The past three days have been very difficult, not only Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei, but even the rest of the entire team has also been unhappy.

On the first day, the situation was okay, after all, everyone was not very thirsty, but the most noticeable change was that the usual hot meals could no longer be cooked. Although the convoy also carried a lot of biscuits and compressed food, these foods were very dry and made people thirsty if they were eaten. So 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 are eaten on the first day. Because of these vegetables, the first day was not difficult, but the hard days began on the second day.

Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei don't know what the situation is with other people, anyway, the two of them only have a small glass of water every day. Every time the water delivery person brought the water here, Yang Lei picked up the water cup, dipped a few drops of water with his fingers, moistened his lips, and then left the rest of the water for Chen Ziyang.

Chen Ziyang knew that this was deliberately left by Yang Lei, after all, his physical condition was very bad, and if he had symptoms of dehydration again, he would probably die. Although Chen Ziyang understood this truth very well, looking at Yang Lei's shriveled lips, he couldn't bear to drink the water alone.

So after drinking half a glass of water, Chen Ziyang would cover the rim of the cup with plastic sheeting to prevent the water from evaporating in the hot desert. This half cup of water was left by him to Yang Lei, but until the evening, Yang Lei did not touch this half cup of water, but forced Chen Ziyang to drink the water himself.

Seeing Yang Lei's intentions, Chen Ziyang's heart really has all kinds of flavors, and he has all kinds of flavors. So he had to put all his body and mind on solving the mystery of the diamond, after all, this diamond had flowed out of the water for no reason, if he could make the diamond flow out of the water again, then the crisis between the two would be resolved.

For two days, Chen Ziyang almost tried all the methods he could think of for this diamond, but this 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 was motionless, and he didn't even give him a glimmer of hope.

In the past two days, Yang Lei, who usually chatters, did not say a word, so as to avoid letting hot air enter his mouth when he opened his mouth, and prevent himself from feeling more thirsty.

Early in the morning of the third day, looking at Yang Lei's shriveled lips, Chen Ziyang was almost in tears. He handed the water he had just sent to Yang Lei and said to him, "Leizi, take a sip, I'll beg you." ”

Yang Lei smiled slightly, showed a very disdainful expression, and said, "Is it a brother?" Don't say anything if it's a brother, you know my temper. ”

Yang Lei's shriveled lips, who hadn't spoken for two days in a row, had already been glued together, and suddenly a mouth spoke, Chen Ziyang saw that Yang Lei's lips were torn, and blood flowed down his lips in an instant.

After opening his mouth, Yang Lei also felt the pain coming from his lips, and after feeling the blood flowing down, he quickly used his fingers to send the blood back to his mouth, and at the same time took his lower lip in his mouth, sucked it violently, and sucked all the blood he shed into his stomach.

Yang Lei sucked very hard, and the sucking time was also very long, until the wound on his lips no longer had blood flowing out, Yang Lei pursed his lips unsatisfied, and said to Chen Ziyang: "Look, didn't I quench my thirst." You don't have to worry about me, you really treat me as a brother, you just drink this glass of water. ”

Seeing this situation, Chen Ziyang finally couldn't help it, and two lines of tears dripped from the corners of his eyes. Seeing Chen Ziyang's appearance, Yang Lei still 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.

"You big man, what are you crying about. Don't say it, your tears are really salty, but they really quench your thirst, don't waste them. Seeing Yang Lei's stiff smile, Chen Ziyang gritted his teeth, drank the whole glass of water with one mouth, and then he turned his head and picked up the blood-colored diamond and studied it carefully.

On the morning of the fourth day, the water delivery person delivered only half a cup of water, and Chen Ziyang knew that this might be because the entire convoy was running out of water. Instructor Liu had said before that the remaining water should only last for three days, and now it is the fourth day, but the convoy led by Yoshioka Yu, who went out to replenish water, has not heard from him.

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

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

This frightened Chen Ziyang, although in the past three days, Chen Ziyang himself could only drink a glass of water a day, but this glass of water was enough to sustain him alive, but Yang Lei did not eat a drop of water at all except for moistening his lips with water. Now Yang Lei finally can't stand it.

Putting his hand on the forehead of the unconscious Yang Lei, Chen Ziyang found that Yang Lei had faintly had symptoms of fever, and his body temperature was already high. "No, it can't be like this anymore." Chen Ziyang helped Yang Lei up, broke his chin, poured the last half cup of water into Yang Lei's mouth, and then helped him 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 not once asked Chen Ziyang about the location of the treasure of the ancient country. Before, Chen Ziyang was still very worried that Instructor Liu would urge him, because there was no progress on his side at all, but now that Yang Lei has become this virtue, Chen Ziyang feels that he must have a good talk with Instructor Liu.

When he walked to the car where Instructor Liu lived, Chen Ziyang saw that many members of the convoy had 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 sent out today is the last drinkable water in the convoy. There is no news from the convoy to replenish the water, it has not arrived on time, and I don't know what happened.

Originally, I was prepared for the worst, if the water supply convoy could not return on time, we would cancel this operation, and let the entire convoy leave this desert area today. But I didn't expect that the actual situation was much worse than I had imagined. ”

Speaking of this, Instructor Liu raised the piece of paper he was holding in his hand and slowly turned it around the crowd, so that everyone could see what was on the paper.

Because it was far away, Chen Ziyang only looked at it, and the thing that Instructor Liu was holding seemed to be a color photo, with something like a whirlpool painted on it, and he didn't know what it was.

"This is the satellite image I downloaded yesterday morning, and the gust of wind that blew from us before was disturbed by the air pressure mass, and it has formed a huge sandstorm in the direction we left the desert. The wind speed of this sandstorm is very strong, the range is very wide, and it will last for a long time, and our convoy will not be able to pass through the middle at all.

If you change the direction of your retreat and take a detour from the edge of the sandstorm, it will take you at least five days to get out of this desert, and if you go in other directions, those places are even deeper in the desert, and there is no water source at all, 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 fried. Some of these people were depressed, some were crying, some pointed at Instructor Liu's nose and abused, and some stood on Instructor Liu's side to maintain his authority, but there were only a few such people, and more people were complaining about why Instructor Liu didn't cancel the operation before, so that the people in the convoy fell into such a situation.

Seeing that the scene was about to be out of control, Instructor Liu took out the pistol he was carrying with him and fired three shots into the sky. After three gunshots, the crowd calmed down, and then Instructor Liu shouted loudly to the person in front of him:

"If you didn't cancel the operation in time, I'm sorry for everyone, you can beat me, scold me, or even shoot me, but now it's useless to do these things.

You are brothers who have been born and died with me for many years, and I have already explained the situation to you, and I have plans for the future, although I may not be able to guarantee that I will get water for everyone, but I will do my best.

They are all siblings, I don't want to say anything else, those who believe in me, you stay here, listen to my command, listen to my arrangement, and we will share weal and woe. If you don't believe me, you can take the vehicles and food in the convoy as you like, and if you want to go, I will never stop you.

But one thing you need to know is that I know a lot more about this desert than you know, and the chances of surviving with me are greater, not to mention the hydration convoy, and it is very likely that they will be coming back. So I hope you will hold on a little longer, it's brothers, and you can go back and do whatever you want. ”

Instructor Liu's words obviously had an effect, and the people gathered in front of the carriage scattered after hearing his words. Seeing Chen Ziyang who stayed in place, Instructor Liu waved his hand and asked Chen Ziyang to follow him into the carriage.

Instructor Liu, who closed the door of the carriage, sat on the chair, let out a sigh of relief, and his whole body was paralyzed. Seeing his appearance, Chen Ziyang knew that a large part of Instructor Liu's previous words were likely to be his lies, this kid was just holding on, in fact, he didn't have any way at all.

At this time, Chen Ziyang noticed that Instructor Liu's lips were also very shriveled, covered with white skin that had cracked from his lips. This detail suddenly changed Chen Ziyang's impression of Instructor Liu a lot, it turned out that this kid hadn't drunk much water in the past few days, and it was very likely that he didn't drink as much water as he did.

Instructor Liu is also the highest commander of the current team, and it is not too much to say that he is in a high position within the scope of the team, but he did not use the power in his hands to leave more water for himself, but gave priority to Lei others, and even the water he left for himself was much less than that for others, which made Chen Ziyang feel very surprised.

No matter what position the two people are in, it can even be said that they are in a hostile relationship, but Chen Ziyang still admires Instructor Liu's approach. Regardless of whether his subordinates understood it or not, Chen Ziyang knew that Instructor Liu's friendship with them was like Yang Lei's respect for himself, and he really regarded them as brothers, even closer than brothers.

"Are you here to tell me about the location of the treasure of the Ancient Kingdom? Is there 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 the sandstorm will last for at least five days, but in three days at most, we will die of thirst here. It really doesn't matter. ”

After saying two in a row, it didn't matter, 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, and I have been studying the diamond for the past few days. ”

Chen Ziyang's answer surprised Instructor Liu. "What do you study gems for? You're really idle and have nothing to do, the role that the gem should have played has already been played, and if you want to activate the gem again, you will probably have to wait until you find the treasure. ”

"I think the opposite of you, and I feel that now is the time to study this gem. But these are just my guesses, and it remains to be verified whether the actual situation is what I think, so I hope that you can tell me everything you know about this diamond and about this ancient treasure, and not a single detail will be left behind, so that it will help my judgment. ”

"Hehe......" Instructor Liu shook his head with a wry smile, "I really can't understand you, I forced you with a gun and you didn't want to study, but now it's good, when it comes to this step of the field, you are actually interested in yourself." What if I say that? What if you find the treasure of the ancient country? Nor can those treasures be drunk as water. ”

"You're wrong, through the research of the past few days, I think it's very likely that the treasure of this ancient country refers not to gold and silver, but to water, if this is really the case, the entire convoy will be saved."

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

(End of chapter)