No matter how miserable and difficult the journey was during the day, Gao Yuan and his team still wouldn't choose to travel at night because driving in the desert after dark was a very dangerous thing; an unnoticed sharp stone could completely ruin a tire.
They would camp at night in the abandoned village.
The abandonment of this village was quite normal since it had an extremely precious water source in the desert. Relying on the few roads in Biliya, this village had a foundation for existence, but once it lost the roads and logistics, the village built upon a single well couldn't possibly provide food.
Oases needed to be large enough to support a sufficient population, but this one was too small, so small it couldn't even support one or two people.
