Chapter 2859: Borderland

After encountering betrayal, in the desert, it is already luck to be able to find some moist sand every day. Although there is little water in this sand, one cannot live without it. The next day, they couldn't find the wet sand, they could hardly move on the road, and they could only rely on the blood of camels to support them. Fortunately, early in the morning of the third day, they looked for another place that looked like there was water.
The sand has more moisture here. Lin Rui comforted the brothers and said in a low voice: "It seems that we did not find a mistake. This is always found along a water vein. Looking at the situation here, there must be a larger water source not far from here. Maybe. The border is not far away." So they cheered up and moved on. They just lost the camel's foot power, they are now moving more slowly.
Until noon on the fourth day, they completely consumed all the water and camel blood. Almost unconscious, they finally met a camel team.
When the other party noticed that they were wearing blue Tuareg robes, they greeted their companions to come over. Because this is also a Tuareg camel team, the hardships of the desert give their tribe a tradition of helping each other.
An elderly Tuareg patriarch ordered them to be rescued. Moreover, after learning about the relationship between Lin Rui and others and Wiesel, these Tuaregs seemed even more polite. Because Wiesel still has a certain prestige among the Tuaregs.
The roasted lamb and fresh goat's milk made Lin Rui and the others recover slightly. Although they are severely sunburned and somewhat dehydrated, their lives are finally okay. After being rescued, Lin Rui and others exchanged two camels from the Tuareg with their weapons and bullets. In some parts of Africa, wars continue and weapons and ammunition are hard currency.
Another day later, a small oasis near the border was already in sight. Lin Rui was silent while riding on the camel, Yelena whispered beside him, "If you see the tailor again, what would you do?"
"I don't know, maybe I will kill him." Lin Rui's voice was a little hoarse.
"Maybe?" Yelena frowned strangely. "He betrayed us."
"But not quite. As he said, if he deliberately opened fire while we were not paying attention, we would all die under his gun, and then he could still take the kettle from our body without any trouble. But he Failing to do so, from his point of view, it can be regarded as letting us go." Lin Rui whispered, "Of course, he doesn't want to do this, but he doesn't feel confident enough."
"Damn it, the tailor threw us in the desert to die." Scarface yelled, "Let me see him again, I must kill him."
"Maybe I will too." Lin Rui nodded, "but facing life and death, everyone is making choices. He just feels that he has made the best choice for himself. In fact, as long as he is more patient, we can survive. Come here, it’s a pity that he didn’t. The time he joined us was too short to understand us. But it doesn’t make people forgive his betrayal, so I will kill him too. Because betrayal will have to pay the price."
But when they slowly walked into the oasis town on the border, they found the atmosphere in the town was quite tense. The locals all walked in a hurry, and they dared not talk too much when they saw strangers, they all left with fear. Even the black children who were running around on the street are missing one by one.
"The situation here is not so good." Yelena whispered.
"I can see it too." Lin Rui said in a low voice, "leave it alone, we should go through here earlier, and it should be safer to get to Burkina Faso."
As they were talking, a group of black soldiers and some members of the peacekeeping force in blue helmets hurried past them, followed by several armed vehicles.
"What's the matter?" Scarface said in a low voice, "Why are those blue helmets here? Could something big happen?"
Lin Rui gave Yelena a wink. She walked to one of the peacekeepers who was on guard mission and asked in a low voice what had happened.
"Recent terrorists have been active here. Yesterday they openly shot a foreigner. We received an order to cooperate with the government forces to be responsible for guarding and restoring order here. If you are foreigners, it is best to leave here first." One of the soldiers whispered.
After Yelena came back, she told Lin Rui and others about the situation.
"Foreigner?" Lin Rui frowned, "Did you say what kind of foreigner it is? They are not actuaries?"
"It should not be, it is said that it is just a white man." Yelena whispered.
While they were talking, Scarface and another mercenary came over and whispered, "Rick, things are not so good."
"What's the matter?" Lin Rui frowned.
"You better come and have a look." Scarface whispered. He took Lin Rui and others to a clearing in the middle of the town, and several black soldiers were putting a hanged corpse on the ground.
Lin Rui's eyes moved, and he whispered, "Is that him?"
"It's him, tailor." Scarface said in a low voice. "It is said that the people of the Maghreb organization temporarily set up a card here and blocked him. The tailor does not speak French or local language. These terrorists got into conflict, were caught by them, and were executed on the spot. The scene was tragic. This guy tried his best and thought he could escape the desert, but he didn't expect he could not escape.
Yelena gritted her teeth and said, "This really deserves it."
"People from the Maghreb organization?" Lin Rui frowned. "Why would they temporarily set up a chucking check here? Do you know we will go this way?"
"I think this is good news. It shows that the actuaries and their actions have been successful. They should have managed to rescue the Russian mercenaries. That's why the Maghreb organization would set up chucks everywhere. I didn't expect the tailor to hit After they killed him, these terrorists ran away. It is only today that the government and peacekeeping troops rushed to the scene. I think it was just pretending." Scarface whispered.
"What shall we do now?" Yelena said in a low voice, "Continue to Burkina Faso? Or try to contact the actuary and resume communication with them?"
"We don’t move for now. With these government forces and peacekeeping forces here, the terrorists from the Maghreb organization should not come back for the time being. We'd better use this time to restore contact with them so that we can meet them later. "Lin Rui said, taking a look at the corpse that was untied from the rope, almost covered in cuts and bruises, and sighed in a low voice.