Pang Tong said angrily: "What a miracle! ”

Salu was silent. But Valla, who came with her, said, "It is indeed a miracle. ”

At this time, Pang Tong was stunned to see something shocking, the stones beside a road along the river were covered with dense mushrooms, which were the kind of edible plants seen in the Salu cave.

"Survive on this, right?"

He asked. Salu nodded. Suddenly, a man came over with a flat pole. But there was something in his bucket that was beating the waves. Pang Tong said: "Wait a minute. He walked up to the dazed-looking man. The man looked at him puzzled.

He paused, looking at the cold surface of the bucket.

"Poof!"

An object hits the surface of the water and the space inside the bucket.

Pang Tong's eyes widened and said, "What's in there?" ”

"Rockfish." Salu replied. He walked over and asked the man with the pole to put down the two buckets, then knocked down one of the buckets. The water poured out with a bang, and a black beast slipped to the ground. It swayed and writhed in rage and violently. But its efforts were in vain, and only the giant creature crouched down to watch its struggle.

Beneath its smooth surface are black scales, and it is very ugly, with a bumpy surface of its body, a large head, and interlaced teeth. It does not appear to have eyes, and the two places that should be eyes are visibly covered with a membrane that seems to obscure the eyes. In such a dark place, this creature will not use light as its vision function, it must be what kind of sound waves or other sensing abilities allow them to survive here, Pang Tong thought about it and stood up, and said: "It turns out that this is how to maintain your life, otherwise in such a self-contained situation, in the face of a harsh environment, you will not be able to live at all!" ”

He was very excited and very admired. Salu said: "It's only here, but we can't give you all the food, otherwise we won't be able to live." After all, that's all there is to rock mushrooms and fish. We control the population in order to be able to live under a certain amount of food in the cycle of four seasons. If they are given to you, we will starve to death. ”

Pang Tong frowned and sighed: "Our food is less than ten days, and it is very urgent, is it feasible to cross the desert in such a situation?" ”

Behind him, Valla suddenly said, "Of course not, my lord, if you want me to lead you out, it will take fifteen days to reach the nearest water source and a good place for food." After all, the road is difficult. ”

Pang Tong's chest seemed to be filled with something, and it was very heavy. Behind him, 90,000 people were watching him, and if they starved to death, it would be a huge bone graveyard in the desert.

Salu was silent. Pang Tong also knew that he couldn't rob these people of their lives. As he was in the midst of all that, Valla's mocking smirk sounded again.

"Why are you so sad. Hey, Salu, isn't there green fields in the northwest? ”

Salu's hair stood on end, as if he had heard something terrible. He said with a heavy heart: "That kind of place, if you go, you will die." ”

Pang Tong asked puzzledly, "Is there any food there?" ”

"Legend has it that you have it all!" He seemed to see the expression of the cattle on the prairie, which made Pang Tong flock to it. Pang Tong said: "In that case, take us there!" ”

Salu said calmly, "If you want to go, go ahead." But there are sandworms in the desert and they will die. Very few people can navigate the territory of these demons. ”

Pang Tong was also stunned, what should I do in that kind of place where big monsters gather?

Valla sneered, "Cowards can't get out. Are you afraid of that big monster? It's not like the popularity of the Central Plains. As far as I know, that kind of guy can also be repulsed. ”

Pang Tong suddenly remembered the sandworms that appeared that day, and under their attack, the sandworms ran away. But if you come in a group, it's obviously not fun. Pang Tong showed a hesitant expression. Dian Wei on the side behind him didn't say a word.

Pang Tong shook his head, as if in denial. But he said, "If you don't go, you'll die." He raised his head, stared at Salu sharply, and said, "If you get there, will there be food?" What can I do without food? ”

Salu remained silent, his gaze tilted to the side. He has the right not to answer, after all, he does not advocate going. Pang Tong knew that he turned his face to look at Valla.

Valla's eyes lit up and she said, "You know what to do." Believe me, there is still a way to live. But you have to be prepared to die. ”

Salu stared at him with the eyes of a psycho or a madman. In the eyes of the leader of this Five Lamps Cave, this person is as strange as the fish here. He thought to himself: "Let's go, let's go, how can there be no way to die." ”

However, Pang Tong was an authentic gentleman and gave them a lot of gold, which made Salu in the Five Lamps Cave shine. He knows that this kind of thing can be exchanged for good things anywhere.

Two days later, Pang Tong led 20,000 cavalry and 3,000 iron chariots to set out. Led by Varla, to the northwest is known as the "Oasis of Death". As far as this name is concerned, it is really unlucky, so Pang Tong just knows it in his heart, no one wants to mention this name at all, if all the soldiers know, it is estimated that the morale will be reduced a lot. However, this trip has been agreed with the travelers, there will be a danger of encountering sandworms, and they are required to raise the spirit of 10,000 times and fight with the guns and halberds in their hands. However, Pang Tong is also prepared.

The sun is high and the time is noon. They couldn't see the Five Lamps Cave anymore. The northwest is still a desert, and there is no sign of life. Pang Tong and the others looked at the flat desert, where there were relatively few sand dunes.

The soldiers were full of energy, and the horses were full of vitality after they were well fed. They kicked up the dust and made their mark on the vast expanse of yellow paper. Suddenly, someone in front of him raised his hand, it was Valla, and he told the army to stop. Everyone is puzzled, and they don't see the purpose, and they want to stop?

After watching for a while, half a mile in front of the army, a sandworm rose from the ground. Everyone's nerves were tightened, and it seemed that the sandworm would kill at any moment.

"Be careful, be careful!"

Valla shouted. But the sandworm is still far away. Pound on one side could see that this person's face had become a little embarrassed, which must not be a good thing. As he expected, the surrounding sand began to tremble, and the sand was sinking. There were a lot of small spiral nests around everyone.

Another giant insect in the desert came out, and this time it flew directly over more than twenty horses, and the man and horse fell to the ground with the sand. People were shocked. Before the panic was fixed, three giant insects suddenly appeared in the front army and the rear army, raging. They open their mouths wide and start the meal.

"Kill!"

Pound shouted with the others. They embolden themselves. They threw the halberds in their hands and stuck to the huge body of the sandworm.

The body of the bug has mucus in it. Shaking his body in great dissatisfaction, two of them retreated into the desert. The cavalrymen with bows and arrows walked around and showed their skill in archery on horseback. The arrow broke through the wind and sand and pierced the giant body. However, there is something that seems to have been waiting for a long time-

"Bang!"

The people who overcame their fears immediately lit the phoenix cannon. Pang Tong was looking forward to change. The sound of such an explosion should be absent in the desert. But there was a small problem, these sandworms didn't seem to have any reaction to the phoenix cannon. Intuition told Pang Tong that they had no sense of hearing.

The soldiers swarmed and killed, and some of them dared to approach directly.

"Son of a bitch!"

The will to fight boiled in his chest pierced the spear deep into the monster's body. The sandworm shook violently and immediately retracted, pulling the cavalry on one side into the sand. When it was gone, the cavalry was gone, buried deep in the sand below, and no one could do anything. With the concerted efforts of everyone, the sandworms were repulsed. The sandworm in the distance was gone.

More than 50 people were killed and wounded. Pang Tong endured, he had great ambitions for this desert, but he had to endure it now and continue to endure it. Whether it is the scorching sun, or the cruel desert, or the ferocious insects, sooner or later, these will all be above his applause. He reminded himself to keep the army going.

It's a physically and mentally exhausting journey. But those who have already traveled long distances in the desert disagree. Their skin has become as resilient as he believes.

Two hours later, the rear army was pushed away by insects, and more than a dozen iron carts were killed, but due to the sharp blades that reached the outside of the iron carts, the pus-dripping sandworms immediately let out a low wail and returned to the ground.

Pound looked at Valla, who was pale, and said, "You are also a person who knows fear. ”

The corners of Valla's mouth under her gutter nose curled up, and she squeezed out a tough smile and said, "I'm not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean I don't have a fear of it." You and I are the same. ”

Pound nodded. After that, it was inevitable to fight the sandworms a few times, and a total of sixteen large monsters appeared. But they all retreated after being hurt by the appearance. It is clear that these monsters have always thought that they would not be harmed, and once they have wounds on their bodies, they will disappear like frightened rats.