The other elfins did not have any objections to Old Time Tea's decision.
Everyone could see that Zhang Zian had not slept much for two nights and a day. He had been driving for a long time, coupled with heavy physical labor. Zhang Zian was exhausted. He was at the end of his tether, and his eyelids were fighting. It would not be surprising if he suddenly fell asleep while driving.
Driving for more than ten hours in this state? Gritting his teeth and rushing under the scorching sun of 60 degrees at noon?
Even if a person could stand it, could the car?
Whether it was reasonable or from the perspective of driving safety, it would not work.
Even if he forced himself to arrive at the destination in this state, he might really collapse on the spot if he found out that the other party had already left.
In that case, he might as well give up on the first plan. There would be a lot more time.
The second plan might face a problem of supplies, because it was an unknown new road, and without Nabari to lead the way, the speed was bound to be slower. No one could say for sure whether the existing supplies could support them until they left the desert.
A lack of food could be tolerated, but a lack of water absolutely could not. In the desert, a lack of water meant death.
Old Time Tea could see that Zhang Zian had already tried to drink as little water as possible. Even his lips were so dry today. Last night, he had to drink more water under the high-intensity physical labor.
After the discussion, Famous voluntarily returned to the phone. Other cat elfins did not need much water, but dogs drank more. As for Richard, the water it drank was negligible.
Zhang Zian was very grateful that the elfins could understand his difficulties. His spirit relaxed a little, and he could not stop feeling sleepy.
He wanted to go back to the car and sleep. Even if he slept sitting down, he could not. Without the protection of the canopy, the car would be as hot as a furnace at noon.
The white cloth and aluminum alloy bracket had been lost in the storm, and there was no place to shelter himself. He could only force himself to shovel thick sand and pile it on the hood and roof. He even covered the front windshield with a layer of sand. He used the sand to block the direct sunlight from hitting the car, so that most of the heat would accumulate in the sand and not be transmitted into the car.
After he finished this, he drank some water, returned to the driver's seat, and adjusted the seat to the back. Then he tilted his head and fell asleep.
He slept until the sky was dark. He woke up a few times, drank some water, and then went back to sleep in a daze.
He had many dreams about many people and many things.
The next morning, when the sun shone through the side windshield into the car, he struggled to wake himself up.
Although his sleepiness had subsided a little, his forehead was still very hot, and his cheeks were very red, as if he had a fever.
It was windy.
Was it because of the wind in the desert?
Could it be that the Black Storm was coming again?
When he moved, a warm, damp towel fell from his forehead.
What a waste … to actually wet the towel with water …
He suddenly remembered what Xiao Tianyu had done.
Richard stood next to the headrest of the seat, flapping his wings to fan him. But when he opened his eyes, he put his head under his wing and pretended to tickle it.
"Zian, how do you feel?" Old Time Tea looked at him worriedly.
The elves had more sensitive senses than humans. As early as midnight, they had sensed that something was wrong with him from his heavy breathing and abnormally high body temperature. But there was nothing they could do. There was no medicine, nothing at all. They could only find a way to pour some water from the bottle into the towel, put it on his forehead, and change it after a while.
Zhang Zian twisted his stiff neck. His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked around. The elves were all looking at him with sleepy eyes.
"I'm okay. Maybe I have some heatstroke … You guys didn't sleep last night?" he said in a hoarse voice.
He had had heatstroke before, so he knew what it felt like, but it was not as serious as this time. This time, his whole head hurt so much that it felt like it was going to explode. The days of running and bumping, the fear and exhaustion in the Devil's Sea, had greatly reduced his body's resistance. Especially the night before, when he dug the sand all night, the accumulated fatigue finally broke out.
"Drink water."
Fina snorted and used her claws to poke a bottle of water.
"I'm fine. Let's go on." He licked his dry and hot lips and rubbed his eyes hard.
"Drink water."
Fina impatiently emphasized the word.
"Meow meow meow! Her Majesty asked you to drink water, so drink it! You don't want to drink water, do you want to try my golden holy water? "Snowy Lionet raised its claws and threatened.
Richard landed on his forehead and said, "This is a stubborn donkey. It doesn't walk when led, but it retreats when beaten! In my opinion, give him a good beating and he'll be obedient! "
Old Time Tea shook its head. "Rest for another day today. I can't drive like this. Wait until my body recovers before we leave."
Zhang Zian also knew that his physical condition was extremely poor. He should continue to rest, and he should drink more water if he had heatstroke. However, if he stayed here and ate, the existing water would not be able to withstand the consumption.
"Drink it. Recover first, and then consider other problems," Old Time Tea advised.
Vladimir clenched its fists and said sonorously, "The body is the capital of revolution! If the body collapses, how can the cat flag be raised all over the world? "
Xinghai also said, "Meow! Zian, you must be good and play hide-and-seek with Xinghai!"
"Okay …"
If it weren't for the fact that his body was extremely dehydrated and his eyes were dry, he might have really been moved to tears. The elfins knew that the longer they stayed, the less hope they had of getting out of the desert alive. But none of them mentioned it, and only urged him to drink.
He unscrewed the cap and resisted the urge to drink the whole bottle of water in one go. He only drank about a quarter of it and licked the water droplets from the corner of his mouth.
"Why don't you drink it all?" Fina asked, staring.
"If I drink it all in one go, some of the water will be wasted. It's better to drink it bit by bit." He put down the bottle.
"Hmph! You think too highly of yourself! "
Fina turned her head and ignored him.
When they entered the desert, the expedition team prepared Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Rendan, and other heatstroke relieving drugs, but those drugs were not in his car. When they parted, he had forgotten about it. At that time, the situation was urgent. No one would have thought that he would have heatstroke at such a time.
Zhang Zian thought hard and looked back at the supplies in the car a few times to see if there was anything that could be used.
There was nothing.
As he twisted his body, something in his trouser pocket poked his thigh.
He took it out and saw that it was a few bottles of Fengxi's cooling ointment.
He had wanted to bring the cooling ointment to Egypt and give it to his Egyptian friends as a tip. In the end, he had mistakenly brought the cooling ointment because it was cheap, and he did not expect that he would use it the most …
There was no other way. He could only try to see if the cooling ointment could relieve the symptoms of heatstroke.
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