For a moment, Su Huaiyue was in trouble!

At this moment, she had just left the system when she heard a cry for help coming from not far outside the cave.

“Help…”

Su Huaiyue was shocked when she heard this, and was afraid that the cry for help would wake up others, so she had to return to the cave first.

The cries for help were getting louder and louder. Although the others had woken up, they were so hungry that they had no energy to care about others.

"Grandma, there seems to be someone outside asking for help..."

Wei Yunrou heard the voice and took the initiative to ask.

"We are in the desert and can't take care of ourselves. Even if someone asks for help, I'm afraid we can't help much."

The old lady sighed.

She was nervous because the desert was rarely visited by people and she didn't know where the person outside came from.

It's night now, so it's better not to take any risks.

Although Su Huaiyue thought it made sense, as a doctor, he couldn't just ignore someone calling for help.

"Grandma, why don't I go and take a look? The sound is too tragic. If I can help, I'll give it a try."

Su Huaiyue took the initiative to speak.

Before the old lady could reply, Wei Ersao started to sneer again.

"You're so kind, but you don't know what's going on out there. If you get into trouble, you might be held responsible."

"I can't care about so much now. I'll go take a look first. You just wait here."

After saying that, Su Huaiyue stood up and left the cave.

"Grandma, look at her, she clearly didn't take your words to heart!"

"Okay, Nifeng, Huaiyue only means well. If she doesn't come back later, we'll go out and look for her."

Wei Ersao thought the old lady would be angry, but who knew...

She vomited to death.

Su Huaiyue left the cave alone and walked in the direction of the sound.

From a distance, I saw a man trapped in quicksand, with a camel around him.

The man's clothes were not those of a Central Plains person. Su Huaiyue had seen descriptions of Hu merchants in history books, and they were dressed like this.

At the same time, he also noticed Su Huaiyue and asked her for help in some broken Central Plains dialect.

"My dear lady... please save me!"

The man didn't know how to save himself in the quicksand. His legs kept struggling, but he was sinking deeper and deeper.

Seeing himself sinking deeper and deeper, he turned pale with fear.

Su Huaiyue came like a heroine, stepping on the moonlight, "Don't struggle, don't move!"

She had watched a wilderness survival program before, which taught her that if you were trapped in quicksand, you must not struggle randomly, otherwise you would sink deeper and deeper.

"Also, you'd better quickly take off the package behind you and throw it aside to reduce the weight. Otherwise, if you move carelessly, you will sink deeper and deeper."

He hesitated a little when he heard this.

The desert is sparsely populated. How could he believe a woman named Su Huaiyue who suddenly appeared?

Su Huaiyue saw through his thoughts and felt helpless, but she couldn't just watch him sink into the quicksand.

Before she could open her mouth to explain, the man couldn't help but yawn, and because he was carrying a heavy object, his body really dropped a few more inches.

She didn't lie.

"Okay, if you don't want to take it down, forget it. Just don't move at all. The quicksand will sink into the ground. If you keep struggling, it will only backfire."

The man stopped moving doubtfully, and sure enough, his body stopped descending.

It actually works!

"Madam, I'm so sorry. I was so rude just now..."

"Okay, don't move. I'll go find something to save you."

Su Huaiyue looked around and found that there was a long shoulder pole on the camel, which was the most suitable thing.

She pulled out the carrying pole and carefully extended it to the man, asking him to grab it.

"Hold on tight, I'm going to pull you out."

The man held on to the branch tightly. Su Huaiyue had learned martial arts since childhood and had been carrying stretchers to save people for a long time, so it should not have taken much effort for her to pull someone up. However, she had never eaten since she came here, so she used all her strength to pull him out of the quicksand bit by bit.

After some effort, the man finally broke free from the quicksand and stood safely on solid ground.

"Thank you, ma'am, for saving my life. My name is Abu, and I'm a businessman from the Western Regions." The man burst into tears of gratitude.

Su Huaiyue waved her hand, indicating that he didn't need to be so polite.

"It's just a small favor. I'm glad you're okay. But why are you walking alone in the desert at night?"

Abu sighed and explained, "I was originally with the caravan, but we got separated due to a sudden sandstorm."

"I was trying to find the caravan on my camel, but I got stuck in quicksand."

Su Huaiyue nodded. She knew the dangers of the desert, especially at night.

She looked around and found a pile of bonfire embers not far away, obviously left by Abu when he tried to keep warm.

"Madam, I have no way of repaying you for saving my life."

After saying this, Abu took back the package he had just thrown over and stuffed all the dry food, rice, flour, gold and silver jewelry inside to Su Huaiyue.

"This...I can't have it!"

She quickly refused, saying that saving people was her duty and she must not take anything.

But Abu was very persistent.

"If it weren't for Madam, I would have died long ago. These things might be useful to Madam. I am the leader of the caravan, and there is still food on the camels. These are nothing to me."

He glanced at Su Huaiyue and saw that she was in tattered clothes, thinking that she must be in trouble.

Only then did he take the initiative to bring up this matter.

Seeing that he was so persistent, Su Huaiyue did not continue to refuse.

"In that case, thank you very much. If we meet again in the future, I will return all these to you."

Abu nodded.

"Madam, I still need to find the rest of the caravan, so I'm afraid I have to take my leave now. See you again if the time is right."

After saying that, he rode away on his camel. Su Huaiyue looked at the things in his hand and heard the mechanical sound of the system again.

[Congratulations to the master for successfully rescuing the leader of the Hu Shang team and completing the hidden mission. You will be rewarded with a compound crossbow and 20 arrows. The arrows can be exchanged in the system, with no limit on the number of times.]

"Compound crossbow?"

This thing is actually quite useful and can come in handy if you encounter danger.

When Su Huaiyue heard about the reward and thought about the upgraded status of the system, she couldn't help but feel excited.

Great, the second reward, the system really keeps its word!

She looked at the things in her hand, thought of the two hungry children, and took back the food she had just obtained and the hundred kilograms of white flour from the system.

With what happened just now, the white flour now has a reasonable source.

"I'm back!"

Su Huaiyue carried all the food back to the cave by herself. Since she hadn't eaten enough, it was a bit tiring to carry it back.

Seeing her come back, everyone gathered around her.

"Huaiyue, what's going on?"