Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1701 Being slapped in the face
"Bah bah bah!"

Before he knew it, the giant eagle rider, who had swallowed a mouthful of sand, quickly landed and went back to report the situation to Shi Lei.

In fact, there was no need to report it; the drastic temperature change had already caught the attention of Shi Lei and his team.

"What's going on? It's not even summer yet, how come it's suddenly this hot?!"

Realizing something was wrong, Shi Lei hurriedly ran to the top of the fortress wall to check on the situation.

As expected, the world fragments have been pieced together.

Standing on the wall, Shi Lei felt gusts of hot wind blowing in his face.

The feeling was just like standing in a forge, surrounded by forging furnaces and red-hot iron blocks!
The sand and gravel mixed in with the hot wind, like sparks flying from a blacksmith's hammer, splashed directly onto their bodies.

It's no exaggeration to say that in just a short while, the temperature has already exceeded the highest temperature recorded in previous summers here.

The hot environment made people feel uncomfortable all at once.

However, the things that need to be done still need to be done.

Upon receiving the order, the Giant Eagle Knights and ground troops simultaneously rushed to the border to carry out reconnaissance missions.

"Damn, this place is a melting pot!"

Riding on the back of the Horse King, Jie Liancheng, dressed in full armor, felt like he was about to be steamed alive.

However, he still mustered up his willpower and put on the armor.

One reason is for safety reasons.

Although they initially judged that no enemy could survive in such a harsh environment for long, they still had to take the necessary safety measures, since who knew what potential threats might be lurking in the desert?
On the other hand, it was also due to his limited knowledge of the desert.

In this environment, you need to cover yourself up tightly to ensure that your body moisture does not evaporate quickly.

Taking off your clothes to cool off and exposing your skin directly to the desert environment is practically tantamount to suicide.

Before the fragments of the two worlds were pieced together, Jie Liancheng contributed all the desert knowledge he knew that he had.

Incidentally, Zhou Xu also conducted a large-scale survey of desert common sense among the transmigrators within their Great Zhou, taking into account this environment.

Under this premise, the two people who provided the most information were Zhang Xuemei and Wang Pengfei.

Zhang Xuemei had been to the desert twice before due to her previous geological exploration work.

As for Wang Pengfei, he had discussed related topics with people online before and then searched for information about the desert.

In terms of credibility, Zhang Xuemei is definitely more professional than Wang Pengfei, who is only half-baked and whose credibility is questionable.

After crossing the border, the ground beneath our feet was quickly replaced by a large amount of yellow sand.

They had only taken two steps forward when the warhorses beneath them began snorting and retreating, swaying their hooves and showing some resistance to continuing.

The reason is self-evident...

"Damn! This sand is burning hot!"

The soldier who dismounted to check the situation couldn't help but swear on the spot.

Although horseshoes and hooves have no feeling, when a warhorse trods down, the yellow sand goes directly up to the hoof and burns the horse's foot.

They had never encountered such a situation before, and the physical discomfort triggered panic, leading to the scene before them. In contrast, the strange beast warhorses ridden by the soldiers of the Trapped Camp were in a much better condition.

While they are physically stronger, they are also more intelligent. They can roughly figure out what's going on and don't feel too panicked. They can tolerate the hot sand on their feet.

After confirming that the sand was only hot to the feet and posed no fatal threat, the ordinary cavalrymen began to urge their mounts forward more forcefully.

Those selected as warhorses must not only possess excellent qualities but also exhibit high obedience.

Under this premise, relevant training will be conducted to further improve their obedience.

Faced with the cavalry's forceful command, the warhorses ultimately chose to obey.

After getting used to the hot yellow sand, even though there was still some discomfort, movement quickly became smooth.

Running through the desert creates a sandstorm, but thankfully Zhou Xuxian collected some basic desert knowledge and had the stationed soldiers learn it in advance.

At this point, the soldiers in the reconnaissance unit, although lacking practical experience, were not complete novices.

Each person had prepared a face mask in advance to cover their mouth and nose, and wrapped themselves in a robe on the outside, covering their entire body completely except for their eyes.

It is difficult to find your way in the desert, and once you get lost, there is a risk of total annihilation.

In this respect, the greatest advantage of the Great Zhou Dynasty is that it has the Giant Eagle Knights to locate targets in the air.

With their high-altitude vision, the giant eagle riders could pinpoint the location of the artificial forest on the border of their Great Zhou Dynasty from a greater distance.

This gives ground troops a greater range of exploration capabilities, even when they lack the ability to discern features themselves.

For the next period of time, the border reconnaissance troops were undoubtedly busy exploring the desert areas within their jurisdiction.

The temperature difference between day and night in desert regions is extreme, and even with prior mental preparation, the soldiers stationed there, who are accustomed to temperate regions, find it difficult to endure.

In the beginning, quite a few soldiers even fell ill as a result, and it took them almost a month to gradually adapt.

On a new day, at the outermost edge of the artificial forest, the wood elves of the Greenery and Environmental Protection Bureau looked at the towering trees before them with grim expressions.

"How is this possible? The outer side of this big tree is showing signs of dying?"

To the wood elves of the Greenery and Environmental Protection Bureau, the past month has been somewhat like witnessing a ghost.

Originally, after the two world fragments were pieced together, the transitional area in the middle, the side closer to their Great Zhou border, was still somewhat green, with a considerable area of ​​grassland and vegetation.

As a result, in the following period, the greenery withered at a visible rate, and the land quickly showed signs of desertification.

During this period, they immediately moved the pigs to a transitional area, attempting to alter the geology and stabilize the greenery through the pigs.

But as mentioned before, this efficiency is actually not that high. The main purpose of the pig herd's strategy is to save time and effort, so that they don't have to worry about it and can get things done incidentally.

However, judging from the current situation, the desert is clearly encroaching at a faster rate than their pig herd can operate efficiently.

This was the first time they had personally experienced the power of the desert.

However, up to this point, the wood elves still had plenty of confidence in their forest.

Not to mention the large-scale water source in the center of the forest, the trees and vegetation were all carefully selected by them.

The steam city emits so much exhaust every day, yet it can withstand it! Its vitality is absolutely incredible!
However, they were proven wrong in less than a month.

(End of this chapter)