Chapter 290: The City of Sand Dates II
Wu Wei sat directly on the chair next to the desert merchant, who took a sip of wine, looked sideways at Wu Wei, and asked, "Something?" ”
Wu Wei said bluntly: "I want to join your caravan." ”
The desert merchant wiped his mouth and said, "Yes, when the sun rises in three days, gather at the south gate, and don't be hurt for these two days." ”
Wu Wei looked at the desert merchant and said, "Leave tomorrow." ”
The desert merchant shook his head and said: "Impossible, there are not enough manpower, wait for two more days, now the sand bandits are rampant, and there are many adventers joining them, it is not easy to deal with." ”
Wu Wei smiled: "It's enough to have me alone." Others are dispensable. ”
The desert merchant also smiled and asked, "So confident?" How to prove it? ”
Wu Wei asked, "How do you want to prove it?" ”
The desert merchant thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow morning, at the south gate, ten adult sandworm corpses, if you can do it, you will set off at noon." ”
Wu Wei didn't say anything more, turned around and returned to his table, Mason had already begun to gulp the sand date wine he had just served.
"Where are the adult sandworms?"
"It's everywhere, but there's a nest of medium-sized sandworms not far west from here, and there are a lot of sandworms there, and if you organize a team of 100 people, you can ambush lone adult sandworms on the periphery of the nest." Mason said.
"Do you need so many people? What do sandworms look like? Is it hard to deal with? Wu Wei heard that it would take a hundred people to hunt a lone sandworm, so he couldn't help frowning and asking.
"Ah, sandworm, you wait." Mason said and ran to the corner, and quickly ran back. Wu Wei saw him twist this red worm about 5 cm with his two fingers, and the little worm kept twisting its body, as if it wanted to attack Mason who grabbed him, but Mason grabbed the lower end of its head, leaving it helpless and could only twist more violently.
Wu Wei observed intently and found that this sandworm looked like an earthworm, but at one end of its body it had a ring-shaped mouthpart slightly thicker than its body, which seemed to be covered with fine hairs.
"Look, this is the larvae of the sandworm, and the whole desert is everywhere, and they eat everything, and in cases of extreme hunger, even their own kind." Mason held the sandworm in his hand in front of Wu Wei and explained.
"Why is it so small?"
"This sandworm grows very slowly, and its length can only increase by about 10 centimeters a year, and its diameter can increase by 2 centimeters. Most larvae die in the first few years. A lot of them are made into pies by the residents of the city, and trust me, you won't like the taste. Mason said.
"How big is an adult?" Wu Wei asked again.
"Ah, some people say that a hundred years is considered an adult, and some people say that eighty years is considered an adult, according to authoritative sources, the maturity years of male and female sandworms are different, but ghosts can distinguish the sex of this thing." Mason said as he shook the sandworm in his hand, and accidentally the sandworm slipped out of his hand, burrowed into a crevice, and disappeared without a trace.
"A hundred years? So how long is an adult sandworm 10 meters? Wu Wei asked.
"It's about the same, it's usually 12 to 8 meters long, less than 2 meters thick. You can swallow three or five people casually, and then you will burrow into the sand and disappear. ”
Wu Wei nodded slightly, thinking: "Killing ten adult sandworms is no less difficult than killing a king-level powerhouse, no wonder the desert merchant will use this as a test." ”
Wu Wei said to Mason: "Go, take me to the sandworm nest, hurry up." ”
Wu Wei couldn't help but say, pulled up Mason and walked out, Mason shouted: "Wine, wine!" I haven't finished drinking it yet, it's a waste! ”
The two quickly left the West Gate and ran for another half an hour to reach the outskirts of the lair that Mason had mentioned.
"This is where we often ambush sandworms. To be honest, night is the active period of sandworms, and it is very likely that you will encounter more than two sandworms at this time. Mason thought that Wu Wei was curious about adult sandworms, and in his mind, there was no possibility of a person hunting adult sandworms alone.
Wu Wei followed Mason to lie down behind a rock, looking in the direction of Mason's finger. Wu Wei's perception quickly sensed the presence of an adult sandworm. At a distance of 3 kilometers from the two of them, two adult sandworms were approaching the place where the two of them were lurking at a very fast speed.
"Is there anything here that attracts sandworms?" Wu Wei asked.
"The soil here contains a metal that is said to be necessary for the rebirth of the teeth of sandworms. Therefore, many sandworms with missing teeth come here to devour the sand, and the attack power of these sandworms is relatively low. It's a lot safer than the sandworms that are in good shape. Mason explained.
Wu Wei nodded lightly, silently waiting for the two sandworms to approach. After a few minutes, Wu Wei's naked eye could clearly see that the sand in the distance was constantly undulating, and the two sandworms were like water snakes swimming in the water, floating up and down, swimming closer.
"Here, look over there! It's a pity that the light is not good, you can see that we will go back, there may be a little bit of that sand date wine left. When the sandworm was 50 meters away from the two, Mason found out.
Wu Wei ignored Mason and jumped out and ran towards the two sandworms at great speed.
"Oh my God! Are you crazy? Mason covered his mouth and snorted softly, trying his best to control his throat before he could utter his voice.
The sand worm's sense is very sensitive, and when Wu Wei jumped out from behind the rock and found him, the two sand worms made a "Sisi" sound, stopped devouring the soil, and raised a huge mouth with a diameter of more than two meters towards Wu Wei.
When Wu Wei was ten meters away from the two sandworms, he jumped up, his hands flashed, the Ice and Fire Sword and the Death Sword crossed and slashed, a sandworm was nailed to the spot, and soon a viscous liquid erupted from his body, and then it was broken into several pieces, even if it was cut into pieces of meat, it still kept writhing.
The other one was also affected, its body was almost cut off, but it could still move, and it found that Wu Wei's strength was far from being able to match it, so it turned around and ran in the direction it was coming from.
"Oh my God!" Mason saw that as soon as Wu Wei made a move, he killed the two sandworms and hit them hard, and he couldn't hold it back anymore and shouted loudly.
Wu Wei didn't chase either, and said to Mason who came over: "I'm going to follow the escaping sandworm and find its nest." You can help me transport this sandworm back to Shazao City and put it outside the south gate. ”
Mason shook his head and said, "I can't take back such a big sandworm alone, this sandworm's head is the most valuable, I'll help you get the head back first." ”
Wu Wei said: "It's okay, as long as I can prove that I killed a sandworm." Great work. ”
After Wu Wei finished speaking, he chased after the sandworm that had escaped a few hundred meters without looking back. Mason was left stunned, and he muttered, "What are you doing in the sandworm's nest?" I'm afraid there's a king-level sandworm there. ”