After the strong winds, drops of rain fell, and the winter sun in the sky was finally obscured by a thick layer of clouds, which had never felt so kind to people in many places on land.

The raindrops fell sharply, and soon they were pouring down.

The thirsty earth greedily absorbs the rain, and the smell of mud wafts everywhere.

Visitors excitedly carried out a clay jar to receive water, the past winter, they all used labor to exchange food and water from Yanjiao, not much, some people complained, but when they learned about the situation outside, no one squeaked anymore, for fear of being driven away, although the exchange for less water, but at least able to support them to live until now.

A torrential rain seemed to extinguish the fire of the fierce beast mountain forest, and the fierce beasts who had been irritable for a winter were appeased, and their mood could be guessed from their cheerful roars.

The tribesmen have their own duties, they are guards, they are tending to the farmland, they are the keepers of the animal pens, they are the pottery makers, they are the weavers...... are ready to start. It was too hot before, and they didn't even want to move more, so the work at hand was naturally put on hold, and now, they can finally start again.

The wilting seedlings in the ground are also refreshed, and the leaves in the mountains and forests are much greener.

Although the extreme weather passed, the guards and defenses everywhere did not decrease, and the two leaders took turns to go out to supervise every day, even in the stormy weather.

"Everything, caution is better!"

These are the words spoken by the two witches after the sacrifice.

Although the two of them had no way of knowing what was going to happen, they had a strong sense of danger, not about which tribe they were targeting, just an unspeakable sense of danger.

If the two witches have different opinions, it may take some arguments, but both witches have the same statement. For the Yanjiao people, something must have happened, and they can't afford to be sloppy.

On a sunny day after the rain, the hunting party set off and went into the mountains to hunt.

Shao Xuan entered the mountain forest with the team, and the green-faced fangs had already taken blood and fed it. Naturally, someone will take care of it, and he doesn't need to keep an eye on it.

When they entered the forest again, they found that many trees in the forest were blackened and looked like they had died, and some lifeless trees had been eaten by insects, and if they were cut off, a large number of small insects would gush out of them.

Carrying the prey, Shao Xuan was with the people of the squad. Come to the cave where you rest.

"I remember there used to be a creek here. Shao Xuan pointed to a place on the mountain and said.

"Yes, but I don't see it now, maybe there will be no water after the winter dries. Mai next to him said. He didn't know much about the various causes of the formation of streams, except that even if the streams dried up in autumn and winter, they would come in spring. When the snow melts or rains heavily, it flows again. But now that the stream in front of the mountain is gone, he can't say why. If it's gone, it's gone.

So saying, Mai carried his prey into the cave, and the others looked there, but saw nothing, and followed them into the cave. Only Shao Xuan was left standing outside, looking at the location of the original stream.

"I'll go and see where it is. Shao Xuan said to the people resting in the cave.

Curious, Mai and several other soldiers also followed Shao Xuan over, they wanted to see what Shao Xuan had discovered.

Shao Xuan remembered that there was another river near here, which was not big. But there are often some river beasts in ambush inside.

The stream is broken, probably because there has been no snow on the mountain this year, and the unusually hot winter has made the snow at the top of the mountain all year round gone. However, the river over there is not only melted snow flowing in, but also groundwater, and even if it rained so heavily a few days ago, even if the stream could not be formed, the rainwater flowed into the river, and the water seeped into the rocks and soil of the mountains, forests, forests, and trees, and the river level would always rise a lot, right? It rained quite heavily a few days ago.

However, when Shao Xuan passed, he found that there were only a few small fish swimming lazily in that river, and the slightly larger river beasts were not seen, the reason was that the river level was too low!

The river is too shallow, and some river beasts don't like such diving areas, so naturally they don't appear here.

Seeing such a low river level, Mai and the others were also surprised, but they were only surprised for a while, they felt that it might be because the mountains and forests were too "thirsty", and after a rain, the mountains and forests "drank" most of the rainwater, so there was not much rain for the river.

It's just that even if the mountains and forests can absorb a lot of rainwater, what about the groundwater?

A torrential rain that lasted for several days did not make the river rise? Even if the rise is not obvious, it is not just a little bit of water at the moment!

In the past, the river water here was often muddy yellow, because the river beasts in the river liked to stir up the mud and sand at the bottom of the river, but now, the river water is not only shallow, but also much clearer, which shows that recently, no river beast has come at all!

"Let's go to the next place. As I remember, there was also a cave here. ”

When Shao Xuan used to hunt with the hunting team in this vicinity, he once found a karst cave, and there was a waterhole in the cave, but the water there was red, and there were some subtle creatures swimming in it, even if the water was filtered and boiled, it was not drinkable, and then Shao Xuan did not go again.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, Shao Xuan's eyes changed. Not only Shao Xuan, but several other fighters, who were more keen, already sensed that something was wrong.

In the past, when they came to the cave, they could feel the cool and moist water vapor blowing in the wind, and some shade-loving plants growing in the cave gave off a faint and sweet smell. But now, neither the moisture nor the smell of those plants can be smelled!

Shao Xuan walked inside, and when he came in a few steps before, he would see a layer of shallow water on the ground, but now he has walked more than ten meters inside, and the ground in the cave and the surrounding stone walls are still dry.

Mai holds the water moon stone and illuminates the surrounding place.

No water!

Still no water!

The further you go in, the lower the terrain becomes, until only a few small underground caverns remain.

"There's no water in this hole!" The Flame Horn warriors, who had just experienced a strange winter, suddenly felt their throats dry.

How can there be no water?!

At this time, they had already understood Shao Xuan's purpose, and everyone was also vigilant.

I thought that this crisis had passed, but I didn't expect it to still exist.

Take a closer look at the ground, the uneven stone cave ground, there are some dry red things, and you can scrape off a lot with a knife.

"These are ......" Mai crumpled the red crumbs scraped off the ground and crushed them with his fingers, which quickly turned to powder.

"It's the stuff that used to live in this puddle, and now they're all dead. Shao Xuan frowned and walked out.

Hearing Shao Xuan's words, Mai and the others felt that their throats were even drier, and if they had no water, would they die of thirst?

After that, while hunting in the next few days, Shao Xuan went to find a few more water sources.

The weather seems to be normal, but the water level of the water source in many places is still declining, especially the water source produced by the groundwater coming out and pooling, almost no place can see the former appearance, most of it is dry, and those that are not dry are on the verge of drying up, and it is only a matter of time before it completely dries up.

At the same time, within the Lu tribe.

I thought that the dark period had passed, but I didn't expect that life was not so easy. The waterhole that their tribe had been occupying had fallen even lower, and had not risen in the slightest because of the torrential rain some time ago. I saw the rain pouring into the surrounding area, but the water in the pool was still falling.

Why? )