Chapter 349: The Sandstorm Strikes

As the night deepened, the temperature in the desert dropped dramatically again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The chill that permeated everyone's body had reached a very alarming level. Even with the players' physical fitness, which is far beyond ordinary people, they all feel a little overwhelmed.

Drake and the others even felt that if it weren't for the fact that this desert was too arid, and there was a serious lack of moisture in the air, I am afraid that the ground would have been able to form a thick layer of frost by now.

At this time, several hours had passed since Drake and his party found the footprints of the giant beast. And for a few hours, the players moved away from the area where the monsters might be infested almost as fast as they could.

I have to say that Drake and the others made a very wise choice, because less than ten minutes after they left the place where they found the footprints, a terrifying beast with an exaggerated size lazily walked past the place where everyone had stayed before.

It is a creature that looks somewhat similar to a lion in appearance, but unlike a lion, its hair has been replaced by a hideous carapace.

Coupled with the rows of white bone spurs on the top of the beast's head and back bulging, this giant beast looks even more fierce and difficult to provoke.

Thanks to the good habits of one of the players in the party, the breath and traces left by everyone are treated fairly cleanly. Although the behemoth noticed a slight anomaly in its territory, it did not choose to track down these unexpected visitors because it lacked more clues.

This has left players through the catastrophe before they know it.

As the morning approached, the sky began to brighten and the temperature warmed up rapidly.

After driving all night, even with everyone's physical fitness, they feel a little unbearable at the moment. Although Drake wanted to make as many trips as possible before the surface temperature of the desert rose too high, he had to worry about the physical wear and tear of his teammates, which might weaken his combat power.

In this strange environment, which can contain dangers, retaining a certain level of combat power at all times is one thing that players must consider!

So, after consulting the opinions of other players, Drake was ready to pause his progress and find a place to camp and rest for a while to recover his strength.

Camping in the desert requires a shelter from the wind, and in this desolate desert where not even a tall stone can be found, a towering sand dune not far away has become the only target for everyone to choose.

Sitting in the shadows with their backs against the dunes, everyone took advantage of this rare rest time to quickly replenish their exerted physical strength.

Seeing that his teammates had begun to rest, Drake also took out his water bladder from his backpack and took a sip.

"Goo~"

His thirsty and smoking throat was finally moisturized, and after a sip of water, Drake even felt that the cells in his whole body were active.

The corners of his mouth grinned, and Drake knew that this was due to a large lack of water in his body. The physical strength of the transcendents is far beyond that of ordinary people, which also means that more nutrients are needed to maintain the normal consumption of the body.

After a few more sips of water, Drake resisted the urge to continue drinking and carefully slipped his water bladder back into his backpack.

Although he still has plenty of water in his backpack, he doesn't know how long he's going to stay in the desert next, so he can save a little until he finds a water source.

Closing his eyes and regaining his strength, Drake, like the rest of the players, habitually checked his information in the Sen Luo Mark again.

Those physical attributes that have become familiar in the past few years and can no longer be familiar, Drake just habitually swept over, and stopped paying attention to them after finding that nothing had changed. But when he saw the value followed by a certain line of red flashing font in the "Task" column of his information sheet, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed.

“0.01%……”

This value could not be lower, but it only appeared after he found the footprints of the giant beast, and before that, this value had always remained at "0%", not moving at all.

"In just one month, can I really turn this value into 5%......

He was skeptical.

This value represents the player's progress in exploring the current mission world, that is, the degree of understanding of the information in this world.

Generally speaking, even the indigenous people of this world usually do not know more than five percent of the world as a whole. Therefore, in the dialect setting, as long as the task completion rate exceeds 5%, the player has completed the otherworldly exploration mission, and can get a reward after the mission time ends.

According to the dialect plan, the time limit of this otherworldly exploration mission is set to thirty days, and before the time is up, unless the player's exploration progress is pushed to five percent, only through the way of "death" can they have the opportunity to leave the cave world and return to the city of reincarnation.

Of course, if the player dies, it will be directly judged as a failure of the mission, and not only will they not get any rewards, but they will also have to pay for the cost of resurrection.

Fortunately, to the players' slight relief, there is no punishment for failure due to the danger inherent in this mission.

Otherwise, those players who died just after their arrival would really cry.

As for those players who survived in the Otherworld, according to the dialect setting, regardless of whether the exploration progress of their quest exceeded 5%, when the players stayed in the cave world for 30 days, the pre-set program would use the connection between the Senluo imprint in their body and the Senluo world to take the initiative to open the space-time tunnel and drag them back.

At that point, the clone "Senro" will start rewarding players according to their quest exploration progress.

Previously, Drake was also full of confidence when he first accepted the mission, and planned to do a big job and push the exploration progress of the mission to ten percent or even higher.

But the cruelty of reality makes him feel that it is unknown whether he can complete the basic task progress requirements within a month.

If he hasn't left the desert within the next month, or if he finds any useful information in the desert......

"Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!"

Drake thought silently.

At some point, the wind began to blow in the desert.

At first, the wind was small and unnoticed by many players, but as the wind gradually became stronger and began to lift the sand particles on the surface of the desert, some experienced players in the team couldn't help but frown.

"It's going to be the rhythm of a sandstorm......"

A few particles of sand swept through the players in the wind, and although even ordinary people don't care much about the force they bringed, the meaning of it made the players can't help but feel a little frightened.

If there is one thing that explorers are most worried about encountering in the desert, it is sandstorms that can definitely be ranked first! It is even more dangerous than water scarcity.

In the desert, when the storm that obscured the sky swept up the endless dust and sand, almost no living beings dared to face this terrible natural disaster.

These grains of sand, which seemed small in the past, will be driven by the storm to turn into sharp blades that can be cut into powder, destroying everything in the envelope!

Even when its power is maximized, it is not uncommon to destroy cities and countries and divert rivers and lands.

Throughout the ages, there have been many countries built in the desert that have been buried in the dust of history because of a sandstorm, and have become relics lamented by future generations.

The people who understood the danger of the sandstorm knew that they couldn't go any further, and they were all extraordinary beings with skills, but under this terrifying natural disaster, they were no different from ordinary people.

The first task now is to find a shelter that can block the sandstorm and serve as a shelter for everyone.

It's just that the desolation of this desert has really reached a certain extreme, not to mention the shelter at this moment, not even a stone of a different color from the sand can be found!

So there is only one choice left in front of the players, and that is to dig a shelter for themselves.

After a little discussion, they decided to dig a temporary shelter under the sand dunes where they had set up camp.

Not to mention, when it comes to digging holes, players really don't have a slight advantage over ordinary people. Those who have the skills use their skills, and those who don't have the right skills dig them themselves - and soon, a simple but sturdy shelter is gradually taking shape with the efforts of everyone.

At this moment, over the desert, the speed of the storm is unexpectedly fast, and the trend of forming sandstorms is becoming more and more obvious. At this time, even players who don't know about the desert can sense the oppression in the air.

Without further delay, after completing the last bit of excavation work as quickly as possible, the players quickly drilled into the "temporary shelter" they had dug and temporarily sealed the hole of the shelter.

If you don't, you'll still be filled with sand in a sandstorm, and it's no different from staying outside.

As for whether the shelter will be too closed and lack of oxygen to breathe, players are not worried. Such storms in the desert usually come and go quickly, and most of them are constantly moving, and do not stay in one place for too long.

What's more, even if there is a real lack of oxygen, there are still some emergency oxygen bags in the players' backpacks that can be used, which is more than enough to support for a while.

Adventure and survival items such as oxygen bags have been redeemed by almost every player before the mission begins.