Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Sand Giant
On a hot day, under the exposure of the sun, the temperature of the desert rises sharply, and the whole space becomes distorted.
Death Desert, several humans in ragged clothes walking on the desert.
Walks left shallow footprints and a few pieces of charred flesh.
Hot! It's so hot! Aomine walked on the hot sand, feeling the burning sensation coming from the soles of his feet, and the skin and flesh on the soles of his feet were peeling off layer by layer, sticking to the sand.
With every step, the soles of his feet hurt like a heart, but none of this moved his face in any way, just walked forward vigorously, like a walking corpse.
"Water! I want to drink water! Hearing the voice behind him, he subconsciously swallowed, but found that the pain in his mouth was hot and he couldn't secrete any saliva.
He didn't even want to open his mouth to respond, wasting his physical strength.
As the voice faded from behind, Aomine closed his eyes a little sadly.
Boom! The sound of an object falling to the ground is clearly heard.
After hesitating for a second, Aomine reopened his eyes and continued to take the lead without even looking back.
In that short second, he had suppressed all his sad emotions.
On the endless yellow desert, a group of people walked silently, no one looked back, no one spoke, because no one knew whether it would be themselves who would fall next.
Only by conserving their physical strength and continuing to walk until they find a place in the desert where humans live, they will be able to survive.
From daylight to dark, the temperature gradually decreased, and their dizzy heads got a little clear.
Qingfeng stopped, looking at the boundless yellow sand, his heart was full of bitterness, if he hadn't been chased and killed by the demon clan, he wouldn't have run here with his clansmen.
I thought I could escape the catastrophe, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape the fate of death.
Tightening his torn clothes with his hands, Aomine glanced back, and the clansmen behind him were already sluggish, obviously unable to walk.
"Take a break, find a place to rest quickly, otherwise the night will be too cold and you may not be able to survive it."
A hoarse voice came, and when the clansmen heard this, a little brilliance appeared in their eyes, and they nodded slightly, and found a place to sit down casually, closing their eyes and recuperating.
Quiet, deathly silent, no one at all willing to say a word more.
Aomine slowly walked over to the trunk of a dead tree and sat down, then closed his eyes as well, and fell asleep after a while.
Knock knock! In the dream, he returned to the days when he had no worries about food and clothing in the clan, and when he was eating the sea plug wantonly, he heard a loud noise, as if it was close at hand.
What! He suddenly opened his eyes, only to see a regular sound coming from the otherwise calm desert, knock knock!
It's like something heavy is approaching.
He listened intently, then turned his gaze in that direction.
He was stunned by a huge sand giant approaching from a distance, and the loud noise it made with every step it took was the sound it made.
"It's... What is it? Aomine muttered.
"This must be here to save us! Definitely! The clansmen suddenly became excited, as if they had seen the hope of living.
They all stood up, and even more, regardless of their physical strength, they rushed towards the giant with a rolling belt.
While running, he waved his arms and shouted, "We're here!" ”
Aomine just wanted to move, but because he had been sitting for too long, the soles of his feet slipped when he stood up, and he didn't run over for the first time.
It is precisely because of this that he survived.
I saw that the giant soon came to the front of the clansmen, lowered his head, and watched the ant-like little man spin around at his feet.
"Take us back, we want water!" The clansmen shouted, their expressions frantic.
"Huh!" A chuckle came as the Sand Giant slowly lifted his foot and stepped on the ant-like clansman.
Rumble! There was a loud noise, and a foot pit appeared, and several clansmen were crushed to pulp on the spot.
The giant's face showed disgust, and his feet rubbed against the sand, cleaning all the flesh from the mud.
Knock knock! The giant continued to walk, as if he had done only a very small thing.
Aomine covered his mouth, for fear that he would make a slight noise and be heard by the giant.
When the giant was gone, he let go and wanted to cry loudly, but found that he couldn't cry anymore.
Even if he was grief-stricken in his heart, he couldn't squeeze out half a tear from the corner of his eye, and he couldn't make any roaring sound in his throat.
Boom! Qingfeng was paralyzed on the ground, mourning more than dying, and it was his own fault that he killed everyone.
Dying in the desert is your last fate.
He closed his eyes in despair, forget it, let's die like this, I can't find a reason to live anyway, he thought to himself.
Rustling!
The sound of someone walking on the sand, near, near, had already reached him.
Qingfeng didn't mean to open his eyes at all, the big deal was death, it didn't matter.
"Big brother, there is still a living mouth, and the others are dead." A voice came.
"Take him back." There is another person, but it turns out that he is not alone. Aomine was a little strange, he only heard the footsteps of one person.
Forget it, what's the use of thinking about this, it's definitely here to kill me.
Aomine let the two of them take him away, and did not resist at all.
Perhaps he put life and death aside, his body relaxed, and after a while, he fell asleep.
This sleep was the most restful sleep he had since entering the desert.
The next morning, Aomine woke up and found himself lying on the bed, as if he couldn't believe everything in front of him, he stretched out his hand and touched it, and there was a real touch.
"I'm here... Where is it? He immediately got out of bed, and couldn't wait to go to the window, and when he opened it, he saw that there was a lot of noise, and the lively atmosphere spread from the street to his room.
"I'm not dreaming, am I? I'm back in Human City? Aomine pinched himself hard, and the pain came immediately.
"Really! I survived! I'm not dead! Aomine's tears rained down, glad he was able to survive.
"Are you alright?"
Squeak! The door suddenly opened, and two handsome men entered.
"Is that you? I recognize your voice, you saved me? The moment Aomine heard the voice, he reacted, this was the person who took him at that time.
"Of course it's me, or who else?" Chen Siyu walked to the table, picked up the teacup by himself, poured a glass of water, and drank it.
"Why save me?" Aomine's eyes were guarded and he took a step back.
Although the person in front of him saved himself, it is difficult to guarantee that the other party did not ask for it, after all, he still has a secret.
"Huh?" Chen Siyu seemed to be a little puzzled, he saved him, don't say thank you, and he won't treat the enemy like him.
After a long time, Qingfeng laughed at himself, "It's me who thinks about it too much, thank you for saving me, my name is Qingfeng." ”
"My name is Chen Siyu, and this is my eldest brother Chen Luoqi."
Qingfeng nodded, and then sat down opposite Chen Siyu.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Chen Luoqi saw that the other party's mood had stabilized a little and asked.
He took a deep breath, then looked at Chen Luoqi and slowly told his story.
"I originally lived in Qingmo City with my clan, I had no worries about food and clothing, and I was very happy every day, until one day..."
In Qingfeng's memories, on that day, a group of demon clans suddenly rushed into their family, wanting to know the location of the Five Elements Immortal Cave Mansion.
The people were at a loss, and they didn't know anything.
As a result, there was a merciless slaughter.
"Aomine! Hurry away, leave here with the rest of your people, and flee to the Desert of Death, where they will not continue to pursue. ”
"But... When you arrive in the Desert of Death, life and death have their own destiny. The patriarch pulled him into the basement of the family and admonished.
Not only that, but the patriarch told him a place and told him to go to this place again if he and his people survived, or else the secret would be gone.
Then, the patriarch rushed out and resisted the massacre of the demon clan with the rest of the clan.
After a fight, the outside was completely quiet, and Aomine walked out of the basement with the rest of his clansmen.
Faced with corpses all over the ground, Aomine endured the pain and fled from Qingmo City with his people, all the way to the Desert of Death.
In the meantime, they have also been hunted and killed, and time and time again, people have sacrificed their lives to buy time for them.
By the time they finally entered the desert, there were only five people left in the group.
I never thought about it...
Even if they go into the desert, they still can't survive.
Qingfeng's eyes were gloomy, and after he finished speaking, his mood was obviously low.
Chen Siyu came to his side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you are safe now." ”
"Yes! I'm safe. Aomine smiled forcefully.
"Siyu, let Brother Qingfeng have a good rest, let's go out." Chen Luoqi beckoned and motioned for him to rest.
The two quickly walked out and closed the door.
Aomine just stood in front of the window in a daze, looking at everything on the street outside.
"Big brother, what should I do now? Sang Yu's enchantress aura disappeared after entering the desert. After returning to the room, Chen Siyu asked.
"Whatever you are anxious about, it will appear sooner or later." Chen Luoqi patted his head and scolded with a smile.
"What do you think of the story he made up?"
"You mean he lied to us?" Chen Siyu was stunned.
"At least what are you hiding, I ask you, how do you feel when you go to the desert of death?" Chen Luoqi asked rhetorically.
"Hot! The most important feature is that there is a dead silence that permeates the entire desert. ”
Suddenly realized, Chen Siyu slapped his thigh, yes! How could an ordinary person survive in the desert for so long without being contaminated with half of the dead silence on his body.
When you think about it this way, there is indeed a problem.
Along the way, they saw a lot of Qingfeng's clansmen, some died of thirst, starvation, and trampled to death by giants, but they were not contaminated by the breath of death and died.
"So what's the problem?" Chen Siyu seemed to be asking himself, and he seemed to be asking Chen Luoqi.
"Don't think about it, I've been running around for so long, I finally came to the desert city, it's time to relax, go take a shower first, and I'll take you to a place in the evening." Chen Luoqi said with a little mystery.
Swish! Chen Siyu's eyes suddenly lit up, could it be that ...
He did not hesitate, immediately went to take a shower and changed into gorgeous clothes.
"You're wearing a suite?" Chen Luoqi looked at him suspiciously.
"Questions?" Chen Siyu scratched his head, was the clothes he picked out too ugly?
"It's okay, let's go." Shaking his head, Chen Luoqi walked out with him.
Halfway through, Chen Luoqi also asked Qingfeng if he wanted to go out with them to relax.
Qingfeng refused the invitation on the grounds that he was not feeling well, and Chen Luoqi did not force it.
Soon, the two arrived at their destination.
Chen Siyu looked at the building in front of him and swallowed his saliva, "Brother, you brought me here?" Not okay? That's too big! ”
"What's this? Come on in, don't be verbose! Chen Luoqi kicked him in the ass.
Chen Siyu covered his buttocks and walked in scolding, "I thought it was fun, but I didn't expect to take me to the Colosseum, it's really boring." ”