Chen Xiao closed the door and walked slowly towards the study area.

Today, it has been more than a month since the sand and rain invaded and the zombies mutated, and it has been continuously reported on TV, the living conditions of camps in various places, and now, the whole earth has fallen into a state of collapse, and local governments have set up camps in various regions, on the one hand, in order to protect the survivors, and on the other hand, to study the mutant zombies.

According to the latest reports, the government of the United States has studied the cause of the mutation.

It is said that due to the reaction between the moisture element and the sand, it produces a gas that can mutate people, and that gas can cause chaos in the human brain, and at the same time cut off its nerve center, turning it into a living dead, just like zombies, and the only thing that drives them to move is water.

In fact, they don't want to kill people and eat meat, but they want to get water from human bodies.

After entering the human body, it can react with various moisture in the human body and turn it into sand again and discharge it from the body.

This is also the problem that Chen Xiao and Sun Yu discussed before, the moisture element can react with water to become sand, and react with sand to become moisture.

But why are there two types of people: mutants and abilities?

The explanation given by the rice country is that the reaction of moisture and sand is different.

When the sand is pressed against the person first, the moisture cannot enter the human body, so it is very likely that those who are buried in the sand first will become capable people, while the other part will die and some will become ordinary survivors and survive.

And those who are not submerged in the sand will have a high probability of becoming mutant zombies, due to the inhalation of too much moisture in the body, causing the water in their bodies to turn into sand, and they have become an emotionless monster who only pursues water.

While this situation can be solved, as long as there is most of the water, it is possible to bring these mutants together and imprison them, or kill them.

But the government won't come up with that much water.

Because the whole world is covered with sand, there are not many water sources left, and the river water that flows outdoors and the sea are also converted into sand by the moisture element, so there will be basically no natural water source, and the water source in the city will not be used to attract zombies, and it is not enough to drink it yourself, let alone use it for other purposes.

The lack of water sources has led to a high price increase in the price of pure water, and in order to control the water source and stabilize the mood of the survivors, the government has customized the daily water source ration, so that there is no competition and no class.

Everyone only needs to turn in a certain number of competition points every month, although there is not much water to be given.

However, the rich can still spend more money on water, but not in limited quantities, which also makes the trade war still exist.

The rich nourish every day, while the poor survive strongly.

But there is nothing that can be done, after all, disasters cannot change the nature of people.

Chen Xiao has always wanted to understand the reason for the outbreak of this disaster, he does not believe that this moisture element will be leaked for no reason, nor does he believe that the rare elements of the moon discovered decades ago will come to this earth by themselves, after all, the element itself cannot be moved, unless it is carried on a carrier, but he has not heard of the news that foreign creatures have come to the earth in the past few decades.

Then this must be a man-made disaster!

So who exactly did this? And for what?

Chen Xiao didn't know, this was also the answer he had been looking for.

If there is really a mastermind behind the scenes, he must be the scholars who participated in the study of the moisture element before, if you want to know the truth, you must find those who have participated in the research, but at that time he was still young, but he knew that Professor Zhao was one of the research candidates there, and if he could find Professor Zhao, he might be able to have some clues.

However, Professor Zhao doesn't even know whether he is alive or dead now, and this road is not easy to follow.

Then Chen Xiao plans to take another path, through the qualifying competition, to get the opportunity to communicate with the upper government, maybe he can find some clues.

However, these are all for later, and everything is still unknown.

The road to the study area was still quite far, Chen Xiao wiped the sweat from his face and continued to walk forward.

But on the way there, Chen Xiao encountered some accidents.

In front of a house, an old man and a young woman, two women quarreled.

"You don't walk long?! The water that the old lady just bought was knocked over by you! Do you know how expensive this water is! The older woman scolded loudly.

The little girl nodded hurriedly and said softly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"It's over just saying I'm sorry, you hurry up and pay me for this water! If you can't afford it, don't leave today! Aunt said viciously.

"But I don't have any money... I'll pay you back if I have the money..."

"What do you say! No money?! ”

The aunt slapped it down and knocked the little girl to the ground.

"Say it again! If you don't pay me today! I'll kill you! ”

Seeing that the situation could not end, Chen Xiao finally reached out to help.

"Stop!"

Chen Xiao rushed forward with an arrow step, grabbed the hand that the aunt was about to hit again, and shook her off at the same time.

When the aunt saw Chen Xiao coming, she didn't choose to do it again, but picked up her shelf, and said to Chen Xiao in a weird way.

"Yo? How to recruit? Do you know this girl? Why don't you pay for this water for me? ”

Chen Xiao looked at the aunt, then at an empty bottle on the ground, and finally at the girl behind her.

When he saw the little girl, he had a familiar feeling.

"Have we met?" Chen Xiao asked suspiciously.

The little girl covered her face and raised her head, and when she saw Chen Xiao, she even stood up excitedly.

"Benefactor! It's you! ”

At this time, Chen Xiao remembered, wasn't this the little girl he helped in the medical area at that time? I didn't expect to meet it again today.

"I remember, it's you! What's the matter with you? ”

The little girl whispered in Chen Xiao's ear, and the more Chen Xiao listened, the more angry she became, it turned out that this aunt touched porcelain and touched her, and she had no evidence, so she made such a fuss now.

Seeing them whispering there, the aunt shouted impatiently.

"Hey! Can you two stop whispering? Can't I, did I settle the money first? ”

Chen Xiao tilted his head, looked at his aunt, and said with a smile.

"Settle the water money, huh? How much are you going to get? ”

"It's not much, just give me 500 competition points!" Auntie raised five fingers and said with a smile.

"500 points? Is a bottle of water so expensive now? ”

Chen Xiao walked over to the water bottle, picked it up, and looked at it carefully.

"It's that expensive! Hurry up and pay me! Don't think about it! ”

"Don't worry, why don't I go buy you another bottle? Just when I pay you? Chen Xiao shook the water bottle and said.

The aunt was obviously a little panicked and began to feel uneasy.

"You pay me the money! I'll just go myself! ”

"Do you want to buy two bottles? I'll give you the bottle? ”

Chen Xiao slowly walked in front of the aunt and startled the aunt.

The aunt sat on the ground in fright, but she kept shouting.

"Hurry up and pay me the money...!"

"I'm going to pay a fart!"

Chen Xiao angrily threw the bottle on the aunt's face, the aunt was not in a hurry, and was directly smashed to the ground, waw wow screamed.

"How old are you, why don't you learn to touch porcelain? You don't have any water in this bottle, not even a watermark on the sand, and you still want to slander people? You're too amateurish, aren't you? ”

"Get out of here!"

Chen Xiao's cold eyes stared at the aunt tightly, and the aunt immediately felt cold all over, and immediately ran away without looking back.

After seeing the aunt running away, Chen Xiaocai turned around and squatted down again, and said to Wu Meng.

"Are you alright? Does your face still hurt? ”

Chen Xiao slowly put his hand on Wu Meng's face, and at the same time silently used the primary healing technique, and after a while, the wound on her face disappeared.

"I'm fine, benefactor! Thank you! ”

"Where's your home? Shall I send you? Chen Xiao said softly.

"Okay, it just so happens that my mother wants to thank you in person!"

Chen Xiao then remembered that she still had a mother.

Wu Meng pulled Chen Xiao and soon came to her home.

The house was very dilapidated, and it looked like the kind of thing that no one lived in, and it was left behind.

Once inside, the situation was even worse, with only a bed and a table in the whole room, and not even a decent piece of furniture.