With a place to stay, the group felt much more relaxed. They stayed there for about half a day, and the vanished oasis finally reappeared. The group immediately rushed into the oasis.

"Captain, do you think this oasis looks different from the one we saw before?"

Actually, there was no need to ask. Both of them had seen what the previous oasis looked like and could tell that the oasis in front of them was completely new.

"Let's find something to eat here. I'll go get some water. If I'm not mistaken, the next batch of monsters should be here soon. Now that we've figured out their pattern of coming and going, I don't think we need to confront them head-on before we fully understand their strength. We can avoid them for now."

"Yes, I agree with the captain's suggestion."

"I agree too!" Chen Jiaxu immediately raised his hand in agreement. He couldn't wait to get as far away from those monsters as possible to avoid getting himself into danger.

Mo Shuwan looked at Wen Zuo, who smiled at her, seemingly having no objections. She then looked at Liu Dongcheng, "What do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Dongcheng shook his head, "Your suggestion is reasonable."

"Okay, then let's hurry up."

The five people walked in five different directions. Mo Shuwan was responsible for filling the empty mineral water bottles with water, while Wen Zuo and the others found some fruit. Before leaving the oasis, Mo Shuwan even took a lot of grass with her.

The group quickly left the oasis area with water. Although there were no red dots approaching on the map, they couldn't guarantee that some monsters they hadn't encountered yet wouldn't appear, so they didn't plan to stay any longer and decided to leave immediately.

However, they did not intend to leave just like that.

Under Liu Dongcheng's command, Chen Jiaxu quickly dug three holes. Seeing that Liu Dongcheng had scattered something in the holes, Chen Jiaxu couldn't help but ask, "What are you scattering?"

Liu Dongcheng glanced at Chen Jiaxu and said, "A trap."

Chen Jiaxu: "..."

Having been rebuffed by Liu Dongcheng, Chen Jiaxu wisely refrained from pressing the matter further and diligently continued digging under Liu's direction.

On the other side, Mo Shuwan placed defensive talismans around the giant tree and the small house. Finally, she returned to the giant tree and dug out the fruit that had been buried in the sand.

"Rotten?"

"Captain, I'm done here."

"I understand." Mo Shuwan thought back carefully and realized that the two fruits had not shown any signs of rotting after being buried in the sand. She couldn't help but look at the giant tree in front of her again.

"Yang Zhou, come here and pick all these fruits and take them with you." After Yang Zhou finished his work, Mo Shuwan called him over and they switched places.

She's setting a trap now.

One by one, red cards were placed into the pit. These were the fire cards she had used to deal with the humanoid monster in the second sub-level. Originally, she had placed them directly on the sand and activated them as soon as the monster came, making them even more lethal. However, she was worried that the cards would be blown away by the sandstorm, so she had to dig a pit.

The group spent more than half an hour setting up traps and encircling the house and giant tree with defensive runes. This was the starting point for their desert city construction, and they absolutely could not allow monsters to destroy it unless absolutely necessary.

"Let's go."

The five people quickly left the area. They didn't go too far, stopping about three or four hundred meters away. Just like when they were waiting for the monster, Wen Zuo and Liu Dongcheng lay on the ground with silenced guns, ready to fire at any moment. Mo Shuwan also had a silver bow, ready to cover their retreat at a critical moment.

However, this time was slightly different. Wen Zuo and Liu Dongcheng were pointing their guns in different directions. After all, the monsters coming this time might be those that were not recorded on the map, and they did not know which direction those monsters would come from.

Even Yang Zhou and Chen Jiaxu were each vigilantly watching in one direction. If we're talking about hardship, Mo Shuwan was probably the one who had the hardest job. She had to keep an eye on all around, and if too many monsters came from any direction, she would immediately shoot an arrow.

After waiting for about an hour, I heard a beast's roar, and the surrounding sand began to tremble.

Mo Shuwan wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and scanned her surroundings with a serious expression. "The monster that came this time is probably not simple."

"I can feel it; the weather gets warmer when they come over."

The monsters were incredibly fast; they spotted them almost instantly. This group of monsters was indeed quite different from the previous ones; they were much taller, looked more like humans, and their excited roars grew louder and louder.

The group watched helplessly as the monsters charged into the oasis, but there were too many of them; the small oasis was simply not big enough to contain them all.

"They're gone!"

The monsters who failed to enter the oasis discovered the giant tree leaning on the steep slope. Without hesitation, Mo Shuwan immediately activated her defensive talisman. Almost simultaneously, the monsters rushed to the giant tree and tried to reach out and touch it, but before they could complete the action, they felt a sharp pain.

One of the monsters looked down at its feet, where a raging fire was leaping. The monster roared and charged toward the oasis. It was fast, but the fire burned even faster. By the time it entered the oasis, its lower body was completely engulfed in flames.

A scream, tinged with anger and pain, rang out. Before the monster could even reach the water, its legs were severed by another monster that rushed out from the side.

Unfortunately, the monster's upper body was already engulfed in flames, and even though its legs had been severed, the fire was slowly creeping upwards.

In the distance, Mo Shuwan, who was observing the situation with binoculars, saw the monster being kicked out of the oasis. Her gaze was fixed on the monster that had kicked it out of the oasis, and she found that its eyes were as calm as a human's.

The thought had barely crossed her mind when Mo Shuwan was about to observe the other monsters again when suddenly, her hand holding the binoculars stopped abruptly. She quickly looked at the spot she had just caught a glimpse of, where several ragged, dejected humans were huddled together.

Mo Shuwan smiled and whispered the good news to Wen Zuo and the others.

"Our residents have been settled!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiaxu, who was in a state of extreme tension, couldn't help but tremble. Looking at the monsters on the distant oasis, he asked incredulously, "Captain, you're planning to turn those monsters into residents? This...this shouldn't be possible, right?"

"It's not those monsters. They captured a few humans. If we have a chance later, we must save them. It's not easy to encounter humans here."