Chapter 10: Dune Trolls
If the jade pendant was taken away, who took it in the end? Lu Qing recalled the contents of the notes left by the black-robed man, and suddenly thought that there would be a possibility that the Pisces jade pendant might have been destroyed during this time period. And those who destroyed it must be related to the compatriots mentioned by the man in the black robe. So who are they?
Thinking of this, Lu Qing couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. If the jade pendant is really destroyed, then the deal with the beaver will not be reached. Who will care if he lives or dies then?
"There's something up ahead." The beaver climbed onto the sand and beckoned Lu Qing to lean against him. But when he looked through the sand dunes in front of him, he didn't see anything.
"I didn't see anything." Lu Qing wondered.
"Keep an eye on the sand dunes over there." The beaver pointed to the position in front of us on the left, and his whole body tensed, as if he had encountered a tanuki in great danger.
Following the direction of the beaver, Lu Qing saw that the sand dunes not far away were indeed a little strange. It's noon, and the sun is scorching. There was not a hint of wind. So why do the dunes move slowly? Thinking of this, his mood also became nervous.
"Guess what that is?" Lu Qing asked cautiously.
"I don't know, but it seems to be a big volume. Don't act rashly, I don't want to die here. The beaver shook his head, his expression grim.
While Lu Qing and the mountain beaver were closely watching the slowly moving sand dunes in front of them, the sand pile under their bodies seemed to be slowly moving upward.
"Do you feel the sand sinking in front of you?"
"That seems to be the case......
As the sand below moved faster and faster, Lu Qing and the beaver glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the fear in each other's eyes.
"Mongolian worms." The beaver roared, and Lu Qing and the two rolled away in opposite directions. As the thing was unearthed, the sand rolled up, completely blocking the line of sight, and the two could only flee forward in a panic.
At this moment, the sand dunes in front of them suddenly stopped moving, and a column-shaped thing broke through the sand, like a giant snake half bent in the air. This is what Lu Qing and the two of them know...... It turned out to be a giant tail. When Lu Qing turned his head, he only saw a terrifying head burrowing into the sand again. It was the scariest creature he had ever seen in his life, and the beaver was gone.
Lu Qing realized that the situation was not good, and the mountain beaver was probably already more than lucky. Immediately ran towards the desperate in front of him.
In the desert near Lop Nur, the big snake and his party were galloping desperately, and it seemed that they had also encountered some kind of deadly threat.
"Steel ghost, report the location of that thing." The serpent asked as he gasped.
"It seems to have disappeared." The steel ghost stared at the instrument screen in his hand, a little incomprehensible.
"Look ahead!" At this time, Black Gold looked at the yellow sand and dust rolling in the distance and shouted a warning.
"Damn, what's that? Sandstorm? The serpent turned to Golden-Eye.
"Not really." The golden eyes frowned.
"Not good, sir...... I detected a life fluctuation. This thing is bigger than the one in the back! Cold sweat broke out on the steel ghost's forehead.
lost the beaver, Lu Qing also lost supplies, there was no food, and the water in the kettle was about to bottom out. When he was exhausted, he finally saw the ruins of an earthen building in front of him. It may be the legendary ancient city of Loulan, but now it seems that the scale of the ancient city is much larger than I remembered. And many of the buildings are not as dilapidated as they could have been.
When he was about to approach the ancient city, Lu Qing suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon. The mud walls on the periphery of the ancient city are not so dilapidated, and when you look closely, they look like they were newly built.
"Isn't this ......?"
By this time, the sun was about to set. The ancient city of Loulan stretched out a long shadow on the sand dunes, like a group of giant beasts that had just come out of their nests, searching for fresh prey.
After a while, Lu Qing heard some faint sounds from the ruins of the ancient city, and when I gradually got closer, a strong foul smell also penetrated into my nostrils. Lu Qing felt as if he had smelled this stench somewhere, and after carefully identifying it, he found that it was a foul smell from the dead black-robed man. This smell is very unique, with a hint of sourness in it.
"Could it be that there are the same dead people in the ruins?" Lu Qing's heart was terrified.
At this time, the sound became clearer and clearer, as if someone was digging a hole with a shovel. At this time, Lu Qing gradually sketched a terrifying picture in his mind. A group of foul-smelling corpses rose from the ground, digging their graves with sharp claws.
Suddenly, a foul smell came from behind him, and Lu Qing was instantly soaked in cold sweat. But he didn't look back, but quietly gripped the alloy handle. When the stench grew stronger, he suddenly took out his knife and turned his head to slash at the thing.
The alloy knife was far sharper than expected, and the thing behind it was split in two from the shoulder to the ribs. After Lu Qing saw that thing clearly, he was horrified. This turned out to be a woman with a high degree of decay all over her body. Green bodily fluids gushed out from the knife, and the stench almost stunned the person. But before he could come to his senses, dozens of pairs of rotting arms came out of the surrounding sand.
"It must be a hallucination." Lu Qing held the alloy knife, his palms were sweating, and he prayed in fear. When those things crawled out of the sand, Lu Qing finally stopped having a fluke mentality. They were slowly surrounding, and the horror was that this group of people looked like the woman who had just been split in two, as if they had been completely copied.
At this time, Lu Qing was almost frightened crazy, and fled for his life in the direction of the ruins of the ancient city. But just as he fled into the ruins of the ancient city, the rotting crowd stopped the pursuit, but looked in the direction of the ruins of the ancient city in a daze, not daring to take a step.
By this time, the sun had completely set, and the earth was plunged into darkness. How long would the world have been lost without Starlight?
Not far from the ruins of the ancient city, the five Great Snakes surrounded a dead behemoth.
"From the outside, it looks like a Mongolian worm. But it seems to be too big. "The steel ghost circled around the giant creature in a strange way.
"Judging by the wound, it was killed by something cut from the inside." Black Gold examined the wound on the giant creature's neck and came to a conclusion.
"Did you feel anything?" The serpent turned to Golden-Eye.
"I didn't feel the breath of the holy thing, it had nothing to do with the holy thing. I said a long time ago that I see a hidden threat. Goldeneye shook his head.
When Black King Kong wanted to examine the giant creature further, the green spider, which had been silent, suddenly stopped.
"You don't want to die? This thing has strong acids in its blood. ”
At this time, the face of the Great Snake became more and more grim, he was the oldest of the nine divisions and the martyr who performed the most missions. The sensitivity to crisis is much stronger than others. And the threat that Goldeneye foresaw also made him feel uneasy.
"All on high alert and marching in the direction of the Revelator. Steel ghost, if necessary, can turn on the reserve energy. The serpent gave orders to several people.
"Yes, sir."
After escaping into the ruins of the ancient city, Lu Qing had completely lost his way. Those dilapidated buildings that have been silent for an unknown amount of time are like the tombstones of the deceased, telling the eternal loneliness and grief. Lu Qing didn't have any plans and didn't know what to do next. It is like a lamb that has lost the protection of its shepherd, groping its way home in the cold and dark grassland.
The sound of gold and iron intersecting in the ruins of the ancient city became louder and louder, and the stench became stronger and stronger. Before he was separated from the beaver, Lu Qing had always pinned his hopes on the beaver. This dependence makes him more controllable and more likely to fall victim to others. The boundless fear made Lu Qing become more and more sober, and gradually realized that he had to be strong, to try to change his mentality, to escape from the cage, from a monkey to a fighter fighting for survival. Only when you get the jade pendant can you get the chips to save your life.
The silver alloy folding knife was tightly held in his hand, and Lu Qing's steps gradually became solid. He kept recalling the adage that the best way to overcome fear is to face it and destroy it with all your might.