98. Steep Change!
A short time later, he and several of his men rode to the place the spy had mentioned.
It was a wilderness less than 10 kilometers away from the mountain. A small river flows quietly from west to east, surrounded by river beaches and grasslands. The water is crystal clear, with pebbles sinking to the bottom and occasionally reflecting sparkling waves.
The surrounding ground was covered with grass and wildflowers, and a little farther away there were a few small hills on which the breeze blew and the grass on the knolls floated like waves.
At first glance, the area is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, and the ecological restoration is excellent.
But terror brews in this silent wasteland – the human corpses that can be seen everywhere seem to tell of what horrible things have happened here! There was no smell of blood in the air, because—there was no creature blood strewn on the ground.
Those corpses were obviously the defense troops who had just gone out of the city for exercises not long ago, and their shriveled uniforms clearly indicated their identities.
They are soldiers of Shacheng.
But, incomprehensibly, their bodies seem to have been sucked dry of all the water in their bodies by something!
A frightened and distorted face, a gaping mouth, and no eyeballs in the deep-set eye sockets, which were black holes. And those stiff, outstretched hands and arms, as if desperately trying to reach something? Almost every corpse became a dried corpse!
"Look! on their bodies! One man shouted.
Following the direction of his finger, General Lu Feng saw that the clothes on the body of a certain corpse were like turning into extremely fine powder, blown by the wind, and drifted away! All that was left was the shriveled corpse, still holding on to the ground in horror.
Some parts of the body are translucent, and bones can be faintly seen! ……
The skin on his body was actually blown up with some powder in a gust of wind! After the powder is gone...... It was as if an apple had been bitten off, and a piece was missing.
At this time, except for the occasional "whoosh" sound of the wind blowing the grass, there was a deathly silence all around.
Except for a few of them, there is not a single living creature in sight! They also found several dead birds not far away, and their bodies were just as dry!
Everyone was horrified, and there were dozens of corpses of guards scattered in the wilderness in front of them! Moreover, almost all of them were armed, but those weapons were clearly not used.
That's a strange thing!
This can only mean one thing - even these dead people don't know how they died, otherwise how could they not have fired a single shot.
This sight made all the living people creepy......
What did they encounter? Is this the way to die?
Although the cause of death is unknown, it is certain that the cause of death is related to water. The water on their bodies, including the water in their eyes and blood, was gone, as if they had been drained.
Who did this? Or what did it do? ……
As they examined, and secretly feared in their hearts, the old man spoke.
"No! It's too dangerous...... Come on!! You can't stay here for long! ”
Lu Feng frowned and said decisively.
Several people didn't even dare to come out, and their little hearts were "fluttering" in their bodies, and they quickly evacuated.
However, just as they were about to turn away, a sudden change occurred! Suddenly there was a hissing sound not far away!
"Not good! That, that's our horse! One of the spies cried out in horror.
Everyone looked in the direction from which the hissing voice had come from......
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Not long ago, Daddy and the others passed through a pre-civilized city.
There were huge mansions and intricately curving streets, but no one, not a single trader or traveler could see them.
On that street, you can even see a strange billboard in the shape of a swimming ring, which seems to be an advertisement for some kind of resort, about a quarter of which is deeply inserted into the façade of a nearby building, which must have been a lively resort area in the past.
The nearest town is only a few dozen kilometers away. Daddy, they soon saw the city in the desert from afar.
Like a pearl set in a yellow desert crown, the "Sand City" is full of domed buildings and massive overhead ditches that lead to the city from the huge mountains to the north of the city.
Several small towns are dotted around the vast land of "Sand City", and these towns are not far away, at most hundreds of kilometers.
In a small town closest to the east of the mountain range, there is an underground farm left over from hundreds of years ago, No. 15, which relies on the continuous flow of water from the mountains into the ground, watering the land and feeding more than 20,000 people in and around the town!
This desert was originally formed by rising from the bottom of the lake, but the water has long since receded over the past few hundred years, forming a new surface in other low-lying areas, leaving only some strangely shaped underwater rocks, like countless giant pebbles, which were built high by the hands of giants like building blocks.
These rock pillars, which are tens of meters high, are precarious, but they are still standing! Patches towered over the ground, accompanied by the endless yellow sand and gravel and the howling wind.
The terrain of Sand City is a little higher than the surrounding area, and it can be said that it is the least affected piece of land in the surrounding area.
The size of those deserts is now decreasing, because there is fertile soil under the yellow sand, which has been deposited for millions of years, so many places have been artificially mined and turned into land where food can be grown!
This is also thanks to the ruling royal family of Sand City, which has been operating in this area for hundreds of years.
I don't know why, they saw a few convoys heading for Shacheng on the road, but they rarely saw people coming out of the direction of Shacheng.
This is a very strange thing, has the export trade of Shacheng stopped?
"Huh? Do you see that cloud? It's red, and it looks very unique! It was Chen Liuwang's voice.
As far as everyone could see, the clouds were floating over the northern mountains, which was indeed rare.
"By the way, the 10 people who went to Shacheng in advance, I don't know what the situation is? Get in touch. ”
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One of his men used his psychic powers to awaken the device and make contact with the city thugs.
They had already separated two waves, and both of them had already chosen their own footholds, and the city could see the guards patrolling the streets, and there was nothing else to pay attention to.
Su Xingtian's brows furrowed, as if he had sensed something.
"Maybe I'm overthinking...... I think there are more troops in the city than before, and the guards in Shacheng used to have so many guards after nightfall, why are there so many people during the day now? ”
Old Man Su thought about it and wanted to find out the reason, but he couldn't think of it at all.
"You can only go to the city! By the way, it's safe for us to stay, right? Daddy said disapprovingly.
"Don't worry, it's the most reliable place I've ever arranged in the city. If there is a problem with that place, then you can only live in the emperor's palace...... Hehe! ”
Old Man Su swore an oath.
"Well, it looks like it's time for us to disguise ourselves." Raven reminded.
That's right, it's time for them to change their identities in this place.
Old Man Su took out some disguised props from his bag.
This is what he has always kept on his body, and he can take it out and use it at any time, and it will immediately become unrecognizable, and even the most familiar people will not be able to recognize him.
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In a good mood, today's manuscript exceeded 400,000, and a new chapter was added.