"Get out here." Qianyue shouted sternly.

The flashlight blazed like a sharp sword, pointed somewhere in the darkness. Catching a glimpse of a figure behind the dunes, Qianyue tensed up, her nerves tense, her guard high.

It's definitely not a good thing to run into other players in the middle of the night.

However, what he didn't expect was that the next second, a familiar voice came from behind the sand dune.

"It's me."

The man responded in a deep voice, emerging from behind the dune. His long legs were covered in matching sleeves. As he spoke, he pulled off his magic veil, revealing his face.

Qianyue was slightly startled, a little surprised. She moved the flashlight away from Du Yue's face, but did not let her guard down.

"What are you doing here?"

Du Yue replied: "Set up camp and rest."

As soon as these words were spoken, both of them fell silent.

One of them was on his way, while the other had already set up camp to rest, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

Du Yue reminded her, "The temperature in the desert is very low at night, and there are many nocturnal animals. If you rush on, you could easily get into trouble."

Qianyue was a little surprised.

Du Yue said it well.

Compared to daytime, night is indeed more dangerous and more suitable for camping - but that is only the solution for the vast majority of ordinary people.

Du Yue's individual combat capability is not weak, so why does he still use this safe but labor-intensive method?

Qianyue: "...It's precisely because the temperature is low at night that we need to hurry on. The daytime temperature is too high, and it's easy to get dehydrated and suffer from heatstroke."

As for nocturnal animals, they are nothing more than some poisonous insects and snakes, Qianyue doesn't take them seriously.

She paused. "Night marching... didn't you teach that in military academy?"

Your military academy?

Du Yue frowned when he heard this.

There it is again, that eerily familiar feeling.

He couldn't remember when he told Qianyue that he was from a military academy.

Even now, he still didn't know the name of the person opposite him, but the other person seemed to know him very well.

But since the other party already knows that he graduated from a military academy, why don’t they even know what his major is?

Du Yue: "Should I know?"

Qianyue: "...Okay."

It seems that she thinks too highly of people.

Now wasn't the right time to chat, so Qianyue waved decisively at him. "Then get some rest. I'm leaving first—Oh, and you'd better move the tent to a different direction. Your side is on the leeward side."

Change direction?

When camping outdoors, shouldn't you always pitch your tent on the leeward side? But after she said that so confidently, Du Yue suddenly began to waver.

"etc……"

He was just about to ask Qianyue what was going on, but Qianyue left without stopping to explain to him, so he didn't hear Du Yue's call.

Du Yue: “…”

When he first chose the props, he picked a tent and a fire, but not a flashlight.

When Qianyue left, the light source disappeared.

The aftereffects of the strong light caused Du Yue's night vision to decline for a while. Seeing that the ball of light was getting farther and farther away from him, Du Yue shook his head in amusement and finally did not chase it.

The desert environment is complex. Without flashlights, torches, etc., it is better not to move around at night for the sake of caution.

He retreated back to his camp and suddenly remembered what Qianyue had just said.

It was already dark, and temporarily changing the location to set up the tent wasn't an easy task. But thinking of Qianyue's calm, unquestionable tone, Du Yue hesitated for a moment.

Do you want to change?

A minute later, Du Yue quickly attacked his tent.

Chopsticks come in different lengths, and people naturally have shortcomings.

Just like Qianyue was not good at the previous war copy, although Du Yue had received military training, desert survival was not within his scope of expertise.

He thought to himself, "The night is short anyway, so I might as well take a gamble."

After setting up the tent again, Du Yue crawled into his sleeping bag.

The man had wanted to use this time to recharge his energy, but when he closed his eyes, he suddenly remembered the moment when Qianyue's flashlight shone on him, and he immediately lost his sleepiness.

In fact, when the two of them were talking before, he didn't see Qianyue's face clearly, but for some reason, the moment he saw her outline, his mind automatically completed her expression and appearance.

Even if the last few days in the previous copy are counted, the time the two spent together was not long.

But strangely, Du Yue always felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when facing him, so he couldn't help but pay attention to her. Even now, when he recalled it, he could accurately describe her every move just now.

In the pitch-black tent, Du Yue stared silently at the darkness above his head. Suddenly, a strange feeling arose in his heart, and his eyes became more and more profound.

If he remembered correctly, Qianyue seemed to have headed to the other side of the dune ridge. It looked like she was also planning to head southeast. Maybe they could meet her in the oasis then.

Thinking of this, Du Yue couldn't help but chuckle.

On the other side, after being interrupted, Qianyue had obviously forgotten the question she had just asked.

She probably hadn't anticipated that so many viewers in the livestream were still waiting for her answer. Unfortunately, Hulu couldn't understand what she'd just asked, and since he couldn't speak, he wouldn't chase her for an answer. Qianyue herself couldn't see the comments, so she naturally put the question aside.

The audience had no choice but to express their opinions in the barrage.

The first to take action were the ghost story metaphysics school.

"Yuzu Xiaoyi loves Qifeng: I know this question! It's like a ghost wall, right?"

"Brother: I've heard my grandpa tell stories before, and sometimes it's hard to explain these strange things."

"Don't do it early in the morning: I suddenly got goosebumps in the middle of the day."

Some people also try to understand it from a pseudo-scientific perspective.

"Please sign for your delivery: maybe it's just going in circles?"

"Little Fairy KIKI: I heard there's a saying that because people have one leg longer than the other, if they keep walking they'll become a compass? (What am I saying @)"

"Xianxianw: Is the other fairy upstairs trying to make me laugh to death with a compass and then inherit my Ant Huabei~"

Others rely on intuition and use their imagination to their advantage. Some of them make specious guesses but cannot provide direct evidence.

"Winter Fish: My wild guess is, was it discovered by others along the way and then killed as food?"

"Pian Zhouzi: So, big brother is probably just going around in circles, right?"

"Tanmu Zhiya: How come the host ran away in the middle of telling a story? I guess he went the wrong way!"

Finally, the popular science guy arrived late.

"Vio: Because he didn't recognize the direction in time, right? I heard that when people move forward, if they don't have a reference point to correct their direction, they will unconsciously lean in one direction (similar to gravity or something), so the final result is not a straight line but a circle."

"Yuzu: You're right. Those so-called 'other people's footprints' he saw were actually his own. He thought he was walking in a straight line, but he was actually walking in a circle."

"Ten Jin Shrimp Dumplings: If you walk in a circle, you'll keep going back to the starting point. It's all the same path you've walked before. Shouldn't he know at a glance that he's been here before?"

"A ball of white: Because the desert is all sand, and the wind blows, the terrain constantly changes. So every time he goes there, the sand dunes look different."

…

Qianyue was lucky, as the wind was not strong on the night of the first day of the game.

But the invasion of low temperatures is inevitable.

She had prepared by taking out her raincoat and putting it on to keep out the wind and keep warm. Although it couldn't completely protect her from the cold, it was not ineffective either - at least her health points didn't drop that much.

Qianyue muttered to herself, "I'm lucky today, but I don't think the weather will be so mild in the next few days. I have to find an oasis quickly."

After walking a little further, the sky gradually brightened with a rosy glow. Nocturnal animals gradually returned to their nests. Some greenery also began to appear within Qianyue's field of vision.

Most plants in the desert are short and often poorly shaped, resembling dead grass at first glance. However, their root systems are highly developed, reaching tens of meters underground to draw water. Therefore, travelers in the desert often use the distribution of greenery to identify water sources.

Experienced people like Qianyue can even identify the underground water level by looking at the types of plants.

For example, if there is something like Achnatherum splendens, you should be able to find moist soil by digging a few meters next to it.

But if you want to dig out water from a plant like camel thorn, you will probably have to dig out geological layers that are tens of thousands of years old - because the roots of camel thorn can reach as long as dozens of meters underground. It can be said to be a model of a plant that can "do" anything to survive.

However, there were obviously not many green plants in this area, and they were sparsely distributed. Even if you dig, you can't find much water. Qianyue was a little dissatisfied.

After using her exploration cane to test the surrounding sand to ensure there were no insects or snakes, Qianyue knelt on the ground again to relax her calves. Although the game didn't mention any rules that long-term walking would put a strain on the body, due to her professional habits, Qianyue still followed a strict schedule for hiking and muscle relaxation.

Therefore, her physical strength was hardly affected. However, those players who had been running frantically during the day yesterday were in a terrible state. Not only did their muscles ache all over, but they also contracted negative status and their physical strength dropped rapidly.

But those were all stories that happened later, and Qianyue didn’t know about them.

This kneeling would last for at least several minutes, so Qianyue let Hulu move freely.

The latter walked slowly to the green plants and began to eat with his head down.

Seeing this, Qianyue couldn't help but sigh again that camels are really easy to raise.

Ordinary animals, such as cats and dogs, must strictly control their salt intake due to the characteristics of their stomachs, otherwise they will cause disease.

But camels are different. As herbivores, they'll eat any desert plant, whether slightly alkaline or strongly alkaline, and are practically non-picky. The same goes for water; they'll even drink water from a salt lake. Furthermore, they have humps for storing fat and water, so they can easily go for ten or eight days without food or water.

Qianyue even felt the urge to keep a pet in real life for the first time.

"...Why don't we buy a camel when we get back?"

When the time comes, I will name him Hulu, just to commemorate this little guy.

Thinking of this, Qianyue also looked at the little camel. But after seeing clearly what it was eating, Qianyue suddenly paused.

"Wait, don't eat that yet!"