When the Quicksand Council was doing good things.

The college received a message.

As we all know, in the wilderness, transmitting information is an extremely difficult task. Not only are there no modern electronic means of communication, even the ancient classic of carrier pigeons has disappeared in the desert. Therefore, most city-states receive extremely delayed information from the outside world.

For example, the news of the Promised Land first spread after Frost Heart's exploration team returned to Utopia. By the time other city-states knew about it, it was usually a month later.

There are some extremely special extraordinary people who can hear sounds hundreds of miles away, or communicate with their twin brothers. There are also some saints who have certain extraordinary characteristics and can spy on the situation in specific places. They can be regarded as the eyes and ears of the wilderness.

The academy relies on bugs.

They bred insects, selected special individuals from among them, and spread them over an area of ​​hundreds of miles around the city-state.

These insects usually lie dormant underground and will only break out of their shells when they are vibrated at a specific frequency.

The sound of their flapping wings will be heard by a kind of large insect that specializes in preying on this type of insect. Therefore, these insects form a radar-like system. As long as someone riding an insect enters the vicinity of Utopia, they will be detected.

This is the message Utopia received.

"Is there a large team heading towards Utopia?"

After hearing what Du Danping said, Lu Ban thought about it.

"Not only that, the humidity in the air is rising, and heavy rain is coming."

Du Danping stared out the window of the library. Where the sky met the horizon, a streak of black occupied the position where the glow should have been. There, clouds were gathering that the people of the wasteland had probably not seen for hundreds of years.

However, it was completely different from the pleasant scenery of blue sky and white clouds moving at a speed of five meters per second described in novels of the old times. The green lightning rolling in these dark clouds gave people a sense of uneasiness, as if some kind of judgment from the end of the world was about to come.

Ordinary people in the city soon noticed this change.

At first, everyone was excited and happy.

Many of them had never seen clouds or rain in their entire lives, let alone storms and downpours. People gathered at the edge of the city, gazing at the end of the sky and the earth.

Some people have even begun to worship there, longing for the attention of God to bring a glimmer of salvation to this desolate land.

In the city, the legend about the savior gradually spread. It was said that the savior would come to the world riding a six-legged horse and bring the first spring breeze to the wasteland. From then on, the wasteland would flourish again and become green again.

Of course, in Lu Ban's view, these legends are complete nonsense.

I don’t know whether it was spread by spies from other city-states or the imagination of some mentally ill people.

Lu Ban scoffed at this.

But the storm is coming, which means that Lu Ban’s mission has entered the second stage.

Now, the academy still has not gained more support, and the Yellow Sand Brotherhood has the highest support rate.

The Quicksand Council is obsessed with doing good deeds and still has no competitiveness. Of course, even if they want some competitiveness, these naughty kids who have already defected to the evil god will be collectively besieged by the other three.

As for the Wild Wolf Guard, they are still planning something, hoping to reverse the advantage of the Yellow Sand Brotherhood in the end.

According to the schedule, in three days, the Senate will select the next saint to succeed Plato.

Compared to the election, Lu Ban was more worried about this storm.

He and Feng Yu rode on insects and came out of the city.

Although this insect has wings, it cannot fly and can only move quickly across the desert by flapping its wings. It is fast over short distances, but has poor endurance, so it is only used for patrolling around cities.

The traveling merchants outside the city were in their tents, some were wondering whether to pack up their tents and go into the city to avoid the rain, while others were staring at the stormy weather, full of anticipation.

Lu Ban and Feng Yu approached the storm. The dampness in the air became heavier and heavier, and Lu Ban sensed something was wrong.

"There seems to be something not so good contained in this water vapor."

He felt a burning sensation in his lungs, like the heavily polluted wind he breathed in Wajima.

"It's a disease."

Feng Yu slowed down the insects under him. There was a storm just a hundred miles ahead. At this moment, in their field of vision, most of the sky was occupied by black clouds, and above the piled clouds, dark green lightning was winding.

The strong wind blew up sand and gravel, which mixed with the wind and made it difficult to breathe.

She raised her hand, and where her fingertips touched the moist wind, a little bit of change was spreading.

The skin on Feng Yu's fingers began to wither, and then a mold-like bacteria grew out of it. The fungal blanket continued to spread, trying to spread to other parts of Feng Yu's body, but as she closed her two fingers, the newly emerged pollution was extinguished.

"The rain carries pollution-level disease. It is ominous rain."

She said, looking at Lu Ban.

Lu Ban also followed Feng Yu's example and saw green hair growing on his fingertips.

He looked closely, then licked his fingers.

“Not very tasty.”

Spitting out the mold in his mouth, Lu Ban commented.

“…”

Feng Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and then he spoke.

"This rain is not caused by natural forces, but by the intervention of other chosen ones. We need to find the source of the pollution."

“It tastes a bit familiar.”

Lu Ban was still tasting the flavor of the mold.

He thought of the "Father" he met in the basement of the Quicksand Council.

If [Sky Father] is not a real god, but is similar to Hedao, and is just an illusion created by the Chosen One who uses the connection between the two statues to create mystery, then the rain seems to be explained.

"This rain cannot reach Utopia. If ordinary people come into contact with the rain, they will inevitably be seriously polluted and directly transformed into monsters."

Feng Yu said.

Although Leopard's clone is there, she has no interest in Utopia, so it is hard to say whether she will protect the people in the city.

As for Du Danping, as God's chosen one, even if he can protect this place for a while, he cannot protect it for a lifetime. He will eventually have to return to reality and face his own destiny.

If the plague hidden in the storm is not stopped, the entire wasteland will gradually be eroded and eventually fall.

Perhaps Lu Ban was chosen to go to Utopia at this time just to stop this rainstorm.

He raised his head and looked at the sky which was not yet covered by clouds.

In the blue sky, there seemed to be some vision coming from distant stars, transcending time and space.

They watch every move here as if they were watching a grand drama.

Heavy rain is coming.

Lu Ban drove away the insects and rushed towards the center of the storm.