In the early morning, when the sky was still bright, Luo Yuan carried a large washbasin and walked towards the stream.
The basin is made of iron, about half a meter in diameter, and is completely cut from the armor of a transport aircraft. Although it has been made as thin as possible, it still weighs more than ten kilograms and can almost be used as a shield.
It's still early morning, and the temperature is already quite high, reaching more than 30 degrees. However, compared to noon, this time is undoubtedly the coolest time.
The thunderstorm has disappeared for five days, and the originally silent forest has become active again. Traces of mutated creatures and the chirping of insects have appeared in the jungle from time to time. Compared with the previous few days, it is much noisier.
Luo Yuan walked away slowly, with a heavy face and a frown. He held a sword in his right hand and chopped the branches extending out on both sides of the path from time to time. These branches were green and delicate, and they were slightly curled up. Apparently they were just last night. Just grown out.
The soft ground covered with layers of dead leaves is slightly moist. This is the result of being wetted by dew at night. Except for the surface layer, what is inside is completely dry dead leaves and soil turned into powder.
It has not rained for more than ten days.
This is completely normal in the western region, but in this high temperature, it can be fatal.
On the contrary, these plants are growing more and more vigorously, perhaps because their roots extend deep into the earth, so they have no impact at all, but those mutated creatures may not fare so well. In the past few days, with the high temperature and the evaporation of a large amount of water, the water level of the stream has been decreasing day by day. Judging from what I saw yesterday, the water supply will only be cut off in the next two days. If the weather is still so good these two days .
But looking at today, it is obviously a sunny day again.
With a heavy heart, Luo Yuan walked to the stream not long after, but what he saw in front of him was harsher than he expected.
I haven’t seen it for a day. The stream here is almost bottoming out. Yesterday it was more than a foot deep. Now there is only a shallow layer, about ten centimeters, and there are dead fish and dead shrimps everywhere in the stream. Most of these fish are dead. In less than a day or two, the high temperature intensified the decay of these dead fish.
In a short period of time, these fish were covered with maggots, and some of the dead fish were bitten by nearby mutated beasts, dyeing the stream water a putrid brown color. In addition, there were maggots and mutated mosquitoes and flies everywhere, and the air was full of... There was a strong stench that made people turn around and run away.
But this only made Luo Yuan frown and his face became a little gloomy.
With the terrifying momentum, as it was contracted and released, countless fist-sized mutated mosquitoes and flies fell, quickly covering the ground.
Later, Luo Yuan walked along the upper reaches of the stream, trying to find a slightly cleaner water source.
This creek is the only water source nearby, and mutant creatures are active frequently. Along the way, many mutant creatures who were drinking water by the stream trembled all over and fled here quickly. The sullen Luo Yuan exuded a terrifying aura, like a terrifying beast that preyed on people. Before he even got close, the mutated creature began to flee quickly.
Of course, there were also those who were unruly and grinning, but they immediately turned into dead souls under the sword, and were picked up by Luo Yuan and carried on his back.
After walking for about half an hour, just when he was losing patience, Luo Yuan finally found a shallow pool of water.
The stream here has completely stopped flowing, leaving only this slightly deeper pit with some water, but it is only more than one meter deep. The water quality is very turbid, like a mud pond, but at this time, it is no longer a luxury, at least it is worse than rot. The stinky sewage is much better.
Luo Yuan took the washbasin, filled it full, and left the place quickly. With the current water shortage situation, it won't be long before this place becomes a gathering place for animals to drink water. Although he is strong, he is not confident that he can run wild in this primitive forest.
He went back much faster. The basin filled with water seemed like flat ground as he ran up and down, and very little water could be spilled.
In just ten minutes, Luo Yuan returned to the camp.
Now the camp has changed a lot. In order to avoid something like the last time people were killed, in the past few days, the woods about 30 meters around the transport plane have been cut down and the weeds have been cleared one by one. Even The soft ground was compacted tightly by several people pushing heavy wooden piles hard.
But even so, the next morning, you can always see a green shoot growing out of the soil again.
At this time, everyone was taking advantage of the rare coolness in the morning to practice their sword skills hard. Many men were shirtless and covered in greasy sweat. They practiced tirelessly over and over again. Every time the blade cut through the air, they made a whistling sound of cutting through the air.
These days, Luo Yuan has taught some basic knife skills and related muscle strength like cramming. Then he can only rely on personal repeated practice to form muscle memory and turn it into instinct. In fact, in Under the suffocating pressure, these people worked much harder than Luo Yuan imagined. Whenever they had free time, they started practicing with high intensity.
Compared with a dozen days ago, these people have made some progress more or less, at least not as miserable as before.
And perhaps because of the correct use of force, many people's body shapes have changed. The muscles that were originally like hard knots began to soften and fade away, and were replaced by muscles like a network of lines. From an image point of view, everyone I have lost a lot of weight, but my explosive power and speed have become stronger.
However, Luo Yuan is most optimistic about the two children, Deng Chao and Zhong Chuqiang. Perhaps due to their strong insecurity, these two people are simply desperate to practice. Even when eating and sleeping, they will make gestures and experience from time to time. movement of muscles. Although they are still far from being able to compare with Huo Dong, Wang Xiaguang and others, with this kind of fanatical energy and pure thoughts, they may not be able to practice sword aura or even comprehend the aura field in the future.
Seeing Luo Yuan come back, Huang Jiahui put down the knife, wiped off the sweat, and took Luo Yuan's basin. When she saw the water in the basin, she trembled slightly and asked anxiously: "Is there no water there?"
"Maybe it will only take a day or two. The water there is almost dry." Luo Yuan shook his head and said: "We can't rely on the stream anymore. I will go to the forest in the afternoon to see if I can find a new water source."
The two of them did not lower their voices deliberately.
After hearing this, many people put down their knives and walked over worriedly. When they saw the basin of muddy water, their expressions changed immediately.
Lack of water is a fatal problem, especially in this kind of weather. Everyone has to drink a lot of water every day. If the water is cut off, he may not be able to survive even a day. Even with Luo Yuan's physique, he may not be much better.
"Even if you can't find a new water source, don't worry!" Luo Yuan thought for a while and comforted: "Many plants contain a lot of water. As long as you look carefully, you will definitely find it."
"It would be great if I could find the tree sap I drank before," Huo Dong said.
Master Wang swallowed subconsciously. The wonderful taste is still fresh in his memory.
"This requires luck. I think we might as well dig a well." Captain Xia said with some doubts.
"Company Commander, I'm afraid it won't work. This is the western region, which is already short of water. Many wells need to be tens of meters or even more than a hundred meters long before they can produce water. What's more, this is a mountainside with higher terrain and rocks underneath. Unless You're lucky to encounter an underground river, otherwise you won't be able to get out of the water unless you dig a hundred meters!" said a soldier.
"Why don't we collect dew? I remember there was a book about Amazon Drifting that said this!" Cao Lin said.
"It's Robinson Crusoe!" Lin Xiaoji interjected.
Cao Lin's face turned red, and she ignored him, and continued: "I discovered that the transpiration in the forest is very intense, and there is a lot of dew every morning. We can use leaves to collect dew!"
Luo Yuan's eyes lit up: "I think it's feasible. As long as the collection area is large, we can get enough water. After breakfast, everyone will go to the forest to collect leaves."
"Are we going too?" Zhao Yali said subconsciously.
"Everyone is going this time. These days, everyone is working hard to practice sword skills. It's time to test it. After all, we have to leave here eventually, and I can't protect you every time." Luo Yuan said lightly. .
Before he finished speaking, the atmosphere couldn't help but tense up, and everyone suddenly had different expressions!