through the dark road

Chapter 189 Trick

"We came here to see if there is a chance to clean up the bugs in that oasis and take our village back, and then we discovered your whereabouts."

Under Mo Bei's inquiry, the paladin named Marble explained some of their previous actions.

"How many people do you have in total? Including ordinary people." Mo Bei was really curious at this moment, what is the living status of these people.

"Less than 500 people are left... Ordinary people account for more than half." Marble took a deep breath and said.

Mo Bei and Miloer looked at each other, and they had already heard the general idea from the word "remaining".

"The oasis only has some rags left, so it would be nice to build a stronghold in another place." Mo Bei said.

"We don't have enough materials to build villages elsewhere. There are still a lot of things in there, and it's easier to rebuild."

"Where are the others now? How many job-changers are there?" Mo Bei felt that they shouldn't be dispatched in full force, and some people had to be left to protect the ordinary people in the group.

"There are three other teams, nearly 40 people. They are staying near a small oasis for the time being." Marble replied truthfully. He didn't feel much humiliation of being coerced, but instead had a faint sense of hope, but what exactly was it for? Hope, he couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Because of their limited individual strength, the sand bandits usually form a team of more than ten people to act together, so that they can also bring some young job changers, which feels like bringing a novice to upgrade through experience.

Mo Bei looked at the two youths in the team who were wearing leather armor and looked a little immature. They seemed to be younger than him.One of them had a blank face, waiting to be dealt with like the other bandits.But the other boy was a little rebellious and stared back at him stubbornly.

Mo Bei felt a little funny. If he hadn't tried his best to avoid these rookies wearing leather armor when he attacked just now, he would have killed several of them in an instant.

"Take us to take a look." Mo Bei was a bit daring, and looked dismissive of the 40 people who stayed behind. Seeing the direction, he decided to drop in, so he planned to go and see what happened.

"Go from here, probably tomorrow morning."

"Let's go, show your fastest speed!" Mo Bei spread out his vitality halo, covering all these bandits, urging them to get on the road.

Along the way, Marble wanted to strike up a conversation, but seeing that the three of Mo Bei were still wary of them and kept a safe distance from them, he had no choice but to give up.

He has roughly calculated the level of this vitality aura based on the increase in speed, and raised the level and strength of the three of Mo Bei to a terrifying level in his heart. At this time, there is only awe in his heart.

The group saw the oasis at dawn, which was about [-]% shorter than Marble estimated.

This oasis is really not big, it is a piece of bushes and grassland with a width of about 200 meters, only a few scattered palm trees.It was used as a pillar and several simple awnings were erected.

There are a large number of human beings scattered in groups of three or four, sitting or lying down on the grass, and they look desolate and depressed.

The three teams were scattered around the oasis. At this time, someone had spotted them and was standing up and looking over here.

"Did you handle them? Or did I handle them?" Mo Bei asked.

"I... I'll try it..." Marble couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat again, and the more people came out, he quickly ran towards the oasis.

Mo Bei actually felt that violence was the only language these people could understand, so it was more convenient to use force as a deterrent, and they could speak well after a beating.

But those who can survive in this environment are rarely ignorant.

After Marble explained what happened to the seven teams that went out and his guess about the strength of Mo Bei and others, the bandits who stayed behind also showed a more polite attitude, all turned into neutral NPCs, and did not come up to talk to them , just looked at the three of Mo Bei from a distance, with apprehension on their faces.

Mo Bei was quite satisfied with this, so that he would not have to be wary of their little tricks.

The current situation of these people does not look very optimistic, all of them look listless and haggard.Although they haven't reached the point of completely running out of food, their food looks a bit horrible.

Basically, everything that can be eaten in this desert is regarded as food by them, including the meat of sandworms.

The sand worm meat is taken from the sand worm's chest and abdomen. Those few muscles used to drive the joints are the only part of the sand worm that can be eaten.But in fact, there is a lot of toxicity, which is unbearable for ordinary people, and those sand bandits who have changed jobs can barely use it to satisfy their hunger.

No wonder everyone has disheveled faces, eating such poisonous things all day long, even the physique of a job changer can't handle it.

These people have been in this state of displacement since they encountered a large insect swarm more than a month ago.But what made their living conditions take a turn for the worse was the solar eclipse a few months ago.

The nearly one-month long night has almost shaken the foundation of the Lugaoin City with a population of 10. For a group like them who have been living in exile, it is simply a catastrophe.

Mo Bei was even surprised that they could still retain so much vitality. It was hard to imagine how they survived until now.

The scene here also gave him a feeling of refreshing his cognition. These notorious bandits, even under such a difficult situation, did not abandon their clansmen.

The three walked through the crowd quietly, seeing faces with numb expressions. Occasionally, someone looked up and looked at them expectantly. After receiving no response, they quickly dimmed.

Under those awnings, there were some half-grown children and some women with babies.

Seeing this scene, Miloer immediately felt compassion, and was about to take out the rest of the food, but Mo Bei stopped him with his eyes.

Facing Milor's puzzled eyes, Mo Bei explained in a low voice:

"A little food won't solve the problem, and now is not the time."

"Do you have any plans?"

"Not yet, look again, I don't think they have reached a real desperate situation, don't worry."

Miloer nodded silently upon hearing this.

Just at this time, the surroundings gradually became commotion, and many people looked in one direction with joy on their faces.

Mo Bei turned his head and saw that under the rising sun, a team of four was rapidly approaching here.

After seeing the person coming, Mo Bei was quite surprised, and immediately went up to meet him.

"Trick! Why are you here?"

The four of them were the Trick team they met on the dry highlands. At this time, the four of them were more surprised than him when they saw Mo Bei.

"You? What do you want to do here?"

Mo Bei frowned slightly, and Trike's tone was obviously hostile, which made him a little puzzled.

"Trick, do you know each other?" Marble was worried about some misunderstanding when he met Trike in Mobei, and immediately followed.

"Don't worry, we have no malicious intentions, just come and take a look." Seeing that Trike should know these people, Mo Bei guessed his worry, and explained.

Hearing this, Trik nodded to Mo Bei, hesitated for a moment, walked into the crowd, took out scones and jerky from the inventory, and distributed them to the children who had been looking forward to it for a long time them.He also handed over the ingredients to be cooked to several women.

Then several of his teammates also started to take out all kinds of food from the inventory, adding up to a large cart, which was distributed by the several teams present, and then put away separately.

Seeing his actions, Mo Bei understood how these people persisted until now.

But the purchase of food in Lu Gaoyin's city is limited, and it's not cheap, so how did Trick get so much food at once. .

(End of this chapter)