Chapter 10: The Mysterious Man
The world realized that she had underestimated the temperature difference mentioned in the book. After several days of searching for an exit, the problem they need to face, in addition to being trapped in the desert and the shortage of food and water, is Ziqiu's body.
Her body was too weak to withstand the cold of the night, in fact, she almost couldn't bear it even when she was overwhelmed, and it was no wonder that she was sick. In his heart, he couldn't help but blame himself for his decision at that time, if he chose to do it at that time, after practicing the exercises, he would be able to conjure up some dead things. For example, clothes and the like, you don't have to wear so thin to face the cold. It's just that at first, I couldn't conjure up water, which is a flowing and intangible thing, and I thought that I would die without water, but I never thought that I would be frozen to death before the water disappeared.
The two of them curled up behind the sand dunes, Ziqiu's consciousness was already a little blurred, his little face was red, and his body was still trembling slightly, and he hugged Ziqiu tightly in his arms, hoping to give her some temperature, but found that the temperature on Ziqiu's forehead was far hotter than the temperature on his body.
The world is very anxious, but there is nothing to be done. After living for nearly 20,000 years, he will only be injured because of his cultivation, and most of them will self-heal for injuries to their muscles and bones, but this typhoid fever has never been faced.
For the first time, he was afraid of the unknown, even if he had to face the future days alone after losing his nurse in the past, even if he groped and explored by himself when he cultivated, even if he first entered the death cave and faced the desert, he was not afraid, but at this time, in the face of Ziqiu's illness, he began to be afraid, Ziqiu's consciousness has become more and more blurred, and even the trembling has slowly stopped, and he began to shout Ziqiu, Ziqiu will respond, and now, he is already talking nonsense vaguely, and his voice is getting weaker and weaker, and he is only close to Ziqiu's lips, and he heard her shouting, motherγ
I don't know how long Ziqiu can hold on in such a situation, and I tried hard to wake up Ziqiu, calling her name to Ziqiu, telling her that she hadn't avenged her parents, but Ziqiu couldn't wake up, and she didn't even talk nonsense.
The surroundings were instantly quiet, except for the sound of the wind cutting across the sand. The moon at night hung high in the sky, shining brightly on the earth.
I tried my best to calm myself and think about what to do, but my mind was chaotic and I couldn't think. He only knew that if he wanted to leave this ghost place, even if he couldn't leave, he would have to find thick clothes to keep out the cold, and he only had such a strong consciousness in his mind that he didn't even have time to think about its implementation, so he ran towards the route across the sand dunes with his son in his arms.
Ziqiu is very light, so light that he picked it up without wasting any strength. Almost using the strength of the whole body, running fast, the world can feel the weaker and weaker Ziqiu in his arms, and he only prays in his heart to let her live.
Perhaps someone heard her pleading, and after running for a long time, some glimmer of light appeared ahead. Look closely, it is a wooden house, delicate and elegant, around the wooden house, is an oasis, not big, but planted with trees and bamboo, and a well.
The long-lost green actually made the world look a little dazzling, a little sour, I don't know if it was because I saw these greens, or because I saw the hope of survival.
Running to the front of the house, the world was a little hesitant, she had never begged for someone she didn't know how to behave, but she begged for a little bit of life to allow her to think about it anymore. She lowered her son gently, leaned against the stake in the doorway, and then walked up the steps and knocked on the door.
There was silence, without the slightest sound, and at this moment, all the world could hear was the sound of his own heartbeat that accelerated because of his helplessness.
The silence lasted for a long time, and the world had no choice but to knock on the door again, thinking that no one would answer just now, so it meant that there was no one in the house, so they could go in and spend the night. Maybe it was the quiet of no one for a long time just now, so after knocking on the door for the second time, the door that opened instantly, the light in the room, and the face that greeted the eyes all made the world stunned all of a sudden.
The contrast is too great.
The bright light inside the house and the dim sight outside the house, the popularity inside the house and the dead silence outside the house, if the biggest contrast is that this face looks so handsome, no, if it weren't for the fact that this person was confirmed to be a man after looking at his whole body, the whole world would want to describe him as beautiful.
"It's really strange that there are people in this endless desert. The man raised his eyebrows, looked around the world and the Ziqiu on the side, and seemed to regret a little, "Why, can such a young child commit a big sin and die in a cave now? β
When he had finished speaking, he didn't seem to use his kindness to save them, and he prepared to close the door.
In a hurry, she blocked the door and didn't let him close it, she didn't notice that when she did this action, a faint white light had flashed on the man's hand, "Please, save my friend." He looked into the man's eyes, his eyes had light blue eyes, like a lake, and he didn't feel that people were deep in it.
"Now that you've been assigned to the Death Cave, you should know what kind of place it is and what kind of people are inside. I don't kill you, it's already merciful, don't get an inch, little girl. In the man's eyes, there was no joke just now, and now there was no emotional calm, somehow, the world actually felt that the person in front of him was a little similar to cold-blooded, but where was the similarity, but he couldn't say it. This made the world more wary of men in his heart, but now, only he can save his son.
The man didn't seem interested in listening to the world's reply, but when he closed the door, he was blocked by the world. The man's brow furrowed instantly, obviously not ready to maintain his patience any longer.
"Since I have come in, I naturally know that these are all prisoners who have committed serious crimes and have been exiled forever, but now, as long as you save my friend, I can let you out, because I have the key to open the dead hole. β
Hearing this, the man's frowning brows instantly calmed, "You have the key?"
The world turned over and revealed the key, "Yes, but only my cultivation power can open it." If you save my friend, I can let you out. β
In fact, this key, anyone's power can be opened, but the world is clear, only in this way can there be a bargaining chip to negotiate conditions with the person in front of him, the person in front of him, the world is very clear, more dangerous than the cold-blooded feeling she feels.
"Are you really good at me? just get a key and try to bluff me?"
"If you don't believe me, I can't help it, anyway, you will never be able to get out, why don't you dare to bet on this? Besides, you know my strength very well, you want to kill me just like pinching me to death, do you think I have the guts to lie to you? Am I not afraid that you will kill me when you are angry?"
The man kept staring at the expression of the world, as if he was looking at the truth of the words, and the world had been worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to reflect it from his expression, so the two played against each other for a long time, and the world was already sweating, and the man turned sideways and said, "Bring your friend in." β