Chapter 139: Midnight Terror
The sun is shining on the earth, and the temperature here is extremely high. The distance between the outer city of the desert and the Death Desert was also very far, and Qin Chaoshan and his party set out late at night, and it took them all night to reach the edge of the Death Desert.
As soon as he came to the edge, the car suddenly sank, and Qin Lanshan, who was sleeping, woke up as soon as he felt his body fall. In order to get out of the desert as quickly as possible, each off-road vehicle is driven in turns. Qin Lanshan rubbed his eyes and saw the endless desert.
The off-road vehicle drove over the various sand dunes, and the speed slowed down significantly. Suddenly, the ground shook, and countless strands of sand jumped up from the ground in front of them. The sand, which had been dead on the ground, jumped on its own and looked like countless mosquitoes trying to fly away.
"What is this?" In the Second Age, he had never seen such a strange scene, and Qin Chaoshan was very amused.
Kabu smiled and introduced, "This is also a strange scene, we people in Desert City call it the Sand Fountain. The sand is a special kind of sand with some compressed gas in it, which expands and bursts in the early morning when heated, causing the sand to jump. This is due to the large temperature difference between day and night, and the presence of strong winds in the desert of death will turn the sand below up. So this kind of sand buried in the depths, constantly appearing, has no effect on us. ”
Qin Lanshan is also a person who loves to chat, and after crossing the desert in front of him, he can see some boulders appearing in the Death Desert from time to time. The color of the boulder changes slowly, this is a color-changing stone, which changes color according to the time of day. He looked at it with novelty, and Ka'b would explain it to him.
In the eyes of the people of the ancient desert city in the past, this was a clock given to them by the gods, and many people used to worship here. However, now that Desert City has technology, these stones are no longer needed, and they are disgusted that they are useless and thrown them in the desert. Some of these abandoned stones, some standing and some lying in the sand, are like sculptures of forgotten gods.
Ka'b is definitely a qualified guide to the Death Desert, and with his introduction, entering this terrifying desert seems to be just a tourist. He was equally proud: "When you understand all the things in the Desert of Death, you will find that this desert has its beautiful place." For example, the dream sea and the palace in the sky appear from time to time, all of which are beautiful and do not seem to be in the world. ”
"Why did you leave such a beautiful place?" Qin Lanshan said with a smile, "Since there is beauty, then there is a dangerous place. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who would never go out after entering here. ”
"It's not the desert's fault, it's all the legend's fault. Legend has it that there are a large number of dinosaurs hidden in this desert, as well as strange black holes. The reason why the desert can't build a space gate is also because it is prone to time and space disorder, and there were people who disappeared inexplicably while traveling in the desert, and reappeared twenty years later. Of course, there are those that disappear into thin air, but that's all legend. ”
"Since the establishment of the new desert city, these legends have been shattered. After several clearances of the Death Desert, the number of dinosaurs is much lower than in other regions. As for the previous legends, it is even more absurd, the intransmissibility of time and space is the consensus of everyone, and no one has said that someone has disappeared for so many years. ”
With false rumors, so that the Death Desert has the reputation it has today. Qin Lanshan nodded in understanding, and Kabu continued: "But naturally there will be no danger here, and some people who walk into the desert will be very dangerous. There is quicksand in the desert, and once a person falls into it, he will surely die. And then there's the storm, and the hot sand that hits people will turn them into fried chestnuts. ”
"But this place is the most beautiful in my eyes, and I wanted to be a guide from the moment I got out of this desert. One day people will know about the beauty of this place, and then move here to make it prosperous. Later, for many reasons, I became an adventurer. I haven't been back for several years, and now I just want to earn some money and go home to live with my wife. ”
Kabu said that his wife and children had a happy smile on his face, and the middle-aged man's home-loving mood was clear at a glance.
Qin Lanshan suddenly laughed and said, "Since you are from Desert City, then how can you not know the princess of your Desert City?" ”
"You said Princess Ling Han!" Kabu smiled embarrassedly, "Princess Linghan is down now, and I will embarrass her if I go to recognize her." She is willing to go back to Desert City, and the people will be happy. The reformers of the year realized their mistake and invited the royal family back again and again, and this trip to Desert City was bound to be rewarding. I'm just a martial artist, so it's better to keep quiet at this time. ”
Originally, I was dissatisfied with his timid behavior yesterday, but now I suddenly found that this majestic man also had a tender side. Then Kabu chattered about the strange things of the desert, and he couldn't help but feel tempted to come and live here.
The members of the Ranger Adventure Team were all smiling, and judging by their posture, it was very likely that they were going to settle there in Desert City this time. It's really a bunch of happy guys, Qin Lanshan feels jealous in his heart. This is a pure land, and the harsh environmental conditions allow people here to get more.
I had heard in rumors that the adventurers here were bandits and robbers, but now I close my eyes and think about it. I feel like a place like this, there must be very simple human beings inside.
A day of driving in the desert can feel like you've never walked an inch. Because the scenery here is the same, the big deal is a few more scattered giant cacti, cactus pillars, and camel thorns. There are some beasts, too, but they are small desert creatures.
It remained open until night, when the sun slowly sank into the horizon. Finally they met an oasis, their eyes were always looking at those desolate deserts, and when they finally saw the green, it was very uplifting.
Kabu said: "Let's camp here, although everyone can last a week by eating compressed biscuits, but it's time to get off the bus and carry out activities." It's a good place to pitch a tent! ”
Qin Chaoshan immediately contacted Cora and Yalina and asked them to instruct the nobles and the women's army to set up camp.
Getting out of the car, Qin Lanshan loosened his muscles. Beneath this oasis there must be an underground river, and the area of the oasis is about one or two thousand square meters and about the size of a football field. Most of them are giant pillar cacti, with straight barbed sticks pointing straight into the sky. There are also strange Buddha belly trees mixed in, centenarians hanging on the ground, green jade trees that look like corals.
Groups of three or five began to set up camps, usually two people in a tent. Because Qin Lanshan got so many off-road vehicles at once, he had one tent for each person as a reward.
The students of Frost and Snow Academy often haunt harsh environments, and they are not uncomfortable with this. On the contrary, the number of dinosaurs that knew about the Death Desert was very small, and they felt that it was much better than the Frost and Snow Plains. The only thing I don't get used to is the heat, and it gets cold here as soon as the sun goes down.
I wanted to get into a few beauties to mess around, but I found that it was deserted over there, and from time to time someone gave me two white eyes. Sensing that something was not quite right, he continued to stay with Kabu. Kabu smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, you seem to be very popular with girls. ”
"You just said the opposite, I'm more hated by girls." Qin Lanshan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You went over and mentioned my name, they hated me so much. ”
"Haha!" The group laughed.
I made a few bonfires, and I roasted some food here and ate it in my stomach. Tonight's sky is bright and the moon is bright, and everyone is in a good mood. After dinner, the horses and chariots set up alarms nearby, and then went back to their tents to sleep.
Qin Lanshan fell asleep as soon as he entered the tent, but he didn't sleep too dead. In the middle of the night, when a cold wind blew in the desert from time to time, he heard an unusual sound.
The rustling sound sounded from time to time, and he originally felt that it was just some small desert animal. He continued to squint his eyes and ignore the voice, and suddenly the bright moon in the sky darkened for a moment, and the voice disappeared.
After a while, the dark clouds blocking the bright moon slowly moved away, and the light of the bright moon fell on the tent again. Qin Lanshan suddenly found that there was a white humanoid shadow outside the door of his tent. The humanoid shadow crouched down outside the tent door, and the hands tried to open the zipper outside his door, but for some reason it didn't open for a long time.
He took the dagger from under his pillow and flipped out of bed. The shadow outside the door suddenly stopped, as if sensing his movements.
Qin Lanshan's breathing slowed down and stood still. There are countless possibilities in my mind, who is the guy outside the door. There shouldn't be anyone who is so bored outside his door in the middle of the night trying to open the zipper of his tent.
If someone else has something, they will also contact them on the communicator, or shout outside. Who was outside his door, he had thought that the knight's men had chased him, but it seemed unlikely that he would be chased into the desert.
If not, it's a beast, a beast that can grow into a human form, and it is generally a beast with high intelligence. He slowed his breath and slowly approached, just as the zipper of his tent jerked open, and a cloaked thing rushed in with teeth and claws.
Qin Lanshan grabbed her arms head-on, and then slammed the other party to the ground.
The dagger didn't use it, so he subdued the guy. The guy under him struggled for a moment, and then scolded in a low voice: "Qin Chaoshan, you are going to die, if you bully me again, I will tell my sister and let her kill you." ”
"Huh!" As soon as Qin Lanshan heard that the voice was so familiar, he hurriedly let go and turned on the light in the tent. Only then did it be discovered that this "humanoid dinosaur" was Efe in white pajamas. She got up from the ground, cleaned the sand and dust from her white dress, and rolled her eyes at Qin Lanshan repeatedly.
"Did you mean to?"
Qin Lanshan covered his head and said: "You are deliberate, sneaking outside my tent at night, if I hadn't stopped my hand and stabbed you to death with a dagger." What are you doing in my tent, what's the matter? ”
"Yes, of course I'll look for you if I have something!" Ifei suddenly squirmed, "I want to go to the bathroom, but my sisters are asleep, and I'm too embarrassed to call them." ”
"Isn't it, you're embarrassed to call them just to call me?" Qin Lanshan sighed and said, "Don't talk about disturbing me to sleep, I'm a man." ”
Yifei blushed slightly and said, "It's okay, you're not a good person anyway." Hurry up and go out with me to find a place, I can't hold back the water I drink so much at night. ”
Qin Lanshan had to shake his head and go out with her, walking out of the tent and going all the way to the depths of the oasis. The shadows of the shadowy trees all around make this place particularly eerie. Ifei looked around very nervously and said, "How does it feel eerie here, as if there is nothing good." ”
"Talking nonsense, what can appear here?" Qin Lanshan turned around with a smile and said, "If you find a tree at random, I will definitely not turn around and look at it." ”
Qin Lanshan turned around and looked at the depths of the oasis, and Yi Fei was entangled behind him for a long time, slowly making a sound of water. He stood helplessly, the cold wind blowing through the trees in the oasis and swaying from side to side. After the wind passed, the trees slowly stopped, Qin Lanshan's eyes suddenly froze, and he found that something in the depths of the forest was still shaking, and the amplitude was very regular.
Tall and short like a human, swaying and walking this way. Where would anyone be in the depths of the forest in the middle of the night like this, Qin Lanshan's breathing slowed down and hid behind a giant cactus. The thing slowly approached, and when it was dozens of meters away, the moonlight shone on its body.
It turned out to be a walking skeleton, wearing rotting clothes, and there was flesh in some places, but there was a stench wafting from afar. Half of the skull had turned to bone, and the other half was a rotting human face with one eye stuck on it.
Swaying three times, he walked over as stiff as a zombie. Yi Fei happened to stand up at this time, and as soon as the skeleton's movements stopped, Qin Chaoshan pounced on her violently.