Chapter 8: The Sweet Spring of Despair

On the second day, Jiang Chengyun also ate the cactus, the taste was bitter, as if he was chewing a rotten cloth, and his throat was already dry and smoking, every time he swallowed, it was like swallowing sand and stones, and his throat hurt. He drank the last of the water, he put away the bottle, if he couldn't find the water again, he would have to think about collecting his own urine, he regretted it a little, he knew that the urine last night should not have been sprinkled into the sand.

"Damn, except for sand and sand! You tell me what kind of flowers can bloom in such a hellish place! ”

He couldn't speak anymore, so he cursed in his heart, grabbed a handful of sand and raised it into the sky. The sun rose again, the fiery temperature was mercilessly scorching the desert, the rolling heat wave rose between the yellow sand dunes and ravines, this desert was uninhabited for eternity, only dead silence, his thin figure stood in the endless yellow sand sea, he walked like this for another day, this time he didn't even find a cactus, and at night, he had no choice, he drank the urine in the bottle, bitter like poison, but it also made his throat a little better, he pursed his lips, buried himself in the yellow sand again, he planned to sleep for half the night, Continue on the road in the second half of the night.

On the third day, the heat was still hot, and from time to time he had to hide in the sand pit to escape the heat, and his body had already shed a layer of skin, and under the chapped skin was new pink flesh, and he was wrapped in a veil, wandering around the desert like a wandering spirit.

The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river.

The sun of the desert is the most deadly light, and many people in ancient times have buried their bodies under this yellow sand.

On the fourth day, he collapsed a little, his body began to tremble faintly, he felt that his water loss had reached about five percent, and he had consumed too much physical strength before approaching the line of life and death, which greatly shortened his survival time.

His mind began to have faint hallucinations, he always felt as if he was back at home, the old lady was calling him to eat fiercely, it turned out that those movies that were trapped in the desert were not filmed randomly, and when it came to desperate moments, people would really think of the people closest to them.

As soon as the night breeze blew, Jiang Chengchan opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth were full of dead skin, his throat was extremely dry, and the sound he made when he breathed was like a dried corpse. He stared blankly at the night sky, there were no meteors or stars tonight, only a full moon hanging high, exuding a cold light, and the desert became much brighter, and he could see the winding sand dunes in the distance. He seemed to hear the voice of the fat man Lu, and this kid wanted to take him to that kind of informal place to wash his feet......

Is he going to die? He picked up the satellite phone calling for help, hesitated for a while, and finally put it down.

He remembered that if you can't hold on, don't do this task, go back and be your college student!

"Can't give up." Jiang Chengyun gritted his teeth and insisted, and then shouted loudly: "Desert, you can't defeat me!! ”

This roar made his throat dry and bloody, and the pain was like cutting his throat. The desert was so empty that there was not even an echo, and his voice dispersed into the night sky. But after a while, other voices were heard in the distance.

"Hiss......"

Like a horse neighing, the sound is not small, it is the sound of a camel.

Jiang Chengcheng was stunned for a moment, then stood up with a loud voice, he touched out the incomparably hard glass, and his eyes burned with killing intent, it seems that there is no endless road, it is time for him to break the killing ring! He stooped and felt in the direction from which the sound came, and sure enough, there was a camel standing behind the dune, looking around, apparently startled by his roar, and coincidentally, it seemed to be the one that had bitten himself.

"It seems that killing you is not a crime, at most it is a retribution."

Jiang Chengzhi held the piece of glass, leaned over and prostrated for a distance, and then sprinted violently, the camel heard the sound, instinctively wanted to run, by the moonlight, but found that this was the person who stole its cactus during the day, the enemy saw that his eyes were very red, and he immediately roared, and rushed over with his hooves. Jiang Chengyun dodged sideways and slashed hard at its flank.

With a thud, a wound of more than ten centimeters appeared on the camel's flank, the wound was very deep, and the hot blood spilled onto the cold sand. Jiang Chengchan's hand was also scratched, but he didn't care at all, as long as he killed this camel, then he could live! With a low roar, he rushed up again, and at the same time, a faint steam ignited all over his body again, he turned on the inner family qigong at full power, and his speed and strength were greatly improved, and he swung out a few times in the blink of an eye, and the camel was cut down all over with blood, and its eyes were full of anger, and he couldn't understand that this guy who was chased and bitten by himself during the day was so fierce at night.

It kicked up a lot of sand and turned and fled into the dark dunes.

"I want to run!"

Jiang Chengyun shouted, chased after him like an arrow, and in the state of turning on qigong at full power, it could briefly be equal to its speed, reaching a very amazing level, his eyes were fierce, like a ghost, and he kept chopping at the camel, blood splashed, sprinkled to the innocent moonlight, and finally this behemoth couldn't stand it, and fell down with a wail.

Jiang Chengtao's hand was also wounded by the glass countless wounds, drenched in blood, fortunately he used qigong to protect his body, otherwise with such a great force, his metacarpal bones would also be broken, he looked at the camel under his feet, and was staring at the frightened eyes and wailing, it did not dare to run away because of fear, most of its injuries were skin injuries, and they would not be fatal, but as long as they were aimed at the throat again, this life would be over.

He raised the glass in his hand, like a scythe that harvested life, and the night wind blew his sideburns, revealing a resolute face, although he had never killed since he was a child, but when faced with life and death, its life, that is, my life, if I don't kill it, I will die.

"Plop!"

The camel suddenly rolled over and stood up, but instead of trying to escape, it fell to its knees with a thud, tears welling up in its eyes. It's begging for mercy. Jiang Cheng froze, the animal begged for mercy, could it beg...... By the moonlight, he took a closer look at the camel's belly, it was really a little abnormally swollen, this turned out to be a pregnant female camel, the bridge that he usually only sees in TV series, happened to him, he was dumbfounded for a while, is this to kill or not to kill?

His eyes flickered, sometimes fierce, sometimes merciful, and the moon in the sky was white, and the blood on the ground turned black.

After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Chengyun threw away the glass in his hand, forget it, God has the virtue of a good life, and this desert flower is not as important as life. He waved his hand and said, "You go, I won't kill you." ”

He turned around and left, he planned to resist for one more day one last time, if he didn't work, he would ask for help, his life was important. The camel understood that he had let himself go, it looked at the boy's distant figure, and seemed to hesitate, and finally it stood up and strode after him, ran to Jiang Chengyun's side, knelt down again, and kept hissing, as if it was very anxious.

"Are you going to ride it yourself?"

Jiang Chengcheng was very surprised, but this is fine, following this desert ship, maybe he can carry himself to the oasis, maybe he can live with it, no nonsense, he turned over and rode up, sat between the two huge humps, the camel neighed, stood up, and carried him towards the dark sand dunes.

Jiang Chengchan touched the camel's body, and there was a warm feeling, it was blood flowing, he felt a little guilty, but there were no medical tools, and he couldn't make up for it. The night breeze was cool, but the camel's body temperature was warm, and just like that, he gradually fell asleep on the camel.

On the second day, Jiang Chengcheng woke up slowly, it was dawn, it was very dazzling, he felt extremely nauseous, and there was a tingling sensation in his stomach, this was hunger, his water loss was too serious, and his brain was a little unconscious. He only felt that the camel under him seemed to stop, he touched it, and all he could do was cold, and he woke up suddenly.

"Dead."

Jiang Chengcheng was stupid, the camel had already fallen to the ground, he quickly turned over and jumped down, touched it and found that his breath was gone. He looked behind him, and it was a trail of blood, and it just walked all the way, and finally lost too much blood and collapsed on the road. Jiang Chengyun stood up silently, the feeling in his heart was indescribable, life was as fragile as a flower, and it only took one night to die and turn into a cold corpse.

A gust of wind blew, Jiang Chengchan was a little sad, he looked up and saw a green land, which appeared in the distance like a dream, it was an oasis in the yellow sand sea, a sweet spring in despair!

It turned out that this was where it was going to bring Jiang Chengcheng here. He glanced at the camel at his feet with mixed feelings, its mouth open, its tongue extended, and it died completely, in front of the oasis of life. He touched its head, turned and rushed towards the oasis. It is a rare miracle that, in the most desperate place of death, gives birth to the hope of life.

It was a very small oasis, about the size of a football field, and the wind and sand stopped around it, and here a small amount of dirt appeared, and green desert plants took root and sprouted on it, and Jiang Chengcheng walked to the center, where a large spring trickled from the Hong Basin, and there was a strange red flower blooming next to it. He fell to his knees and looked at the flower, which seemed to be stained red with blood, and tears welled up in his eyes, he finally found the flower of the desert.

Then he buried his head in the sweet spring regardless of it, and tore his throat to drink bitterly.

On the other side, Totobuhua received a call from Jiang Chengyun, he had a small cigarette in his mouth, opened his mouth and began to tease, saying that if you can't find it, you can't find it, anyway, that kind of flower should be extinct, and even the riddle of the flower was made up by him, in order to give him some hope in his heart.

"No, I've found it." Jiang Chengcheng looked at the flowers in front of him and said silently: "It does bloom in the sweet spring of life." ”

"What?! You wait for me! ”

He was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop, he was really found, he rushed to the helicopter, did not dare to delay for a moment, and went in the direction of the positioning from the satellite phone. On the way, he still felt incredulous, and called Luo Feifei to report the incident.

"There's nothing surprising about it, I say he can, and he will." Luo Feifei smiled and said, "Bring my brother back in vain." ”

He now understands why this woman is so confident and persistent, it turns out that this kid can really find ......

Two hours later, a helicopter printed with the words Tianji News landed in the oasis, and Totobuhua brought some food and handed it to Xiao Jiang, but he didn't answer it, he knelt down in front of the desert flower, his expression complicated. He raised his head and begged, "Brother Hua, do me a favor." ”

The kid's eyes were full of tears, he agreed, and was finally taken to the place where the camel died, knowing what happened, he was also very emotional, leaned over and touched the belly of the female camel, he sensed that there was indeed a fetus in the abdomen, but unfortunately it was not long before she became pregnant, and it had not yet grown into shape, and she had passed away with the mother camel. With all his might, he carried the huge camel carcass back to the oasis, dug a deep pit next to the clear spring, and buried it. Finally, he took out a flower pot that seemed to be carved out of jade, and transplanted the desert flower into it, the bright red stamens, like a strange cat face, exuding a faint fragrance in the wind.

At the last moment of getting on the helicopter, Jiang Chengcheng grabbed a handful of yellow sand, sprinkled it on the camel's grave, and silently said the fabricated flower language: "When despair comes, the desert flower will bloom in the sweet spring of life." ”

On the way back, he was silent, not looking at the desert flower, even though it was what he had paid for with his life.

"Don't be sad, Xiao Jiang, when you return to the city, my brother will arrange for you to eat, drink and have fun." Totoku does not spend comforting. As he drove the helicopter, he looked back, and the oasis had disappeared out of thin air, and there was only endless yellow sand on the earth, which seemed to be a secret place, and it could not be found if it were not for chance. He looked at the red flowers around him again, the legendary foundation building god flower, which was really not something ordinary people could find.