If the existence of the Oasis was once only a rumor that the turtledove had heard, then everything about the barren land was a "myth" to the turtledove.

It is said that the barren land at the far end of the lawless land is an inaccessible land, and not only the new empire, but also many small forces are trying to conquer it, after all, the barren land has more abundant water resources than the desertified outlawless land.

At the junction of the extralegal and the barren lands is a swamp full of aquatic plants, in which grows "papyrus", which the locals can use to make paper, although the paper made from this papyrus is of inferior quality, but the availability of raw materials makes it quite cheap, and people living in remote settlements use this cheaper paper.

In addition to papyrus, the inexhaustible supply of clean water can also be used to grow high-quality rice, and in other parts of the law, the scarcity of water often causes several neighboring forces to fight for it, let alone use water to irrigate rice, and the desire of ordinary people is to have enough drinking water every day.

Therefore, the most common crops in the extralegal lands are relatively drought-tolerant, potatoes have become the staple food of most people, and of course, there are also those who use cacti as their main crops like Candy City, so that after they have produced honey, they can exchange it for various materials with other forces.

Among these materials, water and food are always the most important, followed by weapons and ammunition and other equipment, and in the area where the outside of the law and the barren land meet, such a problem will never exist.

It is said that such a superior natural environment will definitely attract the attention of all forces, and when the new empire took the lead, many small forces also wanted to follow to see if they could get a piece of the pie, but these people had not yet touched the edge of the barren land, and they encountered countless test subjects.

If it was just an ordinary level test subject, it didn't need the regular army of the new empire to take action, these small forces had enough ability to solve it, but what kind of test subjects were living in the lawless land, let's put it this way, even if they were as strong as the destroyer and the Atlas, they were only qualified to live on the outer edge of the barren lands.

As for the extent of the test subjects living in the hinterland of the Badlands, no one knows this, because no one has ever entered the hinterland of the Badlands, and basically being able to walk around the outer edge of the Badlands already requires a great deal of risk, and the slightest carelessness may be killed by all kinds of strange but powerful test subjects.

It is precisely for this reason that the new empire, which was originally thinking of occupying and transforming the barren land, has to retreat, and how dare the other small forces continue to delay this, one by one running faster than anything else, and no longer dare to put their ideas on this cursed land.

Later, Grady and some of the people separated from the Wings of Liberty couldn't find a place to stay, so they were forced to go all the way north to the vicinity of the oasis.

After some communication with the local aborigines, Fang learned that the number of test subjects wandering from the barren land had become fewer and fewer over the years, and there was a clear trend of decreasing year by year, so Grady, who was worried about having nowhere to live, immediately made a decision and took the oasis as his new starting point.

In fact, strictly speaking, the oasis is still within the scope of the lawless land, and there is still a certain distance from the real barren land, perhaps because of this, it has become an unknown paradise.

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But to tell the truth, Turtledove felt that he could brag enough to go from the oasis to the others, and it really made him brave enough to go to the barren land, and Turtledove always felt a little panicked in his heart.

It's no wonder that the turtledove, who made everyone before always make all kinds of expressions that seemed to be greatly frightened when mentioning the words "barren land", so that the turtledove had not been to the barren land, and he had already developed a fear of the barren land.

At this time, when he heard Schultz say that in order to get rid of the chasing convoy behind him, he had to break into a wave of barren land first, and Turtledove was naturally reluctant.

Schultz sensed the fear of the turtledove, and he did not blame the turtledove for it, - what kind of person does not feel frightened when he knows that he is going into the barren land, and it is estimated that the less timid can pee his pants on the spot.

At least the turtledove's bladder was still under his control, although he did have the urge to urinate.

"Don't worry, the barren land is not as terrible as you think," Schultz patted the turtledove on the shoulder, "and we won't go too deep, the terrain here is too open, and it is impossible to get rid of those behind it without a road, and the barren land is different, where the sun will set and there will be a lot of fog, and when the view is blocked, we can take the opportunity to take a detour back." ”

It turned out that Schultz had such an idea, and if he didn't go deeper into the barren land, the turtledove felt a little less afraid.

"Have you been to the Badlands before?"

Turtledove tilted the wheel and glanced at Schultz.

"Of course I have been," Schultz seemed to be lost in his memory, and it took him a dozen or twenty seconds before he reopened his mouth, "more than once." ”

Hearing Schultz say that he had been to the Barren Land more than once, and then seeing that Schultz was now sitting next to him with all his tails, Turtledove couldn't help but think that maybe the Barren Land was really not as dangerous as the legend said, and with Schultz, a person who knew a lot about the Barren Land and had personally entered the Barren Land, was sitting here, Turtledove felt that this time it should not be a big problem.

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Since leaving the oasis, the modified pickup truck carrying the turtledove, the worm, Schultz and Natalia, has been moving non-stop towards the barren land in the northwest direction, from the rising sun to the waning sun, without stopping even once.

When the turtledove was tired of driving, she would change to Schultz to drive, and sometimes the bugs would come over for a while, and Natalia was in a state of rest the whole time, and she got up at noon to eat something, and then fell asleep in the back compartment again.

Natalia is recuperating her spirit, because she knows that the next road will not be peaceful, no matter what kind of situation she encounters, as the strongest combat power among the four people at present, she has to rush to the front, so in order to ensure that her body is always in the best condition, Natalia must get enough rest.

Those who were fleeing in front did not stop, and it was impossible for the chasing behind to stop, but as dusk approached more and more, there were suddenly signs of wind on the boundary of this land close to the barren land.