Chapter 61: Protect Yourself

Su Ying found the two children cuter as they looked so serious.

"Don't be afraid, your father can't eat your mother."

Dabao and Erbao blinked their eyes uncertainly, "Really?"

Su Ying nodded confidently, "Really!"

The two little guys started smiling again.

When Su Ying lifted the curtain of the carriage, a wave of heat hit her in the face. She got out of the carriage and sat next to Cheng Ming, glancing back at the team. She had just glanced at the time and it had been almost two hours since they set out. If Jiang Yang was fast, he would be able to get back before the team settled down at night.

Li Da, who was walking in front, wiped the sweat from his face. When he took out the water bag to drink water, he found that the bag was empty.

He walked to the cart and opened the lid of the bucket. When he was about to fill it with water, he found that the water was almost empty.

Li Da frowned and quickly put the water into the water bag. Then he opened the other buckets and found that they were all empty.

Damn it, it will take several days to get to Yanxi Pass from here. Now there is no water. How can we get there?

"Wang Hu, do you have any water left in your water bag?"

Wang Hu touched the water bag on his waist and shook it. "Not much left. What's wrong? Isn't there still water in the bucket?"

Li Da said with a serious face: "There is only a little left, go and put it in the water bag." Otherwise it will be dried up in a while.

"Okay."

Li Da glanced at the sun above his head. It was already the end of the evening and the sun was still so hot. If he couldn't find water, he would probably die of thirst in this Gobi desert.

"Boss, there is no water now. How are we going to get through this journey?" Wang Hu came back with a bottle of water, a worried look on his face.

"If all else fails, we can travel at night and reach Yanxi Pass as soon as possible."

"kindness."

At night, it was dark, but the team still showed no intention of stopping.

"Don't stop, keep walking. It's cooler at night. If you walk more, you will be less exposed to the sun during the day."

The officers were shouting hard in the front, saying that traveling now was indeed much more comfortable than during the day, but everyone was exhausted after walking for a whole day and was just forcing themselves to move forward.

After walking for nearly another hour, Li Da finally stopped the team.

“Ouch…”

The sound of wolves howling was heard not far away, and the prisoners were so scared that they huddled together.

After Su Ying jumped off the carriage, she helped the child and Xiao Jin to the open space.

"Madam, let me go get some firewood." Cheng Ming said after tying the carriage to a large rock.

"Don't be alone. I'll go with you. The rest of you should stay together. No one should act alone."

"Madam, you too, be careful." Mother Zhao advised while holding the two children's hands.

Su Ying nodded, "Yes."

There are almost no plants on the Gobi Desert, so there is not much dry firewood to pick up. Fortunately, He Shouyi picked up some on the road while driving the cattle and sheep today. Su Ying and the others can carry two more bundles back. In a Gobi Desert like this, it is very dangerous to have no fire at night.

When Su Ying and the others returned to their resting place, He Shouyi had already started a fire and cooked. It was cold at night, so he wanted to make some dried meat porridge for everyone to warm themselves up.

Su Ying threw the firewood into the fire and quickly glanced at the clock on her hand. It was already past ten o'clock and Jiang Yang had not returned yet.

After drinking porridge in the evening, everyone went to bed. Usually, Su Ying and Jiang Yang took turns to keep watch, but tonight Jiang Yang was not there, so only Su Ying could keep watch.

"If he doesn't come back before dawn, I'll look for him along the way." Su Ying saw that Xiao Jin's brows were not relaxed and guessed that he was worried about Jiang Yang's situation.

Xiao Jin frowned and said, "Wait a little longer."

After waiting for a while, Jiang Yang still didn't show up until dawn.

Jiang Yang was a marching person. With so many people walking on the Gobi Desert, it was impossible that there would be no trace left behind, so there should be no possibility that he could not find the team.

Unless he hasn't found anyone, or he is in danger.

Su Ying planned to go look for her, but she was worried about Xiao Jin and the others. After all, the prisoners behind them were watching her closely, and it was hard to say whether they would do anything unusual if they knew she was not there.

But she had to look for it, so after thinking it over, Su Ying decided to go and take a look.

She entered the space while everyone was taking a lunch break and took out some weapons for self-defense.

Su Ying asked the three children to come forward and took out a small bracelet from her body and put it on their hands.

"Mother, what is this?"

"This is called a shockwave bracelet. It's a very powerful weapon. If you encounter bad guys or beasts while wearing it, just press the switch on the bracelet, okay?"

After pressing the switch of the shock wave bracelet, it will generate a strong airflow within a certain period of time, surrounding the owner of the bracelet and acting as a protective shield.

"I understand, mother."

"Can you guys just stop running around and follow the adults?"

"good."

After Su Ying finished her instructions, she came to Xiao Jin again. She took out a hidden arrow and a dagger and handed them to him. "I will go back to find someone later. You can use them for self-defense."

Xiao Jin frowned as he looked at the weapon, "Okay, you have to be careful too."

"kindness."

Su Ying thought about it and decided to put the shock wave bracelet on his hand and explained its purpose to him.

Xiao Jin looked at the bracelet, pursed his lips slightly but did not ask any more questions.

After Su Ying finished speaking, she stood up to leave, but he grabbed her hand.

Su Ying turned back in confusion, "What? You still don't know how to use it?"

Xiao Jin shook his head. "On the road, no matter what happens, you must protect yourself first."

Su Ying nodded, "I know."

After saying that, Su Ying called Bai Shuang, Lin Zhuyu and others to her side, put the bracelets on them, explained their uses to them, then untied the horses from the carriage, and the carriage was pulled by two oxen.

When the team reached a big rock, Su Ying walked behind the rock away from everyone's sight. After the team passed by, she jumped on her horse and ran back the way they came.

The prisoner walking at the back of the team heard the noise behind him and slowly turned around. He looked at Su Ying's leaving back with a cold look in his eyes.

"Find someone to stop that bitch and don't let her come back."

The person next to him sneered when he heard this, "I guarantee that she will never come back."

When Jiang Yang left yesterday, Su Ying installed a sensor on him. As long as she was within a radius of ten kilometers, she could sense his presence.

The team was not moving very fast. It would take them one day's walking but only one or two hours' running to catch up.

Su Ying ran for nearly four hours and found that Jiang Yang was still out of her sensing range.

She reined in her horse and stopped. Could it be that Jiang Yang really had gone astray?

Su Ying was just about to continue looking for someone when suddenly a gust of sandstorm swept in, covering the sky and the sun, blocking out the little remaining sunlight.

Su Ying quickly covered her nose with a cloth and pulled the horse into the space to avoid the wind and sand.

After entering the space, Su Ying shook off the sand on her body and got some hay and water to feed the horse.

Since she couldn't go out now, she simply sat down and rested.

At this moment, outside the wind and sand, more than a dozen people surrounded the place where Su Ying was just now.

(End of this chapter)