"Smack", an extremely faint sound of landing, draped in a black cloak, a short halfling emerged from the shadows.

Half-kneeling on the ground, Macajeren looked up at the faint starlight, and pierced his fingers into the sand like a knife, grabbed a handful of fine sand from below, and twisted it lightly on his fingertips, until the fine sand fell away, put his fingers under his nose and smelled it, then he frowned and shook his cloak and disappeared into the shadows again.

"Sand, sand, sand. "Monotonous footsteps, lethargic.

At night, the desert was empty, and only the Shadow Chasing Team of eight people trudged through this barren and lonely world.

The temperature is getting colder and colder, dripping into ice, the boots are stepping on the sand, making a creaking sound, the cold wind is cold and biting, wrapped in fine sand, the whip is whipped on the face and body, and the cold wind and sand mercilessly burrows into the neckline and hem of the clothes, like a knife, cutting repeatedly on the skin.

No one spoke, the team moved forward in silence, even the dwarves who complained for a living kept their mouths shut, the power of the sandstorm just now was obvious to all, Mobuck didn't dare to make a sound now, in case it interfered with Saf's hearing and prevented her from detecting the second sandstorm that might appear at any time, it would be a hundred deaths.

Half a footprint suddenly appeared out of thin air on the sand, and only then could the halfling figure be recognized as one with the darkness.

"Boss. Maka Jaren lowered his voice and said, "I've seen all three directions, and they're all the same. ”

Keeping his speed unchanged, Shul leaned over and grabbed a handful of fine sand and held it in his hand, the fine sand on his palm was no longer golden in the daytime, but turned black, as black as ink.

Since leaving the secret room and returning to the ground, in fact, everyone has already discovered that the yellow sand on the ground has turned into black sand, no wonder the sandstorm seen from the mage's eyes is black, it turns out that it is not an illusion.

Originally, everyone thought about whether this kind of black sand would follow the sandstorm and blow from a distance I don't know where it came, but after walking for more than five hours and a hundred kilometers in a row, the black sand under his feet was always the same, so Shur asked Makageren to explore in three directions, and not surprisingly, the result was exactly the same.

"Is it all black?" said Shur thoughtfully, "then there is only one possibility, this is the yellow sand we have stepped on during the day, I don't know what the principle, but at night it will become black, and besides, this black sand gives me the feeling that this black sand gives me...... Look, Miriday. ”

"It does feel like the sand of the soul. The low temperature made the necromancer tighten his clothes, "No wonder there are so many wild undead here. ”

The sand of the soul is a special specialty of Pavatiga, which is pure black sand in small quantities, and is only produced in dark places where the time of exposure to sunlight does not exceed 200 hours a year. They are filled with dark energy inside, making them excellent necromancy casting materials and very expensive.

The biggest characteristic of the sand of the soul is the affinity of the undead, where there is the sand of the soul, it is easy to give birth to wild undead, and it is believed that it is the sand of the soul that awakens the deceased. This is of course a false conclusion, and necromancers can make it clear that the sand of souls does not have the function of awakening the dead, but it does make it very easy to awaken the dead.

"You try?" said Shure, gesturing to the sand on the ground.

"I tried it just now, and it does have the characteristics of soul sand, but it can't be manipulated artificially, and it can't be used as a spellcasting material. ”

"That's a shame. ”

It's a pity, if you can replace the real soul sand, dig dozens or hundreds of kilograms of sand home when you leave, everyone can sit at home and count the money in this life, why is it necessary to come out and take risks again, it seems that fate is cruel, and it will not fall out of thin air such a big benefit.

"It's yellow sand during the day, and it turns into black sand at night, and there is such strange sand. Dusting off the fine sand on his hands, Shuer said with a smile, "The sand that changes color, the outrageously strong winds, the undead that fly with the wind, and the mysterious heart of water, this otherworldly projection is really interesting, I don't know what else awaits us." ”

"Boss, I know. Makagelen lowered his voice and said, "When I went out to investigate, I noticed something strange. ”

"Hmm, valuable?"

"It's hard to say. The halfling thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's still valuable, it's bones." ”

"That's fun. "If there are bones, it means that there are living things, no, it means that there were living things, and there are many problems that can be found in them, and there is indeed a value in delaying time for this," Saph. ”

"A little more than a quarter, less than a third. The shy female swordsman lowered her head and whispered, "Our progress has exceeded expectations, and at the current pace, we will be able to reach the first detachment point in three days." ”

The progress of the team is indeed very fast, tonight is lucky, there are no more terrible sandstorms, and there is nothing to see except black sand, more than five hours of trekking all the time, not even stopping to rest, this is the current progress.

"Time, Macajalen. ”

"Three o'clock in the morning Pavatiga time. The halfling paused, then continued, "The time of nightfall here is about the same as that of Pavatiga, and the length of the night cannot be determined, but from the perspective of the sun measured in the afternoon, it should not be much different. ”

"It's almost dawn. Xiuer also knew that there was no need to make everyone so tired on the first day, so he simply made a decision, "Lead the way, let's go over and look at the bones you said, and by the way, we will camp there directly and rest, and the rest of the road will be left tonight." ”

"Whew", it was Kelly who was secretly relieved in his heart, and the others didn't care. With everyone's physique, this level of trek is nothing, just more than a hundred kilometers, but since Kelly took the initiative to get down from Moria's back and walk by herself, she felt that her feet were about to wear out, especially walking on the soft sand, and even keeping up with the speed of others, it took all her strength to do it.

It is difficult to locate in the desert with a reference object, and everyone is not surprised to get lost, and it took a long time to find those finds, but this is just a small episode, and it is good to find it in the end, and the process is not important.

When I got closer, I realized that it was no wonder that Macajalen thought it was valuable, it was not an ordinary skeleton, but a giant skeleton. The three round bones of Bai Sensen are curved towards the sky, and the top of the bones is pointed, which can be used as spears.

Without rushing closer, Shul made a few gestures, and his teammates responded with a thumbs up.

The formation changed, Mobuck was alone in the front, one step at a time, slowly approaching the bottom of the bones, the others fanned out and followed, Saf and Macageren on the sides, the others in the middle, always keeping a distance of five meters from him, which was the best reaction distance.

However, it was obviously too much to worry about it, and there was no sign of change until I went under the bones, and everyone's induction was normal, indicating that it should be safe here.

"It's a rib. Standing beside the skeleton, Shul struggled to look up, revealing the ground to a height of eight meters, and counting the part buried under the sand, it was just a rib, the size of the creature when it was alive......

"Moria, send me up. Shul suddenly rushed towards Moria, and with the help of her raised arm, he leaped nimbly and landed lightly on the top of his ribs, firmly stepping on the tip of his bone.

As soon as he went up, Shuer was obviously stunned for a moment, thought for a moment without saying a word, and then slid down his ribs, the expression on his face was indescribably strange.

"It's incomplete, Macajalen. Shul shook his head with a smirk, "Go, come with me, there's something more interesting over there." ”

"Boss, I'm here to check on the black sand, not to collect information, okay, okay, I know it's wrong, it's true that I'm just looking at it from a distance, and I haven't collected information comprehensively. Knowing that he was wrong, Macageren just muttered a few words casually, and was kicked in the back by Mobuck and followed in Shure's footsteps.

It's really more interesting here, because after walking a few hundred meters and going around a sand dune, you see a clearly man-made structure, yes, five houses.

The shape of the black houses is cones on all sides, I don't know how big it is, because most of them are buried under the sand, only the top of the cone exposes about three meters of the sand surface, but judging from the distance between the tips of the cones, the side length of each house should not exceed 30 meters.

Looking at the five strange houses from a distance, Shul closed his eyes and paced slowly, hesitated for a while, and suddenly opened his eyes: "Kelly, you pick one, don't ask why, just pick one." ”

"Huh?" The female priest, who had always been calm and had no emotional ups and downs, actually showed a surprised look and looked at Shul blankly.

"Pick whatever, fast. ”

"That'...... That's it. Kelly was referring to the closest building to everyone.

"Good, everyone, alert level up to four, ready to start inspecting the building. Shur ordered loudly, "Judging from the intactness, it is obvious that these buildings can withstand the sandstorm, and the main body should be ten meters below the sand, find a way to enter the inside, if it is feasible, rest here during the day today, and search the neighborhood by the way." ”

"Moria, Mia, you two stay here with Kelly to pick up, wait, change the candidates, Saph and Moria stay, Mia, you follow up. It's still the same as before, you two watch and listen to each other, and if you spot any signs of a sandstorm, you immediately enter the building to take shelter. ”

"Understood. ”

"Start prepping, and act thirty seconds later. "I checked my combat materiel to make sure all the equipment was in the best condition.

"There is no entrance, Mobuck is going to forcibly break the wall, Mia, is there a way to temporarily prevent the sand from entering after the wall is broken, but people from outside can come in?"

"It's easy, but it only lasts two hours. ”

"Enough, prepare the spell. ”

"Chief, there is no need to break the wall, I can see that there is a secret door at the top, which should be reserved for emergency passage. ”

"That's better, you go open the door, and Mobuck you go with him. Shuer ordered one by one in an orderly manner, "Let's go, let's guard later, Kelly, the three of you should not be too far away, make sure that you are within five meters of the building." Okay, let's do it now. ”