Sandworms are huge in size and need to eat at least several tons of food every day. They can eat both meat and vegetables, making them the dominant force in the desert.

But in the desert, sandworms cannot eat enough most of the time, and finally have to survive by eating sand.

When sandworms eat too much sand, it is inevitable that some special metal elements cannot be digested and will eventually be excreted by the sandworms. What Xu Feng is looking for are these special metal elements excreted by the sandworms. These metal elements are called active metals and are priceless.

In the previous life, a blacksmith accidentally entered a sandworm's nest in the desert and discovered that the feces excreted by these sandworms were actually extremely precious high-level forging materials, and could also be used to forge holy-level equipment. Since then, more and more people have begun to track the traces of sandworms, which has also led to the deaths of many secret realm apostles at the hands of sandworms.

Xu Feng jumped down from the sand dune and ran towards the cave passage where the sandworm had just emerged.

This passage is more than two meters high. Xu Feng did not feel crowded at all when walking in it. The sand around the passage was completely condensed from the mucus secreted from the surface of the sandworm's skin. It could hold up for a while, but after a long time, when the mucus dried up, the whole passage would become very dangerous. Xu Feng knew that he had to hurry.

"I hope I can find a resting area for sandworms nearby, otherwise, I'm afraid I'll return empty-handed!" Xu Feng said to himself.

Xu Feng had no hope at all about finding the sandworm's nest. He thought it was just luck to find the sandworm's nest through any sandworm passage.

However, sandworms cannot move continuously when wandering in the desert. They will always stop to rest, and at this time they may excrete. As long as we find the area where the sandworms are resting temporarily, we will have the opportunity to find active metals.

After Xu Feng walked along the passage for more than a hundred meters, he finally found a large space. This space was actually a place for the sandworm to rest temporarily after it rolled up into a ball. The fused skin secretions were more, and it was much more complicated than the passage for the sandworm to travel through the desert. It could last for at least a dozen hours, otherwise it would be impossible for the sandworm to rest peacefully.

This temporary resting place was not big, only about thirty or forty square meters. In the dark space, Xu Feng searched carefully with a flashlight, but did not find the active metal he was looking for. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Sandworms don't excrete frequently, and the fastest one is once every ten days or half a month. Moreover, sandworms will only devour yellow sand when they can't catch enough food. Only after sandworms have devoured a large amount of yellow sand can they condense that special active metal in their bodies! Therefore, finding active metals depends more on luck and opportunity, and it doesn't mean that you will definitely get something if you are strong.

"Bad luck, this sandworm is just resting and not excreting..." Xu Feng couldn't help but sigh, and subconsciously opened the personal attribute interface, staring at the destiny whose S-level talent had been upgraded to level 3 for a long time.

The level 3 destiny attribute, among which the fortune item has been increased by 4 points. Xu Feng had never come into contact with this attribute in his previous life, and he didn't know whether 4 points of fortune was low or high.

"Now it seems that four points of fortune are nothing. It can only be considered slightly higher than that of ordinary people!" Xu Feng sighed and said to himself.

At this moment, a sharp hissing sound suddenly reached Xu Feng's ears.

"Huh..." Xu Feng's eyes suddenly became lively. The scream was extremely sharp, yet also full of childishness. It was not made by an adult sandworm at all.

"Am I lucky today?" Xu Feng showed a look of surprise on his face.

Sandworm larvae can only exist in sandworm nests. Xu Feng did not expect that he could find a sandworm nest just by walking into a sandworm passage. It was just like walking on the road and suddenly a lottery ticket was blown over by the wind. He picked it up and saw that it was the first prize. It was incredible.

"Four points of fortune, this effect is much stronger than I imagined!" Xu Feng couldn't help but open his eyes wide, an incredible look on his face.

The next moment, Xu Feng ran quickly towards the direction where the sound came from. After a while, more and more sandworm passages appeared in front of Xu Feng, like a maze.

Instead of making Xu Feng feel annoyed by the scene before him, the look of joy on his face became even more intense. The more sandworm passages there are, the more sandworms there have been here, and the more likely it is that this is a sandworm nest.

Soon, the surrounding environment changed from a yellow sand channel to a rock wall, indicating that the sandworm had drilled through the desert and entered the rock layer below.

We walked in the darkness for more than half an hour. Although the sandworm passages were complicated, as long as we chose a sandworm passage that went downward, it would be fine. After all, this was not a real maze. The source of almost any sandworm passage was a sandworm nest, so there would be no situation where we would end up with no way out and a dead end if we made the wrong choice.

Soon, Xu Feng's feet were empty and the view in front of him suddenly became clear. Dots of light bloomed in the dark cave. Thick sandworms were slowly crawling in the underground cave like giant pythons. Several sandworms that were two or three meters long and as thick as arms were surrounded by countless thick sandworms as big as train carriages. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to detect their existence.

Zhiang, Zhiang~ A few sharp hissing sounds were heard. Xu Feng stared at the sandworm larvae in the underground cave and almost couldn't help drooling.

Compared to these sandworm larvae, active metals are nothing! You know, once sandworms become adults, they cannot be tamed. In the past, those who tamed sandworms as vehicles captured sandworm larvae and raised them from childhood using secret methods. As long as they could be tamed successfully, they could have as much active metal as they wanted. Moreover, they did not need a lot of yellow sand to cultivate them themselves. They only needed to let them devour various metal ores.

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"There are at least seventeen or eighteen of these adult sandworms in front of us. With their protection, it may not be an easy task to obtain the sandworm larvae..." Xu Feng frowned slightly, staring at the adult sandworms that were constantly wriggling in the cave.

After a moment, Xu Feng took a deep breath, stretched out his right hand, and silently said in his heart: "Control Qi!"

The next moment, a sandworm larva suddenly floated up out of thin air, as if an invisible giant hand was holding the sandworm larva.

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(End of this chapter)