The sky curtain makes you a useless class monitor, yet you act arbitrarily for eternity?

"yes!"

The recruits responded in unison, but their voices lacked strength.

Zhou Lang didn't say anything more.

After nearly a month of long-distance reconnaissance, searching day and night in the sweltering heat, they didn't even find the shells left by sandworms.

The fact that the person didn't fall down shows they are well-trained.

The procession continued forward.

After walking for another half hour, they finally crossed the highest sand dune in front of them.

Xiao Wu, who was the first to climb the sand dune, suddenly stopped.

He raised his head, his eyes widening little by little.

"water……"

"There's water ahead!"

The view on the other side of the dunes suddenly changed.

At the end of the yellow sand, a green expanse spreads across the land.

Clusters of shrubs and shrubs huddle together.

In the center of the oasis, there is a lake of azure blue.

Sunlight fell on the lake, shimmering with tiny sparkles.

The new recruits, who had been marching for nearly a month, all kept their eyes fixed on that lake.

Dry, chapped lips.

Hair stuck together by sweat.

Beneath the cloak lay a combat suit that had long since become sour and smelly.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up immediately.

"Brothers!"

"There's water!"

He was the first to rush down the sand dune.

The other recruits followed suit and ran forward.

"stop!"

Zhou Lang's angry shout came from behind.

Xiao Wu and the others immediately stopped in their tracks.

Several people had already stepped into the sand dune and almost rolled down it.

They steadied themselves and turned to look at Zhou Lang.

"Platoon leader, what's wrong?"

"What could be wrong with this lake?"

"We haven't showered in almost a month."

"Platoon leader, let us rest for a while."

Ting walked to Zhou Lang's side and followed his gaze to the oasis.

After glancing at it a few times, he raised his hand and patted Zhou Lang on the shoulder.

"Platoon leader, don't scare yourself."

"I've been here before."

There is indeed an oasis ahead.

"Give these little brats a bath, and fill their water sacs while you're at it."

"We've rested enough, let's continue the search."

Hearing Ting speak, Xiao Wu and the others smiled again.

"Yes, platoon leader."

"Since Brother Ting has said so, please let us go!"

Zhou Lang did not answer.

He stood atop the dune, scanning the oasis ahead again and again.

A breeze was blowing.

The yellow sand beneath their feet kept shifting.

But the branches and leaves in the oasis didn't sway at all.

The lake surface is now calm.

There were no water birds, no wild animals, and no footprints left from fetching water.

Zhou Lang gripped the knife handle, his knuckles tightening little by little.

"Don't go there yet."

He looked at a tall soldier in the ranks.

"Ah Hu, give me your bow."

Ah Hu paused for a moment, then took the war bow from his back and handed it over with both hands.

Zhou Lang took the longbow and then reached out his hand to him.

"Explosive Arrow".

"Bring one over."

"Platoon leader..."

Ah Hu immediately covered his quiver.

He looked at the few arrows left, his face full of heartache.

"I only get three injections a month..."

Zhou Lang rolled his eyes at him.

"I'll make it up to you when we get back."

Ah Hu's eyes lit up immediately.

"Platoon leader, you said it!"

He quickly drew an arrow from his quiver.

The arrow shaft was cast from black iron, and the arrowhead was engraved with several crimson runes.

Zhou Lang took the explosive arrow.

His feet sank into the yellow sand, his waist bent, and he drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

The bowstring tightened little by little.

The arrow then rose, aiming at the top of the oasis.

The longbow was drawn to its fullest extent.

Zhou Lang loosened his grip.

"Whoosh—"

The explosive arrow shot out through the air.

The crimson runes on the arrow lit up one by one, leaving a dark red trail of flame in mid-air.

Everyone on the dune looked up, their eyes following the arrow as it moved forward.

100 meters.

Three hundred meters.

500 meters.

The arrow had already traveled halfway.

Xiao Wu's tense shoulders gradually relaxed.

Ting Ge was also about to speak up and offer some advice.

Just before the arrow was about to hit the oasis, a series of intense vibrations came from ahead.

"Buzzing—"

The sound wasn't loud at first.

In the blink of an eye, it all turned into a deafening roar.

A tree on the edge of the oasis suddenly split open.

It didn't collapse.

Every "leaf" that makes up the tree canopy is flapping its beetle wings.

Then came the second one.

The third one.

The entire oasis came alive!

Countless emerald green beetles flapped their wings and rose into the air from the ground.

They were previously connected end to end, layer upon layer, using their carapaces to form shrubs, grasslands, and tree canopies.

The azure "lake" in the center of the oasis was also split apart.

Tens of thousands of beetles flipped at different angles.

The blue that had been reflecting the sky quickly faded, revealing the yellowish-brown markings on the insect's abdomen.

That's not an oasis.

There is no lake at all.

This is a nest made up of countless sandworms!

The explosive arrow landed on the swarm of insects.

The nearby sandworms quickly dispersed.

The arrow pierced through the gap and sank obliquely into the distant yellow sand.

"boom--"

A burst of fire erupted.

Large swaths of sand and dust rose into the air.

It wasn't until the shockwave from the explosion reached the sand dunes that Zhou Lang snapped out of his daze.

Once the insect swarm's cover was gone, the so-called oasis was completely exposed.

There was no soil or water below.

Only mountains of white bones remained.

The skull of the wild beast was scattered on the outermost layer.

Deeper still, there are human skeletons.

The skeletons still bear the combat uniforms of the Western Wilderness Border Guard.

The color drained from Ting Ge's face instantly.

"It's the reconnaissance battalion..."

Above the oasis, the swarm of insects rapidly gathered.

The green on their carapaces has completely faded, returning them to the same color as the yellow sand.

In the blink of an eye, a yellow cloud of insects covering several kilometers hung in the air.

The insect cloud did not rush towards the location of the explosion.

They are turning.

The dense swarm of insect heads simultaneously aimed at the twenty or thirty people on the sand dune.

Zhou Lang suddenly threw down his longbow.

"Everyone!"

"run!"

"Run!!!"

One of the recruits' legs went weak, and he fell directly into the sand as he turned around.

He didn't even bother to stand up, and crawled towards the back of the sand dune using both hands and feet.

Many more people are still stuck in place.

They looked up, their faces filled with nothing but fear.

Because the insect cloud in the sky is not the whole story.

"sand……"

Ah Hu looked down at his feet.

"The sand is moving!"

The camera suddenly rises.

Below the dunes, patches of sand rise up one after another.

Yellow sand flowed down.

The swarms of insects hidden underground broke through the sand, vibrated their wings, and flew into the sky in droves.

Further into the distance, the desert began to undulate.

Countless sandworms are still emerging from the ground.

They covered the sand dunes.

It blocked out the sky.

The sunlight cast by the blazing sun was quickly swallowed up by the layers of overlapping insect wings.

Zhou Lang grabbed the terrified recruit beside him and pushed him behind the sand dune.

"run--"

He drew his twin swords from his back and turned to face the oncoming swarm of insects.

"Little Five!"

"Brother Ting!"

"Take three rows and retreat!"

"I'll hold off these bugs!!"

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There should be another chapter in the morning; this was written in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Yesterday, the young author spent the entire day running around on the mountain, following his family as they led their grandfathers and other ancestors back to the ancestral hall.

I didn't sleep last night.

If there are only two chapters, consider this a notification.

As for the second season.

It was released at 00:06 today.

The babies can rinse now.