The mutton soup is white and not greasy. The lean meat porridge is refreshing and delicious, nourishing the stomach and spleen. The mung bean soup clears away heat and quenches thirst, and relieves summer heat and lowers body temperature.
Occasionally, he would take out a bottle of iced drink and drink it heartily. It felt great! Su Han almost thought he was hiding in an air-conditioned room to escape the heat.
The two of them ate with relish and quickly finished the three dishes.
After the meal, Su Han took out some ice cream, gave one portion to each person, and ate it happily.
While eating ice cream, Zhong Rui clearly felt that his living standard had made a qualitative leap!
While eating, Su Han chatted, "When did you come here?"
"Day 5." Zhong Rui said casually, "After we found the footprints of the camel caravan, we followed them and found the oasis. It took a little time on the road, but overall it was smooth."
Then, he turned his head and asked, "What about you?"
Su Han thought of his hardships and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "In the desert, you should rest in the morning and travel at night. I just set up a tent to take a nap. Who knew that there were so many idiots on the road during the day. After seeing the tent, they all came to talk to me and ask for business. They just treated me as a temporary NPC supply station."
"Later, we determined the direction based on the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, and headed eastwards. However, we walked for several days and found nothing. We even encountered quicksand and mirages on the way!"
"Sometimes I thought, why not just camp in the desert? I'll have plenty of food and drink anyway. But then I thought it would be troublesome if I encountered a sandstorm, so I just kept going. Fortunately, I finally found an oasis."
Zhong Rui said calmly, "You think you have found the right direction, but in fact it is not necessarily the case. You may have gone astray."
"Similar to the principle of ghost wall?" Su Han asked.
The so-called ghost wall principle means that you blind yourself, find an open space and walk in a straight line by feeling, and finally you will find that you have walked in a big circle.
The reason is that people's legs are different in length and strength, so the distance of their steps will be different. For example, the distance of the left leg's step is longer, and the distance of the right leg's step is shorter. After a long period of accumulation, it will definitely be a big circle.
Normally, we can walk in a straight line because our brain is constantly making corrections, but if the surrounding reference objects are not obvious, the brain will also lose its sense of direction.
"Almost." Zhong Rui replied.
Su Han was speechless. Before playing the survival game, she had never thought that one day she would be surrounded by a vast sea of sand.
The reason why she was able to remember the important survival skills was because she had reviewed the relevant knowledge points a few days ago, otherwise who would know how to get out of the desert! The only thing she could do was to set up camp on the spot and endure the 15 days honestly.
Zhong Rui added, "But it seems safe after entering the oasis. There are NPC merchants who raise dozens of sheep and are willing to trade with people. As long as you have jewelry or salt, it won't be a problem to exchange for enough food."
"In other words, the difficulty of this game is to find an oasis?" Su Han said, "If you can't find it, you have to rely on your limited survival skills to struggle to survive in the desert?"
"It seems to be true." Zhong Rui nodded.
Su Han fell silent. Finding an oasis would make you safe. It was easier said than done. Even she, who had been alone in the desert for a long time, could not help but feel negative emotions and considered giving up from time to time, let alone others.
In the end, willpower is the most critical factor in whether you can get out of the desert.
"Food can be exchanged with others, but what about drinking water?" Su Han was not short of water, he just asked casually.
"In the desert, clean water is the most precious thing. Exchange it or dig it yourself." Zhong Rui replied.
The two of them chatted casually and ate ice cream, and they immediately felt happy and relaxed.
At this moment, Zhong Rui suddenly asked, "What is your second job?"
Su Han paused and looked at his friends around him.
Zhong Rui said nonchalantly without even looking up, "Since entering the game, we have always completed levels together. Since both of us have reached the top level in our first profession, we should also start our second profession together."
At this point, he turned his head and looked at Su Han deeply, "Would you like to tell me what the second job is specifically about?"
Although he had teammates, Zhong Rui always felt that he was no different from playing a single-player game. He didn't know how deep the friendship between his teammates was, so he couldn't help but test it out.
Su Han’s answer was to directly reveal his second career.
"Profession: Soap Maker. Talented Skills (Elementary): In the dungeon, there is a 30% chance of obtaining two bars of handmade soap every day, and a 5% chance of obtaining three bars of handmade soap + two bars of lilac soap."
Zhong Rui breathed a sigh of relief - it seemed his teammates didn't want to break up. The next second, he also revealed his second career.
"Profession: Armor-piercing Vanguard. Talented Skills (Primary): In the dungeon, there is a 30% chance of obtaining a rocket armor-piercing round, and a 5% chance of obtaining a rocket armor-piercing round and a rocket fragmentation round every day."
Su Han was surprised, "The ammunition for the bazooka?"
She didn't seem to see this kind of ammunition for sale in the mall! !
"That's right." Zhong Rui smiled slightly, "Bazooka ammunition was sold once in the mall. It was sold together with the bazooka and is a limited-edition product."
Su Han was speechless.
After a long while, she slowly said, "Do you have ammunition? Do you have a bazooka?"
Zhong Rui was speechless for once. But soon, he vowed, "It will happen! Starting from this instance, I plan to save my points and wait for the opportunity to buy the rocket launcher."
Su Han thought to himself, the rocket launcher is a powerful weapon. It has a small mass, a simple structure, is easy to use, has great lethality, and more importantly, it can destroy tanks!
“Perhaps after upgrading your profession, you can obtain a rocket launcher through precious items.” Su Han reminded.
"That's possible." Zhong Rui said calmly, "Anyway, it's only a matter of time before we get the bazooka."
Su Han held his chin and thought, now that they have food, drinking water, daily necessities, medicines, and weapons of mass destruction, can they dominate the game if they join forces?
**
In the evening, Zhong Rui hired a few men to leave the oasis.
Su Han was quite curious, so she followed them. Then she found that they stopped in front of a clump of Achnatherum splendens not far away and started digging.
Then it dawned on her.
Where there is vegetation in the desert, that usually means there is water.
If I remember correctly, if you find dense reeds, you can dig more than one meter underground to find water. If you see Achnatherum splendens, you can dig two meters to find water. If it is red willow and camel thorn, you have to dig 6 to 8 meters down; and if it is a poplar forest, it means you have to dig 8 to 10 meters down.
Now they stop in front of the Stipa sphenanthera and can find water by digging about two meters down.
Sure enough, she only waited for a while before water gushed out from the ground.
Zhong Rui calmly ordered, "Fill up the water, carry it, and return."
Several men agreed in unison and filled the empty wooden barrels they carried with water.
After the installation was completed, the group returned to the oasis.
Zhong Rui paid the men with gold, silver and jewelry, and the men left happily.
"Are you planning to make drinking water?" Su Han asked curiously.
"Yes." Zhong Rui nodded, "It just so happens that I still have some household bleach left from the last instance."
Su Han was even more curious - she knew that she could get clean water by filtering the water first and then adding bleach to it. But in fact, she only remembered the conclusion and did not understand the principle.
So while Zhong Rui was busy nearby, she looked around to watch the fun.
Zhong Rui rolled up his sleeves, filtered out the impurities in the water, and then poured the water into the water tank in the house. Then, he added bleach.
Su Han watched the whole process carefully and asked, "Is this water really drinkable?"
"Bleaching with bleach is actually an oxidation process that releases rational oxygen. First, sodium hypochlorite is hydrolyzed to form hypochlorous acid. Hypochlorous acid is unstable and easily releases free oxygen. It has extremely strong oxidizing properties and can kill most microorganisms in the water, thereby achieving the purpose of water purification." Zhong Rui explained patiently.
Su Han, "..."
She felt like she was taking a chemistry class, but she had forgotten all the knowledge.
"I'd better just write down the conclusion." Su Han said expressionlessly.
Zhong Rui showed a helpless look and closed the lid of the water tank.
**
At night, a rich fragrance spread all around.
Someone in the oasis was actually making roasted whole lamb! Su Han smelled the aroma and couldn't help himself.
"There is a market in the evening with many stalls. There are grilled skewers mainly made of beef and mutton, as well as grilled scorpions for the more curious. As long as you have money, you can buy anything." Zhong Rui is used to it.
"Let's go." Su Han dragged her friend out. She had wanted to make beef brisket noodles in the evening, but now, the only words in her mind were "roasted whole lamb".
The two followed the smell and came to the roasted whole lamb.
The roasted whole lamb was golden and shiny on the outside, and looked very crispy. Su Han couldn't help but take out his portable warehouse.
However, Zhong Rui took out the gem from the leather bag first and threw it to the other party, and said casually, "Give me two roasted lamb legs."
"Okay." The stall owner agreed happily and started cutting.
"I have money." Su Han looked up at his friend.
"There are too many things and the warehouse can't hold them all." Zhong Rui looked back calmly.
Su Han shut up obediently. She was convinced by this reason.
Zhong Rui sighed imperceptibly. When a man and a woman go out to eat, only a guy like Su Han would think of letting her pay the bill.
Soon, the lamb legs were delivered to the two of them.
Su Han took a bite and found that the meat was very fragrant, tender, crispy and smooth. Most importantly, it was very big and had a lot of meat!
She closed her eyes happily and took a big bite.
Zhong Rui said calmly, "Just buy whatever you want. Just consider it as helping me make room."
Su Han touched his stomach, looked at the delicious food around him, and couldn't help but feel extremely regretful, "I can't eat any more."
Zhong Rui, "..."
Just know how to eat.
The two of them ate as they walked, looking relaxed and at ease, as if they were out on a sightseeing tour.
“The spices seem pretty good.”
“The cashmere rug feels really thick.”
“There are even small murals. Is this considered a work of art?”
It was Su Han’s first time to enter the desert. He was very excited to see the special products.
Zhong Rui was ready to pay at any time. But after a while, he found that his friends said this was interesting, that was fun, but they didn't want to buy anything...
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