gifted collector

Chapter 371 Lost
Fang Ming jumped onto a relatively high stone and carefully looked at the surrounding environment.

Standing tall and seeing far, this sentence is really correct. In the past, when walking in the relatively low and flat desert, he could not see the surrounding environment at all. Now standing higher, he found that there are many people around him. Most of the stones are basically buried in the sand, and a small part is exposed on the ground.

"What's going on here? Why is Niu Lao able to find water in such a place?"

Fang Ming slowly looked at the place where the water was found, frowned for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He discovered a problem, that is, the place where the water was found was the lowest in the entire surrounding environment. Create a small basin centered around the place where you find the water.

"If... if it's raining, then the surrounding water must eventually flow down and accumulate in the place where the water is found. Therefore, if there is water around, it can only be in that place."

Fang Ming jumped off the rock, ran to Niu Ping's side, and explained the reasons he thought of.

"Oh, that's right, that's it, Fang Ming, it is not easy to survive in the desert, especially water, that is the most important thing. Most people think that it is difficult to find water in the desert, so they subconsciously Focus on plants such as cacti, of course there will be water, but in addition to these plants, there are actually many places in the desert that have water. As long as we observe carefully, it is still very possible Those who find water, this time is the case."

Fang Ming nodded lightly, and said, "Boss Niu, what you said is not wrong at all. It seems that no matter where you are, as long as you observe more and use your brain, you can find many solutions to problems."

"Yes, indeed."

Niu Ping pointed to a small puddle of water that had accumulated in the pit, and said, "In a place like a desert, this kind of water is actually far safer than the water that appears directly on the ground."

"why?"

Zhao Zhuzi could not wait to take a sip of the emerging water just now, but now Niu Ping seemed to mean that not all kinds of water in the desert could be drunk, which made him startled immediately.

"It's very simple. It's not just people who want to drink water in the desert, but many animals. Once the water source is polluted by animals, including their human feces, there may be problems if people drink it—even if If you are healthy, you may not be able to survive in the desert, let alone if you are sick. And the water that appears on the ground is often polluted by animals, so you must be very careful when drinking it."

"However, this kind of water dug from the bottom of the sand is different. They have little chance of being polluted, and because the sand also has a filtering function, even impurities are filtered out, so this kind of water is relatively safe. It's very safe."

This is indeed the case, and of course it is very safe to bury such water on the ground.

"It's really full of learning."

Although it is impossible to enter the desert again in a lifetime, it is still good to learn more knowledge, and the method taught by Niu Ping is very simple to put it bluntly. How can you imagine that there is water in such a place?

Zhao Zhuzi filled up the empty kettles, and Fang Ming and the three continued on their way.

"wrong."

As he was walking, Fang Ming suddenly stopped. The three of them were connected by ropes. When he stopped, Zhao Zhuzi and Niu Ping also stopped.

"what happened?"

Zhao Zhuzi looked at Fang Ming, and at the same time tightened the backpack on his shoulders.

"This place...we seem to have been here before."

Fang Ming's memory is astonishing, as long as he has seen it once, he can remember it. He remembers that he has walked through this place before.

"Impossible."

Zhao Zhuzi was stunned for a moment, "Passed by? No way, there is not a single step here, how could it be possible to pass by?"

"It's a desert here, and it's windy, so even if we walked through this place before, it might be 'smoothed' immediately, so we can't see it through this."

Niu Ping's face turned serious, he was an old man, he just didn't pay attention before, now after Fang Ming reminded him, he felt that something was wrong.

"The desert is full of sand, I think it's all the same, Brother Fang Ming, did you remember wrongly?"

Zhao Zhuzi looked around in disbelief. He didn't quite believe what Fang Ming said. How could he have been to this place before him?
Fang Ming squatted down, pointed to a small stone next to him, and said, "This stone is green. I was a little curious at the time, so I took a special look at it, and now I see it again. It's impossible, isn't it?"

Scratching his own head, Zhao Zhuzi said, "Could it be because such stones are very common in this desert?"

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said, "It's been several days since I entered the desert. If I had seen such a stone before, then I wouldn't be so impressed."

In fact, because of his strong memory, Fang Ming has already determined that the three people in front of him must have passed by before.

"Probably!"

Niu Ping nodded, stood up and clapped his hands, and said, "The easiest way is to make a mark here and walk again to see if we have passed."

This is a good way. Fang Ming and Zhao Zhuzi searched around, found a dead branch, and then used that stone to press the two things together.

After a day and a night, the exhausted Fang Ming, Niu Ping, and Zhao Zhuzi stared dumbfounded at the stones and dead trees in front of them—by this time they were sure that they were indeed in serious trouble, and the three walked back .

"Damn, isn't it? Is there really such a thing? Walking and walking back?"

Zhao Zhuzi's eyes widened, and he looked at everything before him in disbelief. In the "legend", there is indeed such a place in the world, or some kind of fifth-class gossip array can arrange such a place that can make people feel happy. You can't get out even if you go around, but the problem is that this place in front of you is just a place in the desert. How could such a situation happen?

"Pillar, get out the compass."

Niu Ping thought for a while, and asked Zhao Zhuzi to take out the compass. In fact, in the desert, because there is sand everywhere, it is easy to get lost. Before there was no compass, many things could be used to determine the direction, such as the growth shape of plants— — Generally speaking, the denser places should be in the south, because there is more sunlight in this direction, and the growth will be better naturally.

However, now that there is a compass, you can see it directly by taking it out.

"what!!"

But he didn't expect that when Zhao Zhuzi took out the compass, he just glanced at it and then yelled.

"whats the matter?"

Fang Ming had a bad feeling in his heart, he snatched the compass, but found that the pointer was moving around, and there was no way to indicate the direction.

"Old Niu, there may be a strong magnetic field here, and the compass can no longer work."

"Ok?"

Niu Ping was taken aback for a moment, but then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Isn't it? You're so happy when you're lost?"

Fang Ming's eyes widened, looking at Niu Ping who was about to show a smile like a chrysanthemum, he really didn't understand why.

"Oh, find a place and settle down, we won't leave for now."

With a big wave of his hand, Niu Ping didn't care that Fang Ming and Zhi Zhao Zhuzi were confused, and let them set up camp!
Looking at the sky, he found that it was almost dark, and the temperature in the desert would drop sharply at night, so although he was puzzled in his heart, Fang Ming could only suppress these doubts first, and talk to Zhao The pillars got busy together, and more than an hour later, when the night slowly fell, the three small tents had been set up, and Niu Ping dug out a tree in the sand that had fallen down many years ago. The most important thing is that he seems to have dug out a snake nest and caught three cobras, each with the thickness of an arm!

Fang Ming's spirits lifted when he saw it. Although these things are poisonous, they can only be lethal when they are still alive.

Using a small knife, he quickly removed the heads of the three snakes, then skinned them, and finally put them on twigs. As for Zhao Zhuzi, he had already "dismembered" them with a small ax that he carried with him. Soon, The fire was ignited, and each of the three men took a branch with a snake pierced through it and roasted it.

Although there is a lack of food in the desert, poisonous snakes like cobras are already at the top of the food chain to some extent, so they are still relatively fat. When it reached the fire, the flames rose high all of a sudden.

Half an hour later, Fang Ming found that the snake was already cooked.

"Hey, Zhuzi, I remember you brought a few bottles of wine?"

Fang Ming smiled at Zhao Zhuzi. Thanks to his good health, Zhao Zhuzi could bring a lot of things, so in addition to the necessary things to enter the desert, he even brought wine!
"Hehehe..."

Zhao Zhuzi smiled honestly, took out a bottle of wine from his bag and handed it to Fang Ming.

After unscrewing the lid, Fang Ming handed it to Niu Ping and said, "Old Niu, it's been several days in the desert. This is the first big meal. Now that there is meat, we have to have a good drink."

"it is good!"

Niu Ping was obviously in a good mood. After receiving the wine, he took a big sip, smacked his lips, and handed it to Fang Ming.

How could Fang Ming know that, after receiving it, he first took a bite of the grilled snake meat and chewed it several times before taking a big sip of the wine.

The meat of the cobra is very tough. Because of the addition of salt, it tastes good. It is the best appetizer.

The three of them took turns drinking from a bottle of wine, and gnawed on the cobra!

(End of this chapter)