Chapter 292: Death Journey I
On the second day, the sky was slightly bright, Wu Wei rushed to the south gate, the desert merchant was already waiting there, behind him was a long camel caravan, more than a hundred strong camels had been fully equipped, these camels were of different sizes, several of the strongest camels almost reached three meters high, and at this time the escort team had gathered about two hundred people. There are more than 150 local residents, and there are only about 50 gamers, and most of these people are novice players with little combat effectiveness.
The desert merchants had originally planned to gather at least four hundred people before setting off, but with Wu Wei's reinforcement, it didn't matter if the number was smaller.
Wu Wei released his perception to probe the residents who joined the escort team, and found that there were more than thirty people who were obviously different from the others, although Wu Wei now had no detection skills, but he still clearly felt that although these thirty or so people did not get close together, but there was a tacit understanding in their actions, and the aura released was completely different from those armed residents.
Wu Wei noticed that the desert merchant occasionally made eye contact with these people, and he should know the identity of these people, I am afraid that these people are the ones who are really used to protect the camel caravan. The residents and players were recruited just to play cover. Wu Wei was slightly curious about what the desert merchant was transporting.
When the desert merchant saw Wu Wei coming, he called out to his subordinates to bring Wu Wei a camel that was not big or small, and said, "It will set off soon, you can ride this camel and follow the back of the camel caravan." ”
Wu Wei didn't say much, turned over and rode on a camel, waiting for the caravan to be formed. After a while, a few more people came one after another, and the number was close to two hundred and thirty. The desert merchant raised his head and blew his horn, and all the camels lying on the ground slowly stood up and followed the leading camel in a southeasterly direction.
Wu Wei rode on the camel, looking leisurely, but he was not idle at all, but used his perception to probe the entire convoy. The whole camel caravan seemed to have no problems, and the desert merchants claimed that these camels were loaded with the specialties of Shazao City: Shajube wine and dried Shajube, but there were three camels that were slightly abnormal.
These three camels were almost the strongest in the caravan, with only the leader being stronger. These three camels were not carrying more cargo than other ordinary camels, but there was no sign that these three camels had a relaxed look, but they breathed heavier than the other camels, and the hoof prints left by stepping on the sand and gravel were deeper.
"It seems that the real cargo of this shipment is on these three camels, and I don't know what is hidden." Wu Wei muttered to himself.
The small group of more than 30 people in the camel team gathered around the three camels intentionally or unintentionally, and affirmed Wu Wei's judgment even more.
The speed of the camel caravan was very slow, and Wu Wei leaned on the camel to close his eyes and recuperate, while his hand caressed the golden tree species in his arms, constantly injecting vitality into it.
I don't know how long I walked, Wu Wei hurriedly increased the wind and sand, opened his eyes, and found that the distance was gray, and a large amount of sand and dust was floating in the air. I tried to release my senses, but I found that my senses disappeared as soon as they came into contact with the floating sand, and I couldn't detect what was in the sandstorm.
At this moment, the desert merchant stopped, regrouped his team, and shouted to the caravan: "Ahead is the outermost part of the Desert of Death: the floating sand barrier, everyone must follow closely, once they fall behind, they will be lost in it." And the injured person must be bandaged well, do not bleed, there are countless blood-sucking flying insects floating inside, which can suck people into dry corpses in an instant, fortunately, they perceive very poorly, and only react to blood. Be sure to pay attention! ”
Most of the locals listened to the desert merchant's words, and most of their faces changed slightly, and the gamers were much better, although everyone now knew that death would lose their flexible energy, but these novice players didn't care much about it.
With that, the desert merchant returned to the head of the group, blew his horn, and led the whole caravan towards the sand barrier.
Wu Wei knew that if his perception failed in this floating sand, even he would be unable to distinguish the direction, and he could only observe the situation with his eyes, and he only had a visual distance of a few meters, which was very dangerous. Wu Wei manipulated the camel to drive forward a few steps, and slowly approached the desert merchant, although the desert merchant did not notice Wu Wei's actions, but soon a few people came over and separated Wu Wei from the desert merchant.
Wu Wei didn't care, he hadn't entered the floating sand barrier at this time, he cast his perception and carefully observed the actions of the desert merchants. The necklace around Wu Weijue's desert merchant's neck flashed with white light, and a palm-sized disc-shaped object appeared in his hand. He carefully rubbed the surface of the disc, his eyes fixed on it, and then turned back and shouted, "Everyone follow the camel of the leader, only he knows the way out." But he manipulated the reins slightly, controlling the camel to move slowly.
Wu Wei already understood that the reason why this desert merchant could freely enter and leave this dead desert should be this disc.
At last the whole caravan stood in front of the sand barrier, and the desert merchant turned back and said one last thing: "Everyone, follow." Don't get hurt. After saying that, he took it and walked in.
Wu Wei controlled the camel and walked at the back of the team, and at this time, the thirty or so people had already dispersed and distributed in various positions of the team to prevent anyone from falling behind.
Wu Wei felt very uncomfortable as soon as he entered the floating sand, his own perception had almost lost its effect, and he could only probe two meters around him with all his strength, so it was better to observe directly with his eyes, and now the visual distance was about five meters. Wu Wei, who was accustomed to super perception, felt very insecure.
What's even more disturbing is that there has been a rustling sound in his ears, and something keeps rubbing his cheeks, Wu Wei exerted his full strength, and found that in the floating sand near him, there are many spiral-shaped creatures floating, these organisms are about twenty centimeters long, pale yellow, almost completely transparent, in this floating sand barrier all over the yellow sand, they can't be found with the naked eye, their bodies are soft, they move quickly, they move aimlessly and quickly in the air, and they slide away immediately when they hit people's bodies, and they won't cause any harm. Most people don't even notice it, and only the skin on the face is particularly sensitive to feel something, as if a snowflake has brushed their face.
Wu Wei guessed that these creatures might be the blood-sucking flying insects in the mouth of the desert merchants, and this floating sand was their natural hunting ground, I really don't know what so many flying insects rely on for food, there are few other creatures here, and they shouldn't just rely on bloodsucking to survive.
Everyone in the entire camel caravan walked without saying a word, and Wu Wei was afraid that the one in front of him would lose his lead if he didn't keep up with the team, so he slowly accelerated and approached the desert merchant. At this time, those hidden guards only cared about maintaining the formation, and they didn't notice Wu Wei's actions at all. It took Wu Wei more than ten minutes to reach the head of the team. Closely behind the desert merchant.