A dozen or so people were still hiding in this underground cavern, which did not surprise Xie Liancheng.
Judging from the scale of the buildings in that oasis, at least several dozen households had once lived there.
What surprised Xie Liancheng somewhat was that they had actually brought out another five camels...
In fact, the reason they had managed to escape alive during the earlier snake-people attack was partly because the situation had been chaotic, and partly because they had been riding camels.
Even judging from their current numbers, it was clear that they had ridden out with quite a few camels at the time.
Now, counting Hachi, only six remained.
There was no need to ask. It was because they had lacked food and eaten them.
If nothing unexpected happened, once they finished eating the camels and still had no way to change their situation, they could only wait to die.
Xie Liancheng did not know any of this. Seeing the five additional camels, he was in an excellent mood.
For the moment, he even felt that these camels might be his greatest gain from this expedition.
Their Great Zhou would conquer the desert sooner or later, and at this stage, camels were undoubtedly extremely important means of transport in the desert.
These desert folk had nothing much to carry. In essence, these six camels were their most important possessions.
With special saddles, one camel could make do with carrying two people. The extra people could naturally only be taken along by Xie Liancheng and the others.
The desert folk were exceptionally familiar with the road back to the oasis as well.
They did not encounter any surprises along the way. When the desert folk returned safely to the oasis, excitement was written all over their faces.
Seeing this,