Wu Ming quickly realized the problem: without food but with water, they could survive for a little longer.
But with food but no water, they might not survive for more than a few days.
Water is the most essential thing for the human body, even more important than food.
In the past, they would melt snow and boil it to get water so that it was drinkable.
But they were trapped here and couldn't get out, so they had no source of water.
They couldn't possibly be carrying water, since they never imagined they would be trapped in such a place.
"Qin Bai, without water, we might die of thirst in a few days. Most of the food we're carrying has no moisture at all."
Wu Ming looked dejected.
"Don't rush, look at this."
Qin Bai pretended to take something out of his backpack, but in reality he was taking out bottles of mineral water from his personal space.
Wu Ming's eyes widened when he saw the bottled water.
"You...you've been carrying so much bottled water? That's strange, why aren't your bottles frozen?"
Wu Ming looked puzzled when he saw the bottled water in Qin Bai's hand.
Qin Bai explained calmly, "We've been searching here for so long, they've already thawed. The temperature here is much higher than outside."
Wu Ming had a feeling that something was wrong, but the bottled water in front of him was real, and he didn't know what to say.
Then he shook his head. Since there was water, why think so much?
"It's good that there's water. We must use this water to the minimum and not waste any of it. We'll also make use of the empty mineral water bottles later."
"Mineral water bottle? You mean..."
Qin Bai thought of a possibility, and his expression changed.
Wu Ming nodded seriously: "You're right, I was referring to urine. I know you might find it disgusting, but we have to do it if we want to survive."
Wu Ming was seriously considering his chances of survival, and there was nothing wrong with his method.
What he didn't know was that Qin Bai didn't need to do that to survive.
Seeing that Wu Ming was seriously calculating how long their food would keep them alive, Qin Bai didn't disturb him.
Qin Bai arrived in front of the coded door, behind which was the police station's weapons; it was essentially a small armory.
Of course, there aren't any large weapons inside; at most, there are some basic firearms.
But even so, it's enough.
As long as we can get firearms, nothing else matters.
Just then, Qin Bai suddenly remembered something: he had a cell phone in his hand.
On the other side, Zeng Qiangguo also had a mobile phone in his hand.
If he just called Zeng Qiangguo now and asked him to come and let them out, wouldn't that solve the problem?
Qin Bai told Wu Ming his idea, and Wu Ming was overjoyed.
"Then call him quickly, so we don't have to keep waiting for an opportunity."
Without further ado, Qin Bai called Zeng Qiangguo directly, but strangely, no one answered.
I tried several times, but the result was always the same.
"Can't get through."
Qin Bai frowned.
"Could it be that his phone is out of battery?"
Wu Ming guessed.
"That's possible."
Although Qin Bai had given Zeng Qiangguo a power bank before, they had made quite a few calls while dealing with the Cannibal Gang, which would have consumed more power.
It's possible they didn't make it this far.
Aside from Zeng Qiangguo, Qin Bai suddenly realized that he couldn't find anyone else to help him.
On the one hand, there weren't many people in his neighborhood whose contact information he had on his phone.
On the other hand, almost everyone's phone is out of battery now, so who can he call?
With all hope gone, Wu Ming could only sigh.
"Let's keep waiting. Maybe one of my colleagues or someone else will find us and let us out."
Qin Bai could only nod. With this food, they could hold out for a while longer on the surface.
They then lived in the basement, and almost every day Wu Ming would try to knock on the basement door and shout, hoping someone would hear him.
Unfortunately, almost a week has passed, and they are still here.
They don't have much food left, and even if they eat sparingly, it will eventually run out.
Wu Ming had already given up hope. Few people would come to a police station, especially not such a secluded basement.
If Wu Ming hadn't led the way, Qin Bai wouldn't have found this place on his own.
Wu Ming lay down on the ground and said to Qin Bai, "Why do you think Lin Qianqian is following us?"
Qin Bai also lay down not far away, which would reduce the consumption of physical strength.
"Who knows? Maybe she was eyeing our food from the start, but when she realized she didn't have a chance, she took the opportunity to kill Dong Zisheng and then ran away."
"If we had struck first, would this situation have been avoided?"
“We were just speculating before, and we weren’t sure until she actually did it.”
"That's true."
Just as the two were chatting, a sound suddenly came from the basement door.
Wu Ming jumped up from the ground, his eyes practically sparkling with excitement.
"Is anyone outside? Please open the door for us, please help us!"
Wu Ming kept banging on the door and shouting.
Qin Bai followed along, somewhat surprised that someone had actually found this place.
thump thump thump...
Strangely, the person outside did not respond at all, nor did they open the door; they just kept banging on it.
Wu Ming was a little confused. What was going on?
Qin Bai made a shushing gesture, then put his ear to the door, listening intently to the sounds outside.
thump thump thump...
Something was still banging on the door, which left Qin Bai wondering what was going on.
Logically speaking, if there were someone outside the door, they should have been able to hear their voices.
If they heard a voice, they should at least respond with a few words.
But Wu Ming called for a long time without any response from outside. This was the first time Qin Bai had encountered such a situation.
"Do you think it's possible that some animal got in?"
Wu Ming thought of a possibility.
"No, if it were an animal, it would be startled and run away when it heard the sound, instead of continuing to bang on the door at the same frequency."
Qin Bai shook his head.
"It's neither a living person nor an animal, so it can't be a dead person, right?"
While they were frowning and thinking, they didn't notice.
The body of Dong Zisheng, which they had placed in the corner, was already completely cold, and a layer of ice had formed on its surface, covering its entire body.
What's most horrifying is this corpse...
I stood up on my own!
After standing up, he looked at Qin Bai and the other person not far away, and approached them with silent footsteps.
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