Across the Sky From the Stop of Time

"Fatty, if you want to go out, go out yourself." Hao Shuai gave Fatty Wang a white look, and said, "If you go out, you will definitely die. If you don't go out, you may not die. You can choose yourself!"

"Aren't I worried about the desert army ants?" Fatty Wang laughed.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't dig the sand to disturb them, they won't come out now. After all, ants can sense the black sandstorm outside and know that it's dangerous to come out." Hao Shuai comforted the frightened crowd.

The reason why Hao Shuai told them the situation here was mainly because he was afraid that Professor Chen and other archaeologists would dig the stone sculpture like in the plot when Hao Shuai was asleep.

Although Hao Shuai has an invincible golden body and is not afraid of the desert army ants, he really doesn't want to wake up with ants all over his body.

"Okay, everyone go to rest, we will retreat as soon as the black sandstorm stops." Hao Shuai saw that the faces of the people were no longer so scared, so he asked them to go to rest early.

After they all lay down, Hao Shuai pulled Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang over, and the three of them came to the corner and said, "Old Hu, Fatty, the three of us will take turns to be on duty tonight. First, be careful not to cover the hole with sand." The second is to prevent those archaeological teammates from digging indiscriminately and provoke the desert marching ants."

"Understood."*2

After that, the three of Hao Shuai decided on the order of duty, Hao Shuai first, Hu Bayi in the middle, and Fatty Wang last.

After the decision was made, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang went to bed first, while Hao Shuai sat cross-legged by the campfire to cultivate his mana.

It stands to reason that there should be no spiritual energy in the Dharma-ending Age, but perhaps because of supernatural phenomena in this world, Hao Shuai can still sense a trace of spiritual energy.

Soon, a few hours passed. Hao Shuai woke up Hu Bayi, who took over, and got into his sleeping bag to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Hao Shuai vaguely heard the voices of Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang chatting, thinking that they were still the same as in the plot, staying up in the middle of the night talking about life and ideals.

This made Hao Shuai wonder: Shirley Yang went to Hu Bayi instead of chatting with him? Could it be that he is not handsome enough or strong enough?

Hao Shuai fell into self-doubt, and then there was no more. Anyway, he had no interest in Shirley Yang, so he turned over and continued to sleep.

In fact, it's not that Shirley Yang never thought about chatting with Hao Shuai, but when she thought of Hao Shuai's elusive behavior and strange abilities, out of fear of the unknown, she gave up decisively.

When Hao Shuai woke up, it was already six o'clock the next day.

The sandstorm outside has been blowing all night without stopping, but the wind is much weaker than before. It seems that this devilish sandstorm is finally coming to an end.

Hao Shuai knew that as soon as the black sandstorm was over, it was the time when the desert army ants came out to forage, so Hao Shuai woke up everyone in order to be in a hurry.

The people didn't wash up after getting up, they directly heated up the mutton soup from last night, and solved the breakfast problem with jerky and dry food. After that, they packed up their things, sat and chatted, and ran away when the black sandstorm was over.

This wait lasted for more than three hours, and the black sandstorm gradually weakened after nine o'clock in the morning.

"Look, there are ants here." Fatty Wang, who was bored counting ants, really found an ant on the sand.

Everyone searched for the reputation, and saw under Fatty Wang's feet, a red ant with a black body, a blood-red tail, and the size of a knuckle. It was the desert marching ant that Hao Shuai had mentioned.

Hao Shuai, who originally wanted to wait for the black sandstorm to calm down before setting off, immediately shouted: "Go, the desert marching ants know that the black sandstorm is about to stop, and are starting to come out to look for food."

After hearing Hao Shuai's words, everyone's face changed drastically, and they ran out with their luggage.

Fortunately, due to adequate preparations, the group quickly left the temporary shelter before the large army of desert marching ants came out.

When everyone left the dilapidated house, they found that most of the ruins of this ancient city had been buried in the yellow sand. Maybe after one or two big sandstorms, this unknown ancient city would be completely buried in the desert!

But now everyone can't care about feeling these things anymore. Under the leadership of Hu Bayi, a group of people hurriedly climbed onto the camel, and then quickly ran to the distance under the guidance of An Liman. Now only Hao Shuai is left alone. Standing alone.

Everyone was no stranger to Hao Shuai staying alone. They knew that he was capable and strong, and no one was worried about his safety.

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At this time, Hao Shuai, who was standing alone in the desert, didn't care about Hu Bayi's itinerary. He was trying his best to sense the situation in the desert.

It's a pity that Hao Shuai's telekinesis can't penetrate objects, and he hasn't cultivated spiritual consciousness yet, so he can't detect the situation underground. He can only vaguely perceive that there are countless things surging underground, ready to break through the ground at any time.

Suddenly, more than a dozen large holes popped up on the sand surface, and countless desert army ants spewed out like a fountain, densely packed, making people's scalp tense. When people with trypophobia saw this, they probably had symptoms on the spot.

In just a short while, the desert army ants had densely covered the entire ruins of the ancient city, and many animals escaped from the sandstorm ran out of those dilapidated houses, such wild animals as gazelle, wild camel, wild wolf, and gerbil all ran for their lives in panic.

Some animals ran a little slower, and were immediately covered by the tide of desert army ants, and were gnawed into skeletons almost in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, Hao Shuai was already ten centimeters away from the ground with his thoughts, successfully avoiding the erosion of the ants, but the curious Hao Shuai still bent down and put his right hand into the ant pile.

In an instant, the right hand was covered with hundreds of marching ants. Hao Shuai only felt the feeling of ants crawling over his right hand, but there was no feeling of ants gnawing or formic acid corrosion.

It seems that his invincible golden body is still very powerful! Even the desert army ants couldn't bite through their own skin, and when they vomited forcefully, they killed all the ants on their right hand!

At this time, Hao Shuai sensed that something big was coming out from behind a broken wall. Sure enough, a lamb-like desert army ant crashed into the broken wall and got out after a while.

Such a big body, with six pairs of transparent large wings, should be the queen ant who comes out to let the wind out and supplement nutrition by the way.

Seeing that his target finally appeared, Hao Shuai didn't hesitate, and directly controlled the ant queen in mid-air with his mind, and then flew towards the direction where Hu Bayi and the others disappeared.

The desert army ants on the ground suddenly fell into chaos because of the disappearance of the queen, as if the headquarters of an army had been taken away.

When Hu Bayi and the others saw Hao Shuai running fast to catch up with them, they were not surprised, but they were all interested in the ant queen killed by Hao Shuai.

After all, it was the first time they had seen ants the size of lambs when they grew up so big.

"When we get to Xiye Ancient City, I'll roast ants for you to eat and supplement your protein." Hao Shuai got on his camel and tied the queen of ants to the hump.

"Hao Daoist, are these ants still edible?" asked the curious baby Sa Dipeng.

"Don't you guys know this? This ant is a treasure trove of micro-animal nutrition. It contains essential trace elements, amino acids and multi-vitamins. It can also cure a variety of diseases, and can effectively increase appetite, help sleep, relieve fatigue, and improve blood circulation. Spirituality, strength, beauty, strong muscles and bones, anti-aging, life extension, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure!"

Hao Shuai's science popularization made everyone suddenly have a meal.