In the desolate yellow desert, five people walked forward in the wind and sand, their footprints quickly being covered by the sand.
Chen Yang and his group weren't very lucky. They had only walked for half a day when they encountered a sandstorm. Although it wasn't a sandstorm, it still made it difficult for them to move forward. In this situation, they even had to ask the others to shield them from the sand when they drank water, otherwise they would have a mouthful of sand.
The group finally found a sheltered sand dune and took refuge from the sandstorm.
"It seems the weather isn't cooperating," Hou Yu said.
"We have no choice but to keep moving forward; there's no way to retreat now," Chen Yang said, looking at the sandstorm.
"This sandstorm isn't strong, and it shouldn't last long. We can rest for a while and then continue on our way," Ding Qihan said.
Since they set out, their water resources have been continuously depleted without being replenished.
The group strictly controlled the time and amount of water they drank, supervising each other to ensure they didn't drink too much, otherwise they definitely wouldn't be able to keep going.
An adult needs to drink about three liters of water a day, and in an environment like the desert, even more water is required. However, they limited their daily water intake to two liters, which allowed them to survive an extra day.
They can exit the desert at night to avoid water loss and unnecessary physical exertion, and then return in the early morning to continue their journey when the temperature is more comfortable. In other words, they also need to set an alarm clock in reality to wake themselves up and re-enter the micro-world.
They set off again while it was still dark, taking a small sip of water every half hour or so to keep their mouths from getting dry, but they could not drink too much, because drinking too much would accelerate the consumption of water.
Chen Yang checked his watch every fifteen minutes to make sure they were heading in the right direction.
At 8 o'clock, they were all kicked out of the micro-world.
When Chen Yang woke up, he still had the illusion that he was surrounded by yellow sand. This was a side effect of being forcibly kicked out of the micro-world. The stark difference in environment makes it difficult for people to adapt. Only when one is kicked out while asleep will there not be such a strong contrast.
When Chen Yang woke up, he found Li Sen and several others sitting in the living room. The atmosphere seemed rather tense.
"What's wrong?" Chen Yang asked curiously.
Everyone looked at Li Sen, who said to Chen Yang with some grievance, "I'm sorry, Chen Yang, I'm dead."
"You're dead?" Chen Yang asked in surprise. Hadn't he gone to the Sky Mirror on the Loess Plateau with his father? How could he have died?
"What happened? Were you attacked by an animal?" Chen Yang asked.
Li Sen shook his head and said, "We found a canyon, and I accidentally slipped and fell to my death. But don't worry, I held onto the camera tightly before I died, so the camera will be fine."
“The camera doesn’t matter, we can just bring another one,” Chen Yang said. “You’ve had a near-death experience, it shouldn’t affect you much, right?”
Li Sen shook his head and said, "Chen Yang, can I pay for another spot for you? This time it was my own carelessness, and it definitely won't happen again. Please don't take away my status as a resident of the micro-world. I really like the micro-world."
According to the micro-world's instructions, deceased world citizens will not lose their memories temporarily, but will have their memories cleared after three months. They can also actively strip themselves of their world citizen status.
"Don't worry, I'm not that cruel. If it weren't for the fact that I wouldn't be able to revive for another month, I would have given you the entry code right now. Anyway, I still have some left."
"Little Yangyang, you're so kind."
"Stop! Don't hug me, or I'll change my mind."
Li Sen withdrew his outstretched arms, feeling somewhat aggrieved.
“I haven’t told Hong Gui yet, and he’s going to blame me for being careless.”
"And then, to comfort you, there's another fierce battle, right? I've seen through your tricks." Ye Wu said.
Li Sen gave Ye Wu a knowing look and said, "Yeah, you want to give it a try?"
Ye Wu got goosebumps all over his body and quickly went to find something to eat.
“Alien Yang, your uncle is already trying to go down into the canyon to retrieve the camera. Also, it seems that Li Sen discovered something when he fell into the canyon. Your uncle is going to check it out.”
Li Su'er said to Chen Yang.
"What discovery?"
Li Sen hesitated for a moment and said, "I was terrified when I first fell, but after about a tenth of a second I realized I wouldn't die. And this might be a very rare death experience, so why not enjoy it? My first thought was that the camera couldn't break. Even if the camera broke, the memory card couldn't. So I held the camera tightly to my chest. The canyon was only about twenty meters deep, and the camera recorded a lot of data, so the quality was pretty good..."
"Get to the point," Chen Yang said.
Li Sen paused for a moment, then said, "I think I saw a wheat field when I was falling."
"Wheat field!"
Chen Yang immediately became restless. If it were a wheat field, this would be a real windfall. This was an even more important discovery than barley, as wheat is one of the most important staple foods for all of humanity.
“I’m not entirely sure either. What I saw before I fell—I thought it was a hallucination before I died—seemed to be a small stream flowing down the canyon, with wheat fields right next to it,” Li Sen said.
"Anyway, it's worth exploring. Did my dad say anything about it?"
"Uncle Chen has found the way down to the canyon and is about to go down. He called me right after I died, and I told him not to notify you yet, but to help find the camera first, so that the wild animals don't take it away."
Chen Yang nodded and said, "Then let's wait for my dad's news. I hope it really is Xiaomai."
"Alien Yang, how's your desert trip going?"
Chen Yang shook his head and said, "The situation is not good. We are running out of water and have not found a water source yet. It is too late to turn back now. We can only hope that we can find a water source tomorrow, otherwise we may all die."
“Then I’ll have someone to keep me company tonight,” Li Sen said.
"It's just that none of us can enter the micro-realm, so please don't use such an easily misunderstood way of putting it," Ye Wu said from the kitchen.
Chen Yang and the others definitely can't make it back in time. If there's any discovery, let Wang Bing handle the arrangements. If it really is wheat, then we'll need a lot of manpower.
Now, their staple food is corn. The corn in the time acceleration zone is already on its second ripening. Although it doesn't taste very good, it is very useful when ground into flour, and can be used to make some pasta dishes.
The amount of barley was relatively small, and it was all ground into powder and preserved. A considerable amount of it was used to brew barley wine at that time.
If Li Sen's discovery before his death was indeed wheat, then in his own words, he could die without regrets.
(End of this chapter)
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