The scene just now frightened the white dog and barked, turned his head and ran.

The monster chased after them, and both quickly disappeared behind the dunes.

The executioners in the rear team cursed fiercely. With one less guest to escort, he was paid a little less.

This is how the Panlong Desert greets everyone.

All the teams who witnessed all this suddenly disappeared from the original relaxed atmosphere.

Zeng Feixiong retracted his gaze and muttered, "It's his fault." On Red Cliff Road, children and dogs have to be kept on a leash. ”

"It's the first time I've seen a flounder this big." He Lingchuan was speechless. The original body often hunts, and knows that the yellow flounder is not a fish, but a monster lurking in the desert and the Gobi, specializing in ambushing small animals passing by.

It can dive and float freely in the desert, and can run faster than any four-legged creature.

But this thing is a little bigger than a dog at most, and even if it becomes a demon, it shouldn't be the size of Fang Cai!

"This is the Panlong Desert." Zeng Feixiong has escorted the caravan many times, and it is no longer strange, "Resentful spirits affect everything here, and even the monsters who originally had intelligence will be alienated if they stay in the desert for a long time. ”

That's the reason, so although the sand leopard also goes to the Panlong Desert to hunt, it must stay in the West Mountain to live and breed.

……

The magnificent desert has remained unchanged for a long time.

The journey is calm and boring, as long as you don't take a step out of the red cliff road, you only need to deal with hot winds, bright sun, and sandstorms.

For a prepared, experienced team, these are tolerable.

After walking for three days, the team finally arrived at Shiragaki Station.

This is a relay station on the Red Cliff Road, for business travelers to stop, and its predecessor was an ancient city.

There are more than ten ancient cities in the Panlong Wasteland, and few have survived in the world after more than a hundred years. Baiyuan City has long been swallowed by yellow sand, and it is the latecomers who excavated its old pedestal and built several rows of houses on the side of the Red Cliff Road.

The area of the ancient city, like the Red Cliff Road, will not be attacked by ghosts and monsters, so it is a good place for business travelers to stop halfway.

When the team drove into Baiyuan Station, He Chunhua hurried over to negotiate with the post officer.

Yes, Blackwater City has a post station here, and it is managed by a special person. However, the regulations here are very loose, not as strict as in the country.

At this time, in this kind of place, the power of money is reflected.

Shiragaki Station allows passing caravans to set up tents, and food and water are also sold here, and huts can be rented if people want to have a luxury.

Of course, there is no water source in the Panlong Desert itself, so all ingredients, water, and building materials have to be transported from Blackwater City.

If there is a demand, there is a business, and if you want to do this business, you must first get through the relationship with the post officer, and you have to go to great lengths to transport things to the barren land. All kinds of costs are stacked up, and the basic package of a steamed bun + a bottle of water sells for 30 Wen, isn't it expensive?

A bowl of mutton soaked buns, the kind with only oil meat and no diced meat, sells for two dollars of silver, isn't it expensive?

An overnight cottage, the rent is five taels of silver, and you feel like you're taking advantage of it, right?

If you still want to take a hot bath in the desert to wash away the dust and fatigue on the road -

Sun Guoshi, Nian Duwei, and He Dagongzi all thought about it, so He Junshou could only break the bank.

For this cost alone, you can buy five acres of good land near Blackwater City and permanent real estate.

After taking a shower and taking a few luxury packages to eat half full, He Lingchuan finally relieved himself.

With his strong body, he has been walking so tired for the past three days, and he doesn't know how difficult the road ahead will be.

On the other hand, He Chunhua still seems to be at ease, obviously not as weak as he seems on the surface.

He Lingchuan also helped Zeng Feixiong buy a few set meals, otherwise this person would have been shy and would have eaten cold steamed buns with the soldiers.

Zeng Feixiong didn't want to go, and he shirked several times, but unfortunately he was not as resolute as He Dagongzi, so he could only be ashamed in the end, and thanked him repeatedly.

He Lingchuan knew that this person was straight and not reckless, and he was leading the troops in the desert this time, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "Only by eating and drinking well can you have the strength to work, and the safety of our father and son will be handed over to you." ”

"Lord He will be kind to you at the end, and solve my troubles, and the end will be repaid by smearing the liver and brain!"

"It's serious." He Lingchuan laughed, "By the way, I heard that your father is the only living person who returned from the ruins of the coiling dragon?" ”

Zeng Feixiong's expression was slightly gloomy: "Yes, twenty years ago, someone paid a lot of money to ask him to be a guide, and he was the only one who survived." But he lost his mind and couldn't even be cured by the Great Shaman. No one knew what had happened to them, and he only muttered one word all day long—water. ”

"Water?" There is indeed a shortage of water in the desert, what kind of crime did Zeng Feixiong's father suffer, so that he would still miss water after he went crazy?

At this time, Sun Fuping came to call people and summoned several leaders to his hut for a meeting.

The guards went outside and brought him a lot of yellow sand and poured it on the table.

A simple sand table is ready.

"Red Cliff Road, we're almost done." Zeng Feixiong gestured on the sand table, "The day after tomorrow, we will leave the main road and enter the desert, and the real test will begin at that time." ”

"Hongya Road was originally connected to Panlong City." "Not long after the Panlong Wasteland turned into a desert, the nearby mountain peaks fell and smashed the road. ”

He drew a circle on the sand table: "If you want to go to Panlong City, you have to take a long detour and enter through the gap in Yingyan Mountain. ”

This long road is not on the Red Cliff Road, and the danger they are about to face has increased greatly.

In contrast, the journey of the past three days has been as relaxed as a vacation.

Next, everyone discussed various countermeasures.

Although the father and son of the He family have a rift with Sun and Nian, it is a matter of their own lives, so they are very focused on the discussion.

He Lingchuan had been listening silently until the discussion was almost over, and then he asked a long-standing puzzle:

"As an enclave isolated city, Panlong City has been holding on to the enemy on all sides for thirty-two years, which can be described as a super god, so what is the reason for being broken in the end?" This is also the mystery of the Panlong Desert, whether it is a history book or a local legend, there is no conclusive discussion. Only left a far-fetched explanation from the storyteller, "Could it be like what the locals of Blackwater City said, because Zhong Shengguang died of illness and Panlong City lost its backbone?" ”

People tend to find a plausible explanation for unsolved mysteries. Zhong Shengguang has been guarding Panlong City for more than 30 years, and he has hardened from a young man to an old man, and long-term battles will cause great damage to his body and mind. This explanation is the most reliable of the many legends He Lingchuan has heard.

He was curious about the truth.

"Judging from the clues I have, this legend actually has some truth, Panlong City has indeed lost its backbone." Sun Fuping poured himself a glass of water, a cup of water costs twelve Wen, "But it's not Zhong Shengguang, it's General Hong!" ”