Chapter 46: Hero (9)

  "Ah, I've finally arrived, I really can't walk anymore."

  Xiao Lie said a sentence, then fell to the ground, stretching his body out completely, his whole body aching extremely, as if his life was almost exhausted, his eyes feeling like they had a thousand pounds of weight.

  "Look at me, I don't look tired at all. Let me go again if you want." Ouyang Yuanye said on the side with a lively tone.

  After hearing his words, Xiao Lie's heart was filled with deep contempt. In the afternoon, this old man actually fainted in the desert, which scared Xiao Lie half to death at the time. He knew that Ouyang Yuanye must have been dehydrated, why did he give all the water to him and not drink any himself? Even if he had no common sense, he knew that if he didn't send him out, he would definitely die in the desert. Thinking of this, Xiao Lie suddenly gained strength from somewhere, his previous fatigue was swept away, and there was only one thought in his mind - to carry him out.

  At the moment when Ouyang Yuanye fell down, everyone in the director's room felt a tightness in their hearts, and General Shang stared at the screen even more intently.

  "Commander, shall we bring him back?" an aide asked.

  General Shang's mind was racing, whether to go or not to go, it was a problem. Ouyang Yuanye clearly knew that he only needed to make a gesture to get rescue, but he didn't do so. Perhaps he didn't know that there was already an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft tracking them above his head, or perhaps he did it on purpose.

  "Can that little warrior carry him out of the desert?" the general asked.

  "Report, there are still twenty kilometers to go. Although it's not far, it's also not close, and he hasn't had any food at all. The only water he had was drunk by Master Ouyang just now. From a physiological perspective, he can't hold on anymore. Moreover, we know that there are still twenty kilometers left, but he is currently in the desert and doesn't know that he's already two-thirds of the way through. Psychologically speaking, he will think that he's still deep in the desert, because sudden events in the vast expanse of the desert can easily lead to despair," a staff officer said.

  "But we can't ignore the physical potential that a person's psychology can exert. From what just happened, Xiao Lie was extremely anxious. He knew that if the other party didn't receive timely assistance, he would definitely die. So, without hesitation, he carried him on his back. Judging from his pace and speed, his mind was already very anxious. When a person is in such an anxious state, their body will secrete a hormone called adrenaline, which makes people feel excited and not tired." said Colonel Xia's advisor, Hua Xia.

  "How long can he last? His physical condition cannot withstand such a long march," the previous staff officer said.

  "I have faith in him," said Hua Xia. "As long as a person can hypnotize himself for a sufficient amount of time, and to a sufficient depth, he can create miracles."

  "How can you be so sure?" said the General this time.

  "By my feeling."

  When Hua Xia said such an irresponsible sentence, the people in the director's room did not laugh at him. He was the only psychology Ph.D. student in the entire military district. If he were just a Ph.D. who learned from books, it would be estimated that no one knew him. In order to understand the psychological activities and details of people from all walks of life, he spent two years doing countless tasks. Construction workers, restaurant waiters, bartenders, salesmen, lawyers, managers, individual entrepreneurs, street vendors, urban management officers, trainee managers, general manager assistants, even once took the civil service exam and completed a paper of nearly 200,000 words. After completing his thesis, he locked himself in the room for seven days and seven nights. Many people were worried about him when he reappeared on campus. Of course, he didn't tell others what he had done and experienced during those two years to complete his thesis. Those experiences could only be found in his thesis.

  When he was a street vendor, he witnessed the city management beating another vendor to disability. When he became a city manager himself, he also chased vendors all over the streets. As a waiter in a bar, he had to pretend to be a pimp to get first-hand information and even experienced what it's like to be a male gigolo. As an assistant general manager, apart from attending some social events, there was once when a female client tried to seduce him in front of others. On the construction site, he lived with the workers, eating, drinking and chatting with them every night, which was his favorite part of the day.

  After completing his thesis, when he appeared on campus for the seventh time, the school directly informed him that he could graduate. Some chapters of that thesis became teaching materials for the college. And this Ph.D. in psychology eventually chose to join the army. After joining the army, his talent was unstoppable. Anyone who chatted with him for a few words could tell the general situation of that person's family and character. Many people gave him an evaluation: it's best not to talk to him, nor look at him directly, otherwise you would sell your ancestors eighteen generations to him. With this specialty, Hua Xia quickly rose to the military district staff department, where he was responsible for psychological analysis.

  "This person is quite interesting," Hua Xia said and then fell silent again.

  He didn't know how long he had been walking, but Xiao Lie knew that if he didn't speed up, Ouyang Yuanye would soon lose his life. The endless road ahead was unknown when it would end, and he didn't even dare to stop and rest for a moment, knowing that once he stopped, he wouldn't be able to get back up again.

  The burden on his back was getting heavier and heavier, as if he was no longer carrying a person, but a mountain, a mountain that was crushing him, yet at that time he had no way to retreat.

  Now he would never think of taking a dagger and stabbing it into his own flesh where the meat was thickest, then learning to ride a horse like people on the grasslands do. When the horse couldn't run anymore, they'd stab its buttocks with a knife, and that horse would run incredibly fast. Later, from books, he learned that if one didn't have an extremely strong willpower of a superhuman, this trick would backfire when used on humans. In the past, in the new recruit squad, after he pricked himself with a needle, his own body was hurt for a long time afterwards. Now, originally his body lacked water, and his blood was even thicker than usual, so one knife stab wouldn't be enough, and he'd immediately kick the bucket.

  "You go your way, I'll go mine, now I'm flying, I'm flying, Xiao Yang is waiting for me at the other end, Xiao Yang is waiting for me there."

  Xiao Ran walked along while muttering to himself, which helped him fall asleep and made him feel a little less tired.

  "Don't you have anything to worry about, we'll be there soon. Think about it, if something happens to you, how sad your family will be - your wife, son, brothers and sisters will all be heartbroken. You're a soldier, a fifth-level officer, someone who can ignore even the company commander and battalion commander, what are you afraid of? Aren't you not afraid of these desert birds? What else is there to fear?"

  Xiao Lie walked and said, the sun stretched his shadow very long, the air was no longer so scorching hot. He chewed on a small piece of cactus in his mouth as he walked, the bitter taste stimulating his taste buds, and after a while, it felt a bit numb. Ouyang Yuanye had told him before that these cacti should not be chewed too much, because they contain a plant toxin that can numb human nerves, if eaten too much, it would not have any good effect on the body. But now he couldn't care about so many things, now he thought of sending Ouyang Yuanye away as soon as possible.

  Wow!

  I don't know how long it took, but Xiao Lie's eyes slowly became blurry, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his mouth full of sand. Ouyang Yuanye fell onto the sand and let out a low groan, now his body was starting to feel feverish, his lips were getting drier and drier, he needed water. The cactus on his body had already disappeared, even if it was still there, it couldn't be made into juice, he didn't think of chewing the cactus and then feeding it to him, if that was really the case, Ouyang Yuanye would have absorbed it strangely.

  "Water!" Ouyang Yuanye said softly.

  At this time, Xiao Lie's brain flashed, as if he had thought of something, and immediately stood up, then untied his pants.

  And Xiao Ran's series of actions instantly appeared in the director's room, and everyone was shocked to see Xiao Lie's actions. Some old hands immediately understood what Xiao Lie would do, and some officers wanted to laugh but couldn't. At a critical moment when lives were at stake, it was fortunate that Xiao Lie could come up with this move.

  Xiao Lie's body shook slightly, seemingly quite satisfied with his creation. Then he swirled the contents of the water bottle around, and to his surprise, he felt a sudden urge to drink it himself. But no way, there was still a critically ill patient lying on the ground waiting for this life-saving urine.

  It seemed as if fate had made arrangements, when everyone was about to witness the downfall of Ouyang Yuan Ye's reputation, he slowly opened his eyes. At the first moment he smelled the peculiar smell coming from that pot, he decisively pushed away the water pot that was about to reach his lips and asked: "What is that?"

  When Ouyang Yuanyu spoke, Xiao Lie was startled and then said: "You are a bit dehydrated now, you need to replenish some water."

  "Oh, but I think it's no longer needed now." Ouyang Yuanye said, then he stood up and looked at the sun that was about to set and around, saying: "We've already walked out."

  Xiao Lie followed Ou Yang Yuan's pointing direction and looked over, vaguely seeing some trees appearing not far away. Seeing this scene, the strength on his body seemed to disappear all at once, and he collapsed to the ground.

  "What do you want to do?" Ouyang Yuanye said.

  "I'm too tired to move."

  "That won't do, we have to keep going even if we're tired. There's still one kilometer left, and once we get out of here, we can find a water source. That's where it'll be safe for us. Get up, just one more kilometer and we'll make it."

  Xiao Lie had no choice but to get up, and Ou Yang Yuanye was not much better off after just waking up. Neither of them had much energy left in their bodies, but at least they were both a little better than Xiao Lie. The two of them supported each other as they took step by step towards the forest. When they stood at the edge of the forest, Xiao Lie turned his head to take one last look at the desert that was said to be sixty kilometers wide. He thought to himself that he never wanted to cross it again just for fun, it was too terrifying. He couldn't even believe how he had managed to get through that desert in the first place. Then, all of a sudden, he fell to the ground and didn't want to move at all.

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