In the afternoon, the sun was not as hot as at noon, but it was still unbearable.
A teenager slowly climbed to the top of a low sand dune.
He started climbing from the back of the dune, obviously trying to climb over the dune.
He had a sword in his hand, with a wooden handle and a strange blade, full of shoddy meaning. The boy was using this long sword as a crutch to assist him in his progress.
The boy's figure is very thin and not strong.
Dressed in linen underwear, long pants and long sleeves, but barefoot.
His head was covered with a layer of clothing, and his nose and mouth were tightly covered, but his eyes were greatly exposed, and there was also golden hair on his forehead.
It was the wire.
The top of the sand dune was within a few steps, and the sun shone over, making Jin squint his eyes.
He deliberately exposed his eyes because he knew he had to maintain good vision, and at the same time, he also mobilized his senses of hearing, smell, and touch along the way to be wary of predators who might attack him anytime and anywhere.
The sunlight was very dazzling, and some spots were still swayed by the sun in the squinted eyes of the needle.
The needle did not turn over directly, but stopped very close to the top of the sand dunes, and waited until his eyes really adapted before he continued to climb over.
I didn't find any danger, and Needle stood at the top of the sand dune and looked into the distance.
The desert in front of him was gentle, not as many dunes undulating as behind him.
The young man couldn't help but sigh.
This meant that he had to trek hard under the torture of the sun.
The young man's eyes are also very beautiful, with a blue color, like the sky after the rain. The confusion in his eyes was fleeting, and it was the meaning of perseverance.
"Keep going."
Needle said to himself, and suddenly his blue eyes lit up.
"There is food!"
He found a spider not far away, rolling down the sand dunes with the wind.
The needle hurriedly rushed down, and without much effort, he successfully caught the spider.
This spider was the size of two thumbs of an adult combined, and its body was tawny, very similar to the color of sand, but it was still discovered by the keen eyes of the needle.
The spider has eight legs, but they all curl up and shape their bodies into a ball. Then follow the wind, and the spider can calmly roll down the dunes.
If you want it to move on its feet, it will be much more laborious.
In this barren desert, life has its own unique survival skills. Saving physical strength is undoubtedly one of the most important effects.
The needle pinched off the spider's head, and then shook his hand to shake off all the sand from the spider's body.
After that, he put the spider directly into his mouth, chewed it with his teeth, and after it became very fine, he rolled his Adam's apple and swallowed it thoroughly.
The head of the little spider was plucked off to remove the poison. Of course, this kind of small life aura is weak, and it is very different from the bronze level, even if it is poisonous, it is not poisonous, at least silver level needle. But the boy didn't want to add any other burden to his body at all.
The smell of the spider is not very good, there is no baking, let alone any seasoning, and there is a strange smell in the mouth, throat, and nasal cavity of the gold.
The texture of the spider's arthropods is very crisp, like a thin branch.
After reminiscing about the gold, this crisp texture is similar to other small insects.
This little spider was not the first one he used as food.
Along the way, he also encountered several other sporadic ones.
There are spiders, scorpions, and those whose names cannot be named, spiders remove their heads, scorpions remove their tails, and they all have their bellies gone.
Every time he eats, he feels like retching and vomiting.
But he would never underestimate these little lives.
He knew very well in his heart that these little beings were very important water and food supplements.
After walking in the desert for half a day, Needle had already discovered: he did not encounter a single edible plant, but it was easier to spot some small creatures.
These little creatures have very little meat, and the most valuable thing is to hydrate the gold.
Needle gold cherishes these foods very much.
Although these bits and pieces of food are very small, the accumulation of bit by bit may be the basis for him to successfully get out of the desert later.
"If I don't cherish this food, I might have been able to get out of here in the future, but I ended up in the desert."
"I really wish I could meet a cactus." Needle sighed secretly.
During this trek, he also encountered some sporadic plants.
But unfortunately, there are no cacti.
These plants are also small and short, and Needle doesn't know what kind of variety they are and whether they can be eaten.
He tried.
After carefully avoiding the needle-like sharp branches and leaves, he found that the plant's roots were deeply rooted deep underground in the desert.
This root system allows plants to absorb a little water from the desert ground, but it also makes it difficult to dig for gold.
After trying, he decisively and wisely chose to give up.
Even if it is dug up, the roots of this plant may not be food. Needle does not know the variety of this plant.
Very often, he has to calculate consumption and possible gains, patiently compare the results of both, and then think calmly and make a decision about trade-offs.
Obviously, the risk of taking the plunge into a plant that you don't know is too great!
In the end, Needle chose to give up.
This choice is actually difficult.
Every time I leave a desert plant, Needle falls into a suspicion – am I doing something wrong? Perhaps, this is an opportunity specially arranged by the gods to help me get out of the predicament. But I chose to give up.
He kept answering questions, but no one gave him the correct answer to each question.
Time gradually passed, and the sun slowly set in the west.
In the evening, Sunshine was like a rude man venting his anger through violent fights, and at this moment, his curses and beatings were weak, giving people the illusion of gentleness.
The temperature in the air also became suitable, but it was still extremely dry, and the needle began to consciously speed up its pace.
He needed to walk as much as possible at this time to make up for his previous losses.
When the sun gradually sets on the horizon, the afterglow of the setting sun and the sunset on the horizon look beautiful.
But this kind of beautiful scenery cannot be appreciated by Needle Gold at all.
He only felt that this was like an ultimatum or warning from the sun - boy, let you go for now. Tomorrow I will come to continue torturing you!"
At this time, the air temperature drops rapidly, and the rate of decline is very fast.
Needle began to feel the thinness of his clothes, and a strong chill hit him, making him shiver.
The young man couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
The temperature difference in this desert was huge, and it exceeded his previous estimates.
This is also a test for him.
"Although I can still endure it now, the later it is, after my physical condition declines, this temperature difference change may become a death blackmail on my neck."
This is a possible threat in the future, and what today's teenagers want to solve most is hunger and thirst.
The feeling of hunger and thirst was even worse than when he first woke up.
How could the small creatures found along the way fill the belly of the needle. In fact, it is more like a comfort than food.
Fortunately, Needle Gold was not attacked by powerful predators on the way during the day. But this is also the misfortune, which means that he did not have the opportunity to harvest a lot of food.
At this time, he still had a special "snood" around his neck, which was the corpse of the desert viper he had killed before.
The boy stroked the snake scales "affectionately" with his fingers.
A cold touch came from my fingertips, but in my heart, this icy cooling turned into a warmth.
This was the only food left in Zhen Jin's hand, and it was also deliberately preserved by him.
On the one hand, as long as it is there, there is hope in the heart of the needle.
On the other hand, Needle is also wary of the risks. Eating a lot of food will also consume water in the body.
As for the fact that the viper is a poisonous snake, it is secondary.
The body structure of the viper determines that its venomous glands are in the snake's head. Once the snake's head is pinched off, it is basically not poisonous.
According to the physique of the needle, even if it is poisoned, it is not afraid of the poison of this ordinary beast.
"But it's better to start a fire and grill it. After all, this island is strange and dangerous, and cannot be viewed with ordinary eyes. Maybe such a snake has poison all over its body? If so, my situation at this moment is nothing more than taking the initiative to put the scythe of death on my neck."
The sunlight on the horizon completely disappeared, and night fell.
"This day has passed." Needle Jin looked at the deep and vast sky, and there was another dazedness, and panic appeared in his heart again.
He is now in a dangerous situation and is difficult.
During the day, the sunshine he hated and hated actually brought him a good vision. And now in the darkness, there will be more predators.
Needle took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down again.
Then he was delighted to find that he had really succeeded!
With the first tempering, he seems to have made a qualitative leap in stabilizing his state of mind.
He didn't even need to pray.
He can now stay calm on his own.
Of course, he also knew the results of prayer. He no longer had much expectation for the Holy Ming Emperor to respond to him.
Late at night, the temperature was very low, and white gas began to come out of the golden mouth and nose.
The chill was biting.
Hunger intensified, causing the teenager to suffer.
His stomach had already protested and made a gurgling sound.
But there is more thirst than hunger.
Needle felt that his throat was smoking, and if there was a lake, he would want to immerse himself in it and swim and drink heartily.
The water was too little.
Needle had originally pinned its hopes on some desert plants, but this hope was dashed.
He didn't even see the shadow of a cactus.
There is no moon tonight, and the sky is full of stars.
Needle Jin looked up at the starry sky, feeling that these starlights reflected ruthlessness and indifference, as if watching him slowly walk towards a dead end.
He tried to identify and rely on the astrology to prove his direction, but he failed.
He has not dabbled in this aspect and is a complete layman.
Because of the correct strategy during the day, his current physical fitness still has a lot left.
The boy continued to trek alone in the desert under the starry night.
Before he knew it, the sand dunes began to appear beside Zhen Jin again.
"What is that?" In the blurred vision, the needle found a beast figure entrenched at the waist of the sand dunes.