Short of water, little food, and under the scorching sun, what is it like to walk on foot in the boundless yellow sand?
In the past, Li Cu didn't know about it, and he wouldn't even think about it. After all, it was too far away from him being an ordinary high school student.
It's so far away that it's almost impossible to happen.
But now, Li Cu, who has experienced all this personally, can describe this unforgettable special journey in the most detailed language.
If... in the unlikely event that I can survive this time, the experience of this trip will definitely be a good bragging rights.
In front of your best friends, it must be a hot topic that can arouse their admiration.
But...can we really get out alive?
Li Cu, who was at the back of the team, felt that his consciousness had begun to become a little blurry, and Wu Xie's back in front of him was starting to appear faintly in a trance.
With his right hand, he built a awning over his eyes, looking desperately at the bright sun on the horizon. Li Cu felt dead in his heart.
It has been three full days since we set off from the quicksand pit!
What was rescued was just a drop in the bucket. No matter how frugal or careful we were in three days, there would always be a day when it would be exhausted.
Shiveringly, Li Cu took out the last water bottle from his bag, opened the lid, and carefully poured the last bit of water into his dry lips.
"...finished?"
Only when the last drop of water was swallowed into his stomach did Li Cu realize that the water resources he had been allocated had been completely exhausted.
Looking up, there is still endless yellow sand ahead.
His body swayed, and Li Cu couldn't hold on any longer. He closed his eyes and fell onto the sand.
only...…
The expected feeling of collision between his body and the sand did not occur, and Li Cu felt as if he had fallen into a hot embrace.
It's Wu Xie.
"...Has Li Cu reached his limit?"
"The road ahead... I made a rough estimate. To be honest, it's still long. We've only walked halfway~"!
Hu Ming, who was walking in front of Wu Xie, was keenly aware of the movement behind him. He downed half a bottle of water, still in high spirits.
"It's been three days. His ability to persist here is beyond my expectation. Yes, this child is much stronger than his peers."
Wu Xie turned a blind eye to the crisis in front of him and called to the team in front to take a break. He asked Li Cu to lie flat on the sand, smiled and said softly.
"That's useless. He has never experienced this kind of thing, and he has not received professional training. He lacks reasonable allocation of the only water resources and physical strength.
"Judging from his current condition, he already has symptoms of dehydration. He will die of dehydration within a day at most."
"Hmm...want it? My last half bottle of water!"
Hu Ming half-crouched in front of Li Cu, blocking part of the sunlight. When he saw Li Cu's dull eyes staring at the half-filled bottle of water in his hand, he raised his eyebrows and said softly.
"...I want water...help me...I don't want to die yet...I can't die here..."
"Su. Chen Qiong... and... and father... they are all waiting for me to go back... I can't die here!"
His eyes moved back and forth along with the water bottle in Hu Ming's hand. Li Cu's eyes bloomed with a desire for life, and he said intermittently.
"Shen Qiong... Adolescent children are so enviable. Did you still think about your little girlfriend before you died?"
Hearing the name Shen Qiong, Wu Xie's eyes flashed with a strange color, he pursed his dry and peeling lips and said jokingly.
"Okay, no more joking, Uncle Ming... it's almost time, right? What about your amazing magic skills?"
"Li Cu is very important. We can't just watch him die in the desert, right? That would cause big trouble!"
As soon as the words changed, Wu Xie smiled and looked at Hu Ming, who didn't look tired at all.
"Magicians are not omnipotent..."
Hu Ming clicked his tongue, and drank the last half bottle of water in Li Cu's increasingly desperate eyes.
Then...
He took out another unopened bottle of Farmer Sanquan from the backpack on his back and weighed it up and down.
"Don't look at me like that, I swear, this is really the last bottle of water, there really is no more!"
Seeing Wang Meng, Ma Rila, and Wu Xie's expressions as they approached, Hu Ming curled his lips.
"Yes, yes, it's the last bottle, there's no more... Anyway, let's save this child first."
Wu Xie looked at Su Nan who was approaching and nodded repeatedly.
"...When dehydration occurs, it is best to add some salt to the water."
"Now is the time to witness the miracle!"
Pulling away Li Cu's instinctively stretched hand, Hu Ming unscrewed the bottle cap, placed one hand over the bottle mouth, and said mysteriously.
In the unsurprised expressions of several people, Hu Ming rubbed his thumb, index finger, and middle finger slightly. Suddenly, a trace of fine white crystals fell from his fingers, falling into the water bottle like snowflakes.
"..It is indeed a moment to witness a miracle!"
Wu Xie praised without knowing it, and Hu Ming carefully fed Li Cu with the water bottle filled with water in his hand.
"First of all, let's talk about it. Even if he supplements with normal saline, Li Cu's recovery will not be a matter of time. In this environment, resting in place is courting death."
"so..."
Standing up, Hu Ming clapped his hands and said.
"So, I will carry him on my back. After a night's rest, he should be almost recovered by tomorrow."
Wu Xie understood what Hu Ming meant, twitched the corner of his mouth, and could only reply like this.
"Physiological salts...my Mr. Hu, your methods are still as unclear and unpredictable as ever."
"I think….."
Su Nan had been watching for a while, licked her dry red lips, her beautiful eyes rolled, and she spoke tentatively.
"No, you don't want to! You don't want to at all!"
Hu Ming categorically interrupted the second half of Su Nan's words.
"I haven't said anything yet. I mean, you must still have water in stock here, right?"
"Make a price. No matter how much it is, I will accept it. When I get back, I will transfer the corresponding amount to your account."
Su Nan's face darkened, and she suppressed the unhappiness in her heart.
"I, Hu Ming, a dignified seven-foot-tall man, stand upright and stand upright. I speak with every word I speak and nail it with spit. I never lie or deceive anyone!"
"This is really the last bottle of water, really, there is not a drop of water left!"
Hu Ming said confidently, and then...
Hu Ming didn't even bother to cover up, threw aside the empty bag that was in the way, and pulled out a bottle of Farmer's Three Punch out of thin air with his backhand.
Half of the bottle was poured down, and half of the bottle was poured over the head.
After doing all this, Hu Ming looked at Su Nan, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, with sincere eyes...
