Doomsday Code

Chapter 809 Thoughts

Just as Doyle took Chen Cheng and others to the oasis in the center of the city, some of the elderly, weak and sick who were carrying food and supplies and were not wearing armor and were a little older discovered a flaw.

"Wait a minute, look, this sack of grain is actually just ordinary coarse linen."

A one-eyed old man stopped a few people and pointed at the sacks of grain.

The others thought he would say something shocking, but unexpectedly he just talked about the sack.

"One-Eye, you're probably getting Alzheimer's. Aren't these sacks used to store food? Could it be that they're made of silk?"

As he said this, everyone laughed.

At this time, the white-haired soldier who came in from behind carrying food shouted:

"Still lazy here, hurry up and move the food."

The old men pulled One-Eye and said to the white-haired soldier:

"Don't be angry. We are all old and our sentences have already ended. We are all good citizens of the empire. You can't treat us differently."

The one-eyed man and the others were all here as prisoners of the empire, but after so many years, coupled with their labor reform here, their sentences had long ended.

If the empire had not collapsed suddenly, they would have returned to the empire's colorful world along with Doyle and the others in rotation.

"Being a good citizen is a great thing. Nowadays, the more you work, the more you earn. And you see, we are older than you, but it is still easy for us to carry food.

So don't make excuses for me, or if you don't do enough work or get less food when I give you food, don't make trouble."

The white-haired soldier glared at him and then put the food away and walked out.

"Let's go, One-Eye, otherwise you'll really have to take less food when the rations are distributed."

However, the one-eyed man still did not move. He was the youngest among the old, weak and sick people here.

Here, youth is the greatest asset.

Because whether it is Doyle or the others, they are now in their twilight years. No matter how strong they were when they were young, they can only exert not even one tenth of their strength now.

Not to mention the special restrictive environment of the vast desert.

It can be said that among this group of old, weak and sick people, his realm is not the highest, but his strength is among the best.

No outsiders had come before, and it was impossible for them to get out of the desert on their own, so everyone had to pin their hopes on the imperial angels who might arrive at any time.

When Chen Cheng and the other person appeared, everyone's attention naturally focused on them.

Perhaps it was because they hadn't seen real food for a long time, so when they saw the pile of food that Chen Cheng took out, they all focused their attention on it.

However, the younger One-Eye had more ideas.

Why did the angels come here with so much food and even take it out directly? Does this mean that the empire has not issued any rotation order and they still have to hold on here?

This was unacceptable to One-Eye.

Another thing is that he found that there were obvious differences in the weaving techniques of the sacks used to store grain.

This may not be a flaw to others, but it is a flaw to One-Eye.

As a prisoner during the empire's heyday, and having also participated in the empire's governance of the vast desert, he naturally knew something about the empire's operating model.

For example, these extremely simple logistics sacks are usually purchased by the Imperial Quartermaster Department from suppliers.

Although this world does not have the idea of ​​assembly line operation, in order to make the later acceptance of things more convenient, there are unified specifications, and naturally the weaving techniques will also be unified.

Because of the different weaving techniques, the service life of the woven linen is different.

However, when he took a quick look at the grain that had just been stored, he saw several sacks woven with different weaving techniques.

Of course, the One-Eye would not have thought at this time that the empire was gone. He just guessed based on his knowledge that the empire might have declined.

This time, two young men were sent here with some food to investigate, or to take something away.

As for the old, weak and sick, I'm afraid the empire will abandon them here and leave them to fend for themselves.

When he thought of this, a chill ran down the one-eyed man's spine.

He had been trapped here long enough, most of his life had passed. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life like everyone else, guarding this city with no hope but only wind and sand, and then dying.

While One-Eye was working in the team, Chen Cheng and the other man had already been brought to the oasis in the center of the city by Doyle.

Today, the oasis is only a few hundred meters in diameter. Compared with this desert city, it can be said to be just a green spot.

Here, Chen Cheng could see the rice fields that Doyle and his men had reclaimed. In order to have more arable land, except for the central area, the rest were all reclaimed into fields to grow crops.

"Do you survive on just this little piece of land?"

Chen Cheng asked, looking at the field.

Doyle shook his head and said:

"Not only that, but also the sandworms that are awakened from underground every time the wind season comes."

As he spoke, Doyle took out a piece of dried sandworm meat from his body.

Rather than saying that he took out dried meat, it would be more accurate to say that it was a piece of dried earth.

The sandworms here are not the ones Chen Cheng saw on the outskirts of the desert, but special elves bred by this desert, just like the Snow Girl.

In fact, it is made up of sand, but it contains some energy.

Just like the Snow Girl, she is a ball of snow that contains special energy.

Chen Cheng sighed, and then said:

"These days are over. After we're done, all of you can follow me and leave here. You'll have plenty of food outside."

Looking at Doyle's excited expression, with his white hair flying in the wind, Chen Cheng felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, and felt very sorry for them.

Because Chen Cheng's mission to become a god is time-consuming, it is almost the grain harvest season here, and the wind season in the desert is also coming, so Chen Cheng is not in a hurry.

Instead, he chose to wait for them to harvest the food and use it as food to get out of the desert before preparing to enter the ancient ruins that Squidward mentioned.

Squidward had previously said that the thing that could test his divine power was an ancient relic in the desert, otherwise Chen Cheng would not have followed Squidward so easily.

When he approached the oasis, the identity token that he had put away and left in the corner gathering dust finally responded, so Chen Cheng was able to confirm that this was the ruins they were looking for.