Ye Feng and Cheng Nianzhen hurriedly followed the sound and ran over.

When they came to the stable, there were already quite a few people standing there.

In addition to the camel and the mouse, as well as Xie Zhenliang and Zhang Fatzi, even Vice General Hao heard the screams and rushed over with a few sergeants.

They all held torches in their hands, and the flickering light of the fire illuminated the five corpses lying on the ground. They were all dressed in uniform, and they were one of the sergeants in charge of the night patrol.

Miss Cheng took a cursory examination of the corpses, and the death of the five sergeants was exactly the same as the two camel riders last night, the same black body, bleeding from all seven orifices, and there was also a small pinhole on their chests.

It's another poison needle!

From this point of view, Tang Da's departure this morning may not be to deal with this assassin who used a poisonous needle to kill people.

Or maybe he didn't get rid of the Assassin. He failed!

Ye Feng's heart sank suddenly, and he began to worry a little about Tang Da's safety.

Zhang Fatzi spoke a little babblingly, and it took a long time to explain the situation, it turned out that they had just come from the campfire, and when they arrived in front of the stable, they found that the bodies of the five sergeants had fallen to the ground.

Recalling, Ye Feng clearly remembered that these five sergeants had just walked by the side of the bonfire before Miss Cheng appeared, and their direction happened to be on the side of the stable.

Unexpectedly, in just a moment, they had already been poisoned, and the five people who were alive just now had already laid their bodies here.

To be able to quietly kill five heavily armed and well-trained sergeants with a poison needle in a matter of moments, without alerting the sergeants in the tent next to the stables, this assassin's skill is really a bit unbelievable.

Ye Feng frowned, he felt strange in his heart, since that assassin's martial arts were so high, why did he choose to attack these five night patrol sergeants?

Perhaps it was the five sergeants who stumbled upon the Assassin while patrolling here, and that was why they were killed.

But what was the Assassin doing here?

Ye Feng looked up and glanced around, the stables were located in a corner of the camp, next to the tents of the sergeants, which were still a little far away from Ye Feng's tent.

What was certain was that the assassins were definitely not coming for Ye Feng and the others.

So what exactly is the purpose of this assassin?

Could it be the horses in this stable?

In the vast desert, once there is no mount, it will indeed be great bad news.

But upon inspection, all the horses in the stable were in good spirits and unusual. No horses were killed or lost, so what did the Assassin want to do when he ran to the stables in the middle of the night?

Everyone was also suspicious and puzzled.

And Ye Feng's eyes fell on the side of the stable at this moment.

Horses were stacked with all kinds of supplies they carried, as well as dry rations and water they carried.

Ye Feng walked over, squatted down to take a closer look, and sure enough, he found that there were some overflowing water stains on the large skin bags containing clean water. Following the water stains, you will find that there are tiny pinholes on these skin bags!

Miss Cheng took out a silver needle that she carried with her and looked at the water in her skin, and everyone's faces suddenly changed.

The silver needles are black, and the water is highly poisonous!

That was the Assassin's real purpose.

He sneaked into the stables and punctured the skins of the water with poisonous needles, causing the water to be highly poisonous. Once humans and animals drink it, they will be poisoned and die immediately.

What a vicious strategy!

It's a pity that he was accidentally bumped into by these five night patrol sergeants during his operation, so he will kill people. It was precisely because of the death of these five sergeants that Ye Feng was reminded to check the water bladder, and only then did he discover this poisonous plan in time and avoid its harm.

Now that I think about it, everyone feels cold all over the body, and they are afraid for a while.

Adjutant General Hao immediately ordered his sergeants to cut their skins and pour out all the water that contained poison.

Watch as these clear waters are poured to the ground

Immersed in the sand, everyone's hearts began to sink again.

In the desert, water is scarce, and clean water is more precious than gold. Now that all the clear water they carry has been lost, how can they support it in the face of the long yellow sand in the future?

When everyone was feeling desperate in their hearts, the camel, who had been calm, suddenly said: "You don't have to despair, listen to Ye Gongzi, the salt you are going to was a huge lake in the past?"

Ye Feng nodded and said, "Yes, but it's already dried up." ”

"Water is scarce in the desert, and the main source of water in the lakes usually comes from the hidden rivers beneath the sand. The drying up of a huge lake like Shiozawa is most likely caused by the diversion of the dark river below. ”

"Even though the salt has been dry for many years, the flow of the dark river that was able to support it back then must be very large, and even after the diversion, it should not be difficult to find. So, as long as we can make it to Shiozawa, I may be able to follow the trails, find the dark river below, and find the water source. ”

After listening to the camel's words, everyone's hearts that had already felt hopeless began to have hope again.

Since entering the Gobi desert, the camel has never missed what it said. His rich experience in the desert is deeply admired by everyone.

This time, everyone naturally believed his words.

Therefore, Vice General Hao immediately ordered that all the water that everyone carried with them be gathered, strictly controlled, and distributed according to the number of people per person per day, so as to be able to hold out until they reached Yanze.

At this time, Ye Feng's heart was secretly thinking, the assassin who used the poisonous needle first killed the camels in the team, followed by the two camel riders who were familiar with the desert, and now destroyed the water source they carried, this step by step was clearly carefully planned.

What's next?

Because there was not much water left, in order to conserve physical strength and minimize consumption, the camel made adjustments to the itinerary.

The team set out before dawn every day, taking advantage of the cooler temperatures in the early morning and evening, resting around noon on the highest day of the day, and camping in the evening until the cold wind hit and it was no longer possible to continue the journey.

However, the speed of the journey greatly reduced the efficiency of the journey, and it was not until three days later that they came to a white desert.

In the past, the sand on the Gobi desert was yellow, but this one is different, and the ground is full of fine white grains of sand.

Although the camels have been in the desert for a long time, they have never reached this place, so they don't know where to go.

However, the old man Fu Shuangling said that according to the records of his ancestor Fu Jiezi, this should already be the territory of the ancient Loulan Kingdom.

This desert is called Bailongdui, the sand is white, and because there are often strong winds, the white quicksand on the ground is blown into the air, and its shape is like a dragon ascending to the sky, so it is named.

It is rumored that when the wind blows, the sky is full of sand and dust, and it is almost impossible to see, and pedestrians are often lost. Fortunately, Ye Feng and the others arrived when they were not in the windy season, and they did not encounter strong winds.

Although I can't see the wind sweeping the white sand, like the wonder of the dragon ascending to the sky, but for the group of people who have been doing ascetic in the yellow sand for more than half a month, it is quite novel to suddenly see this white desert.

It's a pity that all the people don't have the heart to enjoy the scenery.

Although they have been rushing in the morning and evening for the past three days, the reduction in the supply of clean water, coupled with the sweaty and rainy heat in the desert, still makes everyone miserable.

Especially Zhang Fatzi, who was extremely afraid of heat, since entering the desert, the clothes on his body have almost never been dry every day, and he has been soaked with sweat all the time, and now he has to endure a dry mouth and can't drink water at any time.

In the past three days, I only feel that Zhang Fatzi is like dehydrated, his whole body seems to have shrunk a circle, and he is also listless and in a trance.

finally managed to camp at night, and Zhang Fatzi fell asleep, but even the snoring was not as loud as before.

Everyone was exhausted and fell asleep.

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After Qing Shui was poisoned, it was calm for two consecutive nights, there was no wind or waves, nothing happened, and the assassin who made the poisonous needle seemed to suddenly disappear, so everyone gradually relaxed their vigilance.

But I didn't expect that before dawn the next morning, there was another accident.

This time it was dead again.

And it was their guide, the one who seemed to know everything about the desert, the camel!

The carcass of the camel was found by the sergeant who was on patrol at night, lying on the edge of the camp, also blackened and bleeding.

Unlike the camel riders and sergeants who had died before, there was a look of great surprise on his face, a look of disbelief that he could not believe until death, and he clenched his fists, as if he was unwilling to die suddenly.

And in his throat, there is a small pinhole.

It's the needle again, it's the assassin again!

The throat is the most important part of a person, and it is also the easiest to protect, the camel is good, and it is impossible for someone to be stabbed in the throat with a poisonous needle but it is too late to bow down to protect the reaction.

How fast was this assassin?

What did the camel see when it was dying to have such a look of disbelief until death?

Ye Feng remembered that the camel had been behaving a little abnormally since he came out of Devil City, his nervousness, his fear, his worry.

Did he find something that led to his murder?

Since he had discovered his anomaly a long time ago, if he had been able to talk to him earlier, he might have known the answer, and maybe he wouldn't have died.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

Ye Feng felt deep self-reproach in his heart.

Standing in front of the camel's corpse, Ye Feng, like everyone else, felt that his hands and feet were cold, and he was enveloped in a desperate mood.

The camel once said that if he could reach Shiozawa, it would be possible for him to find the underground river.

But now, he has become a cold corpse, and everyone's hopes of finding a water source have been dashed.

What to do next?

Zhang Fatzi's somewhat trembling voice revealed deep despair: "It's over, it's over, now that even the guide is dead, who can lead us to Yanzawa, who can help us find the water source?"

No one could answer his question, and everyone was asking the same thing in their hearts, and they could even see their own shriveled corpse lying in the desert not long after.

"Well, perhaps, I know the way to Shiozawa. A voice said slowly.

Everyone hurriedly fixed their eyes and saw that it was the blindfolded old man Fu Shuangling!

The little hope that had just been ignited in everyone's hearts dimmed again, and an old blind man with a blindfold could guide everyone on the way to Shiozawa?

It sounds so funny.

Although he couldn't see with his eyes, Old Man Fu seemed to have guessed everyone's thoughts: "What my Fu family has passed down from generation to generation is how to find the road to the ancient city of Loulan, this road has been recited in my heart for decades, even if I can't see with my eyes, I can at least point out the direction and path for you." ”

Hearing him say this, it seems that there is a door!

But even if you can reach Shiozawa, the camels are dead, and who can find the underground river?

Without a water source, even if these people persist in Shiozawa, it will be in vain, and sooner or later they will be doomed.

Ye Feng suddenly flashed a person in his mind, he turned his head to the mouse and asked, "I heard that Mr. is unparalleled in the world in digging geotechnical skills in the desert, I don't know if there is a way to find the underground dark river?"

The mouse hesitated for a moment, but replied cheerfully: "Although I am not proficient in this area, I still have some experience, I can try my best." ”

Everyone's heart, which had sunk to the bottom, slowly floated up at this time.

Anyway, if you stay here, you can only wait for death, so it's better to use a dead horse as a live horse doctor and try your best to fight, maybe you can have a glimmer of life?

Ye Feng's eyes looked into the distance, and he silently muttered in his heart: Yanze, Dark River!