Chapter 196: The Moon Dunes and Flames
I have a homeland, and I vow to her:
I will not betray her, and I will never allow anyone else to encroach on her!"
I spent my best years there,
I share my happiness with my partner.
People think the homeland is lovely,
It's because it's a paradise of youth.
When I think of my home, I think of my childhood,
How can all this not be nostalgic.
----- Ibn al-Rumi (836-896)
This is a poem left by a poet in the history of the Ivant, but now it seems that his homeland is nothing but ruins and rubble but a bare desert, and the poet does not know how he would feel if he saw such a scene today.
Liu Qi and Fairy Yue slowly landed on this chaotic land, carefully observing the surroundings.
The scenery of the Ivant Peninsula and the Western Regions of China is somewhat similar, both of which are dominated by the Gobi and the desert, but compared with the Western Regions, there is an atmosphere of death and despair, which is a little uncomfortable.
Historically, this land has also flourished, connecting the Silk Road between the East and the West, and the empire established here is also famous for commerce and trade, but later, it cannot keep up with the pace of the times, and gradually declines, until today, it is still in the midst of war, and there is no hope in sight.
And the Shadow Society, founded hundreds of years ago, was originally established to defend against foreign invasions, and they were mostly engaged in assassination activities against the enemy, but with the changes of the times, their organization has gradually deteriorated, no longer defending the country, but only serving interests, this land has suffered such a disaster, and they have not come out to help the common people, it is really sad and lamentable.
"There's nothing but ruins here. Fairy Yue said.
"As an organization that lives in the dark, how can you find it so easily. Liu Qi said, "Let's go." ”
After Liu Qi finished speaking, he walked towards the left front, shrinking the ground into inches, and one step was hundreds of meters.
"Hey, big bad, wait for me. The Moon Fairy jumped and followed Liu Qi.
After a few minutes, the two of them arrived in the middle of a desert, stopped, and looked around, they could only see the yellow sand in the sky, and the hundred-meter-high sand dunes formed by the yellow sand, and there was nothing else, and looking up, a round of scorching sun was in the sky, scorching the earth, this harsh environment, even camels did not dare to come.
"Here?" Fairy Yue looked around suspiciously, convinced that there was nothing but a desert here.
"That's right, and we're already in the middle of it. Liu Qi said lightly.
"Huh?" Fairy Yue was shocked when she heard this, and immediately became vigilant, the location of the Holy Lion Chamber of Commerce was a little weird before, could it be that this is the case.
And at this moment, Liu Qi lightly shot a spiritual power towards the scorching sun, and in an instant, the scorching sun above the sky suddenly became more dazzling, the temperature was constantly rising, and the volume of the scorching sun was also constantly expanding.
Bang!
An explosion sounded in the air, it was actually the scorching sun, and the Moon Fairy looked up at the scorching sun, only to see that the scorching sun actually exploded, turning into flints in the sky, like a meteorite stream, and bombarded down towards the ground.
"What's going on?" On the pretty face of the Moon Fairy, a look of shock appeared, the sun exploded? It's incredible, could it be that his strength can already make the sun explode? This is impossible, the Moon Fairy immediately reacted, this may be the Phantom Array, it seems, this is really the location of the Shadow Society.
"Is this the Phantom Array?" asked the Moon Fairy.
"No, it's just a disguise, it has nothing to do with the formation, the sun in the sky is artificial. Liu Qi said lightly.
"Artificial sun? I see, no wonder I didn't feel the fluctuations of spiritual power in the formation. The Inviting Moon Fairy suddenly realized.
The two of them looked at the flint falling from the sky, and fell on this desert, burning a sea of fire, which burned more and more, without the slightest extinguishing momentum, turning the already scorching desert into a red lotus hell.
The two of them are naturally not afraid of the burning of this sea of fire, and they stand in it without any damage.
"It's still not coming out? Liu Qi looked ahead and said with a smile.
At this moment, I saw a clear spring gushing out in the middle of the desert, but I didn't expect that under the scorching heat of this blazing flame, there was still a clear spring.
The clear spring was only two fingers thick, but it could spray into the sky, and after spraying high in the sky, it turned into a drizzle as if it was blocked by something.
Under the moisture of that drizzle, this raging fire slowly became smaller, and finally, gradually extinguished, which has to be strange, because this fire is so prosperous, even if it is a heavy rain, I am afraid it can't make it lower the temperature a little, but this kind of drizzle can make this fire extinguish, it is really magical.
But the miraculous thing is not over, I saw that above the sky, under the washing of this clear spring, it is gradually fading, yes, the sky is fading like a painting.
After fading, another scene appeared in the sky, the day had disappeared, and it instantly became late at night, a round of crescent moon hanging in the sky, and the sky was full of stars dotting the night sky, and the stars and moon reflected each other, which was really rare and beautiful.
The two looked at the desert on the ground, and under the drizzle, the fire had been extinguished, but the temperature was still hot.
"What the hell is going on? It should be daylight now. Fairy Invite Moon asked.
"As I said a long time ago, we are already in their territory, and the surrounding scene is naturally under their control. Liu Qi replied.
"Your Excellency is Mr. Fox Face, I've heard the name for a long time, and today I finally saw the deity. At this time, a voice came from above the sky, and I saw a young man wearing a robe and holding two scimitars standing on top of the crescent moon, and said to Liu Qi and the others below.
"It's a bit of a skill to be able to see through the disguise here, but if you dare to come here based on this, you're really an arrogant Chinese. At this moment, another voice came from the desert, it was a woman's voice, and I saw a pillar of sand gushing out of the desert, becoming more than a person high, and then the sand of the sand pillar was scattered, and a woman in black, wrapped in a red scarf, appeared in front of the two.
"President Cervantes told us not to act rashly when we saw Your Excellency, but I don't think Your Excellency is anything remarkable that deserves his attention. At this moment, a flame appeared, and then out of the flames, a young man came out, and the man's whole body was burning, even in his pupils, there was a flame burning.
"Lai Haibu, don't underestimate the enemy, since the president said so, there must be a reason for him. The man on the crescent moon said.
"Got it, you're really verbose. The burning young man replied that his name was Rahib, and that the man on the moon was called Gaimaier.
"Just the three of you?" Liu Qi looked at them and said lightly, this Shadow Society really looks down on itself, so send these three people to stay here?