Chapter 1301: Human nature in desperate situation (fifth update)
The sun was scorching hot, and it lasted a month.
In the desert, two figures, one large and one small, were advancing against the wind and sand.
One of the young men had an unshaven face and dark skin. His originally handsome face had turned into a weathered look, and he felt more than ten years older.
"Uncle, I want to drink water."
Next to him, a dirty girl said weakly.
"Give."
Xiang Chen gave the gourd on his waist to Dugu Qian'er.
Dugu Qian'er took a sip, and her throat that was about to smoke felt much better.
Xiang Chen also took a sip and looked at the water in the gourd.
Even if the two of them saved the original one ton of water and drank it, they would only have the last few liters or so left.
In this month, the two of them only traveled more than 500 kilometers.
As a mortal, it is really difficult to move in this kind of desert.
"There's not much water left. We have to find a way to get water. How come there's no desert oasis or anything like this in this damn shabby place."
Xiang Chen looked at the small amount of water in the gourd and sighed silently in his heart.
He glanced at the tanned Dugu Qian'er and secretly thought that he had to drink less water and save more water for Qian'er.
After getting along day and night for a month, he had already cared for this child as if he were his own daughter and developed a relationship like a family member.
Xiang Chen took off the bones from behind and sighed.
The two wolf carcasses have been eaten clean, leaving only the bare and dry bones, and the ice-glass swordfish is gone as well.
This month, he didn't encounter any large animals, not even a wolf.
"There's a scorpion!"
Suddenly, Qian'er exclaimed and rushed towards a piece of yellow sand. She nimbly grabbed a yellow scorpion and pinched its stinger to prevent it from stinging her.
This method is so flexible that it is obviously not the first time he has caught a scorpion.
"Uncle, there are scorpions, you can eat them."
Qian'er happily came to Xiang Chen holding the scorpion, broke the scorpion needle, and handed the scorpion to Xiang Chen.
This is not the first time that they have eaten scorpions for food intake in the past month.
The real dilemma, in a desperate situation, not to mention scorpions, earthworms, and bed bugs have to be eaten. If there is no water, you have to drink even your own urine, or even ingest water from the moist feces of animals.
All this is just for one goal, to survive.
"Thank you Qian'er, you can eat it." Xiang Chen smiled with his split lips.
"No, I won't eat it. If uncle does, I'll catch it again." Qian'er shook her head.
"Then half for each person."
Xiang Chen took the scorpion, bit into half of it, chewed it until it was crispy, and gave the other half to Qian'er.
This scorpion tastes slightly fishy when eaten raw, and the meat has a hint of sweetness and is rich in protein.
The two of them are used to it.
Watching Qian'er eat half of the scorpion, Xiang Chen's eyes became firmer.
You must go out and take Qian'er with you.
The two of them walked forward like this. After a few days, they finally ran out of water. They could only drink blood from living creatures such as lizards they caught as water, and eat cacti to get water. Cacti are poisonous.
, Fortunately, Xiang Chen has a way to detoxify and persist in eating insects like scorpions.
As for Xiang Chen, more of these resources were given to Qian'er.
It's ridiculous to say that the countless miraculous elixirs in his Qiankun Law and Precepts, and the ancient cauldrons are all delicacies and elixirs.
Nowadays, these things cannot be taken out, and we can only survive by eating these lowest creatures.
Xiang Chen also thought that if Qian'er didn't bind him, his chances of survival would be much greater.
After all, raising a child is indeed a burden.
However, Xiang Chen immediately put an end to this idea as soon as it appeared. He couldn't do such a thing, let alone his current relationship.
Half a year later!
Still in this long desert.
A skinny figure was walking slowly in the desert with a little girl who was as skinny as a matchstick.
Xiang Chen has become skinny and skinny, weighing less than 100 kilograms, and his height of 1.89 meters has become as rickety as an old man.
And Qian'er is also extremely thin.
The pace of the two was slow but determined.
Huhu...
A gust of wind blew by, and Qian'er's feet became unsteady, and she suddenly somersaulted down the sand dune.
"Qian'er!"
Xiang Chen's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly chased after him. His steps brought up waves of yellow sand, and he flew out, hugging Qian'er and rolled down.
He tried his best to protect Qian'er with his limbs, and the two of them rolled down the high sand dune.
After a long time, both of them were almost unconscious.
Qian'er in Xiang Chen's arms supported Xiang Chen. Suddenly, her eyes looked in a certain direction ahead and said excitedly: "Water, uncle, it's water!"
In the distance, there is a green oasis with many poplar trees and a pool of water.
Xiang Chen looked over with blurred eyes, a smile appeared on his chapped lips and face: "Finally there is water..."
After saying that, Xiang Chen's vision went dark and he fell down, even crushing Qian'er.
"Uncle Xiang!"
Qian'er exclaimed and touched the back of Xiang Chen's head with her hand.
It's all blood!
When Xiang Chen's head rolled down, it hit a sharp stone and was torn open.
"Uncle Xiang!"
Qian'er cried all of a sudden, but her body was so dry that she couldn't even shed tears.
"Uncle Xiang, hold on, Qian'er will not let you die, Qian'er will never let you die."
Dugu Qian'er immediately bit her own finger and let Xiang Chen drink her own blood.
However, her blood flowed for a while, but it could not flow out.
Dugu Qian'er gritted her teeth and tried her best to carry Xiang Chen on her back, staggering step by step as she carried Xiang Chen towards the desert oasis.
In these short few hundred meters, she walked for a long time and fell many times
Half an hour later, she finally came to the small lake, and then fell down, and Qian'er's eyes became hazy.
She didn't have any strength left.
"Uncle...you have to live..."
She bit her wrist with difficulty, breaking the artery, and a large amount of blood gushed out. She put her wrist on Xiang Chen's mouth, letting the blood flow into his mouth...
Finally, Qian'er also passed out, and the two fell in front of the lake they longed for most.
Darkness, darkness all around.
Xiang Chen's consciousness appeared in this darkness, and he looked at everything around him blankly.
"Here and there? Where is Qian'er?" Xiang Chen shouted Qian'er's name.
Suddenly, a figure appeared.
Xiang Chen looked at this man and narrowed his eyes.
This gray shadow is none other than himself!
"Who are you?" Xiang Chen asked warily.
The gray shadow Xiang Chen sneered and said: "Who am I? I look like this, but you don't know who I am?"
Xiang Chen's pupils shrank and he said, "Don't say you are me, right?"
"Yes, I am you, and you are me, Xiang Chen, how could you become like this?" Gray Shadow sneered.
"What do you mean?" Xiang Chen asked.
"This is a test of life and death. Do you think you are the savior? She even brought a bottle of oil because she almost killed herself." Gray Shadow said.
Xiang Chen looked at him and said coldly: "Do you want me to leave Qian'er behind?"
"That's right, if we abandon her, we will have a chance to survive. No, if we eat her and replenish our strength, we will definitely survive."