Finding footprints on the snow made me immediately see the hope of life. I rushed down eagerly and walked fast along the footprints. After half an hour, the footprints disappeared in front of a house buried by wind and sand.
The front door of the house was dug out with a downward slope. I drew my dagger and walked cautiously to the door, standing at the door and looking inside. In the middle of the room was a well made of stone, and there was burning ashes beside the well. But no one was seen in the room.
I walked quickly to the side of the well and illuminated the well with a flashlight. There was water in the well and it was very clear.
I was so excited that I hurriedly picked up the bucket by the well and put it down to get water, but at this moment, a bad wind came suddenly behind me. Before I turned back, I was hit hard on the back of the head and fainted. past.
When I woke up this time, I was still in the room, but my hands and feet were all tied up. In the corner of the room was an unkempt person who was eating the food I brought with me.
"Who are you?" I asked.
The person in the corner did not answer, but looked up at me and said, "You finally woke up."
I angrily said: "Let me go!"
"No hurry. You answer my question first. Why did you come here?"
"be lost."
"Guest?"
"Yes."
"Do you have any companions?"
"Yes, but separated."
"How long have you been lost in the desert?"
"Ten days."
"From the equipment you carry with you, you are quite professional. Do you often come to the desert?"
"The second time. You asked me so much, can you answer me a few questions?"
"Yes, you can ask." The other party was very refreshing.
"Do you know how to get out of the desert?"
"I don't know, I'm lost just like you."
"How long have you been in the desert?"
"It's been more than two months."
Over two months in the desert? People can live 7 days without food, and 3 days without drinking water. Although there are wells here to maintain sufficient water sources, food in the desert is scarce. What will he eat for more than two months
"What have you eaten for such a long time?"
"Hey, gerbils, lizards, scorpions, snakes, ants, wolves, as long as I can eat them."
"Are you alone here?"
"Yes. I had a companion before, but he died."
"where are you from?"
"south
People, my name is Ma Xuekun. "
I shifted my body and said, "Brother Ma, we are all fallen into the world, please let me go. We can find a way to get out of here together."
"No one can get out of here. Because we are in an area controlled by the devil. Any natural law is useless, no matter how we go, we will eventually come back here."
"devil?"
"Yes. The devil came from a forgotten village."
I pleaded: "Brother Ma, you should let me go first. Isn't it okay to tie me like this?"
Ma Xuekun smiled sullenly and said, "Boy, there is a lack of food in the desert. Delicacies like you are delivered to your door. Can I let you go?"
I was stunned, and said silently, "You, you want to eat me?"
"Not to eat you, but to use you as a bait to catch a wolf."
"you… "
"If you are lucky not to die, I'm considering whether to let you go."
After speaking, he stood up from the corner. At this time, I finally saw his appearance. He was thin, with torn clothes, tousled hair like a haystack, and beard stubble on his chin and face.
Ma Xuekun went to the well and took a sip of water, and said: "You better be honest, I'll go out and set up a trap now. If I find you want to escape, hey, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Seeing him walk out of the hole, I immediately rolled to the edge of the well and started rubbing the rope on the edge of the well. Don't run away waiting to feed the wolf
But I just rubbed it twice, and Ma Xuekun came back. He smiled and said, "I knew you were not honest."
Ma Xuekun walked over quickly, and before I could let it, I yelled at him, but he fainted with a punch.
In a daze, I felt that someone was dragging my body, opening my eyes to the stars in the sky, Ma Xuekun pulled my feet with a rope, just not knowing where to go.
I wanted to swear, but found a rag stuck in my mouth. The only thing I could do was to twist my body to express my anger.
Ma Xuekun looked back at me, did not gnaw, but continued to move forward.
I don't know how long it took before Ma Xueliang finally stopped.
Here is the middle of the two sand dunes. Ma Xuekun pointed to a sandy area and said: "I have dug a deep hole below. The bottom of the hole is covered with cacti and sharpened sand dates. So you'd better lie down. Don't move above, otherwise
Falling will definitely put you in a sieve. "
"Woo..." I glared at him in protest.
Ma Xuekun grinned, showing yellow teeth, patted my head, and said: "When I catch the wolf, I can give you a wolf's leg to eat. So you have to be obedient."
Regardless of my struggle, he rolled my body to the top of the trap. When I clearly felt the support of a wooden stick under me, he was so scared that he didn't dare to move anymore.
The following is really a trap. If I fall because of my struggle, then I have a dead end.
Ma Xuekun smiled and said, "That's right, we can only have food if we cooperate."
"Woo..."
He removed the cloth from my mouth and said: "In order to keep you as a bait in the future, I will definitely try my best to save your life, so you can still hope to survive as long as you listen to me."
"Fuck you! Me, woo..."
Ma Xuekun put the cloth into my mouth again, then opened the water bag he carried with him and started pouring things on me.
When something was poured on my body, I immediately smelled a strong smell of blood.
He smiled and said: "This is the blood of gerbils. The wolf is very sensitive to the smell of blood. Even if it can be smelled from a few kilometers away, as long as the wolf smells the smell of blood, it will come. You better pray that the wolf will come today, otherwise tomorrow I'm going to put your blood to lure wolves."
"Woo..."
Ma Xuekun knelt down and patted my face and said, "Boy, I don't want to do this, but I can only do this for survival." He picked up the other end of the rope tied to my feet and walked towards the sand dune. I walked over the sand dune and looked around, then raised his neck and let out a very realistic wolf cry.
"Oh, oh..."
The cry of the wolf spread under the empty night sky, and then gradually disappeared into the deep night.
Will the wolf come
I don't want the wolf to come, because I don't want to be the bait of the wolf, but I am worried that Ma Xuekun will not achieve his goal and will really bleed me.
The snow on the desert did not melt at all, reflecting the moonlight white, half a cold moon floating among a few loose frozen clouds, a few sparse stars hiding far away in the corner of the sky, like a peeper.
My teeth trembled from the cold, but I dared not move a bit, for fear that one would accidentally fall into the trap.
The wind keeps blowing, time passes quietly...
Suddenly, there was another wolf cry: Ooo...
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