Bi Qiaoan thought to herself that although these girls were not likable, they hadn't done anything heinous, so she added some spiritual spring water to the purified water that had been distilled a couple of days ago and fed it to each of them.
The girls' fevers subsided the next day, but they still looked unwell.
Even when I'm hungry, I won't go looking for food, because just thinking about the mushroom soup I drank that day and the distilled water I've been drinking these past two days makes me nauseous.
Bi Qiaoan felt embarrassed and didn't dare tell them that she had fed him last night. Fortunately, the group was delirious with fever, and they exchanged glances with the old man and woman, understanding each other without saying a word, and decided not to mention it.
But now a problem has arisen: the "sea" is gone, so even if they wanted to drink the "corpse water," they couldn't.
This person can go a week without food, but without water, they can probably only last three or four days.
Two days later, everyone looked unwell, except for Bi Qiaoan.
Qiao Gaiqin said, "I hope it rains soon!"
Hou Yongzhi said, "Let's not. If it rains, we'll be trapped here again. I hope the sun will be strong these next few days so the mud can dry quickly and we can escape."
Gong Mengjiao nodded in agreement: "Yes, the area within a hundred meters is all dried out, but further away it's still sparse. If Grandpa Fang hadn't stopped me, I definitely would have gone down there for a walk."
Grandpa Fang: "...Girls, don't be reckless! I tested it with a stick, and it's very deep in the distance. Don't risk your life if you don't know the situation."
Wen Bingxue chimed in, "Yeah, we've managed to hold on this long, so let's not let ourselves get knocked out by accident."
Qiao Gaiqin: "Sigh, it's so sad. There's no water left, how can we hold on until we see the light? If I had known, I wouldn't have drunk so much water the past two days."
Zhao Huixian: "God, save me! I don't mind the 'corpse-rotting water' anymore, give me two more bottles!"
Gong Mengjiao: "That's right, the mushroom soup that night was so delicious, it was unforgettable!"
Zhao Huixian: "God, I am willing to shorten my lifespan by ten years, just for a bottle of 'corpse-rotting water'."
Bi Qiaoan: "..." She handed over a plastic bottle directly.
"Sister, are you a devil? I was just joking!" Zhao Huixian said with a mournful expression.
Bi Qiaoan smiled and asked, "Want some?"
"Yes, yes, yes! You'd be a fool not to!" Zhao Huixian snatched the bottle, wanting to unscrew the cap and take a sip, but then she thought about the days to come and held back.
The other girls licked their chapped lips, their eyes glued to the bottle.
"Sister, you still have some, right?" Otherwise, she wouldn't have been willing to share with Zhao Huixian.
Bi Qiaoan nodded, took out the plastic bottle and shook it, "There's still half a bottle left."
"That's great!" The few people who didn't get water all looked on with envy.
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "You can share the water given to Zhao Huixian. We'll try to make it last as long as we can. However, everyone needs to be on high alert during this time. Ideally, we can arrange for night shifts."
"Why?" Gong Mengjiao asked.
Bi Qiaoan looked behind her at the vast expanse of ruins that had been thoroughly searched: "We don't have water here, but do we have it elsewhere? If those survivors are desperate, who knows what heinous things they might do?"
Several girls stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief.
Grandpa Fang nodded in agreement: "It's better to be vigilant, who knows if they might do something desperate!"
"How about this, starting today, we'll have two people take turns on night shifts each night, one for the first half and the other for the second half. Does that sound good to you?"
Since none of the girls objected, Bi Qiaoan immediately divided everyone into groups: "Qiao Gaiqin and Grandpa Fang are in one group, Hou Yongzhi and Gong Mengjiao are in another group, Wen Bingxue..."
I was in a group with Zhao Huixian.
As for whether to keep watch for the first half of the night or the second half, you can discuss it yourselves. No objections, right?
"No, this is fine."
After making the arrangements, Bi Qiaoan took An'an for a stroll.
After the two walked away, Bi Qiaoan secretly took out some food from her spatial storage, fed An'an, and then ate two pieces of jerky and drank a bottle of milk herself. The mother and daughter ate a few chocolates, and only after the taste in their mouths had mostly dissipated did they slowly return home.
Along the way, we also searched through several garbage dumps, but there was nothing there except bricks and steel bars.
Bi Qiaoan was extremely disappointed, but she still picked up a few steel bars and took them back...
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Big Beard hasn't been having an easy time lately either. He and a few cronies searched through the entire ruins and only managed to find a few kilograms of rice that had been soaked in water, a few well-packaged bread and biscuits, and a few bottles of liquid whose contents were unknown.
The bearded man twisted open the plastic bottle, took two sips, and then his eyes lit up – it was water!
However, it tastes like tap water. Shaking the bottle, I could feel small green creatures swaying in the water.
The bearded man curled his lip in disgust, wanting to throw it away, but he held back.
He already knew that the nearby seawater had disappeared, and if they didn't find a way out after drinking these few bottles of fresh water, they would have to wait to die.
The bearded man's violent impulses were stirring. He screwed the bottle shut, slammed it on the ground twice, and finally, not satisfied, cursed "Damn it!" and went to vent his anger on the two women.
Others were unsurprised, because everyone was on the verge of collapse.
A couple of days ago, a guy thought the tide had receded and that he could leave, so he waded through the mud to get out.
As a result, the mud became wetter and deeper, and he eventually got stuck in it, unable to move forward or backward, and starved to death.
No matter how unwilling others are, they can only stay where they are.
The bearded man vented his anger, then frowned in disgust at the two pale bodies: "Damn it, what I want is pleasure, you know? Pleasure, the kind that's exhilarating and heavenly! But you two, you're practically dead fish, aren't you?"
The two girls lay motionless on the ground, one of them shedding tears of regret.
Initially, unable to survive on their own, the two women joined the group led by the bearded man.
At first, they were quite generous. Whenever they wanted to do *that*, they would exchange food for it and help the two women get rid of trouble.
As time went on, food became increasingly scarce on this "isolated island." The bearded man himself couldn't even get enough to eat, let alone feed the two of them.
But people need to eat to live, so the two could only pray to the bearded man for a little something.
The bearded man, perhaps used to being trampled on before the apocalypse, suddenly found himself fawned over by two beautiful young women, his vanity instantly swelled, and he felt incredibly important. Driven by evil thoughts, he and a few companions tied them up.
From then on, the two girls were plunged into a nightmarish life. Although they were given a little food each day to survive, they were subjected to sexual assault at any time, making them feel utterly humiliated.
"Hey, Beard, at least be a little gentler! Look at our delicate little darling, she's unhappy!"
The bearded man looked up at the newcomer, a wicked smile playing on his lips. "These two little wench aren't cooperating. What a spoilsport!"
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