Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Sand, sand, sand everywhere.

They kept crawling in through various cracks, and Su Li felt as if countless ants were crawling all over her body.

Once inside the center of the quicksand, visibility was completely obscured by darkness, and nothing could be seen.

Su Li held Song Mingyu tightly, their bodies bound together by irregularly growing vines, tumbling and rolling in the sandstorm, like beads being polished by countless grains of sand in a ball mill.

Su Li's senses remained intact; he could feel the two of them being rapidly swallowed up into the deepest part of the desert.

Furthermore, the deeper they went, the stronger the cursed power contained within the surrounding sand became. The hardness of the surrounding sand also became increasingly absurd, and the grinding force became increasingly intense.

Fortunately, the specially made seeds that Song Mingyu threw out were infused with a sufficient amount of magical energy. These seeds were programmed to grow automatically, and would continue to grow as long as they received magical energy.

The vines were growing and becoming woody, and the sand was rubbing against them, creating a harsh sound.

"Alright!" Song Mingyu's slightly indifferent voice echoed in her mind. "Out of the curse's range."

Subsequently, a layer of light green magical energy surged from Song Mingyu's body, and this magical energy broke through a gray energy barrier on Song Mingyu's body.

The silence was broken.

Song Mingyu then placed her hand on Su Li's chest and infused it with her own magical energy. The converted magical energy successfully broke the silence surrounding Su Li.

Su Li was overjoyed, then asked in her mind: "[Can you help the other two groups?]"

"The distance is too far." Song Mingyu's answer was regrettable. "I can only sense their approximate location. I can't control them remotely."

Su Li sighed. But he wasn't too panicked.

Because this silence alone is not enough to wipe out the entire squad.

Sun Keke specializes in curses, so she can definitely break the curse, and Ivan, who is with her, can definitely remove it as well.

The group consisting of Sun Lili and Sophia can be neutralized by Sun Lili using her "I Think Power" or transforming to refresh her physical condition.

The reason it couldn't end just now was simply because it was still within the area of ​​silence caused by the curse. Even if the curse was lifted, it would be cast on again in the next second.

This is an extremely extravagant magical technique. It uses a large amount of magical energy to create a continuous casting area, constantly inflicting negative status effects on the enemy. To counter this attack, dispelling the curse is insufficient; corresponding resistance is required.

The sand was still 'swallowing' Su Li. They had been descending at high speed for a long time. Su Li tried to stop himself in the quicksand, but it was no use. Even if he froze the quicksand around his body with ice, the frozen sand was still too small for the entire quicksand field, and there was no way to stop.

Su Li can only protect Song Mingyu. The presence of quicksand indicates a loose sand structure beneath. Whether it's a cavity or groundwater, it's a good way for Su Li to escape the quicksand.

Finally, Zuli felt that the sand around her had become much softer.

He felt a sudden lightness in his body—

The friction sound stopped abruptly, and Su Li could feel the wind blowing on her body again.

We're out of the desert!

Su Li released a flame from her hand and pushed the vines, which had been rolling in the quicksand for too long and were now lying on their sides.

After adjusting her posture, Su Li looked up through the gaps in the vines and gazed around.

Looking around, it was an underground cave. The entire cave reminded Su Li of the skeletal cave in the gel world she had visited before.

Numerous stone pillars rise from the ground, connecting to the top of the cave hundreds of meters high, like the skeletons of countless giants.

Zurich couldn't see the end of the cave, but the chaotic winds of about level 3 within it indicated that it was a very large place.

The entire cave was bathed in a golden-red glow, the source of which was the lava river flowing quietly on the ground like a stream. Perhaps it was the heat of this lava that made the place so windy.

The vines disintegrated in mid-air, and Su Li, carrying Song Mingyu in a princess carry, fell from the sky.

The disintegrated and withered vines fell to the side and spontaneously combusted within seconds.

“The temperature is so high.” Su Li put Song Mingyu down. “The fire element is very concentrated. This should be the source of the fire element field that covers the entire design.”

Zuli herself has high fire resistance, so this temperature is acceptable.

After Song Mingyu finally felt relieved, she said, "Phew, I always feel uneasy when I'm not touching the ground."

"Haha, after all, you were once a tree," Su Li laughed and responded loudly.

It's no wonder Su Li is so loud; once she got down there, she realized how noisy it was.

The wind carried a piercing whistle and a deep hum.

After making a few jokes, Su Li began to survey her surroundings.

Huge rock pillars surrounded him. Su Li walked up to one of them and looked it over. "Severe signs of wind erosion. It seems this place has been here for a long time."

Song Mingyu was more interested in the sand falling behind her. She picked up a handful of sand and examined the magical energy inside.

"How was it?" Su Li walked over to Song Mingyu. "Any discoveries?"

"Yes, this is sand from the bottom layer of the desert. The curse power contained within this sand is even stronger. After the curse power gathers, its characteristics become more pronounced, which is helpful for our research into countermeasures. In addition, I have a guess: the curse power at the bottom layer of this desert is stronger. Does this mean that the source of the curse is underground?"

“Possibly,” Su Li nodded in agreement. “But let’s put that aside for now. We need to find our lost teammates and our train first.”

Thinking about this, Su Li felt a terrible headache coming on. Fortunately, her teammates were alright. Su Li had just checked the manual and their avatars were all lit up, which meant that everyone was still alive. Quicksand was not something that could kill everyone.

But the train is different. How could mere special steel possibly withstand Zurich's body, which has been tempered and refined through countless trials?

Zuli is now afraid that his car will turn into a Syrian wind again.

Moreover, the train was stuck in the desert and was not easy to find.

“We might try using local monsters to find the train,” Song Mingyu suggested. “But I’m more concerned about what will happen to the curse outside if we lose the train and have to live outside forever.”

Elemental erosion isn't a problem; even if they run out of medicine, they can trade more from the Earth civilization using the manual. However, with the curse accumulating, without a good solution, they risk turning into mummies over time.

“It’s so hot here, it’s hard to find a desert holy spring.” Su Li sighed. “Let’s study as we go. You keep an eye on things, I’ll take care of the guards. We’ll try to alleviate the curse while looking for teammates.”