Translator: Tim Editor: Chrissy / Tehrn
At this moment, Chi Wanqing and Ning Qingxue had already entered the desert. However, they didnât come by themselves as originally planned; instead, there was a whole vehicle crew.
Although Chi Wanqing didnât want her father intervening, her father didnât bring up about anything in the past this time and allowed her to enter the desert. Thus, she could only retreat a step. Besides, she knew that her father was doing it for her sake. With her compliance, Chi Youjun not only arranged a few cars for Chi Wanqing but also sent people to go with her in the desert. This was using his authority for private matters, but if it hadnât been for his daughter, Chi Youjun would have never done such thing.
However, he had no choice. The daughter he hadnât seen for a few years was going to the desert, and no matter how he had tried to persuade her, she wouldnât agree. He didnât want to have a big fight again, so he could only comply and send people to protect her.
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Ye Mo carefully inspected the wall he was sleeping at over night. Feeling that it was very sturdy, he was assured and opened up the tent. It would be too hot for sleeping bag at night so he didnât bother pulling that out.
At night, Ye Mo didnât want to sleep. He was cultivating outside the tent but by midnight, he felt he was being watched again. This feeling made him very uncomfortable and he felt more weird. He wasnât the only person to come to the desert but why did this only happen to him.
Ye Mo didnât continue waiting this time. He packed his things into the bag and carried his bag. He felt that the thing that was watching him stayed where it was.
He wasnât sure if it was the same thing from last night but since he was being watched, it meant that there was something attracting it from him. As for what it was, he didnât know. Was it still a bare cockroach watching him? Ye Mo knew this was impossible because it wouldnât be able to survive in the desert.
He came to the desert to find the purple heart vine. Did this thing come because of the purple heart vine in his bag? Because other people didnât have it, only he did. If that was the case, this would mean that the thing was sensitive to the purple heart vine.
After Ye Mo put on his bag, he wasnât in a rush to attack this thing. Instead, he took out a metal nail and marked it with his spirit sense before suddenly standing up and walking away from the wall. At the same time, he shot the nail towards the black shadow.
Chhh, Ye Mo knew he hit his target and immediately chased.
This time, he had everything with him so he wasnât afraid of getting lost. With his food and water as well as his powers, he would be able to survive a month or two in the desert without problems
This time, Ye Mo didnât lose it. He followed closely behind. Allthough the shadow was on the border of escaping his spirit sense range, he had marked it with a nail. Ye Mo believed that as long as his spirit sense focused the nail, he would be able to catch that shadow.
Although Ye Mo followed the shadow closely, he felt intrigued about the shadowâs stamina. He was sure his nail hit it but how was it still able to run so fast? The shadow that attack him a few days ago was like this as well.
Just when Ye Mo was thinking of a way to speed up and catch the shadow, a feeble cough sounded from the distance. The sound was so small that if his hearing wasnât great, he definitely wouldnât be able to hear it.
Just fazing for this moment, Ye Mo lost track of the black shadow. However, Ye Mo wasnât annoyed, that black shadow mustâve gone hiding somewhere. The black shadow was shot by the nail. Even if it took the nail out, he worked the nail and would be able to find it with the spirit sense mark. It would be fine at least within a few hours.
Now that the thing disappeared, Ye Mo couldnât be bothered finding it. He just followed where that moan was before.
Two men and a woman leaned weakly against a tattered tent. Ye Moâs spirit sense scanned them before he even went there.
The three had messy and dirty hair and looked very shabby. The two man actually carried guns with them. Although that woman didnât have a gun, there was ferocity in her expression. Ye Mo seemed to have seen this ferocity somewhere.
Looking at the position they were sitting, it was obvious these three werenât in the same group. Although they all looked like they were about to die, the two men still stared vigilantly at the woman as if preventing her from playing any tricks.
As soon as Ye Mo arrived, the three were immediately frightened. It was in the middle of the night in the desert and a figure suddenly appeared. No matter how brave they were, they would still be frightened.
Although they were shocked, it was obvious they had no strength left to get up. However, one of them pointed a gun at Ye Mo but didnât fire.
Ye Mo noticed their cracked lips and their sandstorm tattered clothes. It was obvious they had been in the desert for a while.
âWho are you?â a person holding a gun asked nervously at Ye Mo.
âAre you a human or a ghost?â the woman looked very threatening, but how could she not be afraid seeing a person carrying a bag in the middle of the night in the desert? She subconsciously moved toward those two men, but perhaps she was out of energy, so she only moved a little bit.
âWho I am is not important, but if you continue to point a gun at me, Iâll guarantee you wonât see tomorrowâs sun,â Ye Mo said faintly. He hated people pointing guns at him, and these three didnât look like ordinary people. Even when they were fatigued by the desert, he could still feel their ferocity whether it was the woman or the two men.
To Ye Moâs surprise, the person suddenly took the gun back and coughed before saying tiringly, âI hate the morning sun right now.â
Ye Mo suddenly felt this person was a bit cute and smiled, âYou are lost in the desert?â
At this moment, the three could be sure Ye Mo wasnât a ghost, he should be someone exploring the desert. The man who packed the gun away also felt relieved, perhaps they could be saved by this person.
At this moment, he didnât ask Ye Mo for water and said admiringly, âBrother, I really admire you, you can survive in the desert as if you were taking a stroll. Donât tell me you came here on foot.â
Ye Mo didnât answer the manâs words and looked at the other two.
The man explained, âIâm Li Hu, and this is my partner in crime, Cheng Hongzhe. We were apprehending a criminal in the desert, but we lost our way. Our car is out of oil, so we dumped it in the desert. We wanted to ask for back up, but our communication and gps were all useless. Then, we walked some distance trying to find a place with signal, but it was worse; we are still lost, and it has already been many days now.â
Seeing Ye Mo didnât talk, Li Hu took out his phone and said, âOriginally, I thought we could still call for help even if we were lost but a few days later, the phone was out of battery. Plus, in order to capture her, we went into the desert in a hurry and basically didnât prepare anything. Although we caught her, but weâre trapped in the desert and probably will die in a day or two.â
This Li Hu seemed to be free spirited and didnât take death seriously.
Ye Mo looked at the woman thinking that although she had been tortured by the desert to the point that she couldnât move, her ferocity was still there.
Since they were capturing criminals, it meant these two were from the police or another department like that.
âShameless, you two are the criminals. Is that thing yours? What right do you have to get it from me? Besides, itâs not even on me...â the woman immediately rebutted, and her tone was rather contemptuous.
Ye Mo couldnât be bothered with these things. He didnât care who was right or wrong. Seeing these three unable to sustain much longer, he took out fifteen bottles of water and gave five to each. Since these three werenât from the same group, he would give it to them separately in order to avoid conflict. He didnât give them food since he had seen some food in their bags.
âThanks Brother, I donât need this much. Three are fine, you are still in the desert, keep some for yourself,â Li Hu took some water and thanked him immediately.
Ye Mo gave them water because he had found a lot, and another reason was because that yellow dressed woman was generous when saving him. He felt he was affected too. Of course, Ye Mo liked Li Huâs personality. This person was optimistic. Now, that he told Ye Mo to keep some, Ye Mo had a better impression of him.
Chen Hongzhe took the water and thanked Ye Mo but didnât say the water was too much. He quickly opened a bottle and drank everything. He looked at the remaining water and didnât continue drinking. He knew he couldnât drink too much now.
The woman took the 5 bottles and thanked Ye Mo excitedly: âThank you, you are a really good person. Iâm called Feng Tian, and I only need 3 bottles too.â Then, she gave two bottles back to Ye Mo.
Ye Mo waved his hand, âI still have 10 bottles, you donât need to give it to me, I have enough.â However, he felt Feng Tianâs temperament didnât match with her name [1]. she looked ferocious, but her name was very docile.
Cheng Hongzhe saw that out of the three, he was the only one to not say anything and drank first. He felt quite awkward.
Li Hu drank half a bottle and felt that he had recovered a lot. Then, he looked at Feng Tian and said, âOkay, you say youâre not a criminal, but do you dare to say you werenât from Bei Sha? You dare to say that the explosion in Tan Du a few months ago was unrelated to you? Are you still going to say you didnât take that thing? We already said. As long as you give me that, I can even give you payment and wonât look for trouble. Besides, do you even need it?â
Feng Tian opened her mouth but eventually didnât say anything.
Note:
1: Tian means sweet.