mtl008 Chapter 331: Deep into the Desert
Chapter 331: Deep into the Desert
Ashura looked up and said to Hunter, "Could you please tell me what I need to pay attention to here? What else do I need to prepare besides water?"
Hunter seemed to guess that Ashura wanted to go to the area where the sand beetles were present, but he seemed to have some reservations and hesitated to speak!
Ashura saw that he had something to hide, and he couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Is this a secret that can't be told?"
Seeing that Ashura had misunderstood, Hunter quickly waved his hand and then went to the door to look outside.
Then he turned to Ashura and whispered, "Sir, I don't recommend you go into the desert right now, because it's not peaceful there lately!"
Hearing what he said, Ashura couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What happened in there?"
Hunter whispered, "You hold the young master's token, so I won't hide it from you. From what I know, there's a mysterious group of black-robed men in the desert hunting and capturing snake people. They've been fighting the various snake tribes for days!"
"These black-robed men are all very powerful. They secretly took away all the captured snake people!"
"I suspect it might be related to the Xuezhao organization that headquarters asked us to pay attention to earlier!"
After hearing this, Asura was extremely shocked. How could he encounter this damn Xuezhao organization again!
And what exactly was this Xuezhao organization up to? He'd seen them trying to capture dwarves on his way to Saint Goban College!
Now they want to catch the snake people again, what exactly are they going to do?
But no matter what, he has to go deep into the desert, which will undoubtedly be another big adventure!
Ashura was nervous in his heart, but said calmly on the surface: "Thank you, but I still want to go there and take a look!"
"I wonder what value the snake people have? Why do these mysterious people want to capture them?"
After hearing this, Hunter actually smiled obscenely and said, "Maybe he was attracted by the beauty of the snake-people girl! It is said that the red pills of the snake-people girl are a tonic! Hehe~~"
Asura was speechless when he saw Hunter smiling so lasciviously!
Hunter knew he had lost his composure, so he quickly said in a serious tone, "The Snake People are good at using poison, and their strong ones are easy to identify. The stronger the snake people, the fewer scales they have!"
"It is said that Queen Shamaran, the most powerful of the Serpent People, is now no different from a human, and there are no snake scales on her body anymore!"
Asura heard his favorite topic and asked quickly, "The current queen of the Snake People is called Shamalan? So what is the power of this Queen Shamalan?"
Hunter shook his head after hearing this and said, "I don't know about that, because everyone who saw Queen Shamalan was left in the desert forever!"
After hearing this, Ashura instantly lost interest in Queen Shamalan, who was famous for her beauty!
Ashura asked again, "Since the Snake People tribe is so close to Thebes, why haven't we seen any Snake People in the city?"
Hunter shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. Although the snake people lack food and clothing, they never interact with humans or even trade with them, and they never leave that desert!"
After hearing this, Asura had no good feelings towards this isolated race. He had never had a good impression of snakes!
From the Red Lotus Snake King to Uzi who wore viper armor not long ago, Asura seems to have trouble dealing with snakes!
Afterwards, Hunter told some of his stories about everything in the desert!
Asura nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and then Hunter arranged for the waiter to prepare a large amount of water and food. Asura accepted them all with a smile and put them into his space ring!
When Hunter wanted to roll up the map and give it to Ashura, Ashura waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need it, but he put away the portrait of his grandfather Qin Zongren!
In Hunter's puzzled eyes, Ashura stood up and thanked Hunter, then walked out of the Goldlion Company and disappeared around the corner!
Ashura first walked to the water well where Jielin mentioned that water was sold, and looked at the long queue of people waiting to buy water!
Asura observed the location of the well, and then walked out of the city from the south gate of Thebes, which was closest to the well!
Five days later, in a Gobi desert, the sky full of dust was carried by the strong wind, and a slender figure slowly emerged from the yellow sand!
Asura shook off the yellow sand on his hood and looked at the Gobi Desert in front of him with very low visibility!
I couldn't help but secretly curse this place. Why did the snake people choose such a harsh place to survive? In this weather, how could Queen Shamalan's skin be any better?
He had been traveling quickly through the desert for five days, and at his speed he had already entered the depths of the desert!
Apart from encountering a few adventurous mercenary teams, he had not yet seen a snake-man tribe that he had never seen before!
Asura continued to move in one direction, releasing his mental power to observe any movement around him!
After another hour, Asura suddenly discovered some traces that seemed to be human activities. Asura followed these traces and found a spring pool!
This was the first water source Asura had seen after more than three days of crossing the desert. Seeing this pitiful pool of water that was three meters in radius, Asura glanced around and found that there was no living creature nearby!
Asura frowned slightly. Why was there no trace of snake people's activities in this rare water source?
According to the location on the map, he should have arrived at the activity area of the snake people. At this moment, everything seemed abnormal!
Asura carefully observed the surrounding environment, and suddenly his eyes focused, and he walked closer to the small pond!
Asura stared at the small pond for a long time, then squatted down and sniffed hard, and then his brows frowned even deeper!
Asura actually discovered that there was poison in this small pond. Although the poison did not seem to be strong, it left Asura puzzled!
This is obviously a deliberately polluted water source. Logically speaking, even the snake people should not do this to such a precious water source in the desert Gobi!
It is said that the snake people are masters of using poison. I can’t understand why they do this!
Asura didn't stay here for long, but he still made an X on the ground with stones!
If the poison was deliberately applied by the snake people, he had to remind the humans passing by here that they must not die here in vain!
Asura had not walked far from the small pond when he found that the sky in front of him suddenly darkened!
The black and yellow cloud wall was like a wall spanning the sky and the earth, rapidly advancing towards Asura!
Asura knew that this was the most dangerous type of weather in the desert, called the black storm, and Hunter had specifically warned him about it!
If you encounter a black storm, you must turn around and run, or find shelter under a huge rock in the leeward area!
It is especially important to find huge rocks, because stones of normal size will be blown away by the black storm!
Asura looked at the black cloud pressing towards him, and his first reaction was to run backwards!
But as soon as he turned around, he stopped again. He had finally come here, but now he was going to be chased back by the black storm. How could he be willing to accept this?
Asura looked around and found that there were no boulders where he could hide!
Finally, he gritted his teeth and took out a detoxification pill. He rolled it up with his tongue and pressed it to the roof of his mouth. He took a deep breath and jumped into the pool of water that had been contaminated by the poison...