The Ugliness Between Life and Death
Deng Zhenhua was relatively lucky. Although the three of them were seriously lacking in water resources, at least they survived.
Many people would not be so lucky.
The Taklamakan Desert was not only the largest desert in China, but it was also the second largest desert in the world!
No. 043 was the first rookie to die because of quicksand, but he was definitely not the last. In just one afternoon, two more rookies had accidentally entered the quicksand zone.
One of them had no bones left. Just like 043, there was nothing left.
The other one was more fortunate. He encountered a small area of quicksand, and the quicksand only drowned his stomach. In the end, after expending a lot of strength, he was able to escape.
After the sun set, many rookies heaved a deep sigh of relief. This meant that they would no longer have to stay in the steamer for the next few hours. They would no longer have to endure the most vicious rays of the sun. Their water consumption would also be greatly reduced.
But when night fell, they realized how childish their thoughts were.
The sun had set, and they had been comfortable for an hour or two.
However, this was a desert. There was not much vegetation on the surface. There was only sand and gravel, and the specific heat capacity of sand and gravel was very small. They heated up very quickly during the day, causing the surface temperature to be terrifyingly high. At night, the temperature was also not slow. In just a few hours, the surface temperature had already reached below 10 degrees!
These rookies were only wearing a camouflage uniform and a short-sleeved shirt. These things were not enough to help them withstand the cold at night.
It seemed to be targeted at this group of rookies. On the first night, a small wind blew in the desert, making the first night even more difficult.
It just so happened that night was also the time when some creatures in the desert liked to be active.
Not only were humans unable to withstand the desert during the day, but the native creatures in the desert also did not like it. They liked to rest during the day and eat at night, so the night was also the time when these creatures were most active.
That night, a few rookies were attacked by animals that came out to hunt for food at night!
The next morning, some of the rookies started to catch a cold and had a fever. A common cold was so deadly in the desert!
In the next few days, news of rookies dying kept coming.
Gao Dazhuang had spent most of his time in the helicopter, observing the rookies with the Eye of Hell.
If he encountered a rookie who was in a dead end, he would naturally help if he could save him. However, in such a large desert, the chances of him coincidentally encountering them were too small. In most cases, these rookies would not even wait for him and the rest of the rescue team to arrive.
In just two days, the number of rookies had decreased drastically. There were originally 122 rookies, but now there were only 85 left.
Other than the three people who were eliminated after being saved from certain death, the remaining 34 people had already died in the desert. Many of them did not even leave their corpses behind.
Some of these people had encountered natural disasters, quicksand, or sandstorms...
There were also some who were accidentally bitten by poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures, and died on the spot…
There were also people who fainted in the desert and died from the sun because of a cold or heatstroke…
Some of them had their water taken away by others, causing them to be unable to survive in the desert...
Between life and death, the bad habits of humans were completely exposed.
In the face of life and death, many people had already forgotten the education they usually received.
He had forgotten the moral bottom line that he had to abide by.
He had forgotten about human etiquette and shame. He had forgotten that these people were his comrades. They were all Chinese soldiers!
He even forgot that he was still a human!
In such an oppressive, hot, and deadly environment, the darkest and ugliest side of their hearts was exposed. In order to survive, they chose to do whatever it took to trample on their own moral standards.
As for the psychological burden? Perhaps they would, but if they encountered such a thing again, they would still attack without hesitation. Moreover, they would be more agile and skilled than the first time.
They did it to survive!
He was about to die, yet he still followed those rules. Wasn't there something wrong with his brain?
Being alive was more important than anything else!
Everything was difficult at the beginning. Since he had done it once, he would naturally become familiar with it the second and third time. Moreover, the guilt would weaken each time until he became numb to it and thought that everything was taken for granted.
Gao Dazhuang and the others watched everything through the surveillance cameras. No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the command center was heavy.
Long Xiaoyun and An Ran woke up in the afternoon of the first day. After waking up, they spent most of their time in the command center, occasionally going out to help the rookies who were in danger.
However, in the past two days, they did not bring back a single living person. All they brought back were corpses or relics!
Fortunately, both of them had received professional training and had strong psychological qualities. If an ordinary girl saw this, seeing so many people die and disappear in front of her, she might have already collapsed.
This wasn't a TV show, nor was it a movie. Everyone on the screen was a living person. If they died, they would die!
However, the two of them did not look very good either. There was a trace of regret in their eyes.
A surveillance camera on the wall was enlarged to fill the entire screen.
On the screen, three female soldiers were supporting each other as they walked forward. The three of them looked so small and thin in the boundless desert.
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