Chapter 21:

The magic seed that descended from the sky has destroyed the civilization of mankind for thousands of years and is also changing everything on this planet.
People gradually discovered that with the death of each monster, all the plants and microorganisms within a few kilometers of the circle seemed to be nourished and began to show vigorous vitality with the center of the monster's huge body falling. The abnormal posture quickly grew densely.
Today, after years of repeated wars between humans and demons, most of the cities, roads, houses and other buildings built on the planet by humans in the golden age have been buried by vigorous plants. Nowadays, only a few rusty figures can be seen occasionally in the lush forest, which proves the glory of mankind.
But it is not easy to collect and plant on this fertile land.
Leaving the defensive base, the monsters swimming around outside the wilderness will follow the smell of humans. Planting and hunting have become very dangerous.
In the golden rice fields next to the base, countless farmers are eagerly grabbing the harvest.
Despite the lack of meticulous care, a bumper harvest is basically inevitable after spring plowing and planting. The biggest difficulty is the process of harvesting and transporting back to the base.
Because of the shortage of gasoline, mechanized agricultural equipment is no longer available. But the speed of harvesting is still fast and fast. Some saints with plant abilities stand in the middle of the rice fields, raising their arms, and large swaths of golden rice ears fall down under the drive of the abilities.
In addition to ordinary people, many low-level speed and power saints also joined the process of grabbing at this time.
Tian Ye patrolled the saints of the combat system wearing armor and holding weapons, to guard against monsters that might be attracted by humans at any time.
Almost every mercenary team in Spring City will receive the task of defending and escorting the autumn harvest this season, and the Red Wolf Corps where Chu Qianxun is located is no exception.
Chu Qianxun and Gao Yan were sitting on a low roof beside the ridge, and the autumn wind blew their cheeks, blowing their temples, into the boundless rice fields, and setting off layers of wheat waves.
What they sat under them as chairs was a rust-red roof. The building was basically buried in mud. Only the short rusty roof was exposed on the ground, and half of it was dirty. Xi's yellow word. It seemed that before disappearing completely, they were struggling to tell the world that the land under their feet was once a service area on the highway.
Looking around, in a golden rice field, there are several such buildings with only the top floor standing abruptly. Those signs that once hung on the road are now half buried in the ground, and you can still see the words on them. City names and kilometers in the golden age.
Chu Qianxun stared at a blue street sign just before his feet. The mud-stained street sign read Beizhen on the right and Barang on the left.
Barang.
Chu Qianxun's thoughts were provoked by these two words, and his thoughts flowed along the boundless rice fields, past the small town of Barang, and into the vast expanse of desert.
In the center of the desert, in the lonely castle, there is a lonely and lonely person who is deeply feared by the world.
The man sat in the small room all day long, with his eyebrows downcast, accompanied by the scroll.
Chu Qianxun realized that in his long-lost heart field, a small sprout had emerged untimely, struggling to break through the soil in the bleak autumn wind, and wanted to bloom a pink flower.
"Qianxun, look over there." Chu Qianxun interrupted Gao Yan's voice.
Chu Qianxun followed her gaze. Lin Sheng was sitting in a corner not far away. His face was distorted, and his gaze toward Chu Qianxun was full of resentment. A man like him who was too inferior and was suddenly sought after could not bear the frustration even more. He almost regarded the thing that Chu Qianxun rejected in public as a shame in his life, and he refused to forget it in his heart.
"You look at his eyes, as if he is about to eat you. This kind of man is very small, so you must be careful." Gao Yan approached Chu Qianxun's ear, "If he makes small movements while fighting, Don't be soft. I will help you."
Chu Qianxun snorted coldly.
In the age of the rule of law, young girls may be helpless when encountering such harassment. At this time, everyone, regardless of gender, has become accustomed to using force to solve problems. If this person is ill-intentioned, Chu Qianxun does not intend to be soft on someone who releases his hatred towards him.
The leader of their team, Wang Dazhi, came over. Wang Dazhi glanced at Chu Qianxun and Lin Sheng, then pulled Lin Sheng up and called aside by himself.
"Katsuko, don't you know the rules of the Red Wolf? No one cares about the women you want outside, and the girls in the team can't touch them." Wang Dazhi's face was not very good.
Lin Sheng turned his face aside, and made a slight sneer in his nose. Obviously, he didn't listen to Wang Dazhi's words.
The Red Wolf is a medium-sized mercenary team in Spring City. The leader of the Red Wolf, Han Ao, is a seventh-order saint. There are seven or eight small teams in the legion. The team leader is mostly a fifth or sixth-order saint. Wang Dazhi's rank is only in the late stage of the fifth stage, and he can't hold down the members of the team, especially Lin Sheng and other members who have reached the early stage of the fifth stage.
"If you must do this, I can only apply to the team leader to transfer you to another team." Wang Dazhi was completely angry.
Demon hunting is basically the act of licking blood on the edge of the knife. Cooperation between the teams is very important. A careless one can lose more than one or two lives. The incident between Lin Sheng and Chu Qianxun made him the captain very angry.
Lin Sheng lowered his head and reluctantly replied, "I know, I won't provoke her in the future."
Busy farmers bent over in the ridge, swiftly the harvested rice ears, and piled them up on the carriages waiting in the field.
Most of these are ordinary people. They don’t have enough meals on weekdays, and they are so hungry that their faces are yellow and thin. They are racing against time. In the wild, terrifying monsters may appear at any time. Even with the guards of these saints, as ordinary people with low defensive capabilities, they will still die easily in battle.
"It should be possible to go back. Today is pretty smooth."
Seeing the harvesting work that had come to an end, Gao Yan breathed a sigh of relief. She even saw the captains of other squads in the distance passing the retraction gesture to here.
There was a sudden bang on the other side of the mountain,
Several warning fireworks were accompanied by the shrill screams of the guards, staggering the sunset clouds that pierced the sky.
A huge face turned out from behind the mountain wall,
It was a beautiful and perfect human female face, huge and expressionless, looking condescendingly from behind the mountain wall.
Its strangely beautiful face was tilted, and its bright red mouth could not help chewing.
There is no body under that head, countless slender pipe-like hairs are hanging down on the ground, and the ends of those pipes are crawling on the cliffs of the earth, but the speed is unexpectedly agile.
Han Ao, the head of the Red Wolf, pulled down the visor of his helmet and rushed forward first.
"The first and second teams, follow me! Keep the others!"
The dense hair of the monster plunged into the ground, straddling a section of the ground, and suddenly shot out from the ground under the attacking team's feet.
Immediately there were soldiers who could not evade and were strung on those black steel pipes. Wang Wang's blood wandered down the hillside and penetrated into the golden fields.
The setting sun is like blood, the wind blows the waves of wheat, and in the harvest fields, the warriors and the huge monsters are struggling to live and die, stirring up the sky and grass.
The ordinary farmer who could not evade was pierced by the sharp weapon of the monster, and even died on both sides of the road by the abilities of the saints. The crowd rioted in a panic, but soon restored order and began to evade the battlefield quickly.
Chu Qianxun, Gao Yan and others nervously protected the convoy and non-combat personnel to retreat to the rear. The crowd is pulling horses, pushing vehicles, and running desperately with them. This is food for the winter. Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is absolutely unwilling to discard it at will.
In the jungle by the roadside, the vegetation shook.
A blood-red face slowly appeared in the gap between the trees in the dimly lit land.
A blood-red monster appeared from the forest. This monster was crawling on all fours, with no skin all over, and a sharp long horn protruded from its forehead.
This is a well-known wanderer among many monsters. It is not big in size, and its attack and defense are not particularly high, but it has a terrifying speed.
"There are horns on the head, Tier 5, the speed is very fast, everyone, be careful! Ordinary people all retreat." Before the captain's words were finished, the figure of the Tier 5 rogue shook, leaving a shadow on the spot. The real body has appeared in front of Lin Sheng.
Lin Sheng yelled, raised the shield in his hand, and hit his shield with a bang.
He is a power-type superpower. Although this impact is huge because of the rogue's speed, he still barely holds it. At this moment, the man's Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Chu Qianxun, his mind moved, and a vicious thought surged deep in his heart. His hand was skewed to one side, and the rogue's sharp horn slid along the shield under the tremendous momentum and rushed towards Chu Qianxun who was not far behind Lin Sheng.
Even at the same Tier 5, Chu Qianxun's speed is far behind the wanderer who is known for speed. In such a short distance and time, she can barely deflect her body to avoid oncoming attacks.
But behind her was Gao Yan, if she avoided, Gao Yan of Tier 4 would not be able to escape anyway.
Chu Qianxun hesitated for a moment, but it was too late. She almost watched the blood-red sharp horn pierce her skin and penetrate her abdomen, and Gao Yan exclaimed. The sound threw her into the air.
Chu Qianxun was thrown to the ground, she covered her abdomen with one hand and barely stabilized her figure. She has tried her best to avoid the deadly key at the last moment, but the pain in her body hits, and she clearly feels the hot liquid flowing from the gap between her fingers.
She resisted the pain, frowned, raised her arms, a hurricane rolled up out of thin air, and overturned the wanderer who was still swimming like a phantom under the intensive attack of the team members to the ground.
Gao Yan's gravitational ability cooperated with pressing down in time, and the monster that was too late to get up was overwhelmed to the ground. The hurricane and gravity simultaneously controlled the monster that fell to the ground, even though its limbs struggled desperately, it couldn't get up for a while.
A small wind blade made a sharp sound and flashed in the air, accurately cutting the back neck of the monster, revealing a little green color, that is the location of the monster seed.
"Okay! Suppress it and I will get the magic seed." Lin Sheng near the monster was overjoyed.
According to the rules of hunting, the magic seeds and bodies obtained will be distributed to the players who contribute in the battle. And the one who finally won the Demon Seed was not only able to get a higher proportion, but also had the qualifications for priority selection. For Tier 5 Lin Sheng, what he needed most was Tier 5 Demon Seed. This dying monster happened to fall at his feet, which was a godsend.
Lin Sheng couldn't wait to stretch out his hand and grabbed it towards the monster's neck.
Just when his hand was about to touch the monster and the corner of his mouth was already smiling. The gravitational field that had been suppressing the monster suddenly disappeared.
The blood-red monster jumped up.
Everyone's eyes flashed, and when they saw clearly again,
The long horns of the monster had penetrated Lin Sheng's heart and nailed him to a thick tree trunk.
Lin Sheng's eyes blinked, and he looked at the terrifying monster in front of him incredulously. He raised his head again and looked at Chu Qianxun, who was helped by Gao Yan in the distance.
He was full of fear and confusion.
At the moment before dying, all the pictures of the past in life flashed before my eyes. Working on the construction site, although a little dirty and tired, the life was very fulfilling and stable. The worker's daughter, Xiao Cui, was very kind to him. The girl's face was flushed, and her eyes always looked at him with admiration and joy. Unlike the woman in front of her, her eyes were cold, without a trace of temperature.
...
With the crash of two monsters, the lives of a dozen soldiers and ordinary people stayed here forever.
There was no time to grieve, and even too late to condense the bodies for them. All the people quickly packed up the blood-stained rice ears and brought back the food in exchange for their lives to Spring City. And the lives that died on the battlefield, they were left in the wild and fertile land, and returned to the life cycle of nature together with the body of the monster.
Lin Sheng was dead, and Chu Qianxun was also badly hurt. After treatment, I still lay in bed for half a month.
When they are too busy, people generally don't want to mourn the spring and fall. But once you have leisure, especially after lying in bed for half a month, your mind will inevitably fluctuate.
Sometimes at night, looking at the bright moon hanging in the sky, Chu Qianxun would think of the moonlit night seen in the desert.
Maybe it was because Ye Peitian was afraid of the dark, the windows of every room in the castle were opened very big, lying in the room sleeping, you can clearly see the stars in the desert at night.
I don't know what that person is doing at the moment, Chu Qianxun can't help thinking like this from time to time, would he still stay up all night, sitting in that small room, reading with the light.
Did he get angry because he failed to keep the appointment to visit him?
After these days, Chu Qianxun was almost certain that the world she had dreamed of definitely existed in a certain place. The gentleness hidden deep under Gao Yan's harsh and indifferent appearance, and Jiang Xiaojie's hand-made moves are soft after Ye Peitian's notoriety, especially his almost identical cooking skills. It can never be just a coincidence in a dream.
But no matter how close Chu Qianxun and Ye Peitian are in that dream, they are still just two strangers here. He is a prestigious 9th-order boss, living alone in a desert castle. If he approaches him, he is destined to become a dodder flower guarded in the castle.
Chu Qianxun recognized the reality, sighed in his heart, reached out his hand to pinch the bud that had just sprouted in his heart, touched it cherishedly, and let it disappear with the wind.
When Chen Xi came in through the window, Gao Yan carried a food container and opened the door to walk in.
"Look, what did I bring you today?"
She opened the lid as if offering treasures, brought out two dishes, and poured out two bowls of porridge that were so thin that they could be seen.
A small plate of patted cucumbers scratched with salt, and a plate of black-fried egg pancakes.
"How about it, rare, white porridge, cucumber and eggs. Eat it while it's hot." Gao Yan gave Chu Qianxun a pair of chopsticks and sat down opposite her.
These things are really rare. Chu Qianxun got interested, sat up, took a chopstick, patted the cucumber, and sent it to the mouth.
"Ah, it's salty." Chu Qianxun complained, "This is too salty."
In line with the principle of not being wasted, she swallowed wholeheartedly and drank several mouthfuls of porridge.
"What's the matter with you? You still complain about such a good thing?" Gao Yan quit.
She took a bite with her chopsticks herself, and almost didn't come out, "It's really salty. I'm not thinking about rare vegetables. If you make them saltier, you can eat more meals."
Chu Qianxun drank the porridge slowly, with a bite of the salty cucumber and the battered omelette, thinking of the yellow sand table in his mind.
The dishes served by that person are always fresh and delicious, moderately salty and spicy, as if they were cooked to their own taste.
The fingers of the dish were fair and beautiful. The people who serve the dishes are also pretty.
When he was cooking, he stood with his back to himself in front of the stove, his legs were slender and straight, his head was slightly lowered, and his soft and curly hair swayed, revealing a smooth and beautiful back neck.
Chu Qianxun had just strangled his heart, and puffed out four or five tender young shoots, unconsciously swaying in the wind.
When Gao Yan came up again at noon, Chu Qianxun was gone, and a note was pressed on the table.
"Leave for a few days, don't read it."
Chu Qianxun's injury was not healed, and he dared not to be careless. He followed the caravan starting from Spring City to Barang and then into the desert from Barang.
When I arrived at the yellow sand castle, it happened to be in the evening.
The orange-red sunset on the desert horizon slowly sinks,
In the evening sun, there was even a layer of orange light floating in the air.
Chu Qianxun stretched out his hand and knocked on the door of the castle. His heart couldn't help beating, holding his breath. After listening for a long time, there was no movement in the castle.
She knocked again, reached out and pushed on the door. The door was unlocked and opened slowly with a creak.
The hall was a little dim, and fine dust flew up and down in the diagonally shining light beams.
Ye Peitian sat in the faint sunlight and looked at her, shocking Chu Qianxun.
He was sitting in this position when Chu Qianxun left.
Now almost a month has passed. If he hadn't changed his clothes, Chu Qianxun would almost doubt that he hadn't left that position for half a step.
Ye Pei's face was haggard, with thick melanin precipitating under her eyes, staring at Chu Qianxun's gaze, saying that he was full of inexplicable emotions.
Chu Qianxun walked in and was about to speak.
Ye Peitian suddenly looked away and stared at the ground in the lower left corner.
Then a dry and hoarse voice sounded, "You go. Get out of here."
"What's the matter?" Chu Qianxun was a little stunned.
Ye Peitian didn't look at her, frowned and closed his eyes.
Chu Qianxun felt a little uncomfortable, but she was no longer the kind of adolescent girl who was blindly impulsive and emotional. She didn't want to cause misunderstandings between two people who were getting along well because of anger or failure to explain clearly.
"Calm down first. Did you misunderstand something? I didn't see you as agreed, because I was injured in the battle and had to cultivate for half a month." She explained as calmly as possible.
Ye Peitian suddenly raised his head when he heard this, his eyes fluctuated, and he raised his hand slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
But then he slowly lowered his eyelashes and put down his hand.
"Go, leave immediately, and never come to me again." he said
Chu Qianxun took two steps forward, she didn't understand why.
Ye Peitian raised his gaze, with a flush of redness in his eyes. For a moment, the gentle boy was like a veritable bloodthirsty demon.
"Leave here, take a half step forward, I..." He almost gritted his teeth and spoke, and his violent killing intent almost filled the fading hall.
Chu Qianxun didn't understand why, but she made it clear that Ye Peitian wanted her to leave. She was silent for a while, and finally turned around and left here.
Step by step in the cold sand, Chu Qianxun touched his chest, feeling that it was sour and sad. When the wanderer pierced his abdomen, his body didn't seem to be so uncomfortable.
It shouldn't be, just a man. Have experienced all difficult things, can you care about such small things? She said to herself.
On the horizon, the brilliance of the setting sun slowly disappeared, and a strange smoke gradually rose there.
This kind of battle can only be raised when a large number of people approach from all sides.
There were rapid footsteps behind Chu Qianxun. She turned her head, and Ye Peitian flew out from the castle, grabbing her arm.
"It's too late, you come with me." The man seemed depressed and sad.
Chu Qianxun was so unknown that Ye Peitian ran all the way back to the castle.
The two returned to the castle hall, too late to catch their breath, Ye Peitian raised his hand, and the castle door slammed shut.
Inside the castle, grains of sand are rolling, and a wall of yellow sand rises up at all doors and windows at the same time. As all the vents were sealed, the light in the hall quickly went dark.
The ground began to shake slowly, and the entire castle was sinking.
The mountains shook and turned upside down,
Ye Peitian's gaze just stared at Chu Qianxun in front of him.
At this moment, Chu Qianxun suddenly understood, and understood the dissatisfaction and sadness in his eyes.
"Is there an enemy coming, what are you going to do?" She took Ye Peitian's arm.
The last ray of light from the tall windows is about to disappear.
Ye Peitian took out a small night light from his arms and turned it on. He pulled Chu Qianxun's hand down and carefully placed the lamp in Chu Qianxun's hand.
His low-hanging eyes lingered on the cheap plastic lamp for a moment, raised his hand, and the gravel on the wall separated, and he went out through it.
Chu Qianxun chased forward two steps, and the gap in the wall quickly closed in front of her eyes.
The ground under his feet shook more and more violently, and even produced a sense of weightlessness. Chu Qianxun knew that he was going deep into the ground with the entire castle.
I don't know how long it has been sinking, everything went silent, she could only hear the faint sound of the earth above her head.
There, a fierce desperate struggle is taking place.
But the whole castle she was in was quiet and stable, dark and dull. All the doors and windows were closed by yellow sand. It was deep underground, and the air could not support it for a long time.
Chu Qianxun held the slightly bright little lamp in his hand and walked forward touching the wall.
A circular hole appeared in the wall in front of me,
The small hole became bigger and bigger, gradually becoming a tunnel for one person to pass through, and the tunnel extended towards the endless darkness ahead.
Chu Qianxun knew that this was what Ye Peitian meant, and he told himself to walk along this tunnel.
The man fought many enemies on the ground, but was still distracted and let himself run away.