Sand Sea Planet was growing hotter and hotter.
It hadn't rained here in three months.
It reminded Chu Mu of his time on Deep Blue Star, where there had also been a prolonged drought.
Still, Deep Blue Star had at least had a bank of dark clouds. Sand Sea Planet's skies were clear for miles.
Although vegetation flourished here, the prolonged dryness had left the weeds and leaves on the ground so dehydrated that they crumbled at a light pinch.
Fortunately, the groundwater reserves here were extremely abundant, so the people faced no immediate water shortage.
The time came for the pilgrimage ceremony to begin.
Over a million people had gathered near the Ancestor Tree, but despite days of asking around, Chu Mu still had no news of Kafka or Silver Wolf.
He planned to head to the northern hemisphere after attending the ceremony.
Most importantly, he would shake off Sampo!
Beneath the Ancestor Tree, over a million people stood packed together, filling an area several kilometers across.
The representatives of the various tribes stood in the middle, surrounded by the crowd beneath the Ancestor Tree's canopy.
The guards stood watch around the Ancestor Tree's perimeter, spears in hand.
The representatives were all dressed in white and stood there obediently.
No one panicked, no one made a scene, and there wasn't even a whisper.
Except from Sampo.
He muttered under his breath:
"Damn, why are these people all like robots? They just organized a million people like that? Does that make any sense?"
"Keeping your mouth shut for a minute won't kill you," Chu Mu scolded.
"Boss, I've got a bad feeling about this," Sampo muttered uneasily.
"Just shut up!" Chu Mu's face darkened.
Now something was definitely going to happen!
Just then, a rustling came from overhead.
Slender