Moreover, as long as the head is not damaged, zombies almost never die.

Most importantly, these zombies have ranged attack capabilities.

An Lan had conducted tests and found that the zombies' bone spikes had an extremely long range, maintaining considerable lethality even at a distance of two thousand meters.

Tens of thousands of third- and fourth-tier zombies, once forming a beast tide, would be extremely powerful.

Even a sixth-tier awakened being might not be able to withstand a volley of bone spikes alone.

Besides the zombies, Lu Ning and his group encountered other monsters as they ventured deeper into the desert.

These are also walking corpses, but unlike the skeletonized zombies, these corpses are wrapped in bandages all over their bodies, with a yellowish, sticky fluid seeping from their joints.

These corpse puppets are stronger than walking corpses, most of them are at the fourth rank, and some can even reach the fifth rank.

They lack the ability to attack from a distance, but their physical bodies are extremely strong, fast, and have amazing defense. Their weak point is their heart, and even if their heads are shattered, they can still maintain their fighting ability.

After An Lan studied the characteristics of these corpse puppets, even saints like Ya En had serious expressions.

In the desert, although the number of these terracotta warriors is not as large as that of walking corpses, the number of terracotta warrior groups gathered together is at most less than a hundred.

However, in total, Lu Ning and his group encountered approximately a thousand more.

More than a thousand fourth- or even fifth-tier monsters!

Moreover, it's a monster that isn't afraid of death and can fight even if its head is smashed!

It's easy to imagine how terrifying that is.

"If these terracotta warriors leave the mist and launch an attack on a small base city, it could probably turn a base city into a living hell in just a few hours." Ling Chuan's voice was somewhat heavy.

Although hot weapons such as missiles can still cause great damage to terracotta warriors.

However, the problem is that these terracotta warriors are extremely fast. With thousands of them, it would be quite difficult to kill them all in a short time, even with missiles.

Once they storm the city walls, even awakened beings of the same level might not be a match for them, let alone ordinary soldiers.

It was outright massacre.

Ya'en's expression turned solemn as he looked into the depths of the desert. He slowly said, "So we need to find out where these corpses came from, why they weren't there before but have appeared now, and whether they will leave this desert."

They are currently unsure whether they have entered the core area of ​​the desert.

If such a terrifying horde of monsters exists only in the outer areas, the situation inside must be even more extreme.

After walking in the desert for almost a day, An Lan stopped, frowning as he looked at the instruments in his hands.

"What's wrong?" Ya'en asked.

An Lan said, "Something's not right. The fog shouldn't be that big. Normally, we should be almost in the inner area by now."

An Lan looked at Lu Ning, Jerry, and Steve.

What are your impressions?

The three of them seemed to be deep in thought when they heard An Lan's words.

Jerry said, "No wonder I always felt something was off. It's like this desert seems to have no end, and it's much larger than last time."

Lu Ning nodded slightly.

He glanced around, and all he could see was a high density of fog ahead, which should be the direction leading to the core of the desert.

This is the path they've always followed, and Anlan's instruments can detect it as well.

However, they have been heading in this direction for quite some time, but they still don't feel like they've penetrated deep into the core area.

“There must be something wrong with the space here,” An Lan said thoughtfully.

Steve's expression changed slightly: "The same as the previous Underworld Space?"

He still gets goosebumps when he thinks about the dangers he encountered in the Yellow Springs Space last time.

An Lan shook her head and said, "It should be different. This is still Mist No. 233, not another space. However... the space here seems to have been expanded."

Lu Ning frowned as if he had thought of something, and said, "Is it because of the spatial rift that was closed last time?"

An Lan thought for a moment: "We don't have enough information right now, so we're not sure if it's related to the spatial rift from last time."

"Since we don't have enough information, let's delve deeper."

The group continued deeper into the area.

Gradually, they felt the temperature in the desert dropping at an extremely rapid rate.

The temperature dropped from around 70 degrees Celsius to below zero in just a few minutes.

An Lan glanced at the temperature information on her armor and said, "The current temperature is -43 degrees Celsius. It dropped by more than 100 degrees in three minutes. Tsk... This godforsaken place, let alone ordinary people, even low-level awakened beings cannot survive here."

Listening to An Lan's complaints, Jerry and the others nodded in agreement.

Even they felt somewhat uncomfortable with the sudden drop in temperature.

Although the sudden drop in desert temperature was a bit uncomfortable for them, it wouldn't have a significant impact.

They continued moving deeper into the area.