alone those who did not have enough food and were weak. Moreover, now that it has entered summer, the endless Gobi Desert, even if you look at it from a distance, you can also feel the burning eye pain of the rolling heat wave.

Some of the refugees on the border line have given up in despair, lying directly in place and motionless, as if they can only wait for death, while others are going to other parts of Chen along the border, and some people have returned the same way.

Of course, there are still people who don't want to die. There are already people who go to the Gobi Beach without stopping, these people seem to be people with firm minds, and their goal is also very clear, that is, they are going to Zhaoming Kingdom, as for whether they can go to Zhaoming Kingdom, no one can be sure, let alone have great hopes, anyway, there is not much choice for them, it is better to give it a go and resign themselves to fate.

Liu Lu looked at the road behind him, Chen Guo already knew that he didn't have much to live, so in his heart, he didn't want to go back no matter what. Ahead, maybe he will die on the way, but there is hope for Zhaomingguo.

Liu Lu made up his mind, his eyes suddenly became firm, and he set foot on the road to Zhaoming Kingdom.

After making a difficult choice and determining the goal, Liu Lu felt relaxed for a while, and his depressed and heavy mood became a little more relaxed.

When leaving Blackstone Town, Li Laohan gave Liu Lu a water pouch that he had used for many years and let him take it with him.

As for what to eat, when he left Blackstone Town, Liu Lu prepared a bag of dried locusts for himself. In the past five days, he has endured hunger by himself, and he has eaten more than half of it with careful savings, but what makes him angry and sad is that many of the rest have been robbed by others, but fortunately, his cautious character allowed him to secretly hide a small handful before, so that he would not be starved to death immediately. Of course, Liu Lu also left a back hand, that is, a few pieces of black flour dry cakes that Li Laohan stuffed to him when he left, these dry cakes Liu Lu was reluctant to eat all the way, and he didn't dare to take them out for others to see, this is his life-saving thing, he will never take them out and eat them until he starves to death.

Out of the border of the Chen State, Liu Lu did not follow behind the sparse crowd, let alone get to the side of others, he didn't dare to trust anyone now, because a few days ago, he easily trusted others, and because of his innocence and kindness, when he helped a dying man, he was relieved by that person and robbed him of food and water.

As early as when Liu Lu left Blackstone Town, Li Laohan had three instructions to warn Liu Lu, let him protect himself, don't trust anyone easily, don't meddle in anything, but Liu Lu, who is simple and kind by nature, didn't take it to heart at first, and didn't realize how correct Li Laohan's words were, until in just a few days, let his kindness be let down, let his kindness be treated as cowardly and arbitrarily bullied, a few days of experience made him realize the complexity of human nature and the horror of the human heart, But these also taught him some of the most basic survival principles and knew how to protect himself.

Liu Lu didn't follow behind the crowd, but he didn't get too far away from the crowd, he walked on the side of the crowd, keeping a distance where he could vaguely see the crowd, this was done to prevent others from bullying him, and secondly, he could know the direction of the road so as not to get lost.

Two days later, Liu Lu, wearing a broken straw hat on his head, wearing a torn linen coat with a worn hem, and a pair of rotten straw sandals with worn soles on his feet, slowly moved forward in the empty sand, and the exhaustion and numbness made him look a little dazed.

Suddenly, Liu Lu was clever, and under a small mound not far in front of him, there were three young men, the three of them were covered in dust, although they were not as depressed as Liu Lu, but they were also very embarrassed.

Seeing the three of them staring at him with straight eyes, Liu Lu suddenly became nervous and scared, and stopped his steps vigilantly and stopped moving forward.

The three people in the distance saw Liu Lu stop, and after looking at each other, one of them beckoned to Liu Lu and said in a hoarse voice: "Little brother, come here in a cool and shady place to rest for a while before leaving." ”

Liu Lu stood silent, he really wanted to rest for a while, but he never dared to approach the three people.

The three people sitting in the shadow of the small mound saw that Liu Lu had not moved for a long time, and one of them lowered his voice and cursed.

"The little bunny is quite alert!"

Liu Lu saw the three people stand up, thinking that they were about to leave on the road, who knew that the three people were actually walking in his direction.

Liu Lu was stunned for a moment, then woke up and quickly retreated, always keeping a certain distance from the three of them.

And when the three of them saw Liu Lu's action, they also sped up their pace and caught up.

Liu Lu couldn't care about being exhausted, and ran back desperately, but in his weak state, he didn't run fast at all.

Fortunately, the three of them were also exhausted, so although they were panting after chasing behind, there was still a long distance between them and Liu Lu, and with their state, it might not be easy to catch up with Liu Lu for a while.

The three of them chased for less than half an hour, and they couldn't run anymore, and the three of them supported each other, bending over and panting.

"Little ...... Little brother, you you...... Don't run, don't be afraid! We won't hurt you. ”

At the same time as the three of them stopped, Liu Lu also stopped. As long as the three of them didn't chase him, he would never waste his strength to escape.

When Liu Lu stopped, he still stared at the three people, and untied the skin bag containing water on his body, and carefully poured a small sip into his mouth.

Liu Lu's appearance of drinking water made the three of them greedy, and they had already run out of water and food. The reason why Liu Lu was blocked halfway was to think about whether he could find some rations and water to drink on Liu Lu.

The three of them licked their dry lips and swallowed hard.

"Little brother, please believe us, we really won't hurt you, we just want to beg you for a drink."

Liu Lu was still silent, he was too lazy to waste his strength on them.

At this time, the other of the three said: "Save some effort, look at him like that, do you think he will believe you?" ”

The man cursed helplessly, "How did this little rabbit cub become so shrewd?" ”

The three of them had already seen Liu Lu when they were in Chen Guo, but Liu Lu at that time, his simple and kind behavior made them feel both ridiculous and stupid. In their opinion, Liu Lu, who was so kind-hearted, would die of his stupidity sooner or later, and he would never get out of Chen Guo alive.

"We must catch him, we won't survive more than two days without water to drink." One of them said fiercely.

The other two nodded, and suddenly the three of them had a fierce glint in their eyes.

Liu Lu, who saw the fierce faces of the three people, sensed the danger, and before the three of them could make a move, he took the lead in turning around and quickly fled backwards.

These three people also knew very well that Liu Lu's bag of water would determine their life and death, and they had no choice but to fight hard.

The three of them chased after him, and they swore that after catching Liu Lu, they would skin him and cramp him, drink his blood, and eat his flesh.

It's a pity that even if they have this heart, they don't have the ability to catch Liu Lu. Because no matter the three of them or Liu Lu, at this time they are all in the limit state of mental and physical exhaustion, in this state, whether you are an adult or a child, what you fight is to persist and have follow-up strength to replenish, and now Liu Lu, although his body is thin and weak, but after all, he is also a twelve-year-old young man, plus although he has not eaten enough food and hungry for a meal along the way, but fortunately, he still has a little food and water on his body, which can allow him to ensure some of the most basic physical strength, which allows him to replenish his strength at any time when he can't hold on.

On the other hand, the three of them, although they are young and strong, they have not eaten or drunk for almost a day, in this kind of weather, dozens of miles down, how can they have extra strength, in the state of eliminating the other, as long as Liu Lu is not stupid, they will naturally have no way to take Liu Lu for a while.

After running forward and chasing for less than half an hour, the three of them couldn't hold on first.

The three people who chased and stopped all the way were so tired that they were about to collapse, and at this time they were lying upright on the ground panting, and they were unwilling to look at Liu Lu in the distance, so tired that they didn't even want to say a cruel threat.

On the other hand, Liu Lu was tired enough to escape all the way.

Liu Lu knelt on the ground, supporting his trembling body with both hands, gasping for breath, staring fiercely at the three people lying on the ground.

After a while, Liu Lu, who had eased up a little, didn't dare to rest any longer, and saw that the three of them were still lying motionless on the ground, and he was immediately relieved.

Liu Lu got up and prepared to leave, although the current state of these three people did not pose a threat to him, he really didn't dare to stay with them for longer. Before leaving, under the eyes of the three of them, Liu Lu poured a mouthful of water fiercely, and took out one of the only two black cakes left on his body and took a bite, looking at the three of them defiantly.

This move made the three people lying on the ground angry, one of them pointed at Liu Lu for a long time but didn't say a word, and the other wanted to struggle to get up, but after tossing for a while, it seemed that he really didn't have the strength to get up again.

Liu Lu didn't dare to stay longer, and after venting his evil anger, he turned around and left in the other direction.