State of Decay - Chapter 325

[Chapter 320 Desert Town]

Two hours later, after packing up the tent, Lin Ma continued to set off. Dogs and horses are in good shape, but people are in bad shape. I was very hungry, but it was difficult to secrete saliva and I couldn’t swallow the dried meat.

To say that Phantom’s all-terrain enhancement is still very impressive. The speed of walking slows down during sandstorms at night. On the other hand, Phantom is like wearing a four-eye night vision device, and the night has no effect on it at all.

Not all-terrain? Why around the clock?

You are dishonest! Lin Wu glanced at the phantom, reined in his horse, dismounted and performed a magic trick. Lin Wu first took the pocket drone from the back of his backpack. How compact? The uninitiated could mistake drones for backpacking hot dogs. Press the button on the pocket drone, and the drone immediately turns into a normal drone, and then runs and flies. But even a pocket drone weighs up to 28 kilograms.

I can give you a discount on the volume, but there is no discount at all on the weight.

Maya stopped her horse aside and watched the drone take off: “I have a question, I don’t know if it will offend you.”

“Yes!” Lin Wu answered.

“Oh.” Maya shut up.

Although I don’t know what the problem is, it’s definitely not a good problem to have Maya be so tactful. Maybe she felt that she liked the new and disliked the old, and she liked Phantom and neglected Xiao Wai? Or does she think she’s being sensual when she’s running?

“What?” Lin Wu asked.

Maya: “Why don’t you fly a drone?” As long as it reaches a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, the drone will automatically take off and take off.

“If this is the only problem, there is no problem.” Lin Wu looked at Maya: “You have added offense…” “

Well, you are right.”

Damn you, call yourself stupid! Are you stupid? I feel sorry for Phantom, this is a big guy of 28 kilograms.

However, Lin Wu had no time to argue with Maya and said in surprise: “There is an oasis ten kilometers ahead.”

“Oasis?” Maya decided to ask more clearly.

“Well, a small lake, some trees, and some shrubs.”

Maya said, “Can you see it so clearly?” It’s dawn, the darkest dawn.

A flash of fire lit up in the distance, and Lin Wu said, “I can see it more clearly now.” The tail flame of the rocket had already given Lin Wu his answer. After the rocket landed on the sand, it exploded and burst into flames for half a second, illuminating the surrounding area.

“Let’s go!” Maya has always been unable to define Lin Wu in terms of stupidity and cleverness. At least she couldn’t think of a way to use rocket tail flames for lighting.

…

The oasis is 3 kilometers away from the roadside, but due to terrain reasons, people cannot see the oasis from the highway. When they arrived at the oasis, the sun had already risen, and the two were able to see the whole thing directly.

The oasis is not big, but not small either. Surrounding the thousand-square-meter small pond are more than a dozen date palm trees and sparse shrubs. On the road side is a natural stone wall. The most amazing thing is that there is a cave in the stone wall, and this cave can be captured as a base.

Of course, Lin Ma did not occupy the cave, but spread out the tent by the lake, and then ran towards the small lake together. A comparison during the period showed that Lin Wu was quite particular. He took off his coat and pants before jumping into the water, while Maya entered the water with her clothes on.

Lin Wu’s thoughts on this were: Didn’t she forget that the water stains on her coat would not be refreshed? Are you just leaving it on to dry? Won’t it go rancid? Or maybe she was afraid that she would see her underwear?

Although he is not very smart, Lin Wu is very willing to use his little brain. Two hours later, the tent was set up. When he got out of the water, he found that he was sunburned…

“It hurts!” Lin Wu lay naked on the grass, and Maya made Lin Wu miserable with just one finger. His upper body was as red as a monkey’s butt, and he didn’t even dare to wear clothes.

“Where is this place?” Maya pressed it with her finger.

“It hurts too.” It was like it was burning.

Maya had no choice but to pour water on Lin Wu. Lin Wu felt better instantly: “Chop firewood and build a ward.” Lin Wu knew that

Maya had taken a medical book and a general medicine book from Qinglang Base, But Maya rejected Lin Wu’s proposal: “There are not many trees here. We need a workshop to make small wooden barrels to carry more water.” “But…” “You are healing yourself.”

“

Help

, Someone killed someone.”

“I know, I know.” Maya said helplessly: “Just lie like this with the water beside you. If you feel uncomfortable, pour it yourself.”

Lin Wu raised his hand to show that he understood. The dawn of death, can the early morning sun be so vicious? You obviously didn’t feel very hot, so why did you get sunburned? Stinky Maya, she didn’t even remind herself. And Xiaowai, get out of here and stop jumping around on me. Can you afford to pay for stepping on me?

This was the first time in Lin Wu’s life that he had been sunburned. It was not painful at all. As long as the sunburned skin was not touched, there was only a burning sensation. But even if you make a movement, the skin will be pulled and the pain will be unbearable. It’s not that Lin Wu is being pretentious, he has a body prone to pain, and a small operation under local anesthesia can make him wail like a ghost.

But how did Shuguang know? He must be targeting himself intentionally. Lin Wu discovered that when he was in a good mood and in a bad mood, what was going through his head was completely different.

Date palm trees are not as good as log trees. Maya left one tree for the oasis. After exchanging other trees, they can only build a medical room or a production room. In other words, even if you build a crafting room, there will be no extra materials to make small wooden barrels.

Maya didn’t expect this desert to be so vast. Not bringing enough containers was a huge failure. If it weren’t for the drone and Lin Wu’s bad luck, both of them might have died in the desert today.

When building the ward, Maya went to the lake to catch crabs and fish. Lin Wu climbed into the tent and put one hand on the hospital bed. He felt something was wrong, so he shouted: “Doctor, doctor.” He thought he was in action.

Maya had no choice but to come back for diagnosis and treatment. As a non-inpatient patient, the doctor had to accompany her throughout the process. In addition, since he was a general practitioner, the treatment time doubled. It took two people an hour to treat the sunburn that was supposed to heal itself. However, compared to Lin Wu yelling for two hours, Maya thought it was worth wasting this hour.

Maya was about to go out, and Xiao Wai came back. A crab hung on its nose, and it sat aside with a look of grievance. Maya, angry and amused, reached out and took down the crab. Lin Wu stood up and relaxed his muscles: “Let’s go, I’ll avenge you.” He couldn’t beat Maya, and he couldn’t beat a few crabs.

…

The fish soup is boiling on the bonfire, and the crabs are grilled, and the aroma is overflowing. Maya is still in the same old routine, reflecting on her overly optimistic attitude and underestimation of future difficulties. Lin Wu’s answer: “It’s okay, I forgive you.”

At that time, Maya wanted to kill this guy. My reflection is not for your forgiveness. However, you can’t say that. Reflecting on yourself does show that you have gained wisdom after learning from the mistakes, and it also includes the meaning of apology. Here’s the problem, if I don’t apologize and you forgive me, I’ll beat you up. But he really apologized.

He really shouldn’t have built a hospital bed, at least he wouldn’t deserve a beating for howling like a ghost.

How could Lin Wu think so much and said: “It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, the time is very awkward. Should I rest for a while, pack up the tent and go on the road in the evening, or should I rest here for a day?” You can’t rush during the day, otherwise you will be exposed as a woodcutter. The most important problem is the container. Five liters of water is too little.

Um? Can you let Xiao Wai drink enough water? If necessary, press its stomach and water will spurt out of its mouth. No, what if it enriches itself? It doesn’t drink water, but it will spit water and play with it. It won’t do that? I know how to do it, can it be done?

Um? You’ve been thinking wildly for so long, why didn’t you say anything? Lin Wu reminded: “Huh?”

Maya said: “I’m thinking of ways to store water.”

Lin Wu came up with an idea: “After a night’s rest, I might be able to catch a few stupid wolves and make some water bags.”

Maya looked outside: “There is only one date palm tree left in the whole oasis, where is the production room? ” ?”

Lin Wu thought for a moment: “When we find the wood, won’t there be a water bag?”

Maya sighed deeply: “If we can find the wood, why worry about not having materials to make a water bag?”

“What do you mean by sighing?”

Don’t you know what sighing means? Needless to say, with such a guy by my side, no matter how bad the environment is, I can’t stop my passion and want to kill him. Thinking of this, Maya gave a rare smile, which startled Lin Wu: “Are you okay?”

Maya shook her head and threw the waste wood into the bonfire: “Although this is an oasis, there are too few resources. We will break camp at four in the afternoon and leave at seven in the evening. Let’s set off. I have another bad news to tell you. Based on the circular shape of Beicheng, Science and Technology City, and our understanding of the landforms of Beicheng Beishang Town, coupled with your sunburn, I think we are at an altitude of more than 2,500 One hundred meters. And Highway 88 is still going up slowly.”

Lin Wu asked: “Is the altitude of the desert high? It is said that many deserts were once oceans.” Sea level, desert, altitude?

Maya said: “When humans left the earth, the Qaidam Desert on the earth had an altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 meters, with the highest point being 4,700 meters. In order to verify the correctness of my theory, you can exclude the water factor before sunbathing After being injured once, I can basically deduce our current approximate altitude.”

“Xiao Wai, you see, there are always people who want to harm me.” Lin Wu said: “Even if you are right, maybe the high place is not a desert.” “

No. , it should still be a desert. From low to high, and then from high to low, we can finally get out of the desert.” Maya said: “Dawn also gave us a difficult problem. Highway 88 has a very large arc. Let’s put it this way, point A To point B, the road distance is about 150 kilometers, and the straight-line distance may only be 30 kilometers.”

Lin Wu said: “But we can’t leave the road.”

“Yes.” Maya said: “But if we reach a desperate situation, We can only take a gamble using drone reconnaissance.”

Lin Wu said: “I don’t know what the terrain of Fantasy City is.”

Maya asked: “What kind of terrain do you want it to be?”

This simple question knocked Lin Wu down: ” There are mountains, but they cannot be too high or steep. There are lakes, but they cannot be too deep or too big. There are plains, but they cannot be too vast. The altitude cannot exceed 100…” “I’m sorry, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t let you make a wish.” “It doesn’t matter,

next

. Pay attention.”

…

The length of the desert section of Route 88 was beyond Linma’s expectation. From setting off at night to resting at 7 a.m. the next day to avoid the sun, Lin Ma still could not leave this land.

The drone did not bring back any good news, so Lin Ma continued on the road at 7 p.m., and at 6 a.m. on the third day, Lin Ma finally arrived at an abandoned town built on the roadside.

The road was very windy and sandy, and the sand was not good to eat. The two of them tied their ears and noses with cloth strips, looking a bit like robbers. The second thing you must do when entering a desert town is to find a water source. The first thing is to open the tent, of course.

According to the written records found, this is a town that has been relocated for 10 years, and the reasons are desperate. The town’s three wells dried up completely 10 years ago. According to the literature, they have lived here for thousands of years. It was once a large oasis. With the erosion of wind and sand and the destruction of nature by humans, the sandstorm became more and more serious, eventually making it uninhabitable.

However, there are some discrepancies between the situation in the town and the records. There are many green weeds on the sandy land in the town. They are not thorn plants in the desert, but reeds common in green spaces. There aren’t many, but it’s impossible to grow reeds without a certain amount of water. This discovery boosted their confidence. Maya took a wooden stick and used a rope to go down to Well No. 1. They dug for half an hour without finding anything.

Undeterred, Linma immediately headed to Well No. 2. The situation is completely different from what the literature said. There is more than one meter of fresh water in Well No. 2. Well No. 3 is also a normal water well. Maya’s explanation for this: humans leave, nature repairs, and resources recover. The original two wells could provide a normal life for 10 people, but with 100 or more people in the town, there was no other way but to migrate.

Lin Wu thought it was just Shuguang being shameless. It first gives obvious documentation to deceive players, and then drains the nearest well No. 1. Its purpose is to hope that desperate players will give up. But it failed to calculate that it would take three hours to open her tent, and Maya was a restless person.

“We have tentatively decided to take a day off and set off at seven o’clock tomorrow afternoon.” Maya said: “We have to collect as many utensils as possible.”

Lin Wu asked: “Can two horses carry it? I said weight, the weight of water.”

Maya said : “An additional 50 kilograms of weight for each horse will not affect them.”

“Really?”

Maya said: “The weight of Sandstorm is about 800 kilograms. Generally speaking, the weight of horses is about 20% of their body weight, that is, Sandstorm Its load capacity is 160 kilograms. Within this range, its movements will not be interfered with.”

Lin Wu thought, 160 minus 50 equals 110. The weight of your backpack plus weapons…

is unbearable! A hook was brought down, and it hit the sand with a hammer. Lin Wu sat on the ground and watched Maya leave, and said aggrievedly: “I didn’t say it.” Maya turned around and threw the half bottle of water in her hand towards

Lin Wu, and Lin Wu stretched out his hand to catch it: Hum !

110 kilograms, your backpack plus weapons weigh about 40 kilograms, which can be deduced that your weight is 70 kilograms. No wonder they want to beat people to silence them. Haha, you didn’t expect that? You can block my mouth, but you can’t block my thinking.

No matter how bad the environment is, as long as you have a second-rate person by your side, you will never feel lonely or empty.

The buildings in the desert town are mainly low-rise houses, which are basically boxy houses with one door and one window. Not only the lighting conditions are poor, but the space inside is not large. The house is mainly made of sand and stone, with no wooden materials visible.

Maya’s voice came from the headset: “I found the answer.”

Lin Wu asked: “What’s the problem?” Did he miss anything?

“In my mind.” Angry again, Maya took a deep breath to calm down: “Before, I couldn’t figure out why they left the town only after the well water dried up. No one would like such a living environment. The answer is in the town office documents, The document said there is a gold mine 15 kilometers away from the town. I plan to go there and take a look to see if I can find anything useful.”

Lin Wu asked: “Where is this place?”

“Aren’t you there too?” Maya improved. One degree of volume.

“Oh!” Lin Wu said, “You are very angry today.”

“I apologize.”

“I accept it.”

(End of Chapter)