Chapter 528 Mirage (2)
Boss Xu's attitude made Pu Zixuan and others think of the advice of the Piaoyun Inn shop when he was in Jiangxi. At that time, when the store mentioned the term "Devil's Waters", it was also using this extremely terrifying expression.
They are both "devil" and "undead", but when they reach the vast northwest, the scene has changed from a lake to a desert.
However, unlike in Jiangxi, everyone already knew that one of the abilities of Drought Bahn was to create zombies. Sun Xiaoshu had experienced it personally when he was confused. Moreover, now Pu Zixuan has mastered the key points of the Forestless Realm and possessed the peerless treasure of the Eternal Night Forest. When he heard such a evil saying, he could not be frightened even if he wanted to be frightened.
What is a zombie? What is a drought-ba? No matter how powerful he is, can he be stronger than Xiqu, which was upgraded to the demon emperor?
At that time, my power in the formless realm had not yet been fully awakened, and I could also regard the xiqu as a grass-rooted person, let alone now?
However, it seems that Boss Xu must know something about the depths of the desert. This is an opportunity to obtain valuable information. So Pu Zixuan said cliché: "Why do you have to say it so strangely? Everyone knows that there is a legend of the drought bark in Gansu. The depths of the desert, it is not the drought bark's nest? And those so-called undead are actually zombies, right?"
After hearing this, Boss Xu was surprised and said, "You tourists from the south know this too? Could it be that you actually wanted to explore the legendary Devil City of Hanba? If so, I don't want this money anymore, and my camels can't be rented to you!"
Seeing that Boss Xu intends to cancel the transaction, Chen Shuqing was secretly happy, but she didn't expect Su Sanniang to refuse to buy it: "Boss Xu, don't worry, even if we have the courage to go to such a deadly place! We inquired this way, isn't it just to avoid that dangerous place? But since you have never been to the depths of the desert, why do you believe in the statements of drought, zombies, etc.? Have you ever seen zombies appear?"
"Oh, I was half-believing and half-doubted, but a few days ago, something evil happened in Dunhuang County!" Boss Xu paused after saying that, and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he approached seven people and whispered, "The magistrate of Dunhuang suddenly died a few days ago. The cause of death announced by the court was drowning, and no body could be found. However, it had been spread in the market that the drowned was actually his daughter. His daughter turned into a zombie and bit her father to death. Later, a camel merchant saw that Zheng County Magistrate who turned into a zombie ran to the desert. Haha, evil, right?"
"Is that so? It's 'heard' again..." Pu Zixuan asked in confusion, "Hasn't you been doing business here all the time? Didn't you see the magistrate who turned into a zombie with your own eyes?"
"That day, the weather was much worse than today. It rained for half a day during the day and it stopped in the afternoon, so I didn't come out to do business. Of course, although I didn't see the scene with my own eyes, I actually knew more than them." At this point, Boss Xu couldn't help but show off, "The daughter of Zheng County Magistrate Danghe drowned. At that time, three corpse fishers caught her body ashore. As a result, the woman who turned into a zombie not only bit Zheng County to death, but also bit one corpse fisherman to death. The corpse fisherman was carried back to the village by his two sons, and at night it turned into a zombie, and two villagers in the same village were killed. If someone hadn't destroyed the zombies and the dead villagers in time, I'm afraid that the whole village would have turned into zombies today."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanliang smiled disdainfully, "A person who has never seen any evil things with his own eyes knows this and that, and knows much more than others... Haha, you are such a talkative person, I Zhu Xianfeng has seen a lot of water in it, how much water is there... Forget it, I won't say it anymore, if you say it thoroughly, it will be boring..."
"I, Xu Yungen, have never been the kind of person who likes to brag..." Xu Yungen snorted coldly, "Do you want to know why? Then let me tell you that the village where the accident happened is called Longle Village, and my wife married from that village. On the night of the incident, she rushed back to Longle Village and said that the dead corpse fisherman had some kindness to her family and must go back and see her. I was afraid that something would happen to her, so I didn't allow her to go, but I couldn't stop her. Fortunately, he came back safe the next day and told me everything. By the way, my wife is so beautiful. People like me, because I made a fortune with these camels, so in my life, the only ones I love most are these camels. I must be sure that you can rent it to you if you don't go to that dangerous place."
Zhu Yuanliang teased: "I have listened for a long time. Why do you feel that your core meaning is actually showing off that you have a beautiful wife?"
Xu Yungen curled his lips and said, "That's because you are still single and have never tasted the taste of a beautiful woman, so you immediately became sensitive when you hear this."
"Did you know again? Haha, when I was enjoying the joy of clouds and rain in Lijiang, Yunnan, you guys were probably still having fun at home!" Zhu Yuanliang was told the pain and immediately used lies to conceal his inferiority complex in his heart.
"Cough cough..." Seeing Zhu Yuanliang starting to speak without any restraint, Pu Zixuan immediately coughed a few times and suggested that he stop. Then, he solemnly promised Xu Yungen, "Okay, anyway, Boss Xu, don't worry, we will definitely avoid the Devil City and bring the seven camels back intact. Now, please tell me other precautions."
So, afterwards, everyone did not talk about evil things anymore. Xu Yungen explained to the seven people one by one about the habits of camels, the characteristics of the desert, and the way to deal with critical situations, and then watched them ride the camels' backs gradually drifting in the yellow sand.
Since Sun Xiaoshu became a mixture of multiple forces after his rebirth and absorbed fragments of "Huanyue Jue", his body's ability to cover the demonic energy and the purifying power of the force was greatly enhanced. Everyone needed to stay away from him more than ten feet away to sense the external aura. The seven camels were led by the "mountain" riding by Zhu Yuanliang, and moved forward in the shape of a "one". Therefore, a group of people could not grasp the demonic energy of the drought bar at any time, but were just talking and laughing in the established direction.
According to Xu Yungen's introduction, these camels can walk fifty miles in one hour in the desert. Under normal circumstances, they can reach the location of the demonic energy in about four hours. The seven people left Xu Yungen just halfway through Si time. Then, including some rest time, Pu Zixuan expects that the team will arrive at the Devil City at dusk.
In this way, if it is convenient, under the powerful offensive of the Wuxiang Realm and the Eternal Night Forest, we will take the Hanba's nest tonight, gather the last piece of the Mianyue Art fragment, and then spend a refreshing night in the desert. Even if it is not convenient, we can rest for a night in the middle and launch the general attack the next day after agreeing on the combat plan.
However, it was obvious that they did underestimate the horror of the desert and were somewhat unprepared for the difficulties they might encounter.
At first, a breeze blew across the sand dunes, rolling up strands of fine sand. At this time, it was about Shenshi. More than two hours had passed since departure, and most of the road had passed. The sky was still cloudy, and the sky in the distance gradually turned into a dark yellow.
Since the wind was not very big, everyone did not attract attention at the beginning. Only Shadali stopped the camel's pace and shouted vigilantly: "Please take care of it, it seems that the trade wind is coming, and you can't move forward any more!"
Zhu Yuanliang, who was walking in the front, stopped hearing the sound, turned around and asked, "What is a trade wind?"
"I have performed a mission in the Tengger Desert in Inner Mongolia and am quite familiar with the habits of the desert. This kind of wind that can roll up sand is called a trade wind. Although the wind is still small now, it will soon become bigger and cause sandstorms!"
When Shadali finished speaking, the wind had already become stronger. Under the leadership of the leader camel, all camels stopped moving forward and leaned on the ground, refusing to move forward no matter what.
Shadali confirmed: "Yes, the camels refused to leave because they had the ability to predict sandstorms. If they judged that there would be dangers to continue moving forward, they would stop!"
Pu Zixuan looked around and saw that the place was already far away from people and could not find any object to block the storm. He asked, "What should I do?"
"Everyone comes down, let the camel block the dust for us!" Shadali said, and he was the first to come down, squat down and leaned tightly on the camel's wide body.
Others had no idea about the desert, so of course they could use Shadali's actions as a benchmark, and they all sorted out camels and used their bodies as cover to avoid the wind.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and thousands of piles of yellow sand were rolling up and whistling. The sky and earth were covered with dark yellow. Soon, the seven people fell into a sandstorm, and even the companions next to them were hard to see clearly.
The scene was terrifying, but what was even more terrifying was that the wind at this time was obviously different from the ordinary wind. Except for the whistling sound, all seven people heard it. When sand passed by their ears, there were endless crying sounds like humans and non-ghosts.
"Woo-Woo-Woo-"
Chapter completed!