After the hot noon, everyone took out thick clothes from their bags and put them on.
Chen Yan glanced at the last pair of water bags on the horse's back and said bitterly, "If we use our water sparingly, it can last for another three days."
After that, he sighed, "If it really doesn't work, just take off the things and let people drink first..."
This means abandoning these horses and leaving the water to a few people in the team.
"Wait a moment." Wei Yunlan advised.
She knew that at this point she couldn't wait any longer.
While the team was resting in place, Wei Yunlan gently patted Heiyun's dog head. Soon, two figures, one black and one white, left the team and ran away.
"Dark clouds, melting snow..."
Sui He called out, and seeing that they didn't stop, she turned back and said worriedly, "Miss, they won't get lost if they run out like this, right?"
The desert was filled with dust, especially during the day, and sometimes it was difficult for them to tell the direction.
"It's okay." Wei Yunlan shook his head and said soothingly, "The black clouds have a keen sense of smell and can find them back. Let them play by themselves."
Actually, it’s not a joke.
Heiyun had a task assigned by her.
Sure enough, not long after, Wei Yunlan felt that a small pile of snow in his space was covered by fog.
It was Heiyun who found the place she mentioned.
With a thought, Wei Yunlan probed his consciousness into the space and found that the small pile of selected snow had disappeared into the space.
The team continued to move forward, and less than half an hour later, they saw black clouds and melting snow in the distance, chasing them from the southeast.
"Woof. Woof."
While running, Heiyun made rapid calls.
Everyone in the team couldn't help but stop and Zou Yun asked, "Miss Wei, Heiyun called you like that, is there something wrong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the black cloud rushed forward, opened its mouth and gently grabbed the hem of Wei Yunlan's clothes, pulling her in the direction they came from.
Wei Yunlan knew exactly what was going on, but he still had to pretend.
"Guard Chen, you guys stay here and watch over the things. Zou Yun, will you come with me to take a look?"
"Okay." Zou Yun nodded.
The two followed Heiyun and Xuerong and walked about three miles. Suddenly, they saw a crack on the ground. Looking down along the crack, they saw a small area that was sunken from the ground and not exposed to sunlight.
Some snow that has not yet melted is hidden in this small area where there is no sunlight!
"There is snow!" Zou Yun's eyes lit up.
Snow means water.
With such a large pile of snow, the water problem that had troubled them for many days was finally solved!
Lying on the ground, he reached out and pulled out a handful of snow. After confirming that the snow had really melted into water in his hands, Zou Yun finally let go of the heavy stone in his heart. He smiled and said, "I'll go call Chen Yan and the others to come over. First, fill up the water bag and then drink your fill!"
After she hurriedly left, Wei Yunlan reached out and patted Heiyun on the head, praising him: "Well done."
When she sent Black Cloud out, she only told Black Cloud to find a place that was not illuminated and had shadows, but she did not tell him how to find it or where to find it. She did not expect Black Cloud to accomplish the task so well.
On the other side, Zou Yun hurried back to the direction of the team. As he walked, the smile between his brows suddenly froze.
There was a flash of realization in his eyes, but he immediately suppressed it, put on a look of surprise again, and rushed to Chen Yan and Wang Lu, "Come on, we found water!"
…
Is there anything more exhilarating than finding water in the desert?
That is to see green plants.
They had just filled their water bags with the melted ice and snow, and both the people and the horses had drunk their fill. Soon after they were on the road, they saw a green area in the distance, with some dome-shaped exotic-style buildings mixed in.
The people in the team were immediately alerted and looked over there with wide eyes.
"Are we almost out of the desert?"
"Are those the northwestern countries we are looking for?"
Listening to the excited words of the people around him, Wei Yunlan stopped and looked into the distance, vaguely feeling that something seemed to be wrong.
I took a sip of the melted snow water, closed and rubbed my eyes, then opened them and looked carefully. I felt that the scene in the distance seemed a little blurry.
It doesn't seem to exist in reality, but rather seems to be an illusion.
At this time, Zou Yun also found something wrong. He rubbed his eyes, squinted and stared for a long time, and said incredulously: "Look, the trees and houses over there are growing upside down..."
No matter how different these northwestern countries are from Dayong, it's impossible that the sky and earth there are opposite to those of Dayong, right?
"Isn't that the Northwestern Countries?"
A basin of cold water was poured over their heads, and everyone felt a little lonely.
"That should be a mirage..." Wei Yunlan said uncertainly.
She vaguely remembered that her great-grandfather once said, "Mirages by the sea look like towers." The towers were illusions created by the mirages, but they were in the desert, not by the sea, and she didn't know if the same principle applied.
“But since such a scene can be reflected, it means that the place in the scene does exist. If we keep going forward, I think we will be able to find it soon.” Wei Yunlan encouraged.
Everyone regained their spirits and headed west.
The scene on the horizon did not last long. When the night fell and the next day dawned, it was gone. It was indeed just an illusion.
"There seems to be another patch of green ahead..."
"Will it be a mirage again this time?"
After walking a little further, everyone saw several tall green plants covered with thorns growing on the sand in front of them.
"What is this?" Wang Lu stretched out his hand in surprise.
Chen Yan pushed down his outstretched hand and said, "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself? Have you forgotten that we encountered flowers and plants that can suck human blood in Yandu Gorge before?"
Wang Lu quickly withdrew his hand and patted his chest in fear, "I was so sunburned that I almost forgot about this!"
There are man-eating flowers and plants in Yandu Gorge. How can something growing out of the yellow sand be easy to get along with?
"Miss Wei?"
Everyone avoided the thorny green plant, but Wei Yunlan came forward.
His eyes fell on the thorns and the purple fruits growing on the top of some of them. Wei Yunlan suddenly remembered a name he had heard from Xue Linglong when he was floating above the Marquis' Mansion in his previous life.
cactus.
It only grows in the desert and is covered with sharp thorns, some of which are poisonous and some are non-toxic. Unless you are at your wit's end, don't eat it easily even if you encounter it. However, the fruits growing on it are edible. They contain a lot of water, and whether it is a poisonous or non-toxic cactus, the fruits it grows are non-toxic.
This was the exact words Xue Linglong said in her previous life when she instructed the team from the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion to visit the Northwest Road!
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