There were no towns around the Desolate Lands, making it impossible to reach them by teleportation. Even at their fastest speed, it took them nearly a month to arrive.
Within a radius of a thousand miles from the dead zone, there was no town in sight, and even the vegetation had become sparse.
"This place is really desolate." An Ge walked for a long time without seeing a single person and couldn't help but say to Hu Jiu.
"I heard that this place was a big town ten thousand years ago, but unfortunately, it gradually became unsuitable for human habitation at some point. Even cultivators have their spiritual power suppressed when they come here."
The closer one gets to the desolate land, the more severely the spiritual power within one's body is suppressed.
This feeling was somewhat familiar to An Ge. On Meng Xia's planet, her spiritual power had also been suppressed.
The flying boat was no longer operational. Just as Hu Jiu was about to transform into his original form and take An Ge with him, he saw An Ge wave his hand, and a strange iron box appeared in front of them.
"This is from the system shop?"
“Oh right, I almost forgot that you can buy vehicles in the mall now. The roads here aren’t very smooth, but it’s no problem for an off-road vehicle.” An Ge patted the car and opened the door for Hu Jiu to get in.
Hu Jiu knew that An Ge always had something surprising to offer, so after a moment of surprise, he followed instructions and got into the car.
After a while, An Ge got used to it and drove the car through the open area, bumping along the way.
"This is really uncomfortable. Next time I go to Mengxia's place, I'll have to find a way to buy a flying car." An Ge couldn't help but complain. She had been craving a flying car for a long time.
Men probably have a special affection for vehicles. After sitting for a while, Hu Jiu couldn't help but ask to drive himself.
After only a short time of learning, he became an "experienced driver".
Hu Jiu grew increasingly excited; if he weren't worried about An Ge feeling uncomfortable, he would have loved to go racing. Hearing An Ge mention racing made him even more eager to try it.
After half a day, the two finally reached the edge of the desolate land, where even off-road vehicles could not travel.
An Ge packed up the car and entered the desolate land with Hu Jiu.
Upon entering the desolate land, An Ge immediately felt a sense of oppression.
If outside the desolate lands you can still occasionally see one or two weeds stubbornly surviving, then this place is truly barren.
Looking around, there was nothing but cracked earth and no sign of life.
Ange is quite sensitive to atmosphere, which makes her feel even more uncomfortable in this deathly silent environment—a discomfort even stronger than in interstellar space.
She took out a spiritual plant from her spatial storage. The moment the plant came into contact with the outside world, it withered at a speed visible to the naked eye until it died.
"It seems we were wrong; the Wood Spirit Orb has not yet completed its evolution."
"Not necessarily. This is just the outside. Under the shroud of various death auras, even without the Wood Spirit Pearl absorbing life force, the spiritual plants cannot survive. It would take thousands of years for this place to recover its vitality, even with the Wood Spirit Pearl."
"It's starting to sound more and more like an evil entity," An Ge muttered. "If we take the Wood Spirit Orb away, won't this place never be able to recover?"
That's right, An Ge's saintly heart has kicked in again. Perhaps because of her strong environmental awareness in her previous life, she feels an urge to plant trees and create forests whenever she sees this desolate place.
Hu Jiu smiled. "Did you know that even in the most desolate places, life can exist?"
An Ge looked at Hu Jiu in surprise, "How is that possible?"
"Some demonic beasts do not like places of life, but prefer these dead lands. For example, there are the ferocious demons that roam the exit of the underworld, and the earthworm beasts that like to live underground. In order to expand their territory, these demonic beasts like to turn places of life into dead lands, which is a great threat to all races."
But the Dead Lands are different; they are large enough for them to survive. With this territory, they will no longer easily encroach upon the lands of life. From this perspective, the Dead Lands recovering later is a good thing for all races.
As for what happens in the future, that's something to worry about later. Everything has its own inherent laws; as you said, everything that exists has its reason.
Hearing Hu Jiu's words, An Ge finally felt relieved. She had misunderstood, just as not every living thing likes sunlight.
Because of the presence of demonic beasts in the desolate land and the suppression of spiritual energy, the two remained vigilant throughout their journey.
They hadn't walked far when they saw the monster they had mentioned before, the Earthworm Beast.
"I think the luck points that Heaven gave me are fake." An Ge sighed to the sky. There weren't many monsters in the Dead Land, and they encountered one as soon as they entered. How "lucky" was that?
An Ge felt a chill run down her spine as she looked at the enormous worm-like beast before her.
The worm-like beast resembled an earthworm, but was hundreds of times larger. It stared at the two with its pitch-black eyes, its body contorted into an attacking posture.
An Ge is most afraid of these invertebrates, and this has nothing to do with strength.
Sensing An Ge's fear, Hu Jiu shielded her behind him, saying, "If you're scared, turn around. I'll take care of it quickly."
After saying that, Hu Jiu leaped up and punched the monster into the ground.
Excellent, one strike kills!
An Ge strongly suspected that Hu Jiu had knocked the other person to the ground so that she wouldn't have to see the disgusting scene.
Although the Earthworm Beast was not weak, it was facing Hu Jiu, who possessed the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if Hu Jiu did not use his spiritual power, as an ancient nine-tailed fox, his beastly power was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
This was the first time An Ge had truly witnessed Hu Jiu confront the enemy, and she had to admit, his actions were clean and efficient. Moreover, the scene of Hu Jiu protecting her behind him had made her heart flutter uncontrollably.
Hu Jiu turned around and looked at the lingering infatuation in An Ge's eyes, feeling overjoyed.
These ugly monsters are still somewhat useful; he wouldn't mind if a few more came later.
Unfortunately, An Ge's luck suddenly kicked in, and they walked for several days in the desolate land without encountering a single monster.
"Ugh, living here for so long is really annoying." An Ge sat down on the ground without any regard for her image.
"Let's go into the tent and rest for a bit," Hu Jiu said, feeling a little sorry for him.
An Ge shook her head. "Time waits for no one. Let's hurry up and keep looking. But if we search aimlessly like this, when will we ever find it?"
She was lucky, but not to the point where a treasure would just fall into her lap. Besides, according to Hu Jiu, the Spirit Pearl had its own consciousness and wouldn't stay in one place forever.
However, spending several days in this desolate place was not entirely fruitless. At least she gained a better understanding of the rules of death and deepened her knowledge of the realm of death, which was an unexpected bonus.
As usual, Hu Jiu took out a spiritual plant and observed its changes.
This was the method they came up with. The spiritual plants had the deepest connection with the Wood Spirit Pearl. They didn't know how many spiritual plants they had used up in the past few days. Fortunately, An Ge had a lot of spiritual plants stored in her space.
"Little Ge'er, the spiritual plants have changed!" Hu Jiu's delighted voice rang out.
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