Chapter 32: The Heart-Bending Bug

Except for the fact that the pickled meat thrown by the He family father and son was intercepted twice by other earth dragons at the bottom of the sand, causing some trouble, everything went smoothly.

The three walnut boats sailed in the sand sea, with a speed about half that of a galloping horse, but they were stable, durable and relatively safe.

The walnut boats encountered strange creatures. Originally, the other party was eager to try, but the smell of pickled meat was too overbearing. They were frightened after a while and fled with only two less legs. How could they care about the humans in the walnut boats?

Although most people here grew up on the edge of the desert, they had never seen the sand sea from this angle, and they were all staring.

He Lingchuan murmured: "Can you play like this?"

Sailing in the sand sea, the first time in two lifetimes, can be regarded as a broadening of experience.

The only flaw is that the stench drifting from the front is lingering, making it difficult to breathe.

The helmsmen of the three walnut boats were cautious and tried to avoid the tall sand dunes.

The more magnificent the sand dunes, the bigger the shadow.

All the people in Blackwater City understand that the shadows in Panlong Desert must not be left. The scorching sun, hot wind, thirst, sand bandits and attacks by strange beasts, all of these combined are not as terrible as the shadows in Panlong Desert.

However, no matter how smart the helmsman is, after more than an hour, buildings gradually emerged on the distant horizon.

Getting closer, you can see the broken high walls and city gates.

This is the attached city located in the southwest of Panlong City, which was originally a horn with the main city.

Of course, it has been abandoned for a hundred years, and only wind and sand are frequent visitors here.

But the city walls are still very high, and the city gates are shrouded in thick shadows.

If you look inside from the city gate, you will find that there are still some broken buildings inside, unwilling to be swallowed up by the yellow sand.

They are against the light, and the shadows are everywhere.

It is inevitable to come here, and the only way is to pass through the city gate and cross this abandoned city.

Nian Songyu stood on the walnut boat at the front, turned his head and blew three long whistles to the back.

This was the signal they agreed on at the desert post station.

It was time to initiate the next countermeasure.

The father and son of the He family stood at the bow and shouted to their men: "Light the life fire!"

Although they said "light it", everyone actually took out a small red pill from their arms and swallowed it.

Then, a sour and spicy smell surged from their stomachs, like a tumbling river and sea.

But this hiccup must be held back and not burped.

Everyone felt hot eyes and swollen noses, sour water in their mouths, but their bodies were cold. Although the sun was so scorching above their heads, many soldiers began to shiver.

Fortunately, this symptom only lasted for more than ten breaths before it subsided.

Everyone looked at each other and found that a ghost fire had been ignited on each other's heads and shoulders.

Most of the flames of the people were light green, some were darker, some were brighter, some were yellower, and some were bluer, but they were all small flames as high as the little finger, trembling in the air, as if they would be extinguished by the wind.

But the desert wind was so strong that it hurt when it hit the face, but it couldn't put out the three ghost fires.

Even when the three fires were lit, everyone felt that the temperature around them dropped by several degrees, and the heat wave was not so hot.

This is the life fire, also known as the life lamp, which is usually hidden in the human spirit stove, which is commonly known as the fire of life. The fire is there, and the person is dead when the fire is extinguished.

This is why people die like lamps.

After the life fire was lit, the captains of each team turned their backs and shouted to their team members: "Don't look back!"

On the three walnut boats, the soldiers shouted in unison:

"Don't look back!"

This was repeated three times.

This is a repeated warning to others and to ourselves.

Remember, remember, remember!

He Chunhua stood in front of He Lingchuan on the right, and the latter asked the former: "Dad, do you know that the color of your life fire is yellowish?"

He Junshou was about to shake his head, but suddenly remembered that this action was very dangerous, so he quickly fixed his head and gave his eldest son a glare: "Stinky boy!"

He Lingchuan grinned: "Practice first, it's better to get into danger later."

In fact, what he said makes sense.

"Your life fire is yellow with red." He Chunhua smiled, "Young is good."

The life fire directly reflects the health of the owner. The stronger the body and the more vigorous the blood, the darker the color of the life fire.

Young people are fiery.

At this time, he couldn't turn his head left and right, otherwise He Lingchuan really wanted to see what color the life fire of Nian Songyu and Sun Guoshi was.

When the boat arrived at the foot of the city, He Chunhua took a deep breath and shouted: "Don't move, don't move!"

The same prompt came from the other two boats.

The three helmsmen cast their rods for the last time and let the earth dragon swim towards the direction of the city gate.

The smoke of war in the past and the erosion of wind and sand today have made the city wall, which was originally vertical to the ground, lean forward and look shaky.

But it has stood here for a hundred years, persevering, silent, and unyielding.

Getting closer and closer, the huge doorway is like the bloody mouth of a monster silently opening. He Lingchuan can even see the shallow stains on both sides of the city gate.

Perhaps it is the bloodstains that have been repeatedly splashed on layer by layer, first bright red, then black and purple, and after years of erosion by wind and sand, the hideous color has faded, leaving only a little afterglow.

All the hustle and bustle and excitement will eventually return to calm.

Everyone's eyes darkened, and the walnut boat finally sailed into the shadow under the city gate.

The yin energy rushed in.

The soldiers had already lit the life fire, and only then could they see light smoke coming out of the shadows one after another, rushing towards the walnut boat.

Only when you get close can you see that these light smokes are like human phantoms, with torsos and limbs, but no faces.

They ignored the earth dragon pulling the boat, but were curious about everything on the walnut boat, including every human and every piece of wood.

In the blink of an eye, four or five light smokes surrounded each person. They wandered in front of and behind the human beings, spying with ill intentions. Although they had no eyes, everyone felt that they were being stared at, and goose bumps appeared on their skin.

These things are the three corpse insects!

In the legend of Panlong Desert, they are still the resentful souls hidden under any shadow. Even if passers-by avoid the creatures in the desert, once they stand in the shadow of the sand dune, they will be attacked by it.

In fact, humans who do not have the bright life fire can't see this kind of thing with their naked eyes, so they have no way to resist it.

After Panlong City disappeared, its favorite human left, and the three corpse insects could only turn to invade various creatures. Although it is not the same version, it can make do with it. All creatures in the desert were affected by it and gradually underwent strange changes, such as the earth dragon pulling the boat in front.

Sun Fuping and Nian Songyu were not worried but happy. The existence of these things indirectly proved the existence of the big square pot, and their trip was not in vain.

Every soldier heard a faint whisper, as if someone was talking to him.