Chapter 413 Eastern
After Lan Shiruo had packed up, the team filled their stomachs in the space and came out. It was already bright outside.
The time in this space is the same as the time outside, so it is about nine or ten o'clock in the morning.
They were still in the center, on a particularly large isolated island, surrounded by bottomless ravines with black dust in them, but no wind or sand.
Outside the ravine, just a thin line away, there is no black dust, only windy sand everywhere.
The big team has no intention to explore how it was formed.
After experiencing the sunny days, birdsong and fragrance of flowers in the center of the earth for more than a month, I felt a little uncomfortable seeing the yellow sand all over the sky again.
The sun was still shining brightly in the sky, and after just a few minutes of standing outside, I was already sweating all over.
Xiao Lebao's mental strength is very strong now. He sensed the surroundings and found that there were no corpses.
Perhaps in the circles of fluorescent light, all the corpses really turned into dust.
Of course, it is also possible that many were taken away by Gray Eyes.
All in all, this area is very clean.
Anyway, the goal this time was achieved and we continued to move eastward.
Along the way, except for the difficult road, it was very peaceful, as if all the corpses in the world had been wiped out.
It took nearly a month to get out of the central region, all on foot. There is a quick way, but the large group wanted to experience what it means to take one step at a time, so they chose the stupidest one.
Outside the boundary of the central area, the degree of ground collapse has improved significantly, at least there are no more isolated island-like surface features.
Lan Shiruo took out the car and slowly headed towards the Eastern Center.
The east is home to many rivers and lakes, but now they have all become the Yellow River, a murky, dark yellow mess. The water isn't water, the mud isn't mud, it's all mud. It won't take long for them to crack in the sun. Visually, it's much worse than other places. Looking around, there's not a single green leaf in sight.
There was not a single living thing anywhere along the path.
As for people, I didn't see them either.
It felt like this area had become a dead, silent wasteland. Apart from the whistling sound of the wind and sand, nothing could be heard or seen.
"Here, you can no longer see the gentle beauty of the water town in the past."
The waters in the east were once a famous water town. Many people came here to travel, eat fish banquets, row boats on the lake, see waterfalls and wade through streams. Now there is nothing but yellow sand and water sources covered by yellow sand.
"Aren't there hundreds of small forces taking root here? Why is there no one here?" Hundreds of small forces must have at least tens of millions of people. Puzzle flashed across the little friend's face, fearing that there was some serious accident hidden that would catch them off guard.
"Our people haven't encountered them either. Did they go back or did something happen to them?"
Longfeng City sent many people to persuade these forces to join Longfeng City, but along the way, they didn’t see any in the west, not to mention that there were no in the central part, which was normal, but there were no in the east, which was abnormal. At that time, most people chose to come to the east.
Lan Shiruo pursed her lips and said, "Let's wait and see. Everyone, be careful. Maybe they are all in the eastern center."
The little friend nodded and continued to move forward patiently.
Many rivers and lakes along the way were filled with yellow sand and became land, and the riverbeds dried up and became ditches. The eastern part, which was originally thought to have no water shortage, also suffered from water shortage.
Near the center, although no living people were seen, there were traces of human activities, and the traces were very new, which shows that there are people living here, but we don’t know where they are hiding.
Since there were people here, the big team decided to stay there first and see where those people were.
In order to keep a low profile, we didn’t put it in a villa, but in a container. My friend crawled into the container and left some vines to observe what was happening outside.
Others have entered the space. If they have time, they can plant a few plots of land first. Maybe they will have to add more people.
The wind and sand were very strong. In just a few minutes, the container was covered with yellow sand and stood there in the yellow sand. No one could notice that there was an extra object here, and no one noticed that there were people living in it.
The sky darkened and gradually brightened, and the vines sent a message saying that they saw some people moving around.
Lan Shiruo and her group were still sleeping in the space. Upon hearing this, they got up, washed up, stuffed some food in their mouths, left the space, and looked out from the exploration port of the container.
There were indeed people showing up in groups of three or four. Each of them looked like an African refugee, thin, yellow, and black, half-naked, staggering as they walked, with big heads and small bodies, some with particularly large bellies, miserable expressions, dull eyes, and wandering outside like zombies.
They were all carrying a small can or bucket in their hands and heading in the same direction.
The big team left the container, Lan Shiruo put the container away, and the group followed behind to see what they were going to do, where they were going to do it, and where they would return.
The wind and sand were very strong, and they were far away, so those people couldn't find them.
He Lian has good hearing and eyesight, so he can follow from a distance without getting lost.
These people didn't walk far before stopping in front of a smooth mountain wall. There was a narrow depression at the foot of the mountain wall. They dug it open with shovels, lifted the covering stone slabs, and used a ladle no bigger than a soup spoon, connected it to a rope, and threw it down to fetch water. The water was very turbid, but these people didn't mind. Each of them took five spoonfuls, put them in the containers they brought, and then walked back carefully.
There was a long queue of people fetching water. He Lian listened carefully to the sound from the small depression and found that there was only enough water for thirty or forty people at most. It would be difficult to get more people for the rest until tomorrow.
The man fetching water knew it, but didn't say anything.
The people in the queue probably knew this too, so they didn't leave.
The big team knew that they were just relying on luck, but surprisingly, these people did not fight or make a fuss. They all followed the rules, lined up in order, and honestly got water and left.
"After the water is clarified, it's only a small bowl. It's not enough." He Lian said softly.
Lan Shiruo had seen this scene before when she was a ghost, but she was just following Ao Chengyi at that time, so it was just a casual glance. Ao Chengyi didn't stay to watch carefully, so she didn't have the chance to learn more. But she knew how precious the water was. "How could they bear to clarify it and drink it? The mud and sand in the water are wet, so they can't bear to throw it away. Drinking it can also fill their stomachs, so how could they bear to do that?"
The little friend opened his mouth but couldn't find any words to refute. He really couldn't bear to do that. Looking at these people who were so skinny but had huge stomachs, he knew that they were just like those people who ate Guanyin soil in those years. They had nothing to eat or drink, not even tree bark. It would be good to have moist sand to eat, at least they wouldn't starve to death.
Even if I die, I can still be a well-fed ghost.
There was nothing interesting to see at the water-drawing area, so the large group followed those who were returning.
Those people had no strength and felt uncomfortable in their stomachs, so they walked very slowly. It took them more than half an hour to reach where they lived.
That was a cliff that was once submerged by water. Now the water level has dropped, the river has dried up, and the exposed cliff has many caves on it. It is said that they were dug out by people to avoid the war and live there. The water level was not high at that time, so it was safe.
Later, a dam and water pants were built to maintain a constant water level. These caves were flooded, but now they are exposed again, which makes it convenient for these people to live in. In such weather, it is still cool to live in them.
(End of this chapter)
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