Chapter 96

Early the next morning, the convoy went back along the same route, and had not encountered any other mercenary team until it had retreated ten miles. At the same time, the middle-aged leader has asked the man in the jacket to find a feasible route, and now that the trees in the forest are not so dense, the convoy can leave the original road and return to the main road from other roads.

When the convoy was completely able to take a fork in the road, surprisingly, there was still no mercenary team coming from behind. Thinking about it, everyone was the first to bypass the rear of the area with rotting corpses, leaving traces of ruts, so there should be a lot of mercenary teams in the rear, but at the moment, there is not a single mercenary team, and the whole team, including Lin Xuanzhong, waited in place for a long time under the instructions of the middle-aged team leader, and everyone had a bad premonition, as if the team had been completely separated.

The next step is to either go forward or backward, but since there is no mercenary team in the rear, the retreat route is likely to be cut off, so the best thing to do now is to find another way out, and then let the convoy return to the main road as soon as possible.

For mercenary teams, the main lane is the safest route. Half a day later, the men in Tsing Yi came back, and after continuous investigation, they could walk on the left and right, but the road on the right was better. Now it is possible to return the team to the original path in both directions, so the middle-aged team leader needs to make a choice.

The other main road is on the left, and since he is still planning for the possibility of not being able to return to the main road, although the road on the right is in better condition, the middle-aged leader still plans to go on the left.

After setting off again, everyone remained vigilant, and those who were supposed to be scouting the way ahead did not leave the group for the time being.

The car moved slowly, and everything was normal for now. Now the location of the convoy is nearly 200 miles away from the post station, and there is no village in front of the village, and there is no store in the back. In the opinion of the middle-aged leader, if the mercenary team is really in danger, then it is only in this area that is most likely, so it is best for everyone to be careful.

Surprisingly, after half a day, the convoy moved surprisingly smoothly, and did not encounter a single robber, not even a single beast.

In this primitive area, in fact, fierce beasts are quite common, but they haven't encountered any of them, and after half a day, everyone feels unbelievable. Now that they have been on the road for a long time, they have not only returned to the main road, but they have not encountered any danger on the road, and many people in the team have relaxed a lot. Now after the convoy stopped to rest, everyone was busy cooking.

At dinner, we gathered in twos and threes to chat non-stop. I have returned to the main road, only more than two hundred miles away from the city that never sleeps, and everything is developing in a good direction for everyone, so there are many topics to discuss, and in the past three days, it may be the most lively tonight, and everyone has the most hearty food.

At night, because it is on the main road, everyone no longer worries about sudden danger when resting.

I don't know how long it has been, a rustling sound came, and Lin Xuanzhong, who was disturbed and did not sleep deeply, suddenly opened his eyes.

At the same time, someone outside lifted the window. "Wake up, there's something going on outside!" the sound was not loud, but it was enough to wake up the vigilant crowd in the carriage.

"What's going on?" someone in the carriage whispered.

"Get out of the car first, be careful. "The people outside didn't explain much, just briefly explained.

Then, Lin Xuanzhong followed the others and got down from the carriage lightly. Standing outside the carriage, Lin Xuanzhong was surprised to find that the entire mercenary team was standing, and no one spoke.

Following them, Lin Xuanzhong himself tried to listen intently to the voice coming from a distance.

The rustling sound kept coming, similar to the sound that woke him up just now, Lin Xuanzhong knew that he was awakened by this sound just now.

The sound became more and more distinct, as if something was approaching the convoy.

"A few of you come with me to take a look, and the others stay behind to protect the convoy. It didn't take long for the middle-aged team leader to pick out a few fifth-order martial cultivators from the team, and then gave another order to the others.

Under the attention of everyone, the six people left soon, and the rest of the people did not know the specific situation in the distance, and they had already taken up their weapons under Mo Lingyun's orders.

didn't let everyone wait any longer, and soon the middle-aged team leader and the others came back, "Big brother, what's the matter?" After everyone looked at the middle-aged team leader, Mo Lingyun asked softly,

"A colony of sand ants is moving towards the convoy, about a mile away from the convoy, but the direction is not aimed at our convoy!" Under the moonlight, the middle-aged team leader's face was very quiet, and he simply told everyone about the situation.

"Big brother, should we move the convoy to another location?" Although the middle-aged team leader had already stated that the direction of the sand ants was not facing the convoy, Mo Lingyun was still a little uneasy.

"No, the convoy is too close to the sand ant colony right now, so it's best not to move. In the face of Mo Lingyun's inquiry, the middle-aged team leader quickly replied.

During the conversation between the two, the rustling sound became more pronounced, like some kind of large beast crawling, and just listening to the sound made people feel a tingling sensation on the scalp.

Regarding sand ants, Lin Xuanzhong had read some related content in the book before. The sand ant is a small ferocious animal that generally likes to nest in mud and sand, and usually feeds on grass. However, since it is a fierce beast, the size of the sand ant is naturally not small. Anyway, that's all Lin Xuanzhong knows about sand ants.

"Everybody be quiet and get ready for the fight. When the sand ant colony was getting closer, the middle-aged team leader still whispered a word of relief uneasily. Immediately, according to the instructions of the middle-aged leader, everyone stood lightly apart and surrounded the entire convoy.

When walking past the others, Lin Xuanzhong found that everyone had a more or less nervous look on their faces, as if they were afraid of a fierce battle with the sand ants, Lin Xuanzhong was a little puzzled why everyone was so afraid thinking that the sand ants were just a kind of beast that ate grass.

When Lin Xuanzhong looked puzzled, the rustling sound was getting closer and closer.

Not long after, a large black moving object appeared in everyone's sight. In the night, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't see the appearance of those sand ants clearly, and only saw the specific size of the sand ants when they appeared alone.

The fist is smaller than that of ordinary people, and one is so big, so from the perspective of the area of the entire black * domain, the number of sand ants in the sand ant colony is less than thousands. The number was indeed terrifying, but the sand ants traveled very fast, and it didn't take long for them to disappear into the night.

In fact, the rustling sound is not the sound of the sand ants stepping on the ground when they move, but the sound of the body rubbing between the sand ants, which is also the origin of the name of the sand ants.

After the sand ant colony left, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't quite understand why everyone was afraid of sand ants. Now that the ant colony has left, one by one they are really relieved and relaxed, and Lin Xuanzhong is observing the change in their expressions.

"It was really thrilling just now!" After the middle-aged team leader took the lead in accepting the weapon, Ye Yun sighed very exaggeratedly.

"Isn't it? If I had encountered so many sand ants alone, I would have run as far as I could. To Lin Xuanzhong's surprise, Lao Zhang's tone was not much worse. As soon as the two said this, Lin Xuanzhong became more and more curious about the sand ant colony.

"What's there to be afraid of those sand ants?" Walking next to Ye Yun and the others, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't help but express his doubts when everyone accepted their weapons and wanted to return to their original positions.

"Qingfeng, don't you know that sand ants are fierce beasts?"

"I know, but don't sand ants only eat grass?"

"It seems that you don't know the details," nodded with a smile, Zhang Qi continued: "Sand ants generally feed on grass, but when they are hungry, sand ants can still eat meat, whether they are humans or beasts, whether they are alive or dead, sand ants can eat them." ”

"Sand ants like to eat at night, and their sense of smell and hearing is the most sensitive at night, and the sand ants should have smelled the smell of dead corpses just now. ”

"You're saying those sand ants are likely to attack us?"

"Not necessarily, if the convoy is on the way to the sand ants, then there must be a way to avoid the sand ants. But we're not in the direction of the sand ants, as long as we don't provoke them. Ye Yun and Lao Zhang talked about the characteristics of sand ants one by one, and they had new insights into Lin Xuanzhong's ignorance, but they were both very active in answering doubts.

"What does this have to do with the direction of the sand ants?" Lin Xuanzhong was confused about what the two said that had nothing to do with their own problems. And even if he believed that the sand ants still ate meat, Lin Xuanzhong still couldn't fully understand what the two meant.

"The sand ant is a social beast, not very large, but generally numerous, just now it was just a small sand ant colony. However, no matter how big or small a sand ant colony is, their behavior is the same. Sand ants generally go straight and don't change their direction because of some obstacles. If the convoy was in the area they were going to pass through, we couldn't do anything to arouse their hostility, otherwise we would be attacked by sand ants. Whether it's a huge mammoth or ourselves, there will be no bones left to be gnawed by sand ants. ”

"Then we just need to stop those sand ants?" Lin Xuanzhong didn't know how powerful the sand ants' biting ability was, and he still felt that everyone didn't need to be afraid of those sand ants.

"You're saying it's simple, but you don't know that once we do it, it will only attract more sand ant colonies, and no one will want to run away at that time. Seeing that Lin Xuanzhong really didn't know anything about the characteristics of sand ants, and he didn't realize the power of sand ants at all, Ye Yun immediately explained with some hatred.