Tree sap is helpful for crops in extremely hot weather, so Jiang Wan plans to reserve some for the plants to use.

However, to everyone's surprise, more than two-thirds of the people in Longxiang City had used well water.

In an instant, all the tree sap she had stored in her space was completely consumed.

They were all mixed with clean drinking water and given to them to detoxify.

That night, Jiang Wan sat alone on the roof of the RV and sighed.

Cheng Zhen suddenly leaned closer and asked her, "What's wrong? Are you still worried about the water?"

As he spoke, he gently patted her shoulder, comforting her, "Don't worry, we'll open up that mountain road soon, and then we can use the river water to irrigate the crops."

However, this is not a long-term solution.

The weather is too hot. It's not just the potatoes that need water, or the bamboo that's being planted and its cultivation area expanded, but also the entire forest farm and all the plants on the mountain.

The hot weather is unpredictable and it's hard to say how long it will last. Getting water from afar is not a long-term solution.

But at the moment, she couldn't bring herself to say anything discouraging, so she could only remain silent.

Cheng Zhen roughly guessed why she was unhappy: "Is it because we're out of medicine?"

Jiang Wan nodded heavily, "Yes, I didn't expect so many people. I originally wanted to reserve some for the bamboo and potatoes we planted, but now there's not a single drop left."

Just thinking about it makes me feel terrible.

Without enough bamboo, there won't be enough small moss and small moss to reproduce, and therefore not enough meat for everyone to eat.

Without potatoes, everyone will face the danger of running out of food sooner or later.

This is a major issue concerning whether humanity can survive in an oxygen-deficient apocalypse, and no one is taking it lightly.

Cheng Zhen put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her, "We've done our best. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Let's take it one step at a time. I believe there's always a way out."

He didn't ask where that special medicine came from, but he figured it was related to wild plants.

However, now all wild plants have become extinct, and it is no longer possible to obtain plants from the wild.

Another opportunity to obtain rare plants is to unlock the small world quest, but last time they had already obtained enough gold coins, and there is currently no war that requires a large number of weapons, so she cannot unlock the small world quest.

Of course, this would mean that precious plants could not be obtained, and therefore there would be no precious "medicine".

There seems to be no way out!

Cheng Zhen simply patted her and said, "Go back to sleep. Everything will be fine when you wake up tomorrow."

This was obviously just a comforting remark, and Jiang Wan didn't take it seriously. But as she was getting ready to get up, she suddenly realized that the two of them were very close.

She was so close she could hear his breath, and his strong masculine scent enveloped her completely.

When did they get so close?

Jiang Wan's heart tightened, and she instinctively tried to back away, but she forgot that she was sitting on the roof of the car. When she backed away, she didn't notice what was behind her, her hand missed, and she fell backward.

Cheng Zhen reacted quickly and pulled her back.

Jiang Wan instantly went from a falling position to lying on top of him, the two of them being so intimately close for the first time.

Her heart began to race involuntarily, and she didn't know what to do with her hands.

Cheng Zhen was on duty tonight and wasn't supposed to lead the team out to kill the mutated plants, so he decided to tease her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, preventing her from getting up, and even deliberately moved closer to her face, staring intently into her eyes.

He asked softly, "Are you afraid of me? Trying to run away?"

Surrounded by his scent, Jiang Wan felt uncomfortable and instinctively tried to struggle, but now that she was trapped by him, she felt weak all over and couldn't muster any strength.

"Let me go, get up, and talk to me properly."

She deliberately urged him in a cold voice, but she didn't realize that her voice sounded soft and sweet at that moment, which had a seductive quality to him.

Seeing this side of her for the first time, Cheng Zhen couldn't help but chuckle softly, "Xiao Wan, you look beautiful like this."

If Jiang Wan still couldn't see that he was doing it on purpose by now, she wouldn't be Jiang Wan.

She took a deep breath, almost choking on the overwhelming masculine scent. She struggled to maintain her composure, and with a stern expression, said to him:

"I'm beautiful all the time. Let go of me, I'm going to sleep."

Cheng Zhen chuckled softly. He knew Jiang Wan's personality; teasing her any further would really go too far. He couldn't help but linger his hands on her waist for a while before reluctantly letting go of her.

Only after seeing her get into the RV and lock it did he lie back, let out a deep breath, and sigh to himself, "When will this life of seeing but not being able to have anything ever end?"

With no end in sight to this oxygen-deprived apocalypse, he now has a strong desire to enjoy life to the fullest.

Unfortunately, the person in question is Jiang Wan, and he doesn't want her to suffer. What can he do? He can only endure it!

It wasn't until she lay down on the bed and hugged her two sweet and soft little babies that Jiang Wan suddenly remembered something: she had forgotten to ask Cheng Zhen about that matter again!

What kind of brain is this? How come it can never remember things?

The second day did not bring a pleasant day; instead, another problem arose.

Dragon City sent another mission helicopter and robot messengers. The robot messengers' tablets rang out over Dragon City and Vermilion City.

"For this mission, each city needs to submit 1,000 tons of fresh bamboo, including varieties such as arrow bamboo without bracts, cold arrow bamboo, August bamboo, bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, Bashan bamboo, bitter bamboo, moso bamboo, and walking stick bamboo, etc."

Zhang Hao, Cheng Zhen, and everyone else who heard about the mission were all dumbfounded.

All the plants in the wild have died out; they've all mutated!

Where are they going to find these bamboos? This task is simply impossible to complete!

Zhang Hao was in a complete mess. At least Long Xiangcheng and his group had a forest farm with some bamboo on the mountain, but there was absolutely no vegetation left in Zhusha City!

For so many days, he has been relying on artificial oxygen stones to provide oxygen, not to mention bamboo. Soon, they will not even have oxygen to breathe!

Rather than issuing a mission, Longcheng was essentially pushing them to their doom!

So he was the first to protest, but the robot messenger simply said, "There are many kinds of bamboo. You can choose one or a few to complete the task. The total amount is 1,000 tons, and the task will last for ten days."

Ten days?!

Damn it!

Even if you gave him ten years, he still couldn't complete this task!

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth in anger, but the robot messenger left immediately after delivering the mission, giving him no room to resist or bargain.

Cheng Zhen remained silent throughout, his face dark and his aura extremely low.

Yu Fen and the others watched him cautiously until the mission helicopter disappeared, then they couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what should we do?"