(Note: The Gobi Desert mentioned above and below is not a true desert, but a climate type that sits between a steppe and a desert, somewhat semi-sandy, with occasional vegetation.) Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info)

The worm writhed its fat body and slowly crawled towards Kester, but Kester didn't pay any attention at the moment.

Seeing that the pure white worm was about to climb into Kester's shoes, Elsa's voice came: "Alright, next." ”

"Then I'll go first." Kester stood up and walked towards Elsa with a tape measure, the aimless worm behind him poking its head and shrinking its body into a ball.

"Brother Yun, there's a disgusting bug under your seat." He Ling'er looked at the snow-white insect with a very disgusted gaze. After saying that, she casually moved her seat and crushed the fat worm with the foot of the stool.

However, the group didn't notice that there was a little bit of green smoke coming out of the foot of the stool, where the insect corpse liquid was splashed.

After measuring her figure, Elsa went upstairs and used magic to manipulate scissors to make clothes, Kester pondered that there was nothing to do to go back, anyway, the existence of the black sandstorm completely blocked the way ahead of several people, so she stayed to ask Elena about the Gobi Desert, which can be regarded as collecting information by the way. Although Elena is not the kind of girl who is full of enthusiasm, she can be regarded as answering all questions, but she has taught Kester little by little about the daily life of people on the Gobi Desert. He Lilan listened carefully to the conversation between the two, while He Ling'er ran around the room.

During the conversation, time flew by, and soon it was noon, no, He Ling'er's stomach was already rumbling: "Brother, Brother Yun, I haven't even eaten breakfast, it's time to go back to lunch." ”

Elena smiled softly, "You guys go back to dinner first, we can talk again in the afternoon." ”

Kester realized the fact that he was actually quite hungry, so he took his leave and took the He Lilan brothers and sisters to the previous hotel.

After seeing the three of them rush back for lunch, the boss seemed to be a little disappointed, probably he thought that he could save the tenant's meal money.

"Boss, I heard that you will have a black sandstorm here in a few days?" After eating up the not-so-tasty Tata Valley noodles in his bowl, Kester asked the innkeeper.

"It should be three days later." The boss looked at Kester, "Young man, are you going to enter the Gobi?" It's better to give up, even if there is no black sandstorm, it is better for children like you not to cross the Gobi, after all, people can only live once. ”

"There's no way, who thinks..."Kester also felt helpless, "counting the time of the Black Sandstorm, we should have to stay with you for seventeen or eighteen days." These days we live in a regular room. ”

"That should be 60 copper coins a day, a total of 1080 copper coins." Probably the bosses are not bad at math, the innkeeper replied without thinking about it.

Kester took out 13 silver coins: "Counting yesterday's wine money and room, it's about the same." "Looking at the only five silver coins left on his body, Kester suddenly realized one thing: the outfit in the equipment shop seemed to be insufficient to buy it." The money given by Uncle Long has bottomed out so quickly, hey, I'll ask Aunt Elsa if they are willing to accept the magic core to offset the money. Kester pinched the only Gale Carving Core in his hand and thought helplessly.

After the meal, Kester and the three of them walked around the desert village, and after realizing that there were no new discoveries here, Kester took the lead back to the equipment shop.

Elena had already had lunch, and now she was peacefully leaning against the window, gently wiping the flute in her hand.

"Can Sister Elena teach me how to play the flute?" He Ling'er ran over like a little magpie.

"Huh? This—" Elena was a little overwhelmed.

"Teach me, teach me, people want to learn... I'll be so sad if Sister Elena refuses to teach me..."He Ling'er was coquettish to Elena.

"Ling'er, it's time to put away your eldest lady's temper." He Lilan gently patted the back of her sister's head, "Sister Elena will be angry." ”

"That's not going to happen, if Sister Ling'er wants to learn, of course I'm welcome, but I haven't taught anyone." Elena snorted and was amused.

"Anyway, it is estimated that we will stay here for more than ten days, and there will be nothing to do, so it is better for you to teach me Elena." After hearing Elena's natural voice, Kester was also fascinated by it.

"Since Sister Elena is willing to teach, count me in." He Lilan also joined the music dream.

"Don't dislike me for teaching badly." Elena smiled elegantly and picked up the flute in her hand, "To learn an instrument, you need to understand it first, so let's start with the flute itself......

In Elena's gentle and melodious teaching, an afternoon seemed to pass quietly in the blink of an eye. When the last rays of the setting sun faded away, Elena lit an oil lamp, and the Kesters realized that it was too late.

"Ok, call it a day!" Just as Kester was about to take the He Lilan siblings back to the hotel, Elsa, who had been working upstairs for a day, went downstairs with the finished clothes.

"So fast?" Kester said in surprise.

"Yo, little brother, are you still there?" Elsa wrapped the three pieces of clothing with a piece of cloth, and then pulled off the rope that almost strangled Kester's neck and tied a knot on the cloth bag, "I did it with magic, and it was very slow with my hands alone, 300 copper coins for one person, and a total of 9 silver coins for three people." I'll wrap it up for you first, and then put it on before you enter the Gobi Desert after the black sandstorm. ”

"Well, Aunt Elsa, I don't have enough silver coins, can I use the magic core to pay off the debt?" Kester twisted a little and took out the Gale Carving Demon Core in his pocket, "This is the fourth-order Demon Beast Gale Carving's Demon Core, it should be worth more than 20 silver coins on the market, is it enough to buy these clothes?" ”

"I thought something was wrong," Elsa smiled and patted Kester's shoulder: "No problem, but this is too much to take advantage of you, why don't I give you another pair of shoes, Xiao He and Ling'er's shoes are much better than yours, your shoes are torn." Take off your shoes and I'll take your measurements. ”

Kester glanced at his exposed toes and blushed a little, but he thanked him and sat down to take off his shoes.

The night is quiet, and a small part of the full moon is missing, but the moonlight still looks so bright on the cloudless Gobi desert. Kester, who had returned to the inn, did not immediately go to sleep, but sat down by the window and gently took out the moon earrings that Sherra had given him before parting. The blue crystal looked crystal clear in the moonlight, and Kester couldn't help but recall the carefree life in the Sky City. "It's a pity that I can't go back," Kester muttered, "Father, Mother, Shela, Jack, and Moya have all disappeared one by one, could it be me next?" Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly again, forget it, let's take a step and see one step at a time.

The lights slowly went out, and the room went dark.

"Yesterday I talked about the basics of the flute all afternoon, and today it's time for you to get in touch with the real thing." Elena led Kester and the others indoors, behind her, Kester had changed into new shoes made by Elsa, and He Lilan pulled his sister to walk at the end.

"I think there are still a few flutes," Elena thought for a moment, tilting her head, "I think this is here." After saying that, she opened a small cabinet and took out three flutes from it: "This is what my father used to make for me, but I have my current flutes for a long time, so I didn't use them, and one of you is just right." ”

took the flute, and the sharp-eyed He Ling'er sighed: "Eh? Sister Elena, why do you have so many worms in your house? (He Lilan knocked her on the head: How to speak?) This one is much brighter than yesterday. With that, she pointed to the red worm crawling out of the cabinet.

"Wait, yesterday's worm was white, right?" Just as Elena was about to sweep it out of the door with a broom, Kester's heart suddenly became alert.

"yes... We really didn't have any bugs in our house before. Elena looked at the writhing fat worm in the dustpan and looked at Kester in bewilderment.

"I hope it doesn't work," Kester said, taking a deep breath and taking the dustpan from Elena's hand, "come with me." ”

The three of them followed Kester out of the equipment shop in confusion, only to see Kester dump the worm in the dustpan to the ground, but he ran away from the distance, picked up a stone and threw it at the fat red worm.

The red slurry burst out, and the three of them were disgusted, but the next scene made them gasp: within the range of the fat worm juice splash, a burst of black smoke actually rose from the loess ground, and there was a "snort" sound.

"Sure enough..."Kester's eyes were very solemn, he thought back to the class Lao Bai had taken before, "It seems that I guessed correctly, it is a rainbow bug." ”

Introduction to Warcraft: Rainbow Worm, a rare third-order Warcraft, the rainbow insect in its juvenile stage has almost no combat effectiveness, but it is highly poisonous and can silently burrow into the human body for development. Adult rainbow insects will be less violent, but they will become true third-order magical beasts, and they will feed on the life force of living beings, making them extremely aggressive and terrifying creatures.

"Rainbow bugs?" He Lilan is worthy of being from an aristocratic background, and he also has this knowledge, "So that white worm yesterday is also the larva of the rainbow worm." ”

"What species is the rainbow bug? And why are the larvae different in color? Elena asked.

"The rainbow bug is a terrible demon worm, its larvae change color every day, in the order of white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black, and the more times it changes, the more virulent it becomes." Kester explains, "Normally a rainbow bug lays all its eggs together at once, and the eggs hatch at about the same time. At this rate, in another seven or eight days they will be able to emerge into adults. ”

"Once the adult worm is born," Kester paused, "the whole village will be destroyed." ”

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