Episode 42: Adventure Again!

[The door of adventure is open, adventure mission: lost in the desert!]

Main quest: Survive in the Great Desert of the Western Regions of the Sixth Parallel World for a month, complete the task, return to the starting point, and get a chance to repair the whole body and a primary mysterious treasure chest;

Side quest 1: Hunting, kill a desert sea god kun, complete the quest, and get a primary mystery chest;

Side quest 2: Treasure hunting, find the ruins of the former golden ancient city in the Western Desert, complete the task, and obtain an intermediate mysterious treasure chest;

Quest items: a flint and steel, a water bottle, a dog-leg knife, a treasure hunt map, and a desert travel outfit;

Quest Tips: Rookie, although you have passed the introductory trial, you are still far from becoming a real adventurer, so it is necessary to solemnly remind you that in the desert, there are many dangers, in addition to the harsh natural environment, you may also encounter more terrible threats: your kind, adventurers, treasure hunters, and even sand thieves, please put away your mercy and be vigilant, otherwise......... At one's own risk!

Prey Tips: The Desert Sea Divine Kun, an ancient strange fish recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, is also known as a dry fish, which usually lives in the dark rivers and quicksand under the desert.

Treasure hunt tips: The Golden Ancient City, a mysterious ancient city made of gold in the legend of the Sixth Parallel World, contains all the wealth of the thirty-six ancient countries in the Western Regions, and you will be rich if you find it!]

It was night, and after zero o'clock, the portal pattern on Cheng Fei's left forearm suddenly bloomed, reflecting the void in front of him, forming a blue light door.

The door of adventure opened again, and suddenly, a huge suction force exploded, and Cheng Fei didn't even have time to react, and the whole person was sucked into it.

This time, Cheng Fei did not lose consciousness, he found himself in a strange space, in front of him, a flint and steel, a kettle, a dog-legged knife, a parchment roll, and a set of gray clothes.

[Adventurer, you have ten minutes, please change your adventure equipment as soon as possible, after ten minutes, you will enter the mission location and start the adventure. 】

After receiving the information, Cheng Fei didn't dare to delay, he hurriedly moved, he changed his clothes first, this desert travel outfit includes a vest, a shirt, a coat, a **, a pair of trousers, a belt, a pair of cotton socks and a pair of high-waisted boots, all gray, but not rustic, it fits well and is very comfortable after wearing.

Immediately, he put the flint and steel in his jacket pocket, the parchment roll in his bosom, the kettle and the dog-leg knife hanging from his waist, and after a little tidying, the ten-minute time limit came, and his vision changed, and he appeared in the sky above a desert.

It was twenty or thirty meters from the ground, but even so, Cheng Fei could clearly feel that the heat coming from the ground, underneath, was like an oven.

"Not good!"

Unable to allow him to condescendingly observe his surroundings, he suddenly found that his body was falling rapidly, and before the exclamation in his mouth had fallen, his whole body had fallen to the ground.

It was too abrupt, and the transmission of the Gate of Adventure did not have any warning, even if Cheng Fei was a martial artist with a successful cultivation, it was difficult to react in this situation.

Fortunately, there is a sand dune below, all of which are soft sand, and Cheng Fei's body is strong, so although he is a little embarrassed, he is not injured.

Affected by the huge impact, the small sand dunes suddenly collapsed, and Cheng Fei had to follow the sand along the slope on the side of the sand dunes to slide down, rolling all the way until he came to the bottom of the sand dunes.

"Whew!"

When he came back to his senses, Cheng Fei hurriedly spit out the sand in his mouth with a bitter face, compared to the last time he landed on a desert island in a daze, this time the situation was obviously worse, and he was now covered in sand.

Energetic, struggling to shake, Cheng Fei shook off the sand in his clothes, and then looked around, and saw that except for a few low plants, there was yellow sand rolling, and when the wind blew, it rolled in the air, like a hazy yellow mist, and under the sun's irradiation, even the air became extremely scorching.

Cheng Feiyi frowned, he had to put the coat and hat on his head to avoid direct sunlight, which was very important to avoid dizziness in the sun and loss of judgment.

Immediately, he crouched down and grabbed a handful of sand from under a low plant, and the sand was so hot that it looked like it had been fried on a hot pan, and he couldn't help but frown.

To survive in the desert, the first thing to face is the extremely harsh natural environment here, the desert during the day, the temperature can reach up to 45 degrees Celsius, and the biggest problem of survival here is water.

Water is the source of life.

In such a high temperature environment, an adult needs at least three to five liters of water to maintain the normal metabolism of the human body. At this point, even if Cheng Fei's cultivation of martial arts has broken through to the realm of dark energy, and he can lock the pores around his body, it is difficult for him to have too much advantage compared to ordinary people.

Of course, there is not no water in the desert, at least, at a depth of seven or eight meters under his feet, there should be an underground river, which is why there are still plants in such a dry desert.

But it's a pity that this is useless for Cheng Fei, because he lacks the corresponding tools and can't get groundwater at all.

The ground of the desert is not all sand, at least, where there are plants, the soil is also fine, and the rock layer is difficult to break through, even if Cheng Fei's force is extraordinary, he has to weigh and think.

Fortunately, the underground river is not the only source of water in the desert.

Because, even in the great desert full of yellow sand, there are also land rivers, or natural basins that hoard a large amount of rainwater, forming oases in the desert, which are the happy land in the desert, which nourishes countless creatures in the desert and gives opportunities to travelers in the past.

There is no doubt that whether it is finding a land river or a desert oasis, Cheng Fei can easily obtain a large amount of fresh water.

Before he can do that, though, there's one more important thing he needs to do, and that's to flip through the treasure map that the Adventure Gate has given him.

Open the parchment scroll, which contains the route to the Golden Ancient City and related information.

As a once glorious country, legend has it that the Golden Ancient City sits on the edge of an ancient river channel facing southwest of the Peacock River.

The Peacock River, the largest river in the Western Desert, originates from the inland sea of the border city and flows to the depths of the Western Desert.

The river was diverted and there was no water source, which may be the reason why the Golden Ancient City was submerged in the river of time.

Therefore, if Cheng Fei wants to find the Golden Ancient City, he must first find the Peacock River, and then find the Southwest Ancient Road along the Peacock River to have a chance of success.

Treasure hunting aside, if he wants to survive in the desert for a month, water is indispensable, and the Peacock River, as the largest river in the Western Desert, is undoubtedly the best source of water.

Therefore, whether it is for the mission or for survival, finding the Peacock River is his primary goal now.

With a fixed mind, Cheng Fei climbed a sand dune, looked around, and finally found a Gobi not far away as a reference, and determined his current location.

Unfortunately, according to the map, there is no land-based water source nearby. But at the same time, thankfully, the location he is in now is not too far from the Peacock River.

However, even so, it is not easy to find the Peacock River in the vast desert, so in order to survive, he must leave.