Unfortunately, Chu Xiang's wish was not realized because Huaguo Valley was protected by a protective shield. However, only the roofs of a few buildings were left in the Taihua base. Hundreds of civilians stood on the sand and sobbed. The homes they finally built were gone, and more civilians who had lost their loved ones were digging down frantically. I hope to rescue the missing people buried under the sand, but it's just that so much time has passed, and the sandstorm is not an earthquake, it will fill any air intake channel. The people below would have been suffocated to death even if they weren't crushed to death, so Chu Xiang didn't mind his own business and stepped forward to help. Li Taihua had learned through the observation port that the storm had passed, and he took his people back to the ground. When he saw that his base was destroyed, Li Taihua burst into tears. Yesterday, the Internet received news that a small paradise-like base was discovered nearby. Before Li Taihua could make a decision, a sandstorm came. Now that his home was destroyed, it seemed that he should go and see the situation of that base. If he was lucky enough to survive the sandstorm. That will be Li Taihua's future refuge. Chu Xiang felt bad when he saw Li Taihua organizing the people. Sure enough, their team was heading towards the Flower and Fruit Valley. Chu Xiang was extremely angry for a while. Controlling the thin clouds in the sky, he created several strings of thunder. Thunder and lightning exploded in Li Taihua's team. Several evolvers were seriously injured, and Li Taihua's team had to stop. Angry, Li Taihua pointed at the sky and yelled: "God, you want to force us to death? If you have the ability, you can chop me down too!" Li Taihua didn't do it at all! Thinking that someone was causing trouble behind his back, just as he finished speaking, a thunder struck. Li Taihua couldn't dodge, and his body suddenly caught fire. Fortunately, he reacted in time and rolled on the sand. Even so, his hair and eyebrows were burned off, and his whole person turned into black coal. When the two evolutions saw Li Taihua, they still Standing dumbly, they jumped up and threw Li Taihua down, "The city lord is in bed!" Wow, there was another thunder, this time thanks to the rescue by his subordinates, otherwise Li Taihua would have been stunned. He shouted: "Retreat! Go back, go back quickly." Li Taihua has very little strength left. If he marches by force, who knows whether the entire army will be annihilated. Returning to Huaguo Valley, he stood on the sand dune and looked at a little green in the deep valley. Chu Xiang was a little confused. He was not afraid of anyone trying to take advantage of Huaguo Valley. Although the Terminators had retreated, the skills of Chu Xiang and others had not deteriorated at all. Those who dare to cause trouble will never come back, but the energy of Chu Xiang and others cannot stop the invasion of nature. If there is another sandstorm, this oasis will be swallowed up, and now it has become a giant sand pit. It would take at least a month or two to clear the surrounding sand, and this would also require ensuring that there would be no more storms. "Plant trees, this is our only way to defend against sandstorms." Chu Xiang suddenly said to the people around him, Zhang Jingyao said: "Plant trees?" Have we found a tree species that can grow in the current hot sun? In addition, what is the water volume of our water vein? Will it be able to maintain the moisture the tree will need in the future? Otherwise, the trees will die sooner or later. Chu Xiang said: "It depends on the step you plant. If there are several windbreak sands around here, it will no longer pose a threat to the valley." Bai Xiaowei said: "I will get the tree seeds as soon as possible, and finally It's a multi-purpose thing. It can prevent sandstorms and produce fruits for us to eat. Li Taihua led his surviving subordinates back to rebuild the base. Chu Xiang was not idle either. Bai Xiaowei put aside other matters at hand. Chu Xiang selected several tree species collected by Chu Xiang. He used his own energy to grow the tree species into large trees. After being placed in the outside world to adapt to the environment, the survivors were cross-grafted and reproduced when they produced seeds or could be grafted again. There was a forest in the world, but they were all too short, the largest one was no more than two meters. Chu Xiang cut down the young branches of several trees and grafted them on new tree species, and said to Bai Xiaowei: "It is lack of water. Is it because they don't grow taller? If this is the case, it will be difficult to block the wind and sand. Bai Xiaowei said: "Select slowly. Anyway, you can use energy to spawn them. We will continue to select the tallest among them and reproduce them from generation to generation. One day, tall trees will appear." Chu Xiang is worried. Looking at the sky: "I'm afraid it won't give me time. Since the sandstorm that day, there have been two more small sandstorms. Although it has not had much impact on the environment, it shows that the frequent sandstorm period is coming. Human beings cannot quickly come up with solutions sooner or later." The last settlement was abandoned. Li Taihua was making a painful decision. Although the two recent small sandstorms had no impact on Huaguo Valley, they had a great impact on the Taihua base. The silt cleared out by all the hard work. The sand has been backfilled into the base. If sandstorms become more frequent in the future, there will be no need for this base to exist. Although there is a well with sufficient water in the base, people cannot survive by drinking water alone. You have to make a decision whether to go or stay. If so, Li Taihua has two options. One is to forcibly capture Huaguo Valley and set it as the new site of Taihua Base. This will save most of the effort for the construction of Taihua Base, and it may even cost nothing at all. You can use your strength to occupy a good base rich in resources; the other way is to leave this place and find a better place.?A place to jointly build a base. A group of subordinates encouraged Li Taihua and said: "City Lord, it is too difficult for us to find a base again. It is better to capture the Flower and Fruit Valley. Everything there is ready-made and there is no shortage of energy. It is most suitable for the requirements of the new base. " Li Taihua said: "But Have you ever thought about it? They can build such a huge project under our eyes. These people should not be simple. It would be bad if the chicken is not successful and a handful of rice is lost. Someone cheered Li Taihua and said: "City Lord, you can't be afraid of the wolf before doing anything, as long as you are afraid of the tiger later." Once you have determined your goal, go for it boldly, otherwise, even if there is hope, Li Taihua gritted his teeth: "Okay, let's gather our troops and set off for Huaguo Mountain! " Chu Xiang has used the fast-growing method to grow a three-meter-high tree. It also bears apples and pears as big as a human head. However, the taste is very bitter. Most people are not used to the taste. We can only hope that it will gradually improve in the future. However, the height of this kind of tree still does not meet Chu Xiang's requirements, but Bai Xiaowei thinks that this height is enough for a sand-fixing windbreak. If it is higher, it may be broken in strong winds, but the location of the Flower and Fruit Valley is not suitable for long-term use. The reason is that the terrain here is low-lying. Even if the windbreak forest is circled around the base for more than ten or twenty times, it will not be able to prevent the sand from accumulating on the outside of the valley. In the end, sand mountains will form, exerting unstoppable pressure on the valley. After dinner, Chu Xiang held a simple discussion. Everyone needed to decide whether to stay or go. After explaining the current difficulties, Chu Xiang fell silent. Wang Shaohui said without even thinking about it: "Captain Chu, we all heard about this. Yours, your decision is our decision, no need to ask for any advice. " Xiaosi said: "Yes, brother, you are our backbone, you have made the decision. " Chu Xiang looked at Bai Xiaowei. Bai Xiaowei stood up and said: "Although Huaguo Valley is good, it is too weak in preventing sandstorms. The main reason is that the terrain here is low and the surrounding sand gathers here with the wind. You must have seen the sand mountains piled up to more than ten meters outside the valley. If the protective shield cannot stop them, they will collapse and the place will be flooded. Therefore, the location of our new base must be high. But you also need to ensure that there is sufficient water. If you find such a suitable location, my opinion is to move immediately. " Zhang Jingyao said to Xiaosi: Sister Xiaosi. You have a lot of troops at your disposal, so this will take a lot of effort." Xiaosi said: "Of course, no problem. I will send out a notice immediately to let the surrounding zombies and crawlers take care of them." This standard is looking for. "Li Taihua's troops are approaching Huaguo Mountain. The leading soldiers exploring the road ahead suddenly reported that there were zombies, and Li Taihua immediately ordered the troops to hide in nearby sand piles. I saw groups of zombies and crawlers coming from near Huaguo Mountain. Li Taihua and several experts were lying in a sand ditch. He whispered: "What's going on? Could it be that Huaguo Mountain has been captured by zombies?" ? But the zombies and humans have been living in peace for the past few years. The evolver next to him said: "Ignore it, let's go around it, maybe we can pick it up." Chu Xiang, Liang Tian, ??Zhang Yan and others stood outside the valley. The sand must be cleared away in time. Otherwise one day there will be another storm and they will be blown down. If there is no time to raise the protective shield, the entire base will be submerged. And if the protective shield is opened for a long time, it will not last long with the strength of the fat zombies, although it is said that forces have been sent to find a new base. , but the construction of the new base takes time, so the safety work in Huaguo Valley still cannot be relaxed, and the sand piles must be cleared. Zhang Yan said: "Based on my energy calculation, I can only clear one direction today." Chu Xiang looked at Tiandao: "Okay, it seems that there may not be strong winds in the past two days. Let's do it little by little and try to throw the sand as far away as possible. , and don¡¯t affect the Taihua East Base. Zhang Yan nodded and started to activate the storm energy. There was a strong wind around him, but this wind only acted in one place. The sand was sucked up by the stronger and stronger wind. Then it was thrown three kilometers away, and no one was so angry that it turned out to be the hiding place of Li Taihua and others. Li Taihua and others were stunned, and finally someone shouted: "Sandstorm!" Run! " Puff, puff, piles of sand fell from the sky. Li Taihua was beaten so disgraced that he couldn't open his eyes at all. Fortunately, these people all walked into the Transformers. They quickly retreated, and everything was peaceful within two kilometers. There were still grains of sand rolling ahead, but there seemed to be no movement around. Someone said in surprise: "Hey, what's going on?" It seems that there are no storms elsewhere, so should we be unlucky? " Li Taihua took off his hat and found a pile of yellow sand. He said angrily: "It's been really bad lately. Such local small storms will fall on us. It seems that we can only wait until the storm stops. " But what Li Taihua didn't expect was that he had already exited the storm attack range, but suddenly the storm that had been hovering behind him quickly hit this side. Before the troops could retreat, more than a dozen people were buried in it. After they were pulled out, they were already Someone is injured??This is not because Chu Xiang discovered them, but because Zhang Yan was afraid that a large amount of sand would still be dangerous if piled together, so he expanded the scope of the sand blowing. As a result, Li Taihua and others were affected again. Li Taihua was so unlucky. . The storm lasted for nearly an hour. Li Taihua had no choice but to retreat step by step, and finally he had to make a decision to withdraw to Taihua Base. As for robbing the Flower and Fruit Valley, we can only leave it at that. Li Taihua began to wonder if God was protecting that base, otherwise something would happen every time he tried to attack that base. It seemed that finding other more suitable settlements was the best option. Chu Xiang did not set up scouts around the base, so Chu Xiang did not know about the accident caused to Li Taihua by moving the sand this time. It took three days to stop the sand around the base. Cut off a section, and several types of fruit trees that were adaptively planted during these three days showed a good momentum. Chu Xiang now hopes that the zombies can find a base that is more suitable for development. Don't expect to have anything else to do before this news is sent back. That night, Chu Xiang slept soundly. Suddenly someone whispered in his ear, and Chu Xiang jumped up: "What's wrong?" Xiaosi was standing at the bedside with a smile on her face, while Fang Yuhui, who was sleeping with Chu Xiang tonight, was hugging the quilt and laughing. , the temperature during the day is frighteningly high, but it is so cold at night. The temperature of the sand will rise again after waiting for "Shuangyou", which is typical of holding the stove and eating watermelon. "Brother, I received news from a creeper that there is a place that may be suitable for us to build a new base." " Chu Xiang has been waiting for this for the past few days, so he was overjoyed when he heard it: "Let's go and take a look right away. " Xiaosi lay on Chu Xiang's back to guide the way. Chu Xiang flapped his bone wings and started flying at high speed. A few hours later, he arrived in the Qinling Mountains. The lush Qinling Mountains in the past were now unrecognizable. Apart from the towering exposed rocks, there was only sand. The yellow sand covered almost half of the sight. There was not even a small spring in the Qinling Mountains that was once a watershed! Xiaosi directed Chu Xiang's flight direction, and soon the two landed at the intersection of three mountain ranges. These three mountain ranges are two long and one short. Strictly speaking, they do not intersect. They are two parallel and one of them is really curved at a certain section. It is just that the opening of the curve is in the same direction as the two mountains, but the opening is like A small ridge branched off by accident, and then disappeared after running parallel to the other two mountains for more than ten kilometers. There were three exits in the gap between the three mountains, one in the back and two in the front. The exit was not very wide, about three hundred meters. In the middle is a basin filled with yellow sand, with a total area estimated to be nearly 10,000 acres. Because the three mountain ranges are extremely tall, the sand outside will not flood into the small basin even if it accumulates for a few more years. The height is nearly a hundred meters higher than the sand outside, which is another big advantage. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether there is a water source here. Chu Xiang said repeatedly: "Yes, it's really a good idea. Not only is there a large area of ??land, but the mountains also provide us with a certain degree of cover. You don¡¯t have to worry about the big wind and sand, and there are three openings for easy access, so you don¡¯t have to worry about the inconvenience of transportation across mountains and ridges. " Xiaosi said: "Then let's quickly find out the water source situation nearby. " Chu Xiang said: "Okay, you get out of the way, I'll go down and explore. "After saying that, Chu Xiang's body spun at a high speed. A big hole appeared in the continent instantly. Chu Xiang disappeared into the hole, and then the surrounding sand collapsed. There was no abnormality except that the ground here was slightly low, but there was nothing unusual about it. Not worried, he found a flat rock and sat down to wait. Chu Xiang used one-fifth of his energy to drill under the basin. At first, he found several small water veins, but the water storage was not enough to support agricultural production in the basin. , Chu Xiang had no choice but to deepen the depth of the exploration. Just when he was about to exceed the limit of human water-drawing depth, there was a bang, and Chu Xiang's body fell downwards. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately stretched out his bone wings to flap around. It was a cold rock. It was so dark that it was hard to figure out the details. Slowly, Chu Xiang's eyes adapted to the environment, and his eyesight, which had evolved many times, was finally able to figure out that this was a large hole in the ground, and there was no light at all around it. With super strong eyesight, Chu Xiang could only see one or two hundred meters, except for the void space, which was filled with darkness. Not afraid of anything weird inside, Chu Xiang dove in. The depth of the water was beyond Chu Xiang's imagination. He dived at least three hundred meters without touching the bottom. This depth was enough. There was no need for Chu Xiang to risk rising to the surface and flying around. This is an underground lake, and the surrounding groundwater may be collected here. Chu Xiang has tasted that the water is completely suitable for living and irrigation, far exceeding the water quality in Huaguo Valley before. Although it is not clear how big the underground lake is, it is There is no need to go further into the current knowledge. The conditions for establishing a base here are ripe. Chu Xiang followed the original path.Returning to Xiaosi, she stood up eagerly: "How is it? Is there any water source below?" Chu Xiang roughly calculated the depth and determined that he could use graded water pumping to bring the water from the underground lake to the surface. So she said: "I found it, there is a big dark lake. The area has not been measured yet. Maybe the surrounding mountains are within its scope, which is enough for us to engage in agricultural production." Xiaosi said happily: "Then go back Tell everyone about this good dissipative tool. "When the sun rose, everyone in the Huaguo Valley knew about the new Qinling base. When Chu Xiang returned to the base, he circled around it. It was not in the mountains. Deep in the depths, there are several large bases within a hundred kilometers, because they are very close to the ancient capital of Xi'an. In the future, agricultural crops produced can also be sold to these bases. After listening to Chu Xiang's introduction, He Yaohui said: "This is a paradise. Let's start moving immediately. Although it is close to the sea, if agriculture cannot develop and the earth's environment does not change, sooner or later the ocean will be finished." Xie Shanshan said : "Yes, Brother Hui is right, and the population living near us is not large. After the tree species to prevent sandstorms are perfected, it will be a big problem to find people to plant them." Chu Xiang said: "Since no one objects, then I will go ahead. Go plan and build some temporary housing. Then build the Taoyuan base step by step. " Bai Xiaowei chuckled and said: "Taoyuan Base. This name is great. It seems that I must improve a peach tree that is more suitable for the end of the world and plant a full patch of it! "After the meeting, Chu Xiang summoned Zhang Debing, Xu Feng, Li Xiaoming, Li Haipeng, Wang Shaohui, Li Yingjie and others to rush to the new base. The first step was to measure the actual area there, and then plan out the living area, agricultural area, and production area. , as well as various firepower points, sniper points, and light and dark sentries to protect the safety of the base.