Chapter 22: Water of Life
The white bear stared at the water snake and walked around, looking very excited. After a while, its body suddenly enlarged and said to everyone, "Come on my back. I'll take you to the clan. I will make a contribution. The patriarch will definitely reward me heavily."
Meng Fan looked at everyone and nodded.
With the assistance of the aircraft, everyone got on the back of the white bear, and the white bear rushed into the sand clumsily in the most primitive four-legged way.
At this time, the sky was darker. It seemed that it was evening, but the sandstorm was smaller. Everyone sat on the broad back of the white bear, covered by fluffy hair. They could not feel the invasion of the sandstorm, which was very comfortable.
I don't know how long it took, the white bear stopped, stopped, and said, "It's here."
"Have you arrived?" Meng Fan was close to the edge of his sleep and stood up in a daze, but saw a towering mountain towering in the darkness. The mountain was ten thousand feet high, but bare and without a piece of grass.
This is not so much a high mountain as a big bare stone. Meng Fan has never seen such a depressed mountain. Not only is there no vegetation, but even the surface is eroded by sand, full of cracks of different sizes.
The strong wind blew, and there was a sad cry between the mountains, like a ghost crying and a wolf howling. In the dark night, it looked very horrible.
'woo-'
The white bear looked up to the sky and let out a long horn-like cry.
Suddenly, the sand on the mountain trembled and fell one after another. Dozens of tall white bears flashed out of the huge cracks in the mountains and welcomed the return of the white bears with the same long sound.
The white bear crawled to the ground and said to everyone, "Come down, we're here."
Meng Fan took everyone and gently jumped off the bear's back. His feet suddenly fell deep into the sand and struggled for a long time before pulling them out. After this unsuccessful landing, Meng Fan's shoes were full of sand, and his feet were very uncomfortable.
The situation of everyone is similar to that of Meng Fan, which is slightly embarrassing.
The desert is really terrible.
Here, there is no water, no food, and it is difficult for Meng Fan to imagine how he and the people would have passed such a long road without the help of the white bear.
"Ah Wei, who are they?"
"Yes, you see, they don't have any fluff on their bodies. It's so ugly!"
"Awei, is it food? Can I eat it?"
......
At this time, many white bears who came out to greet them obviously found the existence of Meng Fan and others and showed great interest.
"No." The white bear known as Avi gave a heavy breath and shook his head and said, "No, they are not food, but water!"
"Water? Are they made of water? The white bears cheered.
Meng Fan was speechless about A Wei's answer and the performance of the white bears, so he had to wave his hand gently and say hello, "How are you?"
"Frightened! These little guys can talk, Awei, are they monsters?" A beautiful female bear threw a wink at A Wei and asked in a delicate voice.
"No! They are not monsters, I said, they are water, it's water!" Wei roared impatiently, "Now, I want to see the patriarch. Get out of the way."
Seeing that A Wei was angry, the bears immediately lowered their heads and stood on both sides to make way for A Wei.
This road leads directly to a huge cave. The hole is more than ten meters high and 20 to 30 meters wide. The depth is unknown. Only the entrance of the cave is dark, and there is a faint light in the cave.
A Wei turned into an ordinary person and said to Meng Fan and others, "Come with me, especially water, don't lose it."
"My name is Qin Su, not water." At this time, Qin Su had wandered around seven or eight long snakes with thick bowls, which were condensed by the water molecules she pulled out of the air on the road.
"Oh, I see, Qin Su, don't lose it!" A Wei nodded funnyly and walked into the cave.
The cave is very deep, but not very dark. Using the faint firelight hanging on the wall of the cave, everyone can barely see the road under their feet.
The firelight is not a candlelight, but like the oil of an animal or plant. In the process of burning, it emits a raging aroma, making the whole cave full of strange fragrance.
After more than ten minutes, the cave finally reached the end, but seeing here, a huge double push stone door blocked everyone's way. A beast's head was carved on each side, with a bear's head on the left and a tiger's head on the right. The two songs were ferocious and creepy.
'Boom, boom'
A Wei pressed his claws on the stone gate, accompanied by a heavy roar. The stone gate slowly opened inward, and the dazzling light came out of the stone gate, reflecting that Meng Fan's eyes, who had already adapted to the darkness, were a little itchy.
"Who is it?"
At this time, an old voice came from the door.
"Grandpa, it's me, Awei." The reduced version of Avi replied, and his words were full of respect.
"Oh, my grandson, come in." The stone door was completely opened inward, and the interior furnishings were completely displayed in front of Meng Fan and others.
However, inside the door is a wide stone room with a radius of hundreds of square meters, and the ground is uneven. The display is very simple, but the wide cyan jade chair placed in the middle and the night pearl with a diameter of one meter suspended quietly on the head are eye-catching.
A slightly old white bear came out of the door. It was no different from ordinary people. It looked at A Wei gently and was slightly stunned when it glanced at Meng Fan and others.
"Awei, who are they?"
"Grandpa, I found the water!" A Wei pointed to Qin Su and looked very proud.
"Oh? Is this water?" The old white bear was very surprised to see the quietly suspended water snake around Qin Su's body.
"Grandpa, it's water, it's really water." Before Qin Su could answer, A Wei shouted happily.
"You guys, come in!" The old white bear hesitated for a moment and brought Meng Fan and others into the room.
With the light of the huge night pearl, Meng Fan saw the appearance of the old white bear, but although its words were old, it was not old. It was still very strong, but his body was covered with 20 scars, especially a narrow scar from the corners of his eyes to his cheeks, which was very conspicuous and horrible.
"Who are you, where do you come from, and why did you come here?" The old white bear sat back in the cyan jade chair and looked around at the crowd. His words were full of majesty and beyond doubt.
A Wei once asked these words. Meng Fan was a little helpless, so he had to briefly talk about entering the undersea mausoleum, and finally said, "We don't know why we came here."
The old white bear coughed and said, "The mausoleum you entered may be a door that will lead you to various worlds. In the history of our family, ancestors have recorded similar things.
"Oh?" Meng Fan became interested, and perhaps the information it has will help people leave here.
"That's an old thing." The old white bear waved his hand, motioned everyone to sit on the stone bench in front of him, and then continued, "A long time ago, this was still an oasis called the boundary. At that time, there was also a door to other realms. Many people came out of that door to capture the people of various ethnic groups and take them to another world. But later, the door was suddenly destroyed inexplicably, and it has never appeared since.
In just a few tens of seconds, Meng Fan experienced the double door of heaven and hell.
When he heard that there was a door to other worlds, Meng Fan's heart was full of surprises, but the last words of the old white bear completely erased this surprise, making Meng Fan's heart sink to boundless hell.
"So, is there any other way to leave this world?" Qin Wanyong asked.
"Maybe there is, but I don't know." After saying that, the old white bear looked at Qin Su and said, "Can you give us those water?"
"Yes." Qin Su looked around with a smile and saw a huge jar by the door, so she drove the water snake to swim into the jar and turned into a pool of water in the jar.
"Ah Wei, you go and inform everyone that you will come to me later." The old white bear ordered.
A Wei nodded and walked out obediently.
"Water, water." The old white bear showed a trace of fatigue, "For the sake of water and to survive in this desert, there are thousands of people left in our clan, but now there are less than 100 people left. I don't know when they will completely disappear from this world."
From its words, Meng Fan felt a deep sadness.
In this desolate desert, it is unknown how the white bears have suffered under such harsh conditions.
One thing is very certain - water is the source of life. Without water, all life will no longer exist.
Meng Fan remembered the earth. He doesn't know whether decades or hundreds of years from now, the earth will face the depletion of water resources due to pollution and logging. He doesn't know whether human beings will eventually perish in thirst like this white bear family.