Doomsday Code

Chapter 812 The Wind Rises

When Chen Cheng pushed the door open and went out, the wind had already started to blow outside.

Chen Cheng knew that this must be what they called the windy season.

Doyle followed Chen Cheng out. He changed into clean clothes, stretched out his hand to feel the air, and then looked at the horizon and said:

"It seems this is a lucky year. We still have a long time to wait for the wind to arrive."

Although he didn't know how Doyle calculated it, Chen Cheng knew that they had lived here for so long that they must have summed up some climate laws.

Doyle withdrew his hand, then smiled at Chen Cheng and said:

"Your Majesty, please follow me."

Chen Cheng looked at the dust rising in the sky, and then followed Doyle away.

He knew that it was impossible for Doyle and his companions to hide in these stone houses every year to avoid the wind and sand.

Because according to what they themselves said, when the windy season comes, sandworms will also come with it, and these stone houses obviously cannot withstand the attack of sandworms.

The situation was exactly as Chen Cheng expected. Doyle took him to a storm shelter in the city.

Rather than being a cave, this is actually a warehouse for storing stored materials left over from the construction of the desert city.

The defense level of the entire warehouse is very high. The walls, ceiling and ground are all engraved with dense runes, and there is also a magic circle that draws water from the air.

At this time, this place has become an important storage warehouse and storm shelter for Doyle and his men.

Of course, there are also urns of everyone’s ashes that can be collected.

Every year they send the oldest members of the team to act as observation posts and bait to attract the sandworms to various shelters.

However, because of the protection of the magic circle, these sandworms could not get in at all, and then they could shoot these sandworms and use them as their staple food for the next year.

As for the harvested grain, apart from the food left for planting, there was not much left. It was all treated as an extremely rare delicacy. Only when they could no longer eat the sandworms would they take out some rice to cook a bowl of porridge.

Listening to Doyle's explanation, Chen Cheng gained a new understanding of their perseverance and experiences.

Although their behavior was extremely foolish, this kind of foolish loyalty had a profound impact on him.

In them, Chen Cheng even saw the shadows of some of the most lovely people in his previous life.

Doyle sat on a stone bench and pointed to one of the urns.

"His name is Beimu Kes, and we all like to call him Beike. He is the legitimate son of the Beimu family of the East Sea in the far east of the empire. He accepted the empire's call to govern the vast desert in the far west and came to this far west despite his father's opposition.

He always liked to complain about how desolate this place was, and not at all as beautiful as the East China Sea where he grew up. He also kept saying that if he had known it would be so hard here, he would have listened to his father and stayed in the East China Sea to inherit the title.

But when faced with the final choice of whether to stay or leave, he actually chose to stay.

He said that although this place was desolate, one day he would build it into a place as beautiful as the East China Sea.

"How he died."

Chen Cheng asked.

"He was old and was chosen to be a lookout. During the escape, he died from a sandworm while trying to save a brother who was no longer able to move his legs."

Fritillaria's death was not at all spectacular, but when Chen Cheng heard this, he felt a lump in his heart for some reason.

Doyle pointed to the remaining urns and said:

“They are all similar. Aside from the heavy-duty prisoners, most of those who chose to stay are similar to Shell.

In the end, they didn’t die in the cause they wanted to build. Most of them waited, grew old, and finally became bait for the others to survive.”

The only thing Chen Cheng could do at this time was to bow to them.

"I'll take you all home."

Not long after leaving the shelter, Sheli and all the sentries retreated.

"Young Master Feng is already coming this way. There are indeed many giant sandworms in there."

"General, all the food has been collected."

At this time, the people who collected grain also came back to report.

Doyle looked up at the sky and then gave the order:

"Let everyone take their food and get into the storm shelter."

"Yes."

After the messenger left, Doyle said to Chen Cheng:

"Your Majesty, please come with me to the shelter. Those beasts have a very keen sense of smell."

However, Chen Cheng shook his head and said:

"I'm going down with Sheli. Maybe we'll come up after the wind dies down."

As the highest-ranking officer left here, Doyle certainly knew what was under the city. Since Chen Cheng came here to look for ancient relics, he did not stop him.

Doyle took out his general's order and handed it to Chen Cheng, saying:

"Your Majesty, if you take him, perhaps he can be of some help."

Chen Cheng took the token and nodded.

Then he took Sheli to the oasis in the center of the city.

Doyle watched the two men disappear in the wind and sand, silently praying for Chen Cheng in his heart, and then began to count the number of people to ensure that everyone had entered the storm shelter.

The strong wind came very quickly, and it only took a moment for the wind to turn from a small one to a strong one.

We arrived at the city center against the wind and sand, and waded through the muddy rice fields. At this time, there was not even a single straw of wheat to be seen.

We came to the center of the oasis, where there was a stone tablet recording the construction process of the desert city.

Chen Cheng took out his identity token from the space bag. Just like when the ruins in Nanmu Forest were opened before, Chen Cheng's identity information began to appear on the token.

At this time, Squidward also jumped out of the space pocket.

"This is the right place, kid. However, it looks like the ruins have been destroyed. If you want to get in, you may have to work hard."

Squidward said this, but in his heart he was wondering who had the ability to destroy the ruins here.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what to do."

Now Chen Cheng is standing here against the wind and sand, and his mouth is full of sand when he opens his mouth.

"It's very simple. Move this stone tablet away, and then take out the token that the little guy just gave you. That should be the key to open it."

When Chen Cheng heard the little guy mentioned, he didn't react yet, but when he heard him mention the token, he knew who he was talking about.

I originally wanted to complain about Squidward, but when I thought about the fact that this guy was an evil god who had lived for who knows how many years, I immediately gave up the idea.

He and Sheli worked together and only then were they able to move a hole in the stone tablet.

"Don't look at it, it's a star stone. This thing is notoriously heavy."

Squidward saw Chen Cheng looking at the stone tablet, and he explained.

"This thing is so heavy, so its defense must be very high."

Chen Cheng saw something good and wanted it again.

Although the significance of this stone tablet is very important, this desert city is already a thing of the past and they are all leaving, so naturally they have to pack up and take away everything that can be used.

The reason why Chen Cheng suddenly became obsessed with money was because he now had a heavier burden on his shoulders, and he also understood Huidun's mentality of wanting to make money crazily.

"Don't even think about it. He's just a stone pillar. He's useless."

Squidward's words shattered his fantasy again.