Guardian: The Lost World

Preparations For A Journey To The West

-Shen Wei-

After Zhao wake up the others and have a warm energizing bath and a change of clothes, they gather at the entrance of the temple with all the equipment packet up again, to be portal by Long Hun close to the town. They walked a few miles in the snow, as Lóng Hún explained to them than in the Kunlun Mountain, time doesn't exactly passed the same, as in the rest of China.

They all wonder just how much time had passed, hoping it wasn't too much of a gasp, like months or even years. At the end, they eagerly walked to reach the town and sighed in relief, when the town was finally in sight. As they walked in, they found out that they have been missing for two weeks and a half, although it wasn't entirely surprising for the residents, because many had gone up and never return.

Many thought they die, as only the guide returned, telling the town he had seen a dragon swallow the three professors he was escorting down, although later, Lóng Hún explained that he had portal the rest of the professors back to the city, to keep them safer and out of the way. Then, they had rented a few rooms to stay for the night, mostly because Yunlan wanted his Wei well rested before another big fight and they also needed to look for information about the part of the desert Shen Wei sensed the red queen.

"Less than a month ago, the small Oil City in West China was attacked, by some strange creatures killing a lot of people when watching a play in a theater. Most of the structures of the town were destroyed by said creatures and many soldiers were sent to the desert to hunt them down. However, none of the troops returned alive. This information was classify, never reaching the public, so not to cause a massive panic." Lin said as his fingers flew over his computer, now back in line.

"So she was there before we went to the mountains. I guess, that's why the military was involved in the search ahead of us. They already knew about the demons and have their own plans, which our dragon mess up with before they could even begin." Lóng Hún smiled mischievously.

"They were in the way and I did save them..." He reminded them.

"So, this forgotten Oil Town, no one hear of it before, is the place we are looking for?" Zhao asked, looking at Shen Wei. They were sat in a long table, outside their Inn. Big umbrellas shading them from the hot sun.

"Probably... I can't pinpoint her exact location in the desert, but if I have a guess... it's around the west area, which is where this small town was before it was abandon and right now it must be a ghost town, as I feel it." Shen said.

"Well... coincidently, the military sent another team to the desert, yesterday. They are to gather information of the creatures, as well as to exterminate them by any means posible. They were even given silver bullets to use..." Lin announced, reading the new information he just cracked.

"Idiots, they are not warewolfs, despite their looks. Only weapons charged with a special kind of energy can actally kill them." Lóng Hún said, a bit amused by how humans reacted to the unknown.

"Oh come on, give them some credit, because at least they didn't give up too easily." Sang protested.

"Fool, they are just sending more food to those demons." Da Qing objected back.

"Yep, no doubts." Chu reaffirmed.

"By the way, why this demon queen had not gain a god's power yet? She is ahead of us by a month." Zhu asked.

"There are more than one layer of barriers protecting the whole place. Nuwa created seven levels, before burry the temple quite deep. The Oil Town must have a weaker barrier atop ground. She probably break it using the same blood that broke Shen Wei's seal. I granted the Ghost Slayed a bit of my divinity, making him a half god, because he was my lover and the rightful owner of my heart. So, even as a human reincarnation, my Wei's blood still carries that gift I so lovingly grant him in each cell. The same way I carry a god's blood in a more dormant state. It should be powerful enough to give her access to the first layer and probably to a second one, but the third should be stronger, rejecting even Shen Wei's half god's blood. I sincerely doubt she had advance further than two layers."