The steep stairs seemed endless, and Jonah quickly ran out of strength, his legs were numb, and he could only follow Danny in front of him mechanically to lift and fall, lift and fall, and the artifact Silafina was used by him as a cane, and even so, it was still thrown farther and farther away by the men of the Stewart family,

The only thing to be thankful for was that every hundred stairs he had walked up, the Tantuha guide would have stopped and reverently knelt on the ground and prayed to the hinder, the shrill-pitched prayer that lasted for three minutes, giving the astrologer's apprentice a precious respite, and if it weren't for this short rest, Jonah's lungs would have burst due to lack of oxygen.

"Whew...... How tall is it? Continuing his departure after the fifth break, Jonah climbed the steps with difficulty, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked breathlessly, the steep and narrow staircase was like a streamer wrapped around the main peak, and when he looked up, he could only see the peak covered by clouds, and he could not estimate how long the way out was,

"At the current rate. Hannah replied behind her, "We can barely reach the summit before dark, but luckily, now that we are windless, the climb will be much less dangerous, or the northeast wind will slow us down by another thirty percent." ”

Danny paused and condescendingly mocked the weak St. Bouron: "That's not going to work, my friend of the goods, the long day has just begun, and if you're hungry, I've got some wheat cakes for noon, or give you a marching bed." ”

Jonah ignored him, gritted his teeth and climbed the steps, "Hoohoo...... Hannah, there is no one left on the 'Winds of Bactria', whirring ...... Didn't ask questions? ”

The contemporary head of Stewart's family glared at his brother and motioned for the talkative man to shut his mouth, "It's okay, the tunnel of the postworm node is completely dark, and for so many years, no one has dared to create any light in the postworm's body, either crawling the postworm's spine to join the sailboat on the opposite side, or, honestly staying in the cabin and listening to the voice of the desert mother, no one dares to make a bad decision." ”

"So...... Whew, no one knows what's going to happen in the tunnel. Jonah was interested,

"Hmph, everybody knows. This time Danny replied, "Wait until you're on the other side, and you'll understand." ”

Jonah was unconvinced by his trickery, and muttered dissatisfiedly, at which point the native guide stopped, slammed to his knees, and fell to the ground, and began the sixth prayer, Jonah sat down on the steps, gasping for breath, he inadvertently glanced outward, and immediately scared himself out of a cold sweat, and buried his head in the climb without paying attention, at this moment he found himself in the air hundreds of yards in the air, half a foot away was the empty abyss, the astrologer apprentice quickly moved his ass and his whole body against the rock wall, and wiped a cold sweat with palpitations,

From this height, the sandeaters are as small as ants, and the majestic outline of the spine of the posterior worm spreads endless shadows over the vast desert, squeezing the bright yellow sand to the horizon.

Danny sat on the upper stairs and gasped: "It's so high, don't look at me as a child of the desert, in fact, I have always had a dream, that is, to grow wings and learn to fly, you think, how exciting it must be to fly freely in the air, looking down on the humble crawling beings in the endless sea of sand......"

Jonah nodded, and said in his heart I tried that kind of taste, the "Lame Henry II" flying machine modified from the steam puppet robot sent him from the astrology tower in the Red Clay Plain to Cherry Ferry, nearly a thousand miles away, but during the whole flight, fear and confusion occupied his heart, Jonah didn't have time to experience the feeling of flying, after he fell, the steam puppet aircraft should have been taken by his father, I don't know where it is now,

Hannah walked between the two men and sat down with a cloak: "Don't dream, brother, the only chance you have to fly into the sky in your life is to be food in the stomach of the four-winged moa." ”

Danny hurriedly said: "Don't underestimate me, I have an idea, that is, to capture the four-winged moa, install a control device on the back of the bird, and use the power of the moa to fully support the weight of an adult, this idea is affirmed by Lao Bei, Lao Bei said, if I catch a live four-winged moa, he can help me complete the operating system ......"

"Come on. Hannah waved her hand and turned to Jonah, "So far, I haven't found a fourth element, you." ”

"I didn't notice that if there was such a special feature on this pilgrimage route, the guide would have known about it, but you asked her before you left, and she didn't know about it. The astrologer apprentice thought for a moment and said,

"Climb to the top of the peak and start the search from the north side first. Hannah repeated the line of the trip,

After a short small talk, the guide led the three Western Continenters to continue upward, a painful experience that Jonah did not want to look back, there were many times when he thought that his lead-filled legs could not move a single point, and the load on his body had reached its limit, but the exhausted physical energy had broken through the limit again and again, so that his almost soaked boots could brand the footprints one step after another, and keep up with Danny Stewart's pace step by inch.

Finally, before the sun sets, the group reached the peak, the main peak of the spine of the worm is in a non-standard pyramid shape, the peak is a basically flat stone lawn, there is a huge semicircular granite altar in the center of the stone flat, as soon as the Tantuha guide climbed to the peak, he knelt on the ground, crawled to the altar with both hands and knees, a sacrifice was held here not long ago, the brazier in the center of the altar was still emitting green smoke, eighteen spears representing the Tantuha tribe were inserted around the altar, and the faded tribal flag fluttered in the wind on the spears,

Danny climbed the last step of the stairs, fell to the ground with a thud, gasped for a long time and couldn't get up, Jonah carried Syractina and climbed to the top after him, the sun shining to the west dazzled the eyes of the astrologer's apprentice, and after a day of walking in the shadow of the afterworm, he finally saw the golden Matlaktili hanging in the sky again,

The boy of the Stewart family used all his strength to raise a thumbs up: "...... Cargo friend, huhu, I'm impressed with you...... cough cough cough ......"

Jonah sat down beside him, "I don't know where I got the strength...... Whew, if I carry that big package of yours, I may not be able to climb even a hundred steps......"

Hannah was the last to reach the peak of the back worm's spine, she also looked a little tired, her sideburns blonde hair was wet with sweat, pressed against her rosy cheeks, "Rest for half an hour, then move to the north side." "Stewart's contemporary head of the house gave the command," sailor, translate to the guide. ”

At this time, Danny didn't even have the strength to quarrel with his sister, he coughed twice, and shouted a few words at the native guide, and the woman of Tantuha was lying on the altar and talking to herself, ignoring the call of her employer,

Jonah lay down, the hard rock beneath him was now more comfortable than the softest velvet mattress, sweat trickled into the corners of his eyes, stinging his eyes, he closed his eyes, and sighed, "Whew...... I now lie on the greatest creature of the endless sea of sand...... Mother of all sandeaters...... I don't feel like she's moving ......."

"Hahaha, that's amazing. Danny also learned to lie on his back and let out a comfortable moan,

Hannah looked at the two men, half a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, the smile quickly disappeared, her right hand reached into the cloak and quietly held the handle of the magic pistol "Summer White Sakura", turned her head slightly, and looked at the last step of the pilgrimage path,

The endless wind of the endless sea of sand blew up, and the windless period was over, and no one climbed to the top after them, Hannah took two steps forward in confusion, and looked down at the narrow staircase, the path in the shadows was empty, and the worship was usually done in the morning, and no one chose to go on the path of worship at noon, for that would mean spending the whole night on the spine of the worms,

"It's a delusion again. Hannah looked a little hesitant, she slowly let go of the pistol, and sat down next to the two men, her eyes still scanning the way.

This time the Tantuha woman's prayer took a full fifteen minutes, and after replenishing the food and water, Danny Stewart's spirits were lifted, and he kept walking around, looking around for the place where the treasure was hidden, and before he could get impatient, the guide stood up from the prayer and said something to Danny, it was a long sentence, and from the dark face of the native woman, Jonah could see the solemn expression,

"She said she could move on, but ......," Danny seemed taken aback, as he pondered his words, "but the high priest of the Rume tribe had been here this morning, and judging by the cracks in the brazier that have been cauterizing the bones of the beast, something ominous will happen soon." ”

Ask her for details, isn't the Rumei tribe her father's sworn enemy, they are also here. Hannah stared at the hesitant guide with long, narrow green eyes, with deep wariness in her eyes,

The boy of the Stewart family quickly spat out a string of nonsensical syllables on a chatter, and the native guide shook his head, nodded again, and replied with a few short sentences,

She didn't know the details, as the third daughter of the tribe's sacrifice, she could only simply identify the beast bone sgilts, and there was no way to interpret them in detail, as for the high priest of the Rumei tribe, she guessed from the position of the dark blue and white striped banner representing the Rumei tribe among the eighteen tribal flags, and only a person of the level of the high priest had the right to hang the flag on the top of the spear when he embarked on the road of worship. "I think she's telling the truth, she's from the Keea tribe, and she's always at odds with the Rume tribe, or she wouldn't be able to help us." ”

"Why is that tribe called Rumei the sworn enemy of the King of Sand Thieves? Jonah couldn't help but interject,

"After the dead ghost father came to the endless sand sea, the first person to rob was the Rumei tribe. Danny Stewart was a little proud of this incident: "In the days when there were no sailing ships, he caused a lot of small troubles for the Rume tribe, and after the completion of the 'Tempest of Bactria', the small troubles turned into all-out war, and more than thirty mobile buildings were destroyed by the fire of the three-masted galleons alone, and the title of "Director of the Asanate" was also called the endless sea of sand from that time. ”