Doomsday Totem

Chapter 356 The Phantom
The cold north wind came from the Black Sea, passed through the silent wilderness, and blew across the endless sand sea, bringing a heavy snow that covered the sky.

After an unknown amount of time, the snow stopped, and the warm and genial sun broke through the clouds and returned to the earth.Looking around, a thick layer of ice and snow covered the boundless sand dunes, dyeing the entire desert white.

Not long after the snow stopped, at the end of the road in the north of Tieshan Town, a group of travelers wrapped in various rags led the tall sand sea camels and walked over the snow from the sand dunes, leaving behind a long trail of dark and shallow Different footprints.

In front of them was a two-story building, surrounded by barbed wire, and a sign with nearly peeling paint was hung at the door, with four words crookedly written on it - "Black Fire Bar".

Further down, there is a wooden board nailed to the doorpost with rusty nails, and it is written in eye-catching red paint: "Attention, there are six rotating Vulcan cannons in this bar, please do not make trouble." There is a blackboard with a list of those killed in the riot written in white chalk.Then there was a hand-painted poster, which was stabbed with a knife in the lower right corner of the blackboard, which looked very rough and violent.

The poster used various paints to graffiti a plate of food that couldn't be seen clearly. The large tongs and spinach of the sand scorpion were vaguely visible. Below it was written crookedly: "Winter sand scorpion set meal, [-]% discount." In fact, Anyone who has spent here a few times will know that the so-called [-]% discount is just a gimmick.

In the winter sunshine, the bar is covered with white snow, even the old wooden signboard is covered with snow.

At this moment, in front of the gate, two strong men wearing dark green military overcoats and carrying thick drum-type heavy machine guns were clearing the snow with shovels and making a path for walking.

Not long after, one of the strong men saw a traveler in the distance, stopped what he was doing, patted his companion on the shoulder, and reminded: "Someone is coming."

The strong man looked back, then dropped the shovel, and shouted into the bar: "Boss, someone is coming!" He took down the six-barreled Vulcan cannon, and stood beside the gate, as if standing guard .Then, the strong man who first spotted the traveler also dropped his shovel, took off the Vulcan cannon, and stood on the other side.

After a while, a group of travelers walked into the gate, tied a few camels to the open space, lifted their heads and walked into the bar.

"Friends from Shahai, welcome to the Black Fire Bar, come in and enjoy the fire, this winter is really too cold." At the bar, a middle-aged man with a short stature, dark skin, and a big square face He greeted loudly.

"Thank you." A middle-aged man who looked like a leader stepped forward and said.

This group of travelers consisted of men and women, their ages were mainly between thirty and fifty, and they were a common group of traders in the sand sea.They usually come from Boiler City in the northwest of the Endless Sand Sea, and go to Iron Mountain Town to sell goods, collect materials smelted from waste products, and then transport them back to Boiler City to sell to Harley Industries.

"In this damn winter, I really hope to hear something new and interesting." The boss poured a glass of ale, pushed towards the leader of the vendor, and said casually.Collecting information on the endless sand sea and selling information on the sand sea is an important business for this bar to survive.It's just that the information he exchanged for a free glass of ale can be exchanged for a few silver coins or even gold coins on the next traveler.However, there are not many people who are willing to give gold coins, just those few regular customers.For example, the executor of Iron Mountain Town who has not been seen for several years is one of them.

"Obviously, your luck is good. Just a few days ago, we just encountered a thrilling and unimaginable thing." The leader of the vendor said.

"Oh...that must be very exciting." Boss Blackfire sighed, as if he was trapped here, but yearning for an adventurous life.

"I have lived for most of my life and crossed sand seas countless times, but I have never seen such a sight. It is really shocking..." The leader of the merchant drank the ale in his glass, and then exhaled heavily, showing a smile on his face. With an undecided expression on his face, as if he had fallen into a nightmare memory, he murmured in a low voice, "It's just... can't be described in words..."

Boss Heihuo showed a confident expression, and at the same time picked up the big wine bottle and filled a glass for the merchant leader.The latter drank it up in one gulp, and then sighed, "I've never seen such a big sandworm, just the big chimney of Boilerburg... no... just like the building of Harley's headquarters..."

"Oh..." Boss Heihuo nodded, his pious expression was like a student listening to a teacher.

"It's just...can't be described in words..." the leader of the merchant said to himself, subconsciously looking at the empty cup in front of him.

"The last cup." Boss Heihuo reminded abruptly.

After drinking the third glass of ale, the leader of the merchants told the whole story.It was a clear, sunny afternoon five days ago, and they had just had lunch before moving on.Not long after walking, when climbing over a sand dune, the sand not far in front suddenly surged, like boiling water.According to his many years of experience in walking the sand sea, his first reaction at that time was: Oops, we encountered a swarm of sand worms!
He hurriedly called his companions to retreat, but it was already too late. In just a few seconds, huge sandworms emerged from the sand layer, and the yellow sand shot up into the sky like a fountain...

"Why are you still alive?" Hearing this, Boss Heihuo couldn't help interrupting the other party and asked.He must distinguish whether the other party is telling the truth or bragging.

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly..." The leader of the vendor glanced at the bar owner and continued to tell his story.

At that time, he thought: It's over, I've spent my whole life in the sea of ​​sand, and I'm finally going to end up here.When the sandworms came out, several desert camels were frightened and kept barking, which disturbed him.Under the circumstances at that time, it was unrealistic to escape, and the speed of the sandworm was very fast.So, he simply stayed where he was, and made his companions give up their resistance and knelt down to beg God for mercy.

In his life, even though he walked on the verge of life and death every day, he never did anything unconscionable, and on the contrary he saved many people.For example, more than three years ago, they met a silver-haired aristocratic girl who was stranded in the sand due to an aircraft crash.They gave her enough water and food, and led her out of the sea of ​​sand.Although they later sold her to a grocer in Iron Mountain Town, he could swear that they never harmed her and only got back the "rescue money" they deserved.Moreover, the grocer's reputation in the local area is not bad. Although he is a bit of a philistine, he is a kind-hearted person.If they had sold her to the "mother" in Lijie, or to the local gangsters, the price would have been at least twice as high.

Under their devout prayers, perhaps because of the goodness of the past, God responded to their begging.Those sandworms did not attack them, but stayed where they were, surrounding them.

Just when they were wondering, a pillar of sand suddenly shot up into the sky.In the afternoon sun, when the sand rain poured down, a sandstorm insect covered in golden light gradually revealed its figure. The huge insect body was like a skyscraper rising from the ground, which made people feel involuntarily. Feeling of own smallness.

At that time, he thought: It's over, it's not that God wants to let them go, but the king of sandworms wants to eat first.

"Why are you still alive?" the bar owner interrupted him again, obviously thinking he was bragging.But he ignored the other party and just continued to tell his story.

The next moment, the golden sandworm twisted its body and bent down towards him.It was like a building falling down on him.

Just when he thought he was about to be eaten, the golden sandworm stopped moving, and its huge head hovered in the air a few meters away from him.In the dust that filled the sky, he could even clearly see hundreds of compound eyes like shining stars on his head.

However, this was not what shocked him the most. There was a woman half lying on the head!
A woman so beautiful that one can forget the dangers around her...

"You bragging!" The owner of the Black Fire Bar finally broke out and cursed loudly.Being able to survive surrounded by sandworm swarms is already bragging.And escaping under the eyes of the golden sandworm is even more bragging.As for the woman on top of the golden sandworm, that would be an insult to his IQ, and deceive him as if he were a three-year-old child. Even if it was a myth, it would not be so messy.

"I swear by Jack Ma, the God of Wealth, that everything I say is true." The leader of the merchant raised his right palm and said solemnly.

Boss Heihuo snorted immediately, the most untrustworthy thing in the world is the businessman's oath.

"Believe it or not..." the leader of the merchant prevaricated, and continued to tell his story.

Under his astonished gaze, the woman lying on top of the sandworm stood up.It was the tallest woman he had ever seen in his life, nearly two meters tall, a full head taller than him.Moreover, her figure is very hot, like a witch from the lava hell, exuding a fiery breath all over her body, and the charm between her brows is even more indescribably seductive, making it difficult for people to hold back, and almost forget the sight in front of them. danger.

There were only a few rags on her body, which barely covered her chest and lower back.The bumpy figure and the overlapping chest made everyone present feel thirsty and forgot where they were for a moment.Even the women in the team couldn't be immune to the seductive allure, they were dumbfounded.

She has long black hair, even in the desert environment, it is still clean and neat, without a trace of curl, hanging down the side of her face.Two ears that were pointed and longer than ordinary people were exposed outside the smooth hair, and there were a few delicate, pale gold earrings hanging on them.From the material point of view, it should not be gold, but an unknown metal.Because the pale golden light seemed to have magical powers, it was not covered by the glare of the sun, but exuded its own unique spectrum.

"Is there... anything to eat?"

This was the first and only sentence she said.The voice was ethereal and hollow, without a trace of emotion or ups and downs, like a voice outside the picture, but also unusually clear, with a little low and hoarse, directly transmitted to the mind.

It took him dozens of seconds to come back to his senses, and he ran towards a camel in the sand sea, trying to unload the bacon and grain on it.But the Shahai camel seemed to be frightened, so it pushed forward and knocked him away.

At this moment, the woman looked over, her eyes seemed to be covered with a veil, making it difficult to see clearly.Only then did he realize that this woman seemed to be hidden in a mist.What they saw before was just a mirage, and everything seemed so unreal.

And at the same time she looked over, the Shahai camel whimpered, foamed at the mouth, and fell limp to the ground.He quickly unloaded the cargo, and with the help of other partners, dragged it to the front of the woman.In the end, she only took away the meat and melons and fruits, and kept the grain.

"Why are you still alive?" The bar owner still didn't believe it, so he shrugged and said, "Believe it or not, I won't pay for the drink anyway..."

(End of this chapter)