Desert, desert.

Under the scorching sun, it is undulating and vast.

Chu Qing is in front, and the little chubby bear bag is behind.

Shui Lingyue supported Granny Duan and followed closely.

The orange cat girl walked last, turning back from time to time to sniff the wind in the distance.

The group endured the scorching, walked forward, walked.

Chu Qing didn't speak, and she didn't want to speak, because it was too hot, and her feet walked forward mechanically and without the control of her brain, like those camels that were used to walking in the desert. Her gaze was also empty, just looking at the desert in front of her, saying that she was looking, but it was as if she had not seen anything.

Anyway, whether you look at it or not, it's the same under your feet, it's the same around you, and even the air and sunlight are the same.

She seems to be familiar with the desert environment and knows how to face it with a state of mind. She had even lost the hope that night would fall, and after night anyway, it would still be day, and the cycle would never change.

Her expression was even a little numb.

And at that moment, suddenly, she seemed to see a puff of sand rising from the ground of yellow sand not far ahead, like a spring of water.

Chu Qing stopped in front, and the people behind him also stopped.

Chu Qing stared at the place, looked at it, and said in a low voice, "Did you see it?"

Shui Lingyue and Granny Duan walked up slowly.

Granny Duan glanced at it and said lightly: "I see, it's just a gust of wind and sand." ”

When Chu Qing heard this, he was still staring at it, shook his head and said, "No, it's not the wind, I feel that the desert is gasping and sighing." ”

Hearing this, Granny Duan and Shui Lingyue were both shocked, so they looked over at the same time, stared at that place again, and looked at it for a long time, but they didn't find anything abnormal.

Granny Duan turned her head to look at Chu Qing and said with a smile: "Qing'er, is it too hot?" Why don't we find a place to rest before we go. ”

Chu Qing shook her head slightly, still very seriously: "No, mother-in-law, Sister Shui, I wasn't stunned by the heat, but when I walked here, I suddenly felt that the desert was alive and alive." ”

Hearing this, Shui Lingyue and Granny Duan looked at each other, unable to understand Chu Qing's statement for a while. So they looked around more seriously, and naturally saw that there was no difference between this place and the ordinary desert, and even the weather was the same.

Granny Duan shook her head lightly, stepped forward, and said softly to Chu Qing, who was still in a daze: "Qing'er, you are too tired, and the weather is hot, you should have hallucinated." ”

Hearing this, Chu Qing turned her head in surprise, looked at Granny Duan, blinked her eyes twice and said, "Hallucination?"

Granny Duan looked at her lovingly, nodded and smiled: "Under the scorching heat, people are prone to hallucinations. There will always be something unbelievable. As he spoke, he handed over the parchment water bag and said lightly: "Come, Qing'er, drink saliva, everything will be fine, don't stare at those illusions." ”

Hearing such a statement, Chu Qing was also skeptical, took the water bag, and didn't forget to look at the place where the wind was blowing sand, before raising his head and drinking water. Cool water runs down my throat and down my stomach, and a refreshing sensation spreads throughout my body. In an instant, she seemed to be much more energetic, her mind was much clearer, and the things in front of her seemed much more real. She looked up suspiciously, and then looked at the place where the wind was blowing sand, and it was indeed the same as the ordinary desert.

It turns out that I really have hallucinations?

Seeing that Chu Qing's expression had improved slightly, Granny Duan pulled her with a smile and said with concern, "Qing'er, how is it?

Chu Qing came back to her senses and smiled at Granny Duan and nodded.

Granny Duan also nodded, and finally put her mind at ease, and said with a smile: "Then let's continue to hurry, there is not much clear water, we have to find the water source as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Chu Qing realized that there was only a little bit of water left in the sheepskin bag he was holding in his hand, and he looked at the other water bag on Shui Lingyue's body, which had already deflated.

Chu Qing unconsciously tightened her lips and nodded deeply to Granny Duan, at this time she also confirmed that she was hallucinating, so she stopped thinking about it and walked forward again.

Who knows, after walking forward for less than a dozen steps, Chu Qing only felt a softness under his feet, his body lost his balance, and he fell to the sand.

Granny Duan and Shui Lingyue behind her were startled at the same time, and hurriedly rushed up to check and inquire.

I saw Chu Qing sitting on the sand, her face was painful, cold sweat oozed from the corners of her forehead, and she said after a while: "Mother-in-law, Sister Shui, why do I feel that this sand is really like life, constantly breathing up and down, I can even hear its heavy breathing." ”

Hearing this, the two looked at each other again, Granny Duan leaned over, carefully checked Chu Qing's eyes, but did not find anything unusual, and reached out to hold her vein, making sure that the pulse was very stable, then turned her head to look at Shui Lingyue and shook her head gently.

Shui Lingyue naturally understood that she hadn't found anything abnormal, and after thinking about it, she stood up with the Shui Yue Sword in her hand, looked around coldly, her eyes fell on the tall sand mountain not far away, and she said softly without looking back: "Mother-in-law, you take care of Sister Qing here, I'll come when I go." Obviously, she also believed that Chu Qing was fine, so the problem must be around here. After speaking, she had already raised her sword, turned into a cold sword light, and looked away.

Chu Qing and Granny Duan were left behind them, the two of them withdrew their gaze from the air, Granny Duan looked at Chu Qing, and said with great concern: "Qing'er, how do you feel?"

Chu Qing frowned slightly, rubbed one leg with his hand, and said with great difficulty: "Mother-in-law, I feel that I can't exert my strength, and I can't use mana. ”

Granny Duan was shocked when she heard this, hesitated for a moment, and looked Chu Qing up and down again, although she didn't find anything abnormal, she still said worriedly: "Could it be that you are also poisoned?"

Chu Qing frowned, shook her head very painfully, and said with confidence: "No, it shouldn't be poisoned." Although I can't exert my strength, the true element in my body is not scattered. ”

Granny Duan thought for a while, looked at Chu Qing's legs again, and said softly: "Come, Qing'er, mother-in-law will try to help you up and see how it goes." ”

Seeing Chu Qing nodded, Granny Duan put her arm under her armpit, lifted her hands, and started to exert force.

With the help of Granny Duan, Chu Qing was still able to stand up with difficulty at the beginning, but as soon as she was halfway up, she let out a soft cry of "oops", her whole body went limp, and she sat down again.

Granny Duan was shocked, afraid that she would strain Chu Qing, so she didn't dare to exert force in her hands, so she let her fall, and she was just about to speak, when she heard a sound of breaking the air. When I saw it, it was Shui Lingyue who flew back.

I saw that after she landed and stood firmly, she didn't speak, but looked at Chu Qing, then at Granny Duan's inquiring gaze, shook her head gently, and then looked at Chu Qing again, obviously she didn't find anything on the sand mountain.

Chu Qing's face was even more painful at this time, and he said with difficulty: "I feel that there is a powerful force under this desert, which wants to drag me down." ”

Granny Duan's face was also painful, she looked back at Shui Lingyue, and said softly: "Ling'er......"

Shui Lingyue's face was still full of puzzlement, and her cold eyes carefully observed everything around her, especially the desert under her feet that Chu Qing said.

Granny Duan thought for a moment and said, "Ling'er, why don't we carry Qing'er on our backs and try it in another place." ”

Who knew that as soon as her words fell, Shui Lingyue didn't have time to answer, only to see the entire land where the three of them were located collapsed.

Instantly losing his balance and unable to use his mana, Chu Qing exclaimed.

Shui Lingyue reacted quickly, and at the same time as the sword rose, he reached out with one hand and pulled Chu Qing back.

Granny Duan also took the opportunity to pick up the little chubby bear bag and the orange cat girl.

The three people who stabilized their bodies looked around in horror at the same time, only to see that the area of the collapse was probably hundreds of acres in size. The original undulating desert was broken into several pieces and fell into the deep pit of collapse, and for a while the sand and dust rolled up, accompanied by the thick black smoke that came out of the ground, covering the sky and the sun, as if the sky had collapsed.

The huge rumbling sound was incessant, and the ear drums buzzed.

Shui Lingyue held Chu Qing, whose whole body was as weak as mud, and drove the Shui Yue Sword through the rain-like falling rocks. After flying forward for a distance, I didn't forget to look back, only to see that Granny Duan also released a purple dragon and rode on it with two small animals. The purple dragon used its two front paws to continuously remove the gravel that fell beside it, and it forced a passage to open a passage, which could be regarded as worry-free for a while.

Without taking care of it, Shui Lingyue turned her head, calmed down, looked down through the falling rocks, faintly, she found that the deep pit that had collapsed was more than a hundred zhang deep, and it was bottomless.

Shui Lingyue and Granny Duan flew forward one after the other, and then flew forward for some distance.

Huo Ran found that there was a little brilliance flickering below, which was extremely incompatible with the surrounding gloom, and the color of the brilliance was correct, which secretly revealed the auspicious atmosphere.

In such a terrible environment, it is visible to the eye, which shows the degree of brightness. Shui Lingyue didn't feel a puzzle in her heart, and when she saw that everyone was no longer in danger, her face sank, and she resolutely took the sword light, split the rocks, and flew towards the brilliance.

Granny Duan, who was following behind, seemed to be all focused on dodging those falling rocks, and suddenly saw Shui Lingyue speed up, thinking that Shui Lingyue would rise with a sword and soar into the sky to escape this disaster. That knew that he saw that he plunged into the abyss, and his heart was full of worries about the safety of Shui Lingyue and Chu Qing, so he didn't think about it anymore, and with the same trick in his hand, he led the purple dragon and leaned down to chase after him.

After passing through the rocks and falling for a distance, the brightness of the brilliance became clearer, and the closer you got, the more you can see it.

Shui Lingyue and Chu Qing saw clearly at the same time, it was a cylindrical luminous object that stood up, looking down from above, it was several zhang high, and the soft brilliance emitted by the cylinder illuminated the radius of dozens of zhang, and what was even more peculiar was the falling stones, before they got close to the luminous object, they were like receiving some huge force, and they instantly cracked, turned into stone powder, and fell and flew around.

Just when the two of them were surprised, suddenly, a thunderous roar came from the cylindrical luminous object.