Guixu Immortal Kingdom

Chapter 33 The Moon Over the Golden Sands
"There are actually places like this, lands where the flame of civilization has been passed down. It's truly enviable. If I could find one, perhaps I could find a place to settle down and make a living."

Cai Honglong murmured for a moment.

Everyone else also longed for it.

Undoubtedly, these will be among the goals they need to pursue in the Ruins of Return. Leaving the hotel, they will become new wanderers. This is inevitable. And they must begin to plan and strategize for their future.

Only by setting a clear goal can we concentrate our efforts in the same direction.

"It's difficult. Finding the land of the torch is difficult, obtaining wonders and artifacts, or even the Heart of Miracles, is difficult. Encountering other settlements is probably not easy either. No one knows if they will survive to that day, which means that survival is the most important thing. And the only true and reliable means of survival is real power. Safety cannot rely on outsiders; safety without power is all false."

Ji Tianhao listened quietly, his mind swirling with thoughts, unable to find peace.

The impact of all kinds of information on the entire mind is truly immense.

This is a completely unfamiliar world, with entirely new rules, a hellish world where death is a constant threat. From this day forward, death will be a constant companion, and no one knows how long they will live.

"I must cultivate, I must improve my strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, I won't even have the right to live. I really don't want to face that feeling of being unable to control my own life and death every day. Only strength can change everything."

I made a decision and made a firm resolution in my mind immediately.

And he has the qualifications and the ability.

The Black Hole talent provides the resources for cultivation, along with corresponding cultivation techniques. The path has been paved; all that's left is to keep moving forward, steadily improving and transforming one's strength. Make yourself your own pillar of support.

Only then will we truly have a chance to survive.

Moreover, once the migration begins, the issue of transportation must be considered.

It would be too difficult to walk on your own two legs.

Soon, the hotel chef had prepared a large stew, a hodgepodge of various meats, all simmered together and finished with glass noodles. The aroma filled the surrounding area. With a shout, both the survivors at the hotel and the wanderers in the camp spontaneously lined up. The panic and fear they had felt that day seemed to be soothed by the comforting food.

While everyone was eating and drinking to their hearts' content.

Ji Tianhao silently walked towards one of the entrances to the underground parking garage.

The campsite wasn't near the entrance or exit; it was quite a distance away. Moreover, once we left the campsite, there was no firelight, and it was almost completely dark. Fortunately, we had prepared flashlights and other lighting equipment in the space beforehand. We immediately took out a flashlight, turned it on, and headed towards our destination.

Woohoo! !

Near the entrance, a series of sharp, rapid whistling sounds could be heard, the sound was extremely eerie, and large amounts of sand were being swept in from the outside.

Looking outside, the beam of light from the flashlight in his hand was directly blocked by the sand in front of him, unable to even pass through the exit. The dense sand was like a thick wall.

"This sandstorm could bury people alive. It's not wind, it's sand. No wonder the people in the homeless camp were desperately trying to run towards the hotel. If they had been exposed outside, they would have been buried alive."

Ji Tianhao frowned. Just from this black sandstorm, he could sense how terrifying the natural disaster from Guixu was.

Wow! !
A hand reached out from the pile of sand beside him and grabbed a handful of sand.

"My God, this sandstorm really is blowing black sand! Where did the black sand come from? Wait, this black sand is so icy and cold. What kind of sand is this? Is it icy sand?"

Qi Lin followed beside him, grabbing a handful of sand. Instead of feeling the heat, he felt a bone-chilling cold. Moreover, the sand was black, truly black sand.

"This kind of black sand is so cold, like hail. If you were outside without any shelter, you would be buried in it. Even if you weren't crushed to death, you might freeze to death from the cold. Black sandstorms truly deserve to be called natural disasters; they are indeed terrifying."

Hu Youni also arrived, and her expression turned quite unpleasant upon seeing them.

A glimpse into the whole reveals the true nature of the situation. The black sandstorm is already so terrifying, aiming to annihilate all living beings. Other natural disasters would certainly be no less devastating. If we were to face them, without special methods, we might not even know how we died.

The future is bleak and uncertain.

"This is a black sandstorm. Once you're caught in it, survival truly depends on fate and your own strength—whether you can withstand the chill released from the black sand. It's said that the normal temperature inside a black sandstorm can reach around minus twenty to thirty degrees Celsius. As for whether it can go even lower, nobody knows. There are reportedly cases of cultivators who have condensed magic runes and reached the advanced level freezing to death. The best way to deal with a black sandstorm is to hide inside any kind of building and light a campfire. Otherwise, it's very difficult to survive."

Liu San spoke up.

Liang Hongguang and the others also came over.

Looking at the entrance, it was constantly being covered by black sand, the sand piling up and blowing quite a distance into the basement. "This is a natural disaster. No natural disaster is easy to overcome. If our camp hadn't moved to this basement in time, it would definitely have been buried by the sandstorm. How many people in the camp would have survived, only heaven knows, but at least half of them would have died. Under a natural disaster, life is so cheap and meaningless."

Liang Hongguang silently watched the raging black sand outside, watching it grow thicker and thicker, gradually engulfing the exit, without much surprise.

Once you've seen enough natural disasters, you'll no longer be moved or too shocked by them.

"In the Ruins of Return, life is worthless. Without strength, you don't even have the right to live."

Tian Buqi narrowed his eyes, looking as if he felt a pang of sympathy.

"Under the moon over the golden sands, besides being careful of sandstorms, what else should we be careful of?"

Lin Fang suddenly asked.

"During the Golden Sands Moon, one must be wary of sand beasts and mummies hidden in the desert, as these are deadly dangers, calamities that accompany the month of disaster. They are the most deadly of all."

Pang Yan grinned, revealing strips of meat still visible on her teeth. She had eaten the most and was the most voracious at the dinner party.

The people of Guixu all know to seize the day, eat when you should, and drink when you should.

Life is uncertain, and no one can say for sure how long they will live.

This has become a habit.

A group of people stood at the entrance, watching the dark sand completely bury the entrance before returning together.

Inside the basement, the temperature was dropping rapidly due to the black sand, so they had to light more campfires to try and dispel the cold.

Ji Tianhao glanced around, walked to an SUV, managed to open the door, and then ducked inside. The SUV was clearly modified; the back seats could be folded down and pulled out, making it perfectly usable as a bed. Sleeping here at night was much better than outside; it was also much quieter and more private.

Many of the survivors in the hotel made this choice.

After all, any car can serve as a tent.

This makes me feel safer than lying directly next to a campfire.

Once the car door is closed and the blanket is pulled up, it's absolutely comfortable.

"Time waits for no one. Let's first check the refining process inside the black hole."

Ji Tianhao sat in the car, his mind mostly absorbed in the black hole.

It was clear that the black hole was now completely empty. The snake corpses that had been sent into the black hole had been completely refined, their flesh and blood essence transformed into life essence.

His gaze fell upon the Kunlun Jade Disc within the singularity space, and he clearly saw a blood-red bead appearing on it. This was life essence, but this time, the size of the life essence was many times greater than the first time it was condensed. Before, it was just a tiny grain the size of rice; now, it was a bead the size of a fist. It was obvious at a glance that the amount of life essence contained within it far exceeded that before.

All of them came together and were melted down into one.

"The first time I absorbed and refined the essence of gold and the essence of life, it was only a wisp of essence. Its size was no more than a grain of rice, and the light it emitted was also only the light of a grain of rice. From now on, the jade plate will contain a grain of essence formed from a single wisp of essence, and ten wisps of essence will be condensed into an essence bead. These life essences will be divided into spirit beads."

Looking at this enormous essence of life, Ji Tianhao felt that it was difficult to calculate, and that dividing it was the best method.

In an instant, the immense life essence began to naturally split, transforming into beads roughly the size of glass marbles, which then divided into twenty-five essence beads and eight grains of essence rice.

The life force it exudes is truly something to be longed for.

A layer was spread on the jade plate.

"The refining of life essence will continue in the future. This time, we refined these from hundreds of snake corpses, including some small giant python corpses. It seems that these corpses will be an extremely important resource in the future, and we should not let them go easily whenever we come across them."

Ji Tianhao nodded to himself, quite satisfied with the result.

"Let's see how much life essence can be extracted from the ogre's body."

He was very interested in refining the ogres.

(End of this chapter)