In the Clouds: Mulan Line

Chapter 28
"Probably safe."

Baili Shouyue glanced back, the ruins of the palace were almost gone, and Wu Nan was also tired from running. He sat on the ground with his back against a small sand dune, panting heavily while pouring water into the sheepskin bag desperately. .

After the three of Hua Mulan, people came one after another.

Amu Boa, Golden Ring Snake, Ligu, Kuihu...

After the last count, there were only thirteen people left, that is, four people died in the ruins just now.

In less than 1 minute, the loss of personnel exceeded a quarter!

This kind of loss ratio can be described as tragic.

"This demon... Black Sand Sea... really... really has a demon god?"

Ligu couldn't speak well anymore. He didn't really believe what Wu Nan said about the mechanism demon god, including Hua Mulan and Baili Shouyue, they only thought it was a legend.

But just now, the strange and supernatural way of death can only be explained by the power of "God".

Amu Boa looked embarrassed, but just now he has not taken the God of Mechanisms seriously, and Wu Nan has been warning him.

As a result, the catastrophe Wu Nan spoke of really happened.

"May the gods forgive those of us who are ignorant and stupid for disturbing your sleep." After a sigh of relief, Wu Nan knelt down on the ground and respectfully made a standard prostration ceremony.

He lay on the ground for a full half a minute before standing up, and then, Wu Nan looked at Amu Boa, and his expression changed from devout to cold and resolute and gloomy in just a second: "You group of lifeless things, I warned you to fear the gods."

Amu Bona was stunned speechless. He knew he was wrong. In fact, Mingsha City also had some rumors about the Black Sand Sea. He used to only know that there were various dangers after entering the Black Sand Sea. He never thought that they were still in the Black Sand Sea. On the outskirts of the sand sea, that unknown force caused them to lose a quarter of their members.

At this moment, three camels ran over unsteadily. They were spiritual and knew the danger near the ruins, so they took the initiative to follow Wu Nan.

Seeing the camel, Kui Niu suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oops... Oops! Boat! Our boat!"

They had just fled in a hurry, but Sha Zhou was left behind.

This reflects the difference between sand boats and camels. There is a reason why Wunan chose to ride camels instead of sand boats when he set off.

Sha Zhou is the second life for the son of Sha Hai.

Whether you go out to hunt for treasure or hunt, you must rely on sand boats.If he loses the sand boat, his status in Mingsha City will be greatly affected, just like Ligu.

Such ambitious people as Amu Boa and Golden Ring Snake have accumulated a lot of people, and each of them has several sand boats. Even if one is lost, although it hurts, it is barely acceptable.

But Kui Niu is different, he is a poor man, he is not even considered a son of Sha Hai, because he does not even have a complete sand boat.

He owns [-]% of the sand boat that was opened this time, the other [-]% belongs to Amu Boa, and the last [-]% belongs to another person, and this person has died in the ruins of the ancient country just now, and he was pierced into flesh Skewer, sacrifice to heaven.

The mandrill patted Kui Niu on the shoulder and said, "Kui Niu, calm down. The place where the Sha Zhou was stranded is not far from the ruins. If you risk your life to find Sha Zhou, you may not be able to come back."

Kui Niu gritted his teeth: "This is not your sand boat, of course you are open-minded! If the sand boat is lost, how can I still hang around in Mingsha City in the future?"

Although Kui Niu has quite a few brothers, they all came together because of interests, and Kui Niu didn't expect these people to help him.

"Our supplies are still on the sand boat." Amu Boa suddenly said.

Everyone suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter. The supplies of Wu Nan and others were carried by camels, while the supplies of Amu Anaconda and others were basically on sand boats, with very little food and water with them.

Without the supplies on the sandboat, it would be a miracle for them to survive five days, let alone a treasure hunt.

"Kui Niu..." Amu Anaconda looked at Kui Niu expectantly, how could Kui Niu not know what Amu Anaconda meant.

Although he felt sorry for his sand boat just now, he didn't really dare to go back and look for it.

But now, it is impossible not to go back and find Shazhou.

"Why did I go? Although part of the sand boat is mine, I also took it out for everyone to use."

Unexpectedly, Kui Niu suddenly changed his mind at this time.Originally, it was one thing for Kui Niu to find his sand boat, but when he found out that his trip was related to the death of everyone, he felt that he had suffered a lot from this trip, and wanted to bargain.

In fact, Kui Niu regretted it very much in his heart. He should not have trusted the words of the Golden Ring Snake Girl. This woman said that her sand boat needs to be put in the dock for maintenance because she participated in sand boat racing, and her sand boat tends to be more speed-oriented than his own. Prudent, in the end he agreed to open the sand boat, and now it's like this.

The Golden Ring Snake and Amu Bona glanced at each other, and they both guessed the plan in Kui Niu's heart. The Golden Ring Snake pinched her earrings and said, "You're right, everyone needs supplies. You should go back alone.

But if we ask Uncle Wunan for bean cakes, and then rely on the oasis to supply water, some of us may walk back alive.

So, if you don't go back, you will suffer a great loss. As for my brother, he still has several sand boats under his name, so even if he loses, he can afford it.

How about this, if you go back to pick up the sand boat, all my brother's share of the sand boat will belong to you, and besides that, I will also give you the sand scorpion under my name. "

The sand scorpion mentioned by Golden Ring Snake is also a sand boat. Although it is relatively small in size, it is very fast.

Kui Niu was moved when he heard this.

Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, these are two sand boats, one big and one small.

Moreover, the location where the sand boat is parked is at least three miles away from the ruins. If it is not close to the ruins, it may be fine.

As long as you come back safely, you can make a lot of money.

Adventurers in the desert already live a bloody life. If you want to avoid any risk, you might as well stay at home and herd sheep.

Thinking of this, Kui Niu's expression became firm.

He took out the jerky he carried with him, took a big bite, chewed indiscriminately, drank another big mouthful of wine, threw the empty wine belt on the sand, and then left without looking back.

Hua Mulan watched all of this from beginning to end, she subconsciously pressed the jade around her waist to signal it not to sway.

At this time, Baili Shouyue came to Hua Mulan and sat down next to Hua Mulan with his gun in his hand.

If Hua Mulan felt something, she kept the promise to Baili and said, "Did you come here and tell me something?"

When Baili was in the ruins just now, Hua Mulan noticed Baili kept his promise and hesitated to speak.

Baili kept his promise and looked at Wu Nan in the distance without leaving any trace. After seeing the other party smoking a hookah, he lowered his voice and said to Hua Mulan: "This Wu Nan... doesn't seem to be friendly to us."

Earlier, Wu Nan had just revealed the existence of Yuzai in front of Amu Boa and Golden Ring Snake.

From Baili Shouyue's point of view, Wu Nan should be very clear about what kind of people Amu Boa and Golden Ring Snake are.

He knew that Hua Mulan had hidden a precious jade boy, so he should have expected that the Golden Ring Snake and Amu Bo would covet this jade boy.

In this way, even if he really thinks that Yuzai's existence will bring disaster, he can tell Hua Mulan in private, so that Hua Mulan may reason with him anyway and confirm one or two things.

But he didn't, and made it clear that Yuzai existed, which made Hua Mulan miss A Mulan.

Hua Mulan thought for a while, and said, "Wu Nan is not related to us, he probably agreed to take us to the Black Sand Sea because of the face of old father Batu and Ligu's request. He doesn't deliberately take care of them at all, and it can even be said... He is closer to the Golden Ring Snake and Amu Boa. After all, they are all from Mingsha City. If there is a real fight between us and the Golden Ring Snake, Wu Nando will probably not help us, it would be nice for him to remain neutral.

So... when he mentioned Yuzai's existence, he didn't consider it from our point of view at all. "

Hua Mulan usually looks simple and straightforward, but in fact she is also rough and subtle. She also understands what Baili kept the promise.

"You're right, Wu Nan really doesn't need to take care of us, so we have to be extra careful."

Baili Shouyan patted Hua Mulan on the shoulder and left, because he saw Wu Nan walking towards this side while smoking a hookah.

"You still show me?"

"What?" Hua Mulan shuddered, and looked up at Wu Nan with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

She knew what Wu Nan wanted to see, but just when she was having a private discussion with Baili Shouyue, he brought it up, as if he could hear his conversation with Baili Shouyue, which was really a coincidence.

Wu Nan pointed to Hua Mulan's waist: "Of course it's your jade boy, don't worry, I'm not interested in your jade boy, I just want to confirm whether it is related to the Black Sand Sea."

Hua Mulan was taken aback, then frowned: "It has something to do with the Black Sand Sea? How is this possible?"

Only Yucheng jade is active, and only active jade will naturally produce jade.Therefore, Yuzi can almost be said to be a special life unique to Yucheng.

Hua Mulan only thinks that Yuzai escaped from the Secret Jade Club, but is it related to this treacherous black sand sea?Naturally, it is absolutely impossible.

Wu Nan shook his head and said: "In ordinary jade mines, naturally no jade children will be born. But you look at this, do you still think this is an ordinary jade mine? I am also for the safety of everyone. If this jade boy is really Being related to the Black Sand Sea is a potential danger. Furthermore, if it has nothing to do with the Black Sand Sea, wouldn’t Yuzi, as the purest special life, not be affected by the Black Sand Sea jade mine?”

Hua Mulan frowned.

Wu Nan's last sentence... really made her a little concerned.

It's just that Wu Nan's purpose... is really unclear.

Hua Mulan vaguely felt that Wu Nan paid too much attention to Xiaoyu?

It gave her the feeling that Wu Nan tried every means to see Xiaoyu.

Therefore, Hua Mulan didn't make a decision for a while, but at this time, Xiaoyu took the initiative to arch again.

Hua Mulan was taken aback, Xiaoyu wanted to come out by herself?
She patted Xiaoyu to show comfort, but Xiaoyu arched again a few times, and her attitude of coming out seemed very determined...

Hua Mulan's heart warmed up, she knew that Xiaoyu was a little sensitive to her hesitation, so she took the initiative to show up to let her dispel her worries...

And at this moment, Xiaoyu's head also got out from Hua Mulan's skirt, and then its two tassels took advantage of the force, and fell to Hua Mulan's feet with a snap, stood up again and shook its head, A short hand firmly grasped the corner of Hua Mulan's clothes.

However, Xiaoyu just made a brief appearance like this, and in the next moment, he hugged Hua Mulan's calf with both hands and feet, and climbed up, and soon climbed to Hua Mulan's shoulders, and directly hid himself After reaching Mulan's fluffy ponytail, he only wrapped a strand of Mulan's hair with the tassel to fix himself there.

Hua Mulan couldn't help smiling immediately, Xiaoyu found a more suitable hiding place for her?
But after laughing, Hua Mulan turned cold and said: "The master of Wunan Castle has seen it, Xiaoyu is not affected by the black sand sea here, and is still very lively... As for the possible influence of Xiaoyu, I will Didn't find it either."

Just now since Xiaoyu appeared, Wu Nan has been staring at Xiaoyu for a full 3 minutes, and then he said with some doubts: "Maybe I thought too much, it's best if nothing happens. Your Yuzi Very good, I can see that it likes you very much, this is the first time I have seen Yuzai getting so close to someone... Yes, it must be because your life energy is very strong. Yuzai likes life energy, so it has been Inseparable from you."

Hua Mulan felt a little weird when she heard Wu Nan's words.

"It's just that we met by fate. It fell in love with me, and I also fell in love with it. If we treat each other sincerely, we will naturally become friends." Hua Mulan said.

As for whether the life energy is strong or not, Hua Mulan doesn't think it's the reason.Baili Shouyue is a hybrid demon, and Kai is a powerful swordsman, and his life energy is definitely not weak.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Wu Nan's expression became even more strange: "It turned out to be fate... It seems that it is God's blessing. The gods gave you this jade boy. It is destined by God. You should cherish it. This jade boy It's very unusual, definitely the most unique jade boy. You have to protect it well."

"That's natural!"

Needless to say, Wu Nan, Hua Mulan will do her best to protect Yuzai.

When communicating with Wu Nan, Hua Mulan obviously felt that Xiaoyu was getting closer to herself, and the warm and cool feeling seemed to be conveyed to Hua Mulan—it would also be with Hua Mulan forever.

Hua Mulan touched Xiaoyu's small head, and pressed him into her lapel. After all, Amu Boa and Golden Ring Snake were watching, so it was better not to let Xiaoyu show up too much.

But at this moment, the roar of the sand boat sounded, and looking at the distance, Kui Niu really drove the sand boat over.

Hua Mulan patted her chest, motioning Xiaoyu to stay still, put the epee on her back, and stood up.

Amu Anaconda and others had already gone up to meet them, and seeing the sight of the sand boat driving in, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Kui Niu came back safely.

The sand boat rides the wind and breaks the sand. Kui Niu is standing at the bow of the boat. He is stepping on the low fence on the deck with one thick arm casually across his knees. smile.He waved to everyone from a distance, indicating that everything was normal.

Beside Hua Mulan, Amu Ana's subordinates were also waving to Kui Niu in response, but Amu Ana's heart jumped inexplicably when he saw this scene.

Shouyue silently took down his long spear, and quietly asked, "Can the sand boat... be unmanned?"

There is only Kui Niu alone in this huge sand boat, but Kui Niu is on the deck now, so... who is driving the sand boat?
Amu Boa's heart skipped a beat. In fact, the sand boat can be unmanned for a short time, but it can't be too long, otherwise it will lose control.

But now that Kui Niu was standing on the deck, far away from the cockpit, it was impossible to rush back in time.

This is not normal! !
Amu Boa realized that something was wrong, and opened his mouth and shouted: "Stop! Kui Niu, you go back to the cockpit first and stop the sand boat!"

However, the desert was empty and the wind was strong, and the voice of the anaconda was blown into the wind and sand, so he reacted and hurriedly gestured to Kui Niu to stop immediately.

But Kui Niu turned a blind eye to Amu Boa's gesture, and still waved to everyone, including the smile on his face, which was a bit weird because he always had a gloomy face.This mechanical smile and movement is like a controlled puppet.

"Oops!" Amu Boa's heart sank. Obviously, something happened!
He touched the scimitar at his waist, and at this moment Baili Shouyue beside him had already picked up his spear decisively. He glanced at Wunan, Wunan did not object, and then Baili Shouyue pulled the trigger .

"Bah!"

A crisp gunshot hit Kui Niu's brow.

Kui Niu was hit by a bullet, and his body shook violently. In the next moment, his expression twisted, as if he was in great pain. After that, black snakes emerged from his eyes, mouth, and nostrils. It almost covered the whole body of Kui Niu!

It seemed that his strong body had been hollowed out and filled with black snakes, but now, the human skin shell was smashed with a gun by keeping the promise, and these black snakes naturally came out.

This scene made everyone's hair stand on end.

"run!"

Before Wu Nan could finish a word, he jumped onto the Bactrian camel beside him like a rabbit. He clamped the belly of the camel with his legs, and the old camel ran like a jerk.

"Let's go!" Hua Mulan said as she followed Wu Nan, followed by Kai and Baili Shouyue.

As for the anaconda, he saw that the ship of supplies was close at hand, but he didn't go up to get them at all, and he felt very unwilling.

How would they survive in the desert without supplies?
However, now is not the time to think about these things, human life is at stake, he gritted his teeth, turned around and ran away.

At this time, there were more and more black snakes gushing out from Kui Niu's body, not only from Kui Niu's body, but also from the cabin of the sand boat and the anchor hole on the ship's side, an endless stream of black snakes began to emerge.

Obviously, these black snakes have occupied the entire Shazhou.

Before Kui Niu returned to the Sha Zhou, it had become a snake den. When Kui Niu saw the Sha Zhou, the black snakes hid in the cabin, and Kui Niu entered it, throwing himself into a trap.

(End of this chapter)