Song Che struggled to climb a sand dune and held a compass alof, trying to find his way.

But after the dust storm, the magnetic field of heaven and earth seems to have been disturbed, and the compass still fails.

The camels that were storing water and carrying goods were scattered in the chaos, and there was less than half a pound of water left per capita.

An hour ago, he swore to educate everyone about how to survive in the desert, and the next moment a sandstorm blew.

God is really joking.

"Boss, what should we do now?" The women looked at Song Che with blank eyes.

Song Che glanced at the sun that was setting westward, "I still remember what I said earlier, the north is the Tianshan Mountains, and the west is the river." According to the estimation of the distance traveled, it would take at least three days to reach the Tianshan Mountains. We can't last that long with this little water, so it's important to find a water source first. ”

The caravan could only continue its departure.

The descendants stepped on the shadow of their predecessors, chasing the sunset direction together, shouting and looking as they walked, looking forward to getting a response. There was nothing in front of me except a sea of sand with no end in sight.

Today, when this catastrophe is encountered, everyone's mood is inevitably low.

"Boss, let's have a drink." Lu Jingxiang handed over the water bag, although she herself was thirsty and her lips were chapped, not only her, everyone was suffering from thirst.

No one knows how far away they are from the water source, and every sip is cherished.

Song Che took the water bag, took a sip, and said to everyone: "When the water is gone, there are more than 20 camels, humps, and camel blood, which can be used as reserves, even if we wander in the desert for ten days and half a month, we can't die, drink as much as you like!" ”

Only then did they lose their psychological burden, and they took off their water bags to drink to quench their thirst.

Gradually.

The desert is night and the temperature plummets.

Heaven and earth are silent, but fortunately, there are stars and moons to accompany them.

Song Che lit three torches and planted them on the hill, and every half an hour, they had to shoot at the sky, so that as long as Nangong Yue and the others saw the fire and heard the gunshots, they could look for it.

After nightfall, the caravan rests in place to conserve energy.

At midnight, when the temperature dropped to freezing, the warm bed quilts were all lost, and people were prone to freezing if exposed to the cold sand, so Song Che woke everyone up and continued on his way with the help of the Big Dipper.

The female swordsmen are all equipped with martial arts, they are stronger than Song Che, and they have never complained a word in the whole process.

Just walking silently.

Unconsciously, a dawn flashed in the sky, and a round of red sun slowly rose.

"The sunrise over the desert is so beautiful."

Seeing the beautiful dawn of the sun, the haze in their hearts suddenly dissipated.

Song Che frowned, staring at the sunrise in the east, and one sentence made their mood fall to the bottom again: "We seem to have gone in the wrong direction yesterday......"

"Huh?"

"Didn't we follow the guidance of the North Star?" Lu Jingxiang asked.

Song Che sighed: "I went the right way tonight, but I went wrong yesterday," he said, pointing to the way he came, "We came from this direction, and the sun is diagonally opposite us, that is, yesterday afternoon we were all going in the southeast direction." ”

If you deviate by one angle, you may be tens of miles away. It is not reliable to use the rising and setting of the sun to guide the way.

"So what do we do now? Rewind? ”

Everyone looked back at the footprints that had been buried by the wind and sand when they came, and it was difficult to hide their low mood.

The North Star is about to disappear into the night, and if you go back, you will not only have to walk an extra day, but you will even lose your way.

"Boss, take your clairvoyant mirror and see if it's a river!" Lu Jingxiang suddenly pointed to one side-

Little by little, the dawn tore away the night, and the sea of sand slowly opened its eyelids, and looked at the end of the horizon, there seemed to be waves of light flickering.

Song Che glanced at it with a telescope, and sure enough, it was a flowing river.

"It's the river."

"Great, we finally have water!"

Lu Jingxiang jumped on the camel and hurried towards the river with a whip: "Boss, you wait first, I'll go and fetch water for you!" ”

"Hey, Jingxiang, don't rush this time!" Song Che wanted to stop it, but it was too late, so he had to ride a camel and beckon everyone to follow.

However, just as Lu Jingxiang was about to approach the river, he suddenly fell off the camel with a heel.

Others also quipped: "I'm really anxious to eat hot tofu, and Jingxiang is really, even a camel can't ride steadily......"

Song Che didn't take it seriously at first, but after a while, he still didn't see Lu Jingxiang get up, he suddenly felt bad, picked up the binoculars and saw that half of Lu Jingxiang's body had been planted in the sand.

"It's quicksand!"

Song Che hurriedly raised his whip and shouted: "Don't struggle, otherwise you will fall faster and faster, raise your hands flat and lean back as much as possible!" ”

People in panic, where can they understand, Lu Jingxiang kept twisting her waist, trying to break free with her own strength.

Song Che reined in the camel on the edge of the quicksand, but found that it was a piece of sand, and Lu Jingxiang was at least two feet away from him.

"Boss, I'...... I can't breathe! The quicksand had reached her chest, and the pressure was so great that she couldn't breathe.

This quicksandman is even faster than you think!

"As long as you don't move, you can't sink, don't be afraid, I'll find a way to save you right away!"

Song Che hurriedly untied his belt, tied a water bag at one end and threw it at Lu Jingxiang, and instructed: "Grab the belt, lean forward as much as possible, and I'll pull you up!" ”

Wanzhou also followed Song Che's method and threw the belt to Lu Jingxiang.

Lu Jingxiang grabbed the belt with both hands, and all the women worked together to pull her out of the quicksand.

"Boss......" Lu Jingxiang threw herself into Song Che's arms, crying in tears: "I thought I wouldn't see you again!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, eat a trench and grow wise, in the future, you all have to remember that there is often quicksand precipitation by the rivers in the desert, so you must be careful when you are close to the water source."

With this precept, the women became cautious in taking water, but when they took a pot and drank it, they found that:

"This water is salty and cannot be drunk!"

"Huh? Who have we been recruiting and provoking in the past two days? I escaped from the sandstorm and finally found a water source, but it was a saltwater river! ”

The ups and downs, joys and sorrows, are indeed very discouraging.

"Hey, it's just salt water, it's not a big problem." Song Che greeted:

"Didn't you all carry pearl white jade ointment? Hurry up and empty a few cans, tear a few sheepskin bags, and prepare a few more small bottles and cans; I saw a lot of dried thorns by the river, and I gathered some more and lit a bonfire. ”

"Boss, what are you doing here?"

"I want to distill water!"