700 km west of Storm City, Lataro area.

The vast desert, the lonely sea of sand. The scorching sun unscrupulously sprinkled its enthusiasm on the sea of sand, steaming with a rolling heat wave. As far as the eye can see, there are sand dunes with glowing spots everywhere. They stand there silently, as if nature has frozen the raging waves and empty angry waves here in an instant, making them stand still forever. In this harsh environment, only the tenacious sand willow and thorn grass can take root and spread around to show their indomitable will. Occasionally, some desert antelopes, gerbils and other animals ran by quickly in the desert, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Lei Jingtian took off the PCT2 helmet on his head and loosened the collar of his combat uniform, allowing the heat accumulated between his body and clothes to expel out, so that he felt slightly cooler.

What a ghost place! Wiping away the sweat on his face, he pursed his chapped lips, and cursed secretly.

It's not for nothing that he's here.

After the military thorn is successfully built, if you want to use it, you still need to practice to the next level, and now the average level of mainstream players is also rising, and if he doesn't hurry up to level up, he will probably be left behind.

Although rank does not completely determine strength, it is the basis of many decisive factors. In particular, the introduction of the wild tent makes it possible to stay in the wild for a long time to level up, and the tent with upper and lower line protection can give players 3 minutes of protection time when they go offline or re-online, which greatly enhances security, which makes those advanced players who are already diligent in leveling have more diligent motivation.

And such a good thing, of course, it is impossible not to buy it. Not only did he spend 2,000 credits to buy a multi-purpose field tent, but he also upgraded his microgravity backpack with another 1,800 credits, which greatly increased the capacity of the backpack - if you want to stay in the field for a long time to level up, a large-capacity backpack that can support the consumption is even more essential.

The game mastermind launched an item, and it easily emptied the deposits of a large number of players, and in the exchange, the exchange rate of credit points to RMB reached a new high, and the transaction was extremely active, and the game company collected commissions and received cramps.

With the purchase of these two pieces of equipment, coupled with the original cost of building the military thorn, Lei Jingtian's few credit deposits were basically bottomed out, and when he finally filled his appetite backpack with consumables such as bullet recovery agents, he had undoubtedly returned to the proletarian condition in victory.

It's just that Thunder has always been an optimist who "comes back after his daughter is gone", and after receiving an experience mission from the Free Mercenaries in Stormtown, he single-handedly broke into the Lataro Desert to explore this legendary murderous land that has never been set foot in.

Thunderbolt opened the mission map and checked the coordinates with the GPS data on his watch, knowing that the nearly three-hour trek was about to reach the end.

The reason why I traveled thousands of miles here is entirely because it is too difficult to find an experience task that is easy to do now, and almost every suitable leveling point is overcrowded. In order to rush to the level of thunder, I deliberately ran to the Wild Wolf Grand Canyon again, and found that now it has been packed by group players in stages, and the number of wolves that pass by every day is said to have been greatly reduced.

And he didn't want to join those strange teams, the luck that was able to kill the three brothers of the Ding family last time was too big, and he couldn't expect himself to have such good luck forever. Out of distrust of the temporary combination, Lei was ruthless and chose a single mission to kill a level 40 seven-section sandworm and obtain 100 sandworm nucleus, C+ elite.

To be honest, he didn't have much confidence in completing this mission, but the rich experience reward was too tempting, making him embark on an unknown journey without hesitation.

According to the coordinates, Lei Jingtian turned over a sand dune to the west, and a verdant oasis suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Small lakes that shine brighter than gems, green meadows like velvet carpets, and rows of tall palm and olive trees make up this island of life in a sea of sand.

Seeing this beautiful scenery in front of him, he let out a thunderous howl, spread his feet and ran towards the oasis. Along the way, I saw nothing but sand and sand, and suddenly I finally found an oasis with water and trees, and the joy was naturally very strong.

Rushing to the edge of the small lake, he immersed his feverish head deep in the lake water, and exhaled comfortably.

That feeling of comfort had just risen, and Lei Tiantian, whose head was buried in the water, suddenly felt a palpitation, and he suddenly held his breath and opened his eyes in the water!

In the clear water of the lake, where there were aquatic weeds, Lei was shocked to find that a black shadow suddenly rushed towards him from the dark bottom of the water, and the speed was as fast as an arrow shooting lightning!

Purely instinctive, he pushed his waist hard and swayed his body backwards.

At the moment when the head left the water, a large black fish with a length of one meter rushed up from the position where Lei Jingtian had just buried his head and rushed into the air.

The strange fish came out of the water more than two meters high, its large open mouth was densely covered with a circle of sharp teeth, and the red eyes of two pigeon's eggs stared fiercely at the thunderous sky that had just escaped. The strange fish twisted its body in the air, and did not immediately fall back into the water, as if it was unwilling to open and close its mouth in the face of the thunder on the shore and make a terrible clicking sound.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Thunder, who was lying on his back in the wetland on the shore of the lake, pulled out the KT900 revolver from his waist and fired several shots at the strange fish in one breath.

And those bullets hit the body of the strange fish, and it actually rubbed out a series of sparks, and damage numbers such as "10" and "15" floated on its head.

The strange fish shook its tail mockingly at Thunder and fell heavily into the water, making a huge splash.

Sure enough, it is a dangerous place, and even such a fierce fish is hidden in the water! With this unexpected encounter, Lei Jingtian immediately raised his vigilance, and after carefully filling the compressed kettle with water, he quickly left the lakeshore.

Out of an abundance of caution, he surveyed the situation in this oasis, and the results were not bad, except for a few level 25 desert antelopes that came to drink water and were not threatening, he did not run into any vicious monsters. However, Lei Jingtian found that the antelopes were very vigilant and cautious when they drank water, and they only drank in a very shallow puddle and then left in a hurry, not daring to stop for a while, as if the crisp grass did not have the slightest temptation for them.

According to the mission data, this oasis is surrounded by an area where sandworms are active

Where will they be? It took him nearly an hour to search several kilometers around the oasis, but he found no trace of the sandworms mentioned in the mission.

Back at the Oasis Lake, Lei Jingtian carefully looked through the mission log, broke the few lines and chewed them several times, but he couldn't see that there were other hints hidden in it, which made him feel like a mouse pulling a turtle with nowhere to start, how could he get a nuclear crystal if he couldn't find a sandworm?

Tick! Tick!

At this point, a warning message flashes in the system's vision, indicating that his hunger level is already low. In the game, players still have to drink water and eat, and can enjoy a variety of delicious food, and if they don't eat or drink, they will die.

Putting aside the annoying question, Lei sat on the soft grass with his back against the tall olive trees. He opened his backpack and took out a pair of miniature folding barbecue grills, placed them on the ground to set up a fire, and then added jerky, compressed rice crackers, and water to the cooking pot.

This time, he came out and was ready to fight in the field for a long time, so he didn't carry too much food but bought a barbecue grill, with this kind of cooking utensils with a long service life and simple operation, he can barbecue meat like desert antelope, without worrying about food and clothing.

After only a few minutes, a pot of fragrant beef porridge was almost cooked, and Thunder Shocking sprinkled the pot with some mixed seasonings and dehydrated vegetables to make it even better.

Turning off the barbecue, when Lei Jingtian was about to feast, he suddenly felt a slight tremor coming from the grass next to him, as if something was about to come out of the ground.

Could it be a sandworm! He immediately put down the food pot, picked up the RPF1500 and quickly retreated to the side, until he retreated more than ten meters away before stopping—too close a sniper rifle attack would be ineffective.

He was half-kneeling on the ground, holding the RPF1500 with his hands, staring intently at the position where he had just stayed, as soon as the underground thing appeared, Thunder Shocking Heaven would immediately give it a head-on blow.

Under the olive tree, in front of the barbecue grill, a turf was suddenly arched high!