The dreary wind blew the ground, the fine sand and stones rolled in the wind, the sky was a heavy gray, and the whole world exuded an oppressive atmosphere.

Beneath the sky, there is an endless desert, the desert is full of sand and rocks, and occasionally you may see demon insects burrowing out of the sand and stones, and quickly burrowing back into the sand.

"Hmm......"

A low groan of pain. A groan sounded, and the man, who had been buried by most of his body in the sand, moved, and finally woke up from his coma.

Jian Lu opened his eyes, what was imprinted in his eyes was a lifeless gray gravel, his eyes were confused for a moment in this vast gray, and with the recovery of consciousness, he also felt the strangeness of his body, not to mention the pain all over his body, not to mention, he couldn't even move, and the most unbearable thing was that there was a painful and numb feeling in his feet like being eaten by insects, and he was finally fully awake.

When he came to his senses, he also found his situation at this time, his lower body was covered with gray sand and stones, and when he glanced at the wind and sand around him, he understood that it was obvious that he had been in a coma for too long, and the wind and sand blew over and over again, covering him. But fortunately, he woke up early, so he was not reduced to being completely covered by sand and gravel, otherwise he might have been buried in a coma.

After coughing and spitting out a mouthful of blood, Jian Lu immediately looked at the surrounding environment, in the vast sand and stone world, except for him, there was no second figure, and naturally there was no Hines.

He was a little anxious, but he didn't get dizzy because of it, but calmly thought about where Hines might be and his situation at this time, and speculated about his environment according to the environment of this space.

The feeling of being gnawed flesh on his legs was unbearable, and Jian Lu had to force his upper body to prop up his upper body, which was not covered by fine sand and gravel, and then reached out to break away the sand covering his lower body, and the legs buried under the sand also □□ hard.

When the sand slipped down and his legs were free, Jian Lu also saw a fist-sized sand beetle hanging from his legs, his whole body was gray and white, and it was easy to merge with this piece of sand and stone. It was the sand beetle that burrowed into the sand and gnawed at the most severe wounds on his legs, the flesh already showing signs of decay.

The mana of his body was depleted and he couldn't use his magic power for the time being, so Jian Lu had to take out a short dagger and pick out the sand beetles that were gnawing at the rotten flesh on his legs, and quickly kill them when they crawled back and continued to bite his legs.

The sand beetle has a very hard shell, and it is a material that can be used as a shelter, which is only known to be found in the Dead Desert. Jian Lu guessed that they might have been sent to the Death Desert in the Eastern Continent by the distorted spatial channel, of course, it could not be the Death Desert, and there were sand beetle activities in other places.

After killing those sand beetles, Jian Lu summoned a cloud of holy light from the lattice space and covered the deep wound on his leg. The sand beetle's saliva is poisonous, so that the wound on his leg will corrode and expand as they gnaw it, until he sees the white bones below. Because of the toxicity, this process does not make people feel too painful, and it is not until you see it that you know how strict it is.

After invoking more than a dozen balls of holy light in a row, the poison was dissolved, and the wound began to heal slowly.

Jian Lu wiped the sweat off his face, continued to check the injuries in other parts of his body, and found that he was now like a bloody person, under the pressure of distorted space when he teleported in space, his skin was shattered inch by inch, and it was still not good until now, and there were still many places that were still bleeding.

It almost consumed nearly five hundred regiments of holy light before Jian Lu healed the external injuries on his body.

Looking at the holy light floating in the system grid, Jian Lu once again felt that it was really prepared to be able to store the holy light in advance, and when the magic power was exhausted, there was still a replenishment of holy light available. It's a pity that the system grid can't store other magic except for the holy light, which is better than nothing.

After dealing with the injuries on his body, Jian Lu's face was still a little pale. Although the wound had healed, the lost blood could not be replenished overnight, and he drank another bottle of potion before his body regained some energy and slowly stood up from the ground.

As soon as I stood up, my eyes turned black and I almost fell back down. Jian Lu knew that this was anemia caused by excessive blood loss, but now there was no way, the blood tonic had been used up, so it could only be consumed first, and it would be made in a safe place.

[System, where is Hines?] Jian Lu asked while observing the environment.

After waiting for a while, I found that the system had not responded, so I knew that the system would not answer, and changed the question: [System, where is this?] 】

The system is still unresponsive.

Jian Lu sighed, but there was not much disappointment in his heart.

He has long known how stingy this system is, although it is the golden finger he came to this world, but the price to pay is also great. When I was at the Mapste Magic Martial Arts Academy, because the forbidden land explosion could get a systematic answer, I think it was because it was a matter of importance, and even linked to the life of a city, so it would give a rare answer.

At this point, there is no need, it just pretends to be dead.

The system didn't answer, and Jian Lu didn't know where Hines was for a while, so even if he was in a hurry, it would be useless, so he could only decide to take one step at a time.

The only thing he is worried about is that he doesn't know what the situation of the awakening of Hines' bloodline is, if he has fully awakened into a golden dragon, he is not worried, after all, in the Olawen Continent, the golden dragon is a top predator, with a strong physique and strength, it is impossible to hurt the golden dragon. However, if he still fell into a coma during his awakening, even a fifth-order demonic beast would be enough to severely damage him......

Thinking of this, his mood became a little bad, and he didn't know what happened after he fell unconscious, and how he could separate them.

The comfort is that Hines has always had better luck than him, so he shouldn't be as bad as him, right?

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a little moisture appear in the dry air, Jian Lu looked up and found several black clouds floating in the sky above the desert.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he was really unlucky to get home.

Sure enough, after only half a spell, it rained heavily in the desert, and the wind beat against the sand and gravel on the ground with a torrential wind, and the world was hazy with smoke and rain, making it difficult for people to move an inch. What's even more terrifying is that the whistling sound in the distance is obviously the sound of a sandstorm peculiar to the desert.

These two polarizations also made Jian Lu sure that this was not a death desert.

The Desert of Death has no rain all year round, and it has never been heard of raining. Moreover, the environment here is more harsh than the Death Desert, and when Hai Jianlu saw some poisonous insects and poisons that came out from under the sand and rocks, he was more sure that this was not the Death Desert.

Jian Lu wiped the water from his face, his thin body was unable to move an inch in the storm, and at this moment there were two paths in front of him: one was to get drenched in the rain in this storm, and the other was to walk out of the storm area and go outside to meet the sandstorm.

In the end, it was better to decide to get caught in the rain than to face the sandstorm outside.

It took Jian Lu half a day, through several dangerous situations blown away by storms, and finally found a rocky area, hid in one of the stone caves that had sunk into the ground, set up a tent that had not been lost before, and put a magic guard, and finally had a temporary resting place.

Lying in the tent, he was almost exhausted, and he didn't even have time to change the wet clothes on his body, so he fell to the ground and fell asleep.

As a result of falling asleep, Jian Lu fell ill.

The power of the mage comes from the demon vein, and there is no requirement for the strength of *, so in the eyes of the fighting warriors, the mages are a group of delicate and brittle creatures, and they will take a break in close combat. Jian Lu has studied swordsmanship with Hines over the years, and his physique is good, but this time he was too seriously injured, his body's immunity decreased, and he was drenched in heavy rain for most of the day, and finally collapsed.

Although he was burned red, the residual consciousness let him know that he was sick. When Jian Lu woke up again, he didn't care about the discomfort, pinched himself to make his consciousness clearer, barely got up, took out a bottle of magic potion and poured it down, took out the pot again, and cooked himself a pot of white porridge as a stomach-wrapping food, regardless of the porridge that was boiled, after barely filling his stomach, he continued to fall to the ground and fall asleep again.

It rained heavily for three days.

Jian Lu was also ill for three days.

In the past three days, he has been sleeping and waking up, and he has drunk the medicine intermittently, which may be the same, so the illness has not been cured.

Until the sky cleared on the third day, Jian Lu shook his still dizzy head, got up from the tent, and sat at the entrance of the cave looking at the desert sky, which was still gloomy and gloomy, and the sky did not become clear because of the heavy rain.

"Ahem......"

A cold wind blew, Jian Lu covered his mouth with his hands and coughed, his face was thin and pale, his eyes were dull, if people who knew him saw his appearance at this time, they would definitely be surprised. Jian Lu was also a little surprised when he saw his appearance from the water mirror, this was just like a missing young man who was addicted to drugs, it was terrible.

Feeling out another bottle of potion and pouring it down, Jian Lu licked his dry lips, and finally got up and went to the simple bathroom in the tent to wash off the stains on his body and change into a clean magic robe. Although it rained in this strange desert, Jian Lu didn't know if the water here could be used, but fortunately, there was enough clear water stored in the space to withstand his waste.

After eating something casually to fill his stomach, Jian Lu put away the tent and left the stone cave where he had lived for three days.

Picking a random direction, Jian Lu entered the vast desert.

Jian Lu walked alone in the desert for ten days and finally met a second person.

He said that he was human, but in fact, he didn't know how to describe it.

This is a place where stout stalagmites grow, about a meter high, and there are many squirrel-sized magic insects moving between the stalagmites, which have sharp jaws and feet, live on stalagmites, and walk fast. Their shells are grayish-white, similar to those of sand beetles, and Jian Lu guesses that this may also be a material that can be used.

Jian Lu walked for half a month, and for the first time found that in addition to the endless sand and rocks in this desert, there were other scenery, so he was naturally very curious. While researching, he found a short figure in the stalagmite, holding a strangely colored sword in his hand, and was fighting several demon insects there.

The man had his back to him, and looking at his figure, at first made Jian Lu think that he was a dwarf, but when he saw his front, Jian Lu didn't think so.

This man is about the same height as a dwarf, but he doesn't have the dwarven beard, but rather a bit like an orc, with animal prints on his face, but his skin is brown, which is very strange at first glance, but after a few more looks, it is not so ugly.

The man was dealing with a few demon insects besieging him, and finally killed those demon insects, as soon as his spirit relaxed, he felt the breath that appeared not far away, thinking that there were pretenders who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, and looked over sharply, but he didn't expect to see a human wearing a black cloak outside the stalagmite.

And it's a pure human with a very handsome skin.

He was a little stunned, but he still didn't let down his vigilance, but used a big bag to put the corpse of the demon insect killed on the ground into it, but a pair of eyes did not move his figure, naked. The muscles exposed outside the coarse cloth are tense and ready to attack, and as long as the other party makes any moves, he will not hesitate to attack.

Jian Lu just looked at him without any other movements, his eyes were pale in color, cold and indifferent, and he couldn't see the emotion.

It was also because of this that the brown-skinned man was so guarded, and he did not despise this pure human face and weak appearance.

Suddenly, Jane Lu tilted his head, as if listening to something, and the brown-skinned man was wondering what his reaction was, and it was because of the swarm of demon insects that had surged from the depths of the stalagmite, their mouthparts squeaked like squirrels, and there were hundreds of them, moving towards it quickly.

Seeing this scene, the brown-skinned man's expression changed greatly.

Jian Lu guessed that this kind of demon insect should be very powerful, otherwise this person would not have shown such a nervous look.

Sure enough, with the arrival of that group of demon insects, the brown-skinned man no longer had time to pay attention to him, but used the sword in his hand to fight those demon insects, and every time he swung a sword, there would be a strange energy fluctuation.

Jian Lu looked at it for a while, and made two discoveries: First, these demon insects were indeed very powerful, even higher than the strength of the demon insects he had encountered in his previous training, even if it was himself, if he faced a hundred or so demon insects at once, it would be a little tricky, but it was not impossible to repel them.

Second, the sword in the man's hand looked gray and dusty on the outside, and it was not distinctive, but when it killed the demon insect, there would be an energy fluctuation, which could kill the demon insect with one blow, this kind of energy was something Jian Lu had never seen before, and he guessed that it might be an ordinary weapon in this place.

When the man killed ten demon insects in a row, he was a little overwhelmed, obviously his body was overdrawn, if there was no accident, it would only take another ten or so minutes, he would soon be surrounded by that group of demon insects, and then he would be gnawed flesh and blood to death.

Jian Lu also made a move at this time, he jumped onto a stalagmite with the help of the light wind technique, pinched the trick with both hands, and a tornado technique dragged out the person trapped in the demon worm, and then a fire dragon roared away, the demon worm fled when it encountered the fire, and the one who did not escape in time was squeaked by the fire, but it was not burned to death in the first place.

The person rescued by Jian Lu fell onto the sand and stone outside the stalagmite, and fell all over his body, but he ignored the pain on his body, but watched in astonishment as the human standing on the stalagmite cast his magic, and soon drove away a group of demon insects.

"This demon insect is called Mole, it is a solitary creature, but it holds the most grudges." He couldn't help but remind the human magician, "They've remembered your taste, and as long as you don't kill them, they'll attack you the next time you pass through here." ”

Jian Lu looked at the fleeing demon insects, and found that just the ordinary fire dragon technique could not kill these demon insects, which showed that their defense was very strong, and there seemed to be no such demon insects in the Olawen Continent. Perhaps, but he didn't encounter it, and it wasn't in those documents.

At this time, he heard a voice behind him, and when he heard it, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed, he only felt that the person's accent was very strange, and he could only make out the pronunciation of a few words if he listened carefully.

It's a bit like the lingua franca of Olawen, but it's obviously sandwiched with a dialect accent, which makes it extremely painful to listen to.

When the brown-skinned man saw the human magician leap down from the stalagmite, he came to him, looked at him condescendingly, and was stared at by those light-colored eyes, and couldn't help but shudder, since this man had just saved himself, and he was not a man of hope, so he said tentatively: "My name is Thor, and I am a third-class resident of Fork City. ”

“……”

Seeing that he was still looking at him expressionlessly, Thor was a little drumming in his heart, for fear that this human magician would kill people and kill people, this kind of thing has never been uncommon in the wild, and third-class residents like them will not care if they die.

"You're from the mainland?"

“……”

“……”

Thor looked at the cold human mage in horror, and when he realized that he didn't react to what he said, he began to think that maybe the man was already thinking about how to deal with himself.

However, when the human mage threw a bottle of potion at him and pointed to a deep bone wound on his leg that had been cut by the insect's sharp foot, Thor relented. It wasn't until I saw him turn his head and stop paying attention to himself that he finally understood what he meant.

Thor picked up the potion with some trembling, opened it and sniffed it, the smell of the medicine was pure, a little purer than the potions he had spent a lot of savings on, and he had a guess in his heart about this human magician again.

He must have come from the mainland.

Only on the mainland side can there be good potions to make pure potions.

After Thor drank the potion, he saw that the wound on his leg had stopped bleeding, and although there was no scarring, it was not bad that he would be able to recover after waiting for two more days. He stood up and found that he was not yet the height of the human magician's chest, and stood in front of him, under great pressure.

Thor looked at him, licked his dry lips, and said to him, "If you don't mind, you can go back to Fork City with me, which is only half a day's journey from here." The desert night is dangerous, and it can be dangerous if you encounter a demon insect that lives in groups. ”

Seeing that the person on the other side was just looking at him in silence, Thor took him as an answer, picked up the bag containing the Morle Demon Worm on the ground, and walked a few steps tentatively, seeing that he had no intention of hindering him, his body relaxed a lot, until he was sure that the human magician behind him was following, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his move is a bit risky, this is a pure human magician, and his strength seems to be good, if he can, it is better not to do evil.

Jian Lu silently followed this strange brown-skinned man, although his language was sandwiched with a strong dialect, there were a few words that Jian Lu still understood, such as his name, Fox City, the mainland, etc., listening to his last meaning, it was to take him to Fork City. Now he really wanted to know what this place was, and he didn't mind taking a trip.

Since encountering stalagmites, Jian Lu found that along the way, this desert is no longer a monotonous sand and stones, and gradually there are other landforms, and some strange creatures can often be seen in each landform, and many Jian Lu can't name them. The world is so big, there are no surprises, Jian Lu didn't feel lonely, and gradually had other speculations about this place in his heart, but he still needed to confirm it further.

After walking for a long time, I finally saw a stone town located in the desert.

With its quaint appearance and mottled marks on the walls, blood and knife marks, it is clear that the city is often under attack from outside and outside. Based on what Jian Lu had seen and heard along the way, he could guess that what could threaten this stone city should be all kinds of creatures in the desert.

On a stone plaque above the city gate is written three words in a dignified manner: Falk City.

The reason why Jian Lu recognized these three words was because it was the universal human character of the Olawen Continent, and seeing these three words also further confirmed the guess in his heart.

When he arrived at the city gate, Thor couldn't help but turn his head to look at Jian Lu, and found that he had pulled up the hood of his cloak to cover half of his face, although it added a bit of mystery, but it also covered his face, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Thor handed over the four gray demon worm cores and pointed to Jian Lu to the guards at the city gate, who let the two of them pass.

"Each person needs to hand over two of Moller's cores every day to enter the city." Thor introduced to Jian Lu as he walked, and it was no surprise that the other party did not speak, and Thor even thought that he was actually a mute.

After entering the city, Jian Lu glanced at it and found that the houses on the streets of this city were also made of stone, revealing a rough smell. In addition, there are many residents on the street, and the appearance is even more bizarre, which makes him feel more and more strange.

The people living here have actually evolved into another race that is completely different from the Olawen continent, right?

Jian Lu's mood was a little complicated and a little heavy.