Epoch of Twilight

In the early morning, when it was still daylight, Luo Yuan carried a large washbasin and walked towards the stream.

The washbasin is made of iron, with a diameter of about half a meter. It is completely armored with a transport plane and cut. Although it has been thinned as much as possible, it still weighs more than ten kilograms, and it can almost be used as a shield.

It was still early morning, and the temperature was already quite high, over 30 degrees, but compared to noon, it was undoubtedly the coolest time.

The thunderstorm had disappeared for a full five days, and the originally silent forest was alive again. Mutant creatures and the chirping of insects appeared in the forest from time to time. Compared with the previous few days, it was much more noisy.

Luo Yuan walked away unhurriedly, with a heavy face, frowning, holding a saber in his right hand, and cutting the branches extending from both sides of the path from time to time. These branches are green and tender, and they are slightly curled up. Just grew out.

The soft ground covered with layers of dead leaves was slightly wet, which was the result of being wet with dew in one night. After removing the surface layer, what was inside was completely dry dead leaves and powdered soil.

It has been ten days without rain.

This is completely normal in the western region, but at this high temperature, it is deadly enough.

On the contrary, these plants are growing more and more vigorously, perhaps because their roots extend deep into the earth, so they have no effect at all, but those mutated creatures may not be so good. In the past few days, with the high temperature, a lot of water has evaporated, and the water level of the stream is dropping day by day. Judging from the situation seen yesterday, the water will be cut off in one or two days. If the weather is still so good in these two days .

But looking at it today, it is obviously another sunny day.

With a heavy heart, it didn't take long for Luo Yuan to walk to the edge of the stream, but the situation he saw was even 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 shrimps everywhere in the stream. Most of these fish are dead. It took less than a day or two, but the high temperature made these dead fish worsen.

In a short period of time, these fish were already covered with maggots, and some dead fish were bitten by nearby mutated beasts, which turned the stream into a corrupt brown. In addition, there were maggots and mutated mosquitoes everywhere, as well as the air in the air. Exuding a strong stench, people can't help but turn around and run away.

But these only made Luo Yuan frowned, his face darkened a bit.

With a terrifying momentum, once retracted and released, countless fist-sized mutated mosquitoes fell down and quickly spread a layer on the ground.

Afterwards, Luo Yuan walked up the stream, trying to find a slightly cleaner water source.

This creek is the only water source in the vicinity, and mutant creatures are active. Along the way, many mutant creatures who were drinking water by the creek shivered and fled from here quickly. Luo Yuan, who had a gloomy face, exuded a terrifying aura all over his body, like a terrifying beast that chooses to devour people. Before it gets close, the mutated creatures start to flee quickly.

Of course, there are also those who are rebellious and grinning, but then they turned into ghosts under the knife, who were picked up by Luo Yuan and carried on his back.

After walking for about half an hour, just as he lost his patience, Luo Yuan finally found a shallow pool of water.

The stream here has been completely cut off, and there is only this slightly deeper pit with some accumulated water, but it is only more than one meter deep. The smelly sewage is much better.

Luo Yuan took the washbasin, filled it full, and left the place quickly. With the current situation of water shortage, it won't be long before this place becomes a drinking water gathering place for animals. Although he is strong, he is not confident that he can roam freely in this primeval forest.

The speed of going back was much faster. The washbasin filled with water, under his running up and down, was like flat ground, and 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 things like the last time people were killed, in the past few days, the woods around the transport plane with a radius of about 30 meters have been cut down by everyone, and the weeds have been cleaned up one by one. Several people pushed the heavy wooden stakes hard to compact the soft ground.

But even so, the next morning, you can always see a piece of green shoots growing out of the soil again.

At this time, everyone was grasping the rare coolness in the morning and practicing their sword skills hard. Many men were shirtless, with greasy sweat all over their bodies, practicing tirelessly over and over again. Every time the blade cut through the air, there was a whistling sound of cutting the air.

These days, Luo Yuan has taught some basic knife skills and related muscle power one by one like a force-feeding duck. Afterwards, he can only rely on repeated personal practice to form muscle memory and turn it into instinct. Under the suffocating pressure, these people worked far harder than Luo Yuan imagined, and whenever they had free time, they began to practice with high intensity.

Compared with ten days ago, these people have improved somewhat, at least not as horrible as before.

And maybe because of the correct exertion of force, many people's body shapes have changed. The hard knotted muscles that were originally like hard muscles began to soften and fade away, replaced by lines of muscle like a network. 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 it is because of their strong sense of insecurity. movement of the 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 mind, they may not be able to practice sword light and even comprehend the aura field in the future.

Seeing Luo Yuan came back, Huang Jiahui put down the knife, wiped off her sweat, and took Luo Yuan's washbasin. Seeing the water in the washbasin, her body trembled slightly, and said anxiously, "Is there no water there?"

"Maybe just a day or two, the water over there is almost dry." Luo Yuan shook his head and said: "It's not enough to rely on the stream. I'll go to the forest in the afternoon to see if I can find a new water source."

The two did not deliberately lower their voices.

After hearing this, many people put down their knives and walked over worriedly. When they saw the muddy water, their faces changed.

Lack of water is a fatal problem, especially in this weather. Everyone has to drink a lot of water every day. If the water is cut off, they may not be able to last a day. Even Luo Yuan's physique 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 sap I drank before." Huo Dong said.

Wang Shishi swallowed subconsciously, the wonderful taste is still fresh in his memory.

"It requires luck. I think we might as well drill a well." Company Commander Xia said with some doubts.

"Company commander, I'm afraid it won't work. This is the western region, and there is a shortage of water. Many wells need to reach tens of meters, or even more than a hundred meters, to produce water. What's more, this is a mountainside, the terrain is high, and the ground is full of rocks. Unless If you’re lucky, you’ll meet an underground river, otherwise you won’t be able to get out of the water if you don’t hit a hundred meters!” said a soldier.

"Why don't we collect dew, I remember there is a book about Amazon Crusoe, it says so!" Cao Lin said.

"It's Robinson Crusoe!" Lin Xiaoji interjected.

Cao Lin blushed slightly, ignored him, and continued, "I found 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 together."

"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, and I can't protect you every time." Luo Yuan said lightly .

Before the words fell, the atmosphere couldn't help but tense, and everyone's expressions were different!