Chapter 44: The Difficult Trek
Under the scorching sun, a team of men and horses walked in the desert.
The group of people were all wrapped in white cloth and rode on camels, and they could only see that they were tall, short, fat and thin, and could not distinguish between men, women, and children. With one exception, the man lay on a large plank, which was dragged by a thick rope, and was dragged by a camel at the back of the procession.
This person is naturally Pan Long.
It's not that he wants to play specialization, it's ...... He was barely able to trek through the desert.
Unless he uses the "Xiaoqiang Rush" skill, he will now walk into the desert, and only his head will be on the ground in one step, and the whole person will be trapped in it.
The agents of "Zion" were inexplicably surprised by his situation, but they couldn't help it. After some deliberation, it was the short girl Turin who came up with a solution to solve the problem.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even want to act with everyone.
...... You can't just let the whole team wait for him for hours every once in a while, right?
Even if others are willing, Pan Long himself is not willing, that is even more embarrassing!
Now, he can still lie down and cultivate the Nine Transformations Xuangong, slowly refining the power of the Earth Evil, and it is not a waste of time.
As for getting lost...... That's impossible, after the earth's evil quenching body, he is extremely sensitive to the flow of the earth's leylines, and can judge the direction by the direction of the underground leylines. As long as the terrain is not too closed, don't toss a lot of obstacles in a small area, let him go around, otherwise he will not be lost.
At this moment, the desert seemed to be empty and empty in everyone's eyes, but there was a very clear direction of the earth's leylines in his senses, and there was no need to worry about recognizing the wrong path at all.
Before you know it, you have walked for most of the day, and it is close to noon, and the sun is scorching, so you can only find a backlit sand dune shade to rest. Although Pan Long's plank had been exposed to the sun for a long time, it was cooler than sand, and more than one person ran to his plank, and Turin even shouted, "Finally, there is a piece of ground that is not hot for feet."
"How far is it from the ruins of that city?" asked Bighorn.
Pan Long had been secretly estimating the distance, and immediately replied: "At our current speed, it is estimated that it will take more than twenty hours to reach it." β
"That's two days, and you can't get lost after walking in the desert for two days?" asked a young guide, "Even the most experienced lizard guide can only go deep into the desert for one day at most." If you go any further, unless you can find a variety of road signs on the road, you will definitely get lost. β
"It's hard for me to explain it to you, but...... In this kind of open area on the ground, I am unlikely to get lost. "I can feel the direction of the qi veins of the earth under my feet, as if I have a map that I can compare at any time." β
"What does that feel like?" Anhill asked curiously.
"It doesn't feel anything special, it's like ...... There seem to be several rivers underground, large and small. The road we are walking on now is roughly along a 'river'. That's how you understand it. β
"It's an amazing feeling......," Anhill muttered, looking at Turin again, "Turin, I remember that your people also live underground, do you have the ability to do that?"
He asked twice without answering, and when he looked around, Turin was lying there, covering his head with a turban, and had fallen asleep.
"That's fast enough......"
After resting for about three or four hours, avoiding the hottest phase, the expedition continued to set off.
This time, they had to stop and camp until the sun went down in one breath, the heat of the desert was completely lost, their feet gradually became cold, and the night wind carried a biting chill.
"I'm going to walk like this for another day!" Turin sighed, "I feel like I'm about to be sun-cooked!"
Everyone sighed and sighed, and their mood was low.
Trekking in the desert is anything but pleasant, and even experienced adventurers can be frustrated at the end of the day.
In fact, they are relatively good, after all, there are many people, they take care of each other, and the goal is clear, and the distance is not too far.
If it's the kind of lone traveler who gets lost...... Many people in the desert are neither thirsty nor heated, but run desperately because of despair, and finally exhaust themselves to death.
After a good meal, I slept peacefully, and when we set off the next morning, we were already refreshed.
During the lunch break that day, the guide who climbed the sand dunes to look out was happy to tell everyone that near the distant horizon, a dark shadow could be faintly seen, which might be the ruins of the city of "Skolap" that they were looking for.
This discovery made everyone excited, and the electric snake even wanted to set off immediately, but was stopped by the big horn.
"Finding that city is just the beginning of the mission. "The real difficulty is what happens after you find the city." So we need to keep enough energy along the way and not let ourselves get too tired. β
Everyone naturally understood what he meant, and the electric snake nodded embarrassedly and sat down again.
By evening, they had come to the vicinity of an abandoned city that had been buried in the sand. Considering that it was getting late and that there might be terrifying beasts in that city, Bighorn camped on a sand dune about two kilometers from the city.
"You're so cautious. When he was on duty at night, Pan Long said, "When I ran for my life, I didn't escape so far." β
"That's because you're strong enough. Bighorn sighed, "You can tear granite with your bare hands, this power is one of the best in the whole of 'Zion', and there is probably only one person I've seen who can match you." So in the face of that giant beast, although you are afraid, you still have enough confidence. β
"But we are different, we don't have the confidence. If we get attacked by that monster at night, we'll be finished!"
He looked at the misty night, like a giant beast lying in the ruins of the city in the distance, sighed deeply, and shook his head from time to time.
Pan Long thought for a while and found a topic: "I'm very curious, why would someone build a city in the middle of the desert, do you know the reason?"
"It's not surprising that it's a mobile city," said Bighorn. They can run from oasis to oasis, and there will be no shortage of water after all. And it's not far from the forest - maybe they wanted to go to the forest to resupply, but something happened on the way. β
Pan Long noddedβhe also remembered that there was a kind of city in this world that could move. Although those cities do not move fast, with the help of professional natural disaster forecasters, they can still act in advance and avoid disasters.
In this city, any decent organization must have one or more mobile cities. There are no mobile cities, they can only live on the land, and once the disaster strikes, there is nowhere to escape, either die in the disaster, or completely lose all real estate and become homeless.
It's just that...... What kind of disaster can make this large-scale mobile city abandoned?
He asked the question.
Bighorn was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.
"I only hope that the calamity is over. β
Pan Long also sighed, but did not say his guess.
In his opinion, the "disaster" has not passed, but is still alive and kicking.
Tomorrow, when you explore the ruins, you will inevitably have to do one.