Ch 151: Sand Sea

The sudden attack by that missile just now, even if the entire scout team had been blown to smithereens, wouldn’t have fazed him in the slightest.

But oddly enough, all the other scout squads could be contacted, yet this officer’s team, with its powerful connections, vanished mysteriously.

This officer happened to have the strongest backing.

To help the officer go through a simple promotion process, he sent this officer to this zone to register for a single day.

Just one day!

For merely a one-day formality, the officer actually encountered the Eternal Fire Alliance’s sudden attack.

You should know that the Eternal Fire Alliance and Zhongzhou have been in a cold war for over a decade, and have never truly exchanged fire.

Even stranger, that missile didn’t bomb the Central Plains Defense Line, but instead attacked this desolate area under his command.

That damned missile seemed to have eyes, exploding right above the officer’s patrol location.

And it wasn’t an ordinary missile; it was a new type of missile filled with fragmentation bombs.

“This is goddamn unbelievable!”

The scout looked at the devastated scene before him, an overwhelming sense of powerlessness welling up in his heart.

This wasn’t just bad luck.

He now suspected that someone above was trying to get rid of him.

……

【Upgrade Successful】

【Alloy Crossbow LV17: Effective Range meters. Accuracy One Hundred Percent】

“Finally upgraded,” Li Yu, who was eating meat heartily, let out a sigh of relief.

He licked his lips, picked up another piece of exotic beast meat roasted by Ma Yuanbai, and continued stuffing it into his mouth.

Some energy remained in these exotic beast meats.

By constantly absorbing the scarce water energy through the cyclone, and supplementing with exotic beast meat, even without exotic beast cores, his experience continued to grow.

Ma Yuanbai, beside him, was frantic, urging everyone:

“Hurry, increase your speed.”

Time was pressing; he felt that the situation was wrong.

Missiles, weapons with such powerful destructive power, would appear in such an unremarkable place—this was clearly unreasonable,

fearing that the outside was becoming increasingly dangerous, they had to race against time to reach the Central Plains Defense Line as soon as possible.

Under Ma Yuanbai’s repeated urging, the entire team dared not rest for a moment, quickly heading west.

As they walked, the ground beneath their feet gradually became softer and softer, as if they were stepping on cotton, making it difficult to walk.

Every step forward required more effort than before.

Everyone looked ahead, and a vast, huge lake appeared before their eyes.

The surrounding rainwater continuously flowed into the lake, then flowed eastward along the river.

Ma Yuanbai slowly crouched down, without hesitation, he reached into the muddy rainwater under his feet, and with a forceful grab, a handful of mud and sand was firmly held in his hand.

He stood up, slightly narrowed his eyes, looked at the boundless lake before him, and murmured:

“It seems this is the Sand Sea.”

This once boundless sand sea no longer had its former magnificence.

After the river changed course, it could only be considered a relatively large lake water area.

Vagrants’ feet were all rainwater mixed with mud and sand, even wearing rubber shoes, walking was still very difficult.

However, even though the torrential rain continuously washed the sand sea, it could never wash away all the sand here. The endless sand redeposited, forming this sand sea.

As everyone continued to trudge forward, trying to bypass this sand sea.

The surface of the sand sea, which clearly had no sun, suddenly glistened,

Li Yu, who was walking at the front of the team, inadvertently caught sight of this strange scene. He looked closely, and his gaze was instantly drawn to a figure on the sand sea.

Li Yu rubbed his eyes and looked carefully again.

He saw a huge dog, quietly sitting on the surface of the sand sea.

Even from a distance, Li Yu could clearly feel how astonishingly huge this dog was, incredibly large.

The Big Dog’s eyes were like two bottomless black holes, staring straight at him.

This scene was extremely bizarre; how could such a huge dog float on the surface of the sand sea?

Li Yu could even feel a strong sense of oppression, as if he were being targeted by some powerful being.

He was a little puzzled. Such a large dog appearing should cause quite a stir, but why was no one around reacting?

Looking down at the reactions of those around him, everyone looked normal; Ma Yuanbai even looked at the scenery on the sand sea as he walked.

Everyone seemed not to have seen the Big Dog that suddenly appeared on the water.

Even Fu Xiyao, with her superlative perception, did not notice this bizarre scene on the sand sea.

Li Yu couldn’t figure out the reason, and secretly pondered:

‘Could what he saw be just an illusion, or a fleeting mirage?’

Thinking that it might be related to an illusion, Li Yu slowly raised his crossbow; the Nightmare Beast on the crossbow was awakened.

Its originally closed eyes suddenly opened, looking towards the direction the crossbow was aimed.

The Nightmare Beast’s gaze pierced through the entire sand sea and finally fell on the Big Dog.

Immediately, the Nightmare Beast’s pupils trembled violently, and an uncontrollable fear surged into its heart.

Its trembling voice quickly echoed in Li Yu’s mind, filled with terror.

“Don’t aim me, you idiot!” The Nightmare Beast’s voice was almost a scream.

Li Yu involuntarily slowly lowered the crossbow,

Seeing this, the Nightmare Beast calmed down slightly, but still with lingering fear and a hint of panic, continued:

“You lucky bastard, you actually encountered the legendary Dog God here! If you don’t want to die, get out of here quickly.”

“Dog God?”

Li Yu was stunned after hearing this; he didn’t expect the Nightmare Beast to react so violently.

But when he looked up again, he found that the Big Dog crouching on the sand sea had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

“Disappeared?” Li Yu muttered to himself, full of doubt.

“Ma Yuanbai, did you see anything strange on the sand sea just now?”

Li Yu turned and asked; his voice was slightly uncertain.

Ma Yuanbai looked towards the sand sea again, shook his head in bewilderment:

“Nothing at all, isn’t the sand sea just a lake?”

“Except that there is more sand than an ordinary lake, I really can’t see any difference.”

Only after the Dog God disappeared did the anxious Nightmare Beast let out a sigh of relief. Its voice came from Li Yu’s mind again:

“Why are you asking him? Do you think anyone can see divine-tier exotic beasts? You didn’t anger the Dog God, so be happy.”