When Bai Ya fell, everyone was worried and angry, not only because Bai Ya was popular, but also because of fear.
People are afraid that they will become the next white bud, falling into coma and resigned to their fate.
But now Zhenjin's actions have made everyone understand: the young knight in front of them has true knightly virtues!
The sand dunes are continuous, rising and falling one after another.
There was no stretcher, so Bai Ya was carried on his back in turns.
Soon, everyone moved to the back of another sand dune.
Sensing the movement, the scorpions emerged from the ground, followed everyone to the new location, and then burrowed into the sand again.
"After they burrow into the sand, they seem to be unable to move directly underground." Cang Xu analyzed.
This is good news, but not much better.
If everyone has mounts and is fast enough, they may be able to shake off the scorpions and get rid of them.
The current situation is: a group of people are exhausted, and their speed is completely inferior to that of the scorpion group. What's more, there is still an injured person who is unconscious, which greatly hinders everyone's progress.
After noon, before dusk came, Zhen Jin led the team to set off again.
The scorpions soon appeared behind the team.
The Silver Spear Scorpion came in larger numbers and once again started a fierce battle with Needle Gold. The battle lasted for a while, and then it retreated on its own initiative.
Zhenjin watched helplessly as it retreated, unable to do anything about it.
The cracks on the spider blade have expanded a lot, and Zhen Jin doesn't know how long this weapon can last.
Without it, the situation would be dire. Ordinary iron swords pose no threat to the scorpion shell.
This kind of battle happened several more times, and everyone went from being frightened every time to gradually becoming numb.
Dusk came, the sun set near the horizon, the sky became dim, and everyone's mood also sank.
"Is there really no other way?"
"Master Zi Di, is there any medicine that can kill these damn scorpions?"
Zidi shook her head. If there was, she would have used it long ago.
"Why don't we leave and die together with these damn scorpions!" someone said irritably.
"These words have touched my heart." Someone agreed.
Some people objected in a mocking tone: "Perish together? You are thinking too much. If we rush forward, we will only be cut in half by the silver monster."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?!"
The exploration team members became angry and looked very unhappy with each other.
Someone else put Bai Ya on the ground and sat down. He complained: "Hey, you guys have time and energy to argue, so why not help me carry this guy on my back?"
"This kid is too heavy."
"It's good that he fell asleep. He doesn't have to rush on his own. It saves energy."
The two people quarreling looked at the man on the ground, and one of them snorted coldly: "It's not like I haven't carried him before. I've spent more time carrying him than you. With just this little effort, you can't stand it anymore?"
Another person squinted his eyes, glanced at Cang Xu, and said in a strange way: "In my opinion, the person who should carry Bai Ya most is a certain old man. Bai Ya was seriously injured just to save someone. Without this injury, he
It’s still alive and kicking now.”
The commotion in the team started from a quarrel between two people and spread.
Normally, they would respect Cang Xu very much. After all, Cang Xu's knowledge has helped them a lot.
But now, on the brink of desperation, everyone is restless and fearful. They don't dare to target Zhenjin or Zidi, so they subconsciously transform their anger, panic and other emotions into words and eyes to attack the weakest old man in the team.
past.
The most important thing is that Bai Ya did save Cang Xu and ended up in this situation.
According to morality, Cang Xu must indeed be criticized.
Therefore, everyone was noisy and focused their firepower on Cang Xu.
Amid the cynicism and ill-intentioned glances, Cang Xu remained expressionless.
"Hey, old man, what do you think? Tell me." The silent Cang Xu made people feel more and more weak about him, and finally someone chased him and provoked him.
A sneer appeared on Cang Xu's lips, and then he glanced at the team members who provoked him with a mocking gaze: "Bai Ya's coma is actually a good thing."
Everyone was stunned.
Cang Xu continued: "At the critical moment, he is food, we can eat him."
For a moment, the air seemed to freeze.
The people who besieged Cangxu had their eyes widened with shock on their faces.
"You, what did you say?" someone shouted.
Zhenjin and Ziti are also unbelievable.
Cang Xu was very calm, and his time-experienced eyes looked deep and cold at the moment: "Haha, why are you looking at me like this? Bai Ya is already dying, everyone can see that. He is food, and it is absolutely fine.
eat."
"How can you say such a thing!"
"Yes, he is our companion."
"How can we eat people?!"
The crowd shouted, their voices shrill.
"Old man, are you a devil in human skin?" Someone even walked up to Cang Xu, looked down at Cang Xu, and pressed him with his eyes.
"Why can't people be eaten?" Cang Xu asked back, happy and not afraid.
"The current situation is that we are seriously short of food. Without food, we have no physical strength. Without physical strength, we will definitely be killed by the scorpions in the end."
"At that point, Bai Ya will be dead."
"In fact, he is finished. This is a desert, we have no priests, and we have no potions. Even if there are priests, low-level magic and fighting spirit are strictly prohibited on this island. Where can we find high-level priests?"
"So, instead of doing this, it is better for us to eat him. By eating him, we will have a greater hope of escaping."
The exploration team member who stared at Cang Xu was so angry that he grabbed the old man by the collar and lifted him up: "You are still talking!"
Cang Xu snorted coldly and waved his arms violently.
With a snap, the exploration team member's arm was shot open.
The exploration team member was caught off guard and took two steps back. He looked at Cang Xu in surprise. The strength of the old man in front of him seemed to be beyond his expectation.
While Cang Xu was adjusting his collar, he said slowly and calmly: "You have read too few books. Now let me tell you a truth - similar people can eat each other."
"There is an insect called a praying mantis. A male praying mantis and a female praying mantis mate. That night, the female praying mantis eats the male to replenish her own nutrition and give birth to offspring more smoothly."
"A few years ago, when famine broke out, people in the northwest of the empire also exchanged their children for cooking and eating."
"Don't be caught up in morality and law. These are just things that maintain our daily lives."
"For any life, everything at the most basic level is for survival and reproduction. If we can't even guarantee our own survival, what law and morality are we talking about?"
"Furthermore, if others don't know who you are, don't you even know what you are?"
"Our ship is going to the Orc Continent. There is going to be a war there. Who would go there at this time?"
Cang Xu sneered and concluded: "Surviving is more important than anything else, isn't it?"
No one spoke, and the entire team fell into a deadly silence.
Many people were still staring at Cang Xu, but their eyes were no longer as angry and hateful as before.
"Cangxu, please take back what you said. White buds are by no means food, but our companions. I will never allow the tragedy of cannibalism to happen." Zhen Jin frowned with a stern expression.
"As you wish, my Lord Knight." Cang Xu's collar was straightened, and he saluted Zhen Jin. His etiquette was very correct, and his movements were so standard that there was no fault at all. He was indeed a steward who had served the nobles for most of his life.
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The extreme heat made Xanthellae open her eyes.
His eyes were bloodshot and his head was in chaos. It took him a long time after waking up before he gradually came to his senses.
He was lying at the foot of a sand dune, and there was an unconscious man next to him, who was his brother Lan Zao.
Lan Zhao was motionless, still in a comatose state. His condition was getting worse and worse. Originally, his lips were chapped, but now the skin on his body was also sunburned and peeled. Although he was still breathing, the intensity of the rise and fall of his chest was obviously weaker than yesterday.
More than doubled.
Huang Zao tried to sit up with his upper body.
He immediately felt violent dizziness and quickly supported his body with his hands behind his back.
"I have a fever too." As soon as he touched his forehead, his heart suddenly sank.
He thought back.
The night in the desert was extremely cold, and he was so exhausted that he could only sleep on the spot. He relied on blue algae and used his body temperature under high fever to resist the severe cold.
But he still failed.
He fell asleep and when he woke up, it was already noon.
Huang Zao felt a wave of fear. He was very lucky that he did not encounter any predatory beast while sleeping.
"But what now?"
Huang Zao still has some dry food, but he has no water!
Most of the water he used was used to rinse the cyanobacteria's wounds, and he drank the rest long ago.
Not only was he trying to survive alone, he also had to carry an adult man weighing more than him on his back.
After sitting on the sand for a while, Yellow Algae slowly picked up Blue Algae and continued on her way.
However, Huang Zao's emotions of confusion, panic, annoyance, and despair were difficult to resolve and accumulated more and more in her heart.
Physical fatigue, hunger, and dizziness were like thorns, bound to his body. The sharp thorns of the thorns were deeply pierced into his flesh and bones, causing them to be involved every time he took a step forward.
Numerous dense wounds.
"Water...water..."
The blue algae behind him began to whisper unconsciously again.
Huang Zao stopped suddenly. He didn't know why, but he felt a strong feeling of anger and hatred in his heart.
"Stop talking, are you annoyed?"
"It's not that you were injured, we must have water now!"
"Where can I find water for you in this situation?"
"I want to drink water too, I want it too!!"
Huang Zao roared ventedly, regardless of his throat which was so dry that it was almost smoking.
But the blue-green algae couldn't hear it, and kept mumbling, thirsting for water.
Huang Zao's eyes widened, and a surge of anger surged from his heart, rising between his eyebrows, and then spread all over his face in an instant.
He suddenly let go and threw the blue algae to the ground.
"Stop yelling!"
He shouted to Lan Zhao, his eyes filled with anger and a cruel and cold ferocity.
His chest rose and fell rapidly, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.
Killing intent grew in Huang Zao's heart, and then grew strangely and rapidly.
Huang Zao stared at Lan Zao for a long time, his Adam's apple rolled subconsciously, and there was a green light like a hungry wolf in his eyes.
Hunger filled his heart and mind, making him unable to think.
The survival instinct constantly reminded him, allowing him to ignore the identity of Blue Algae, allowing him to "see clearly" every piece of meat on Blue Algae's body, and every fresh blood flowing in his body.
"This is……"
"food!!"
Huang Zao slowly approached, slowly leaned over, then half-knelt on the ground and stretched out his hands.
His hands reached towards the blue algae, moving very slowly, as if they were hanging heavy hammers.
His hands were still shaking.
At first, it was just a slight tremor. The closer it got to the blue algae, the deeper the tremor in his hands became.
Suddenly, Huang Zao noticed that Lan Zao's eyelids trembled slightly.
Immediately, Lan Zao slowly opened a slit in his eyes.
"Brother, you're awake!!" Huang Zao yelled, and the surprise surged in, overwhelming, like a tsunami, covering his whole body and mind.
The previous emotions of hunger, thirst, ferocity, despair, and madness were like mirages, all a fantasy.
Lan Zao was in a daze, his eyes turned imperceptibly in the slits of his eyes, and he saw Huang Zao kneeling in front of him.
The dazzling sunlight is blocked by the body of the yellow algae, and the head of the blue algae is just in the shadow of the yellow algae.
The cyanobacteria's lips quivered.
"Brother, what did you say?" Huang Zao trembled physically and mentally, and immediately lay down in front of Lan Zao, and put his ear to Lan Zao's mouth.
Then, he heard an extremely weak voice.
"I...I can't do it anymore."
"Don't drag yourself down because of me..."
"No food or water..."
"Brother...you...just..."
"Just eat me."
These words exhausted all the strength of Lan Zhao, and he passed out again.
After hearing this, Huang Zao felt as if he had been struck by a thunderstorm. His pupils shrank to the size of a needle in an instant, and he was stunned.
He seemed to have become a stone statue.
He stretched his neck, stretched out his ears, knelt on his knees, clasped his hands in the sand, and remained silent for a long time in a twisted and weird posture.
Finally, his blank mind began to work slowly again.
He reacted.
He retracted his neck and was still half-kneeling on the ground, but straightened his upper body.
He looked at the blue algae lying on the sand, and his vision quickly became blurry.
Tears accumulated in his eyes, and then flowed out in large streams, streaking across his soot-filled face, forming two black tear tracks.
"Brother, brother!"
He shouted loudly, and the guilt, regret, self-blame and other emotions in his heart blocked his nose and throat, making it difficult for him to breathe.
"You are my only relative!"
"How can I treat you as food?"
"I won't do that."
"I would never do that!"
He was yelling, and it seemed like he was swearing.
Then, he put the cyanobacteria on his back again and set off again with unsteady steps.