The sandstorm came suddenly, without any warning.
But then I thought about it, the entire desert map is so large, not every place is experiencing a sandstorm at the same time, so it is impossible for the system to broadcast it at a unified time.
Although Qianyue and his friends were not the first group to encounter a sandstorm, they were not far behind, so it was quite common for them to encounter a sandstorm around dusk.
But encountering a sandstorm while sleeping is a bit ridiculous.
If they are lucky, they may fall asleep immediately, and before they even have a chance to realize that the sandstorm has come, it has already ended.
Those who were less lucky either took a flying carpet trip in the air with their tent, or woke up in their own nutrition cabin in the middle of the night.
Some people, when they wake up in the early morning and open their tents to find themselves surrounded by red sand, almost think they have been sent to another world.
Others, always mindful of the advice in desert survival guides about lowering their center of gravity, simply crawled along. But they didn't consider the exact terrain they were in.
Not long after, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the already loose sand dunes on the leeward slope collapsed almost instantly. At the same time, countless yellow sands poured down, and within half a minute, the man was buried forever in the desert.
A sandstorm only takes one to two hours to pass, but the sandstorm across the entire map lasted for two full days.
Although the players could not know exactly how many people had died and how many were left like the audience, as more and more dots on the virtual map turned from red to gray, they gradually began to realize the seriousness of the situation.
Because players cannot abandon the camera position directly, if the red dot has not moved, it means that the player holding the camera position has not moved. However, if the red dot changes from red to gray, it means that the camera position holder will never be able to move again.
The camera will automatically fall to the location where the previous player died, and it will not turn red again until it is picked up by the next person.
But if that camera position is not discovered before the end of this copy, there will be a camera position missing forever when the next copy opens, making the competition even more intense.
But for the surviving players, it is not a bad thing.
At least these camera positions can continue to remain in this copy instead of disappearing directly.
That way, people without a spot can try to find a way to get a chance, rather than rushing out and fighting. People with a spot can also spend a few days worrying less.
The dungeon was nearing its end, and it was time to compete for resources. Players on all sides were quietly on high alert; anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't cause trouble at this critical juncture.
Not to mention conflicts over supplies and people, there are even many players who wish they could hide in a cave where no one can find them and cut off all contact with the outside world - such as Qianyue.
At midnight on the sixth day of the game, the sandstorm ended and Qianyue was carried back to the base by Hulu.
The cold caused her health to drop steadily, and she even contracted several negative status effects. Qianyue thought Du Yue's professional skills would save her a lot of medicine, so she carried herself all the way back.
Du Yue hadn't slept well to begin with, and was planning to go out and look for someone when daybreak arrived, but he was woken up by the noise in the camp. When he walked out and saw Qianyue, his eyes immediately turned red with self-blame.
Qianyue almost thought she was dazzled: "..."
She wasn't dying, she was just being stingy and didn't want to waste medicine and energy. It wasn't necessary to do this - besides, she had already sold her camel saddle, wouldn't it be a big loss if she didn't ride it?
However, Du Yue was a man with a strong sense of responsibility and a stubborn personality. He was the type who would stick to his own opinions. Basically, it was difficult to change his mind about something he had made up his mind about. Qianyue simply explained the situation and let him go, not bothering to argue with him.
As for the medicines he used to treat Qianyue's injuries, Qianyue paid back all of them in full and had no intention of taking advantage of his self-blame.
After these two times of getting along, Du Yue could also feel that Qianyue was not a person who liked to owe favors to others, so he did not refuse in this matter.
But after receiving the props, he did not put them into his backpack. Instead, he held them in his hand and looked at them for a while, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The next morning, Ji Tong was stunned when he saw Qianyue and his main pet Hulu appear in the camp unharmed.
But at the same time he was surprised, he was also a little curious, so he came over and asked.
Skipping over the part about meeting the Duobao merchant, Qianyue roughly recounted her experiences to him.
Qianyue: "Actually, the fact that we were able to survive in that kind of weather is mainly thanks to the camels."
Ji Tong: "Camel?"
He glanced at the resting Hulu and felt that apart from the saddle on his back, there seemed to be no change - he was still the camel that was always picking grass to eat.
Qianyue: "Yes, it's a camel."
Camels are called the ships of the desert not only because they can survive in the desert for a long time or help people transport goods in the desert like ships.
Similarly, it can not only block the wind to protect travelers from the wind and sand, but also allow people to snuggle up and keep warm in the freezing cold night.
Most importantly, it will never quarrel with people because of disagreements, nor will it turn against people because of the distribution of supplies. It is the most loyal partner that will never betray people throughout the entire journey.
Therefore, for many travelers who are accustomed to loneliness, the tall and majestic body of the camel is like the most reassuring existence.
This is why when Qianyue initially chose the props, she abandoned other options and chose a camel that seemed to be of no use.
In addition, for some people, camels have another function - that is to store food without complaint.
Of course, Qianyue herself would never do such a thing as abandoning the donkey after it has served its purpose.
But just because she doesn't do it doesn't mean other people won't have that thought.
…
"Let's make a deal."
In a corner of the desert, a young woman stared intently at someone approaching from a distance. She didn't immediately respond, but instead flashed the dagger she held tightly in her hand, signaling that she wasn't someone to be trifled with.
But the person who came didn't seem to be frightened by her action. Instead, he chuckled and continued to move closer.
The female player then noticed that the other person seemed to be holding something in his hand, and water was dripping down as he walked. However, due to the backlight, she could not see it clearly, but there seemed to be a different smell in the air.
After a moment, her expression suddenly changed.
It's the smell of blood!
"Stop!" The woman stood up from the ground with a swish, holding the dagger tightly in front of her body, in a defensive posture.
She shouted, "Stop! Don't come any closer! Otherwise I'll be rude to you!"
The visitor stopped upon hearing this.
"Come on, relax."
He tried to ease the other person's tension with a relaxed tone, "I just wanted to come and exchange something with you. I mean no harm."
The man turned his head and glanced at the dry lake bed, a hint of meaning flashing in his eyes.
When he met the female player's eyes again, he said with a look of regret on his face, "I can see that this place used to be an oasis, right?"
The female player tensed up immediately upon hearing this and became even more nervous.
The man didn't seem to notice the other person's emotions. He licked his cracked lips, with yellow sand stuck to his beard, making him look very disheveled.
He raised the piece of meat in his hand towards the female player, and dark red blood fell into the sand with his movement, making the female player frown.
But the desire for meat coming from her stomach made her slightly distracted.
The man said in a hoarse voice, "I know you have water in your hand. Let's make a deal. I'll give you the meat in my hand, and you can give me a bottle of water in exchange."
As he spoke, he tried to move closer, but as soon as he moved his legs, he was warned again. The man smiled bitterly and simply withdrew his foot and stopped where he was, raising his hands to prove that he really had no ill intentions.
"Or even half a bottle, please. My data shows that if I don't drink any more water, I'm probably going to die."
The female player was a little shaken.
But she hadn't completely lost her mind.
She asked, "Where did you get the meat on your hand?"
The man paused, as if hesitant about whether to speak or not. But in the end, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's a camel, but it's a wild camel. Maybe some unlucky person left it behind."
"Is that so?" the woman was skeptical.
In fact, camels are a kind of player props. When the player disappears, the camel will also disappear. There is no such thing as a player dying and the camel being left behind becoming a wild camel.
But the woman had obviously never come into contact with a camel, so for a moment, she couldn't tell whether what the other person said was true or false.
Female player: "Then what's with all that blood on your body?"
Man: "I accidentally splashed it when I was killing the camel. Please give me some water. I'm really dying of thirst. This is such a big piece of camel meat. Can I return you half a bottle of water?"
The female player suddenly changed her perspective and asked, "Since you've already killed the camel, why don't you just drink its blood?"
The man seemed startled by her question.
Then he got annoyed, as if he was offended, and turned around and walked away, "Forget it, forget it, if you don't want to change. You're wasting my time by dawdling. I'm going to find the next person now."
Seeing the huge piece of meat in his hand, the female player swallowed subconsciously.
She hadn't eaten cooked food in a long time since arriving in the desert dungeon. She happened to have some seasonings on her, so if she could get this piece of meat...
"Wait a minute."
The female player took out a half-empty bottle of water from her bag, took a sip herself, and then reluctantly said, "Come on, I'll trade with you. But this is all I have."
man:"……"
He was probably annoyed by her action of taking a sip of water before changing supplies, so he walked back with the meat and an unhappy look on his face.
The two walked to a distance of three meters apart and agreed to throw the things in their hands at the same time after a countdown of three seconds.
"three."
The female player gripped the bottle tightly.
"two."
The man pretended to swing the meat in his hand.
"one!"
The mineral water and camel meat disappeared at the same time, and the two men rushed forward at the same time and engaged in hand-to-hand combat!
But the female player was a step too slow after all, and a boning knife pierced through her vitals. In the end, she could only watch as her backpack was quickly taken off, and then the boning knife was pulled out of her body and turned into a white light.
The man couldn't wait to pour out everything in her backpack, and finally picked up the half-filled bottle of mineral water, unscrewed it and drank it in one gulp.
After finishing half of the bottle, he grabbed another bottle, which was also the last bottle of mineral water. He unscrewed the cap again and drank it without any method. He moved so fast that water even leaked from the corner of his mouth.
However, as he was drinking, he suddenly began to vomit. He then collapsed uncontrollably to the ground, the bottle in his hand falling with a "pop" sound, and the remaining water gushed out, eventually seeping into the sand.
The man gasped weakly, his eyes turning red with anger as he looked at the two huge words "dehydration" on the character page in front of him.
He cursed in a low voice: "Do you think I've never drunk blood..."
However, although dehydration is caused by the loss of water in the human body, it is not as simple as replenishing the water.
The man simply didn't understand that his way of drinking like a cow was the real killer that led him to his end in the desert.
A moment later, a white light flashed silently.
On the eighth day of the game, another player fell in this silent sea of golden dust.
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