Judgment Day [Unlimited]

The pale full moon hangs high above the endless desolate desert, reflecting the figures clearly, and the whistling wind blows the wind and sand across the sky.

Xie Xingyin stared at the figure on the sand dune in the distance, feeling a little hairy in his heart. "It's so late, who is there?"

The figure's figure was hidden in the darkness, and the outline was a little blurry from a distance, but it was indeed possible to recognize a person squatting on the sand over there, silently, like a ghost.

Xie Xingyin's complexion was not very good, he looked up and saw Lu Fen with a serious expression, wondering what he had discovered.

"Can you see who that is?" Xie Xingyin asked him.

Lu Fen shook his head, grabbed the saber and opened the curtain: "It's too far away, I'll go out and have a look."

Boss Hou was watching the night outside, staring at the bonfire with a hungry stomach, and his stomach kept growling.Seeing that the wind and sand were getting bigger and bigger, he was hesitating whether to go back to the tent to take shelter from the wind, when he suddenly saw two figures sneaking out of the tent.

"You—" Boss Hou was startled, and almost shouted for bodyguards, but Lu Fen knocked him down first.

"Don't shout."

Xie Xingyin motioned him to whisper: "I'm offended. Boss Hou, don't make a sound, or you will scare that thing away."

Boss Hou looked in the direction he indicated, and his face froze immediately, his small eyes were as big as copper bells.

"Yes, who's there... This wilderness, where did they come from?!" Boss Hou was obviously a little panicked.

"Did that figure just appear?" Xie Xingyin asked.

"I don't know, I didn't even see this dark thing unless you told me." Boss Hou had a hellish expression on his face, looking very scared, "I've been guarding here for a long time, except for the two of you, I didn't see anyone at all. Others have come out."

That certainly wasn't one of them.

Xie Xingyin silently stared at the shadows in the distance, wondering if the other party had noticed their movements.

They were in the light, but the man was in the dark. Presumably, they should have been spotted long ago.But that person has been squatting there motionless since just now, quite calm, and it seems that he may not know that he has been exposed.

"Is it possible that it was the guy who escaped yesterday?" Xie Xingyin said.

Apart from them, there was only one living person in this desert.

"Oh yes yes yes! It's very likely that it's the little guy!" Boss Hou wiped off his sweat and quickly agreed.

"If it's really him, then why did he come back in the middle of the night to spy on our tent?" Xie Xingyin felt strange.

The short guy stole the food and rode a camel. It stands to reason that he should go straight to the land of the sunset without looking back, find the elixir of immortality before them, and complete the task and spend 100 days of survival time all by himself.

But what is he secretly doing now?Is there any danger on the way ahead, or do you want to get something from them?

In reality, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, and the temperature at night will be about 30-40 degrees lower than that during the day, and it can even reach zero degrees at night in winter.Coupled with the strong wind speed at night, if it was a real desert, they would have frozen to death with just these few prehistoric tents camping.

The current mission scene is milder than reality, the weather is not so unbearable, and it is not a big deal to make a campfire and hug a camel for the night.Xie Xingyin couldn't figure out why that man would come back at the risk of being beaten by eight people.

Thanks to the short guy, Boss Hou was hungry in the middle of the night, and his teeth itch when he thought of that bastard. When he heard that it might be him, his legs didn’t feel weak and he couldn’t breathe. have a look.

Xie Xingyin pressed his shoulder hard to make him calm down. "Boss Hou, please keep your voice down."

He lowered his voice as much as possible and said: "This is a rare opportunity. As long as the short man is caught, we can get back both food and water."

But Lu Fen stared at the sand dunes over there expressionlessly, as if he was not optimistic:

"It's very strange no matter how you look at it. It's windy and sandy outside, you wait, I'll go and have a look first."

"I'll go too." Xie Xingyin also stood up immediately, "Boss Hou, wait here first, don't startle the snake, if the situation is wrong, wake up the others immediately."

The figure in the distance stood on the highest point of the sand dune, with a moon hanging behind it, so that from their perspective, only a black shadow of a human silhouette could be seen.

The opponent occupies the most favorable high ground, and can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scene.And there is not even a tree on this flat desert, and they can't find any shelter. If they just pass by like this, they will be discovered before they get close.

So Xie Xingyin whispered to Lu Fen with his lips: What should I do?

There is no time to think about it right now, they can't dig a tunnel to get through, and the guy should run away after a while.

Lu Fen tossed the knife in his hand to him, raised his chin slightly, and motioned for them to outflank and have a look.Xie Xingyin held the knife in his hand and nodded in understanding.

It's all here, I don't believe they can't subdue that guy in two on one.

So the two pretended to go back to the tent, but actually lowered their bodies and used the cover of the tent to go around from both sides to outflank them.

At this time, they are located in the downwind, and it is difficult to be noticed when they are facing the wind.When the dark clouds were blown by the wind and briefly covered the cold white moonlight, the two took advantage of the brief darkness to move quickly.

Leaving the shade of the tent, the cold wind slapped the face with sand grains, and the coldness poured in from the neckline. Every nerve in the whole body seemed to be immersed in ice water.

In the darkness, Xie Xingyin gritted his teeth and went up against the wind, only the sound of the wind blowing past his ears, and the sand hitting his face hurting.

Xie Xingyin blocked the wind with his hands to avoid sand and dust from blowing into his eyes. In the dense darkness, he could no longer see where Lu Fen was. He could only see the dark outline of the sand dunes in front of him and the figures on the sand dunes.

Although he didn't know what his intentions were, Xie Xingyin knew that the short man must not be allowed to get the elixir first.He has to be caught, or everybody dies here.

The guide had already warned them not to go out on a windy night in the desert.But right now they don't have time to think about it. Anyway, they might die if they encounter danger, and they might die if they don't catch the short one.

Xie Xingyin walked towards the figure on the sand dune cautiously against the increasing gust of wind.The sound of footsteps stepping on the sand was blown away by the strong wind, Xie Xingyin couldn't even hear his own voice, and his figure completely disappeared into the boundless darkness.

Seconds later, the clouds re-spit the moon out.Xie Xingyin raised his eyes and saw that the glaring moonlight was shining on the top of the sand dune. The black figure squatting on the sand dune was still motionless, like a completely still human statue.

Xie Xingyin suddenly had a ridiculous idea in his heart.

——That shadow was so quiet that it didn't look like a living person.Could it be that the wind blows away the sand, exposing a certain stone statue that had been buried underground by the wind and sand?

The figures on the sand dunes were still silent, without any movement.Thinking of this, Xie Xingyin became a little more courageous, so he gathered his mind and continued to lean over.

At this time, he had already touched the bottom of the sand dune, only three to forty meters away from the black shadow.Xie Xingyin slowed down his pace, and when he was about to find out where Lu Fen was, he saw the figure on the sand dune suddenly move slightly.

Xie Xingyin's heart tightened.

——That was really a living person.

The opponent was more sensitive than they imagined, and they had already noticed it before they climbed the dune.The black figure twisted violently, turned around and ran away quickly.

Xie Xingyin cursed secretly in his heart.was found.

Now that the other party has found out, he doesn't need to pretend anymore, he stood up thumping and chased after him. "stop--!"

Xie Xingyin heard his shout being lost in the gust of wind, and he could hardly hear it clearly.

But no matter how hard he tried to catch up, he could only watch the distance getting farther and farther away—the black shadow was so fast that it was simply beyond the reach of human beings.

You can't just let him run away.Xie Xingyin faced the more and more frenzied wind and sand, gritted his teeth recklessly, followed behind the shadow, and rushed into the vast desert.

Soon, the camp behind him became farther and farther away, and gradually disappeared.

Seeing that the gap between him and the figure in front was widening and he was about to be unable to catch up, the other party seemed to stumble again suddenly, and slowed down as if he was exhausted, allowing Xie Xingyin to catch up and close the distance.But when Xie Xingyin approached, the other party started to run at full speed again.

Just like you chasing each other again and again, Xie Xingyin had a vague premonition in his heart.

In the windy night, surrounded by desolate deserts, Lu Fen was still missing.At this moment, Xie Xingyin was already far away from the camp, so he couldn't help feeling a little jealous.

Just now I was only focused on chasing him fiercely, and I didn't have time to think about how weird this matter is.

Xie Xingyin could not help slowing down vigilantly.It's not so much that the guy is running away, it's better to say that he is deliberately hooking him.

It felt like... like trying to lead him somewhere.

This can never be a good thing.

The figure running ahead seemed to notice that he had slowed down, as if he didn't want to chase him anymore.Afterwards, Xie Xingyin clearly saw that the person in front also stopped, and his figure hid behind a big rock in a flash.

Hide behind a rock?Xie Xingyin couldn't help hesitating.

The guy is behind the big rock at the moment, whether he is chasing or not.

Xie Xingyin was afraid that this was a trap, but seeing people right in front of him, he couldn't let his efforts fall by the wayside.Anyway, letting the short guy run away is dead, why not go over and see, he has a weapon in his hand, so it may not be impossible to deal with the opponent.

Thinking so, Xie Xingyin held the knife tightly in his hand, and carefully groped towards the stone, always paying attention to whether there were any traps under his feet.

But when I got to the side of the boulder smoothly all the way, nothing happened.

It was quiet behind the rock, Xie Xingyin took a deep breath, held his breath, put the knife across in front of his body, and suddenly poked behind the big rock——

There was a flash of a figure in front of him, Xie Xingyin almost stabbed him, but he heard the man suddenly shout: "Brother."

It turned out that it was Lu Fen who rushed over from the other end who almost bumped into him, and Xie Xingyin almost confiscated the knife.

Strange.He clearly watched the other party hide behind the stone, but there were only him and Lu Fen behind the stone.

So Xie Xingyin took a step back slowly, looked at "Lu Fen" in front of him with a vigilant expression.

"Lu Fen?" He called out tentatively.

He was afraid that the person was not Lu Fen, but something else.

"Brother." Lu Fen knew what he was thinking, and responded, "Don't be afraid, it's really me, if you don't believe me, feel for it."

Touch... touch what touch.

When Xie Xingyin heard it, who else could speak like this except Lu Fen, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, stop teasing me." Xie Xingyin sighed, "But then again, how dare you be sure who I am?"

Lu Fen spit out two words concisely: "Feeling."

The saber in Xie Xingyin's hand was still tightly clenched, for fear that the man just now would fall from the sky. "I just saw that figure running behind the rock, why did it disappear again?"

The two circled around the stone a few times, looked up and down, but didn't find any place where they could hide.

The man hid behind the stone, but suddenly evaporated again.

At this time, the two were already far away from the camp. Lu Fen looked at the dark desert in front of him, and said in a rare serious tone: "Brother, it's dangerous here, let's go back first."

"it is good."

The two looked alert and walked back side by side.Xie Xingyin kept turning his head and looking back as he walked, always feeling that there was something staring at them in the darkness behind him, like a thorn on his back.

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Lu Fen suddenly grabbed his hand.

Xie Xingyin was taken aback, feeling that his hands were still so cold.He could subconsciously feel that Lu Fen was a very reliable person, and this feeling suppressed most of his uneasy emotions.

Lu Fen glanced at the darkness behind him, and pulled Xie Xingyin forward: "Let's go brother, don't look."

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When the two returned to the camp, it was already daylight.

"My ancestors, you guys are back!" Boss Hou was relieved to see them come back together. "How about it, who is that person, have you caught it?"

"Run away." Xie Xingyin shook his head, "I'm not sure who it is yet, so just pretend you don't know anything."

After dawn, the wind and sand gradually stopped.

Everyone woke up one after another and got out of the tent.Xie Xingyin quietly observed everyone who came out of the tent, except for Boss Hou and themselves who had been outside the tent, there were five people in total, none missing.

After a while, the guide also came out, and it seemed that they didn't know about their sneaking out of the camp last night.

Everyone knew nothing about the strange things that happened last night.Lao Liang squatted on the ground with a miserable expression, swallowed the last piece of dry food for breakfast with tears in his eyes, and now there was not even a trace of food residue in his cloth bag.

Not only him, everyone's food bags were basically empty, so they could only endure the hunger and burning intestines and continue on the road.

Boss Hou has a big appetite. He was unbearably hungry during the vigil yesterday, and his stomach hurts uncontrollably.

Seeing a group of people staggering to and fro, wanting to die or live, let alone go to the land of sunset, living like this for two days is not enough.

Li Tiefeng often participates in expeditions and has been in danger more than once.He knows how terrible it is to be without food.

Now everyone has only been hungry for less than a day, and they can basically maintain their sanity.But if they can't find food anymore, the animal instinct of waiting for people to go hungry will be exposed.

Cannibalism due to lack of food is not uncommon among expeditions in distress.In the face of survival instinct, people are no different from beasts, and morality is nothing.

But if things go on like this, they will either starve to death or eat people, it's just a matter of time.Boss Hou's bodyguard had a gun in his hand and had a fierce look on his face. It would not be difficult to kill someone in a hurry.

Li Tiefeng sighed, and said to appease everyone: "You should be able to find cacti in the desert. There is a lot of water in the cactus. Cutting it and eating it can quench your thirst."

When everyone with parched mouths heard this, they immediately became more motivated.

Even if the cacti are not tasty, they can moisten their smoky throats.

"Let's go and find a cactus."

In this way, a group of people walked forward enthusiastically all morning, looking around for traces of cacti.

At the beginning, everyone was full of energy, their eyes shining brightly for fear of missing or being robbed by others, but seeing that it was almost noon, they didn't even see a single cactus.

Sometimes I saw the shadows from a distance, but when I approached excitedly, I found that they were all broken stones.

After going back and forth, Boss Hou was a little frustrated: "Damn it, why isn't there even a cactus in this desert?"

Back then, he didn't even bother to move his chopsticks when the delicacies of mountains and seas were in front of him, but now he has no chance to quench his thirst with a cactus.

"Let's look for it again, it should be there." Li Tiefeng also felt very strange.

But after going all this way, they found nothing, and everyone vaguely understood.In fact, they hadn't seen a cactus yesterday when they came along the road. It wasn't because they were unlucky that they couldn't find a cactus, but it was probably because there were no cacti in this desert.

Not to mention plants, I didn't even see any living things like poisonous snakes and scorpions along the way.

What they are in now is not an ordinary desert, but a sea of ​​dead sand, where no living things can survive.

The scorching sun at noon bakes the golden desert.Everyone walked forward, sweating profusely, the water evaporated quickly, and there were faint signs of dehydration.

There was not even a shady place to rest on the endless sand, so everyone had to set up tents and rest for a while.

"Oh, I'm going to get sunburned and peeling." Lao Liang took off his sunglasses to wipe his sweat.

His skin color was completely different from the day he first arrived. After taking off the sunglasses, his eyes were all white.Xie Xingyin saw it, and laughed so hard that he didn't pay attention to his feet and almost fell down.

The sand scorched by the sun was hot and smoking. Lao Liang found a cloth to cover it, and sat down on his buttocks. The hot sand burned his buttocks instantly through a layer of cloth, so he had to change his position and squat down.

"What the hell, there is nothing but sand in this desert, why is there no living thing at all?" Lao Liang said, fanning the wind with his hands.

"Think about it, at least there will be no more rattlesnakes and scorpions." Xie Xingyin comforted him.

Unexpectedly, Lao Liang was so hungry that he went crazy, and said in a daze, "I have eaten grilled scorpions. Is rattlesnake meat good?"

"If you can find it, try baking one." Xie Xingyin said.

After driving for more than half a day, he only ate a piece of dry food for breakfast. Lao Liang was already so hungry that he was dizzy and drooling at everything.

"Old Xie, old Xie, look." He poked Xie Xingyin dizzily.Xie Xingyin looked in the direction he pointed and saw a brown sand dune.

"Do you think that dune looks like a chicken butt?"

"..."

Xie Xingyin was speechless, silently took out his dry food and stuffed a piece into his mouth.

Not to mention Lao Liang, he himself felt a little uncomfortable.You can eat less food, but absolutely not without water.

The average person can live for about a month with only water and no food, but they will die in three days without water—not to mention that they are still marching in the hot and dry desert, and they will be weathered into natural mummies if they don’t drink water for two or three days .

Xie Xingyin's water bottle was already empty, his throat was tight, and he was about to get into the tent to avoid the sun, when Lu Fen beside him suddenly stuffed something cool into his hand.

Xie Xingyin took a closer look, and there was a bright red fruit in his hand.

"I took it at the dinner that day." Lu Fen said.

Xie Xingyin glanced at him, guessing that he only had this one fruit, so he broke it and shared it together.

Handing it to his mouth and taking a bite, Xie Xingyin's throat that was about to smoke finally stopped hurting, and there was a bit of cool sweetness on the tip of his tongue.