"Don't worry, I won't take yours."
Looking at the wary boy, Xie Liancheng found it amusing.
"Really?"
The boy was clearly a little skeptical.
Xie Liancheng rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"If I really wanted to take it, would you even be able to stand against me?"
"..."
A single sentence made the boy recognize the reality that he had not the slightest power to resist.
Afterward, without caring what the boy was thinking over, Xie Liancheng continued questioning him.
"Are there any other survivors? This place isn't safe. If you stay here, you'll eventually die at the hands of the snake people. Why not leave with us?"
"Leave? Do you know how hard it is to have a water source like this in a place like this? Didn't you drive the snake people away? Why do we have to leave?"
"..."
One could only say that this boy was still a little too naïve.
"You said it yourself—we only drove them away. They'll come back."
At this point, Xie Liancheng paused.
"By the way, we're from a country called Great Zhou. We have better places to live. Do you want to come with us and join us?"
For the moment, recruiting these desert dwellers and obtaining information was undoubtedly a good choice.
"A better place to live..."
Hearing this, the boy was visibly shaken.
"I'll have to go back and ask everyone."
"No problem. Is it far? I can take some men and bring you back directly."
"It's not too far."
Leaving Zhou Chongshan at the oasis to continue gathering resources, Xie Liancheng took the child, quickly selected a unit of cavalry, and set off.
Xie Liancheng had originally wanted to hoist the boy onto a horse, but the boy scrambled onto the back of a camel in a flash.