Chapter 45 Departure to the Sourceless Desert
Wuyuan Desert is about 50 kilometers away from Linyuan City.
It is impossible to take a taxi from the Beastmaster Association, and ordinary taxis will not be willing to go there.
On the outskirts of Linyuan City, close to the Wuyuan Desert, there is a stronghold of the Beast Masters Association, which is mainly used for rest and supplies by the Beast Masters who explore the wild.
The Beast Masters Association has a special bus going there.
Due to the large number of beast masters coming and going, this place gradually developed into a large-scale market.
Many beast masters will replenish supplies and sell materials in the market.
Li Qingzhou is in the market at the moment.
Low bungalows, street stalls everywhere, beast masters coming and going, and all kinds of hawking and shouting sounds.
So lively.
The market also provides rental services for various vehicles.
After all, the wilderness is vast, and some mission points are far away and difficult to reach without transportation.
Li Qingzhou walked to the door of a store that rents off-road vehicles.
He looked at the price list. The cheapest car cost 1,000 yuan an hour, and a deposit of 10,000 yuan was required first.
Leasing vehicles is indeed a hugely profitable industry.
"Hey, brother, where are you going?" A woman wearing a white sportswear and a baseball cap asked inside the store.
"Wuyuan Desert." Li Qingzhou replied with a smile.
"What a coincidence, I was there too. You must have taken over the task of cleaning up the sandworms," the woman said.
"Yes." Li Qingzhou nodded slightly.
"Me too, do you want to carpool? Renting it yourself is too expensive." The woman put her hand on Li Qingzhou's shoulder, looking familiar.
Li Qingzhou hesitated and did not agree immediately.
It's a chance encounter, and it's in the wilderness, so it's always right to be cautious.
"I'm also a member of the Beast Tamer Association, Jiang Wei. I just happened to meet you and invited you to carpool. There's no malice." Seeing Li Qingzhou's hesitant look, Jiang Wei immediately understood his concerns and hurriedly explained.
Jiang Wei had a bold smile on her face. She looked to be in her mid-twenties, with slightly dark skin, a pretty face, and a faint sense of heroism.
"Then let's carpool together. My name is Li Qingzhou." Li Qingzhou replied. He chose to trust the person in front of him. It was not polite to refuse others' kindness, and carpooling could indeed save a lot of money.
"Okay, together with you, there will be three of us. If we bring one more person, we can rent a car and set off." Jiang Wei said with a smile.
Under Jiang Wei's enthusiastic inquiry, she quickly pulled in another person, making up the four people who carpooled.
The fare was shared equally between the four of them, and they all had a common destination, the Wuyuan Desert.
The driver was a bald man, about forty years old, named Wu Bin.
The other one is tall and thin, about thirty years old, and his name is Wang Tuhu.
The four of them briefly introduced themselves in the car.
"What, you are still a student?" Wu Bin looked surprised.
When Li Qingzhou introduced himself, he said that he was a student of the No. 1 Beast Control Academy in Linyuan City, and everyone was surprised.
"You should be a trainee beast master!" Wang Tuhu looked at Li Qingzhou and said.
"Yes." Li Qingzhou replied.
"This task is too difficult for you. I advise you not to be brave." Wu Bin pondered for a moment and said. He is straightforward and says whatever comes to his mind.
The three of them are all professional beast masters, and their pet beasts are all at the lowest bronze level 8.
Students generally can't awaken the talent of beast control until they are 18 years old. After awakening, they can contract with pet beasts. Based on the time, Li Qingzhou should have contracted with pet beasts for less than two months.
In such a short period of time, the pet beast can only reach the level of Black Iron Level 9 at most.
I really don’t know if he’s out of his mind, or if he’s deliberately looking for excitement. The wild is not Linyuan City. There are ferocious beasts running rampant here. If you’re not careful, you may be injured or even die.
Although the level of ferocious beasts in the Wuyuan Desert is not high, there are still many bronze-level ferocious beasts, and there are even silver-level ferocious beasts.
"Little brother, there are many sandworms in the Wuyuan Desert with Bronze level strength. I advise you to go back the same way and change the mission!" Wang Tuhu also advised.
"I have no problem." Li Qingzhou said firmly. He knew that these people were trying to persuade him because of his consideration, and he was not angry.
"Oh, why are you two grown men, mother-in-law and mother-in-law, already in the car, and you let him go back on foot?" Jiang Wei said carelessly, "It's okay, sister will protect you!"
Jiang Wei said and put her hand on Li Qingzhou's shoulder again.
She has a bold personality, and her years of experience in outdoor adventures have made her more informal and fully confident in her own abilities.
"I do it for his own good. Although the task of cleaning up sandworms is not difficult, the risk of adventuring in the wild is still very high. If you are not careful, you will get injured." Wu Bin said while driving the vehicle on the road.
There is a scar on his face, which was left from a certain mission. In addition to this scar, there are many scars on his body, which are the most direct proof of the danger in the wild.
Years of exploring in the wild have made him more cautious. He has seen too many casualties, and he really can't bear to have a student kid get hurt.
"Yes, in field missions one has to act within one's capabilities and not be too aggressive. On my last mission, the two beast masters who were traveling with me were bitten by zombie bugs and are still lying in the hospital!" Wang Tuhu didn't give up either. , and continued to use examples around him to persuade Li Qingzhou.
"Thank you for your kindness. It's okay. I'm strong." Li Qingzhou replied with a smile.
"Alas, kid, why don't you listen to advice?" Wu Bin shook his head helplessly, "Since you insist on going, follow us closely when you get off the car, and don't act on your own."
"Follow me, I guarantee you'll be safe. I've done this mission several times and I'm very familiar with it." Jiang Wei laughed heartily.
Seeing that Li Qingzhou had made up his mind, the others stopped persuading him.
The vehicle sped along the road, with endless yellow sand on both sides.
After talking for a while, they arrived at the mission site in the Wuyuan Desert.
This was Li Qingzhou's first time setting foot in the desert.
The desert was flat and spread all the way to the horizon. At the junction of the sky and the earth, jagged sand dunes rose and fell. The golden sand danced with the wind and reflected each other. Strips of different shades of color ripples formed on the ground.
At a glance, it was monotonous yellow everywhere, without even a tree.
Everyone got off the car and stood in the gravel.
"Follow closely, don't get lost." Jiang Wei said, pulling Li Qingzhou with her hand.
Li Qingzhou didn't stand firmly, took a step back, and bumped into Jiang Wei. He felt a soft feeling on his back, and his face turned red.
He stood up quickly and took a step forward.
"Hahaha, the desert is not like the plain, stand still." Jiang Wei didn't care and laughed heartily.
