"What do you mean? Just a verbal thank you?" Lingling said, huffing with anger.
Lin Chen said, "Then what do you want?"
Lingling said, "I'm going too! I worked so hard to find this information, don't even think about ditching me!"
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "That won't do. It's too dangerous there. You can't go. What if something happens?"
"I don't care, you just have to protect me!" Lingling said.
"No, absolutely not!" Lin Chen's attitude was very firm.
Upon hearing this, Lingling first snorted coldly, then after a moment of thought, began to say coquettishly, "Brother Lin, just take me with you, please? With me around, you won't have to rack your brains. Look, this is such a good opportunity, hard to find even with a lantern, isn't it? Brother…"
Lin Chen chuckled and said, "You little loli are actually using a honey trap on me? What are you thinking?"
"You… I don't care, you just have to take me!" Lingling said, no longer pretending, and started to act bossy.
Lin Chen said helplessly, "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. I intended to take you all along anyway!"
"Hmph, that's more like it!" Lingling said.
"Alright, you contact Mo Fan. I've agreed to go with Mo Fan. You guys figure out what preparations need to be made!" Lin Chen said.
"Okay, then I won't say anymore!"
"Beep beep beep…"
Lin Chen was stunned, muttering to himself, "Heh, she hung up so fast. I should have teased her a bit more!"
In the following days, Lingling began to make preparations. For this trip, Lingling was very proactive!
With Lingling around, Lin Chen was indeed very relaxed. He didn't need to worry about anything; he just had to wait for Lingling's arrangements!
Lin Chen spent his days with Mu Nujiao and occasionally went on a date with Little Lamb.
One day, Lingling finally got everything arranged and set the meeting time for the next day.
Lin Chen immediately called Tang Yue over. As for Lin Chen, he could only temporarily entrust Tang Zhong with his care. Fortunately, they had hired a nanny at home, and with Tang Zhong's supervision, Lin Chen and Tang Yue were very relieved.
When they gathered the next day, Lin Chen saw that he knew almost everyone present: Mo Fan, Ye Xin Xia, Lingling, Zhang Xiaohou, and Zhao Manyan. There was only one girl Lin Chen hadn't met before, and that was Zhao Manyan's cousin, Chen Ying.
What Lin Chen didn't expect was that Mo Fan was desperate enough for a contracted beast to even call Ye Xin Xia!
However, with Ye Xin Xia there, Lin Chen could also hide his Mind Element. Even though he had gained some strength, his personality remained unchanged; he always wanted to hide himself and always wanted to be a hidden player.
As for Zhang Xiaohou, he was also Lin Chen's classmate. Since their farewell in Bo City, the two had not met again. Zhang Xiaohou, like in the original story, joined Wei Fang. It seemed the events in Bo City had hit him hard!
There were eight people in their group in total. Following Lingling's previous instructions, everyone had prepared their respective equipment. This trip to Dunhuang felt like a spring outing, with chatter and excitement all the way!
Upon arriving in Dunhuang, Lin Chen immediately felt the special charm of this loess land, which could open one's heart.
Looking out, vast yellow sands spread to the distant horizon. Amidst the yellow sand, loess hills appeared slightly brown, layered and undulating, high and low.
The group purchased local cruising wind camels. Among them, everyone except Lingling was a Mage, but not everyone had displacement abilities. After getting on the wind camels, they gradually approached the famous Scorching Plains!
The distance wasn't too far, but for some reason, the distribution of demon creatures suddenly became dense after crossing a fault line in the land.
Local people called this fault line the Boundary Monument Line. The deeper one went past the Boundary Monument Line, the more dangers awaited them.
The desert Gobi is home to many creatures. The rich Earth Element and Fire Element here lead to a large number of elemental demons, plus the local overlords, the Sand Tiger Demon Clan, are widely distributed. Ordinary Hunter Mage teams must be on high alert once they cross the Boundary Monument Line!!!
Along the way, Lin Chen remained vigilant, extending his mental force. There were simply too many types of demon creatures in the Full Magic World. Outside the An Boundary, no one knew what kind of demon creature they would encounter the next second.
Fortunately, their luck was good. After a day of travel, there were no major incidents!
The group successfully arrived at the area where the Sha Wang River was located.
The Sha Wang River was a highland flow system that had been dry for countless years. After many years of wind erosion, the entire riverbed had become incredibly vast. Even on the map, the Sha Wang River looked like a colored long dragon lying on the land of Dunhuang, its length almost crossing half of Gansu, and its narrowest point was probably ten kilometers wide!
Within this long Sha Wang River, there was a terrifying creature: the White Sand Demon Soldiers. Standing on the raised Gobi land and looking forward, it was a sunken, dry area.
It was called a river, but to everyone, it looked more like a sea, slowly sinking along the continental shelf, filled with fine white quicksand. The quicksand varied in thickness, rising and falling. From a distance, it looked more like a fluctuating white ocean.
Zhang Xiaohou raised his doubts, as the Sha Wang River in front of them seemed to have no demon creatures at all. Mo Fan and the others had the same doubts.
Lingling immediately performed an experiment. She took out a demon creature's internal organs from her bag and had Zhang Xiaohou throw them far away!
Suddenly, layers of sand waves erupted from the calm white quicksand.
From within the sand waves, semi-giant creatures, three meters tall and wielding sand-transformed long blades, stood up one by one. They neatly surrounded the demon creature's internal organs, which emitted a bloody smell. After a cautious observation, they quickly transformed back into fine white sand particles and scattered into the Sha Wang River.
Lin Chen smiled slightly. This Sha Wang River was indeed terrifying in the eyes of ordinary people. The White Sand Demon Soldiers inside were all War General Level creatures. Among the team, everyone except Lingling could handle War General Level creatures well, but the terrifying thing was that there were countless White Sand Demon Soldiers in the Sha Wang River!
But even if the number of White Sand Demon Soldiers was endless, they couldn't do anything to Lin Chen. Lin Chen had multiple ways to deal with them; his Mind Element and Ice Element could handle the current environment. Besides that, Lin Chen could also fly!!!
The group decided to rest for a day by the Sha Wang River. They had been traveling for a whole day. Lin Chen didn't express any further opinions; since he chose to team up, he had to listen to everyone's opinions.
Early the next morning, just as everyone was about to depart, Lin Chen took out several huge nets!
"How about I fly you guys over?" Lin Chen suggested!
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