ragginovel Chapter 296 Ghost Town
Chapter 296 Ghost Town
Chapter 296 Ghost Town
In mid-air, Fang Xiao and Yunhua sat side by side on the elves, flying quickly.
"See? It's a ghost town there!"
Fang Xiao pointed to an ancient stone masonry castle that looked white in the distance. The castle body was partially buried by yellow sand, but it could still vaguely see its glorious appearance thousands of years ago.
Because it looks extremely simple, and the area is really not small.
On the outside of the castle, there are still buildings like city walls, but most of them have collapsed, and there are faint pinches of green grass on them, which are particularly conspicuous.
"Is this a ghost town?"
Yunhua's eyes were fixed.
According to Fang Xiao's introduction, Yunhua knew that the ghost city was actually an ancient city ruins. Some scholars believed that it might be the royal court of a certain nomadic people in ancient times, while others believed that it was a transit station built on the Silk Road. There are different opinions.
But the real origin of the ghost city is beyond the reach of anyone, and no one can tell.
The distance from the ghost town to the research site is about [-] kilometers. Since no one would come here on weekdays, the research team dubbed it a "ghost town".
Commanding the giant clay puppet to fall, Yunhua and Fang Xiao finally landed in the ghost town.
All Yunhua could see was desolation and decay.
"Although the ghost town is deserted, there is a dry well inside that can still collect water. Speaking of this place, I discovered it at the beginning!"
Fang Xiao scratched his head.
At the beginning, he stayed in the resident for a few days, but couldn't bear it any longer, so he rode a clay giant out to let the wind go, and finally found the ghost town.
The scale of the ghost town is not small, and there must have been a lot of people living there before it declined, so there are many boreholes in the city.
It's a pity that after thousands of years of wind and sand, most of the boreholes were blocked by yellow sand and could not collect water. Only one well was able to collect water, but it was also in a semi-paralyzed stage.
So this dry well has become an important water source for the research team.
"Do?"
Just as Yunhua was chatting with Fang Xiao, Bronze Bell frowned suddenly, and his mental power suddenly swept out.
"Hey~~"
In the sand dunes not far from the dry well, a small snake carrying a burden was imprisoned by the mental power of the bronze bell, and then flew out of the yellow sand.
This little snake is about two meters long, with a relatively thin body, drooping eyelids, eye patterns that look like weeping tears, and a black gizzard on the head and neck.
"Huh? Sandbag snake?"
Yunhua recognized the elf in front of him.
Thinking about it, this sandbag snake should have been lurking in the sand dunes just now, but it's a pity that no matter how well it hides, it can't escape the telepathic induction of the bronze bell.
"Hey~~"
When the sandbag snake was attacked, a large amount of sand was ejected from its big nostrils, but unfortunately it was of no avail.
"Bronze bell, forget it. This guy shouldn't be malicious, just throw it out."
Under Yunhua's order, the sandbag snake immediately turned into a beam of light and was thrown away.
Under Fang Xiao's leadership, Yunhua finally came to the only dry well that could gather water, which was in the courtyard of the old castle.
"This is the only well that can still collect water, but it has been abandoned for too long, and it has been buried by yellow sand, so the water accumulation speed is very slow."
Fang Xiao pointed to the dry well and said, "The key is that once the water in it reaches the depth of the calf, the water will no longer gather. And the deeper the water, the slower the water will gather. So we have to draw water every 5 minutes or so. In this way, we can store almost a ton of water from morning until dark."
"What? From morning till dark?"
Yunhua lives in Bengbu.
It takes time to fetch water, right?
He thought that fetching water should not be easy, but he didn't expect it to be this "not easy", it was all about grinding!
"That's why we hate coming to get water. Although the process is easy, it takes too much time and basically we can't leave for a moment. Otherwise, the speed of water collection will decrease, and it will be easy to not get enough water."
Fang Xiao spread his hands, looking helpless.
From now on, the courage to fetch water will be in Yunhua's hands, and Yunhua will become a "full-time water fetcher".
But for Fang Xiao, he was liberated, and Yunhua took over the blame.
Under Fang Xiao's guidance, Yunhua threw the bucket into the dry well, then lowered it for about 30 meters, and finally heard the sound of "ding dong".
Gulu Gulu waited for the bucket to be filled with water until it was silent, Yunhua pulled the bucket up, and finally the bucket was [-]% full, about three to four liters of water, Yunhua poured it into the big bucket.
Three times in a row, the water in the dry well was finally filled by Yunhua.
Leaning his ear against the wall of the well, Yunhua could vaguely hear the sound of water seeping.
"Okay, the method of fetching water and precautions have been given to you. I will trouble you next."
Fang Xiao warned again: "There are usually not many powerful elves in this ghost town. Even if there are some, they are professional level. Anyway, you have the leading gopher and the bronze bell. If you can beat it, you can fight it. If you can't beat it, you can run away. The most important thing is to ensure your own safety."
In Fang Xiao's eyes, the strength of the leading gopher has already been regarded as professional level by default.
Coupled with the flying ability and spiritual power of the bronze bell, there is a high probability that Yunhua is not in danger, which is why Fang Xiao dared to leave Yunhua here alone.
"After fetching the water, don't run around. I will come here to pick you up before dark."
Patting Yunhua on the shoulder, Fang Xiao got on the giant clay puppet and left, leaving Yunhua alone here struggling to get water.
"What's the name of this meow?"
Yunhua threw the bucket aside and sighed in distraught.
But upset is upset, training is the most important thing.
In order to ensure the progress of the training, Yunhua released the remaining two big and two young ones, and urged them not to relax their training.
"Yo Ji~~" (ω)
Feeling the rich rock-attribute energy in the air and the ground-attribute energy under his feet, Yukira only felt that he had returned to the harbor, and everything was so beautiful.
It really wanted to have fun, but after glancing at the "Marsh Leaping Fish" that had completed its evolution, the little guy instantly withered, and obediently ran to train.
Marsh Jumping Fish is already one step ahead for the time being, if you don't catch up, your position will be lost!
"Mark gurgle~"
The marsh jump fish felt the surrounding environment with its fins and gills, and frowned silently.
Because the water molecules in the air are so low that it is outrageous.
If the water attribute skills are used here, the power may not even be half of the heyday, right?
A wise light flashed in his eyes, and the marsh jump fish found a corner, obediently practicing skills such as rounding, mirror reflection, and playing with mud.
On the other hand, Cradle Lily, although it has evolved, its personality has not changed much, so it is usually very clingy to Yunhua, and it always has to be coquettish with Yunhua for a while.
Cradle Lily's huge head kept rubbing against Yunhua's arms, making Yunhua itchy unbearably: "Okay, okay, I have to fetch water, you have to help me!"
Yunhua looked at his watch.
Hey guys, 5 minutes is almost here.
As a last resort, Yunhua hurriedly brought Cradle Lily to the well, pointed to the deep well and said, "Little Lily, divert water!"
"What~"
With Yunhua's order, Sayuri's water diversion feature was activated immediately.
In an instant, the water that had just gathered at the bottom of the well began to move instantly, as if it had been mysteriously summoned, and it actually started to break away from the gravity of the planet and fly out of the deep well.
Under Sayuri's control, the water flowed into the bucket very well, almost without wasting a single drop.
"Nice! It worked."
Seeing this, Yunhua was overjoyed.
The Taklamakan Desert is very dry, and it would be very difficult to divert water on the sand dunes. Therefore, the elves in the team who clearly have the characteristic of "water storage" can't store water at all, so they can only come to ghost towns dozens of kilometers away to fetch water.
But there is water in the deep well, so Sayuri's characteristics can still be activated, but it is more difficult to control to pour all the water into the bucket.
Fortunately, after experiencing the nourishment and evolution of the "Fountain of Life", Sayuri's ability to control water has also improved qualitatively, so there is no big problem.
"It's a pity! Although it is more convenient to use diversion water to fetch water, if there is no water in the well, we still have to wait."
Forget about the bottomless well, Yunhua shook his head and sighed: "It would be great if Sayuri's water diversion characteristics could affect the groundwater."
If there is water in the well, it means that there must be runoff underground.
The only trouble is that the underground runoff is usually very deep.
Sayuri can barely control the water flow through the well, because there is only air blocking it.
But if you want to affect underground runoff, it will be more troublesome, because the barrier weakening force of sand dunes and soil is much higher than that of air.
"What?"
Hearing this, Sayuri was not willing to listen, and her face was full of anger.
How do you know I can't do it?
"What~"
Sayuri got angry, and the grass-attribute energy in her body suddenly swept out, turning into tiny roots and going deep into the sand dunes.
But soon, Sayuri ran into trouble.
Because sand dunes are not like soil, there is neither water nor nutrients in them, which makes it difficult for the rhizome field to extend out or expand downward.
So it only took root at a depth of two or three meters, and Sayuri couldn't take root.
"Little Lily, don't try it. The moisture in the air in this ghost place is very thin, and the groundwater is hidden deep. Even professional-level elves can't handle it, so don't waste your efforts."
Yunhua shook his head.
"What~"
On the other hand, Sayuri, although she was panting heavily, she did not give up.
Because it has already sensed the existence of groundwater, even though it is far away, its characteristic attraction is also extremely weak.
But the problem is that the attraction has not disappeared, and the groundwater is indeed slowly permeating upwards, but at an appallingly slow rate.
Looking at Cradle Lily who was competing with her, Yunhua didn't bother to persuade her.
This guy is not an obedient master.
Soon, 5 minutes was up again, Yunhua wanted to call Sayuri to repeat the old trick, but the little guy ignored him at all.
As a last resort, Yunhua had no choice but to fetch water with a bucket.
But the strange thing is that this time the bottom of the well is empty.
(End of this chapter)