The naughty children had no clear idea of how long they had been in the cave.
Because you can't see the zenith, you can't judge the changes between day and night, and this boring waiting without light is the most test of people's patience and will.
Anxiety, rage, disappointment, and hunger are all testing these young people.
In fact, talking and telling stories is a good way to pass the time effectively, but the problem is that their water is limited!
Dilemma!
Lou Xiaoyi chewed the flatbread in his mouth. In the dry desert area, the flatbread will not go bad, but will become hard due to lack of moisture. It will become like grilled naan. It is very fragrant but difficult to swallow.
Each time, everyone will be given a half-palm-sized piece of naan bread, which they swallow with difficulty with water. This is also the only time they drink water in a day, and put it together with the naan bread.
Lou Xiaoyi chewed the naan slowly and carefully, breaking it into small pieces each time, holding it in his mouth to soften it, then chewing it slowly, breaking it into pieces as much as possible, and swallowing it with saliva as much as possible.
Just add a sip of water.
Just such a piece of cake, which usually takes three or two bites, now takes him an hour to eat!
It's been a long time since I've had a bowel movement, and it's the same for everyone, so ironically, even though it's in a corner, there's surprisingly no smell.
Afraid of consuming physical energy, everyone tries not to move as much as possible. Sleeping is the best way. But the problem is that even a fat man who is as lethargic as a pig cannot sleep all the time.
Lou Xiaoyi knows that some people have already doubted what he said a few days ago. Some people are already thinking about what would have happened if everyone had tried their best to climb up while there was water and food. Maybe they would still fail, but at least they would try hard.
It's better than waiting for death like this!
It's just that this mental change has not yet exploded, and is still under everyone's rational control, but how much time can we have? If the rescuers haven't come yet, such dangerous thoughts will definitely break out!
Chewing the bag cake and thinking about his thoughts, Lou Xiaoyi didn't realize that this was his end in this world. Unfortunately, his power was now very limited compared to that of a chicken without a hand. Facing a height of more than ten feet, he was completely
Without being sure of the structure of the cliff, he couldn't climb up it himself!
In which direction to climb? How to dig foot holes? Will it be unscathed if it falls again? Will there be another collapse?
In his opinion, it is more reliable to wait for rescue than to struggle on your own! It is only a hundred miles away from Pucheng and only a few dozen miles into the Gobi. It is impossible for such a cliff cave to be completely unknown among the local indigenous people.
As long as someone is looking for it, they will be found, it just takes time.
There was a rustling sound. The sound was very small, but it was still very clear in the quiet space. Lou Xiaoyi stopped chewing to make sure that the sound was not from his own mouth.
The sound came from not far away from my feet, as if from the direction of the wind lantern.
In the darkness, in despair, in the cave, this kind of rustling made people feel extremely numb... Lou Xiaoyi suppressed the fear in his heart, he had to figure out what this was, otherwise he would not be able to feel at ease!
Because the guess was that it was most likely poisonous in the Gobi such as sand snakes or sand scorpions, he was very careful, wrapped his arms and hands with cloth strips, took out the flint, found the right place, and touched it lightly.
The small wind lantern emits a soft and weak light, but no suspicious little creature is found in the light!
Could it be that he escaped under the ground?
"Xiao Yi, don't move, that's a white sandworm!"
Qi Er, who was watching him light the lamp, felt strangely and touched it. Under his guidance, Lou Xiaoyi finally discovered something unusual on the sand. It was a fleshy worm that was about an inch long. It was white and fat, like a baby in a cocoon. , but its entire body was hidden in the sand, leaving only its head the size of a rice grain exposed, and its vision was dim. No wonder Lou Xiaoyi couldn't see it!
"What is this? It doesn't seem to have any offensive power? Second brother, your eyesight is really amazing. You can see clearly from several feet away!"
Qi Er solemnly said: "Xiao Yi, don't underestimate it! This is not an ordinary flesh insect, it is a spiritual insect! I can detect it not because of its good eyesight, but because of the weak spiritual fluctuations it emits!
When this little thing encounters danger, it will incite fluctuations of intelligence to intimidate the other party. Like the ordinary sand snake, the sand scorpion will retreat. This is instinct. It has no eyes, so now it doesn't know that it is actually facing a human being!"
"Spirit insects? There are such things in Zhaoye Kingdom? Then wouldn't catching them help you practice?"
Lou Xiaoyi asked in layman terms,
Qi Er sighed, "There are some spiritual creatures in this world, but they are very rare and rudimentary. Just like this white sandworm, it actually has no intelligence and relies on instinct to act. It is a specialty of our Pucheng Gobi Desert. I I heard people say that they make a living by going deep underground to feed on limited spiritual veins. They are very agile and will dive underground whenever there is movement, making them difficult to catch.
The individual spiritual power of this thing is very limited. One or two of them are completely meaningless for practice. If you really want to rely on them for practice, you can only rely on quantity on a large scale. How can it be that easy?
Anyway, I haven’t heard of any effective way to catch them. Maybe a real god has a way, but how can a practitioner of that level fall in love with this insect?”
Lou Xiaoyi asked curiously, "Will this thing bite when cornered?"
Qi Er shook his head, "White sand bugs have limited mouthparts and cannot bite! When they are in danger, they will usually use the sharp hook on their tail to sting people like scorpions. Most people will be in pain for several days after being stung. If there are too many stings, It may even be life-threatening!"
Lou Xiaoyi was very interested, "But I don't think this white sandworm has a long tail hook!"
Qi Er explained, "Of course you can't tell it now! Its tail hook is hidden in its body. It is stretched out to sting people when it is in danger, and then the tail hook will stay in the opponent's body. It's a bit like a wasp, but it doesn't fly!"
Lou Xiaoyi understood, "Oh, I know, just like a wasp, it leaves the toxin in the enemy's body waiting for it to attack!"
Qi Er nodded, "That's probably what it means, but the white sandworm is non-toxic, and its tail hook is actually the spiritual power of the body. Stinging it out is equivalent to forcing out a lifetime of spiritual power. For ordinary people, spiritual power is Poison is also poison!"
There were groans from the wounded, and Qi Er told him that as long as he didn't move the white sandworms, they would leave on their own, and then hurried to the place where the wounded lay.
Among the three seriously injured ones, the monkey is doing better. Tie Zhu and Han Lao are very pessimistic. They can only drink water and cannot swallow the pancakes. Even if they are broken into pieces and boiled with water, they have tried their best these days. But it’s hard for a clever woman to make a fool of herself without rice. They are also laymen and can really do very little to help.
Lou Xiaoyi stayed still and carefully observed the activity patterns of the white sand worms. At least, this was a way to divert attention. He found that two more white sand worms appeared, surrounding the original one, and he didn't know what they were doing.
As time passed, he seemed to have some realizations, but before he could put his conjecture into practice, a suppressed cry came from the wounded man's side. It was the voice of the fat man.
Putting down the observation of white sandworms, Lou Xiaoyi walked over,
The person who left was Tie Zhu, a very stable partner who had not regained consciousness since the fall. The bad environment prevented him from receiving any effective treatment...
This is the second one. First it’s Madam Feng, then Wang Tiezhu. Who’s next? Is it Young Master Han?
Or all of them?
He didn't know the time, and it always felt very long. This was an illusion in a closed and oppressive environment, but judging from the consumption of their water and food reserves, it could not exceed ten days.
