Hundreds of thousands of gold coins covered the desert, and the gaps in the gold coins shimmered with rubies, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, pearls, and all kinds of pure crystals, and Jonah picked up a perfectly shaped spherical ruby, "If you use it to make an attack array, it should be twice as powerful...... No, three times, right?"

Fifty yards ahead, there was a half-buried brass post, which was supposed to be the end of the drill bit.Jonah quickened in surprise: their backpack appeared not far from the drill bit. The tattered backpack was filled with all sorts of things, and the astrologer apprentice had never imagined finding so many strange things in one backpack at the same time, and he pulled out a huge pan in which the first aid supplies were placed.

After disinfecting Danny's wounds with wine, wrapping them in bandages, taping them tightly, changing his clothes, and pouring half a pot of water, the boy in the Stewart family never woke up, but his face looked much better. Jonah and Hannah also changed into spare clothes, the astrologer's apprentice put on his shabby but well-fitting robes, and the head of the Stewart family seemed to have a penchant for red**, changing into a flaming tight leather jacket, flaming red trousers, and boots.

"As luck would have it, we were on the northwest side of the postworm, not too far from the passage from which the sailboat had sailed. Hannah raised her hand to look at the sun, "It's ...... It was about 11 a.m. The Wind of Bactria should be almost out of the Worm Node, and we need to move south to get back to the sailboat and find a way to get the treasure on board. ”

Jonah turned to the south side as she turned, and was taken aback: "So, what is that black cloud?"

About two or three miles away from the mouth of the tunnel, dense sandeaters were emerging from the exit of the tunnel, scattering into the endless sea of sand, and at the same time, countless small black dots were flying, and many small creatures with wings formed a black and oppressive cloud, which shrouded the sandeaters in the air.

Hannah smiled, "Didn't you say it's mating season? That's an army of males." As mentioned before, all the life of sandeaters in the endless sand sea is given by the posterior, and the female sandeaters are just carriers of their eggs. After passing through the long passage in the body of the postworm, the pregnant female will give birth to a new life, and the unpregnant worm will be given an unfertilized egg. As soon as they exit the tunnel, the newly born male sandeater spreads his wings and flies into the sky, then begins to search for the female carrying the eggs, and if the female agrees, they mate, after which the male dies and the female begins to parade with the fertilized eggs until she returns to the postworm node again to give birth. Some females refuse to conceive, such as our chirps -- and three days after leaving the posterior node, the eggs dry up and lose their vitality. Males who do not find a mating partner will also die naturally after three days. This is the wonderful world of sandeaters...... Sometimes I feel that their lives are still very long. ”

"So that's the case, so if the postworm reaches the end of its lifespan, the sandeater won't be able to reproduce?" Jonah couldn't help but think of this possibility.

Hannah was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "It should be, if the insects die, the big insects will go extinct." But life is magical, maybe there will be a miracle then?"

The two looked at the spectacular mating scene and were stunned for a moment. "I'm going to the entrance of the passage now and waiting for the chirp to come out. Hannah stood up, loaded the two guns with spare magic crystals, and then picked up the "lame Henry's prosthetic leg" and handed the "Summer White Sakura" to Jonah: "You are here to protect my brother." This location is the blind spot of the eight-character cruising route, and generally no one will come here, and there will be no desert beasts near the posterior. When I get on the boat, I'll find a safe place to drop anchor and I'll pick you up in a dinghy. In short, stay safe. ”

Jonah took the magic pistol and nodded, "Got it, you have to be careful. ”

Hannah turned and strode forward, waving her hand without looking back: "By the way, pay attention to sun protection, the direct sunlight at noon will dehydrate you." ”

Crimson cowhide boots crushed the yellow sand, and the astrologer's apprentice watched Hannah's tall and muscular figure quickly shrink into a small black shadow in the undulating sand dunes.

Looking down at the unconscious Danny, Jonah suddenly felt very lonely. The spine of the worm blocked the northeast wind blowing from across the holy river, the calm sea of sand was silent, a lone bird hovering high in the sky, and Jonah looked up at the bird of prey, but his eyes were burned by the sudden appearance of the sun. As the sun began to set in the west, the shadow cast by the spine of the postworm was shrinking, and Jonah hurriedly dragged Danny towards the feet of the hindworm. When you get closer, you can see that the insects are indeed moving slowly, and the part of the granite wall embedded in the yellow sand is constantly emitting fine sand, indicating that the huge object is moving forward with extremely small steps.

With Danny in place, Jonah sat beside him, boredly observing his surroundings. The sea of gold coins in the direct sunlight was amazingly bright, and the astrologer apprentice rubbed his eyes, and suddenly remembered the wonderful experience in the cave, the ** girl in the jar actually flew up, recited the elven seal on the stone pillar, and then returned to the glass jar, what was going on? He opened the deerskin bag and poured the contents on the robe. In addition to his own miscellaneous items, there are three things to pick up in the mysterious storeroom. A bottle of stardust, which he used a little bit when making the Attack Star Array, a heavy book with a cowhide cover, both of which had been taken from Erlan Dainterel's storage shelf, and which had not been flipped through except for the title page, a glass jar containing the ** girl, the lid of which he had screwed shut indiscriminately, and the girl looked motionless with her eyes closed, looking like a lifelike doll.

Jonah curiously held up the glass jar to take a closer look, and the girl hidden inside was about the size of his fingers, three pairs of transparent wings folded like a light veil covering his body. With her delicate waist, plump breasts, and slender thighs, Jonah blushes at the sight of a pocket girl, but he still spins the glass jar in search of clues to this wonderful creation.

"Hey, you've found the little girl. Suddenly, a voice rang in his ears, and the astrologer's apprentice turned his head sharply, and saw Danny's big face close at hand, and he was so frightened that he almost threw the jar out.

Aside from his pale face, the boy in the Stewart family looked energetic, not at all like he had just been seriously injured. This guy with amazing recovery ability snatched the jar from Jonah and held it in his arms, and said with a grin: "Cargo friend, it's not good for you to be like this, the little girl is the mascot of 'Bactria's Wind', and it will be bad luck to sneak her away." ”

"Y-Are you alright?" Jonah pointed at the other in shock, "Don't move, the wound will bleed!"

"Come on. Danny scoffed, "I'm the most durable of the best cooks, deck sailors, snipers, and knife men in the Endless Sand Sea, and I don't have any of my sailor uncles who didn't teach me how to recover?" ”

"Do you remember what just happened?" Jonah shook his hand in front of his eyes, making sure he was in good spirits.

"What's the matter? the fight with the Yagu undead? oh yes! There's a guy who's very powerful, not like a normal undead warrior, where is he? Destroy him?...... Speaking of which, where are we now?" Danny Stewart then noticed the change in his surroundings and looked around in confusion, "Isn't that a mating cloud formed by males?......? Ahh

Jonah covered his eyes and sighed, he could guess with his toes what Danny would be doing now. There was a sparse noise, and the boy of the Stewart family threw himself into the sea of gold coins and swam freely, wrapped the best gems of various colors in his arms with both hands, and leaned his face on the gems, showing a look of relief: "It's worth letting me die now...... Wait, did I say that once?"

"The enemy seems to have disappeared. Jonah picked up the glass jar that Danny had dropped, "Hannah returned to the entrance of the passage to greet the chirp out, and she would pick us up in the dinghy later." There's a lot going on just now, so I'll tell you about it when I have time...... After all, what's going on with the girl in this jar? Is that her name?"

"The dinghy can't hold many gold coins, so I can only pick up the gems and take them first...... The dinghy is carried by a small insect called a pseudo-sand worm, they can only grow up to five yards long, and their lifespan is very short, but they don't have the abominable habit of cruising in the figure eight......" Danny lay on the treasure and kept calculating, "It will take about six or eight trips to fill it......?"

"Hey, hey. Jonah had a headache, "Answer my question first." ”

"I don't know what her name is. For as long as I can remember, she was in that jar, hidden deep in the pantry. I've given her this name since I met her once, and even though she can't move or speak, I always feel like there's some kind of special fate between us......" Danny said, waving his hand.

The astrologer's apprentice wondered, "But she just flew out of the jar in the cave and spoke." ”

"Oh. ...... What?" Danny jumped to his feet, his eyes widening out of his sockets, "She's alive? I always thought she was a doll or something." ”

"Yes, she's alive, and she's reciting an elven language. Jonah held up the jar, "Look, the words on the cap look like elven script, isn't there any connection?"

Danny slapped himself on the forehead, "Elf! I didn't think of it, I didn't learn this obscure language, but I can still read it in the dictionary!" As he spoke, he hurried to his backpack and rummaged through it, then ran back with a dictionary in his arms and sat down beside Jonah with a thud, "Let me see, let me see." ”