Hundreds of thousands of gold coins covered the desert. The gaps between the gold coins shone with the light of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, pearls and various pure and flawless crystal stones. Jonah picked up a spherical ruby with a perfect shape. "What if?" Use it to make an attack star array. The power should be doubled...no, three times."
Fifty yards ahead there was a brass pillar half-buried. That should be the end of the drill. Jonah quickened his steps in surprise: their backpacks appeared not far from the drill. The tattered backpacks were filled with various items. All kinds of things. The astrologer's apprentice had never imagined finding so many strange things in a backpack at the same time. He pulled out a huge pan. First aid supplies were placed in the pan.
Disinfect Danny's wound with wine, wrap a bandage, stick it tightly with tape, change his clothes, and drink half a bottle of water. The Stewart man never woke up. But his face looked much better. Jonah and Hannah also changed into spare clothes. The astrologer apprentice put on his worn but well-fitting robe. The Stewart family seemed to have a special liking for red women. He put on a fiery red tight leather jacket, fiery red trousers and boots. .
"We're lucky. We're on the northwest side of the queen. It's not too far from the entrance of the passage where the sailboat comes out." Hannah raised her hands to cover the sun and looked around. "The time now... is probably just after eleven o'clock in the morning." Bucket The Gale of Ria should be leaving the Queen Node soon. We need to move to the south, get back to the sailboat, and then find a way to get the treasure on board."
Jonah followed her and turned to the south. Then he was startled: "Then, what is that black cloud?"
The entrance of the tunnel is about two or three miles away. Densely packed sand-eating worms are emerging from the exit of the tunnel, scattering into the endless sand sea. At the same time, there are countless flying black dots. Many small winged creatures form a black mass. The clouds undulate over the sand-eating insects.
Hannah smiled: "Didn't I say that now is the mating season? That is the army of male worms. As mentioned before, the lives of all the sand-eating worms in the endless sand sea are given by the queen worms. The female sand-eating worms are just insects. It's just a carrier of eggs. When passing through the long passage in the body of the hind worm, the pregnant female worm will give birth to a new life. The unpregnant worm will be given an unfertilized egg. Once out of the tunnel, the newly born male will The sand-eating worm spreads its wings and flies into the sky. Then it begins to look for the female carrying the eggs. If the female agrees, they will mate. After that, the male worm dies. The female worm carries the fertilized eggs on her back and begins to cruise until she returns to the queen worm again. They give birth at the node. Some females refuse to get pregnant...such as our chirping...three days after leaving the hind worm node, the eggs will dry up and lose their vitality. Male worms that have not found a mating partner will also die naturally after three days. .This is the wonderful world of sand-eating worms... Sometimes I feel that their lives are still very romantic."
"So that's it. Then if the lifespan of the queen worm comes to an end, the sand-eating worm will not be able to reproduce." Jonah couldn't help but think of this possibility.
Hannah was stunned for a moment. Then she nodded: "Maybe. If the queen worms die, the big worms will go extinct. But life is very magical. Maybe a miracle will happen then."
The two people looked at the spectacular mating scene and were stunned for a while. "I will go to the entrance of the passage now and wait for the chatter to come out." Hannah Zhenyi stood up, loaded spare magic crystals into the two guns, and then carried the "Lame" "Leg Henry's prosthetic leg". He handed "Summer White Cherry" to Jonah: "You are here to protect my brother. This position is a blind spot on the eight-character parade route. Generally, no one comes here, nor near the queen worm." A desert beast appears. After I get on the boat, I will find a safe place to anchor and then drive the boat over to pick you up. In short, please pay attention to safety."
Jonah took the magic pistol and nodded: "I know. You have to be careful too."
Hannah turned around and strode forward. She waved her hand without looking back: "By the way, pay attention to sun protection. Direct sunlight at noon will make you dehydrated."
The dark red cowhide boots crushed the yellow sand lightly. The astrologer apprentice watched Hannah's tall and strong figure quickly shrink in size, and finally turned into a small black shadow in the undulating sand dunes.
Looking down at the unconscious Danny, Jonah suddenly felt very lonely. The spine of the queen blocked the northeast wind blowing from the other side of the holy river. The calm sand sea was silent. A lone bird hovered in the sky. About Na looked up at the raptor, but his eyes were burned by the sudden appearance of the sun. The sun was gradually setting towards the west. The shadow cast by the ridge of the worm was shrinking. Yona quickly dragged Danny to move under the worm's feet. They were getting closer. Only then can we discover that the hindworm is indeed moving slowly. Fine sand is constantly emerging from the part of the granite wall embedded in the yellow sand, indicating that this huge object is moving forward with extremely small steps.
After Danny was settled, Jonah sat next to him and looked around boredly. The ocean of gold coins under the direct sunlight was surprisingly bright. The astrologer apprentice rubbed his eyes and suddenly remembered the wonderful experience in the cave. The naked body in the jar. The girl actually flew up, recited the Elvish seal on the stone pillar, and then returned to the glass jar. What on earth was going on? He opened the deerskin bag and poured the contents onto the robe. Except for himself. In addition to the miscellaneous items, there are three things taken from the mysterious storage room. A bottle of star dust. He used a little bit when making the attack star array; a heavy book with a cowhide cover. These two things are Taken from Erlan Dantelier's storage shelf. The books have not been read except for the title page; a glass jar with a naked girl in it. The lid was screwed on by him. The girl closed her eyes. Motionless. Looks like a lifelike doll.
Jonah curiously raised the glass jar and looked at it carefully. The girl hidden inside was about the size of his finger. Three pairs of transparent wings were folded, like a layer of gauze covering the body. She had a slim waist and plump breasts. And slender thighs. The miniature girl's figure made Jonah blush. But he still kept spinning the glass jar, looking for clues to this wonderful creation.
"Hey, you found my little boy." Suddenly a voice rang in his ears. The astrologer's apprentice turned his head suddenly and saw Danny's big face close at hand. He was so frightened that he almost threw the jar away.
In addition to his pale face, the man from the Stewart family looked full of energy. He didn't look like he had just been seriously injured. This guy with amazing recovery ability grabbed the jar from Jonah's hand and held it in his arms. He smiled and said: "Goods My friend, it's not good for you to do this. Little Guai is the mascot of the 'Bactrian Wind'. It will be bad luck to take her away secretly."
"You, you're okay." Yona pointed at the other person in shock. "Don't move. The wound will bleed."
"Come on." Danny sneered: "Apart from the best cooks, deck sailors, snipers and swordsmen in the endless sand sea, I am also the most durable person. Ask my sailor uncles. Which one is not? Learn about my recovery ability. Hum."
"What happened just now? Do you remember?" Jonah waved his hand in front of his eyes to confirm that the other party was mentally normal.
"What happened? The fight with the Yagu undead. Oh yes. There is a guy who is very powerful. He is not like an ordinary undead warrior. Where has he gone? Have you eliminated him... Speaking of which, where are we now?" Dan Only then did Ni Stewart notice the change in the surrounding environment. He looked around in confusion. "That's not a mating cloud formed by male worms. We're out...ahhhhhhhhhhh. Gold coins."
Jonah covered his eyes and sighed. He could guess with his toes what Danny would do now. There was a sputtering sound. The man from the Stewart family dove into the ocean of gold coins and swam with both hands. The best gemstones of various colors were circled in his arms. He turned his face and pillowed on the gemstones, showing a look of relief: "It's worth dying for me now...Wait a minute. Have I said this once?"
"The enemy seems to have disappeared." Jonah held up the glass jar that Danny dropped. "Hannah returned to the entrance of the passage and prepared to welcome Chi Chi out. She will come to pick us up in a small boat in a moment. A lot of things happened just now. I'll tell you slowly when I have time... In the final analysis, what is going on with the girl in the jar? Is Xiaoguai her name?"
"The boat can't hold many gold coins. You can only pick up the gems first... What carries the boat is a small insect called a pseudosandworm. They can only grow to five yards in length. Their lifespan is also very short. But there is no This abominable habit of cruising with figures of eight..." Danny lay on the treasure and kept calculating. "It will take about six to eight trips to complete the loading. By the way, a fishing net is needed to filter the gold coins out of the sand. It's a waste of money. A gold coin. It’s a waste of several bottles of gold-labeled cactus wine. It’s a waste of an iconic dancer. It’s a waste of a wonderful life..."
"Hey, hey." Jonah said with a headache. "Answer my question first."
"I don't know what her name is. She has been in that jar since I can remember, hidden deep in the storage room. After seeing her once, I gave her this name. Although she can't He can't move or speak. But I always feel that there is some kind of special fate between us..." Danny waved his hand.
The astrologer's apprentice said strangely: "But she just flew out of the jar in the cave and spoke."
"Oh...what..." Danny jumped up suddenly. His eyes were so wide that they wanted to pop out of their sockets: "She is alive. I always thought she was a doll or something."
"Yes. She came back to life and spoke a piece of Elvish language." Yona raised the jar. "Look, the text on the bottle cap also looks like Elvish language. Is there any connection?"
Danny slapped his forehead: "Elvish. Why didn't I think of that? Although I have never learned this obscure language, I can still understand it with a dictionary." As he spoke, he hurried to his backpack. He rummaged around and then ran back excitedly with a dictionary in his arms. He plopped down and sat down next to Jonah. "Let me take a look. Let me take a look."