Chapter 261: Endless Yellow Sand
An Xu has seen a lot of strong winds, but with fine sand in such a strong wind, it just slapped on his face with a dry breath, and he really never experienced it.
The sudden change in the environment made An Xu a little difficult to adapt to for a while, and then looked at Han Shanrui not far ahead, with a kind of leisurely smug on his face, he must have been used to this kind of wind and sand.
"Ah, it's hot!" Xu Wei was the third to come, and as soon as she appeared here, she noticed that the temperature was rising sharply.
It's still the early spring season in Hidden Moon City, so everyone is dressed quite thickly, but I didn't expect the temperature here to be so high, Xu Wei regretted wearing so many clothes.
One by one, everyone appeared around An Xu, all attracted by this exotic atmosphere, it was a peculiar valley, the peaks on both sides were not very high, and there was very little green, and it looked bare.
The sky was not so clear either, and the whole sky was covered with a layer of brown due to the yellow sand in the wind, and there was a feeling of heaviness.
This is where Xiao Rui and Qiao Qiao live!
"I'm back!" Qiao Qiao said happily that because she was blind in both eyes, her senses were more acute than ordinary people, and she immediately noticed the difference in the environment.
An Xu looked back and saw that in the depths of this valley, that is, behind them, there were also two identical stone pillars, presumably the two siblings had strayed into this place in the first place, so they ran to the Moon Forest.
Portals, it's a magical thing.
"Let's go, send you two home first, is your clan far away from here?" An Xu took out a few cloaks from the storage space, the wind here was too strong, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to arrive at first.
Han Shan Rui pointed to the exit of the valley: "It's not too far, you can walk it in half a day, but due to the attacks of those monsters, the tribe often changes places, and we have been away from home for so long, I don't know if they are still there." ”
There was some apprehension in the words, and the closer he got to home, the more anxious the little boy's heart became.
"Don't worry, your people will be safe, let's go!" Xu Wei patted him on the shoulder and comforted.
"Hmm!" Han Shan Rui nodded heavily and led everyone towards the outside of the valley.
There is only one word in An Xu's mind about the impression of the environment, and that is 'desolate', and there are too few lives to see, whether it is animals or plants.
It's hard to imagine that there are so many people living in such a place.
When you walk out of the valley, you will still face a small hill, these hills are like dirt bags arched on the earth, not steep, and you can walk up like this.
Hanshan Rui simply climbed to the top of the slope with everyone, with the terrain rising, An Xu was fortunate to see the appearance of this land, at a glance, behind him are all rolling mountains, and in front, is an endless yellow sand.
There is no exaggeration in the word endless, because An Xu stood on this hillside, and he really couldn't see the end of the desert, before I heard Xiao Rui say that there was a large area of desert here, An Xu didn't have any concept in his heart, and when he saw it with his own eyes, he realized the grandeur of this desert.
There was only wind and sand left between heaven and earth, and they had become small grains of gravel, which were not worth mentioning at all.
Not only An Xu, everyone was shocked by this scenery, such a desert is absolutely impossible to see in Huiye, even Hongluan, who has always been as quiet as water, has a moment of surprise in his eyes when he sees this scene in front of him.
Han Shan Rui walked down the hill, squatted on the ground and poked the thin layer of sand on the ground with his fingers, and sighed and said, "The signs of desertification here are getting worse and worse!" ”
"What do you mean?" An Xu was stunned.
"It wasn't like this before, just a few years ago, it was a small lake with lots of trees and lots of animals drinking and resting here!" Han Shanrui pointed to a large, low-lying tunnel in front of him.
An Xu was slightly distracted, a few years ago? In such a short period of time, how can the environment here change so much?
"In the past, the edge of the desert had to be moved ten kilometers forward, and with the appearance of those monsters, this desert began to expand dramatically, and the land in front of me was only desertified in recent years, and it seems that it won't be long before this mountain range will be swallowed up by the desert!"
Han Shan looked at the yellow sand in front of him with amazement, but An Xu saw an old-fashioned mentality in him.
"Do you know what the reason is?" Knoll asked, expanding ten kilometers in a few years, such a speed is really a little scary, which increases the radius, not the perimeter!
If this rate continues, it won't take many years to turn a piece of land the size of Kazuha into a desert.
"I don't know, it is said that there is a problem in the center of the desert, some tribes have sent powerful warriors to investigate, but they have not returned, it has been occupied by sand monsters, and people can't get close!" Rui Hanshan explained.
Sand monsters, the names given to those monsters by the people here, are able to survive in the desert and have the ability to travel through the sand, making it difficult to guard against.
An Xu couldn't help but worry that the situation of the people here was far more difficult than he imagined, and the place where he lived was already very beautiful in comparison.
"Let's go, the weather is bad today, there will be a sandstorm here soon, we have to find the place where the tribe is located quickly, otherwise it will be trouble!" Han Shan Rui stood up, shook the sand off his body, turned around and walked in the other direction.
Everyone hurriedly followed, although everyone had not seen what a sandstorm was, but it was not a beautiful thing when they heard it, Han Shan Rui grew up here, and naturally knew how to recognize the weather better than them.
Walking all the way along the edge of the desert, after walking for about two hours, An Xu finally saw some green, the signs of desertification here are not too serious, at least the area is more suitable for human habitation than just now.
To be honest, this desert is too big and too vast, An Xu felt a tremor when he stood on the side, let alone stepped into it, fortunately, he didn't need to enter this desert to reach the Cold Mountain Clan.
"That kind of sand monster, is there a lot? I didn't see any of them! An Xu suddenly said, to be able to force humans to such a situation, there must be a lot of those monsters, why did they walk for so long, and they didn't see a single one.
Answering An Xu's Qiaoqiao, she said crisply: "Those sand monsters are afraid of the sun, and they don't dare to come out during the day!" ”
Even a little girl knows that this seems to be common sense, An Xu secretly blamed herself for not asking clearly, and she was on guard for so long along the way.
"Turn the dirt slope in front of you and you'll be to the location of the tribe!" Han Shan pointed to the small hill in front of him, but the expression on his face was not so optimistic.
"What's wrong?" Xu Wei said strangely.
"On that hillside, there are usually people guarding the hill, but now there is no movement at all, I'm afraid!" Han Shan Rui's face was full of worry.
"Let's go over and have a look!"
An Xu took the lead in the front, bypassing a low hill, a flat land appeared in front of him, and it was even more rare that there was a stream, although it was very shallow, but in this dry environment, it was already an extremely rare thing to find a water source.
There are obvious signs of settlement on this flat land, but now it is a mess, and the ground is charred and black, recording that there was a fire here, and some of the ruins of some ruins of the ruins of the burning of some ruins.
Judging by the size of this settlement, it should be able to accommodate hundreds of people.
An Xu walked up quickly, looked around carefully, relaxed a little, and said: "There are no corpses and bloodstains, and only the house has burned down, but other things are not there, it seems that your people have withdrawn." ”
"Well, it's our habit, every time we evacuate, we burn things and stop those sand monsters!" Seeing that the situation he was most worried about did not happen, Hanshan Rui was also relieved: "I just don't know where they have moved!" ”
At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded from the pile of rocks in the distance, An Xu's face tightened, and he was about to enter the guard, but Han Shan Rui said happily: "It's a member of our clan!" ”
As he spoke, Han Shan Rui pinched his fingers in his mouth and blew the same whistle, and two figures came out of the pile of rocks and ran over quickly.