Chapter 654


    When Charles and the others were about to go out to look for herbs, they found that Christina and


    Samba were not in the pce. They had run away.


    Strictly speaking, they did not run away in secret. Christina left a note.


    “You can go to get the herbs. Samba and I will go to look for water. Don’t catch me back.”


    Thest sentence showed her determination.


    Charles immediately took the note to Patrick. Patrick looked at it and wanted to say something, but he


    fell silent.


    Patrick didn’t go out to look for herbs these days. He had something else to deal with.


    He had one-third of the scepter that Raphael wanted, and the ancient writing pattern on the golden


    scepter needed to be deciphered. And he must also understand the “Barbarian Song” that Raphael


    mentionedst time.


    Patrick was really busy, and everything had to be reported to him.


    Whether it was on such a deserted ind or in the Hopkins family in the past, Patrick was always really


    busy and rarely had time to apany Christina.


    Christina could live well alone, and she didn’t need Patrick’spany at all.


    Patrick remained silent for a long time.


    “Go and do your own things,” Patrick said in a low voice.


    Charles was so surprised that Patrick was relieved that Christina was with that Barbarian outside. It


    was not Patrick’s style.


    At this time, Christina and Samba had already walked 20 kilometers. They slipped out of the pce


    before dawn and kept walking along the upper reaches of the river.


    Christina looked up at the sun above her, which was rising. She thought that Charles and the others


    probably knew about her and Samba’s outing. She had no choice but to act first and report afterwards.


    Patrick was a domineering man, but Christina always felt that he was worried about separating from


    her.


    Christina didn’t like being controlled.


    When Samba saw that she was tired from walking, he handed her a kettle. Christina shook her head at


    Samba. Clean water was very precious now, and she couldn’t bear to drink it until she was really


    thirsty.


    On their left was a great river, in which the clear water was flowing. All the dead fish in the river had


    been fished


    before. The water kept flowing down from the upper reaches.


    The river looked nothing unusual under the sun. The water was very clear and transparent, but there


    were no living beings in the water.


    Christina stopped and noticed that the nts near the river seemed to be a little withered.


    As she approached the river, Samba grabbed her in panic, as if there was something terrible in the


    river.


    “It’s okay. I just want to pull some weeds by the river.”


    Samba understood what she said and quickly strode over. He randomly pulled up a few small weeds


    with his big hand. The roots of the weeds were wet with mud.


    Christina took a closer look at those weeds, some of which even had rotten roots. No wonder they


    looked


    withered.


    “Even the nts are affected.”


    In the past, the nts growing by the river were much lusher. “Is this river poisonous?”


    There were noboratory machines on the ind, and they didn’t know what was in the river now. Gary


    and the others could only test the water with some primitive methods.


    “Samba, I saw it yesterday. The water in your kettle is the river water.” Christina suddenly said to


    Samba.


    Since arge number of dead fish appeared in the river, everyone, including the Barbarians, was


    informed not to drink the river water. They could only eat some sulents to quench their thirst, or go


    to theke in the forest to get water.


    “Is the water in your kettle now the river water?” Christina wanted to snatch the big kettle tied around


    Samba’s


    waist


    Samba was frightened and quickly stepped back.


    He was as nervous as if someone had discovered his secret. His huge body was stiff, and his


    expression was very restrained. He was at a loss and did not dare to look at Christina.


    It was as if he had done something wrong. He did not deny it, but he held hisrge kettle tightly and


    refused to let Christina take it away


    Christina would give up so easily. She continued to try to open his hands and snatch the bottle away.


    If there was anything delicious to eat, Sarnba would immediately share it with Christina And Samba


    was far less smart than Christina As long as Christina said something logical, Samba would think it was


    right even if it was wrong


    But Samba wouldn’t give her his big kettle.


    “If you don’t give it to me, I can use the materials in front of me.” Christina said.


    Then she ran straight into the river, cupping some water and drinking it.


    Samba was so scared that he screamed and ran over quickly. He grabbed the clothes on the back of


    her neck with his big hand anxiously.


    “Samba, if you can drink this river water, I should be able to drink it too.” Christina looked innocent.


    It was impossible for her to deliberately attempt suicide


    Christina found out the secret of Samba drinking the river water yesterday, and he didn’t suffer any side


    effects, so she wanted to sneak out today to find out whether the river water could be drunk or not.


    Samba ignored what she said and wanted to reach into Christina’s throat to make her vomit the river


    water.


    “I’ve drunk it. I can’t vomit it. I think it’s okay.” Christina struggled to escape from Samba’s hands.


    Samba looked heartbroken.


    It seemed that Christina was going to die.


    Christina sighed helplessly.


    “I won’t die.” She waved her hand vigorously.


    The river water that Christina drank just now was bitter.


    11 she hadn’t tasted it herself, she couldn’t believe that the river water which she drank before she


    entered the ind was cool and sweet. There was no industries on the ind, and all the natural


    ecological conditions here were primitive and pollution-free,


    The water in the river became bitter, and it made her tongue a little numb. She felt her whole mouth


    very ufortable, as if she had drunk a heavy chemical dye. And there was also a smell of sulfur and


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    other irritant


    smells


    Christina didnt know much about chemical elements, but she was sure that the river was definitely


    polluted by arge number of toxic substances


    The fish and shrimps in the river were all dead, and the nts along the river began to wither,


    Fortunately, Christina didn’t feel unwell now.


    “Samba, I’m very strong now. Don’t worry about me.”


    Christina showed up the muscles on her arms tofort Samba. After entering the ind, she was


    more Nexible and muscr than before. Living here was more effective than taking any modern


    bodybuilding training


    However, Samba felt that Christina’s skin had turned a little fairer because she was locked up in the


    cubicle for two weeks. He had been worried for a long time and felt that she had be ugly and


    unhealthy.


    Christina was helpless. She had exined it many times that her skin was naturally very fair.


    But Samba always looked at her sympathetically.


    In Samba’s opinion, only tanned skin was healthy.


    Christina sighed deeply again and changed the subject, “Let’s take these withered weeds back. We


    have to tell them that the nts on the ind are beginning to wither.”


    Everyone was about to run out of their fresh water. The water of thekes in the forest was limited, and


    it didn’t seem to rain frequently on this continent. Christina hadn’t seen rain on the ind since she


    entered the ind.


    Their original n was to try their best to choose nts to quench their thirst before solving the


    problem of diseases. For example, although sulents tasted bad, they were full of water. However,


    even the nts began to wither now.


    Everything was getting worse.


    “I don’t know what will happen.” Christina looked at the blue and cloudless sky in panic.


    At this time, Patrick took the imprisoned Raine to the Matriarch’s house.


    They were talking secretly in the room.


    Patrick said that he could let Raine go, but it had conditions.


    The Matriarch did not like Patrick. The people outside the ind were so ambitious that they had been


    bullying the Barbarians for many years, and the Matriarch had handed her most important golden


    scepter to them. The Matriarch was angry but helpless when she saw Patricking.


    Raine was imprisoned for some time, and the wound on his body recovered a lot. He was shouting for


    his mother to save him.


    “Ask her about everything about the Barbarian Inds, including those songs, legends, and curses *


    Patrick said to the interpreter


    Al first, the Matriarch was unwilling to speak, but Raine kept roaring as if he was ming his mother for


    not saving him


    “The river will be bitter, and the forest will wither. People will be sick, and the sky will set fireballs.


    The dark moment wille, and the sun will no longer be seen.”


    The Matriarch sung in hoarse voice with sadness.