System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"Old man, you're still alive!"

"Hey, why are you running!"

"Stop right now, or I'll shoot!"

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out in the desert.

When Dilber heard the gunshot, he was startled. His body trembled and his legs went weak. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't lift his feet.

The fat man immediately rushed over and subdued him.

"You old fool, why are you running away when you see us!"

"Oh dear, I thought I saw a ghost!"

"Stop talking nonsense. Someone triggered the trap and we all fell down. How come you're the only one who's alright?"

"I... I went out to feed the camels, and when I returned to the house, you were all gone."

"Alright, Fatty, as long as he can continue to guide us into the depths of the desert, we won't make things difficult for him."

Zhang Hao and his team hadn't seen old man Dilber since they fell into the altar of the Gumo Kingdom. They originally thought he had died inside like the rest of the archaeological team. But when they came out, they found him leading a camel, preparing to escape, which led to the scene just now.

"It's not impossible for me to take you deep into the desert, but the archaeological team hasn't paid me the balance yet. If you agree to pay the balance, I'll agree to take you deep into the desert."

"Okay, how much of the final payment does the archaeological team still owe you?"

"Eight hundred thousand!"

"What? You old man, are you robbing me? Anyway, no one will know if you die in the desert. I think..."

Just as the fat man made a gesture to draw his gun, old man Dilber was startled and immediately shouted, "Eighty, eighty thousand! Any less than that won't be enough to cover my caravan's expenses!"

"Okay, I promise you."

……

Old man Dilber was both greedy and afraid of death. In the end, he agreed to take Zhang Hao and his group into the depths of the Badain Jaran Desert for 80,000 yuan.

This is the largest arid desert in the country, and Lop Nur, known as the "Sea of ​​Death," is also located within this desert.

It was a place where life had ceased, a place shrouded in mystery, a land with many unsolved legends.

The altar of the Gumo Kingdom is only on the outskirts of the desert, several days' journey from the depths of the desert.

Although the entire route was yellow desert, there were still some scattered plants on the outskirts. As we went deeper, the plants became shorter and shorter until they disappeared completely.

"Without that noisy archaeological team, our journey has been much more comfortable."

"Who can argue with that? I originally just wanted to hitch a ride with a desert guide, but I ended up with an adventure ahead of schedule."

"Professor Chen was quite cunning. He believed in that legend and even wanted to donate our hearts, but he ended up losing his own life."

……

Just as everyone was saying, Professor Chen was originally well-behaved, and Zhang Hao was able to ensure that everyone in the team was safe and sound.

Unexpectedly, he not only schemed against the entire archaeological team, but also tried to scheme against them.

However, in the end, it benefited Zhang Hao, granting him an immortal soul.

"Why, why did it suddenly stop?"

As Zhang Hao sat on the camel, lost in thought, the caravan suddenly stopped.

"There's danger ahead, and the camel refuses to move forward. There's nothing I can do."

Old man Dilber looked terrified, as if there was a deadly trap ahead of him.

"Isn't that just a desert ahead? There's nothing there, what danger could there be?"

The fat man glanced ahead a few times, but all he saw was yellow sand; there was no danger there.

"Fatty, animals have a much stronger sense of perception than humans. Many times, animals are the first to sense hidden dangers."

Unlike the fat man, Xie Xiaohua was not reckless. He rode his camel to the front of the group, but when the camel was alongside the guide Dilber, it refused to take another step forward.

At this moment, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a handful of iron bullets, and fired them into the open space in front of him.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A dozen or so iron pellets were fired, each one kicking up a cloud of fine sand as it landed in the desert.

One of the iron pellets seemed to have hit something, and with a "bang," bright red blood gushed out from under the sand.

There's something under the sand!

Jie Xiaohua dismounted from the camel and went forward, using an entrenching tool to dig through the sand, pulling out a strange snake that was entirely red and glowing with fire.

At this point, the snake's head had been smashed and its shape was no longer visible.

"careful!"

Just as Xie Xiaohua's attention was focused on the strange snake, a strange snake suddenly sprang out of the sand and bit his neck.

As soon as Zhang Hao spoke, he burst forward at top speed, his hand reaching out to block the path of the strange snake's attack.

The monstrous snake bit his arm, but then a "crack" sound was heard, followed by liquid flowing from the snake's mouth. It then fell to the ground, leaving two sharp fangs on his arm.

Zhang Hao grabbed the strange snake that had just fallen with a backhand.

The strange snake kept writhing, its strength was immense, and Zhang Hao felt that an ordinary person would not be able to catch it.

"Holy crap, why does this snake have a fleshy growth on its head?"

"Just like a rooster's comb, could it be the legendary pheasant's neck?!"

"I've heard that the pheasant's neck is extremely poisonous, causing death upon contact with blood, and that it can even mimic human speech."

"It seems the camel is afraid to move forward because of this pheasant's neck!"

Zhang Hao frowned as he looked at the pheasant neck in his hand.

As far as he knew, pheasant necks should only exist in tropical rainforests. This desert was extremely arid and showed no signs of life, so how could such a thing have grown there?

He emitted a peculiar sound wave towards a stretch of desert ahead, using his echolocation ability to probe the area beneath the sand.

After he received the reflected sound waves, the scene beneath the desert appeared in his mind.

It turns out there was an ancient well beneath the yellow sand, and water still flowed in it.

Those pheasants live in the ancient well, and some of them swim to the surface and bury themselves in the sand.

After figuring it out, Zhang Hao used all his strength to strangle the pheasant's neck.

He then commanded the system, "System, fuse the pheasant neck."

[Ding, command received. Initiating fusion now.]

As soon as the system notification sounded, the pheasant's neck transformed into a ball of red liquid that enveloped Zhang Hao, and then actively burrowed into his body.

After the body has absorbed all the red liquid, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding, congratulations host, 89th fusion completed. Fusion item: Pheasant neck.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing with the pheasant's neck and gaining the item trait: Onomatopoeia (can imitate the sounds of all things in the world).]

Surprisingly, the most impressive thing about the pheasant's neck is its onomatopoeia.

However, it's not hard to understand, since if they were to imitate someone's voice, even the person being imitated would hardly be able to tell.

The camels were reluctant to move forward because of the pheasants' necks hidden under the sand. Fortunately, they noticed in advance, preventing any harm to the team members.

Otherwise, if they suddenly dart out, there's no guarantee that someone won't get hurt.

Now that the cause has been identified, the solution is quite simple.

Zhang Hao could control all snakes. With a thought, all the pheasant necks in the sand returned to the ancient well, and then the camel continued to walk forward.

The team traveled in the desert for five days, and on the evening of the fifth day, they stopped again.

"Old man, what's wrong now?"

"We really can't go any further this time. Can you see that desert ahead?"

The fat man looked ahead and saw that after walking another hundred or two meters, the color of the desert completely changed. In front of him was a pure white desert, while the place where they were now was a yellow sand.

In the desert, two distinct areas, one yellow and one white, are clearly separated.

"The Desert of Death lies ahead; all life that enters it will perish!"