The good news: Over the next few days, the group encountered no more dangerous pollutants.

The bad news: These days, they haven't encountered anything.

At the beginning, everyone was still somewhat confident. They all escaped from the 'Infinite Gallery' and avoided the attacks of the sand scorpions. Two S-level pollutants did not kill them, so how could they be killed by the simple desert environment?

By the next day, although everyone's morale had dropped slightly, they still insisted on cheering each other up, believing that everyone would be able to get out of the desert safely.

On the third day, as the food and water were visibly decreasing, some people began to panic.

On the fourth day, emotions of anxiety and panic began to spread, and there were even cases of private looting of supplies among the crowd. Fortunately, others discovered and reported it in time, the troublemakers were punished, and the anxious emotions were forcibly suppressed by the two executives.

The fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day......

In the face of approaching death, people cannot suppress their emotions at all. Many people have begun to despair, and some have even begun to give up on themselves.

There are also many elderly or weak people who choose to sacrifice themselves and give the food and water they are allocated to younger people who have more hope of getting out of the desert.

Chu Zehuai had no choice.

...

...

They can fight against S-level pollutants, but they can't create water and food out of thin air. They can only watch people become increasingly anxious and their morale decline day by day.

Of course, this does not include Bai Yu.

Although plants do not like this desert environment, they do not have to consume food and water on a regular basis like humans.

Moreover, he absorbed a lot of energy in the 'Infinite Gallery', and after coming out, he absorbed a lot of energy from Chu Zehuai's wound.

Not to mention that he also had a bottle of plant-based happy water in a cup in his backpack.

It’s just that humans can’t drink this kind of thing, and he didn’t want his companions to be poisoned before dying of heat.

Bai Yu was holding his backpack in a daze, when he felt a shadow cast beside him.

He raised his head: "Captain Chu, you're back? Did you find anything?"

In the past few days, Chu Zehuai, who had recovered a lot from his injuries, and several other people with relatively high strength, such as Sar Lisong, will go to explore farther places to see if they can find any inhabited areas.

Chu Zehuai shook his head. He looked at the sweat on Bai Yu's forehead and stretched out his left wing, trying to create a small shadow to cover the opponent.

Bai Yu is a plant-side awakener, so he is definitely not as sun-resistant as normal people. What if he gets sunburned into a dried-up plant?

However, his wings were not very supportive and he failed several times when he spread them.

Bai Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up holding his backpack, and looked at the person who was still struggling with his wings: "Is the wound on it not healed yet?"

He smelled fresh blood.

"When we were investigating, the flight time was too long and it broke apart again."

Chu Zehuai finally gave up on spreading his wings. His golden-orange eyes, reflecting Bai Yu's figure, were filled with helplessness and concern.

"Actually, I came here to ask about your situation. I noticed that you haven't gone to get supplies yet."

Bai Yu was stunned for a moment. Not eating or drinking for several days really didn't seem like a normal person.

"I ate it while you were away."

Chu Zehuai folded his arms and looked at Bai Yu with a word clearly in his eyes.

'Do you think I'm such a gullible person?'

Supplies were so scarce and there were so many people, Lin Mo and Yuan Xue wanted to record every sip of water and every piece of food consumed.

"Well, Captain Chu, I think I'm young and can still hold on, so I'll just leave the things to others."

Bai Yu gave the other person an awkward smile.

"Don't force yourself. Tell me if you can't hold on any longer."

Chu Zehuai sighed. He reflexively wanted to take out a candy and give it to her. However, when he felt her empty pocket, he remembered that he had no food on him.

"If I say I'm thirsty now, can Captain Chu still make water appear out of thin air? You can't give me your own blood."

Bai Yu held his chin up and made a joke, thinking it was just routine consolation and morale booster, and didn't take it seriously.

Chu Zehuai stared at him for three seconds, then lowered his long eyelashes and said in a low and hoarse voice: "If you are really thirsty, it's not impossible."

The remaining water had already been distributed, and he couldn't use his status to rob things. After thinking it over, it seemed that this was really the only way.

Anyway, he has a strong recovery ability, so losing a little blood is nothing.

He is the team leader, the executive officer of the Dongzhou region, and the person in charge of this exchange mission. If it really comes to the last moment, he must live up to his position and responsibilities.

The moment the other party finished speaking, Bai Yu just stood there.

Wait, he didn't hear it wrong, Chu Zehuai meant to say -

[Bai Yu! Hurry up and tell me you can't take it anymore! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!]

The system was so excited that its voice changed, and it kept urging Bai Yu,

[He sent this to me himself, no need to be sneaky, zero risk and high return, what are you waiting for? ]

Bai Yu blocked out the system's yelling, reached out to push his sweaty hair behind his ears, stared at the other person's face, his Adam's apple rolled, and then looked away with difficulty:

"No need, I can still hold on for a while, but Captain Chu, you..."

His peripheral vision caught sight of the other person's chapped lips, and then swept across the wound on his back that had healed and then cracked again.

Bai Yu sighed. Compared to himself, the other party was the one who went without food or drink and spent all his energy exploring and was about to collapse in the end.

If I were more ruthless, I could just eat the other person in the desert.

It would be a great choice to kill him with one blow while he is seriously injured and tired, and without any defense against him, then eat the rest of the people or hide in the boundless sea of ​​sand.

Bai Yu lowered his eyes, hiding the expression in them.

Forget it... I'd better take some time to rest it. It's not in good condition now, which must affect the taste. Besides, this windy and sandy sea is not a good place to savor top-notch ingredients. You might end up with a mouthful of sand.

Bai Yu selectively ignored the secret sadness he felt when he thought that the other party would disappear completely. He raised his eyes and put on his usual gentle smile again. As if he suddenly thought of something, he stretched out his hand and waved:

"It's just a joke. I think I'm doing OK now. Oh, by the way, I just found a piece of candy in my pocket. It's small, but it's enough to replenish my energy. I'll give it to you."

The thing in the palm of my hand flashed by, and it really looked like an emerald green candy-like object.

"I don't need it. I'll put all the supplies with Lin Mo... Wait, forget it, just take it yourself and don't let anyone else know."

Chu Zehuai thought about it and changed his words.

Bai Yu made a "tsk" sound.

After spending such a long time together, he has roughly figured out the other person's personality.

Although he looks easy-going and easy to talk to, in fact, once the other party has made up his mind, even ten S-level pollutants cannot bring him back.

It's a bit difficult.

He looked at the person who was sitting there quietly waiting for the wound on his wings to heal automatically, and sat down next to him.

"Captain Chu, it seems like you haven't replenished your energy in the past few days. You should always take care of yourself." Bai Yu tried it for the first time.

"No need, S-rank is really not as weak as you think."

Chu Zehuai whispered, his voice many times hoarser than normal.

"You need replenishment more than us." Bai Yu continued to try.

“Those people need it more than I do.”

Chu Zehuai faced the heat wave and looked at the temporary resting place where everyone had built.

Thrall changed his previous wild state and said something to the old butler with a sincere expression. The old butler shook his head with a smile on his face.

Bai Yu also looked over, but his eyes fell on Ning An who was holding Li Song's clothes.

He decided to try a third time.

Forget it, he was too lazy to continue trying and decided to use the bold idea he just came up with.

Bai Yu reached out and poked Chu Zehuai's wings.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Zehuai turned his head and asked.

Bai Yu's eyes curved, his lips slightly opened, and he uttered four words:

"Brother Zehuai."

The latter stood still as if struck by lightning, with goose bumps visible to the naked eye. Chu Zehuai's brain went blank for a few seconds. When did Bai Yu learn this strange way of calling people?

A few seconds is enough.

Bai Yu seized the opportunity, stepped forward and covered the other person's mouth, inserted his index finger into the mouth, and pushed the small piece of green deep into the throat, making sure that the thing was swallowed before letting go.

Hiss, it’s so difficult to create these few seconds of opportunity.