Chapter 321 A World Rampant with Bizarre Events (9)
Chapter 321 A World Rampant with Bizarre Events (9)
Getting lost in the desert is a dangerous thing, but the others could guess that. However, they weren't so kind as to go back to find them.
Just like what Wangyou said, as long as one person from the Dragon Kingdom wins, that's enough. Constantly searching for others in this unknown place is a foolish thing to do, because there are not only people from the Dragon Kingdom in this desert, but also people from other countries. There is a difference between first place and last place.
After they finished eating, they checked the system panel. The Dragon Kingdom had thirteen survivors and two dead. Other countries had more or less people who had died. They had only just entered the country and hadn't even passed the first level yet.
"Let's keep going. We need to find a place to stay before dark."
"Okay, let's go!" The group glanced behind them and then continued on their way.
To be honest, walking in the desert is very physically demanding, especially under the blazing sun. It makes you lose all interest in anything. Wangyou put the hood on her clothes and, under the scorching sun, calculated the direction where she could quickly pass through the checkpoint.
Along the way, they encountered many plants that could survive in the desert, such as camel thorn, which could replenish the water lost from the body. The four of them tried not to spend points, because no one knew what other uses the points might have, or whether they would be the final criterion for evaluation.
As the four walked, they became dizzy and their vision blurred, causing them to stumble and stagger.
"Ouch!" Turning around, I saw that Tian Zhuang had fallen down, and all around him was constantly flowing sand.
"Don't move! This is wet quicksand. The more you struggle, the faster you'll sink!" Wangyou said urgently. In just a short while, both of his legs had already sunk in.
"Spread your body out to maximize the area of contact with the ground, which will slow down your descent," Liu Yong quickly said.
Tian Zhuang dared not struggle anymore. Following Liu Yong's instructions, he soon felt his sinking speed slow down. Then, Shen Suifeng and Liu Yong worked together to pull Tian Zhuang up.
"Run! There are so many ants!" Wang Feng's Wang You saw a small red hill in the distance, quickly put speed-up talismans on them, and then ran away.
The three followed closely behind, looking back as they ran out of curiosity. When they saw such a large, moving red mountain, they started running as fast as they could.
The four of them ran for an unknown amount of time before finally getting rid of the small hill. By then, it was getting dark. Fortunately, Wangyou had kept up with the course and they found a sheltered slope.
Let's rest here tonight!
"If we hadn't had the speed-up talisman today, we probably would have been done for. What is that thing?" After the danger subsided, the group slowed down, panting heavily.
"It must be ants, and red ants at that. I think they're highly poisonous," Wangyou said, catching her breath.
“Even small red ants are quite poisonous, so those the size of a fist are probably even more venomous.” Tian Zhuang had seen this kind of information before, and hearing this made him feel a little scared.
“Quite a few more people have died.” Wangyou glanced at the system panel. Including them, only eleven people remained in the Dragon Kingdom. Other countries had suffered total annihilation.
"Let's eat something first!" Wangyou took out the roasted scorpion meat she had prepared earlier and ate it directly to replenish her spiritual energy. This day had been so wonderful.
Upon hearing this, the group took out food from their system backpacks and ate it. They also bought warm clothes for themselves and started a small charcoal pile.
"This day was so exciting! I've been starving all day, and I've lost two sizes of fat on my stomach." Not far away, a fat man and a thin man huddled on the ground, shivering in the cold wind.
"No, Fatty, get up. We need to move, or we'll freeze to death," the skinny guy said, barely managing to stay awake.
"I can't go on. My legs don't feel like my own anymore. I should have known better than to run around today. I reckon that little girl is still alive." The fat man wailed. It's no wonder, anyone who sees scorpions as thick as an arm, especially a whole swarm of them, their first instinct is to run.
"Wait, I think I see a fire." The skinny man rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, it really was a fire.
"Where?" The fat man pulled the skinny man up by his legs, almost pulling him down. Following his gaze, they saw the firelight.
"Let's go, let's go take a look. Fatty thinks I can live another day." Fatty was excited and moved his two mechanical legs toward the source of the fire. Skinny followed behind.
"Who's there!" Liu Yong, who was on night watch, heard the noise and immediately looked towards the source of the sound with his dagger, only to see two figures.
"Brother Liu, what's wrong?" Wangyou woke up immediately, yawned and asked.
"Two people are coming over there. Wake up Shen Suifeng and Tian Zhuang too!" Liu Yong said warily, looking over there.
When the fat man and the thin man heard the voices and realized they were speaking the Chinese language, they were moved to tears.
"It's us!" Although they shouted loudly, that was only in their own perception. In reality, the two of them hadn't drunk any water all day and had been running for so long that their voices were so hoarse that they couldn't be heard at all.
"You all wait here, I'll go take a look!"
"Brother Liu, I'll go with you. Let Brother Shen keep Wangyou company while she waits here." Tian Zhuang thought to himself that this would finally come in handy.
Wangyou and Shen Suifeng had no objections. Tian Zhuang and Liu Yong carefully walked up to the two men and found that they were actually familiar faces.
"Why is it you?" Liu Yong did not put down the dagger in his hand; instead, he became even more vigilant.
"Big brother, we've gotten lost. There's all sorts of weird stuff along the way, it's terrifying!" the fat man said in a hoarse voice.
"Brother Liu, what should we do?" These two turned and ran away right away, and Tian Zhuang didn't have a good impression of them.
"Take them back first. They're Chinese, after all. We can't just stand by and watch them die." Then, Liu Yong and Tian Zhuang each dragged one of them over.
They were given some water, and the two finally regained some energy.
"My name is He Dun, I'm 22 years old, and everyone calls me Fatty."
"My name is Yuanxiao, and I am 19 years old."
Wangyou glanced at the person named Yuanxiao. Judging from her appearance, she thought she was a man, but she didn't expect her to be a girl.
"Fatty, I apologize for running away back then. The situation was urgent, and I thought everyone was running. But when I got far away, I found you guys standing still. When I got back, I was afraid I'd be eaten. I didn't have time to save anyone and ended up getting myself killed." Fatty's words were reasonable because it was only human nature; it would have been abnormal not to run.
The situation was that Shen Suifeng saw that Wangyou wasn't running away, so he didn't run away either. Liu Yong knew how important Wangyou was, so he couldn't run away. Tian Zhuang was just a step too slow to react. Once he reacted, he couldn't run away anymore. There was no choice but to fight.
"I can fight, can I join you?" Yuanxiao asked somewhat shyly.
“Okay, more people means more strength, but as a teammate, I don’t want you to abandon your teammates and run away next time.” Wangyou nodded in agreement, and the others had no objections either.
"Can I join?" the fat man asked quickly.
"Yes, just like him."
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