The border counties, located in the westernmost part of the empire, have poor land and backward economies, but they have given birth to some of the most brave and warlike people in the empire.

Nearly 3,000 years ago, the first pioneers of the Eastern Continent landed in Dongli City and came to this new continent, and then continued to expand their footprints to the west, beyond the humid and fertile eastern fertile fields, and then across the central hinterland of the empire, to a mountainous wilderness.

2,800 years ago, the first person to set foot on the land of the border county asserted that it would become the border of the western continent. After the colonial era and the two imperial dynasties, the territory of civilization expanded to the north to the foot of the distant snow-capped mountains, and to the south opened up a large area of southern rainforest, but the development of the west has been slow.

The rugged mountain roads, the barren land, the wilderness with little vegetation, and even the mineral resources are not abundant, such land is really not worth pioneering.

Since the colonial era, the border counties have attracted some frustrated people, who committed crimes in the east, or lost their families, and people who could no longer survive would spontaneously go to the west, and after a long time, these people established the towns of the border counties, cultivated thin fields on the barren land to thrive, and then after more than 2,000 years, honed the unique culture of the border county people.

Today, the territory of the Great Qin Empire has expanded dozens of times compared to the colonial era, and the land of the border counties has also become more fertile and suitable for human life under the infiltration of magic energy, but anyone who sets foot on the land of the border counties can immediately realize that this place is different.

As if everything is incompatible with other civilizations, take transportation as an example:

The first is the scarcity of passage technology, and the entire border county, and the other counties of the empire combined, have less than a hundred! This number is far less than any other place.

Part of it is due to the limitations of natural conditions, the magic energy climate of the border county is different, and the cost of building a passage is much higher than that of other regions, even higher than the gray plains near the snow-capped mountains. And the border counties have never been known for their wealth.

The other part is the isolated culture inherent in the people of the border counties, and people are not happy to have such close contact with people from other places. Therefore, the construction of the passage has always lacked strong support.

In addition to the access technology, the transportation technology of the border county is also different.

Due to the Gobi wilderness in the border counties and the special sky biosphere, there is no train technology elsewhere, and flying magic tools are rarely used. The most mainstream means of transportation is a giant magic tool called "sand boat", the core principle of which is to melt the hull part of the ship into the earth to eliminate resistance, and then the high-energy magic furnace supplies energy to tow the sand boat forward.

Compared with traditional horse-drawn carriages, rail trains and flying boats, the speed and endurance of sand boats are inferior, but in border counties, this is the most commonly used and safest mode of transportation.

Bai Xiao went to the border county, and he took a sand boat.

Although there is a direct passage to the White Night City in the Gao family's manor, Bai Xiao can go to the White Night City first and then go directly to the Gao family, but ......

There is also an important destination for the trip to the border county, or an important companion.

At the ticket office of Shazhou in the border county, Zuo Qingsui's face was crimson, and he stood behind Bai Xiao with the throbbing in his heart, and his small brain, which was usually calm, was full of: Teacher, senior brother is going to my hometown?!

Bai Xiao touched out three good-looking dragon's tears in front of the conductor: "Three VIP tickets." ”

The conductor glanced at the crystal clear gem on the counter, swallowed his saliva, and said, "It is recommended that you go to a special shipyard to buy a boat, which only sells tickets." ”

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The so-called true fragrance theorem is vividly reflected in Bai Xiao.

Before the holiday, he was still in the laboratory and unswervingly expressed his desire to live and die with the library, but when he left the hinterland of the empire and came to the border county, he was immediately attracted by the unique natural scenery of this place, and he couldn't even care about the textbooks he carried with him.

Riding on the sand boat speeding on the earth, Bai Xiao looked at the Gobi through the transparent glass window, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and his eyes were staring at the distant horizon. Looking at the sky and the earth that had become hazy and distorted under the scorching sun, my mood could not help but widen.

Gao Yuan, who was sitting not far away, said proudly: "Senior brother, it's not worth the trip to this beautiful scenery of the Gobi, isn't it? Although the desolation is a little desolate, it is also the condensation of nearly 3,000 years of human effort......

As soon as the words fell, Zuo Qingsui smiled and said: "Senior Brother Gaoyuan, you are exaggerating, how can the history of the border county be so long......"

When Gao Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but shudder: "Please, don't call me senior brother, the person who is ranked above me, okay, our Hongshan freshmen only have the only designated senior brother!"

Zuo Qingsui covered his mouth and chuckled: "If you're not careful, you'll ...... In short, the border county is not so remarkable, after all, it is the destination of the disappointed back then. ”

“...... Qingsui, you are also a native of the border county, don't you have the pride you deserve in your hometown?"

"Be realistic, and that doesn't stop me from liking this kind of border county. Zuo Qingsui said, and his eyes couldn't help but look through the glass window into the distance.

For a while, the scenery on the Gobi even made her forget Bai Xiao who was close at hand.

However, just as the girl was distracted, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the cabin.

"Warning, if you encounter a sand beast ahead, the sand boat will be suspended, please stay in your seat and follow the instructions of the security personnel carefully......"

In an instant, Zuo Qingsui and Gao Yuan restrained their expressions and sat back in their seats seriously.

Although there were only three passengers, not long after the alarm sounded, four heavily armed soldiers from Daqinbian County, wearing heavy armor and holding bursting firearms, exuded an astonishing evil aura from their bodies.

A small officer at the head said with a slightly kind smile: "Please don't be alarmed, it's not a big problem, we have someone to go to exterminate the sand beast, and it will be over soon." At that time, the sand boat will continue to sail and should not delay the trip. ”

Gao Yuan, who is a local, smiled: "They are all from the border counties, they know." ”

Hearing Gao Yuan's undisguised border county accent, the smile on the officer's face became a little more natural: "It's easy to do it by yourself, many outsiders are easy to make a fuss when they encounter this situation, and they don't follow our commands much in panic, so it's troublesome." ”

Gao Yuan glanced at the ornament on the officer's breastplate and asked, "How many of them are from the Flying Cavalry?"

"Hmm. ”

"That's even more reassuring, just a sand beast, I'm afraid it's not enough to give the Flying Cavalry muscles and bones. ”

The officer smiled when he heard this: "It's over." ”

And at this moment, the entire cabin shook slightly, and on the Gobi in the distance, a long brown giant beast broke through the ground!

Even if it was a hundred meters away, the people in the cabin could still deeply feel the incomparably huge body of this sand beast, when it rose from the ground, it was like a huge hill, its sharp head was like a steep cliff, and in the roar, its body more than 100 meters long rushed straight up, as tall as an optimus jade pillar.

"Oh my God, extra-large. Gao Yuan muttered by the window, "Fortunately, this time it was the Flying Cavalry who accompanied me." ”

The Flying Cavalry soldier in charge of security in the carriage also changed his awe-inspiring expression: "It is indeed extra-large, so please be sure to follow our instructions later." ”

The next moment, I saw that above the sand boat, more than ten soldiers sprayed a scorching air flow from their backs, and their bodies were pushed back by the air current, flying straight into the sky, facing the sand beast that broke through the ground head-on.

Armed with explosive firearms more than one person long, these soldiers began to shoot continuously from a distance of two hundred meters, using the weapons of miniature magic furnaces and high explosives as warheads, causing huge casualties, and constantly tearing the terrifying wounds of bloody flesh on the hundred-meter-long body exposed by the giant beast.

These Flying Cavalry soldiers are well-trained, even in the air with strong winds and howling, they can still maintain the accuracy of the fire collection point, and a dozen soldiers can cut off the insecticide in a moment.

A feast of flesh and blood, the hundred-meter-long sand beast broke in two, and its head fell weakly, causing the earth to shake again.

However, the few flying cavalry soldiers in the cabin did not look relaxed at all.

The officer whispered to himself, "It's a bit of a problem." ”

"Hmm. A tall soldier beside him also frowned, "I thought it was the head, but it turned out to be the tail?"

Gao Yuan also changed color when he heard this: "Damn, that's the tail? No wonder it's so neat...... But the tail is so huge, isn't the head ......?"

"Congratulations on winning the jackpot, the Extra Big of the Jackpots. The officer said, waving his hand, and suddenly the soldiers scattered and came to each passenger, "If you are lucky later, the sand beast will retreat on its own, if you are unlucky, the sand boat may not be able to be saved, you must follow us at that time!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the half-buried sand beast in the soil twist, and a green turbid current erupted from the section, and then it rushed into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

The tension in the cabin was dissipated, and several soldiers all let out a sigh.

"It's okay, it's okay, the sand beast has escaped, and everyone can enjoy the rest of the journey. ”

At the same time, the captain's announcement sounded in the cabin, the content was similar, aimed at reassuring the passengers, and the palpitations revealed in the voice also fully explained the danger of the situation just now.

At this time, even Zuo Qingsui, a local, was not calm: "Is the risk of sand boat so high?"

At this time, the officer of the flying cavalry explained: "Generally, no, 9 percent of the sand boat will not encounter any accidents during the voyage, and 9 percent of the accidents will not be sand beasts, and 9 percent of the accidents encountered by sand beasts will not be extra-large, and less than 1 percent of the accidents that encounter extra-large will be the jackpot...... However, the sand beast has not been very stable recently, and it feels like it will be encountered often these days. ”

With that, one of his men reached out and touched him.

The officer hurriedly changed his smile: "In short, please enjoy the energetic trip to the border county!"

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