"Fuck!"

Lin Mo, who was leaning on Chu Zehuai and almost falling asleep, suddenly lost his support and fell face first on the sand dune. He was awakened by the feeling of weightlessness and the pain on his face, and spat out a mouthful of sand.

He climbed up from the sand dune, and in the light of the fire, saw his equally astonished brother being dragged to the other side by Bai Yu.

"Captain Chu, please put on your clothes."

Bai Yu reached out and slowly buttoned up his shirt, then carefully went around the injured area on his wing on his back and helped put on the uniform jacket.

The slightly cool fingertips brushed the side of the neck.

It was smooth and soft, with no trace of his previous marks left.

If I have the chance I'll keep one that will last longer.

Bai Yu withdrew his hand and lowered his eyes to hide the expression in his eyes.

"Bai Yu you——"

...

...

Chu Zehuai looked at Bai Yu, moved his lips, and was about to say something when he saw the other person's face suddenly lean closer, with seriousness in his eyes, and raised a finger to his lips.

"Shh, I feel something coming."

After he finished speaking, a powerful and manic mental force gradually came from far away, and finally stopped about 1 kilometer away from them. In an instant, a strong wind blew and dust filled the sky.

A little red wolf came running across the wild sand in the night.

It is a little wolf condensed by Thrall using his mental power.

"Lin Shuishui, the main body has encountered a sand scorpion, you lead everyone to hide for a while."

After the little red wolf anxiously conveyed this message, it changed into a spiritual light spot and flew back.

"How come that guy encountered S-level pollutants even when exploring the road?"

Chu Zehuai instantly put the scene that had just happened behind him. He waved his hand to extinguish the fire, woke up the sleeping people, and then moved stealthily in the opposite direction of the sand scorpion.

The sky was filled with raging sand, and the sounds of arthropod shells rubbing against each other and wolves howling could be heard at the same time. In this world filled with yellow, the group struggled to find a place on the back side of a sand dune far away from the battle site.

“They looked like they were having a great time.”

Lin Mo was no longer sleepy at this moment. He spread his wings to resist the wind and sand, and kept looking in that direction.

"Can you see it?"

Bai Yu also looked in the direction he was looking at, but could only see dust and sand all over the sky.

“I can’t see.”

Lin Mo answered naturally,

"But a fight between two S-ranks is bound to be intense. It's not like playing house."

As he spoke, he suddenly became worried again.

"That Western Continent Regional Executive Officer, what's his name? He just escaped from the 'Infinite Gallery' with us. I guess he hasn't fully recovered yet. Will he be unable to defeat the Sand Scorpion?"

After all, the sand scorpions have never experienced any additional battles before, and this is the sand scorpions' lair. The desert environment is quite unfavorable to humans.

If the red wolf really couldn't beat the sand scorpion, and his brother was seriously injured...

"Hey, brother, why did you hit me?"

Lin Mo, who had a worried look on his face just now, held his head and grimaced.

"Don't say such depressing words."

Chu Zehuai was calmer than everyone else present.

"Sal won't lose. Even if we can't win, at least we can draw. I can rest assured."

Thrall's strength is considered top-notch in the S-class, not to mention that guy didn't consume any energy at all in the 'Infinite Gallery', and he basically bore all the attacks from the 'Infinite Gallery'.

Just as he said, about an hour later, the sandstorm over there gradually subsided, and under the gradually emerging starry night sky, a dishevelled shadow limped over.

"How did you come across it?"

Chu Zehuai looked at the other person sideways, his eyes falling from the other person's tattered clothes to the unnaturally drooping brown-red wolf tail.

"Your tail... is broken?"

Thrall narrowed his green eyes, "Yes, I was interrupted."

When he just landed in the Death Desert, he was glad that the final blow of the Infinite Gallery was given to Lin Shuishui instead of him, so that he would not become so embarrassed.

But the retribution in this life came too quickly.

Less than 24 hours later, he ran head-on into an S-class pollutant sand scorpion that was foraging for food. After driving the scorpion away, he himself was also seriously injured.

Thrall sat on the sand dune to catch his breath, then slowly tended to his wounds.

There were many wounds, some caused by the sand scorpion's tail hook and some caused by scratches from the raging sand.

Blood and sand clung to the tattered fabric.

Sal simply took off all his clothes on his upper body, revealing his strong waist. In the night, his abdominal muscles and mermaid line were particularly obvious.

When she saw someone looking at her, she even deliberately puffed out her honey-colored chest.

Chu Zehuai, who originally wanted to show some concern for the other party, turned his head back instantly.

It's unbearable to watch.

He didn't want to admit at all that this guy was from the Four Continents Alliance like him.

However, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Bai Yu who was also staring at Sal.

Chu Zehuai pursed his lips, feeling inexplicably unhappy in his heart. Before he could react, his hands had already forcibly pulled the other person's head back.

"Captain Chu?"

Bai Yu blinked in confusion.

Chu Zehuai was silent.

He actually didn't think about how to explain his action.

"That... um..."

Before he could think of what to say, he felt the person in front of him suddenly move closer to him. The unique fresh scent of plants came over him, and a cool air flow brushed past his ears.

"Captain Chu, you are not——"

"I don't!"

"——You also noticed that something seemed a little off about Sal."

After Bai Yu finished the second half of the sentence, he returned to his previous position with a pure and innocent look on his face.

He felt that there was hidden polluting energy in the other person, and it was quite high.

Maybe I am also some kind of pollutant, so I can be the first to detect it?

“I see.”

Chu Zehuai coughed twice to cover up, and felt it carefully.

"There does seem to be something wrong."

In his sight, Thrall was still sitting not far away, cleaning the blood and sand off his body.

Among the falling sands, dozens of grains of sand emitting faint light also fell down.

In an instant, a huge amount of polluting energy was released, forming a huge quicksand pit with a radius of fifty meters with the location where Sal was as the center.

Everyone was instantly trapped.

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"Sal, didn't you check yourself when you came back?"

"Who knew that guy actually had a delay trap?"

“Do pollutants nowadays like to come in a big wave before they leave?”

"Help me, I can't breathe--"

"Don't pull me, my arms, my legs!"

The scene was in chaos.

With a "whoosh" sound, golden flames jumped on the fingertips, becoming the only light in the darkness.

"Don't struggle. The more you struggle, the deeper you'll sink. Stay calm and lean towards me."

Chu Zehuai said in a deep voice, and his voice with spiritual power successfully calmed most people down.

His broken wings could just lie flat on the surface of the quicksand, increasing the contact area so that he would not sink any further.

Those who were closer had already struggled to climb over.

On the other side, Bai Yu floated naturally due to the low density of plant cells. Before he could get closer, he saw someone pulling Chu Zehuai's wings and climbing out.

Perhaps because of his panic and the night environment, the man stepped on the base of the other person's injured wing while trying to gain leverage to climb up.

Bai Yu felt as if the string in his mind suddenly broke.

That was the blood he had been coveting for so long but was reluctant to eat!

In the darkness, the vines broke through the wind, wrapped around the person who had not yet completely climbed up, and threw him into the sky with a "whoosh".

The figure was like a rocket out of a moon landing training class. After performing a 360-degree Thomas turn in the air, it landed face first on the ground with a "pop" and plunged straight into the desert.

"Everyone hurry up, otherwise something bad will happen."

Bai Yu controlled his vines and threw everyone out one by one, as if he was simply helping everyone to quickly escape from the quicksand out of kindness.

At the same time, he also moved to Chu Zehuai's side: his left hand touched the other's wound, and asked with concern: "Captain Chu, does it still hurt here?"

In the darkness, his palm covered the wound, and countless thin hooks belonging to the vines quickly sucked away the cooled blood scabs and the blood that had just flowed out. At the same time, the nerve-numbing toxins were slowly injected along the thin hooks. This was a means of preventing being detected by the prey when hunting.

"It doesn't hurt, Bai Yu, you go up first."

Chu Zehuai didn't notice Bai Yu's little action. He just sighed that his previous care and concern for the other party was in vain, and then signaled the other party to leave the quicksand first.

With the support of his wings, the quicksand posed no threat to him, so it was okay to stay in it. It also made it easier for rescue when others saw the fire and struggled over.

What's more, this situation can also give other people who have not climbed out a moment of relief, so that they won't feel panicked about being abandoned.

The spread of panic is more terrifying than the arrival of disaster.

Chu Zehuai recalled the training content when he first took office as an executive officer, but suddenly he felt Bai Yu hugging him, and the injured parts of both wings were protected by his hands.

"It's too cold up there. It's better to be warmer here."

Bai Yu adjusted his posture, and while enjoying the heat from the other person, he also sighed that absorbing with both hands at the same time was indeed faster than absorbing with one hand.

"Also, Captain Chu, the wound you have right now is prone to sand getting in. It will be better if I help protect it."

Chu Zehuai was stunned for a moment.

Under the starry sky, the young man holding him had curved eyebrows and a soft tone, and only his figure was reflected in his beautiful phoenix eyes.

Noticing his gaze, the other party smiled again and continued softly:

"Don't worry about me. I'm a plant and I can't sink. Captain Chu, how long do you want to stay in this quicksand? I'll stay here with you until you want to get out."