171 Desert
Walking 50 miles southwest from the city of Toba, through the barren desert, is the sand-built Gobi, known as the "Devil's Eye".
After saying goodbye to the old butler, the two of them worked together, and the next morning, they hired a convoy of Kodo beasts and set off towards the sand-built Gobi. But when the convoy approached the edge of the Gobi, the owner refused to go any further.
"The God of Light is above, and you are going to the Devil's Eye!" When he learned that the two planned to go deeper, the owner's eyes widened in disbelief, "That's the Gobi that no one can reach!" No matter how much money you give, don't think I'm going to die! ”
Under the soft grinding and hard bubbles, he couldn't change the other party's thoughts, so Du Yuhan could only pay the fee. Watching the coachman leave in a hurry without looking back, he shrugged helplessly at Kevin.
Kevin smiled, took Du Yuhan's hand and held it in his palm, "Let's go." ”
*****
It was nearly noon, and the sun was scorching the earth.
There was not a trace of wind around, the air was suffocating, and the distant vision was slightly distorted by the heat. The sand was so hot that you could feel the scorching temperature even through your shoes.
Before a while, the two of them were drenched in sweat.
Du Yuhan took out the water bladder and poured a few sips, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance. As far as the eye can see, there is a monotonous yellow everywhere, not even a single tree, and the vast desert makes people feel hopeless and tired, as if they will never be able to go out.
Depend on! Lao Tzu is almost baked!
When is this the beginning?
It's not just people who are affected by the heat, but also monsters. Every short distance, there will be a pile of rotting white bones, and even some large demonic beasts will not be spared. Along the way, the surrounding water was quiet and geese were flying, and even a low-level little demonic beast was nowhere to be seen.
The dog's eggs lying on top of his head were so hot that they melted into a puddle, and they squeaked twice weakly. The small eyes, which were originally round and pitch black, were now narrowed into a thin slit, listless. Looking at this little appearance, it was really pitiful, Du Yuhan pinched it back into the pet space.
"How far is it?" He let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"According to the map, it's about two hours away." Kevin wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and looked at the parchment again.
Two hours?!
Now he can't stay for two seconds!
At this moment, Du Yuhan suddenly admired Bane from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing his lover looking up to the sky and sighing, Kevin shook his head dotingly, dragged Du Yuhan, who was still muttering, and hummed forward.
After a while, the scorching heat finally dropped, and you could even feel the flow of air, even though the breeze was hot. The two breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but speed up their pace.
The closer they got, the number of bones on the road multiplied, and in a few moments they reached their destination.
And Du Yuhan immediately understood why this place is called "Devil's Eye".
In the middle of the desert, a flat area with a diameter of several thousand meters was deeply embedded in it, and if they hadn't stood on a high position at this time, they wouldn't have noticed that it was actually a natural concentric circle.
The sand and gravel on the ground are very peculiar, and the outermost layer is a layer of silver-green sand, which is turquoise; After a few meters, it turned dark red again, as red as chicken blood. Moreover, there is a clear line between the two types of sand and stones, and there is no superfluous color transition.
The bright sunlight shines on the ground, dyeing brilliant colors and shining with dazzling flames. At first glance, it looks like a thin layer of gold, stretching all the way to the end of the field of vision.
Separated by layers of different colors, they stretch to the very center – a small beige sand dune.
Overlooking the entire desert, it is like a huge eye embedded in the earth, monitoring this continent all the time.
"It's spectacular." Du Yuhan couldn't help but sigh at the magic of nature.
Kevin was also shocked by the spectacle and nodded in agreement. If Uncle Noyce had seen it, he would probably have fainted.
The two of them went down the road, and the closer they got closer, they found that the dazzling sand they had just seen in the high place were all clusters of thin crystal bushes. And those colorful colors are also the colors of the hedron escaping in the center of the crystal cluster.
Du Yuhan squatted down and poked the brilliant spar, I have to say that it felt quite cool when he stepped on it.
Could it be that there is something strange underneath this ground?
What happened to Bane here?
Anyway, these crystals are quite beautiful, and many girls must like them when they are used to make jewelry, so I don't know if they can be sold for a few dollars......
He rolled his eyes, pulled out his knife and broke off a small piece with great force. Unexpectedly, the spar flickered a few times, and the light inside instantly dimmed. The original crystal clear material quickly turned into a gray stone, and with a crisp sound, it quickly fell apart.
Holding up the spar that had been scattered into powder, Du Yuhan looked surprised.
"What's going on?"
"That's the peculiarity of Frost Rock."
"What do you mean?"
"These are natural frost rocks, power stones that can only be formed in extremely cold regions." Kevin's fingers caressed the surface of the stone wall, and the biting cold came from the pain along the fingertips.
"Extreme cold?" Du Yuhan twitched the corners of his mouth.
He's going to sweat cold!
Who the hell is this kidding?
"According to the records, it is true." As if seeing his lover's complaint, Kevin smiled and straightened up, "And the more powerful the energy, the more Frost Rocks will be and the more colorful they will be." And once the hedron leaves the parent ore, it will lose its luster and quickly decompose. ”
Hearing this, Du Yuhan pouted with a little pity. Reluctantly looking at it a few more times, he patted the lime on his hand and continued to walk.
The closer you get to the center, the cooler the temperature becomes, and when you reach the center, you shiver with cold. And that small white sand dune, when you get closer, you can see that it is a white crystal mine several meters high. The sunlight shines through the crystalline rocks, refracting brilliant spots of light, like a perennial ice mine.
The two of them wandered around the mine for a long time, and finally found a few sets of rotting bones lying nearby under the layers of crystals. The cloth of the corpse had long since decayed, and from the rusty armor, it looked like a well-trained army.
"Looks like Bane was here back then." Sniffling, Du Yuhan rubbed his arms vigorously.
"And there's a good chance it's going in." Looking at the cave near the corpse, the snow-white cold air was bubbling out, Kevin smiled slightly.
"Squeak!" Once again, the lively dog egg happily agreed.
The mouth of the geode is so small that only one person can pass through, and it is so deep that even with a "flashlight", you can't see the bottom. As soon as he entered the cave, Du Yuhan only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and couldn't help but sneeze fiercely.
The two of them slowly walked along the cave wall, the slope of which made him realize that they were going deeper into the ground.
I didn't know how many curves I bypassed, but finally the steep slope gradually slowed down and I came to a relatively flat area.
Du Yuhan looked up and found that they were in a huge karst cave. The front and back depths are invisible, and the inside is impermeable, but the stone walls on both sides are inlaid with colorful stone crystals, flickering bright and dark with psychedelic light, illuminating the whole space very hazy.
On the top of the cave more than ten meters high, the hanging stalactites are as clear as jade, and the magma water slowly falls down the stalactite tip drop by drop, and the sound of ding dong is quiet and far-reaching.
With such a beautiful scenery, even rough men like Du Yuhan couldn't help but lose their minds, and their eyes became trance-like. He couldn't help but step forward slowly, reaching out to touch the dreamy halo, but when he was about to touch the stone wall, he was startled back to his senses by the sudden squeak of the dog.
He was stunned, a little confused by his actions. But when he looked back and saw Kevin, who was also shocked, looking at the four walls, his eyes were straight, and he couldn't say a word, Du Yuhan felt that it should just be too beautiful and accidentally stunned.
But nature is the best carver, and the scenery here is truly amazing, less than one percent of what artificial flowers are in modern times. He can guarantee that this place will definitely attract a large number of selfie enthusiasts, ignoring the dangers on the road, just to see it for themselves.
If it weren't for the wrong time, he would have liked it with Kevin.
After two more glances, Du Yuhan began to explore around. Judging from the cracks in the cave wall, there are no traces of artificial excavation, like a naturally formed karst cave. And I don't know if it's an illusion, since he entered, he always felt a faint fighting spirit, constantly exerting pressure, making people feel a little uncomfortable.
As he was walking, there was a sudden crunch sound under his feet.
Well? What is it?
By the glimmer of the crystal, he crouched down to examine the hard object that he had just stepped on.
A palm-sized stone shard lay silently on the ground, its surface painted with distorted characters in a red liquid. Just as he wanted to take a closer look, the inside of the character suddenly flickered.
Du Yuhan blinked, hurriedly looked down, and suddenly opened his mouth wide in shock.
This, what is this?
The spars on the walls of the cave flickered and darkened, gradually revealing the mystery of the cave. But on the flat sand, there were thousands of stone flakes on the pavement, shining with a blood-red glow in the light of the crystal.
Only then did he realize that the stone flakes were not placed randomly. Judging from the glowing traces, it looks like a peculiar pattern that looks exactly like the characters on the stone tablets!
Du Yuhan's heart twitched, his brows tightened, and he felt more and more that this place was weird and terrifying.
"Kevin, Kevin, look! Kay – Kevin? After searching for a long time in a panic, he found that Kevin was still standing on the cave wall.
I saw a smile on the corner of his mouth, his silver-blue pupils were in focus, and he gently stroked the crystal on the cave wall, as if rubbing his lover's skin, and there were words in his mouth. "It's beautiful...... Beautiful......"
This scene made Du Yuhan's scalp tingle, and a very bad feeling arose.
He admits that although this scene is shocking, it is not to such an exaggerated level, right? And how is this so like going crazy?
Wait, go crazy?
Suddenly, Du Yuhan's face changed, and he immediately activated the bracelet violently.
Swish! ——
An invisible fighting qi centered on his body, spreading rapidly outward, rolling up a cloud of fine dust. And the brilliant crystals on the cave wall were extinguished for a few seconds in a breath, and only after the fighting qi wave blew over, did it lazily light up again. The light was dimmer and more real than before.