After hearing the description in his mind, Zhang Tian was even more certain of his guess.
But why was this thing here?
This was a bit strange. The Desert Crystal was hidden on the scorpion's butt, in the form of a symbiotic system.
Zhang Tian strongly suspected that this thing had something to do with Queen Mother of the West.
After all, the symbiotic system was meticulously researched by Queen Mother of the West. He didn't expect to see it here.
"This is the Desert Crystal. It can be used with the Desert Flower to cultivate elixirs."
Zhang Tian said, and the others nodded. Hu Bayi, who understood elixir knowledge, saw the function of this item. However, since Zhang Tian didn't elaborate, he didn't ask further.
Hu Bayi's eyes lit up when he saw the crystal. With this, all the materials for elixirs to cultivate the physical body were complete.
When they returned, Fatty would be in for a treat once Zhang Qilin refined them.
Zhang Qilin glanced at the two materials in Zhang Tian's hand. To be honest, he really wanted to try them out, as this was a new type of elixir.
But he couldn't right now.
"The boss, the camels are here. Let's go."
Fatty shouted. Zhang Tian nodded, and everyone mounted the camels again.
Hu Bayi led the way, walking at the front.
Zhang Tian, however, was lost in thought behind them.
"Why did the scorpion's armor disappear in the desert? Who is behind this? Have we been monitored since we entered the desert?"
"What was that demonic wind?"
Zhang Tian kept thinking, connecting it to the hexagrams.
Kang Jin Long might have been the guide at the beginning, and then the luck of Zhang Tian and his companions started to decline.
First, they met the great prophet An Liman.
Then came a series of dangers. While they didn't get many treasures, the dangers were indeed numerous.
What frustrated Zhang Tian the most was that he encountered so many armors but couldn't keep any of them.
"Alas, if only I could get a battle suit, that would be great."
Zhang Tian thought, looking ahead.
Ahead, in the yellow sand, faint glimmers of light flickered, and the sand sparkled under the sun.
Time passed in this golden desert. Three days later.
Deep in the golden desert, a misty sensation seemed to rise before everyone's eyes.
That large expanse of fog was spreading throughout the center of the desert.
"It's foggy?"
Fatty said, looking at the mist ahead.
The camels seemed very frightened by the thick fog and dared not move a step.
"The camels are spooked, everyone be careful."
Hu Bayi shouted. Everyone cautiously stopped.
"There's an evil aura."
Zhang Qilin, riding on the foremost camel, looked at the white mist rising on the desert horizon.
The mist was like quicksand, flowing towards them.
It was moving very fast.
"Is this... wind?"
Zhang Tian looked at the cloth strips on his collar flapping violently and his heart sank.
No way, he just fought a scorpion and recovered a bit, and now this again?
This was a bit too much!
"Whoosh..."
The sound of the wind continuously surged towards them, and in an instant, the strong wind mixed with the white mist enveloped Zhang Tian and the others.
The camels beneath them, like startled horses, kept spinning in circles, their legs starting to go soft.
The fog was so thick that they could barely see the path ahead.
Accompanied by the sandstorm, Zhang Tian looked around himself.
Fatty and the others were obscured by the fog, and he couldn't see where they were.
"This isn't fog, it's a formation to trap us!"
Looking at the situation around him, Zhang Tian suddenly guessed something.
This white mist must be a trapping formation leading to the two ancient cities, otherwise, it wouldn't have appeared so coincidentally here.
"To break the formation, it seems I need to find the true heart."
Zhang Tian muttered, waved his hand, and a talisman burned, illuminating the surrounding mist.
"Fatty! Old Hu! Qilin!"
Zhang Tian called out a few times to the surroundings, but only the sky full of yellow sand answered.
"Forget it, I'll try to break the formation first."
Zhang Tian shook his head, stopped calling them, and looked at the camel.
"Stay here obediently, I'll go ahead and check."
Zhang Tian said. The camel was so scared that its legs had gone soft, how could it possibly run away?
Zhang Tian dismounted and looked around.
The yellow sand on the ground was flowing like water.
Zhang Tian noticed something wriggling in the sand.
Driven by curiosity, Zhang Tian looked ahead.
He saw a small sandbag wriggling in the yellow sand. With the strong wind, the sandbag "popped" open.
An old hand stretched out from the sand.
The hand was dry and shriveled, as if it would crumble at the slightest touch. After stretching out, the hand seemed to be trying to climb out.
"Do you really think this is Plants vs. Zombies?"
Seeing this, Zhang Tian kicked it down. The hand was kicked back into the sand by Zhang Tian.
"It seems that these dried corpses might continuously emerge from here. I need to leave quickly."
Thinking to himself, Zhang Tian began to walk around.
In the sandstorm, Zhang Tian saw many figures.
Those figures seemed to have the same purpose as Zhang Tian. They were bent over, like explorers bracing themselves against the wind and sand.
Zhang Tian walked towards them.
When he reached the shadows, Zhang Tian actually found a group of people.
They were wearing Soviet military uniforms, and there was a shining red star on their hats.
The red star was a bit dusty from the sandstorm. Judging by their attire, they were undoubtedly the Soviet tomb robbers from that era.
However, what surprised Zhang Tian was that their appearance had not changed at all. They were not corpses or dried corpses; on the contrary, they looked like living people.
There were four people in this group, and their faces did not look good.
Upon seeing Zhang Tian approach, the man in the lead hurried over.
"Brother, do you know the way forward? We have lost our direction. We need to go to the front line for reinforcements (Russian)."
The man in the lead spoke rapidly. Zhang Tian frowned slightly. He knew Russian but not very well.
After all, having lived two lives, and in this life, Zhang Tian was born into a relatively good family, so he learned many foreign languages.
For Russian, Zhang Tian mainly studied communism.
"Reinforcements?"
Hearing the word "reinforcements," Zhang Tian became even more confused. With all this yellow sand, where were they going to reinforce?
"Where are you going for reinforcements?"
Zhang Tian asked.
Amidst the yellow sand, a hint of excitement appeared on the old Red Army soldier's face.
"You can speak Russian? That's great! We came to help Xia Nation resist the Fuji Nation elements, but we got lost during our retreat."
"Can you help us cross the desert?"
He said excitedly. Zhang Tian held up his hand, saying it was too fast for him to understand.
"Speak slower."
Zhang Tian said. The other party slowed down his speech a bit.
"Help Xia Nation?"
Zhang Tian also thought of something. Back then, the Soviets helped Xia Nation resist the Fuji Nation, causing the Fuji Nation to repeatedly retreat. The lightning strike on the Fuji Nation made them feel a great threat.
However, all of this was not given for free. They wanted Outer Mongolia to be independent, and the great powers needed a buffer zone.
Looking at these people, they might be the Soviets who retreated back then.
But if they retreated, it would have been better to cross through central Xia Nation. Why did they take the desert route? Zhang Tian was somewhat puzzled.