The sapphire was enslaved by Shao Xuan, and the breath on the sapphire body was somewhat similar to Shao Xuan, after all, the power on its body came from Shao Xuan, and it was the power on the sapphire body that attracted the insect swarm. They wouldn't hurt Shao Xuan, and even Shao Xuan could get Sapphire to order them to do certain things.

These slightly larger beetles, which feed with the sapphire hordes during its dormant period, are not only different in size compared to other small beetles, but they are also stronger and more intelligent.

However, even if they are smart, they are only similar to ordinary beasts, and even Sapphires cannot make them carry out very complex commands, but simple commands can still do, such as luring the guards away just now, or digging holes with other bugs in the sand.

Shao Xuan and the others followed Sapphire all the way to find this small city, just because a large area around the small city was relatively flat and there was nowhere to hide, and the purpose of their trip was to save people, not to fight directly with the sand thieves, even if they wanted to fight, they had to wait until they rescued people before fighting.

So, they made another plan.

The sapphire brought Shao Xuan underground, because the sapphire was too big and it was too easy to arouse the vigilance of those sand thieves, so the sapphire only took Shao Xuan underground and sneaked around the small city for a while, and the rest of the task was completed by other beetles.

I have had the experience of walking under the mud, and it is more difficult under the sand than in the mud, but it is not impossible, not to mention, there are those beetles under the sand, and there are more bugs under the ground that have not come out.

The sapphire can determine the approximate location of the five people in the Gongjia family, and Shao Xuan only senses the specific location of the five people when he comes out. Let a beetle lure a guard away before he emerges from the sand. There was a guard on each side of the room, and the guard on this side had been led away.

It's no wonder that beetles like to go underground, and the temperature under the sand is indeed much cooler than above ground during the day, and they don't need to be exposed to the sun.

It's a courtyard-like structure, and there are still some scattered bones in the corners of the courtyard wall. Shao Xuan could identify from the shape of those bones, which were human bones, both adults and children.

The house and the courtyard wall are relatively low, if Shao Xuan walks outside, the people in the courtyard can still see half of his head, and similarly, if Shao Xuan stands up straight in the courtyard, he will be seen by the people outside the courtyard wall.

Outside this small courtyard, there are more than a dozen people sitting against the courtyard wall. It's all focused on the yin side.

Shao Xuan didn't completely get out of the sand, but only exposed his upper body, carefully sensed the surroundings, figured out where the people everywhere were guarding, and looked for targets. The aura of the five members of the Gongjia family was obviously different from that of the other captives, and Shao Xuan could determine where those five people were being held.

It's a shame they're not on this side, but that's okay.

The beetles that crawled out of the ground gathered again. Diving under the sand, Shao Xuan took a deep breath. Sink into the sand.

Not long after Shao Xuan sank, the guards who left came back, and he didn't chase the thing underground, so he came over and sat down and continued to nap.

In an earthen hut on the other side, the five members of the Gongjia family were all tied up strongly. It was the sturdy vines and plants in the desert, and the plants looked shriveled and thin, but they were very strong, and now the five of them were injured in addition to the injuries. Thirsty and hungry, weak and unable to struggle, lying on the ground, surrounded by sand except for the earthen wall, the eyes of the five men were open or closed, but none of them were asleep, not knowing what they were thinking.

They didn't find Gong Jia Ren that day, and it wasn't long before they encountered a group of sand thieves, one of whom was their former companion. Their companions, with the sand thieves, caught them here, and gave them only a little water, so that they would not die immediately.

The people of the sand snake asked them to build weapons for the sand snake, they refused, and they were locked up here, they just witnessed a scene of sand thieves eating people yesterday, they knew that it was deliberately done by the sand thieves to show them, but they also knew that the sand thieves ate people is real, they have actually heard that the tribesmen will eat people, and they have heard that the people here are very barbaric, but when they really see it, it is still very impactful, and now there is a shadow in their hearts.

If they agree to the sand thieves and build weapons for the sand thieves, they will be able to live, like slaves, and the behavior of the sand snake people will not look like they will treat them well. But if they don't, they'll become a reserve for the sand pirates.

What to do?

Do you choose to live or die?

"I want to kill myself. The younger man leaning against the wall lowered his head and muttered.

"It's a good idea, but I'm not willing to do it!" said the other, an older man, looking up at the leaky roof, and sighed helplessly.

Yes, they all thought about suicide, but they still had a little expectation in their hearts, perhaps, there was a turning point in things?

In the end, it's just that they are unwilling.

Before he created a famous weapon, he died in the desert like this, and no one was reconciled. If not, how would they have persevered until now?

"If we hadn't chosen to come here...... "One of them said halfway through, then fell silent with a wry smile.

There is no if in this world, if you choose this path, you have to bear any consequences.

They had thought about getting out of the sand before, but later they found that it was too difficult, and with their current physical strength, they didn't want to dig in the sand to escape, not to mention that their hands and feet were tied, and those sand thieves also knew their situation, so they would rest assured that they would be tied and thrown here.

Whoa, whoa, whoa—

The sound of tiny grains of sand grinding sounded.

"Don't play in the sand, upset!" complained a man in a corner with his eyes closed.

The young man leaning against the wall looked up, blank, "I'm not playing with sand." With that, he moved his gaze to the place where the sound came from, and saw that the sand on the sand moved, and a black beetle crawled out.

"There's bugs!" the armor screamed, not quietly.

The people who were guarding outside also heard it, but he didn't pay attention and continued to nap. There are so many bugs in the desert, scorpions, lizards, etc. are also common, and a small bug is a fart!

Inside the house, a dozen or so palm-length beetles crawled out and did not approach the people in the house, but waited beside them.

A hand reached out from under the sand.

The five people who saw this scene gasped and almost screamed. They watched as the beetle crawled out, and a man gradually emerged from under the sand.

When the stunned five people saw such a strange stranger, the first thing they thought of when they came back to their senses was, can they be rescued?

Shao Xuan glanced at the five people in the room and was satisfied. These people are not stupid and did not call out.

One of them lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you, who are you here to save us?"

Shao Xuan didn't answer, but asked: "Gongjia dragging, picking, redundant, Shen, and surveying?" These are the names of the five people, and Gongjia Ren told him.

As soon as Shao Xuan's words came out, the eyes of the five people lit up, and they were about to say something, but Shao Xuan raised his palm and pressed it down, signaling them to be quieter.

The five of them hurriedly nodded, and the light in their eyes became brighter.

Shao Xuan took out a strip of cloth and opened it in the light, with words written on it, the purpose was to tell these five people that Shao Xuan was here to save them and make them believe Shao Xuan.

Through the light cast from above, the five of them could also see the words on the cloth clearly, and they were so excited that they wanted to cry.

If this person can get out of the sand, can he get them out of the sand?

Thinking about it this way, the five people suddenly felt that this person was really reliable, and looked forward to Shao Xuan's next move, because now is not the time to say more, the more they talk, the greater the possibility of being discovered, so they just need to believe Shao Xuan, there are strips of cloth with toughness, they don't need to suspect others.

Shao Xuan walked over to the nearest person to cut the vine for him, and beckoned to the others to move over.

The five of them were full of joy, but soon, they felt that things seemed to be going differently than they had imagined—wait, I understand the reason, but, brother, why did you untie us and tie us up?!

Yes, after Shao Xuan untied the vines for the five people, he connected the vines to tie the five people, and not only that, but he also reinforced it with the rope he was carrying, so as to make sure that none of the five people would fall easily.

The five of them all looked at Shao Xuan with the same puzzled eyes, not understanding what Shao Xuan meant by doing this.

Shao Xuan wanted to directly ask the beetles to help transport these five people out, but those little beetles would not eat Shao Xuan, so they couldn't say for the others, the sapphire had been sleeping for so long, and he had just encountered the insect swarm, and he didn't know if he could control these insects accurately, so when there were other ways, there was no need to take such risks. Shao Xuan didn't want these five people to be dragged out of the sand and only skeletons were left.

After tying it up, Shao Xuan gave instructions to the sapphire outside the small city to carry out the next step.

A hundred meters away from the small city, a stream of sand suddenly erupted, and the sand flow rose high like a column of water and fell again.

That's a signal.

Shao Xuan looked at the sky outside through the gap in the roof, and after seeing the figure in the sky, he fell under the sand again, leaving the five people tied together in the room, looking at each other.

It didn't take long for someone outside to suddenly remember the screams, as if something had happened over there, and the guards were all going over there.

Shao Xuan reappeared in the room and lifted the five people tied together, and the place where the thorny plant was tied up was split with a knife. In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the sand thieves and arrest people, the door here was relatively wide, enough for Shao Xuan to drag five people out.

The guards were drawn by the shouts from there, and even the guards outside the courtyard paid their attention to that side. So, there was no one else at the door of the house.

The five still didn't understand what Shao Xuan wanted to do, until Shao Xuan picked them up and threw them into the air like balls......

The ground quickly moved away, and the small courtyard where the prisoners were held quickly shrank in their field of vision, and the five of them even felt as if their heartbeats had stopped at this moment, and their thoughts were blank for a moment.

Above, a figure roared by, and the five people tied together were also carried away into the distance. (To be continued.) )