The desert flew sand, and the emaciated boy limped along, leaving a series of jagged footprints on the gravel.

He was alone, without a companion or a single piece of luggage.

The clothes are not covered, the shape is erect, the hair and eyelids are covered with traces of wind and sand, and the face is burned and cracked, and the original handsome silhouette can be vaguely seen.

The boy walked alone and struggled across the vast desert, like a traveler who had been separated from his companions after a sandstorm, having lost all his supplies, not knowing how far he would be able to go.

But he still didn't give up.

Can't fall down.

There was a flash of determination in the traveler's eyes, even if they were blinded by the wind and sand, they were still dazzling.

Far away, there is hope in the distance...... And what he never forgets......

Syllable.

His body fell to the ground.

His parched lips kissed the scorched sand, and his body was like a barbecue on a charcoal fire, so heavy that he couldn't even turn it over. He had no strength left, his fingers trembling and bending back and forth, but he could no longer support the weight of his body.

"Water...... Water ......"

The hoarse voice murmured unconsciously.

Xu heard his thoughts, and suddenly a cold wind blew on the hot desert.

The sound of the wind was faint, mixed with faint, distant and distant laughter.

"Hee...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

"Drink water...... Want to drink water...... There is water ...... here."

"Open your mouth...... Open your mouth quickly...... Hee-hee......"

The eerie laughter sang like a nursery rhyme, and seemed to be a little slurred because of unskillfulness, and then gradually became hoarse and sharp, "Open your mouth!"

Nan Ming grinned.

A black-gray serpentine mist grinned into his mouth, and then ......

"Hiccup. ”

Nan Ming burped and rolled over on the sand, allowing himself to belly up.

Soak up the sun.

However, he suddenly remembered that there was no sun in the sky of this world...... The reason why it is still so hot is purely because of the upwelling of the heat in the center of the earth.

"The nineteenth. ”

He counted on his fingers, the number of nightmares he hunted.

It seems that all that remains in the desert are some little guys, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon them.

And it's too slow. The desert is so vast that even if it is disguised as a tempting bait, only a handful of people can spot and bite the bait......

"Woohoo. ”

Nan Ying shook his nose, sniffed the breath of the creatures that came with the wind, and then chose a direction and continued to set off.

In that direction, there should be a small human settlement.

Moreover, it seems to have been covered up by some kind of formation, so that it did not attract the attention of the nightmare.

Since we are all human beings, it is reasonable to help each other in this dangerous world, and it must be okay to ask them for a little news.

The more Nan Ming thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth.

Raising his eyes slightly, he saw that there was no one around, and with a slight touch of his toes, he swept out a distance of dozens of zhang. After a while, he became even more presumptuous, and there was a burst of sand and rocks under his feet, and his body completely disappeared into the sand.

When it reappeared, it was already on the edge of the desert.

Beyond the desert is not an imaginary oasis, just a barren land with no sand.

Tents of rudimentary animal skins sit on barren land, enclosed by a fence made of stone and bones, leaving a gap for only three people to pass through.

There weren't many people in the camp, most of them inside, except for a few slightly stronger men, dressed in equipment such as bone spears, stone shields, and animal skin armor, who roamed outside the fence to keep watch.

"Plop!"

Limping to a short distance outside the camp, Nanming fell to the ground again "exhausted".

This action immediately attracted the attention of the camp, but instead of running to his rescue as enthusiastically as Nan Ming expected, the people inside closed the gate as if they were facing a great enemy.

...... What about the good watch and help each other?

In the shadows, the corners of Nanming's eyes twitched slightly.

It's rare that he's so kind to these ants, and that's how they reciprocate their trust...... Where did it go?

"Water...... Give me water......"

He decided to give these people another chance.

If they don't cooperate with their performances, they will have to kill the people in this camp and get the information they want from their heads.

Nanming didn't want to do that. Every living person here is a precious bait.

He also thought about finding a few more camps, gathering all the popularity, and then destroying the formation that covered the aura, maybe he could attract a few coveted big guys.

But if these baits aren't clever enough......

"Sister, sister! There's a big brother there who fainted. ”

Just before Nanming's patience was about to run out, a sensible voice finally sounded in the crowd, "He said he wanted water...... Shall we give him some water?"

"Pearl, don't speak. ”

But another, more mature female voice sounded, "That person is probably demonic." The Shuofeng Desert is full of demons, almost no one can come out alive, and he doesn't look like a strong man......"

- I see?

Nan Ming listened to their conversation, and a flash of surprise flashed in his heart.

He coughed weakly, his chest fluttering violently, and spat out a pit mixed with blood.

A faint smell diffuses.

"Huh, that's ......."

In the camp, a red-haired woman in tiger and leopard skin armor had a look of surprise in her eyes, "The core of red kidney cardamom!!"

No wonder this young man was able to escape from the Shuofeng Desert, which is said to be extinct, and it turned out that he had such a divine object on his body...... So, isn't he a demon?

By the way, the isolation formation in the camp did not call the police, if it was really a demon, it should not be close here.

Thinking of this, the red-haired woman waved her hand and made a decision: "Quick, save people!"

Several men ran out, carried Nan Ming on their shoulders, and brought them back to the camp.

An oil lamp was lit in the tent, and Nan Ming was placed on a dry and hard animal skin mat and fed with a little water.

Some people came in and looked at him, said a few words, and went out again.

"Ahem......"

Nanming coughed a few times and "woke up".

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by a swollen face that was a little baby fat. It was a young girl, with a few crooked bangs on her forehead, and her big eyes were very moist, and she looked at him blinkingly.

It seems that this is the sensible little ghost.

Nan Ming reached out and pinched the little girl's face with interest, and the latter's eyes were misty, and suddenly ran out crying "wow......

It's funny.

He didn't have the shameless consciousness that bullying the little girl, he just thought it was fun.

After a while, the red-haired woman walked in with an unkind face.

Her figure was delicate, tightly wrapped in the light armor of animal skins, which was not rich, the muscles of her legs were tight and slender, and her exposed skin was an almost bronze wheat color, full of wild beauty.

"Stranger, why are you bullying Pearl?"

She didn't give Nan Ming any good looks, but just asked coldly, "Also, where are you from?"

"I come from a distant place, on the other side of the Windswept Desert. ”

Nan Ming casually made up a statement, anyway, he already knew that these people could not cross the desert, and there was no way to verify his words, "My companions and I planned to cross the Shuofeng Desert, but we encountered a sandstorm on the way, and the team was scattered, and it seems that I am the only one who came here......"

Crossing the Desert?

The red-haired woman's expression was full of surprise: "You guys...... Why do you want to cross the desert? Don't say you don't know, it's a nest of demons, and it's a dead end to go in. ”

"Our hometown has been destroyed by demons. We are the only survivors left. ”

The stranger's voice lowered, his gaze showing a hint of gloom and deep exhaustion, "We can't survive without finding a new settlement. ”

“...... I'm sorry for the sad thing that reminded you. ”

The woman was silent for a moment, as if she was a little empathetic, and her gaze at Nan Ming softened slightly, "My name is Qingtong, and I am the leader of this camp, and just now that was my little sister, called Zhu'er." Zhu'er is very pitiful, don't bully her in the future. ”

"Welcome, then, lost stranger. ”