Chapter 2857: Water crisis

The vast expanse of the desert, Lin Rui and others are now dressed like any ordinary Tuareg. They all use a wide headscarf cloth, tied to the top of their heads, to block the sun, and also to hide the face from the wind and sand.
At this time, although the sun is already close to the setting, the heat is still evaporating from the desert, and it is still so hot that you can't wait to take your clothes off.
Many people like the sun, so they are used to calling sunny weather good weather. Lin Rui is no exception. On St. Cathar Island, as long as there is sunshine, he can't help taking off his clothes, basking in the sun, and drinking a drink mixed with tropical juice on the beach. As a mercenary for a few years, he has also seen all kinds of suns, some as fierce as fire, some as gentle as a lamp, and some confused and gloomy, like his grandfather’s eyes, and some are as colorful as a foreign country. The face of the girl.
But he has never seen such a sun, the sun of the Sahara Desert.
Although it was the same sun, when the sun reached this large desert, it suddenly became vicious and poisonous, as if it was about to burn the entire desert. There was no wind, no wind at all, and no sound at all. Under the scorching sun, all life in the desert had entered a state of fainting.
Lin Rui felt that the clothes on her body were wet and dry, dry and wet, as if even the last moisture in the body was about to be roasted. After leaving the battlefield of Black Camel Mountain, he fell into a state of almost semi-coma throughout the afternoon. The scorching heat makes people drowsy. But the sweat caused a sting on his wound, only the sharp pain reminded him that he was still alive, living under the scorching sunset of the Sahara Desert.
But it didn't take long for the heat to disappear, and what followed was a biting chill, and the wind blew on his face like a knife. The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is so big that people can't wait to hide their whole body behind the hump. Several people were sitting on the camels, and they felt swaying, as if they were in a boat.
The camels are still walking step by step, it is desert, swamp, cold or hot... it seems to have no effect on them, they are already part of this desert.
They got off the camels and gathered together to rest. The tailor divided the remaining water and food into five equal parts, and said in a low voice, "There is only so much water. You can drink it all at once or keep it. Anyway, this little water can only last for a day or two at most. My opinion is to drink water at night, the sun is blazing during the day, and once I drink it, I will sweat immediately."
"Even if we don't drink water, we will still sweat, and if we don't drink water during the day, it will directly cause us to be dehydrated. Therefore, we still have to drink the water we should drink." Lin Rui took the kettle from his hand and took a sip. , "Our position should be safe now, is there any news from the actuary?"
"The communicator is out of power. The solar charging panel was lost when we were evacuating. We don't know their condition now. The GPS tracker has the last level of power left." Yelena whispered, "We can't keep it on. It can only be used for a limited amount. The rest of the time we have to rely on the compass and map to walk. If we are lucky, we can walk for another day to reach the border of Burkina Faso, where there should be water."
Everyone was silent for a while, Yelena said the best result, but she didn't say the worst. But even if she didn't say it, everyone knew it in his heart.
Taking advantage of the sun not fully rising the next day, they set off again. But soon they were under the sultry sun again.
"Damn, in this weather, we must drink a lot of water, otherwise the body will be dehydrated. But our current water may not be able to hold on." Scarface weighed the kettle in his hand.
"Maybe our luck is not too bad, look there." Lin Rui licked his cracked lips and pointed not far away.
It looked like a piece of yellow sand here, no different from any place in the desert, the only thing that stood out was a tree. This unnamed tree, growing beside a pile of weathered rocks, has long since withered.
The tailor looked around for a long time and couldn't help asking, "What's there?"
Lin Rui moved her chapped lips and whispered, "Water!"
Scarface pulled off the mask on his face and said, "But, where is the water, why can't I see it? Didn't I just hurt my arm, but also my eyes?"
He turned to Yelena and said, "Viper, honestly, have you seen it?"
Yelena pondered: "I heard those Tuareg people say that there are many secret water sources in the desert, hidden under the surface."
Lin Rui nodded and said, "Yes, the Tuareg once said that there are many underground rivers under this desert. They can even catch fish in the desert... Which tree do you look at..."
He looked at the tailor and wanted to speak, but before speaking, the tailor shrugged and said: "Don't look at me, I admit that as a Russian, I don't know anything about this rotten desert, okay?" He rubbed his head and smiled. Said: "I was still very smart, but when I got here, I became a fool who didn't understand anything. It must be the African weather that made me faint."
Lin Rui couldn't help but smiled and said: "When I was training, I heard my instructor Quentin talk about this kind of tree. He said that in the desert, there must be underground water near this kind of tree."
Yelena asked: "Is this Quentin said?"
"Of course not his original words. His original words are-I will remember this tree for Lao Tzu. This thing allows you maggots to find water in the sultry desert and survive." After that, he couldn't help but laugh. Yelena and several other mercenaries also laughed.
But they didn't laugh for long—they spent more than two hours next to this tree to dig out this underground water source, but there was not even a drop of water underground.
Lin Rui was stunned like a stone.
Scarface wiped the sweat from his head, and wanted to make a joke to make everyone smile. I could see the look on Lin Rui's face, thinking of the crisis that was coming immediately. Where can he tell? Where can you laugh?
Yelena tried to soften her voice a little bit, "Think about it again, is it possible that you have made a mistake?"
Lin Rui sat up with difficulty and said loudly, "Don't you trust me?"
Yelena knew that he must be ten times more uncomfortable than anyone at this moment, and couldn't bear to say anything, but Lin Rui seemed to suddenly soften, leaning on the dead tree.
Scarface said in a low voice, "The water under the desert will sometimes dry up suddenly, and sometimes it will change course suddenly. This is a joke made by God, and no one can do anything about it."
Yelena nodded and said: "I know."
Lin Rui looked at Yelena with some difficulty, and finally said in a low voice: "Don't blame me, I just..."
Yelena smiled and hugged his shoulders and said, "I know your mood, I know..." No water was found, everyone's hearts were as heavy as lead.