Xiong Jiandong had read in a textbook a long time ago that usually, when in contact with poisonous insects, people's skin will develop spots, or they may feel itchy and have a fever in an instant.
If eaten by mistake, the poisoning will cause nerve paralysis and make you feel numb and numb.
Now it seems that these ugly and disgusting tree bugs, although they taste sour and smelly, are enough to give him a full meal.
He laughed at himself sadly, maybe this was a particularly rich source of protein.
Next, Xiong Jiandong picked the fresh spring buds of the Populus euphratica tree, cut them into pieces with the Prince's Sword, and kneaded them with the collected tree worms to make something like a rice ball. Then he selected slightly larger and fuller ones.
The wet leaves are wrapped several times and then slowly smoked over a fine fire.
Although he has confirmed that these tree bugs are not toxic and will not threaten life, he cannot prevent them from being infected with bacteria.
Even if it is heated by barbecue, it will still be half-cooked, but at least the possibility of harm to the body is reduced.
Now, not only is my stomach full, but there are still several small rice balls left.
Xiong Jiandong carefully put them away, then picked a lot of leaf buds and put them bulgingly in his pocket for consumption on the road.
Seeing that it was past six o'clock in the afternoon and the sun was no longer so intense, he started heading into the desert without hesitation.
The reason why Xiong Jiandong planned to trek in the desert at night was because he thought that during the day, although his vision was relatively clear, the sun's exposure, high temperature, and hot sandy wind would undoubtedly increase the body's demand for water.
And he couldn't find any water source along the way.
Walking in the soft desert is never as easy as walking on flat ground. It takes twice as much energy to overcome the extra resistance under your feet.
Xiong Jiandong always maintained a steady traveling speed. When he felt a little tired, he immediately sat down to rest.
He must try hard not to sweat or even urinate.
Sweating and urination will increase the loss of body water.
Just walking and walking like this, when I saw that Dongfang was slightly white, the pedometer function on the watch showed that Xiong Jiandong had walked hundreds of thousands of steps throughout the night.
Considering that the steps taken in the desert were significantly smaller than usual, only half a meter in length, he calculated based on this that he should have walked about sixty kilometers that night.
After continuing to walk forward for a while, the sun gradually rose. The desert began to feel obvious heat.
Not far away, there are piled sand dunes and low house walls that have been weathered for many years, stretching out like a city outline.
In this open desert area, the visual distance is a few kilometers, but in fact it is more than ten kilometers, because the visual distance is only one-third. Moreover, even if it is really the ruins of Chicheng that was abandoned in ancient times, it is still
It was impossible to find any needed food and water sources, let alone on another line.
At this time, around Xiong Jiandong, one could see piles of whitened human iliac bones and horrifying skulls.
He knew that he was trapped in the most dangerous death zone in the desert and could not move forward no matter what.
You must choose a nearby depression and build a pile of sand as soon as possible to serve as a wall of shelter to block the direct sunlight on your body when you lie down.
Soon, he dug out a semicircular sand dune more than half a meter high.
Hiding his body behind the sand dune, Xiong Jiandong began the long wait during the day.
He thought that as long as the location of his current foothold was correct, it was estimated that there was still about fifty kilometers at most from the Desert Inn.
The strong will to survive has allowed Xiong Jiandong to avoid the dangerous journey of walking across the desert. And when he returns safely from the Desert Inn to the Queen Mother Pond in the Snowy Mountains, he will definitely be able to borrow horses or camels.
Maybe He Kuishan and Hou Yiying will still stay in the Taoist temple these two days and not bother to leave?
Xiong Jiandong even thought that once he returned to the Snow Mountain Queen Mother Pond, he might be able to see the masked heroine who unexpectedly appeared at the Desert Inn riding a fast maroon horse and carrying a mandarin duck sword.
She must be the female Taoist priest Miaoxin from Jiuwei Mountain.
But the doubt that kept him buried in his heart was: Miao Xin, a Taoist nun with a kind heart, who has always lived in Jiuwei Mountain and served the goddess of the goddess in the temple, why did she come to the south of Xinjiang alone?
And the sword actually has a direction, and will it take direct action against a group of violent terrorists in Tuhan?
When Xiong Jiandong braved the scorching heat and slept in the desert for a long time until two o'clock in the afternoon, he began to feel a little uncomfortable.
Although he avoided the direct sunlight, he could not avoid the scorching heat waves steaming in the desert.
Previously, the remaining rice balls made with tree worms had been eaten up, but the collected poplar buds could be chewed at night to replenish some water juice. Now they have been completely dried, and there is no need to chew them in the mouth.
Different from dead leaves.
He began to notice that the skin on the back of his hands was becoming loose and losing elasticity. This was because the body was showing signs of dehydration, sending out an extremely dangerous and fatal signal.
Lying in this burning desert, I don't know when, Xiong Jiandong suddenly became excited.
Because he seemed to see several women walking towards him in the wind and sand. They shouted to him in different voices, "Hua Nianping!"
The figure at the front looks very much like Lin Sirer, but also looks more like Chen Hongjuan. After all, Lin Sirer's figure is much taller than Chen Hongjuan.
He felt that he was saved! So he got up and went to greet them.
But then I found Lin Sirer, but she was taken away by a man who suddenly appeared.
He could see clearly that the man who took Lin Sirer away was her husband in the United States, Lu Zhichao.
Moreover, Lu Zhichao not only took Lin Sirer away, but also took Chen Hongjuan away by force, and then disappeared together inside the city walls.
Ah, it turns out that Lu Zhichao not only stole his first love Lin Sirer, but now he also wanted to occupy Chen Hongjuan, who had already devoted herself to him!
Xiong Jiandong was extremely angry and tried his best to catch up and rescue the two of them. However, half of his body was buried in the sand and he could not move at all.
Suddenly, a woman in a wheelchair appeared next to him, trying to pull him out of the sand.
This is Qin Xinru.
But her whole body was covered with bandages and she couldn't exert any strength. Someone was helping Qin Xinru push the wheelchair. The person helping her was like Hou Yiying.
However, a burst of wild sand swept over the sky and swept Qin Xinru and Hou Yiying away from him, disappearing in an instant.
There are many round and hard things underneath the body.
I grabbed a handful and looked at it. It turned out to be a pile of ancient gold coins from the Western Regions, shining brightly in the sun.
But he didn't seem surprised or surprised because of this, he only kept a dozen gold coins on his body.
After all, the most important thing right now is to escape safely from the desert and reduce the load on your body!
However, Xiong Jiandong reluctantly thought in his heart:
If I can really walk out of the desert alive, I wonder if I can find this place again? If I dig out all the gold coins here, maybe I will become a rich man after Taobao!
Until it got dark, his body was still buried deep in the sand, and he was buried deeper and deeper, until finally no one could be seen coming to save him...
Finally, the moon came out.
The wind and sand exposed Xiong Jiandong's upper body, and his vision began to become clear. He could see the desert night illuminated by moonlight, and the air was exceptionally clear.
Only then did he gradually regain his normal consciousness.