On her first day in the Death Forest, Ji Xiaoxiao encountered army ants and blood-devouring wolves, but emerged victorious. On the second day, after crossing the lush forest, she was greeted by a sea of green grasslands. As she continued forward, a barren desert came into view, desolate and deserted.
"You are knowledgeable and courteous. Please respond if you hear me. Where are you?" Ji Xiaoxiao looked around, but there was nothing but yellow sand.
Not hearing a reply, Ji Xiaoxiao tried to go back the way she came to look for Zhishu and Dali, but suddenly a strong wind arose in the desert and a sandstorm came raging from not far away.
"Damn it!" Ji Xiaoxiao cursed and hurriedly found a place to hide and take refuge.
Caves in the desert are a rare commodity. Ji Xiaoxiao had gone to great lengths to scare away a giant scorpion, only relaxing slightly afterward. Looking outside, she saw that the scorpion, which Ji Xiaoxiao had chased away, had unfortunately encountered a sandstorm. The sandstorm was incredibly fast, swirling and whipping up sand and stones, and moving with lightning speed, instantly tearing the scorpion to pieces.
Individual strength is weak, but unity is powerful; ultimately, it is difficult to shake the forces of nature.
The sandstorm came quickly and went quickly. Before long, the sun was shining brightly outside, and the sky was cloudless, with no trace of the heavy, oppressive dark clouds, strong winds, and sand that had preceded it.
Upon reaching the cave entrance, Ji Xiaoxiao slowly poked her head out, her shifty eyes darting left and right, cautiously assessing whether danger lurked around her.
"There is no danger." That was the conclusion.
After the sandstorm, the desert underwent a dramatic transformation. Stepping out of the cave, sand dunes rose and fell in the distance, stretching endlessly. Squinting to examine them closely, one could see that the intense heat distorted space, and scorching waves of light rose into the sky, contributing to the great cause of the greenhouse effect.
Ji Xiaoxiao stepped on the fine sand, and through the thick soles of her shoes, she could feel one word: hot.
The sun overhead released high pressure, the sand beneath her feet absorbed it all, and in the blink of an eye, it was eager for something new and tired of it. The hot wind blew, and there was nothing to shield her from the heat. Ji Xiaoxiao was covered in sweat.
The original road was buried by sandstorms, and without any road signs, Ji Xiaoxiao could not go back.
Ji Xiaoxiao looked around, then randomly chose a direction and resignedly took a step.
There are no magical or spirit beasts in the desert, and aside from the danger of being attacked by wild animals, Ji Xiaoxiao's biggest crisis is hunger and thirst—no food and no water.
A person can live for 90 days without food and only drink water, but can only live for three to five days without water.
Ji Xiaoxiao is currently a first-level Martial King. Martial Kings have extremely high endurance, patience, and stamina. Without food or water, they can only survive for a maximum of ten days.
Swallowing hard, Ji Xiaoxiao resolutely moved forward in one direction.
"I'm such a lucky and beautiful woman, I'm sure I'll find something to eat and drink."
Seven days later, there was no oasis, no human figure, and no wild beast. Ji Xiaoxiao's life was nearing its end.
"Damn you, God, you tricked me!" Ji Xiaoxiao lay face down on the sand, her back to the sky. The high temperature and scorching sand almost cooked her.
As her strength gradually dwindled and her spirits waned, Ji Xiaoxiao's lips became dry and cracked, her throat burned, and she couldn't squeeze out a single drop of saliva to moisten it.
Looking up at the azure sky, I was momentarily stunned to see a shadow flash across the sun.
"I'm going to die. My eyes are blurry. Why are there so many bugs in the sun?" Ji Xiaoxiao said with a bitter smile. "It seems I'm going to die young. A beautiful woman with a tragic fate."
The moment Ji Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, the sun opened a hole, and a torrential downpour of insects, like a waterfall cascading from the heavens, surged toward Ji Xiaoxiao's body.
The insects pushed and shoved each other, creating a continuous, surging sound like a tidal wave.
They were the size of mice, resembling a combination of ants and scorpions, their bodies jet black, with long, thick claws, powerful mandibles, and a curved, highly venomous stinger. Just as they opened their mouths to bite Ji Xiaoxiao, she suddenly opened her eyes and swept her leg, scattering the insects to pieces.
"As expected, they are illusionary scorpion-tailed ants." Ji Xiaoxiao rolled over and jumped over the insects.
Zhi Shu once said that the most dangerous beasts in the Death Forest include the Illusionary Scorpion-Tailed Ants before her. The Illusionary Scorpion-Tailed Ants are a type of elemental magical beast, but their abilities are not the common metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elements. Instead, they create illusions and devour their prey without the prey realizing it.
"Luckily, I'm quite vigilant," Ji Xiaoxin said, patting her chest with lingering fear.
Emerging from the forest, we suddenly found ourselves in a vast grassland, and further ahead stretched an endless expanse of yellow sand and desert.
It was clearly a forest, and the presence of grassland within it was something Ji Xiaoxiao wouldn't mind. However, only someone utterly brain-dead would believe that a desert could exist within a forest.
What is fake can never become real, and what is real can never become fake.
After spending a week in the desert, Ji Xiaoxiao discovered a clue.
The vast desert is devoid of any living creatures other than the short-lived scorpion.
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
The land shapes its people; birds soar in the sky, fish swim in the water, beasts call in the forest, and even the desert is not lacking in creatures adapted to their natural environment.
Thanks to her teacher's knowledgeable teachings, Ji Xiaoxiao learned that a creature called the quicksand fish could be found everywhere in the desert. Unlike ordinary fish that frolic in water, the quicksand fish, as its name suggests, truly inhabit the vast desert.
There are no quicksand fish in the desert, so Ji Xiaoxiao doesn't believe this is a desert!
Since this isn't a desert, and excluding all illusions and impossibilities, it must be that she accidentally fell into an illusion.
Question: Who in the Death Forest has the ability to create an endless desert?
The answer, without a doubt, is the powerful illusionary scorpion-tailed ants, where strength lies in numbers.
A hero needs three helpers, and a fence needs three posts.
The illusionary scorpion ants hunt prey in colonies. With each effort, the illusion expands, becoming increasingly realistic.
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