Chapter 9: Corpse Sand Turtles!
After a long journey, I finally arrived at a sandy ridge mountain range at dusk, which looked like a giant turtle mountain, and only a few people stopped to rest when they walked here, and only after walking here could you see the oasis marked on the map for the past three kilometers.
Having an oasis means that there is a small town nearby, and thinking of this, everyone has to grit their teeth and persevere.
From the map, it is known that the territory in front of you is the territory of the ghoul sand turtle, and the ghoul sand turtle is a dangerous predator, although it is not difficult, but the defense is extremely high, even if it is a modified bullet, it may not be able to penetrate and cause damage, this is their territory, among which the lord of the ghoul sand turtle is the corpse turtle king, which is also a more tricky dangerous existence, and there is only a dead end for him to be targeted.
"Take a detour or cross the road?"
Everyone waited quietly, and those people were standing at the entrance of the Sand Ridge Mountains, and a breeze was coming from between the cracks at any time, and the wind with sand particles was blowing wildly, and a lot of broken sand would come out of their mouths, and there would be such a sand wind blowing out about every ten seconds.
Predators have a characteristic, that is, they are very tightly guarded in their territory, even if the foraging predator intrudes into the territory of another race, the moment they step in, even if they run out of the territory, they will be chased and killed by predators in the territory of other races, until the moment they are killed, the corpse will be dragged back to the territory as food to be divided and eaten.
"If you go straight across it, you can save at least 1.5 kilometers of travel."
"But we can't take the risk, it's a longer route, and it's safer to walk an extra three kilometres."
The two people in the team were obviously arguing fiercely, and they were obviously about to come to a conclusion, and some of them had no say at all and stood aside to watch a few people arguing, but they knew that they couldn't find a solution just by arguing, they had a dry mouth, and at first they were still arguing fiercely, and when their stomachs were gurgling, they quickly lost their spirits.
Frey was silent and did not speak, of course he was looking at this matter from the standpoint of a bystander, even if it was a way to keep the whole team alive, even if the process was dangerous, it would be a good thing to survive, but now it seems that even if it is fixed in two choices, he must find the most suitable decision among the two options.
Many people have looked at him, in the process of crossing the desert, too many people already know the use of the beard, and it is also he who taught everyone to quench their hunger and thirst with cacti, biting the corners of their clothes when they are hungry and thirsty, so as to at least ensure that the water in their mouths is not lost too quickly, and at this juncture, everyone's words are extremely fierce.
One side thinks that it is worth taking a little risk to get out of this place of death, it is nothing to die a few people, anyway, there are people in the team who died first, and the final result is to let most people get out alive, and the other side thinks that these people's statements are nonsense, everyone is a comrade-in-arms, take the longest road to get out, even if you walk a little more, it is good to go out a lot more safely?
There are stubborn people between the two, and there is no way to reach a consensus for a while.
"Then divide the team."
After a long silence, Frey raised his head slightly, and a sharp gaze glanced around the people around him.
The companions were immediately stunned, not knowing what he had just said.
Some of the people had already heard it clearly, but still wanted to hear him talk about his opinion, which caused dissatisfaction from people on both sides, and one of them stood up from each camp, and one of them shouted: "Isn't it quite capable along the way?" Command this and command that, what if you say a word? β
Another person hurriedly said: "I just want to listen to your choice, I will follow you whatever you say, we are comrades-in-arms, even if we die, we will die together." β
"Hmm~" Frey sighed slightly, and after a long time, he said: "In my opinion, both parties have their own ideas, and if they think they are right, they will do it, I would rather walk a little more, so that at least I can have a better chance to get out of here..."
"But ah, I also feel that it's not easy to come here, just go out so safely, isn't there something missing, compared to the safety of life, I also want to see those powerful creatures, I used to see their strength in books, and now, I have the opportunity to see their deities, not in the laboratory specimens, such a good opportunity can not be given up..."
At the same time, impatience appeared on the faces of the two parties, the black lines on their foreheads were squeezed violently, after listening to some words, after the two parties violently pinched each other, the two factions each packed up their weapons to ensure the safety of their lives, it is better to have an iron guy in hand than to listen to someone's nonsense, they plan to be the roads of each state, Duan Shuai was originally the big hero of this team, and both sides were good people, but at this time, they were also pushed aside by both factions, and both were not pleased.
"I said you, they've all them off, we have to have a place to go, which way do we choose?" Duan Shuai said with his forehead raised.
Frey glanced at Duan Shuai, then glanced back at the other three people who were willing to follow him, and his eyes were focused on the man behind Flot, and he immediately asked: "Which way do we go next, to be honest, I don't know how to choose at all, Nordsty, can you still hear us?" Which way do you think you should go. β
After all, Nosday belongs to the type of psychopath, which completely depends on Nosdi's judgment of danger, and on the one hand, Frey does not want to get caught up in the entanglement of the two factions.
And he deliberately became the neutral side, or rather, Frey himself is a more selfish type of person who wants to have a team of his own.
In a large pile of clothes behind Flote's back, a blue arm suddenly stretched out, and he weakly raised his finger and pointed in the other direction of the Sand Ridge Mountain Range, and a voice immediately resounded in his mind and said, "Across the territory... When it is strong, it is strong... I feel the same sense of danger in everyone, danger everywhere... Maybe there's no safe way to go... Don't forget, this is the territory of the predators.... The choice is up to you, as long as you think you are right, go straight down, don't look back, and go all the way to the dark..."
These words were very plain, Frey and the others sat down around, and after eating the rest of the dry food, even if they died, they would rather be a full ghost, and would rather die than be a starving ghost, of course, there are still people who can't eat, there is no edible water, and the dry dry food stuffed into the mouth will only be difficult to swallow, and Ai Russia would rather die of thirst than drink urine.
Duan Shuai laughed and said, "Come on, brother, don't choke, drink mine, pure, not urine." At the same time, he put the kettle on the ground on the side.
"Thank you, I don't thank anyone, but I still have to say thank you now."
Ai Russia took a big sip of the kettle, then patted his chest, and then reluctantly swallowed the food in his mouth, he shook the kettle to the bottom, Ai Russia was still a little humane, and left some water for Duan Shuai.
"No thanks, I'm not the kind of person who loves to help others, now we are all grasshoppers on a rope, get out alive, we will be good opponents... Even if it's death... Now I'm content..."
Duan Shuai didn't take it seriously, buried his head in eating the dry food in his hand, then mixed it with a little water left, and swallowed it directly in his stomach without chewing.
A dark red cloud appeared in the sky of the horizon, like the red fire of the prairie burning in the sky, and it took a quarter of an hour to finish eating, except for the previous exchange with each other, they fell into a deep silence with each other, as if no one liked to talk, and both sides were communicating with each other in terms of eyes and movements.
"Let's go!" Frey stood up suddenly.
The others were silent and suddenly nodded, and threw the kettle directly on the ground, and the four of them followed Frey into the interior of the Sandback Mountains.
"Listen, it's like a strange soundβ" Frey pricked up his ears, and his extremely sharp ears suddenly heard a voice in the distance.
Strange noises were coming from far and near, like a ghostly roar, terrifying to hear, but Frey quickly calmed down, knowing that it was nothing more than the sound of a crack in the rock rubbing against the air.
They walked slowly inside, not daring to run at a fast pace, because it was tantamount to looking for death, predators are extremely sharp about sounds and smells, especially the predators of the race of corpse-eating sand turtles, they can feel movement within a radius of 100 meters against the ground, so the sound of walking cannot have too much movement.
"We're going to walk slowly, I'm afraid it will take some time, but it's going to work, it's possible... Maybe... It is possible that we can safely cross to the edge of the oasis without encountering any predators. β
Duan Shuai couldn't help but sigh.
The others nodded, and as they continued to go deeper, soon, the dusk sky had fallen, and the sky gradually became dark, and soon after, they had to rely on a little faint light to follow the road forward, and the sound of breathing between each other sounded rapidly, because of the light, the urgent depression made everyone dare not gasp.
It didn't take long to go...
Hey?!
Someone between the five suddenly let out a slight low cry, Flort had a premonition that he had stepped on a hard object, and couldn't help but stop, cold sweat was already breaking out on his back, and he couldn't help lowering his head to dig out a piece of sand around him, but when a raised rock appeared at his feet, he took a deep breath, patted his chest repeatedly, and whispered: "No, it's a stone, okay, we can continue walking." β
"Huh!?" Suddenly, Ai Russia was stunned, and then smiled: "It turned out to be a stone, I seem to have stepped on a hard object, really, there are so many stones here!" β
He lowered his head to look, but when his eyes touched the hard object under his feet, a black carapace on the ground was flashing with spiral lines, and from that moment, a pair of blood-red light flashed from the carapace, and a pair of fangs squeezed out of the shell.
The next moment, a ghostly roar stirred, and the next moment, the surrounding sand piles intensified and wriggled, and spiral black turtle shells floated from the bottom of the sand!