Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 86 Infinite Desert

Despite her reluctance, Ling Yuan couldn't change Tang San's mind. She could only follow him with a dark expression, but she mostly stayed hidden in the shadows, not with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Guang Ling.

Naturally, they couldn't go to the Infinite Desert empty-handed, so Tang San took Xiao Wu and Guang Ling to buy a large amount of dry food, water, and changes of clothes.

Water is the most important element, and the more the better.

Xiao Wu asked, "Aren't we going to buy sun-protective clothing?"

"That kind of thing isn't available in Notting City; it's only sold in towns near the desert." Tang San packed the dry rations and water bottle he had purchased into his storage wristband and explained to Xiao Wu, "After all, in the Notting City area, even in the height of summer, it's not too hot. Even the pampered girls among the nobles only use a sunshade fan."

After packing their luggage, Tang San took the two women to the post station on the outskirts of Notting City, hired a carriage, and headed to the Infinite Desert.

half a month later.

Tang San and his companions finally arrived at the outer edge of the Infinite Desert.

This isn't a true, endless desert, but rather the outer edge of a wasteland.

The driver wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I can only take you this far. It's too dangerous inside. It's not a place for an ordinary person like me to go in."

"Thank you, sir." Tang San paid the money and got off the carriage with Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, watching the driver drive the carriage away, raising a thick cloud of dust.

"It's so hot." Xiao Wu immediately took out a water bottle from her white jade belt, took a sip, and then looked up to shield her eyes. "The sun here is so bright, I don't like it at all."

"Apart from the locals who have lived here for many years, no one would like to live here. Even the locals, if they had a choice, probably wouldn't live in this area." Tang San saw Guang Ling take out a fan and fan himself, so he released his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and wove a sun hat for him.

"I want one too." Xiao Wu reached out her hand to Tang San when she saw the sun hat woven from blue silver grass.

"Give."

Tang San also created one for Xiao Wu. "However, my Blue Silver Grass can only last for about an hour without roots connecting it to the earth. It will dissipate after an hour. But the good news is that my endless recovery skill can still be used in this area. The desert is also the earth."

The three walked and stopped frequently, and finally arrived at a town as night fell.

Shashuo Town.

This is the name of the small town.

Compared to the square houses in Nottingham, the buildings here are relatively low, and most of them have round roofs.

Tang San found a general store and bought three trench coats and three pairs of goggles.

Immediately afterwards, Tang San bought three sets of cotton quilts, three tents, and a booklet about the Infinite Desert, and then headed towards the Infinite Desert.

"Third Brother, why are we buying quilts?" Guangling asked curiously. "It's so hot in the desert, do we really need quilts?"

"The temperature difference in the desert is huge. During the day, it's so hot that you're sweating profusely, and at night, it's so cold that you're shivering." Tang San grabbed a handful of sand and let it fall through his fingers. "The sand is very fine and doesn't hold together at all. It doesn't store heat very well, in fact, it's very poor. It gets quite cold at night."

"Is it really that mysterious?" Xiao Wu didn't believe it.

"Haven't you noticed it's much cooler now than before? In Notting City, even in summer, it's incredibly hot and humid at night, but here in the desert, it's getting cold." Tang San quickened his pace, urging the two to keep up. They needed to find a place to camp, set up tents, and conserve their energy before nightfall.

Although his first soul skill, Endless Recovery, can restore stamina, energy is conserved; energy converted from the power of the earth cannot be completely consumed.

Finally, as the moon rose, Tang San spotted the outpost not far away. He quickly ran over with Xiao Wu and Guang Ling, took out the tent, and began setting it up.

It was the first time for all three of them to set up a tent, which took a lot of time, but they still managed to light a campfire before it got completely dark.

"This outpost is way too rudimentary!" Xiao Wu looked at a huge rock more than 20 meters high behind the tent and couldn't believe that this was the so-called outpost.

She thought there were hotels or similar buildings in this area.

"In the desert, water resources are scarce, so there can't be that many hotels." Tang San took out the brochure for the Infinite Desert and pointed to the arrow mark on the large rock. "When you go deep into the desert, remember not to lose your way. Even with a compass, it's easy to get lost. These large rocks are road signs to help lost people find their way again."

"Achoo! Which way does this arrow point?" Xiao Wu sneezed, pulled the blanket tighter around herself, and asked, "Can you even tell which way is which with just this one symbol?"

"It's just pointing out a general direction. As long as you follow the arrow, you're sure to encounter a stronghold like this. It's better than someone who doesn't know the way wandering around in the desert."

Tang San looked at the brochure and found that the pictures of these large rocks were a bit abstract, but he could roughly make them out. "Next, I'll talk about the Infinite Desert."

"The Infinite Desert is divided into four areas. The first area is the town we passed through earlier. There are many such towns on the edge, which are called the Sand People's District. These are human settlements near the desert. The Spirit Hall does not include this area in the Infinite Desert, but the locals themselves believe that the place where they live also belongs to the Infinite Desert."

"The second area is the outer area, which is the area we entered. The entire outer area is surrounded by thousands of large stone markers and outposts like these. They were left by previous Soul Masters to help newcomers determine their direction. There are arrows in all directions, but the largest one marks the way into the Infinite Desert. So if you want to leave the Infinite Desert, just find one of these outposts, identify the largest arrow, and head in the opposite direction."

Xiao Wu asked in confusion, "But there's only one arrow on this rock?"

Tang San was speechless: "The stone is not a signboard. It is a three-dimensional shape. The outpost marker stones in the outer area, although they look pitted and bumpy now, can be roughly seen as cubes. In the desert, these kinds of markers and outposts are basically polygonal cubes."

Guangling asked, "Then why not just build directional signs?"

"It's simple. Sandstorms often occur in the desert, so erecting signs is not as reliable as using giant rocks like these," Tang San explained. "The second area is the inner area, where ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts often appear, and they are all quite large. There are almost no outposts like those in the outer area. To find your way, you can only remember the direction you entered and pray that your compass won't break."

"And the last area is the core area, where there are many rumors: oases, deserts, the hiding place of 100,000-year-old soul beasts, etc., but no one has ever actually entered it."

(End of this chapter)