The desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, the sun is setting over the long river.
In the evening, under the orange-red sky, smoke curls up from the edge of the Continent of Life.
He looked at the scene in front of him with a smile on his face, and nodded from time to time to the people who were smiling, chatting and laughing, carrying huge and lively desert fish, crabs, lizards... and returned loaded with loads.
Huhu——
The wisps of wind mixed with the increasingly cold temperature of the desert night blew towards the people on the hunting boat, and the sky became darker and darker.
Looking from a distance, it seems that we can see a few shadows of thick gray fog... Wait! Gray fog? !
For a moment, Shan stared at the gray fog appearing in the distance with his remaining right eye. His thoughts were racing in his mind and his face changed drastically.
"Jen! Honk!!"
"Open the anti-spirit! The gray mist is coming!!"
This sentence was shouted by Shan Shan who had reacted!
A loud roar with a hint of broken sound came from far away in this orange and desolate world, and the anxiety contained in it could not help but make people feel excited.
"Quick! Quick! The gray fog is coming again. Get back to the ship!"
Suddenly, everyone who was talking and laughing on the road board of the hunting boat stopped smiling, their expressions suddenly changed, and they waved their big hands to urge their companions around them.
“Woooo——!!!”
The joyful, harmonious and natural atmosphere that was present a moment ago was shattered in an instant by the long and urgent warning sound!
"Gray mist?"
After spending a wonderful day with her cat and the witch doctor, Zhou Xiaoxiao was jumping happily and was about to go home. She was stunned. She looked at the people around her who looked anxious and didn't understand. what happened.
There are many others who are doing the same thing as her. They are all the survivors of the spiritual land who have just integrated into the sand castle. They are all confused, but their bodies are following the herd mentality, and they can't help but help those around them. The anxious companions returned to the hunting boat even more quickly.
At this moment, even Bai Chuan felt that something was very wrong. He kept scanning everyone's expressions, biting a corner of the stunned girl's clothes, pulling her to wake up and running towards the deck.
"Grey fog" seems to be a very dangerous thing!
At the same time, after the initial roar, Dan had already taken steps towards one of the core locations of the hunting ship - the spirit resistance room!
At this moment, Shan Cai recalled that it had been two years since the last time the gray fog invaded!
The gray fog that normally takes two years and three months to arrive has actually arrived three months earlier this time!
Damn it!
Cursing in a low voice, he also quickened his pace, and the power of the second level made him fly towards the spirit resistance room like a gust of wind.
After shouting earlier, "Ren", who had been guarding the spirit resistance room, was also anxious. He first triggered the alarm of the hunting ship and then continued to command and urge the people in the room to operate. Don't look at this ship. The hunting boat looks very ancient and primitive.
But don’t forget, this is a vast world with countless different civilizations falling into it. This hunting ship is the result of a mysterious combination of a certain civilization and this world! Its operation is not as primitive and simple as it seems, so it is naturally not something that ordinary people can control!
At this moment, everyone was busy, even if some of them didn't understand what was happening, but even if they didn't understand, just because of the anxious and solemn emotions of the people around them, they had a premonition in their hearts, and then they followed Get busy.
A large number of previously placed equipment and tents on the edge of the Continent of Life began to be dismantled and moved by tall and strong men, mixed with various beasts' roars, calls, and urgings, and it was noisy. !
During this, Zhou Xiaoxiao, who had returned to the hunting boat, breathed a sigh of relief and began to quietly observe the surroundings. Although the girl didn't know what happened yet, she already had something in her heart. One hunting boat is the concept of safety.
Baichuan also frowned and slowly approached the edge of the deck. He was getting closer and closer, and there were even traces of gray mist blown by the cold wind because he was too thin. He stretched out a front paw and touched it lightly. That gray fog.
In an instant, a burning sensation emerged directly from the left paw he touched, and the hair at the contact location turned yellow and fell off at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Immediately afterwards, his heart and body seemed to be a little restless, and he wanted to roar and destroy something!
In an instant, Bai Chuan retracted his claws like an electric shock, and stepped back vigilantly, even pulling back the girl who was curious and wanted to imitate his touch.
Gray fog is dangerous! At least it's harmful to living things!
This was the message Baichuan understood in an instant.
He looked around vigilantly and found some people who were still nervously rushing back to the hunting boat in an orderly manner. He also reminded his unidentified partners all the time not to come into contact with the gray mist.
Time passed slowly like this under the nervous withdrawal of everyone.
In less than half an hour, as the gray fog became increasingly dense and slowly pressed in, all the personnel carried their own equipment and returned to the hunting boat.
The next moment, as the last person stepped onto the deck, with a clear trembling sound, the entire ship suddenly trembled to retract the fallen road planks, and a transparent barrier quickly rose, wrapping the entire hunting ship. in it.
Then, all the gray fog was isolated under this transparent barrier. Even a small amount of gray fog that floated into the hunting boat melted like ice and snow at this moment.
Within a few breaths, a familiar clear call sounded.
Everyone could not help but be solemn and slowly gathered towards the square in the center of the deck.
Not long after, a man with a solemn face wearing an eyepatch over his left eye returned to the center with a big sword on his back. His face was unusually solemn, and he even sounded serious and worried!
After staying for a long time during this period, the survivors of the spiritual land discovered that in fact, this giant man who looked very scary at first was actually a very gentle person in normal interactions.
In the past, some of them, even if they interrupted each other repeatedly and made the other party scream and threaten, did not actually kill him. The only demonstration was to ignore the majesty of the other party several times and throw him off the hunting boat and let him fend for himself. self-destruction.
If it were another gathering place, batch after batch of people would have been killed to scare the monkeys. Even if they didn't make any mistakes at the beginning, some people in power might take the initiative to kill one or two chickens to scare the monkeys.
However, such a gentle captain was extremely serious today. Coupled with the "grey fog" they had just experienced, and the unusually solemn crowd, the crowd who had just joined had a bad premonition in their hearts.
"Where's my brother? Where did he go?"
Among the crowd, an extremely weak muttering sounded, attracting Bai Chuan's attention.
He turned his head and realized that the girl next to him was looking around, looking for something. He also suddenly realized that Zhou Yun seemed to be missing? !
Thinking of a certain possibility, he kept looking around, looking for the figure of a certain young man.
"I know that many of you should be very curious at this moment, what exactly happened? I'm sorry for this, this is not the time to talk about this..."
The Shan above spoke, with a hint of apology in his expression. He kept scanning the people below with one single eye, trying his best to speak in a gentle tone. After a little explanation, his face became solemn, "... ...The sudden attack of the gray mist caused everyone to panic. Now that the anti-spiritual world has risen, the responsible team captains will count the number of people..."
"Captain of the logistics team, You Yu! Count your personnel!"
"yes!"
"Captain of the Witch Doctor Team, Yuling! Count..."
"yes!"
"..."
Under the serious face, orderly orders were issued one by one and implemented, until the last "Captain of the Tusand Team, You Fei! Count your personnel!"
However, the powerful voice in Shan's imagination did not respond to him, only dead silence!
Shan's heart skipped a beat, and he had some kind of premonition. He kept scanning the crowd with a slightly ugly face, but he still couldn't find that lean figure. At the same time, bad news came from the captains of each team!
"Report! Two people are missing from the logistics team..."
"Report, one person from the witch doctor team is missing..."
"..."
At this time, Bai Chuan also had a headache. He could not find his brother next to him. He suddenly realized something and grabbed a part of his hair tightly and was crying. He rarely avoided the girl. Helpless to rely on.
He looked out at the sky, which had become gray and erratic with strange lights. He could even vaguely see the shadows of people and beasts in the depths, which were larger than the hunting boats. Walk among them!
I thought I would be safe after leaving Lingdi Gucheng, but I didn't expect it to be even more dangerous outside.
Even if it was just a startling glance, the moment he saw those human and animal figures stretching up to the sky, an abyss-like aura rushed towards his face, making Bai Chuan's hair stand on end.
That is the instinctive reaction of living beings facing a more terrifying existence and the fatal crisis it brings.
The deepest part of the flesh and blood is wailing, trembling, fearful... Run away!
Even Baichuan's will can't change the instinct brought by this body at present.
Baichuan didn't feel this kind of feeling even when facing a second-level Shan. Although it was also related to Dan's aura not being exposed, there was indeed a big difference in strength.
At this moment, the hunting boat is like being stuck in the center of a storm, with deadly dangers everywhere around it, and unfortunately, one of their people is missing.
Bai Chuan, who didn't know what he was thinking, slowly looked at the front of the crowd, the tall one-eyed man Dan.
"Fifteen people, and they are still the most outstanding juniors..." Shan's face turned dark. Listening to the reports that kept coming to his ears, he murmured in a heavy low voice, his expression kept changing, and he felt a little bitter and regretful in his heart. This time it was his negligence. If he had not misjudged the arrival time of the gray fog, there would never have been such a dangerous situation...
Unexpectedly, the gray fog that has not appeared in time anomalies for more than 30 years has begun to arrive early again, and it happens to be at this critical moment...
After a while, he closed his eyes in pain, exhaled slowly, and then opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes flashing with determination and perseverance, and he immediately walked towards the spirit resistance room again.
"Captain, the hunting boat is leaving..." The second in command of the hunting boat next to him, Ren, who was very familiar with Shan, knew what was going to happen at a glance, and he hurriedly followed to try to dissuade him.
"No," Shan shook his head and blocked Ren's hand. Then he curved his lips and turned his head to stare into Ren's eyes. "Ren, you should know who I am. All the descendants of my sand castle are because of this." My mistake caused a crisis, how can I just give up?"
"But..." Ren wanted to say something else.
"If even I give up, then who else will save them? What's the difference between this sandcastle and the one before? Isn't our hard work in vain?"
"A captain or castle master will indeed make those who sit on him feel superior to others and enjoy all privileges. It is a symbol of status and power. But its true meaning is: when danger and disaster strikes, I will resist everything for you. Leave safety and warmth behind my back.”
"Isn't that why you chose to follow me back then?!"
"Well!" Ren nodded heavily and was speechless. At this moment, he wanted to dissuade Shan, but he couldn't say anything anymore, because it was precisely because of this that they gathered together, " Then let me be with you..."
"Okay, Ren, stop talking. If I can't do it, no matter how many people there are, it won't help." Shan interrupted the other party. During the exchange between the two, they had returned from the anti-spiritual room to the high platform of the deck square.
He slowly turned his head, looked at the people below, and suddenly said loudly: "Ren, deputy captain! From now on, you will make all the decisions about this hunting ship! You Yu, You Ling... you have to be careful Listen to this Ren's order. Ren, once an hour has passed and I haven't come back yet, please set off and rush back to the sand castle."
"The sands gather together and the sand castle lasts forever!"
"Yes! When the sand gathers, the sand castle will last forever!"
"Yes!" Ren responded loudly and painfully, "When the sand gathers, the sand castle will last forever!"
Gray fog, under Shan's caution since he was in office, would often stop all dangerous activities one or two months before the gray fog appears. In this regard, it has been a long time since the young generation on the hunting boat got lost in the gray fog. I don't understand what kind of terror the gray mist is that only the captains know!
He understood that even if Shan had reached the second level and could initially express his vitality and show magical power, he would still be in danger in this gray mist!
After saying this, Shan gently jumped off the high platform. Amid the confusion of the crowd, he came step by step to the relatives of the missing persons and whispered comfort to them one by one. Those missing young people are all outstanding juniors from Sandcastle, and they are not alone on this hunting boat.
"Girl Zhou, don't worry, your brother and I will definitely bring it back to you!"
After a while, the tall man came to the helpless girl, squatted down slowly, and whispered to her gently but firmly.
"Really, really?"
The girl's eyes were red and she was nervously grabbing the big cat's soft hair and asking softly.
"Yeah! It'll be fine!"
"Can I go with you?"
"Sorry...this won't work."
Shan Muran subconsciously clenched the gray heart less than the size of a palm in his hand.
Next to him, Bai Chuan squinted his eyes and watched the rough-looking man carefully for a while, especially the gray hearts that the other party specially entered into the cabin and took out, which were obtained from the bodies of those "figures" in the spiritual land.
I once said that one of the most important materials in the spiritual land is the spiritual organ. One of its functions is related to gray fog?
Various thoughts kept flashing in his mind. Bai Chuan looked at the helpless and confused girl in just one day and found that his only relative was missing.
After a while, he sighed slowly in his heart...
(End of chapter)
