As the book continued, Xiong Xiaoguang walked for a while and suddenly stopped and turned to look at the desert behind him.

"What's wrong?" Liu Gang walked to him and looked at the empty desert in front of him.

Xiong Xiaoguang shook his head: "I don't know, I just had an inexplicable heart palpitations, as if something was going to happen."

"It's probably because you haven't eaten enough. No need to make a fuss. I'll cook you something delicious when we go into the mountains tomorrow." Liu Gang patted Xiong Xiaoguang on the shoulder and turned and walked forward.

Xiong Xiaoguang frowned and looked at the desert in front of him for a while, then shook his head and turned to follow the large group.

Although Xiong Xiaoguang kept telling himself along the way that it was just because he didn't have enough to eat, the uneasy feeling in his heart never subsided. Instead, it became stronger, as if something was getting closer and closer to him.

Xiong Xiaoguang turned his head subconsciously and saw long brown lines appearing in the desert not far away. Those long lines were quickly approaching the team.

"Run!" He realized the crisis, shouted quickly, and pulled the two team members who were also at the end of the team to run forward.

The others looked back subconsciously when they heard Xiong Xiaoguang's shout. Xie Gaoqiang's eyes sternly said: "Quickly, this is a desert woodworm!"

The others ran away, but Xie Gaoqiang took out his revolver and fired at the leading insect. The insect paused after being shot, and then accelerated towards Xie Gaoqiang.

"Stop shooting, this thing doesn't work on these things." Liu Meng heard the gunfire and turned around to find Xie Gaoqiang still standing there, and quickly ran back to pull Xie Gaoqiang away.

"You don't know, once this thing finds food, it will bite it and never give up. According to our speed, no one will be able to survive by then!" Xie Gaoqiang was dragged away by Liu Gang while running.

Trying to break away from Liu Gang's hand.

But Liu Gang's hand bit his arm like a pair of pliers. No matter how hard he tried, Liu Gang had no intention of letting go. Xie Gaoqiang looked at the revolver in his hand and gave up the idea he had just had.

Just like this, a group of people ran forward desperately, while the few desert woodworms behind them were chasing after them. However, there is an upper limit to human physical strength. After running a few miles, Xiong Xiaoguang was already breathing heavily, and his footsteps

It was also gradually filling up.

The two people who were pulled by him before saw that Xiong Xiaoguang was exhausted, so they picked up Xiong Xiaoguang without saying a word, gritted their teeth and continued to run forward.

"Let me down. If I can't survive, I won't hurt you anymore." Xiong Xiaoguang pushed the two of them hard, and they fell to the ground. Xiong Xiaoguang naturally fell to the ground as well.

Looking at the desert worm getting closer and closer to him, Xiong Xiaoguang smiled: "I have been timid all my life, but I didn't expect that I could be strong enough before death." As he said that, he gritted his teeth and stood up, walking in front of the two people.

, opened his hand to stop the desert woodworm.

The leading desert worm stopped and revealed its ugly head, with small eyes and a big mouth. When he opened his mouth, he could see a circle of yellowed fangs. In addition, Xiong Xiaoguang also smelled a foul odor.

.

Xiong Xiaoguang frowned: "I didn't expect you guys to have bad breath. I hope I won't be disgusted to death by you after I go in. Come on." As he said that, he closed his eyes and waited for the desert woodworm to eat him.

Just as the desert worm opened its big mouth and slowly approached him, the two men who had previously held Xiong Xiaoguang pulled out their close-fitting daggers and rushed over. Both daggers pierced the body of the leading worm.

The leader of the bugs began to writhe crazily in pain. Seeing that their leader was being attacked, the rest of the desert hill bugs all rushed up to surround the two people, opening their huge mouths and swallowing them whole.

After eating the two people, the group of desert worms ignored Xiong Xiaoguang who was standing by. Instead, they spit out their backpacks and left to protect their leader, leaving Xiong Xiaoguang standing there alone in a daze.

The people who ran far away breathed a sigh of relief when they turned around and didn't see the Desert Hill Worm chasing after them. But then they discovered that three people were missing, including Xiong Xiaoguang. Everyone's heart skipped a beat and they quickly turned around and went back to look for them.

Not long after leaving, everyone found Xiong Xiaoguang. At this time, Xiong Xiaoguang was slumped on the ground with his face covered in blood, repeating one sentence over and over again: "It's all because of me... It's all because of me.

.....”

"I don't blame you. They took the initiative to sacrifice themselves in exchange for our chance to survive. They are brave men and even heroes." Xie Gaoqiang glanced at the scene in front of him and roughly knew what had happened. He sat down next to Xiong Xiaoguang,

Patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.

Liu Gang held back his tears and nodded: "Yes, they are heroes, and we will remember them forever. Xiaoguang, your main task now is to find Liangzhou Ding, not to stop here."

Xiong Xiaoguang turned around and said to Liu Gang with red eyes: "After I go out, I will kill everything here. I don't want to see anyone die for no reason in this desert again."

"Okay, I promise you, I will help you when the time comes." Liu Gang said with a smile, but the tears he had just been holding back flowed down his cheeks because of this smile.

"Well, let's go." Xiong Xiaoguang nodded, stood up, picked up the backpacks of the two sacrificed members, put them on his back, turned around and walked forward.

Along the way, Xiong Xiaoguang changed his mind and stopped complaining about being hot and tired, and his eyes were firmer than before. During this period, Liu Gang offered to help him share the burden many times, but Xiong Xiaoguang decisively refused.

"After this incident, your Director Xiong has grown up. I believe he can become an excellent leader in the future." Xie Gaoqiang said, looking at Xiong Xiaoguang in front of him.

Liu Gang shook his head: "It's just that the price is too high. I would rather he not go through what he did before."

"You are out in the field. Are you sure that your brothers will not face life danger when they face those monsters and ghosts when they are performing tasks outside? Only after experiencing death can people learn to grow and dare to face cruelty.

Reality, this is a man's homework, he told us a man's responsibility." After saying that, Xie Gaoqiang patted Liu Gang on the shoulder.

"well."

........

After leaving the Queyu Tower, Li Minghao couldn't help but feel troubled when he saw a few people lying on the ground who were still unconscious. These people's souls were damaged and they passed out. If they woke up rashly, they might be stupid for the rest of their lives.

But if I don’t wake up, I may never wake up.

Just when he was in trouble, a wisp of green smoke floated out from the building. Li Minghao recognized this breath as Zhang Wuxie's.

Not long after that, Lu Ming climbed out along the ladder: "Minghao, what's wrong?"

"Elder brother, their souls have been damaged and have been unconscious. What should we do?" Li Minghao had no choice but to trouble Lu Ming again.

"Just use your Awakening Talisman." Lu Ming walked over and took a look at the situation of these people on the ground and said.

Li Minghao scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Um, senior brother, I have used up all the talisman papers before, and I don't have time to draw them recently, so I have to trouble you about this today."

Lu Ming laughed: "So that's it, just say no and it's over. Why go around in circles?"

As he spoke, Lu Ming stretched out his hand and tapped several people's foreheads. It didn't take long for these people to wake up one by one. When they saw Lu Ming, they all clasped their fists and saluted: "I've met Taoist Master Lu."

Ma Dong didn't know what these people meant, but when he saw what others were doing, he followed their example and gave Lu Ming the same gift.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "Okay, we are all old acquaintances, so we don't need to pay any courtesy. I mainly came here to eat today, and something happened here. Speaking of eating, I'm hungry, waiter.

Can I have a bowl of dandan noodles?"

"Okay, you guys go upstairs to Tianzihao, and I will cook for you." The waiter smiled and went into the kitchen to cook.

Several people came to sit in the Tianzi box upstairs. Li Minghao looked at Lin Tong, who had been unconscious in his arms, and asked worriedly: "Senior brother, why doesn't the child wake up?"

"What he did just now has a certain impact on his soul. It's not good to forcefully wake him up. Let him sleep for a while. After dinner, I can just hold him and walk away. It's not too heavy anyway." Lu Ming

He glanced at Lin Tong in Li Minghao's arms and said.

"Okay." Li Minghao sighed and said.

After eating, the senior brother carried Lin Tong and left, while Li Minghao and Ma Dong carried the victim to a nearby medical center for treatment.

After doing these things, Li Minghao walked out of the hospital and stretched: "This is the first time I have encountered such a simple thing. I suddenly feel so uncomfortable."

Ma Dong smiled and said in still fluent Chinese: "Isn't it a good thing that things go smoothly? If we really encounter a difficult case, wouldn't we not be able to go back tonight?"

Just as the two were about to drive back to the Forbidden City, a black car sped from a distance, stopped suddenly near them, opened the door, and a fat man in an apron hurried towards them.

After taking a closer look, it turned out to be Zhang Dudu, the director of the Weiyang branch. But what was he looking for? Could it be that something happened again?

"Zhang Dudu, if you don't make fried noodles, why are you here? Is it possible that someone you know is hospitalized in this hospital?" Li Minghao probably guessed what Zhang Dudu was here for, but he still asked him as a joke.

One sentence.

Zhang Dudu sighed: "What you're saying is that I'm not here to see any patient. There's another difficult case here. We can't solve it. It's just a coincidence that you're here, so I'll hurry up."

I’ve come to ask you for help.”

Li Minghao smiled: "Minister Zhang, it's very expensive for me to do things myself. Can you afford it?"

"I will pay no matter how much it costs, as long as you do this favor for me." Zhang Dudu thought for a while and gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, bring the file over and let me take a look." Li Minghao stretched out his hand and waved to Zhang Dudu.

Zhang Dudu handed the portfolio to Li Minghao: "Excuse me."

Li Minghao shook his head: "If you have money, it won't be a problem." As he said that, he opened the file bag and took out the information inside, but after a few glances, he frowned.

Ma Dong reached over and glanced at the words on it. Although he didn't understand much, he understood what was going on when he saw some of the words on it, and his brows wrinkled.

Zhang Dudu saw the expressions of the two of them, swallowed his saliva and said: "Well, what's going on with you two? Tell me, don't scare me."

Li Minghao raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Dudu: "This girl committed suicide. She deserves this kind of retribution. To be honest, I really don't want to take this job."

"Don't, it will be very difficult for me to do this." When Zhang Dudu heard this, he immediately panicked. If Li Minghao didn't do this, he really couldn't think of who to go to.

"Forget it, for the sake of asking me, I will help you, but I want the commission for this task and your money. You can write the report yourself." Li Minghao put the file back into the portfolio and threw it to

Asked Zhang Dudu, "Lead the way, I hope I can still have dinner."

"Okay, let's leave now." Zhang Dudu took the file, opened the car door and sat in the cab with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Li Minghao asked curiously.

"Take you there, I just took a ride."
Chapter completed!