The girl in thin summer clothes and a sheer veil carried a massive sword case on her back. Her leather shoes stepped across the snow-white water surface as she raised her head to look at the blizzard blotting out the sky.
"Miss Lin, the compass and satellite positioning have both failed. Even the Satellite Phone has no signal here," said a dark-skinned man wrapped in a headscarf beside her hoarsely. "We're trapped here."
Several other dark-skinned figures followed behind the man. They wore simple, lightweight clothing and carried packs with large water bottles.
A thin layer of ice had formed around the edges of those water bottles.
"It's already colder here than the Arctic. We'll freeze to death soon, won't we?" he could not help continuing.
"Don't worry. God will guide us forward."
The girl lowered her head, glanced around, and walked toward the area where the blizzard was weakest.
The remaining figures exchanged glances, then ultimately chose to follow her.
Crack—
At that moment, a crisp sound seemed to come from beneath the ice and snow under their feet.
A massive shadow rose from the ground behind them.
The speeding train entered the void.
Puff—
He Ao's feet stepped into soft, fine sand.
He raised his head and looked at the densely packed crescent-shaped dunes around him.
Scorching sunlight poured down from the sky, burning against his skin.
A faintly cold wind swept over the grains of sand and brushed across his face.
This was the largest desert in the entire Main World.
This desert belonged neither to Central Land nor West Land. It lay between Central Land and West Land, in the tropics.
Yet beneath this blazing sunlight and within this arid environment, He Ao could still feel a slight chill.
He walked forward and looked ahead.