The journey to the desert oasis was unusually calm, and although the sea breeze was limited in perception, the range of vision was extremely large, and the desert merchant led the team on the highest sand ridge, looking into the distance, and the eye was yellow. There is no place to hide.

The caravan finally reached the desert oasis before dark, a small lake no more than a hundred meters in diameter, and in the center of the lake was an outlet from an underground river, sometimes a fountain, sometimes a whirlpool. From time to time, some debris poured out of the center of the lake, and after a while, it was sucked in again. The lake was surrounded by greenery, some of which were followed by some red fruits, without warning, but no one tasted them.

The sea breeze was very dark at night, with almost no light, and during the day the sun could still penetrate somewhat, and at night the moon and stars were completely invisible, and those glimmers could not penetrate the huge dome at all.

Torches were lit in the caravan, and the desert merchant led the caravan to a slightly higher ground on the west side of the oasis, where the camels were immediately led to drink water and graze. The desert merchant gathered the others together and said in a loud voice, "Rest here for four hours, and we will set out before midnight." It's not just the sand bandits, but also our old friends the sand worms, who are used to drinking here at midnight, so we need to rest as soon as possible, and we still have half a day's journey to an abandoned ancient city, where we can adjust for half a day. ”

The desert merchants arranged for people to patrol the perimeter, and the others gathered together to drink and eat. Wu Wei sat on the camel all the time, did not feel tired at all, and took out some of the food he had brought with him to eat, and did not touch the food provided by the desert merchants.

After eating, everyone gathered together and began to rest, while Wu Wei quietly retreated into the darkness. The desert merchant noticed Wu Wei's move, but did not stop it.

Wu Wei didn't dare to go far, he explored the area where the campfire could be seen, and found nothing unusual, and then quickly returned, stopping a hundred meters away from the camp, where his perception could just detect the entire camp.

Wu Wei gently dug out a one-man deep sand pit, jumped in, held his breath, and lurked secretly. Time passed very slowly, when the camp was set up for an hour, many people fell asleep, and there was nothing abnormal in the two-hour patrol and changing of guards, and when it was the third hour, Wu Wei heard a subtle "rustle" sound in his ears. Wu Wei cast his perception in the direction where the voice came from, but found nothing. But soon there was a rustling sound all around.

At this time, not only Wu Wei, but even the secret sentinels patrolling the periphery also discovered the abnormality, and several people had already lit torches and prepared to warn, and those camels who were originally resting on the ground also got up with a sound of nose and gathered together.

The whole caravan was alert, and quickly entered the battle preparations, and the sound seemed to come faster, as if it was coming from all sides around the camp.

Wu Wei's perception finally detected the target, which was a group of sandworms shuttling through the sand. There are as many as hundreds of them on Wu Wei's side alone, but there are only one or two adult sandworms, although they are not a threat to Wu Wei, but they are a major crisis for the camel team.

Wu Wei didn't act immediately, he was helpless against the swarm of sandworms hidden deep in the sand, he could go into the sand and kill one, but there was no way to dig them all out one by one.

The desert merchant seemed to be prepared for the immediate crisis, and at his signal, thirty men hidden in the caravan immediately jumped out, each holding a small silver rod the length of a small arm. Together, they plunged their sticks completely into the sand on the outskirts of the camp, forming a ring with a diameter of fifty meters, and immediately retreated. The patrol officers on the periphery immediately rushed back and entered the ring.

The desert merchant raised his hand and threw a silver metal ball into the air, and immediately after the metal ball rose into the air, it emitted a silver light, which was divided into thirty streams, each light was connected to a silver short rod in an arc, and the silver light formed a hemispherical light array, protecting the camp in it.

This silver light array seemed to be inaccessible from underground, and countless sandworms underground crashed into the magic circle, and the magic circle flashed without shaking at all. The sandworms burrowed out of the ground and spewed yellow slime towards the circle. The yellow slime vaporized and disappeared as soon as it touched the circle, and it didn't seem to have any effect.

The thirty people in the circle took out a small silver crossbow, and as soon as the small crossbow was taken out, the silver metal ball floating in the air immediately shot out a silver light and connected to it. The silver crossbow was shining brightly, and as soon as the trigger was pulled, a silver light shot out through the magic circle, directly hitting the sandworms besieging the magic circle, and all the sandworms hit by the light came out of the silver slurry, wailing and burrowing into the ground, some smaller sandworms had turned into silver liquid before they could drill into the ground.

Wu Wei saw that the battle situation in front of him was stable, and he did not plan to make a move, so he carefully observed the desert merchant and saw that there was a thin silver wire connected to the metal ball in the air on his right hand. At this time, his forehead was also slightly sweaty, as if this magic circle was also a big burden on him, and after only a few minutes, he had already begun to show fatigue.

Seeing that they could not break through the defense, and were constantly attacked by silver rays, the sandworms burrowed into the ground one after another, wanting to retreat, but they heard a horn in the distance, and those sandworms that had burrowed into the sand came out again, and continued to spit slime on the silver circle.

The desert merchant's face became even worse when he heard the horn. This group of sandworms seems to be manipulated, and he didn't expect someone to have such skills. Then I thought of the new arrivals of the sand bandits, it is very likely that these outsiders have changed the pattern of the desert, and if this continues, all the caravans in the Death Desert will be eaten by them, and no one will enter the Death Desert again, and what will these sand bandits rely on to survive at that time.

Wu Wei had already understood the horn when he heard it, but the sound was too far away from him, and if he pursued it, he would probably get lost in this sea breeze belt. At this time, the desert merchant shouted loudly in the direction of Wu Wei.

Wu Wei knew that the desert merchant had a plan, jumped out of the sand pit, ran to the magic circle, ran around the magic circle as fast as he could, and cleaned up most of the sandworms on the ground, but there were still a steady stream of sandworms coming out of the ground.

A hole suddenly appeared in the magic circle beside Wu Wei, Wu Wei jumped in directly without hesitation, and the desert merchant shouted: "It's useless!" You can't stop killing, and you can only hope to win by finding someone who controls the sandworm. ”

Wu Wei jumped next to the desert merchant and said, "I know, but he is at least two kilometers away from here, and I am worried about getting lost." There's no way to come back. ”

The desert merchant hurriedly held the necklace with his left hand, and then the white light flashed, and a yellow compass appeared in his hand, he handed it to Wu Wei, and said: "This is the tracking compass, its target is me, as long as you have it, you can find me." ”