Chapter 723 The Land of the Dead
Outside the window is a misty cloud, and Ouyang Lan and the others are resting in the cabin. I looked out at the scenery outside the window and had been away from the center of the base for three days. Our destination is the Land of Death. It is expected to arrive at a small village on the edge of the Land of Death tonight, which is one of the entrances.
I was playing with a Rubik's Cube. This Rubik's Cube was originally a puppet given to me by Old Man Mo. It was broken before and kept in the Netherworld Ring. When I was in the Demon Temple, Bu Mofeng found a skilled craftsman and repaired the Rubik's Cube. Although his ability is not as good as before, he can also change various shapes and is a powerful tool for home life.
The plane trembled suddenly, and my Rubik's Cube flew out of my hand, and turned into a six-legged spider in the air, stepping on the wall and jumping back to the table. I dragged it into my palm, and it turned into an ordinary Rubik's Cube. I thought it was the destination, and there were also prompts on the plane. Everyone slowly woke up, and I put the Rubik's Cube into the ring and got off the plane with my things.
The sand and stones were flying outside, making people unable to open their eyes. I hugged Ouyang Lan and Mo Qiushui, and Su Tong followed the team toward the building in the wind and sand. After walking in, I found that there were only a few white small flat buildings, which had nothing to do with the village. The small building seemed to be swallowed up by sand and dust at any time. I guess this place should have been temporarily built by the Leng family, and no one would live there.
However, no matter how simple it is, it is a shelter. After simply planning the next plan, I put on my bags and stood on the edge of the land of death. Looking at the black wind sweeping inside, if nothing unexpected happens, the things we bring, plus the resources stored in the ring, will be enough for us to last for a month.
We only have half a month, and in half a month, a death sandstorm will be set off in the place of death, and those who stay outside will have to evacuate.
We walked into the land of death. The sand was soft and the sand was over the instep. The scene in front of us through the goggles was very dim. Everyone had a rope around their waists to avoid getting lost.
After the first arduous night, we walked about six kilometers and finally passed through the black sand barrier outside the Land of Death. The black sand barrier is a level to enter the Land of Death. It will roll up wild sand and blow constantly during the day or at night. If we don’t have a very good sense of direction, we can easily get lost inside and end up waiting for death.
I found a locator about one mile away from the Black Sand Barrier. This was buried in advance by the scouts of the Leng family. Only in this way can we safely walk through the Black Sand Barrier. After a night, everyone was exhausted and wanted to take a break. Looking around, the yellow sand was everywhere, and the vastness was vast.
There is a special plant here, not a cactus, but a tree with no leaves. It has a straight trunk with two or three branches divided on it, which looks a bit like a dried poplar tree, but it is indeed alive. Cutting a layer of hard bark outside with a knife will cause green juice with toxins to flow out.
Looking around, this plant can be seen almost everywhere, and I don’t know what it is for, but I always feel a little weird.
We discussed walking a little further and choosing a relatively safe place to rest. We could untie the rope after getting out of the black sand barrier. Ouyang Lan and the others were held by me with a flying sword and moved slowly with the team. With my current spiritual power, I supported it for two or three days, it was a piece of cake.
However, each of the Flying Sword and Xuanming Sword can only stand two or three people, and of course the ladies are given priority.
When we climbed a sand dune, we saw a fence surrounded by tree stumps in the distance. When we arrived there, we found nothing, only mottled blood on the wooden stakes. We jumped in and turned the yellow sand and found a lot of human corpses, most of which were broken. I felt a relatively strong yin energy, but I did not see any ghosts.
That kind of monster should have been devoured with human ghosts. This kind of field seems to be used for duels, and there are signs of fighting and impact on the inner wall of the wooden stake. But there should be no danger for the time being. We decided to rest here for a while. Li En, Gongsun Ya and others investigated everywhere, leaving them to rest on the spot.
After a while, I found no special place when I came back. I looked ordinary, if there was really, it would be calm. Isn’t it said that this place is full of dangers? How could it be so quiet?
According to the signal from the locator, it took about three days to reach the destination at our level. We didn't have a long rest and then we went out again. As we walked, the problem came. A few black shadows suddenly came out of the sand and rushed towards us, but I solved it with a sword.
I went up to check the corpses and found that these were mummies, but part of the chest was sunken, as if something was parasitic on it. I just cut off the three black shadows in half, but it did not hurt the parasite in the chest. Suddenly, a strange scream came from behind.
Shi Hui's arm penetrated a flat beetle, probably the size of a bowl, with barbed legs around it, and a long tail shook down. Shi Hui was about to burn the thing with a fire, and I said, "Slow down."
Shihu dropped the Beetle, and I saw a mouthpart with a barb on the front of the insect.
"Isn't this an oriental horseshoe crab? How could it be in the desert?"
Most of the people are unfamiliar with this kind of creature, but a few people understand it. With their explanation, we roughly learned about the Oriental Horseshoe crab. However, the creature in front of us is different from the Oriental Horseshoe crab, such as a centipede-like legs on the edge and that long mouthpart.
Moreover, this thing is parasitic on mummies, which makes me wonder if it is these things in the monsters in the Land of Death? It is not yet certain, so we will call it a corpse worm for the time being.
The carcasses are blue-gray, with a faint dying air flowing on their bodies, and are cold all over, which is in a great contrast with the hot desert temperature. The blood of this insect also has toxins, but the toxins are not very strong, but large amounts can also cause life danger to people.
Later, we encountered several waves of such insects, and they were parasitized on mummies, controlling the mummies to attack us from the dark, but they did not succeed at once. Until we fell asleep at night, I was responsible for the vigilance. I originally thought that nothing would happen, but after dawn, I was shocked.
The surrounding area turned into a pile of corpses, and the mummies that had not yet completely rotten were stuck in the sand wall. I was obviously on the ground, so why did I suddenly come here? Is it an illusion? I felt a pain in the back of my hand, and there were two holes on it at some point, similar to a bite by a poisonous snake.
Although I didn't take a nap all night, I was inevitably distracted. However, with my current strength, even if a bug or something wanted to get close to me, it would inevitably attract my attention. However, this wound had already appeared without my consciousness.
Chapter completed!