No strange things are allowed to evolve!

"Isn't this to avoid trouble?" The doctor kept wiping the sweat off his face with a towel. "If we go up there, we'll definitely run into the guards. They're not like me, especially Falcon and his supporters. They're all stubborn and will definitely cause trouble if they see you come out."

Jiang Shu scoffed: "Me, avoid their sharp edge?"

"You don't need to avoid their sharp edge, but if they risk their lives to stop you, would you kill them all?"

"Just control it, and that will be fine."

"Disaster."

The doctor shook his head:

"With so many people, it would take a while to tie them up. And if something happens to the train while you are absorbing the desert power, you will need manpower to deal with it. It is definitely impossible to eliminate the desert power on them."

Therefore, my advice is to wait until the deed is done before making any further moves. Until then, it's best to avoid them altogether.

"alright."

Jiang Shu knew that the doctor's words made sense and had no objection.

"but..."

He looked at the dense, tangled network of pipes:

How am I supposed to inhale here?

Pointing to these pipes, the doctor explained, "We are now directly below the Awakening Carriage. Each of these pipes corresponds to an Awakening Room, used to replace and replenish the sand."

"So it's mobile, huh?" Jiang Shu clicked his tongue in amazement. "Like a public bathhouse, isn't it?"

"More or less." The doctor nodded. "So you just need to stay over there..."

He pointed to the thickest pipe from which all the smaller pipes branched off.

“Open the main valve over there, then use your self-decomposition technique to crawl in through the crack, and then hide yourself in the sand. This way, you can not only absorb the newly sent sand, but also absorb all the sand in the Awakening Chamber.”

Jiang Shu thought for a moment: "Then why don't I just decompose myself on top of it and then sneak in openly?"

The doctor waved his hand repeatedly: "That's too dangerous. The guards deal with sand and gravel all year round and are very sensitive to it. Even the smallest grains will attract their attention."

"I see."

“And,” the doctor added, “isn’t it fresher this way?”

“No problem.” Jiang Shu nodded in agreement: “Okay, I’ll get started.”

As he spoke, Jiang Shu followed the doctor's instructions, opened the main valve, and after being sandified, began to decompose on its own, plunging headfirst into the pipe.

In an instant, he split himself into countless tiny fragments, which were then mixed into the sand in different rooms.

It's a very strange feeling.

Even though they are different individuals, what they see and feel is different.

But they share the same consciousness.

Jiang Shu was very interested in this feeling.

So he didn't rush to start eating and drinking, but first used this perspective to observe all the awakening rooms.

"There are already people here."

"Has the Falcon already started arranging for new recruits to awaken their powers...?"

"Sure enough, they all come into contact with the skin and feel very cool."

"Silly...silly..."

"Still ridiculous..."

"Ok?"

Jiang Shu suddenly froze.

"There are sand dunes too?"

Chapter 151 Fellow Cultivators on the Great Dao

Jiang Shu had only glanced at each pool briefly.

Until he saw something he shouldn't have seen.

In an instant, the dizzying feeling of dozens of screens in front of him, like watching a surveillance camera, disappeared, and Jiang Shu's vision was now only filled with one screen.

As Jiang Shu's gaze slowly moved upwards, she saw two familiar faces.

"Oh my god, look at this mess."

Jiang Shu suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He swore to God that he never expected that Xue Wang and Wang Tiezhu were also here.

If he had known, he definitely wouldn't have looked at so many silly things first.

He will definitely try to reunite with his companions as soon as possible.

However, the current situation is somewhat awkward. It is not difficult for Jiang Shu to retrieve the other fragments and reassemble them in the pool where the two women are.

The problem is that they are not wearing clothes right now, and it would be quite unladylike for them to show up so abruptly.

Xue Wang is alright, after all, they are good friends, and there's nothing wrong with good friends being honest with each other.

But Wang Tiezhu is socially anxious. If she finds out that someone is hiding in the sand while she is taking a bath, she might be terrified and may have psychological trauma for the rest of her life.

For the sake of his companions' physical and mental well-being, Jiang Shu ultimately decided to temporarily refrain from showing his face.

It seems he can only wait until they leave before finding another opportunity to meet... He sighed inwardly.

It's a bit of a pity, but there's no other way for now, since we can't let the two of them know that we're here.

Although Jiang Shu felt somewhat reluctant, he stayed behind to protect the two of them.

Even though it had been weakened, the curse within the sand still contained a certain intensity, and Jiang Shu wasn't sure if they could withstand it.

After all, even the Yellow Crane Tower...

Upon hearing this name, Jiang Shu's mind went blank.

He suddenly remembered where that feeling of forgetting something important that he had when he left the lab came from—

I forgot about the Yellow Crane Tower in the lab!

Thinking back, I don't think I saw him at the time because the shockwave from my fight with the doctor sent him flying. I vaguely remember hearing him curse at me.

Ugh!

How could you forget?

However, he can't go back for the time being. After all, he has a life spiritual root and has a way to overcome the calamity-level paralysis curse, so he should be fine and there's no need to worry about it.

In short.

If even the Yellow Crane Tower is affected by the curse contained in the power of the desert, then the Snow King and Wang Tiezhu are even more likely to be affected.

Even though it was different from the Yellow Crane Tower incident, where the two of them only had skin-to-skin contact, the sand was like radioactive material, and it wasn't necessarily dangerous if it got into their bodies.

Jiang Shu observed that both of their originally fair skin was now somewhat red, and the expressions on their faces proved that they were not feeling well.

Therefore, Jiang Shu had to help them purify the curse in the sand.

As for the desert power, Jiang Shu thought about it and decided to leave it for them.

Because there might be a time when I need to act alone and can't take care of them at all times, they need to have the ability to protect themselves.

With this in mind, Jiang Shu covered the entire pool and activated the conceptual ability of the Great Wilderness Heart once again.

As the Heart of the Great Wilderness began to operate, both Snow King and Wang Tiezhu immediately noticed the changes.

"Do you feel... like your fever isn't so bad anymore?"

Wang Tiezhu wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, so she asked Xue Wang if she felt the same way.

Snow King took his hand out of the sand and looked at his skin. He nodded and said, "It seems so. The prickly feeling is gone."

"What's going on?" Wang Tiezhu felt very strange.

"do not know."

Snow King shook his head:

"However, I've heard that it's normal to feel uncomfortable. The more uncomfortable you feel, the more sensitive you are to the power of the desert, and the easier it is to obtain that power."

That feeling is gone now; I wonder if that's a good thing.

"I guess so," Wang Tiezhu said hesitantly. "At first, the feeling was very obvious, which meant we were very compatible with the power system of this world. Now that we don't feel that way anymore, maybe it's because we've adapted?"

"Hmm...maybe." Snow King nodded: "Then let's quickly follow the method the falcon mentioned and carefully sense the life force contained in the sand. As long as we catch it, we should be able to obtain the power of the desert and have the means to save Teacher La and Yellow Crane Tower."

"it is good."

After saying this, the two closed their eyes and tried to feel the life force in the sand that the falcon had described.

Jiang Shu overheard their entire conversation.

So that's why you wanted to gain the power to save yourself as soon as possible. No wonder you insisted on staying in the sand even though you were in so much pain.

The other people I saw in the other rooms had only buried part of their bodies in the sand, gradually, unlike these two, who only had their heads sticking out.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shu couldn't help but feel moved.

What a great teammate!

Then we must protect you even more.

So he simply gave them a direct empowerment, transferring the purified desert energy directly to them.

Of course, only this pool.

You should enjoy the ginger from the other pools yourself.

Meanwhile, the guards in the other rooms also noticed something amiss.

However, their situation was exactly the opposite.

For Xue Wang and Wang Tiezhu, Jiang Shu was about discarding the dross and keeping the essence; for others, it was about taking the essence and keeping the dross.

Therefore, those people felt that the stimulation brought to them by the sand and gravel was becoming more and more intense.

Their skin was not only red, but it had even started to swell.

But instead of feeling that something was wrong, they became excited.

"Great! My heart is already burning! I'm going to succeed! I'm going to succeed!"

Thanks to Jiang Shu's behind-the-scenes manipulation, everyone was very satisfied.

Jiang Shu was satisfied with the result, while the others were satisfied in their hearts.

Just as everything was proceeding smoothly according to Jiang Shu's plan, Jiang Shu suddenly noticed something amiss.

It turned out that after Xue Wang and Wang Tiezhu no longer felt uncomfortable, they relaxed completely, simply closing their eyes to feel the power of the desert, and completely forgot where they were.

They have become less in control of their bodies.

This caused these fine grains of sand, while not as pervasive as water, to be affected by atmospheric pressure and begin to flow, surging into openings that shouldn't have appeared.

After being processed by Jiang Shu, most of the curses were removed from the sand. However, the power of the desert is itself a curse, and a portion of it must be retained so that the person who obtains this power will know that they have received the power of the desert.

So, if these grains of sand only come into contact with the skin, it's fine. As long as Jiang Shu guides them slowly, Xue Wang and Wang Tiezhu can upgrade painlessly. But if they enter the body, it will be extremely painful for people who don't have a sand-resistant constitution like Jiang Shu.

What should I do?

Jiang Shu had no other choice but to grit her teeth and persevere.

I'm sorry!

He could only use the most primitive method to save it—sucking it out.

And then the next second.

Xue Wang and Wang Tiezhu opened their eyes at the same time.

A strange feeling welled up inside me.

"I think... I feel it," they said in unison.

then.

"You felt it too?"