Hu Herun and others woke up early in the morning and found that they slept very comfortably. It seemed that they had not woken up in the middle of the night and were not awakened by the cool breeze. It felt very strange.
Naturally, they attribute this good deed to the God of Heaven and believe that the God of Heaven protects them.
Seeing this, Ye Ming felt a little heartbroken.
It turns out that this is how it feels when one's own contributions are taken away by other gods.
Since last night, the number of monsters active nearby has significantly decreased, and Hu Herun and his party have not encountered any other monsters.
After walking for another two days, Hu Herun and others found a water source and were about to collect the water when they suddenly heard a cry for help from over there.
"Help, is there a kind-hearted Anda who is passing by and help me out?"
Hearing the sound, Hu Herun and others looked towards the side of the pool.
Ye Ming was very surprised when he heard the man's voice. It was such a familiar voice. He should know the person calling for help.
However, he didn't remember any other Liang people he had interacted with, and he didn't know who they were.
But at such a close distance, he didn't bother to calculate it. He would just go and see it.
Soon, Hu Herun and others discovered that there was a trap pit left at an unknown time not far from the pool, and a young man wearing Liangren clothes was calling for help inside.
Ye Ming took a closer look and suddenly became happy.
Isn’t this the ambition to travel all over the world?
How could you pretend to be cool and fall into someone else's trap?
Hu Herun and others rescued him with a rope. Zhuang Nan kept thanking everyone and took out the naan bread he had with him to share with everyone.
Relying on naan bread, he quickly became familiar with everyone.
This guy also has a pseudonym, called Sumuhake.
Ye Ming, whose pseudonym is Huda Laqi, stepped forward to communicate with Zhuang Nan, whose pseudonym was Sumuhake.
I found that this guy had not changed much except for disguising his name and identity. He was still determined to travel to famous mountains and rivers.
His destination this time is the holy city of Tianlai Grassland, Aoshaer.
It happened that Hu Herun and others were also going to Aoshaer. They did not meet any other insiders along the way, and they were still thinking about going back and continuing to serve the Great Khan.
Since we were traveling together, and in line with the principle of one more person, more effort, Zhuang Nan also traveled with everyone.
This guy still likes to write and draw and record various things along the way.
Ye Ming quickly established a good relationship with him, and the two talked and laughed all the way, like brothers.
After arriving at another medium-sized settlement, Hu Herun and others had the opportunity to communicate with other people.
This time, they finally learned about the defeat and capture of their Khan.
Fortunately for Huhrun, the Erezi Khan he served died in battle, which was considered more honorable and acceptable.
Several other people loyal to Bor Khan couldn't accept it when they heard that Khan had been captured. Some were so excited that they wanted to go south to avenge Khan, but were stopped by others.
Their survival is now a problem, so they can only find some work in this medium-sized settlement to earn some food.
But this settlement is only a temporary settlement, and there are not many cattle and sheep. They will leave here in a few months, and there is very little work for them to do. Everyone can only go hungry and continue to Aoshaer, hoping to be there. A way to survive can be found.
After walking for another two days, they finally entered the Tianlai Grassland.
In Ye Ming's view, except for the harsher environment, there is no difference between this place and other places. They are all equally desolate.
But Ye Ming knew the difference here that night.
At that time, the group was looking for a place to rest temporarily, but suddenly a strong wind blew, and the wind became stronger and stronger, even the stones on the ground were blown.
In the distant horizon, countless sand and dust were blown up, covering the sky and the earth.
"No, it's a black sandstorm!"
Hu Herun shouted and quickly led everyone to hide behind a hill.
Not long after, the overwhelming dust was blown away by the strong wind. Even if everyone was hiding behind the hills, they felt like they were about to be blown away.
Fortunately, Hu Herun had rich experience and asked everyone to tie themselves to the dead tree stumps with ropes, so they escaped the disaster.
But it was still covered by sand and dust and hit by stones.
The black sandstorm lasted for nearly an hour. After the wind stopped, it took a while before Hu Herun crawled out of the sand.
After crawling out, he hurriedly looked for everyone.
After searching around, I found Ye Ming, Zhuang Nan and other people who had "narrowly escaped death", as well as several other companions.
Unfortunately, one person was hit on the forehead by a stone in the sand and had been dead for a long time.
The prairie people didn't feel too much sadness. After paying him some prairie etiquette, everyone continued on their way.
The Tian Lai Grassland is indeed a bit misnamed. After walking here for two days, I encountered various problems.
Storms, quicksand, quagmire, poisonous snakes, etc., the crises are endless.
That is to say, there are almost no wolves on the grassland now. If it were before, it would definitely be inevitable to encounter them.
After two days, the number of people was reduced by one person, and one person was injured.
Moreover, everyone was completely out of food. With nothing to eat anymore, they could only find grass roots, bark and the like to satisfy their hunger.
The key is that although this is a grassland, it is actually as degraded as the Gobi. There are only a few trees and very little grass.
That night, the remaining seven people suddenly saw a poplar forest from a distance.
Seeing this, Hu Herun and others screamed excitedly and ran all the way over.
Sure enough, there is water in this poplar forest.
Although it is only a small piece of shallow water that is only feet deep, it is undoubtedly a life-saving thing.
Everyone drank water like cattle until they were full, and then they felt alive.
Hu Herun gasped for breath:
"Blessed by the God of Nature, I can finally survive."
Others also chanted "God bless the sound of nature".
That guy Zhuang Nan also looked very pious, as if he really believed in the God of Heaven.
At this time, Zhuang Nan also looked at Ye Ming:
"Hudaraj, look at you, you are so pious to the God of Heaven!"
Ye Ming smiled and said:
"Hey, Sumuhake, aren't you also very pious?"
Hu Herun interjected:
"Everyone is devout, everyone is devout. There is no one on the grassland who does not sincerely believe in the God of Heaven."
After everyone lay down and rested for a while, a man said he wanted to pee and went outside the Populus euphratica forest.
Everyone didn't take it seriously and let him go.
Hu Herun was still thinking about finding something to eat.
After searching for a while, Hu Herun found a piece of relatively fresh bark that could be used as a cushion.
At this time, someone said:
"Strange, why hasn't Wuhule come back for so long?"
"Did he find food and hide and eat it secretly?"
"I don't know, let's go find out!"
Hearing this, Hu Herun decided to be more cautious and immediately said:
"Let's go and see it together."
Everyone got up and walked out together, but when they left the Populus euphratica forest, Wuhule was nowhere to be seen.
Looking up, there was no obstruction around. Logically speaking, even if he ran far away, he should still be able to see people.
But right now there is nothing.
At this time, someone with sharp eyes noticed a pile of freshly turned sand not far away.
Could it be from Wuhulera?
But is there something in his stomach?
Moreover, what does it mean to see no one?
In the midst of doubts, Hu Herun suddenly said:
"Everyone, be quiet and listen carefully to see if there is any sound."
When everyone heard the words, they held their breath and listened attentively.
Sure enough, there was a small "rustling" sound.
"Underground, underground!"
Pointing to the ground, he said in horror.
As he was talking, the sand beneath his feet suddenly flew up, and a huge insect rushed out of it, biting the man on the head, and then swallowed him whole.
After swallowing the man in one gulp, the insect rushed out of the ground intact.
Everyone looked around and saw a big fleshy red insect crawling on the ground.
It was about a foot long and thicker than a bucket. It had no obvious other organs on its body, except for what appeared to be a large mouth full of fangs on its head, or perhaps an insect-like mouthpart.
"It's the 'death bug'!"
Hu Herun and others were shocked.
On the grassland, there have been rumors about the death insect.
It is said that they live under the sand in harsh environments. They can spit out venom from a few feet away and kill people. They can also rush out of the sand and swallow people. They have always been feared by grassland people.
Hu Herun and others suddenly saw this kind of insect, how could they not be afraid.
After the "death bug" eats a person, the front half of its body stands up, and venom suddenly spurts out from its mouthparts, covering Hu He's face.
Fortunately, Hu Herun was very skilled and managed to avoid it.
The venom fell on the ground, corroding the sand and emitting white smoke, which looked very scary.
The "Death Worm" missed one blow, then twisted and pursued another person.
Although this insect was fat, it was not slow. When the man saw this, his expression changed drastically, and he turned around and ran away.
Under the shadow of death, he burst out faster than usual and ran out.
If you want to see it, you have to keep distance. When you are shaking off the terrifying bug behind you, another bug suddenly rushes out from the sand in front of it.
It turned out to be a "death bug" too, just slightly smaller.
It swallowed the person in one bite and fell to the ground.
After two insects, one large and one small, appeared, two more death insects rushed out of the ground in the other two directions.
They are also smaller than the original bugs.
Looking at it this way, it was clearly a female worm and three daughter worms.
Apparently, they accidentally broke into someone's home.
When Hu Herun and others saw this, they were so frightened that they even lost their souls.
One person was so nervous that he pulled out the scimitar from his waist and rushed towards a smaller "Death Insect" beside him.
The insect's skin was thick and elastic, and it couldn't be cut with a knife.
The insects were not polite. When they saw the food coming to their door, they opened their mouths and swallowed it in one gulp.
Seeing this, Hu Herun and others were so frightened that they turned around and ran away without any intention of resisting.
Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan also looked panicked and ran together.
Those bugs chased after me, opening their mouths and spitting out venom from time to time, extremely vicious.
Hu Herun ran away without knowing how he escaped.
In short, after running to a certain distance, the terrifying nest of "death bugs" stopped pursuing them and allowed them to escape.
Hu Herun, who was lying on the ground panting for the rest of his life, looked at Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan, who were lying on both sides of him panting, and sighed:
"Blessed by the God of Nature, we are so lucky to be able to survive the encounter with the 'Insect of Death', the three of us."
"Yes, the God of Heaven bless you, the God of Heaven bless you."
Ye Ming said this in a nonchalant way.
Zhuang Nan also said:
"That bug is so scary. I will definitely write it down later."
"Yes, this kind of thing is worth writing down. You must let others know that there are 'death bugs' in that place and you can't go there."
Hu Herun said with deep approval.
After the three rested for a while, they set off again.
In the days that followed, we encountered many difficulties along the way.
Hu Herun felt like he was about to die several times, but miraculously survived.
Along the way, he had nothing to eat or drink, and he almost starved to death. Now his belly is full of grass roots.
Fortunately, after running all the way, we are finally reaching our destination...
This morning, the three of them climbed over a stretch of Gobi and finally saw from a distance the holy city of Tianlai Grassland, the holy land in the hearts of the grassland people, Aoshaer.
Looking at the holy city built at the foot of the Snow Mountain, Hu Herun finally showed a smile:
"Two Anda, we are here!"
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