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Chapter 370 Water in the Desert

Fang Ming opened his eyes, took a look, and found that Zhao Zhuzi was still soundly asleep, while Niu Ping was still in the tent.

He climbed up carefully, and as soon as he got out of the tent, he saw Niu Ping on a small sand dune not far away, looking into the distance.

Fang Ming walked over, but found that Niu Ping had a serious expression on his face, and said, "Old Niu, what's wrong?"

"This place... I've never been here before."

Fang Ming was taken aback, "Huh? Never been here before?"

The desert is huge, even if Niu Ping has been there hundreds of times in the past few decades, he may not have been to all the places, but it is more scary to say such words after a big sandstorm ——Especially when Niu Ping came out this time, he had a fixed destination.

"Yes, I've never been to this place."

Niu Ping's voice was calm but sure.

"Could it be that the wind and sand are too big, changing the surrounding..."

Niu Ping shook his head, interrupted Fang Ming directly, and said, "No, absolutely not, we have never been to this place before."

Fang Ming didn't ask any further. He knew that since Niu Ping was like this, there was really only one possibility: Niu Ping had never been to this place before, and the three of them lost their way in yesterday's strong sandstorm and came to a Where I've never been, this isn't great!

"Grandpa Niu, brother Fang Ming, what happened?"

When Fang Ming and Niu Ping were silent, there was a sound of heavy footsteps behind them, and then Zhao Zhuzi walked over.

"We may be lost."

Zhao Zhuzi was also surprised by Fang Ming's words. He lives on the edge of the desert, and he is quite clear about the horror of getting lost in the desert.

However, he is also a daring person, so he immediately calmed down and said: "The water and other supplies we carry are relatively sufficient, so don't worry too much, and we have a positioning system, etc., so there should be no problem in finding the way out."

"Well, pack up and let's hit the road."

What has Niu Ping never encountered in his life?So even though he is lost now, he is not too worried. In his opinion, it should not be too difficult to get out of the desert. What he is worried about is because he has gone in the wrong direction. affected.

After the three men packed up their tents, they continued on the road. Because they lost their way, Niu Ping determined after studying for a while that the direction to continue was southeast, which he thought was the best way to return to the original route. Method.

The scorching sun was hanging above the head, and it looked like there was only one, but it was pouring endless heat. Because of the sand, the ground was even hotter. It was definitely like walking on a frying pan that was on fire.

Sweat came out like spring water, Fang Ming didn't even wipe it off, because it was useless at all, the sweat was too much, and it came out immediately after wiping it off.

I raised my head slightly, and found that even through the sunglasses, the sun in the sky was very dazzling, showing how hot it was.

He shook his head lightly. He had never been to the desert before, so this time was a rare experience. However, it was more about the cruelty and ruthlessness of the desert.

"Pause."

Niu Ping, who was walking behind, pulled the rope connecting the three of them, so Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi stopped immediately.

"Old Niu, what's the matter?"

Fang Ming walked up to Niu Ping. As far as he knew, he hadn't returned to the original route, so there was only one possibility for him to stop now, that is, he might have discovered something. Thinking of this, he couldn't help showing a burst of excitement on his face. look.

Zhao Zhule obviously thought so too, so he had a look of excitement on his face.

Niu Ping was taken aback for a moment, but immediately understood why the two of them had excited expressions on their faces. He shook his head and said, "It's not like I discovered something."

Disappointed for a while, Fang Ming said, "Huh? Didn't you discover something? Then...why did we stop?"

"We are running out of water, we need to add some water, or we will die of thirst before we get out of the desert."

There are two biggest enemies in the desert, one is weather and temperature, and the other is water, especially water. If there is no water, a person can't live for a few days in the desert, and in the extremely hot weather The demand for water is even greater.

Of course Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi understood this, but is there water in this place?

Fang Ming looked around and found that the place where the three people are now is basically sand, but there are some low stones. Although these stones are not high, they are relatively large and obliquely elongated. It seems that most of them are buried in the sand. inner.

water?
Will there be water in such a place?

Fang Ming couldn't see why there was water in such a place.

"Old Niu, is there water in such a place?"

Fang Ming scratched his head, apart from sand and stones, where would there be a drop of water?But suddenly his heart moved, and he wondered if Niu Ping had the legendary ability to "smell" where there was water with his nose?

"Well, yes, there is water in this place. It is not that there is no water everywhere in the desert. For experienced people, water can actually be found in some places, such as the place where we are now. .”

Fang Ming became excited as soon as he heard it, and said loudly, "Old Niu, do you really feel like the legend says that you can smell where there is water?"

Niu Ping was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "How can there be such a person?"

"Huh? There is no such person? Then how do you find water?"

Now Xia Ming didn't understand even more.Although he has a supernatural power, but this supernatural power is used in the identification of antiques, and he has no experience in surviving in the desert. When he couldn't figure out how to find water, he could only think of this legendary one. Middle ability—I myself have the ability of supernatural powers, so it's not surprising that you have the ability to smell where the water is.

Glancing at Fang Ming, Niu Ping said, "There is no such person in this world. As long as you have experience in finding water in the desert, you can find it."

Now I clearly understand what Niu Ping meant. The important reason for Niu Ping to stop was of course to find water, but at the same time, it was also to teach himself and Zhao Zhuzi how to find water. This is a very important technique, so Fang Ming’s Curiosity was "stimulated" all of a sudden.

Niu Ping walked to the rocks not far away, and said as he walked: "There may be water in these places. If you see such a large rock or a large rock in the desert, it is possible. There is water, so we must not miss this opportunity - because this is most likely the only place we will find water. It is unrealistic to hope to find oases in the middle of the desert or water flowing out of the ground .”

Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi followed Niu Ping and observed Niu Ping's movements carefully. They knew that Niu Ping was looking for water now, and they could learn the ability to find water by seeing everything about him clearly.

"It's not that there is no rain in the desert, but because of the geology of the desert, the sand is easy to seep water, so after it rains, it will seep deep. We have nothing to do with this kind of water. "

"Huh? By the way, Mr. Niu, didn't we bring the Luoyang shovel? Is it possible to use it to dig deep into the ground to find water?"

Fang Ming suddenly thought that Luoyang shovel can hit the ground more than ten meters or tens of meters deep?In this way, if there is water in the ground, it can come in handy.

"It's not impossible, but generally speaking, it's not very useful."

Niu Ping continued to walk forward and said, "This is because the desert is full of sand. In fact, Luoyang shovels are often useless in finding water."

The reason is very simple, the sand is too soft, it is easy to get in, but it is also easy to collapse, and it is so deep, even if there is water, it cannot be taken out.

"Then...how can we find water?"

Zhao Zhuzi was also quite puzzled, and he couldn't figure out what Niu Ping meant.

At this time, Niu Ping had already seen a low-lying stone in front of him. He squatted down, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the sand, then nodded lightly, and said, "This place is good. There may be water. Take a look."

"Is there water in this place?"

Fang Ming imitated Niu Ping in disbelief, squatted down and pressed it with his hand, and found that the sand was a little cold, so he couldn't help being taken aback.

The temperature in the desert is already very high at this time. In theory, the sand should not be so cold.

"Is there really water here?"

Fang Ming took the shovel from Zhao Zhuzi's hand in disbelief, and dug vigorously.The sand is very soft, so it was easy to dig. In less than 2 minutes, Fang Ming dug a hole about one meter deep.What surprised Fang Ming was that the deeper he dug, the wetter the sand became, and it didn't look like sand in the desert at all!
Fang Ming's movements became faster, and after a while, when Fang Ming dug a hole of more than two meters, a trace of water suddenly gushed out as if appearing out of thin air, and after a while, the bottom of the hole was "filled". "full!
water!
Really water!

Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi were stunned. There is really water in this place, and this is a place in the desert!
Shouldn't the desert be full of sand, and the most rare thing is water?How could Niu Ping be able to dig out water just by looking for a place?

After a long time, Fang Ming came back to his senses, looked at Niu Ping, and said, "Old Niu...what's going on here?"

"Oh, think about it for yourself, what is going on here."

Niu Ping didn't say the answer directly, but let Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi think about what was going on.

Hearing this, Fang Ming knew that Niu Ping was testing his and Zhao Zhuzi's vision, so he stood up and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

(End of this chapter)