"Whew-" Tao Qianchang exhaled, the weather here was too hot.

Since two months ago, Tao Qian, Chen Wan'er and Su Zhe set out from Shanglin, and now they have reached the junction of the southern and western deserts.

From Shanglin to the west, through thirty forests, across the nine mountains, on the way there are three cities to rest, and then through a vast snow field into the entrance of the western desert - the Huofeng Desert.

It is said that the Huofeng Desert was not a desert at first, but a vibrant green space, with green grass and various trees growing all year round, and abundant water, so that it was once inhabited by countless creatures.

But in the ancient era, there was a group of fire phoenix tribes who migrated here, and the fire phoenix clan was born with the law of fire, and their whole body was wrapped in flames, and their bodies exuded high temperatures that were enough to incinerate everything.

Over time, the green space lost its vitality in the heat, and at first some tenacious plants survived, but over time, these plants finally died out.

As a result, without water, there were no herbivores, and then there were no carnivorous creatures, and the land began to disintegrate without the presence of plants, and it began to disintegrate, and it continued to desertify, and this green space became a vast desert.

This is a legend that has been handed down, Tao Qian does not know if this is true, whether this land is really alive with fire phoenixes, but he knows that it is not easy to cross this desert.

They had entered the desert the day before yesterday, and before they entered, they had replenished a lot of supplies, especially water. In the desert, no water is equal to death.

But even so, the consumption in the past two days is still very staggering. The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is too large, and the day is extremely hot, and the water loss is serious; At night, when the temperature drops to an incredibly low point, you need to take adequate measures to keep warm.

In such an extreme environment, it is very difficult for people to stay awake, and it is also very draining of willpower, and if you are not careful, the body loses its balance between hot and cold, and it will cause fever at least and life-threatening at worst.

Timely hydration is the most important thing to walk in the desert, but the desert is vast, there are almost no oases, and the water they carry with them is limited, which means that they need to cross the desert as fast as possible, otherwise they will die here sooner or later.

But the problem now is that when they come here for the first time, they are not familiar with this desert at all, and they cannot get out of this desert as quickly as possible.

"Why don't we go back first!" Tao Qian gasped and said, "If we continue like this, we will die here sooner or later, there is not enough water!" ”

"But—" Su Zhe hesitated.

"I think what my brother said is right, although we have made sufficient preparations, but judging from the current situation, the remaining resources cannot support us to get out of the desert at all, if we still insist on walking at this time, it will be reckless!" Chen Wan'er analyzed the current situation and said.

"Yes, we must go back, learn the lessons of this time, and be more prepared, or we will die!" Tao Qian's tone was firm.

Sometimes knowing that you can't do something, but still doing it, is brave and fearless; But sometimes, knowing that you can't do something, you still have to do it, don't break your head and don't look back, that's not bravery, that's recklessness, it's stupidity.

This is to be viewed on a case-by-case basis, just like now, if this desert, Tao Qian's three people have a road map, can accurately estimate the time it will take to get out of the desert, maybe hold on, save some resources, and be able to overcome it.

But the current situation is that Tao Qian's three newcomers don't know the specific situation of the desert at all, and when the resources are insufficient, they still want to continue to go inside, and gamble with their lives to be able to meet the oasis and replenish the resources, which is stupid.

Putting one's life on the boat called "Unreliable Probability" is not a wise choice.

Su Zhe thought for a while, agreed with Tao Qian's statement, nodded and said, "Well, that's reasonable, let's go back first and make some plans." ”

After speaking, Su Zhe sighed: "It's a pity that there is no one living on the edge of this desert at all, otherwise if you find a local to ask or buy a road map, you won't be as passive as you are now." ”

Yes, there is no human population around here at all, and it is a barren place. Usually those who have to go through the desert are only those caravans and the like, and they have to be experienced, and many caravans that cross the desert can have a road map in hand.

If the caravan is taking this route for the first time, it is basically blind, or the route map can only be bought from an experienced caravan, but this usually costs a lot of money; Or you can only break it yourself and find a route by yourself.

But the appearance of the caravan is very random, and it is impossible for Tao Qian and the three of them to encounter a caravan right now, that is too unreasonable!

"Anyway, let's go back first!" After Tao Qian finished speaking, he turned around and walked back.

However, at this moment, there was a camel bell in the distance, and the jingling bell was very good, and Tao Qian and the three of them glanced at each other, this is a caravan?

Tao Qian felt a little funny, he didn't meet a caravan just after saying this, and a caravan would appear the next moment, which was too coincidental!

"Let's go check it out!" Su Zhe said a little excitedly, and after speaking, he took the lead in the front, and his steps were much brisker.

Tao Qian and Chen Wan'er followed, and the three of them walked towards the camel bell. As it approaches, the sound of camel bells becomes more and more pronounced.

After crossing a sand dune, I finally saw a caravan with a somewhat twisted figure in the heat wave, a dozen people leading a few yellow camels, and a few camels pulling a few carts of goods walking in the desert.

It seemed that seeing Tao Qian's three people, the caravan stopped, and someone in the team pointed and pointed from time to time, and then a strong man came out of the team and walked towards Tao Qian's three people.

Tao Qian and Chen Wan'er caught up with Su Zhe, and Tao Qian reminded: "Be careful! Maybe it's a trap! ”

But Su Zhe seemed to be carried away by joy, and he left a sentence: "Don't worry, it'll be fine!" Then he walked briskly towards the strong man.

Tao Qian was a little helpless, his impression of Su Zhe was not like this, and he didn't know what was going on now. He shook his head, so he had no choice but to pull up Chen Wan'er and chase after him.

"Hahaha! A few little friends, it's rare to see! Before he could reach the strong man, the loud laughter of the strong man came to his ears.

The strong man walked very fast, walked in front of Tao Qian and the three of them in a few steps, and then put his fists together and said: "A few little friends, it is really rare to meet people in the desert!" ”

Su Zhe immediately clasped his fists together and said with a smile: "Yes, it is really fate to meet people in this desert!" ”

Tao Qian and Chen Wan'er both joined their fists in return and did not speak. It was Su Zhe who quickly started talking to the man.

Tao Qian took the opportunity to observe this man, the strong man has sallow skin, presumably he has been exposed to the sun all year round, he has a square face, and he looks very affinity; wears a sleeveless beige top, but the clothes are half-cut, exposing the abdomen and waist, the exposed abdominal abdominal muscles are very strong, and the two arms are also full and strong; The neck was wrapped in a red silk scarf, which was supposed to be used to cover the mouth and nose; The lower body is a half-shorts that expose the calves, and the exposed calves also have strong muscles, from this point of view, the whole person looks very difficult to mess with, but that face makes him very honest and honest.

Su Zhe turned around at this time and said with a smile: "Lucky! Brother Niu is the captain of this caravan, he often travels through this desert and has a lot of experience, we can follow them! ”

Captain Niu scratched his head and said, "Yes, a few little friends can follow my caravan." Oh yes, my name is Niu Dali, if you don't mind, just call me Big Niu! ”

Tao Qian replied with a smile: "Then thank you Brother Niu!" ”

Niu Dali smiled and said: "No, no, help each other should, should!" ”

After saying that, Niu vigorously led the three to the caravan, introduced the three of them ceremoniously, and then invited the three to the camel.

Sitting on the camel, Su Zhe turned around and said with a smile: "How about it, I said it will be fine!" ”

Tao Qian shook his head with a smile, and Su Zhe turned around with a smile when he saw this, and continued to chat with Niu Dali.

Tao Qian asked at this time: "Brother Niu, how many years have you been doing caravan?" ”

Niu Dali said without looking back: "It's been more than ten years!" I often cross the Fire Phoenix Desert, and I am very familiar! ”

"More than ten years? Haven't you been to a lot of places? ”

"Haha, that's a lot! I've been running between the desert and other places from time to time, and I've traversed this desert dozens of times, and I'll be fine! ”

"I'm relieved of that." Tao Qian replied with a smile, he asked something more, and then he stopped talking, but his expression was a little serious.

Chen Wan'er and Tao Qian were sitting on a camel, and she was keenly aware that Tao Gan was wrong, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Tao Qian looked left and right, and found that no one was following the camel he was sitting on, so he whispered: "There is something wrong with this bull." ”

Chen Wan'er showed an expression of no surprise, she knew from the time Tao Qian had been questioning just now that Tao Qian should be suspicious of this Niu Dali.

"What exactly is the problem?" Chen Wan'er asked.

Tao Qian thought for a moment and said, "Sister has found out, this Niu Dali has been emphasizing that it can take us out of the desert, no matter what question I ask." And when he saw us, he didn't even have the slightest suspicion, he trusted us completely, and didn't even ask us why we crossed this desert, where we came from, etc., he didn't care about these things at all, as if he knew that we were going to cross this desert from the beginning, so he waited for us here early. ”

After listening to Tao Qian's statement, Chen Wan'er thought about it carefully and found that these were indeed very suspicious, from beginning to end, what this Niu Dali did was a little too deliberate.

And on the other hand, the members of these caravans did not seem to object to themselves and others coming to the caravan at all, and even took the initiative to divide the camels among the three of them, and also shared water and food.

Deliberately, too deliberately!