Later, these people gradually left Nanhua Town—the reserves of fresh water and food in the company warehouse were all consumed, and every abandoned house in the town was scavenged countless times. These people couldn't afford the high transportation costs, so naturally, no trucks would bring food and water to the town anymore… Between dying of thirst and hunger and seeking a livelihood elsewhere, the vast majority chose the latter.
In fact, Nanhua Town was one of the earliest towns in the Hexi Corridor Region to become a no-man's land—at that time, the activities of mysterious entities in the Hexi Corridor weren't as frequent as now; deadly sandstorms and terrain changes hadn't appeared yet. The main reason Nanhua Town declined was still the depletion of the oil field.
A town born from oil also withers because of oil; there's nothing surprising about that… The only puzzling aspect is the huge gap between the survey reserves and the actual extraction volume of the Nanhua Oilfield.
