Chapter 237 237. First Arrival at Gray Sand City
Jamie and his party quickly arrived at the Gray Desert in the westernmost part of the Kingdom of Norland through the ultra-long-distance teleportation magic circle provided by the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce.
Just after leaving the teleportation array, they felt the changes in the surrounding environment - the temperature on Hanjiao Island was like spring all year round, and the moist sea breeze brought cool wind, making it very suitable for human habitation.
But the wind here is filled with a burning smell.
This scorching feeling is not the dry heat, but the moist heat. Just a few seconds after leaving the space magic circle, they felt that their bodies were covered with sweat.
Everyone who has experienced heat knows that dry heat can be tolerated, but hot flashes are really uncomfortable all over the body.
Wet moisture even dripped from the hair.
The area that can be seen around is all golden sand, and beyond is darkness. It is completely unclear how big the building really is.
While they were hesitating whether to activate the small air purifying magic device on their body, a voice came from the distance -
"Welcome to Gray Sand City."
The voice is very young, but it only takes a moment to go from far to near.
A young man wearing only shoulder armor on his upper body came to them. His well-proportioned muscular abdomen was painted with many weird oil paints, and his lower body was only wearing a war skirt.
At first glance, it seems to be some kind of warrior.
But if you sense it carefully, you can find the almost endless magic power in him - this level of magic power, they have only sensed it in their own lord.
Obviously, this is...
"Lord Gray Sand!"
Jamie saluted him on behalf of everyone: "The teacher often mentions you, this is his gift A small gift for you.”
The former farm boy was now neither humble nor overbearing when facing a level 10 God’s Favorite, and handed over the box that Croya had prepared.
Lord Gray Sand opened the box and took a look, the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "It's a very good gift."
His smile didn't look like he was pretending to be polite.
Then he put away the box and waved.
The surrounding golden sand grains rotated, forming chairs like a small whirlwind. He pointed at those chairs and said: "Sit down and talk."
Huisha himself was directly there He was lying lazily and half-stretched on a soft couch, looking at them as if he was a little tired.
"Thank you."
Jamie took the apprentices to sit down. As soon as he sat down, he took the initiative to speak: "Master Huisha, according to the agreement between you and our teacher, we will first Build a store in the city.
Construct a magic circle with the store as the center, and then use it to transport materials. First build a sufficient number of houses inside Gray Sand City, and then gradually expand the roads outwards.
All are supplied by our Hanjiao Island, and the minerals and Warcraft plants along the way..."
Of course he has also seen the map, and it was very smooth to talk about it at this time. It took ten minutes to put together the general idea and The idea was conveyed to Lord Gray Sand.
During this period, Lord Gray Sand listened quietly without saying a word.
After he finished speaking, Lord Gray Sand spoke: "It's a genius idea, but... I hope you can conduct an on-site inspection before formulating a new plan."
The tenth-level God's Favorite, who looked younger than the apprentices, had a vicissitude in his tone: "The desert will bury everyone."
"There is still an essential difference between the simulated environment and the real gray desert."
“You visit first. The first goal is to build a road between Gray Sand City and the oasis ten kilometers away from here.”
“Only if you can successfully build it, you will have a superficial understanding. Desert.”
Hearing this, the expressions of Jamie and others changed slightly.
They had already considered possible problems when they were busy in the desert, so they were not too surprised at the moment.
After exchanging a look, Jamie said as usual: "Can you please arrange for someone to take us to see it?"
"We will collect data for on-site inspection and then contact us. Teacher, please give him guidance remotely.
It will definitely not delay things.”
“Of course, that’s why I invited you here.” Lord Gray Sand smiled: “You are safe here. Don't worry, I promised Hanjiao that nothing would happen to you
He has told me many times, saying that you are all his treasures~"
Hui Sha's final note rose slightly, seeming to be a bit ridiculing.
This matter is still He really didn't make it up. The forty apprentices who are here now are mages and knights who are the best at civil engineering and infrastructure.
Every one of them is a treasure that Croak has given him hope for.
< br>Kloya even asked for some treasures from the angels to protect them, so that they could finish their work safely and return home.
Jamie and others smiled invariably. , like children, a little shy
How can I put it, most of them are orphans, and suddenly hearing these words seems like the earnest instructions of their parents and elders, the kind of people who care and care for them. The feeling, the warmth emerging from the bottom of my heart.
"Hahaha, it seems that Croya really values you, don't live up to his expectations. "
Huisha looked at them and seemed to be in a better mood. He waved his hand:
"Okay, Nilant, take them outside to have a look. ”
"Coming, coming!"
As soon as the lord finished speaking, a woman wearing leopard skin and looking quite fit jumped out from the surrounding darkness.
She seemed to be jumping. After a few jumps, she landed directly in front of everyone, and stepped into a deep sand pit.
She grinned at Jamie and others with white teeth: "Come with me, I will take you to see the land assigned to you by the lord!"
This one is called Ni Lant's woman really seemed to be out of sight, grabbing Jamie's hand and half-pulling him away.
“Hey, hey, hey!”
“Calm down!”
Jamie is a third-level mage after all, and he still works by moving bricks every day, and his physical strength is also Not bad, but he was actually dragged away.
Seeing this, the rest of the people saluted Lord Gray Sand and left quickly.
Lord Gray Sand looked at the direction Nilant left and shook his head: "This little leopard... forget it, only she can use it."
...
When they left this huge building and came outside, these children who had grown up on Hanjiao Island and had never really seen the outside world were stunned.
They stared blankly at the sky -
It was a gray-blue starry sky, as clear as a huge blue gem. The stars were dotted in the night sky, as if they were within reach. And, as if you can touch them by jumping a little higher.
This is similar but not the same as the starry sky of Hanjiao Island, full of a rough and primitive beauty.
The sand under your feet is full of golden sand, extending from your feet to the end of the field of vision. There are some strange triangular houses built here and there on the sand.
This is Gray Sand City, a city that Lord Gray Sand brought all the surviving people and built directly with powerful magic power.
The urban planning seems to be pretty good. The residential areas composed of those houses are neat and orderly, as if they were built with a ruler, which can be said to be straight.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder will be very happy to see it.
The only problem is that the entire city looks very empty, and not many people are walking around, which is in sharp contrast to the huge city.
At a rough glance, there are only hundreds or thousands of people at most, which is completely incompatible with the huge scale and area of the city.
“People have gone out to collect food.”
Nilant explained: “Only at night can the ability of the Lord of the Night suppress the magic of the riots in the desert, and can we fight in the desert Walk as freely as possible inside."
As she said this, she reached out and rummaged through the leopard skin coat, and quickly took out a pendant and shook it.
The pendants made of white forest bones collided with each other, but they made a clear "ding-dong" sound like wind chimes.
The pendant looks like a balance as a whole, with a wolf head placed in one of the trays, while the other is empty.
But the strange thing is that the empty tray is heavy and seems to be much heavier than the tray with the wolf's head. There are still some scarlet blood stains faintly visible in the silver bone seams.
Faced with such a pendant that obviously had some religious nature, Jamie originally wanted to refuse.
But Nilande said: "Without the Jackal's Scale Pendant, you can't get out of the city.
You can only enter the desert with the Scale Pendant."
She stared at everyone, her pupils shrinking slightly like some kind of big cat.
Judging from her appearance, this pendant is obviously very important, and may even involve local religious issues. Faced with this situation, Jamie did not refuse - faith is the most troublesome thing, so don't mess with it if you can.
"Then thank you Ms. Nilant for your kindness."
He directly took a pendant and dropped it on his chest, representing Hanjiao. Next to the island's colorful sun emblem.
There seemed to be a faint flash of light in the emblem, but it was fleeting and no one noticed it.
Others also hung up the pendants one after another, and Nilande raised a smile and waved her hand: "I will take you there!"
She quickly arrived with everyone. The place where Lord Gray Sand promised Croya to build his shop is located in the central street of Gray Sand City and is an area officially managed by Gray Sand City.
There are already several different shops here, including magic material stores and even buildings such as the most common mercenary association on the mainland.
It's just that the buildings all look very low - there are not enough building materials in the desert. If you only rely on mages to build the city... who can build a construction team of mages like Croya?
"It seems to be like this."
On the way here, they also observed the people around them and found that everyone was wearing a scale pendant, which made them feel a little more at ease.
The Gray Sand Lord is quite generous. The area allocated to them is one acre in size, which is larger than the surrounding mercenary associations.
After discussion, the apprentices decided to build half of the place to build a Warcraft and War Pet Shop, and the other half to build a magic food shop.
This time there was no need for Croya to buy a magic house from the Holy Spring Chamber of Commerce. Half of the team, twenty people, directly took out the materials from their own space magic tools and started to build them.
They are best at building houses. It is estimated that they can cover the entire one-acre land in just one night.
The other half was taken by Jamie and went with Nilande to the outside world for inspection work.
They left Gray Sand City and officially entered the desert.
On the way out of the city, they were mentally prepared, thinking that what they were going to see was a dead and lonely sea of sand, but what appeared in front of them was not like this.
——The gray sand sea is indeed endless, but it is not dead in the sand sea. In the gray mist, many people can be seen sliding on the sand on magic beasts like rays.
Further away, there were groups of jackals following people digging in the sand.
If I have to describe the feeling...
It is like the children catching seafood in the sand on the beach of Hanjiao Island. The only difference is that there are more children It’s play, and people here take it very seriously.
Not far from them, there was a strong white-haired man with his upper body naked. He dug into the wet sand with a shovel and soon dug out a gray tuber.
"The gift of the night god!"
The strong man who dug up the tuber held it high, then bit it directly, chewing it crazily, and the tuber suddenly splashed out milky white juice, It also made a high-pitched cry like a baby crying.
It's like eating some kind of World of Warcraft fetus alive.
What’s even more terrifying is that as others dig out the roots one after another, the cries of these babies can even be connected together, echoing in the silent and empty desert.
Jamie stared at the man for a while and then asked proactively: "What is that he is eating?"
"It's gray sand root." The soldier who followed him explained.
There seemed to be contempt on his face: "They can't eat the food given by Lord Huisha in the city, so they can only dig these things at night.
It's really an unbearable noise."
"..."
The apprentices all felt her disgust and contempt and looked at each other - such a situation would never happen on Hanjiao Island.
Lord Croya once said that it was not their fault that the farmers themselves could not afford food.
Nilante crossed her arms and looked into the distance, not sure if she didn't hear it or if she thought she was right.
Seeing this, the apprentices did not say a word, but silently took out the survey items one by one from their backpacks.
The first thing to be taken out were the little golems that looked no different from mice. After these golems came out, they burrowed directly into the gray sand.
They will conduct surveys underground, collect magic power, and use it to make the seeds of the evil sea purple magic pill adapt to these magic powers in advance, so that a large area will not die after planting.
After the rat golem burrowed into the ground, they took out a few birds with crystal clear feathers, like they were made of crystal.
"Please, fly."
One of the apprentices stroked them one by one, fed them bird food and waved his hand, and the birds all flapped their wings and flew into the sky.
At the same time, someone had already set up a World of Warcraft vision transmission device nearby, and the scenery seen by the birds was immediately displayed on the huge screen.
These birds are not flying aimlessly, but are conducting surveys around Gray Sand City. What they record is not only the scenery, but also the changes in magic they perceive in the sky.
In just a few minutes, a bunch of magic devices were set up here, and some people took out the seedlings of the Devil's Sea Purple Demon Pond to try out in advance.
But the survey process was not smooth.
First of all, the underground golem was attacked by some unknown creatures. They were hidden in the gray wet sand. Even if the golem was equipped with a camera, it could not record it.
The second is the crystal-eyed birds flying in the sky. The terrain observed by these birds from another dimension is constantly undulating and changing with the hot wind at night.
In just a few minutes, a towering sand dune turned into flat ground, and the empty and open sand in the distance somehow grew into continuous piles of sand.
What's even worse is the planting of the purple devil's apple in the evil sea. These magic plants were modified by Croya and theoretically should be able to adapt to the environment. They died seven or eight times in just one minute...< br>
This means that the magic power in the sand is so complex that it is beyond imagination. Even the Evil Sea Purple Demon Ping cannot adapt to it, and can only cycle back and forth to death.
The specific manifestation is the continuous reporting of the apprentices who are taking measurements -
"Boss Jamie, the magic reading here cannot be quantified."
"Boss Jamie , there are alien monsters about three meters away, and they are attacking the golem."
"Boss, the evil sea purple magic duckweed cannot grow and take root..."
Don't talk about it, Jamie, listen. It was a bit numb, and even Nilande on the side muttered: "So the environment here is so bad..."
Jamie took a deep breath.
The complexity here is a bit beyond his imagination. It is much more complicated than what he originally saw on Hanjiao Island. It seems that many plans have to be changed temporarily.
He was not in a hurry and just let the apprentices continue their data collection and geological survey work.
He firmly believes that as long as he has enough data support and can figure out the magic composition inside, he can adapt the floating moon alloy to the adaptive transformation.
Time passed by minute by minute.
At the end, the sky gradually became brighter.
The original survey base has grown from dozens of meters to a full acre of land. Huge crystal pillars stand on the ground, and induction and transmission devices made of magic spider silk are drawn around them.
The apprentices who had been busy all night stretched and looked up——
From the distant sky, the desert and the end of the sky, a red sun slowly rose. rise.
They all had serious looks on their faces.
When the sun rises, some changes will happen here.
After a busy night, their task was to build a device that could record changes in magic power before the sun rose to see if it could survive the changes.
“No, come here quickly!”
Nilande yelled no, and then immediately stuck a scepter on the ground.
After the scepter fell to the ground, a powerful magic shield was formed, protecting all the apprentices inside. Through the shield, people could be seen escaping into the city in panic.
Then...the wind stopped.
Coming from a distance is a mighty flood like a tsunami. There are many monsters in the flood, just like the apocalyptic flood in ancient mythology.
Just by visual inspection, its height is hundreds of meters high.
Wherever the flood passed, everything was swept away.
It was like an all-devouring monster, making a terrifying roar and quickly washed up near Gray Sand City.
At first glance, these floods seem to be able to sweep directly into Gray Sand City, but in fact they cannot even enter the walls of Gray Sand City. A terrifying force forms a shield made of light, preventing them from entering the city.
The palms of the apprentices hiding within the protection of the scepter were sweating. They looked at the crystal pillars around them that were still standing tenaciously in the flood, and felt a little more at ease.
Only Nilande said softly: "As you can see, floods come every day during the day."
"Don't worry."
Jamie was full of confidence: "We will build bridges and roads."
He had an idea when he saw the flood, but it still needs practice to prove and test.
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