Song Che climbed up a sand dune with great difficulty, holding a compass high, trying to find the right direction.
But after the dust storm, the magnetic field of heaven and earth seemed to have been disrupted, and the compass still failed.
The camels that were storing water and carrying goods got lost in the chaos, and there was less than half a kilogram of water left per person.
An hour ago he had solemnly told everyone about how to survive in the desert, and the next moment there was a sandstorm.
God really knows how to joke.
"Boss, what should we do now?" The girls looked at Song Che eagerly.
Song Che glanced at the setting sun, "Remember what I said before, going north is the Tianshan Mountains, and going west is the river. Calculated based on the distance from here, it will take at least three days to reach the Tianshan Mountains. Let's do this The water won’t last that long, so it’s better to find a water source first.”
The caravan can only continue to set off.
The descendants followed the shadows of their predecessors and chased toward the sunset together, shouting and searching as they walked, hoping to get a response. There was nothing in front of him except an endless sea of sand.
After encountering this disaster today, everyone's mood will inevitably be depressed.
"Boss, please drink some water." Lu Jingxiang handed over the water bag. Although her lips were chapped with thirst, it was not just her, everyone was suffering from thirst.
No one knew how far we were from the water source, so we cherished every sip.
Song Che took the water bag, took a sip, and said to everyone: "If the water is gone, there are still more than twenty camels. The humps and camel blood can be used as reserves. Even if we wander in the desert for ten days and a half, we will not die." , drink to your heart’s content!”
Only then did they feel relieved and took off their water bottles to drink to quench their thirst.
gradually.
At night in the desert, the temperature drops sharply.
Everything between heaven and earth is silent, but fortunately there are stars and moon to accompany you.
Song Che lit three torches and stuck them on the hill respectively. Every half an hour, he would fire a shot into the sky. In this way, as long as Nangong Yue and the others saw the light of the fire and heard the sound of the gunshot, they would be able to look for them.
After nightfall, the caravan rested in place to conserve energy.
At midnight, the temperature dropped to freezing point, and all the warm beds and quilts were lost. People would easily freeze 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 skilled in martial arts. They are stronger than Song Che, and they never complained during the whole process.
Just walking silently.
Unconsciously, a ray of dawn flashed on the horizon, and a red sun slowly rose.
"It turns out that the sunrise in the desert is so beautiful."
Seeing the beautiful morning glow, the gloom in their hearts immediately dissipated.
However, Song Che frowned and stared at the sunrise in the east. One sentence made their moods fall to the bottom again: "We seemed to have gone in the wrong direction yesterday..."
"ah?"
"Aren't we following the guidance of the North Star?" Lu Jingxiang asked.
Song Che sighed: "Tonight we went on the right path, but yesterday we went on the wrong path." He pointed to the way he came and said: "We came from this direction, and the sun was diagonally opposite to us. In other words, yesterday afternoon We’re all heading southeast.”
If there is a deviation of one angle, the difference may be dozens of miles. It is indeed unreliable to use the rising and setting of the sun to guide the direction.
"Then what should we do now? Go back?"
Everyone looked back at the footprints that had been buried by the wind and sand when they arrived, and could not hide their low mood.
The North Star is about to disappear in the night. If we go back, we will not only have to walk an extra day, but we will even lose our way.
"Boss, take your telescope and see if that's river water!" Lu Jingxiang suddenly pointed in one direction——
The dawn tore away the darkness bit by bit. Shahai slowly opened his eyelids and looked at the end of the horizon, where there seemed to be waves flickering.
Song Che looked at it with a telescope, and sure enough, it was a big flowing river.
"It's a river."
"Great, we finally have water!"
Lu Jingxiang jumped on the camel, raised her whip and rushed towards the river: "Boss, just wait, I will go get water for you right now!"
"Hey, Jingxiang, don't be in a hurry right now!" Song Che wanted to stop him but it was too late, so he had to get on the camel and call for everyone to follow him.
However, just as Lu Jingxiang was about to approach the river, she suddenly somersaulted and fell off the camel.
Others also joked: "I'm so anxious that I can't eat hot tofu, and Jingxiang is so anxious that she can't even ride a camel steadily..."
Song Che didn't take it seriously at first, but after a while, Lu Jingxiang still didn't get up. He suddenly felt something was wrong. He picked up the telescope and took a look, and found that half of Lu Jingxiang's body had fallen into the sand.
"It's quicksand!"
Song Che hurriedly raised his whip and shouted: "Don't struggle, otherwise you will sink faster and faster. Raise your hands flat and lean back as much as possible!"
People in panic could not understand clearly. Lu Jingxiang kept twisting her waist, trying to break free with her own strength.
Song Che reined in the camel at the edge of the quicksand, only to find that it was a stretch of sand, and Lu Jingxiang was at least two feet away from him.
"Boss, I...I can't breathe!" The quicksand had submerged into her chest, and the huge pressure made it impossible for her to breathe.
This quicksand swallows people faster than imagined!
"As long as you don't move, you won't sink. Don't be afraid. I'll find a way to save you right away!"
Song Che hurriedly took off his belt, tied a water bag on one end and threw it towards Lu Jingxiang. He warned: "Grab the belt, lean forward as much as possible, and I will 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 female relatives worked together to pull her out of the quicksand.
"Boss..." Lu Jingxiang threw herself into Song Che's arms and burst into tears: "I thought I would never see you again!"
"It's okay, it's okay. Every time you learn something, you'll gain wisdom. From now on, you all have to remember that quicksand often settles near rivers in the desert. Be extremely careful when approaching water sources."
With this precept, the women became cautious when taking water. But when they took a pot and drank it, they discovered:
"This water is salty, you can't drink it!"
"Ah? Who have we provoked in the past two days? We just escaped from the sandstorm and finally found a water source, but it was a saltwater river!"
The ups and downs, the great joys and great sorrows, are indeed very discouraging.
"Hey, it's just salt water, it's not a big problem." Song Che greeted:
"Don't you all carry pearl white jade ointment? Hurry up and empty a few cans, tear up a few sheepskin bags, and prepare a few small bottles and cans. I noticed that there are many dried thorns by the river, so I collected some more. Make a bonfire."
"Boss, what are you doing?"
"I want to distill water!"
