Dark night, no wind.

It's another moonless night, maybe this strange world, there is no moon at all.

If you look down from the sky, under the dim and sparse starlight, the black desert is vast and deep, and there is no end in sight, and the scene in the desert is motionless, like a realistic landscape painting, quiet and cold.

At the end of the field of vision, several black dots came from afar, intruding into this silent picture, adding a bit of life to the lonely desert.

The black dots were lined up in a loose formation, and behind them, deep footprints stretched into the distance.

"Whew~~~~"

Obviously there is no moon, there are still bursts of wolf howls, under the night, the tall white wolf giant wolf stands on the black sand dune, looking up at the sky and howling, the roar penetrates the night sky, and spreads in all directions.

This is, of course, Shul and his Shadow Chasing Squad, oh, and the lost white wolf.

Yesterday he spent another night in the temporary station, during which Shure had been trying to find the reason for the sacramental object's sudden broadcast of the past image, but in vain, he tried countless ways, but the sacramental object was as indifferent as the most ordinary stone axe.

Fortunately, there was no waste of time, at least the law of the weather was summed up. If nothing else, there is a smaller sandstorm before nightfall, which lasts for a short time. Before dawn, there will be a violent sandstorm that will last more than half an hour.

In the two sandstorms, there are undead flying in the wind, the one at night, most of them are fast and flexible undead, and the one before dawn in the back, there are all the undead in it, which can be called a group of demons dancing.

In this case, considering the temperature and sunshine during the day, Shul finally chose to continue the night march.

Of course, after only two days and nights, and the range of observation varied, it is difficult to say that a definite result can be obtained, and according to the practice of shadow-by-shadow, the same position should be observed at least five times in a continuous manner before the correctness of the conclusion can be preliminarily determined.

Unfortunately, there is not enough time to do these things.

Theoretically, there are only twenty-five days of safe time left, looking for the exit, searching for the mission target, and then returning to the exit, all need to spend a lot of time on the road, often hundreds of kilometers back and forth, and the headache of the desert, no matter how you count it, it is very stressful, and there is no time to observe for a few more days.

What's more, although it is certain that there will be a large number of undead in the wind, no one can be sure that there will be no undead at night without wind, after all, everyone has seen in the illusion that there are a large number of fish in this world that can swim in the desert, and if they will become undead who can lurk in the sand after death, it is no exception.

Therefore, Shure's orders were cautious, on top alert, ready to move to combat readiness, and at the same time, ready to fight.

"Rustle. With four hooves trampling on the sand, Moria appeared beside the white wolf on the dune, and made a few gestures to Shul from a distance.

Shul cocked three fingers and replied with a complex set of gestures, and the deer on the dunes gave a thumbs up, leaping back lightly, and disappeared behind the dunes like the wind.

"Whoa, whoa. "In the distance to the right of the line, there was a burst of birdsong, and at a glance, there was only darkness and no sign of any living being.

"Coo, coo. Shur replied, although the scene of a hundred birds singing in the desert is really out of harmony and too easy to be recognized, but the role of the code, and more importantly, the message conveyed is not heard by the enemy, as for whether it is hidden enough, it will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

A subtle fluctuation of energy appeared in the shadows, and Macajaren took off his hat and bowed down, re-entering the shadows.

Mobuck followed Kelly inch by inch, this was Shure's death order, although he said very harshly before he came in, and he didn't consider Kaili's life or death at all, but his teammates knew that with Shure's character, it was impossible to do this for no reason.

It's true that he doesn't care about the life and death of unrelated people, and he's not the kind of person who casually protects some irrelevant guys, but as long as he officially promises something, he will do his best to complete it, once Mobuck asked him why he did it when he drank too much, I don't know if it was drunk or the truth, anyway, Shure said a lot of vernacular, probably something like a promise is heavier than a lot of gold coins, but it is also very much to his liking.

Therefore, it is one thing to be fierce at first, and it is another thing to actually operate, it is better to say when I didn't know that there might be undead in the desert, but now that I know, we must focus on protecting the client, of course, Shuer also said, if you really encounter a danger to your life, it is still the life of your teammates that is the priority.

"There are four degrees in the sand, and the temperature has stabilized. On the other side of the line, Saph pulled his finger out of the sand, "No signs of a sandstorm found." ”

"The concentration of death energy is stable. Milridy shook the bone sword in her hand, her eyes half-open and half-closed, "There is no abnormality for the time being." ”

The necromancer didn't walk on his own, and neither did the elven mage, the two of them sat on a tall skeleton on the left and right, this skeleton named Cylen was no stranger to everyone, and it was seen in the shadow of the underground city more than a month ago.

Although Milridy said that she could not awaken the undead here, it did not mean that she could not use the bones, so her friend Selen had already turned into an undead and always slept beside her, as long as there were enough bones, she could wake up Ceren in her dreams at any time.

Outside the door of the makeshift camp, there was not much except sand and bones, so the summoned Cyron was extraordinarily tall, three people tall, enough for two mages to sit on it, and when it was first summoned, it almost failed to get into the building.

It was precisely because of the presence of Seren that Shur dared to let Macajeren and Moriah roam around at the same time to reconnoitre, and with this difficult undead in front, even if a battle broke out, it would be much easier.

In addition to raids, raids like the one now.

"Chirp, ~~~~~"

The sudden birdsong was terrible and rapid, a warning from Macajalen. It had been agreed before the departure that this was the most urgent alarm, which meant that Shul was most worried about - there was an abnormal tremor below, and the direction of the epicenter was on the side of the large army.

"Woo~~~~" Xiuer's face changed, and he quickly blew the horn on his waist.

The moment they heard the horn, Moria and Macageren in the distance gave up all the work in their hands and turned their heads to rush back, while several teammates around them were the opposite, as soon as they heard the horn, they immediately dispersed, and even Mia jumped off the skeleton's shoulders and opened a few meters of distance between them.

"Keep an eye on your step at all times. Shul stood in place, steady as a rock standing in the storm, and issued orders in an orderly manner, "If you feel something unusual under your feet, don't hesitate to leave the place immediately." ”

"Kelly, move closer to Ceren, the big skeleton, yes, don't leave this area. ”

"Militty, let the skeleton drag Kelly up and don't let her touch the ground. ”

The skeleton bent down and picked up the priestess with both hands and placed it on her shoulders, while Millidy jumped down and returned her position to Kelly.

"Mia, start scorching the sand, I want a piece of ground where I can stand safely. ”

"Farr Mosuo. Within seconds, Mia activated the magic that had been prepared for a long time, and the incandescent flames began to sweep across the ground, and the sand quickly melted in the heat.

"Everyone, as soon as Mia is ready, land on the condensed ground, Moria, be ready to support as soon as you find someone attacked from below. ”

"Macajelen, are you back. Shure couldn't see the halfling in the shadows, so he could only say by feeling, "Report the location of the epicenter." ”

"Thirty-one degrees in front of the left, an absolute distance of seventy-four meters, and a depth of one hundred and fifty meters from the hypocenter. ”

"Hypocenter trend?"

"It's on the rise. ”

"Damn. He cursed in his heart, but Shuer was still unusually calm on the surface, "Confirm the number of epicenters again." ”

"Confirmed, the quantity is unique. ”

"Very well, Mia, stop burning, everyone retreats, direction, thirty-seven degrees to the right rear, distance to be determined. Without hesitation for a second, Shul made a decision, "Start acting now, be careful to stay vigilant during the retreat, especially Mobuck, and be ready to protect the others at any time." ”

"Understood. The dwarf had already raised his shield, slowed down slightly, and remained at the end of the line.

"Macajelen, can you confirm the extent of the hypocenter?"

"Can't confirm, the scope is too big. ”

"And what are the numbers you reported?" asked Shure.

"Calculated from the edge of the hypocenter. ”

"Damn, what the hell is coming out?" Shuer couldn't help but curse again, and then raised his voice and said, "Continue to retreat, stop after thirty meters, be on alert in a state of combat readiness, and destroy all approaching objects without a special order." ”

The shaking of the ground became more and more violent, even if it was not as sensitive as Macageren's perception of vibration, everyone could feel it, although the intensified vibration did not make these fighters stand unsteadily, but the shaking ground was enough to make everyone's eyes blur.

In the blurred and shaky vision, a huge black shadow emerged from the endless sea of sand, rising higher and higher, the black sand particles were squeezed away by the black shadow, constantly pouring around, and the tide washed over the fighters, so that they had to constantly pull their feet out of the sand to ensure that they were not buried by the black sand.

The shaking lasted for a full ten minutes before it slowly stopped, and everyone's expressions were quite strange as they looked at the black shadows that emerged from the ground.

The good news is that the Black Shadow is not an undead, but a four-sided cone that is more than three hundred meters long, just like the dwelling it has encountered before, but it is countless times larger. At the same time, there are countless smaller cones, forming a group of buildings, and even a huge square paved with black stones, which looks like a magnificent city.

However, the bad news also existed, and in the square, there were originally a large number of lizardman skeletons, prostrate on the ground in a kneeling posture, and the number was no less than four hundred. When the shaking stopped, all the skeletons raised their heads at the same time, and hundreds of black holes in their skulls stared gloomily at the ranks of shadow chasers.