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Chapter 293 It's the Fourth Day
These three days were very difficult, not only for Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei, but also for the rest of the team.

On the first day, the situation was okay. After all, everyone was not very thirsty. The only obvious change was that the usual hot meals could no longer be cooked.Although the team also carried a lot of biscuits and compressed food, these foods are very dry and will make people thirsty more easily.Therefore, on the first day, the food distributed by the team was mainly water-rich vegetables.

But after all, there are not many such vegetables, and water-rich vegetables such as tomatoes and radishes were eaten up on the first day.With these vegetables on top, the first day was not too difficult, but the hard days started from the second day.

Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei didn't know what was going on with the others. Anyway, they only had a small glass of water every day.Every time the water delivery person brought the water here, Yang Lei picked up the water glass, dipped his fingers in a few drops of water, moistened his lips, and left the rest of the water to Chen Ziyang.

Chen Ziyang knew that Yang Lei had left it for him on purpose. After all, his physical condition was very bad. If he had symptoms of dehydration again, he would probably die.Although Chen Ziyang understood this truth very well, but looking at Yang Lei's withered lips, he couldn't bear to drink the water alone.

So after drinking half a glass of water, Chen Ziyang would cover the mouth of the water glass with a plastic sheet to prevent the water from evaporating in the hot desert.He left the half glass of water for Yang Lei, but until night, Yang Lei did not touch the half glass of water, but forced Chen Ziyang to drink it himself.

Seeing Yang Lei's intentions, Chen Ziyang really had all kinds of tastes in his heart, and he had all kinds of tastes.So he had to devote all his body and mind to solving the mystery of the diamond. After all, this diamond once flowed out of clear water for no reason. If he can make the diamond flow out again, then the crisis between the two of them will be resolved.

For two days in a row, Chen Ziyang tried almost all the methods he could think of to deal with the diamond, but the diamond seemed to have entered a dormant state, and there was no reaction at all.No matter what Chen Ziyang did, one of the diamonds remained motionless, not even giving him a glimmer of hope.

During these two days, Yang Lei, who is usually chattering, didn't say a word. By doing this, he could prevent hot air from entering his mouth when he opened his mouth, and prevent himself from feeling more thirsty.

On the morning of the third day, looking at Yang Lei's withered lips, Chen Ziyang almost burst into tears.He handed the water he had just delivered to Yang Lei, and said to him, "Lei Zi, take a sip, I beg you."

Yang Lei smiled slightly, showing a very dismissive expression, and said: "Are you a brother? If you are a brother, don't say anything. You know my temper."

Yang Lei's shriveled lips, who hadn't spoken for two days, were already glued together, and he suddenly opened his mouth to speak. Chen Ziyang saw that Yang Lei's lips were torn, and blood flowed from his lips in an instant. down.

After opening his mouth, Yang Lei also felt the pain from his lips. After feeling the blood flowing down, he quickly sent the blood back to his mouth with his fingers, and at the same time put his lower lip in his mouth, sucking vigorously. , and sucked all the blood that flowed out into his stomach.

Yang Lei sucked very hard and for a very long time, until the wound on his lips stopped bleeding, Yang Lei pursed his lips unsatisfactorily, and said to Chen Ziyang: "Look, my Isn’t it quenching your thirst? You don’t have to worry about me, if you really treat me like a brother, you just drink this glass of water.”

Seeing this scene, Chen Ziyang finally couldn't help it, two lines of tears dripped from the corners of his eyes.Seeing Chen Ziyang's appearance, Yang Lei squeezed out a smile, and then he quickly caught Chen Ziyang's tears with his fingers, then put his tear-stained fingers into his mouth, and sucked vigorously. one time.

"You old man, why are you crying? Don't say it, your tears are really salty, but they really quench your thirst, so don't waste them." Seeing Yang Lei's blunt smile, Chen Ziyang gritted his teeth, and opened his mouth to drink the whole cup. After drinking the water, he turned around and picked up the blood-colored diamond, and studied it carefully.

On the morning of the fourth day, the water delivery person brought only half a glass of water, and Chen Ziyang knew that this might be because the entire convoy had run out of water.Instructor Liu said before that the remaining water should only be able to last for three days. Now it is the fourth day, but there is no news of the convoy led by Yoshioka Yu who went out to replenish water.

In the past few days, every time Chen Ziyang looked out of the carriage, he could see someone looking eagerly at the direction the water replenishment convoy was leaving, looking forward to the return of the water replenishment convoy.Even at night, there were people sitting on the top of the carriage, looking into the distance, but at the junction of the sand and the sky, except for the occasional wind blowing the dust, there was nothing at all.

Looking at the half glass of water in front of him, Chen Ziyang really couldn't bear to drink it.He turned around to call Yang Lei, and decided to let Yang Lei drink up the half glass of water no matter what.But after pushing Yang Lei a few times, Chen Ziyang found that Yang Lei was still motionless.

This frightened Chen Ziyang. Although Chen Ziyang could only drink one glass of water a day during these three days, this glass of water was enough to keep him alive. Outside the lips, there is no drop of water at all.Now Yang Lei finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Putting his hand on the forehead of the unconscious Yang Lei, Chen Ziyang found that Yang Lei had faint symptoms of fever, and his body temperature was already high. "No, I can't do this again." Chen Ziyang helped Yang Lei up, opened his jaw, poured the last half glass of water into Yang Lei's mouth, and then helped him to lie down.After glancing at the unconscious Yang Lei, Chen Ziyang turned around and walked out of the carriage.

It may be because there are too many things to worry about. In the past few days, Instructor Liu has never asked Chen Ziyang about the location of the ancient treasure.Before, Chen Ziyang was worried that Instructor Liu would urge him, because there was no progress on his side, but now that Yang Lei has become this kind of virtue, Chen Ziyang felt that he had to have a good talk with Instructor Liu. .

When he got to the carriage where Instructor Liu lived, Chen Ziyang saw that many team members had already gathered there, so he got close to the crowd and listened carefully to what they were saying.

"It's useless for you to look for me. I'm sorry for everyone. The water just distributed today is the last drinkable water in the team. There is no news about the team that replenished the water. It didn't arrive on time. something happened.

Originally, I had prepared for the worst. If the water replenishment team could not come back on time, we would cancel this operation and let the whole team set off today to leave this desert area.But I didn't expect that the actual situation was much worse than I imagined. "

Having said that, Instructor Liu raised a piece of paper in his hand, and slowly turned it around in front of the crowd, so that everyone could see clearly what was on the paper.

Because it was far away, Chen Ziyang only took a rough look. The thing Liu instructor held seemed to be a color photo with something like a swirl drawn on it, but he didn't know what it was.

"This is the satellite cloud image I downloaded yesterday morning. The gust of wind blowing past us was disturbed by the air mass, and a huge sandstorm has formed in the direction we left the desert. The wind speed of this sandstorm is very strong. , the range is very wide, and the duration will be very long, our convoy has no way to pass through the middle.

If you change the direction of retreat and take a detour from the edge of the sandstorm, it will take at least five days to leave this desert, and if you go in another direction, those places are even deeper in the desert, which is impossible at all There is water, so I regret to tell you that we are completely trapped here. "

After listening to what Instructor Liu said, the people around the carriage were completely blown away.Some of these people were depressed, some were crying, some were pointing at Instructor Liu's nose, and some were standing by Instructor Liu's side to defend his authority, but such people were only a minority, and more people were complaining about Liu Why didn't the instructor cancel the operation before, so that the people in the convoy fell into such a situation.

Seeing that the scene was about to become uncontrollable, Instructor Liu took out the pistol he carried with him and fired three shots into the sky.After three gunshots, the crowd calmed down, and then Instructor Liu shouted loudly to the people in front of him:
"I'm sorry for not canceling the action in time. You can beat me, scold me, or even kill me with a single shot, but doing these things now will not help.

You are brothers who have been with me through life and death for many years. I have already explained the situation to you, and I have plans for the future. Although I may not be able to guarantee water for everyone, I will do my best.

They are all siblings, and I don’t want to say anything else. Those who believe in me, you stay here, listen to my command, listen to my arrangements, and we share weal and woe.Those who don't believe me, you can take the vehicles and food in the convoy casually, and go wherever you want, I will definitely not stop you.

But there is one thing you need to know, about this desert, I know much more than you know, the possibility of surviving with me will be greater, not to mention the water supply team, it is very likely that they will coming back.So I hope everyone will stick to it, it belongs to brothers, so go back and do what you should do. "

Instructor Liu's words obviously had an effect, and the people around the front of the carriage scattered and walked away after hearing his words.Seeing Chen Ziyang who stayed where he was, Instructor Liu waved his hand and asked Chen Ziyang to follow him into the carriage.

After closing the carriage door, Instructor Liu sat down on the chair, let out a long breath, and his whole body went limp.Seeing his appearance, Chen Ziyang knew that instructor Liu's previous words were probably mostly his lies. This kid was trying to hold on just now, but in fact he had nothing to do.

At this time, Chen Ziyang noticed that instructor Liu's lips were also very shriveled, covered with white skin split from the lips.This detail immediately changed Chen Ziyang's impression of Instructor Liu a lot. It turned out that this kid didn't drink much water in the past few days. It is very likely that he didn't drink as much water as he did.

No matter how you say it, Instructor Liu is currently the highest commander of this team. It is not too much to say that he has a high position and weight within the scope of the team, but he did not use the power in his hands to leave more water for himself, but prioritized these waters. Chen Ziyang was very surprised by the fact that Lei was given to others, and even the water he left for himself was much less than that given to others.

No matter what position the two of them were in, it could even be said that they were in a hostile relationship, but Chen Ziyang still admired instructor Liu's approach.Regardless of whether his subordinates understand it or not, Chen Ziyang knows that Instructor Liu treats them with the same friendship as Yang Lei treats him, and he really treats them as his own brothers, even closer than his own brothers.

"Are you here to tell me about the location of the treasure in the ancient country? Has there been any progress? Actually, it doesn't matter. Even if I know the location of the treasure now, I don't have the strength to dig it. The weather forecast says that this sandstorm will last at least Five days, but three more days at most, we people will die of thirst here. It really doesn't matter."

It doesn't matter if he said two things in a row, Chen Ziyang knew that instructor Liu was really desperate.After thinking for a while, Chen Ziyang said: "I still don't have the slightest clue about the location of the treasure. I have been studying that diamond for the past few days."

Instructor Liu was surprised by Chen Ziyang's answer. "What are you doing researching gemstones? You really have nothing to do. The gemstone has already played its role. If you want to activate the gemstone again, you may have to wait until you find the treasure."

"My idea is exactly the opposite of yours. I think now is the time to study this gem. But these are just my guesses. Whether the actual situation is what I think is yet to be verified, so I hope you can Tell me everything you know about this diamond and about this ancient country’s treasure, and don’t miss a single detail, so that it will help my judgment.”

"Hehe..." Instructor Liu shook his head with a wry smile, "I really don't understand you. I forced you with a gun and you didn't want to study it. It's a good thing now. At this stage, you actually I am interested. What if I say so? What if I found the treasures of the ancient country? Those treasures can’t be used as water to drink.”

"You are wrong. Through the research of the past few days, I think it is very possible that the treasure of this ancient country does not refer to gold and silver, but water. If this is the case, the entire team will be saved."

After listening to Chen Ziyang's words, Instructor Liu's eyes widened suddenly, he turned over from his chair and stood up, staring straight at Chen Ziyang.

(End of this chapter)