Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After Wu Xie had dinner, he thought that the day would be over. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the tent, he heard someone arguing outside.

Wu Xie turned his head to see what was going on.

"You have lived on the edge of the desert for many years, don't you know the laws of sandstorms? Did you bring us here on purpose today? You are trying to kill us for money!" A middle-aged man with a cockscomb haircut and a pointed face grabbed Zack by the collar.

"Sandstorms in the desert come and go at any time. There's no pattern to follow." Zack was annoyed by the man's words.

As the situation became more and more serious, Ah Ning also walked out of her tent, "Wu Laosi, what are you doing? Why don't you take a break now? Why don't you still have time to cause trouble here!"

"Sister Ning, it's because this kid is dishonest that he led us into this dangerous place. We lost a lot of manpower and supplies when we first arrived." Wu Laosi looked at Zack indignantly, and then looked at An Ning with a wronged look on his face.

"Okay. Anything can happen in this desert, just let him go." Aning knew that Zack might have his own ideas, but if they wanted to go to the Kingdom of Queen Mother of the West, they still had to rely on Dingzhu Zhuoma.

Ah Ning turned to look at Zach, "I hope there won't be a next time. After all, we are all people who live on the edge of a knife, and the total number of lives we have taken is more than your age. I hope you can be honest, otherwise I don't mind letting you, your grandmother, and your aunt die in the desert together."

Zack looked at An Ning's cold eyes, trembling with fear and nodding continuously.

Wu Laosi released the hand that was grabbing Zack's collar, snorted coldly, and left happily with An Ning.

The crowd watching the show didn't seem to be doing any good anymore, so they all dispersed.

The next morning, the camp was bustling again. As they had experienced a sandstorm yesterday and lost a lot of equipment, most of An Ning's people slept in their clothes, and they didn't set up many tents, so they packed up quickly.

Wu Xie was carried by Aning into her car, and the others also squeezed together and set off.

Near noon, under the leadership of Zack, everyone arrived at the outskirts of Devil City, not far from the Kingdom of Queen Mother of the West.

Hua Yu sat in the car and looked at the dilapidated so-called Devil City, then looked at the group of people camping outside, with indifference as if he was looking at a group of dead people.

Wu Xie was squatting in a corner, mumbling something, when he suddenly shouted, "Hurry up! There's a hand here!"

Aning rushed over with the team doctor and Wu Laosi and others.

Several people grabbed the hand and said, "It's Lao Gao!"

Aning saw the watch on the hand and recognized that it was one of their missing team members.

After Ah Ning and his men dug Lao Gao out, they were sent to the team doctor's tent for treatment. After a lot of tossing and turning, Lao Gao finally woke up.

"Lao Gao, do you know where Lao K, A-mi and Hulu are?" (I can't remember the names of the missing people, I just gave them randomly, don't mind it.) An Ning came to Lao Gao's bedside and asked about the whereabouts of the remaining people. "Also, how did you get to this ghost city from a hundred kilometers away?"

"Sister Ning, they entered the Devil City. I lost my way in the sandstorm and followed my book all the way here. Later, when the sandstorm was a little smaller, I saw the three of them walking straight towards there. No matter how I called them, they didn't respond." Lao Gao recalled with a weak voice.

Ah Ning's heart tightened when she saw Lao Gao's appearance. She turned to look at the team doctor beside her and asked anxiously, "How is Lao Gao?" The team doctor frowned and answered seriously, "Lao Gao has been buried for a long time, and he has traveled more than 100 kilometers and lacked water and food. It's already the limit for him to survive until we arrived."

Hearing this, An Ning couldn't help but feel sad. She knew that Lao Gao was a strong man, but the situation this time was too bad. She sighed helplessly and said, "I know, Lao Gao will definitely get through it." After that, An Ning was silent for a moment, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

However, as she turned to leave, she did not notice the subtle eye contact between the team doctor and Lao Gao.

After walking out of the tent, An Ning took a deep breath and calmed down. She realized that she had to take action as soon as possible to ensure Lao Gao's safety. So she picked up the radio and contacted the headquarters, reporting Lao Gao's condition in detail and requesting the headquarters to send more supplies and take Lao Gao back to the base for recuperation.

After hanging up the phone, An Ning stood there silently, looking at the desert in the distance, her heart full of worry. She didn't know whether Lao Gao could survive this crisis, nor did she know what was waiting for them in the future. But no matter what, she was determined to do her best to protect every team member and complete the mission.

Aning asked Wu Laosi to guard the camp well, especially to prevent Hei Xiazi from running away. Even if the person from the Xie family wanted to leave, they couldn't stop him.

"Wu Xie, come with me to find people. And you, Zack, I think you should know better than us what the situation is in this Devil City." Aning pointed at a few people, and took Zack and Wu Xie to go into the Devil City.

"I won't go in. The Devil City will eat people." Zack struggled desperately.

Finally, An Ning took Zack into the tent of Dingzhu Zhuoma. No one knew what An Ning said to Zack's grandmother. Zack finally followed An Ning into the Devil City unwillingly.

Finally, Xie Yuchen still remembered the tiny bit of affection they had as fellow Nine Sect members. He took out a signal gun and handed it to Wu Xie, saying, "Wu Xie, this is for you. If you are in danger, open it and we will come back to rescue you. Of course, that is, if you are still alive when we arrive."

Wu Xie was a little surprised. He didn't expect that in the end it was Xie Yuchen who was the most reliable and willing to help him because of their friendship.

Wu Xie looked at Xie Yuchen with tears in his eyes, his gratitude was beyond words.

Xie Yuchen felt uncomfortable being stared at by Wu Xie's big watery eyes, so he turned his head away and said stiffly: "I only did this for your second uncle's sake. After all, you are the only child of the Wu family. If I save your life, maybe I can make your second uncle owe me a favor."

Wu Xie nodded indifferently to show his understanding. Then he continued, "Xiaohua, I only know you here, so no matter what your reason for helping me is, I only trust you."

Xie Yuchen had not expected that Wu Xie had been raised so naively by the Wu family. According to his intelligence analysis, Wu Xie had been taken to several graves by his third uncle, and this man had a bit of an evil nature.

None of the tombs Wu Xie visited had survived intact; all were completely destroyed, making it impossible to excavate them a second time.

Xie Yuchen also couldn't understand why Wu Xie had visited so many large tombs and experienced dangers that those people who often visited tombs had never experienced, yet he was still so naive and childish, always believing that everyone in the world was a good person.

Xie Yuchen did not ask Wu Xie such a stupid question.

Wu Xie followed An Ning, Zack and his group into the Devil City.

At first, Wu Xie's voice could be heard from the communicator from time to time. Later, there was no sound, only bursts of cold and evil laughter and the harsh sound of nails scratching glass.