Chu Tian saw his half-dead appearance.
He didn't hold back, "Yo... aren't you supposed to have tuberculosis?"
"Why, did you cough out your lungs?"
"Tuberculosis is contagious... you, you, you... get away from him quickly!"
Chu Tian pointed at the elders standing beside Tu Gang.
They naturally had no idea what tuberculosis was.
Someone moved their lips, wanting to speak, but held back.
"Little beast, who exactly are you?"
"What is your purpose in feigning closeness to my clan?"
Tu Gang, slumped on the ground, looked at Chu Tian, grinding his teeth.
At this moment, he began to suspect that Chu Tian's approach to them was not pure.
As soon as he said this, the elders beside Tu Gang were startled and, seeing his gaze, became somewhat unfriendly.
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Their bodies, slick with grease, would spontaneously combust upon encountering fire.
Although they had obvious weaknesses, they were still top predators in the desert.
Furthermore, they were extremely vengeful; if one sandworm was killed, countless others would swarm in.
One would chase it to death and devour its body.
Or use its corpse to nurture its eggs.
Humans on the Sea of Death knew about these creatures, and they were utterly useless.
Their flesh was foul-smelling and contained numerous parasites, making it inedible.
These things looked like oversized maggots.
Covered in folds, yellowish-brown.
Perhaps desert creatures were all this color.
But these were not their terrifying aspects.
The most terrifying thing was that they would lay their young inside humans they came into contact with.
How they managed to get the eggs into human bodies was unknown.
Most people believed it was the air.
Therefore, everyone with a modicum of sense in the entire camp was now wearing a face covering.
Old Yang and the mother-daughter pair, Dian Dian, were doing just that.
Meanwhile, Chu Tian had just retrieved a leather item from the foot of Tu Gang's bed.
[Ding... System prompt: Item acquired: Blood Clan Secret Map Fragment x1.]
With the system notification, Chu Tian was too lazy to open it.
Clutching it, he turned around. Old Yang rushed in at that moment.
"Chu Tian... hurry and go! The Tu Clan is finished..."
As he spoke, he saw what Chu Tian was holding.
"Blood Clan Secret Map... you..."
Old Yang suddenly had a look of realization.
Just as Chu Tian was about to explain, he heard him say,
"I thought it was lost before I fainted, but it was hidden by Tu Gang!"
He said something inexplicable.
Chu Tian was stunned, but Old Yang urged him again, "Hurry and go..."
As he spoke, he retreated outside the tent.
Chu Tian hesitated, carefully pondering his words.
He vaguely grasped some things.
Suddenly, the tent was violently impacted.
He dared not linger and rushed out of the tent.
Just then, a colossal sandworm opened its giant maw and lunged into the air.
Its maw, the size of a water vat, was lined with layer upon layer of… dense teeth.
It lunged towards Chu Tian's location.
Seeing this, Chu Tian felt an overwhelming sense of disgust.
He thought, thankfully, he didn't have trypophobia.
Otherwise, seeing its mouth, he'd probably be so scared his legs would go weak and he couldn't move.
[Ding... System prompt: Lethal microorganisms detected in the air, you have been infected!]
What the heck? Microorganisms?
Chu Tian's heart pounded. He had been infected?
What should he do?
"Chu Tian, over here!"
Old Yang's voice called out.
As he looked, he saw Old Yang turning and shouting to him.
While fighting, he was rushing towards the camp's gate.
Beside him were Dian Dian and her mother.
Seeing the three of them wearing face coverings, Chu Tian knew they likely understood these creatures.
He quickly rummaged through his spatial storage for masks.
He put them over his mouth and nose.
Reducing the infection, even slightly, was good.
Having done so, he increased his speed and caught up with Old Yang.
Following him, he protected Dian Dian and her mother.
Contending against the boundless army of sandworms, of various sizes.