The lady in the red dress waved behind her. One of the monsters covered in black cloth suddenly moved, as if a sharp sword had sliced through the cloth.
The black cloth was instantly torn apart, revealing a silver-gray tail that stood out in the dark.
A giant cobra that was three stories tall was coiled up on the ground. A silver tail extended from its buttocks, shining with silver light. It looked like a dagger extended from the tail. At the same time, there was a pale yellow ring that wrapped around the dagger.
It looked like a candied hawthorn with a yellow ball, making a rustling sound as it shook.
[Monster Name]: Desert Ba-King Snake
[Monster Level]: Level 36 (Commander-tier)
[Monster Grade]: Excellent
[Monster Ability]: Sand Resistance Level 2
[Monster Attribute]: Sand
[Monster Description]: A giant sand snake that lives in the desert. It is ferocious and eats sand for food.
Level 36 … That was not considered weak.
Although the number of Commander-tier trainers and familiars on the market had gradually increased as time passed, the number of Commander-tier familiars that were at the pinnacle of the Commander-tier was still quite small. The lady in the red dress smiled at Gao Peng, then continued walking along the road with her familiars in the direction of the Dali Desert.
The young couple whispered to each other for a while, then left through another path.
Da Zi, who had been cooped up for a long time, came out from under the black cloth and circled around Gao Peng.
"It's so suffocating."
"Let's go to the gathering place up ahead and find a place to rest for the night." Gao Peng rubbed his nose as he sniffed the choking smoke in the air.
After sitting in the car for the whole night, Gao Peng was really tired. Now, he just wanted to get some rest.
A few kilometers wasn't too far. After walking for about ten minutes, Gao Peng saw a faintly discernible building behind a hill. It looked like a market, but it was already two or three in the morning. Even the bustling market was deserted.
A desolate flag on a wooden pole in front of the building fluttered in the wind.
The market was surrounded by mud walls, and there were people guarding the gate. There were even hunting dogs sitting at the side.
The hound suddenly barked loudly and aimed at the hillside not far away.
Some of the night watchmen who had dozed off woke up with a start. They took out their guns from their pockets and looked in the direction that the hounds were aiming at. They could vaguely see a few figures approaching, but they didn't look like humans.
Just as he was about to sound the alarm, a voice came from the other side, "Can I still stay here?"
Human?
The night watchman put away the gun in his hand. After all, monsters could not speak Mandarin so fluently.
When they got closer, they could clearly see Gao Peng's appearance. He looked a little young, about 20 years old. His face was fair and clean, and his nose was high … How could he be so handsome?
The night watchman was a little jealous.
"Why did you come back so late? Dali Desert is very dangerous at night." The night watchman couldn't help but ask.
He really shouldn't have said those words, but this young man looked really handsome …
For some reason, he couldn't help but reprimand her. This gave him a sense of satisfaction.
"We can still stay here," the night watchman mumbled. "But it's already so late, and the rooms are basically sold out …"
"I can raise the price." Gao Peng didn't hesitate.
The night watchman smiled. "I'll help you ask."
Then he turned on the walkie-talkie and said a few words to the other side.
About ten minutes later, someone came to lead Gao Peng to the hotel to rest.
It wasn't easy to build a hotel in such a remote place, so correspondingly, the quality of the hotel shouldn't be too high.
After settling the familiars down, Gao Peng went to bed.
The next day, Gao Peng was woken up by the glaring sunlight and the clamor outside the window. Gao Peng struggled to sit up in bed. He felt that he had exhausted a lot of willpower. He almost thought that he was sealed to the bed just now.
Looking out the window, Gao Peng squinted his eyes to avoid the glare of the sun.
Outside the window, there were buildings that looked like cowsheds. There were some mid-level and low-level buildings mixed in.
The rough bricks of the walls had a primitive look to them, and they looked like houses forged with earth abilities.
There were people coming and going on the streets, and the flow of people was not small.
Many people were wearing hats or hoods, and some people were walking on the streets with their familiars. Other than some vendors selling snacks on both sides of the road, the rest were selling all kinds of materials.
With his good eyesight, Gao Peng noticed that the materials they were selling were mostly monotonous and repetitive. It looked like there were a lot of them, but if he really counted, he would find that most of the materials were similar.
After counting, there were only these few materials.
[Material Name]: Bursting Cactus
[Material Introduction]: Can be applied externally, has the effect of healing burns. At the same time, can be used as medicine, has medicinal properties …
[Material Name]: Normal Sand Monster Crystal
[Material Introduction]: An energy crystal condensed in the body of a Sand Monster. When consumed by monsters and familiars, it can increase elemental power to a certain extent. The effect is best for Sand Monsters.
[Material Name]: Sand Spirit Stone
[Material Introduction]: A stone that contains strong Sand and Earth Spiritual Energy, can be used.
These three materials were the most common. Basically, every stall had these three materials for sale.
In other words, these three materials shouldn't be difficult to obtain, or else they wouldn't be so common.
The second, third, and fourth floors of this house were the accommodation, while the first floor was the restaurant. Gao Peng went from the third floor to the first floor, found an empty table, and ordered a few dishes. Then, he poured a cup of cold water into his teacup and quietly listened to the conversations around him.
Silly slid down from Gao Peng's head and used its tentacles to secretly put some soy sauce into its mouth.
Silly almost vomited from the disgusting soy sauce. It felt like its whole body was in a bad state.
"The military is preparing to seal off Dali Desert, and no one is allowed to leave Chang 'an. Only people are allowed to enter, not leave."
"The military, hmph, looks like they want to keep it to themselves." Someone couldn't help but complain after drinking two glasses of wine.
"Shh … Be careful with your words."
After listening for a while, Gao Peng didn't hear any useful information. Most of it was just idle chatter. The military seemed to be some kind of taboo here, and no one dared to talk about the military openly in public.
It seemed like the military still had a lot of prestige in Chang 'an. At least, not many people dared to talk about the military in public.
But the military had sealed off Dali Desert, and no one was allowed to enter or leave … It seemed like the military was about to make a big move.
After breakfast, Gao Peng got up and headed to Dali Desert alone with a few familiars.
Dali Desert was a desert area in the northeast of Chang 'an City. Before the Cataclysm, it was a tourist attraction. Since then, desertification had become more and more serious, and it was constantly eroding the surrounding land and spreading.
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