Chapter 239 Leap
The thing was red, and it was very obvious in the golden sand. Its body looked like an earthworm—of course, it was an earthworm that was magnified countless times. It slowly coiled and emerged from the sand like a giant crawling worm. Its body
was twice as wide as a jeep, and at this moment, it was blocked by rocks and mountains, so its head slowly poked out from under the sand.
Its head was a bit sloppy, almost the same as the body, just a little more pointed, and no eyes, ears, mouth or nose could be seen. There was only a tuft of whiskers on the top, and as soon as it emerged from the sand, it stretched towards their direction, and there was a thundering electric current on it.
Electric current! ?
It was really electric current, and even a faint blue light could be seen.
Fortunately, when Youxi and Lin Wu saw its size, they used climbing tools to climb up again along the rock wall. At this moment, they had already climbed to another crevice more than 100 meters high. This crevice was larger than the previous one, and they could completely shrink inside it.
Most of the giant worm's body was lying on the rock below, and it used the tentacles at one end of its body to stick to the rock wall and continuously generate electric current. However, the rock cannot conduct electricity, and it cannot reach the two people above.
It
was not until the other end of the giant worm emerged from the sand that Youxi realized that the tentacles that he thought were the head before should be its tail.
The other end was the head, but it was just as sloppy, with no eyes, nose, or face. The top was rough and had a huge crack that could be opened like a piranha plant. Inside was a dense array of teeth, and around this giant mouth were several long tentacles.
The movement in the sand layer just now should have been caused by these tentacles.
The huge crack seemed to sense the two people in the crack above the rock wall. It leaned against the rock, raised its head high, and sprayed some liquid in their direction.
The liquid flew out, some fell on the rock wall, and some splashed into the crack where they were.
Fortunately, Lin Wu was very alert, and the defensive shield of his weapon was always on, protecting him and Youxi tightly.
The liquids were blocked by the protective light shield, and Lin Wu frowned slightly.
"What's wrong?" You Xi asked.
"This liquid is poisonous." The weapon's defense value dropped a lot, indicating that the toxicity is strong. If the human body is touched by this venom, it will probably die immediately.
The giant worm's huge body is like a boneless one. It can't climb up the rock wall, so it droops half of its body on the rock below, and the other half hides in the sand layer, lying there motionless as if resting.
But You Xi and Lin Wu both know that it is waiting, waiting for them to relax their vigilance or be tired and hungry and can't continue to stay in the cracks of the rock wall. That's when it will get its prey.
The situation was urgent just now. In order to escape, they could not plan the best escape route, but just followed their survival instinct to save their lives. Now that the situation has eased, the two have time to check the surrounding situation.
This is an arch-shaped rock mountain. Unlike the continuous red rock mountains near the Gobi Desert, the rock mountains here are earthy yellow and more severely weathered. Most of them are isolated, with strange shapes and different heights. They are scattered around, and there is a distance between the rock mountains. There is no way to move directly from the rock mountain where they are. There
is no grass on the rock mountain, and most of them are steep and straight. Fortunately, there are many large and small rock cracks that can be used for leverage due to weathering. Otherwise, even if she and Lin Wu are more powerful, they can't climb up.
When Youxi looked up the rock, Lin Wu lowered his head to observe the giant red worm below. Its huge body had circles of stretchable lines like earthworms. Because it was magnified countless times, it looked particularly disgusting.
"What on earth is this?" If Youxi hadn't warned them in advance, even with his shield, their car would have been thrown off the ground by it.
With the huge force, strong toxicity and the release of electric current, it would only take time for the shield outside the car to break through.
"In my native world, there are records in ancient books that say that in the most desolate Gobi Desert, there is a creature called the Mongolian Death Worm, which is about one meter long, shaped like a cow intestine, highly poisonous, and can release electric current.
However, so far, there is no data to confirm the existence of this creature. It has been passed down by word of mouth, and many people have said that they have encountered it in the desert... The one below is very similar to the one recorded in the ancient books, but its size is magnified countless times, and its attack power is also extremely amazing."
After checking the above, You Xi also began to check the situation below like Lin Wu.
They were currently in the middle and lower section of the left rock wall of this arch-shaped rock mountain. The sand layer around the base of the rock mountain was the activity range of this giant worm. They could not go down from the original place. Even if the worm left the rock and completely retracted under the sand layer, they could not judge whether it was still waiting for them around.
They could not run fast in the desert, but the desert was its world. If they were in close contact, even if Lin Wu had a shield, it could swallow them directly with its size.
The vision was limited in the crevice, and You Xi looked at the top of the rock mountain again: "Let's climb to the top first."
The two put on more professional rock climbing tools, hammered nails all the way, and climbed to the top of the rock mountain at a steady speed while ensuring their own safety.
On the way, the giant worm hit the rock several times and sprayed venom twice. Fortunately, they were well-equipped, and with the shield of Lin Wu, they finally reached the highest point safely.
It was about 250 to 300 meters high, and the top was relatively flat, but the rock stood alone, not connected to other rock peaks.
Youxi took out a telescope to check, and the black shadow in the north direction was clearly visible at this moment. It really looked like the wall of some kind of building, which was very tall. Judging from the height, it should be above the rock where they were, so they couldn't see what was behind the building.
From the rock where they were to that place, it was all an endless golden desert sea. At the back, there were very few rock peaks like this.
In the sea of sand, one or two raised sand lines were vaguely visible, the same as the sand line that had just chased the front of their car. Obviously, there was more than one giant worm under this sea of sand.
She looked left and right again - that is, the west and east. The east was also an endless sea of sand, but the desert layer in the west was not particularly large. A few kilometers away, some low rocks and Gobi exposed on the ground could be seen. There were also some rock pillars that looked very strange and did not seem to be the products of natural weathering.
She put down the telescope, thinking that if there was a low-altitude suspended vehicle at this time, it would be great. They could get in the car here and fly over the dangerous sea of sand below to the safer Gobi beach.
Just as Youxi was considering whether she would have a chance of winning a head-on battle against the giant worm by combining Lin Wu's shield with her [High Temperature Perfume], her thoughts suddenly stopped - wait, leap?
She stood up and felt the hot wind blowing on her body.
At this time, the sun was gradually moving westward. The wind direction here was the same as that in the Red Rock Mountain area the night before, blowing from the southeast to the northwest. If the wind was strong enough, perhaps they could really "fly" over the sand sea below.
**
Lin Wu's expression showed signs of cracking after hearing the three words "gliding suit".
Although he had military experience before and had strengthened his physical fitness in all aspects after entering the system tower world, he had just escaped and climbed up the hundreds of meters of rock top at an almost 90-degree right angle. No matter how strong his physical fitness was, he could not withstand such consumption.
When You Xi looked around, he was sitting there packing up his climbing tools and calming down. As a result, before he could calm down, he heard You Xi's suggestion.
He took out a bottle of mineral water, drank half of it in one gulp, and poured the remaining half on his head to relieve the heat in his head caused by the high temperature and rock climbing. He
had experience in parachuting, but he had never worn a gliding suit, but he knew the general principle.
A gliding suit is also called wing suit flying, which is equivalent to a paraglider, except that the human body itself is part of the wing. If the left and right arms are not symmetrical when they are spread out, it will cause the person to flip in mid-air. The turning is mainly controlled by the legs for pitching operations.
There is an umbrella bag on the back of the clothes, and the timing of opening it needs to be mastered when landing.
The above points, any slight deviation will lead to falling to death.
At their current altitude, it is low-altitude wing suit flying, which is far more dangerous than high-altitude wing suit flying.
He and Youxi are both taskers, and their physical fitness is different from that of ordinary people. If they fall to the ground due to improper operation, they should not die. Especially since he has a shield, which can reduce the impact force when turned on and minimize the damage.
Of course, the terrain here also has a convenience bonus. There are no buildings or vegetation, which means there will be no obstacles and the skills required are lower.
The wing suit flies very fast, and as long as the wind is strong enough, it can indeed allow them to safely cross the sand sea below.
The only problem is that neither he nor Youxi has experience in using gliding suits. With their motor nerves, if they can be given a chance to simulate and learn, even if it is only once, they will not be so passive.
But now they are trapped here, with only two choices: climb down again and fight the giant worm in the sand layer, but obviously there are more than one worm in the surrounding sand layer.
The other choice is to take a risk.
After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Wu finally had to admit that the latter was much less risky than the former.
"The height here is not high enough. To glide successfully, we need stronger winds. Let's wait a little longer." Youxi took out a metal pole, inserted it into the crack on the top of the rock, and then tied a long, thin paper towel on it to confirm the wind speed.
After that, she found a flatter ground nearby and set out the camping chairs and table: "The sun is about to set, let's have dinner first."
As she finished speaking, a set meal appeared on the table: foie gras sushi, salmon and Arctic scallop sashimi, shrimp avocado rolls, spicy clams, king crab meat Caesar salad, grilled eel rice, and dessert: almond tofu.
Lin Wu, who was still hesitating between life and death: ...
**
If we ignore the giant worms lurking in the desert below, the current location and the scenery in front of them is indeed a magnificent picture.
The sky above is blue and boundless, and the western sky is dyed a beautiful orange-red. Looking down from the top of the rock hundreds of meters high, the sand sea is stacked layer by layer, the sky is high and the land is vast, and there is not a trace of human buildings. It seems that they have left the civilized world and are in an alien time and space.
Thinking of this, You Xi smiled. For them, the taskers, this is indeed an alien time and space.
The temperature around has dropped a little. The heat of the day has faded, and the cold of the night has not yet arrived. The temperature at dusk is the most refreshing and comfortable.
She held the stainless steel cup in her hand, leaned back in the camping chair, and drank the brewed Longjing tea slowly while watching the scenery.
Lin Wu had been checking the wind direction and the movement of the sand layer below from time to time, but later he was gradually affected by her determination and calmness, and his chaotic mood gradually calmed down.
An hour later, the sun sank below the horizon, and the whole desert became dim.
On the top of the rock, the paper towel tied to the metal pole almost fluttered into a straight line in the wind.
Youxi tidied up the tables and chairs, took out a pair of night vision goggles and handed them to him: "Your eyesight should have been enhanced, how is your night vision, do you need this?"
Lin Wu shook his head: "No, I can see."
Youxi nodded, put away the night vision goggles, and took out the gliding suit. She bought several sets of this suit, both for winter and summer. According to the current temperature, she should wear winter equipment, which also includes a safety helmet and goggles.
When she bought the clothes, she listened to the clerk's explanation of how to put them on and how to use the parachute. Later, she also watched several gliding tutorials on the Internet, but she still didn't expect that she would use this set of equipment so soon.
The wind was getting stronger at night. The two people who put on the equipment confirmed the direction again and stood on the edge of the top of the rock.
There was a cliff nearly 300 meters high under their feet. Calculated based on the height of a building being 2.7 meters, this height was almost equal to the height of a hundred-story building.
This height plus the current wind force was enough for them to fly over the sandy area as long as there was no operational error in the direction.
Their plan was for Lin Wu to go first, and You Xi to lag behind for two seconds. These two seconds were to allow her to adjust her direction and catch up with him, to ensure that she landed in the same place as him to the greatest extent possible.
Even if the parachute bag could not be opened in time, it would be okay. As long as he opened the protective shield in time, it would be able to absorb some of the impact force for her.
"Although there are not many rocks along the way, you still have to be careful and don't crash into them head-on." After she gave the instructions, she nodded to the other party.
Lin Wu took a deep breath, opened his arms and legs, and fell down the rock peak like a flying bird.
Two seconds later, You Xi followed closely.
The free fall lasted less than two seconds, and You Xi felt a gust of wind lifting her up. The combination of gravity and wind made her glide forward at a speed faster than a high-speed train. The sound of the wind
whistled in her ears, and she was like a bird flying through the air, no, much faster than a bird, like a missile shot out of a cannon, flying across the desert under the night sky, and across the sea of sand full of dangers on the ground.
She passed by tall rocks and flew over scattered rocks. She saw the sand line rising from the sand layer below. A huge red worm poked its sloppy head out of the desert, but it couldn't reach her in mid-air.
She controlled every inch of her muscles, chasing the forest mist in front of her, not letting herself move a little.
Everything at this moment really seemed like a dream. Just relying on a set of clothes, the human dream of flying was realized.
At the same time, on a rock several kilometers away in the northwest direction, the night watchman was holding a night vision telescope, looking at the southeast sky, and shouted subconsciously: "Damn! Am I dazzled? Someone...someone is flying over from the Death Sand Sea!"
"What!? Let me see it quickly!" Another person at the side snatched the night vision telescope from his hand, and in just a few seconds, the person in the telescope suddenly came hundreds of meters closer, just like an arrow shot from a bow, flying towards them.
"Did you see it clearly? Is it some amazing prop?"
"It doesn't seem so! It seems like - he is wearing a gliding suit!?"
"What!?" The first person snatched the night vision binoculars back again, "...Fuck! It's really a gliding suit! At this altitude - he hasn't opened the parachute yet!? He is risking his life!"
"Not necessarily. You also know that most of those outsiders have amazing things..."
"Good people don't come! No, I have to inform the boss first!" The man jumped off the rock, crossed the bare building like a column on the side, and ran towards the entrance of the underground city at the end.
**
The lowest human parachute record is said to be fifty meters. The parachute bag of a gliding suit is different from the parachute bag of a high-altitude parachute jumper. You Xi actually only knows a rough idea of the specific difference.
She only knew that at her current speed and altitude, even if she opened her parachute bag, she would not be able to land safely, so her only goal was to land where Lin Wu was going to land. As for the parachute behind her, it was just an aid to help her slow down a little.
The moment the parachute bag was opened, she felt her whole body being pulled hard, as if an invisible big hand was pulling her, instantly slowing down her gliding speed.
But the next second, the parachute, which could not be balanced, tilted, causing her to fall to the ground in front again.
In the darkness, a translucent arc of light suddenly exploded, forming a huge semi-arc with a diameter of about 50 meters.
The moment she was covered by the arc of light, her body seemed to be frozen in mid-air for one or two seconds. She relied on this one or two seconds to quickly adjust her body balance and landed in a self-protective posture.
After rolling twice, she fell on the solid ground and let out a long breath.
Fortunately, there were no fractures, and with her physical condition, she didn't even have a slight bruise.
Lin Wu was lying not far from her, holding his bound weapon tightly in his hand. The shield that had just been opened eliminated most of the impact force of the two people. He was afraid that the direction of her landing was not so accurate, so he opened the range of the shield to the maximum.
So just these few seconds consumed the remaining defense points of his bound weapon. The translucent arc flashed twice and disappeared completely.
Before Lin Wu could get up and use a new defense card for the bound weapon, an arrow flew from not far away and pierced the ground in front of him and You Xi.
The sound of an engine came from the side, and a modified pickup truck stopped not far from them. The searchlight on the front of the car was turned on and shone directly towards them.
The strong light enveloped Youxi and Lin Wu. Youxi squinted slightly and saw several people jumping off the pickup truck.
The one walking in the middle was slightly shorter than the others. She had a windproof scarf wrapped around her head, and wore tight leather clothes and leather pants. She carried a weapon on her shoulder in one hand. From the way she walked, she seemed to be a woman. The
other person was against the light, and the whole person was trapped in the dark. Youxi was blinded by the strong light and could not see the other person's appearance clearly for a while.
"Boss, they are not dead, and they look like they are not even injured! Great, they must have good stuff!" The first man who found them in the night vision telescope came to the side of the woman in the middle and spoke happily.
The woman did not speak, but the few people gathered behind her became excited and began to talk about it, as if Youxi and Lin Wu had already fallen into their hands and their things had become their possession.
Lin Wu did not speak, but silently put on a new defense card and turned on the shield. A gun appeared in Youxi's hand, she opened the safety, and fired directly at the feet of the person who was most eager to calculate.
Son. The bullet almost hit his toes and hit the ground, stirring up a small puff of dust.
The other party was silent and stunned for a moment, and then cheered again: "Great! Boss! They got the loot!"
"Boss! I've wanted to get the loot for a long time! You have to stick with me this time!"
"Get out of the way! Who do you think you are! I'm the one the boss values the most! Besides, if there's something good, of course you'll stick with the boss first!"
"Boss! In addition to the loot, they must have other good things! I saw them flying over from the Death Sand Sea just now. Even if they don't die from gliding at this altitude, they will definitely be injured! Boss, dig out the thing that protects them first!"
The woman who had not spoken a word seemed to finally give up and slapped the one who was the most noisy next to her ear on the head: "What are you arguing about! Do you need to say such an obvious thing? I've said it many times, we are not robbers, we are a mutual aid association, and we trade with passers-by!" You
Xi, who was about to take advantage of their quarrel to capture the thief first, stopped in her tracks. She raised her head and stared at the woman standing in the light and shadow. This voice...
"Boss, why did you only hit me? Goudan, Gousheng, Fat Cat and the others also said it!" The one who was beaten complained aggrievedly.
"Shut up." This time the woman only said two words, but her fingers lightly tapped the MP5 on her shoulder.
Seeing this, the man immediately shut up.
The woman was satisfied, and moved her long legs to take two steps in the direction of Youxi and Lin Wu. The searchlight of the pickup truck fell on her, and her face and figure became clear.
The light grey scarf was wrapped loosely on her head, revealing her eyes and half of her nose. She seemed to smile under the scarf: "Don't mind, don't be afraid, we are not robbers, we are not here to rob, we only provide some paid help.
You two are both travelers, are you hungry or thirsty after a long journey, sleeping in the open air? Do you want to have a sweet night without being disturbed by desert creatures? We provide all services here, and you are guaranteed to be satisfied. Finally, we accept everything except cash. We can talk about the details slowly. If you are interested, get in the car."
When Lin Wu was extremely alert, he found that You Xi beside him suddenly laughed.
It was an unusually bright and joyful smile, as if the ice and snow had just melted and the spring flowers were blooming. This smile, coupled with her beautiful face, stunned the people behind the woman.
The people who had been scolded by the boss did not dare to speak loudly this time. They gathered together and whispered, "Hey~ Why is she smiling like that? Our boss is a woman. Does she think that she can get free food and accommodation just by smiling?"
"Of course, we are all women. If she smiles at me like that, it might be of some use..."
"Come on, just be yourself?"
...
The woman squinted at Youxi's smile, and for a moment she couldn't figure out what the other person meant.
In a place like this, where they met on a narrow road, no matter how much she said, it would be impossible for the tourists to let down their guard all of a sudden. On the contrary, some vigilance and probing were inevitable, and tense fights were commonplace.
Normally, when the tourists found that they couldn't beat her, they would turn around and consider trading with her.
But at this moment, she didn't feel any tension or vigilance from the other person.
The other person's smile was not sarcastic or mocking, it seemed... just a simple smile.
Just when she was about to speak again, the other person took two steps towards her, and then slowly said: "Xiaoxi wants to ask her high school boyfriend, how is 'he' doing without seeing each other?"
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