When the apocalypse comes, salted fish will only make bubbles

The further you go into the desert, the more people you see.

But after a long journey in the desert, more and more people were tired and dejected.

There were people everywhere struggling to walk, and of course there were countless people simply lying in the sand.

It's not that they are willing to wait for death, but that they are too eager but not strong enough, and their physical strength has reached its limit.

However, the journey across the desert has just begun and so many people have already been defeated. You can imagine how huge the losses will be later.

Although there are dedicated path-opening troops and superpowers, they are constantly using various means to clear the way for the survivors behind.

However, their efforts will always be greatly compromised in the cruel desert environment.

After one night, the pioneers also gradually slowed down their progress, consuming huge amounts of manpower, material resources and various large-scale equipment.

The two cars stopped one after another in front of a gathering place for survivors.

Only then did Ma Fei arrive at Pei Chonglin's side.

When he saw Li Ying, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Hey! Li Ying is back! What a good thing!"

Li Ying nodded to him apologetically: "Hello, Captain Ma, I'm sorry to make everyone miss you."

Ma Fei waved his hand loudly: "Just come back. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Once you come back, Mr. Pei will feel at ease, right? Oh, let me tell you, he seems to have lost his soul when you leave." Like..."

Seeing that he was talking about everything as if he was pouring beans, Pei Chonglin coughed and interrupted him: "Does Captain Ma have work to report?"

"hold head high!"

Ma Fei curled his lips and squinted his eyes and complained: "Running so fast, I thought you didn't care about work!"

No matter how much he yelled, he ignored him. He really didn't see that Mr. Pei was still eager to understand the work.

Thinking of Qu Linqing who ran faster than him, Ma Fei rubbed his chin and asked him curiously: "By the way, what's going on with Mr. Qu? Why did you hit him? Look, he didn't even stop, running. Gone!"

They stopped here to take a look at the situation, but Qu Linqing had no intention of stopping. They watched the car disappear into the distance with black smoke.

"He... was anxious to go back and confirm the situation."

Pei Chonglin couldn't explain the reason, so he just made an excuse for him, and then urged Ma Fei: "If you have something to say, please tell me!"

The situation was urgent, and Ma Fei understood the seriousness and quickly returned to the topic: "Okay, let me talk about the situation ahead first."

"The vanguard successfully found the survivors you mentioned at the Flame Mountain base. The situation was just fine. Then they found a few guides among them and successfully arrived at the outskirts of the no-man's land. However, the correspondent sent back information saying that there was no place in the no-man's land. Something wasn’t right, so to be on the safe side, they didn’t enter rashly.”

Pei Chonglin raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "No man's land?"

Ma Fei answered truthfully: "Yes, it is the original no-man's land in the Kule Desert, the area we highlighted on the map before."

When Pei Chonglin heard this, he already understood in his heart that the shortcut to crossing the desert was to cross directly through the no-man's land in the center of the desert.

In fact, in the last days, there was no uninhabited land, so even if he knew there was such a place, he would only treat it as a barren land with harsh conditions.

As long as they are well prepared and work hard to overcome it, they can always get through it.

If an unforeseen situation occurs there at this time, wouldn't the way forward be blocked?

Li Ying had just told him that there was no way to stop the zombies near Fancheng, and it was only a matter of time before he discovered human traces and followed them.

There can be no more obstacles in their way.

"What's the abnormality?" He is more concerned with practical issues.

Ma Fei recalled the details of the news, thought about it, and tried to explain to Pei Chonglin in his own words:

"Well... well, let's put it this way, no man's land is no man's land, it should be no one and no living things. Of course, it is understandable even if there are some desert animals, but our people found that it seems to be quite lively inside. "

This news is indeed surprising. Pei Chonglin is more concerned about the source of the excitement: "Zombies or mutant animals?"

Ma Fei shook his head regretfully: "Well, I haven't received a confirmation reply yet, so there may be a problem. I plan to take someone over to have a look, so I'm anxious to ask you for instructions!"

"It's time to go and take a look."

The more unknown it is, the more dangerous it is. Pei Chonglin responded in a low voice and had an idea in his mind.

Ma Fei was even more anxious than him. He rubbed his watch and said, "Yes, I will report to you immediately and then go over."

But thinking about running away without hesitation before, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "By the way, Sun Muchong just asked me to run quickly. What happened? Are there really zombies behind me?"

Pei Chonglin gave him an affirmative answer: "Yes, so we must distance ourselves as soon as possible."

"Ouch! It's true."

When Ma Fei heard this, a cloud of sadness suddenly appeared on his face. He looked around and sighed:

"But Mr. Pei, you have also seen that there are too many people paralyzed here.

The supply of food and drinking water is insufficient. Most people can't stand the desert climate and are severely dehydrated. It's a bright sun right now and the heat is unbearable. They can't continue on their way!

It can be said that water shortage is the first difficulty in crossing the desert. If not overcome, I am afraid that this wave will cost many people. "

If there are really zombies following behind, then these people are no more than stranded fish in a dry lake, and they will only be torn apart by the zombies.

They originally focused on self-protection and provided assistance when appropriate, but there were too many people and what they could do was too limited.

I wanted to take care of it, but I really couldn't bear to abandon it, so I was in a dilemma.

Hundreds of thousands of people is not a small number. Humanity's vitality is not much, and no one is willing to let this number shrink again and again.

Hearing this, Pei Chonglin couldn't help but frown, looked around, and asked, "Where is City Lord Zhang?"

"He!"

Ma Fei turned around and pointed at the crowd in the distance: "When I came here, I saw him doing mobilization in front!"

Material conditions are a flaw, but spiritual encouragement on the way to escape is also particularly important.

No matter how desperate people are, they should not lose hope of living, and they should have someone to guide them with hope and a way forward.

This is the only thing Zhang Jicun can do for the people now.

As he spoke, Ma Fei raised his hand and pointed toward the crowd: "Here! There are a few water power users over there providing water, but I think it's just a drop in the bucket and it won't solve the big problem at all."

Li Ying, who had been silent until now, suddenly interjected: "People with water powers are very rare, and their water supply alone will be drained."

Ma Fei couldn't agree more after hearing this: "Li Ying is right. Now we have dispersed all the water superpowers to supply drinking water, but the demand for this drinking water is too great. Alas! It's difficult to handle. very!"

Li Ying thought about Ma Fei's words. He knew that the lack of water in the desert was a very serious problem. It would be better not to eat in the desert than to lack water. Otherwise, once dehydration becomes severe, many people will die.

It's just that the evacuation of Fancheng was too sudden, and almost everyone was ill-prepared. The lack of water was destined to be a major difficulty. Counting on those with water powers might work for a while, but it was by no means a long-term solution.

The drinking water problem is indeed difficult to solve, but it doesn’t seem to be impossible...