Lord of Eternal Darkness

Li Xiaoming kept watching the rearview mirror to determine whether the group was still following him.

The body suddenly leaned forward and the car stopped.

"The guest has arrived." The driver reminded.

Li Xiaoming nodded, paid the money, and jumped out of the car easily.

In order not to cause unnecessary trouble to the brother, and to be on the safe side, Li Xiaoming wandered around the area until 6 o'clock in the evening.

When I went back, I got an extra bag of vegetables.

Dongfang Qingxiu opened the door, and Li Xiaoming held up a bag of vegetables with a smile and said: "I bought a lot of vegetables when I came back. Your cooking skills are really bad. In return, I will help you cook a few dishes. This is comparable to a chef." Professional craftsmanship.”

Qingxiu said: "Hey, why don't you come in quickly? It will save me time to buy groceries."

Li Xiaoming started working in the kitchen, while Qingxiu worked on the side. Soon the three dishes and one soup were ready. Qingxiu sighed that this meal was a blessing. It would be great if he could eat it every day in the future.

Li Xiaoming just smiled. This might be the last dinner with friends.

Night comes again.

Li Xiaoming reluctantly changed into bunny pajamas. When he was at home, he usually took off his clothes and fell asleep. How could there be so many rules?

But considering that there was only one bed in the room, Li Xiaoming and Dongfang Qingxiu conducted a rock-paper-scissors game to determine the ownership of the bed. After all, the two grown men were unwilling to squeeze into the same bed.

In the end, Li Xiaoming won. He promised that he never used clumsy techniques such as psychological suggestion.

Today's night was surprisingly quiet. Only from time to time the roar of wild animals and the sound of gunfire could be heard outside the window, mixed with the whine of the police. But compared with the noisy night in previous years, it was still much better.

The next morning, Li Xiaoming got up early.

In the middle of the night, I thought for a long time and decided that it would be better to leave early. The longer I stayed here, the greater the possibility that they would come to my door.

Looking at his brother sleeping on the sofa, Li Xiaoming changed his clothes, opened the door quietly, and prepared to go out.

As soon as I turned the door handle, there was a sound.

"At least have breakfast before leaving."

Dongfang Qingxiu was wearing a blue rabbit suit, and her words were full of reluctance and worry.

Li Xiaoming smiled helplessly and nodded.

The two parties warmed up yesterday's leftovers and ate in silence on the kitchen table.

When Li Xiaoming walked to the gate of the community, Dongfang Qingxiu insisted on giving him a gift.

"You really don't think about staying for a few days? There is a card here with some money on it. You should be able to buy a plane ticket. Let's not do this stupid thing of crossing the desert, okay?"

Li Xiaoming looked at the flashing gold card in the other person's hand and pushed it back with his hand.

The two of them walked and talked, reminiscing about the past. They had a very happy conversation, but they were about to part ways.

Finally arriving at the steps, Li Xiaoming said: "You have sent me far enough, there is no need to send me away."

Dongfang Qingxiu was reluctant to leave, lowered her head and hesitated for a while, then shouted: "Is it okay if I don't walk?"

"I won't leave, you support me."

"I'll support you."

Li Xiaoming was stunned and shouted directly: "Thank you for your kindness, but you can't afford it. My annual expenses are in the tens of thousands, and you are too weak. Just don't get involved by me."

Qingxiu waved her hand helplessly, "Uncle Li is really the same bastard as always. The Death Desert is as its name suggests. Have you really thought about it?"

Li Xiaoming replied coolly: "Haha, a man said that he wanted to walk through the desert, so he must go through it. The small difficulties are not worth mentioning, so I said goodbye."

Li Xiaoming held his cane handsomely and quickly disappeared from the opponent's sight without looking back once.

"Hey, I wish you a safe journey, good luck in martial arts, and go crazy when you come back." Dongfang Qingxiu gave her final blessing.

…

Li Xiaoming called a taxi, checked around to make sure no one was following him, and then got into the car with confidence.

"Master, can we drive to the entrance of Shayan City?"

"It's easy to say, as long as you have enough money." The driver said cheerfully.

The car gradually moved away from the suburbs. When we arrived at the destination, we found that the price had reached 1B list.

Li Xiaoming paid the money happily. He felt a sweltering heat as soon as he got off the car. He raised his head and looked up at the sky. The sun here was extremely dazzling and the sky was very clear.

The hard yellow bricks have a long history and are paved towards the endless sea of ​​sand.

A rush of hot air penetrated my lungs as I breathed, which was a bit uncomfortable.

Is this the starting point for your own departure?

He looked around. The flow of people was not sparse, and he could see merchants busy and busy.

The tall Populus euphratica trees have rough and straight trunks, and their yellow-green pointed leaves leave large shadows for people to rest and shade.

They survive in hot, arid, windy and rainy places, making people marvel at their exuberant and strong life.

Maybe plants will still be alive after humans are gone.

In addition, there are some common drought-resistant plants in the desert, such as cacti, Haloxylon ammodendron trees, Shadongqing, Shaguai Zao... plus a winding river, forcibly decorating this place into a The Garden of the Blue God.

If you are lucky, you can see various wild animals here. Rabbits, foxes, wild boars, camels and ferocious exotic beasts.

However, this is good. It attracts a large number of tourists to visit, which helps the regional economic development and adjusts the ecological balance.

After all, this is outside the south city gate, so deserted and inhumane.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up the gravel, and Li Xiaoming hurriedly lowered his head.

After a while of calm, pat all the sand off your face. I can't help but sigh that the plants here are lush and close to the city. I didn't expect the wind and sand to be so fierce. What about the desert area behind?

At this moment, he hesitated in his heart.

It's so hot, and I'm so thirsty. How about we try a slightly more sensible approach, or take the airship over.

Yes, it’s faster to go there by airship, and I can still enjoy the journey for a while. Besides, the other party’s intelligence will definitely think that I am being hunted, and they will not dare to take any obvious means of transportation.

Then they are totally wrong, and we will use the trick to leave the other party behind.

However, the other party is not a fool. He has already controlled the large vehicles entering and exiting, and they must all be supervised. At this time, we will find a private airship to rent.

Okay, I've decided to do it, why should I suffer? I am an intellectual person, and I have to do hard work.

Li Xiaoming looked around for a while, and he was sweating profusely before he knew it. He found that there seemed to be only a few vendors selling camels, and there were no merchants who contracted the tour.

Is it really necessary to walk there?

The pursuers behind me were exhausted, and I was probably exhausted too.

Forget it, if you really can’t find the private airship, you won’t regret it and just walk across it.

At this moment, a sneaky man in a white hat suddenly approached.

Li Xiaoming took a step back cautiously, but the group of people caught up with him so quickly.

The man walked over with a flattering face and a smile. He rubbed his restless hands.

"Brother, what are you going to do?"

Li Xiaoming breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was not that group of guys. He smelled like a profiteer. Let's take a look at the situation for now.

"Set a small goal in life. I want to visit the desert and enrich my life experience. Unfortunately, the sun is so scorching that it makes people panic and their limbs suddenly become weak."

The man squinted his eyes, thinking that he could get another customer today.

"Are you interested in a high-altitude tour? It's cheap and beneficial to the people. By the way, you can call me Abu."

Li Xiaoming became interested. "Oh, do you have a business license?"

The other party patted his chest and said, "Of course there is, there must be someone doing this. How could it not pass the review? Guarantee safety. One on the first and second list, the price is clear and fair."

"So where to land?"

"The forest close to the Menzela Salt Lake is probably close to the Huangsha Ancient City."

The location was not very far from the University of Warwick in Titan City, so it was indeed worthy of consideration. Li Xiaoming thought about the price in his mind, and it seemed that it was indeed a bit cheaper, but judging from the appearance of the other party, he was definitely a shady person.

"Okay, take me to see it."

"Then guest, please follow me." Abu said happily, and then started walking quickly.

Li Xiaoming followed behind him leisurely, slipped out of the bustling city entrance, and followed the smuggler into the dense woods.

Li Xiaoming couldn't help but admire these people who did underworld work, they were really very cautious.

But as we walked toward the center of the forest, we found that there were fewer and fewer plants, and there were a lot of cut wood on the ground.

Li Xiaoming frowned. Logging was prohibited in this area. Who was hiding his ears?

He couldn't help but ask: "Who cut down these trees?"

"It's not me anyway. It must be those profiteers or nobles. I don't know why they want to cut down the middle of this forest. I heard that they want to plant some grapes. We seem to have only the right place here." , similar to the Wasteland City.”

"Grapes, are they used to make wine?"

"Not only that, you can also make raisins and the like. I heard that it is to stimulate the local economy. Although the city owner strictly ordered logging, the local mayor still cooperated with those businessmen behind the scenes, saying that it was to boost GDP or something. Anyway, I I don’t understand it either, it’s said to make us rich.”

Li Xiaoming looked at the piled wood, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Generations of efforts have been in vain. Without these windbreaks, how long will it take for the desert to submerge this city?

Forget it, just cut down the trees and plant grapes. The shade of the trees will not protect you forever, but the grapes are now sweet in your heart.

"Guest, don't be in a daze. Let's go quickly."

They continued to walk forward, carefully avoiding those thorny plants. However, although Li Xiaoming was not injured, his clothes were scratched several times.

The surrounding trees shook, as if something was moving, and they stopped for a moment.

Abu explained: "Guests don't have to worry too much. Generally speaking, they are timid creatures like wild boars or foxes. As long as you don't actively provoke them, they are definitely not in danger. Let's wait for them to leave first."

Li Xiaoming nodded and didn't care.

Suddenly, he smelled a fragrance, which seemed to be similar to that of roses, filling the air.

Abu's face suddenly changed at this time, and he looked very panicked. "Well, we seem to be unlucky and encountered a strange beast."

"Alien beasts? Those mutated animals. It is indeed a bit troublesome for ordinary people to encounter them. Especially in the jungle, these alien beasts are quite territorial and may attack intruders." Li Xiaoming said calmly. .

Abu replied: "Brother, don't be so relaxed. Just try to stand still and don't move."

The mysterious thing finally appeared and crawled out of the grass slowly.

Snakes are the most ferocious and insidious animals in the jungle.

A pair of cold and ruthless vertical pupils glow with green light, making people tremble with fear. The whole body is covered with golden scales, and a slender tongue pops out of the mouth from time to time, looking for the scent of prey.

And the most surprising thing is that it has two handsome sharp horns on its head, and there is a blue flower blooming on the top of its head. The strange fragrance just now emanated from it.

The blue viper is a combination of plant and animal, and the two are in a symbiotic relationship.

The fragrance of the flowers attracts animals, and the snakes begin to hunt. At the same time, they can also warn those opponents not to approach. The blue flowers absorb a little nutrition from the snake's body to survive. They wither and regenerate every week. They are also a noble medicinal material that can be used to detoxify and reduce poisoning. Heat, cure infertility.

However, generally speaking, the length of this snake is only three meters at most, and it will not bring humans into the prey range, but if it takes a bite, even an elephant may not be able to carry it.

There is some truth in what Abu said. The snake's dynamic vision is very good, but its static vision is very poor. It can only rely on heat sensing to make up for it. Just stand still and wait for it to leave.

But there seemed to be something wrong with this orchid viper, twisting and crawling towards the two people without any fear.

"Damn it, it's heartless. What should we do? It swam directly towards us. We haven't made any money yet, and we have to pay for our lives here." Abu was complaining endlessly.

"Big brother, it's fate that we both died here. We don't want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but we want to die in the same year and the same day. My brother went first."

If I had known earlier, I would have run away first, but now that we are close, the opponent will rush over with a single ejection. Whoever moves first will die first. It's that simple.