The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 396 - 389: The Hidden Peach Blossom Land

Intelligence work is a very complex matter, and intelligence analysis, in particular, is an extremely specialized and difficult task.

Based on a few clues at hand, one must integrate and analyze the discovered threads, and finally, reach a purely deductive conclusion that can be very close to the truth, or even perfectly match the real situation—it’s definitely not something just anybody can do.

Even clever people can’t handle the job of intelligence work, and Gao Yuan, to put it bluntly, has the intelligence of an average person, so of course he could only make some of the most basic judgments, and was unable to engage in any deeper thinking or consideration.

Who in Spark Squad could handle such a task?

Gao Yuan thought about it for a while, and realized that no one in Spark Squad could combine what he and Xinghe had discovered to make a comprehensive analysis and reach a conclusion.

Zhao Qiang would certainly have been able to do it, but he was dead, and Li Yang should have been able to do it as well, but he was also not around.

So now, Renato was the only one who could do it, since he was a professional in intelligence work, he would surely be able to make an even more accurate judgment.

Unfortunately, Gao Yuan could not let Renato know about this, so, even though he knew that the Ark of the Covenant was being used continuously and that the place where it was kept must have experienced some kind of warfare, Gao Yuan could do nothing about it.

Why say that the place where the Ark of the Covenant is kept must have seen battle? Because based on the usage times of the Ark, one could tell that the users were severely injured, meaning that if the battle took place far from the Ark, even not very far, the injured people wouldn’t have had enough time to use it.

So the conclusion was that Djibouti was currently experiencing a very intense battle; the scale was unknown, but it had to be fierce, and they had even forced the keepers of the Ark to move it.

But that was all Gao Yuan knew, and there was nothing he could do about it, as he was still thousands of kilometers away from Djibouti.

Since there was nothing that could be done, they might as well continue on their predetermined route.

Yellow sand, Gobi desert, Gobi desert, yellow sand.

The monotonous landscape alternated, and they could travel at most only about three hundred kilometers a day, because this was all off-road terrain, which is entirely different from speeding down a highway.

However, in any case, the journey was going very smoothly. Although slow, there were no major accidents or dangers encountered along the way, and with careful driving, even tire blowouts rarely occurred.

For ten consecutive days, they traveled in the world’s largest desert, where they would often come across oases and human settlements, but Gao Yuan and his team did not enter any of them.

In the desert, any oasis with a stable water source is inevitably a human gathering place, varying only in size.

But if there’s anywhere in the world that has been forgotten by people, then the Sahara Desert must be one of them, a corner seemingly abandoned by modern civilization, which can be aptly described as a wild and desolate land.

Therefore, as a corner forgotten by humans themselves, it would naturally be overlooked by aliens.

Throughout history, in any place where wars frequently occur, it must be an area most suitable for human habitation. Since wars are dominated by humans, this pattern is unavoidable.

Therefore, the Sahara Desert, an area unsuitable for human habitation, is also a place completely ignored by the Serpent People, and consequently, there is no zombie virus here.

The wilderness of the past has now become a haven for humanity.

After discovering at the first oasis that its inhabitants were completely unaffected by the virus, Gao Yuan decided to stay away from these isolated paradises in the desert.

Without exception, everyone in Gao Yuan’s group had antibodies to the virus, which meant they might all potentially carry the virus, even though it could no longer affect them. freeweɓnøvel.com

However, for the people living in the oases, whether they have had contact with modern civilization or belong to ancient tribal gatherings, just by coming into contact with outsiders carrying the virus, like Gao Yuan and his group, they could potentially die—and it would be inevitable.

For the sake of humanity’s last pure land, Gao Yuan would not risk the lives of many for his own convenience, so even if they needed fresh water refill, he would not pollute the land for his own convenience.

They would detour far around whenever they saw an oasis, as the virus required a host to survive. In the hot and dry desert, it was impossible for the virus to live for long, so as long as they did not contact people, they would not contaminate the area.

But today, Gao Yuan and his team had to find an oasis to replenish their water supply, as only one-fifth of their drinking water remained—a very dangerous figure. Without a timely refill, if they failed to find a water source on the road ahead, the entire squad would be in danger of water shortage.

For Gao Yuan’s decision to keep away from human settlements in the desert, the entire squad fully agreed, and now they all also fully agreed with his decision to replenish their water supply.

They just needed to think of a suitable way to do it.

"Based on our traveled distance and bearing, we’re already in Chad, and judging by the current terrain, we’ve skirted the Tibesti Mountains. So a reliable assessment of our position is somewhere in central Chad," said Ralph.

After Ralph finished speaking, as a top commando from Israel, he felt ashamed to only be able to guess his approximate location.

But there was no helping it—he had no GPS, no high-precision military maps, only basic world maps, some satellite images, and a compass for direction. Moreover, there were no landmarks, cities, roads, or signs to guide them.

It wasn’t at sea, yet it was akin to being at sea, and under such circumstances, being able to roughly ascertain one’s location was quite an accomplishment.

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, we now need to find an oasis or a town. The thing to consider now is how to replenish our water supply without contacting the locals and then leave. Any ideas?"

Sirte laughed, then rattled off a series of suggestions, after which Li Jingang turned to Gao Yuan and said, "King Kong says it’s too simple. A few of us will go out, open fire in the vicinity with machine guns, scare everyone away, find the water source, fill all the water tanks, and then leave immediately."

Gao Yuan was surprised by the simplicity of the plan—it was so straightforward, yet he had not thought of it himself.

As for whether chasing away and frightening the locals with force would lead to resentment and attacks against them, there was no need even to consider it—the locals might be primitive, but they were not foolish.

After a brief moment of thought, Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Good, let’s do that."