Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1228 1210. Desert Water Flow
The sun was shining brightly high in the sky, and the layer of air above the sand was baked by the heat, causing the light to be distorted.

It seems that even the air inhaled into the nasal cavity and trachea carries heat that evaporates moisture.

Less than half a minute after the fluff ball stepped on the sand, it immediately raised its furry little paws on its hind legs and hopped around on the sand.

While jumping, it took out a small cloak that fit its body shape from its space expansion bag and covered itself with it neatly.

In this environment, if the armor is exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, you can fry meat on it.

Berengar, who was still dripping with water, was relatively comfortable at this time, but the old witcher estimated that he should be able to dry up the water within an hour in this environment.

Lan En came over last. After he came over, the air pressure disturbed by the celestial sphere intersection cracks and the layer of sand and dust that was blown up gradually subsided.

"Is this the other world?"

Tishaya is a warlock who normally wishes she could use teleportation as a carriage, so at this moment her dizziness was the least.

There was nothing special about the desert, but she was surprised to see the giant anthill that was dozens of meters high and looked like a rock pillar standing above the sea of ​​sand.

"Welcome to the New World."

As a specially recruited hunter for the fifth term of the New World Survey Team, Lan En spoke to Tishaya and Berengar in a half-local tone.

"Believe me, there is no place that makes people feel more relaxed than here."

"You mean this place is suitable for vacation?" Tishaya frowned slightly, "But the weather here is too hot, and the desert is barren."

"This is a new continent, Tishaya. What is the concept of a continent?" Lan En spread his hands and said with a smile, "The desert is just a corner of this continent."

"And I don't care about anything else you say, but if you say the ecology here is 'barren'. Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

The young witcher smacked his lips, his disapproval and anticipation evident in his tone.

Tishaya raised her eyebrows: "This is a desert."

Lann responded decisively and confidently: "This is the desert of the New World."

"Alright, alright." Berengar tried to spread out his wet clothes so that they could dry up quickly with the help of the environment. "We'll talk about whether it's desolate or not later. It's too hot here now. How about we find a way first?"

Lan En said of course that was no problem.

Falling suddenly into a desert environment is enough to kill an ordinary person.

But it's different here.

The vitality of the New World is far more prosperous than that of the normal world.

Although the Great Anthill Wasteland looks like a desert or Gobi, this kind of natural environment should not exist at all given the prosperous vitality of the New World.

According to research by the elders at the Ecological Research Institute of the New World Survey Team, this may be because the endless flow of vitality in the New World is too strong, which has led to temporary siltation and obstruction in the process of circulation, thus creating an environment that is not created by nature.

The appearance of deserts in other places is the evolution of the natural environment, but the wastelands in the New World are actually "anti-natural".

Precisely because it is anti-natural, the natural and ecological resources of the Big Anthill Wasteland are not at all depleted.

There are many rivers and swamps in the Big Anthill Wasteland.

Nowadays, most of the humans in the New World are professionals in the investigation team. It may be difficult for them to avoid accidents in this desert due to the natural environment.

"Mentos, start adjusting the time and determining the position."

"It's in progress, sir."

Mentos started its work the moment Lann stepped into the New World.

Lan En, who was working with the biochemical intelligent computer in his mind, also asked the Qilin next to him.

"In which direction is the Coral Plateau? Can you feel it?"

While relying on the computing power of the biochemical intelligent computer to advance the measurement progress, Lan En is also collecting more information to reduce the difficulty of measurement.

At this time, the Qilin seemed to be feeling relaxed. This species is highly adaptable and people have witnessed traces of Qilin's activities in volcanoes, ice fields, mountains and basins.

Relying on its physical superiority as a member of the ancient dragon race, it had no difficulty adapting to the desert.

"Huchi~"

Two puffs of air blew out of its big, wet nostrils, and the Qilin's hooves hesitated on the sand for a few seconds.

Then he stretched his neck, and the pale horn, which was only a short section away from being fully grown, pointed in a direction.

It was born in the New World and had lived on the Coral Plateau before meeting Lan, where the terrestrial seaweed was its favorite.

It is familiar with the electromagnetic environment there, so it can recognize it even if it has just returned.

With the general direction as a reference, Lan and Mentos quickly constructed the current time in the New World and the scope of their area.

"I have a rough idea of ​​what's going on." Lan En took the large package from Berengar's back, put it into the space-expanding sack on Qilin, and called on everyone to follow him.

"Here, I remember the investigation team set up a camp nearby. The New World is still short of manpower after all, so the camps they built will not be abandoned easily."

That was the camp built to stop the large-scale operation of the Molten Dragon. It was not far from the valley where the operation was stopped. If Lan En was not mistaken, what they found at this time might not only be a small camp, but even a large facility set up by the New World Investigation Team.

Under Lan's confident leadership, the group began to walk across the desert, one step deep and one step shallow.

Tishaya and Berengar were both native northerners, and they had seen the desert only a few times in their lives. Of course, they could not adapt to walking in the desert.

But just as Lan En had confidently introduced to them before, after walking for three or four hours in the seemingly barren desert, they heard the sound of trickling water.

Although they had expected it, Tishaya and Berengar were still a little surprised.

Because if they were not very lucky to land on the very edge of a desert, it would mean that there really were water veins flowing through the middle of the desert, crisscrossing.

Water veins in the desert are truly rare.

Sure enough, the fine sand under my feet became more and more compact as the sound of flowing water became clearer and clearer.

Gradually it changed from sand to dry soil, and then to ordinary soil with moisture.

The fluff ball appeared to be very happy, although it is usually an optimistic and hardworking person.

But after returning to its 'hometown', it had already planned to look for the two friends from its former thief adventure group.

The same is true for Kirin, but it is a terrestrial seaweed that misses the terrestrial coral plateau.

As for the golden lion that broke and gnawed its unicorn horn.
Hey! The guy who can't even control his own energy without his tail must have been killed by his own runaway energy!

The grumpy guy deserves a short life!

Qilin thought with some pride. After all, it had put in a lot of effort when it chopped off that guy's tail.

As Qilin was thinking, its very understandable thoughts were reflected in its actions, and its four hooves jumped up and down as if dancing.

But others were not in a very good mood.

Tishaya and Berengar, who had rarely been active in the desert, were now sweating and panting.

Although Lan En had not stayed in the desert for too long, he now had a bunch of high-tech enhanced organs in his body that were regulating the balance of the physiological environment within the body.

The current temperature difference is not difficult for him to adapt to.

After a friendly exchange with Qilin, Tishaya obtained consent to sit on the ancient dragon's back.

But there is no chaos magic in this world for the sorceress to call upon. All she can use to cast spells is the little bit of magic that is originally stored in her body.

Therefore, although the sorceresses still tried their best to keep their clothes and appearance neat, they still had the opening of their collars which was considered standard among sorceresses but bold among ordinary people.

The large area of ​​exposed chest skin was covered with sweat, appearing greasy and smooth.

To some extent, Tishaya's unique charm lies in her ability to maintain just the right amount of restraint and self-respect among this group of bold and unrestrained sorceresses.

Berengar's clothes had long been dry, but now they were stuck to his body by his own sweat.

After hearing the sound of water, everyone was relieved, because even if they didn't find the so-called camp, there would be nothing wrong with the fresh water.

But as they got closer and closer to the sound of gurgling water, Lan En's brows slowly furrowed.

"What's going on?" Berengar muttered as he wiped his sweat. "Is it the humidity? Why does it feel hotter and hotter?"

Not only him, but also the fluffy ball that had been active in the New World for many years and had adapted to the desert environment, also opened its mouth, unconsciously stuck out its tongue and gasped to dissipate heat.

"It's really hot. Why does it feel hotter than in the desert, meow?"

But after walking a little further and actually seeing the water flow, they were sure: something was wrong!

It’s not because of my physical sensation or the humidity, but it’s really hotter here than in the desert!

"This is." The fluffy ball stood on the half-wet and half-dry land beside the stream, surrounded by swaying, wilted waterside weeds.

The calico kitten opened its mouth and looked at the slowly flowing water.

On the water surface, several large fish in the wild New World style were lying on their backs, being carried motionlessly by the current.

This is a snapper, a common fish in the water system of the Big Anthill Wasteland.

It was at least half the size of a human, with ferocious teeth and a body covered with tough skin and strong muscles.

Even a normal large dog standing on the shore may be bitten by this fish and dragged into the water.

But now.
"He was scalded to death." Lan En came to the conclusion after just one look.

This kind of fish, which can be included in the hunter's task list and is considered a small monster, was scalded to death in the water.

Not to mention the other common creatures in the water.

The scalded bodies of sashimi fish, sharp-edged mackerel whose scales can be used as whetstones, and other creatures all floated downstream with the current.

In the upstream direction of the current, a black and white Felyne cat was paddling a small hovercraft that was tailored to its body size, anxiously drifting downstream.

(End of this chapter)