<h4>Chapter 1209: Sudden Attack</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    Not long after, the sleepy desert was suddenly reced by lush crops and date palm trees, and the farms on both sides of the road were nted with peanuts, wheat, cotton, corn, and other crops, including mint.


    Egypt was rich in mint, and it could also be exported to China. In China, the mint was further processed into cooling balm before being re-exported back to Egypt. Egyptians especially enjoyed the cooling balm, but strangely, no one thought of making it a national product.


    They’d reached the Faiyum Oasis.


    Zhang Zian slowed down and decided to stop and rest for a while here. He would have his lunch here as well. After all, this would be thest...city before reaching the oasis—if a permanent poption of 20,000 was considered a city.


    The road was still very long, and he was the only driver. No one else could rece him so that he could rest. The long-term fatigue of driving was dangerous and not good for one’s physical or mental health. It was said that sitting in the driver’s seat for a long time also ced undue pressure on the prostate. He did not want to have severe issues with his prostate without using it much, peeing uncontrobly wherever he went...


    Faiyum was one of the oldest cities in Egypt, but there were not many tourists visiting it. Most tourists rushed by it while heading towards the ck and White Desert.


    It was no wonder that there weren’t any attractions of particr interest here, the most famous being the Whale Valley.


    Just like how the colorful eggs of the whales were presented in “Assassin’s Creed: Origins,” the Faiyum Oasis had been a vast ocean a few million years ago. With the passing of time and the retreat of sea waters, the oasis had slowly risen above sea level and bend. Much of the marine life that had died here became precious fossils, especially the colorful whale fossils.


    However, unlike dinosaur fossils, the average person was not that interested in whale fossils. After all, the whale had not gone entirely extinct, and it was still possible to see live ones. Thus, only professional archaeologists and the rare asional tourist visited this ce.


    In fact, many people visited Egypt without a good reason. After truly being in Egypt, they discovered that it was a boring ce. They usually painted the narrative that it would be a pity not to visit such a historic ce but always followed by saying that they would not, however,e a second time.


    Egypt was not known for its natural beauty. The most important sites were man-made. At first nce, the temples of various sizes looked nice, new and very appealing. However, if one saw too many, it would be easy to get bored of them quickly. Most temples had the same shape and an interior that mirrored the others.


    Without much knowledge about Egypt’s past, it was difficult to see past just the name of the ce. Yet there were many Egyptian gods, and the rtionships between the gods wereplicated. It made one wonder how many tourists actually did any form of reading before visiting these ces.


    The Whale Valley was a popr destination for archaeologists. Recently, some of them had found a fossil that was reasonably intact. The fullness of the fossil allowed them to plot out the evolutionary journey of the whale more precisely, much like Professor Wei Kang’s efforts to find the missing link in the evolution of domestic cats.


    Today’s ind areas of Egypt were still rtively cloudless. They did not deviate much from zero annual precipitation.


    Zhang Zian parked the car on the side of the road. He nned to find a ce where no one was around so that he could relieve himself. The elfins also wanted to get out of the car and stretch.


    When he got off the bus, he immediately felt the intensity of the sun. He thought he had adapted to the sun in Egypt, but he realized now that such a thought was naive.


    For unknown reasons, the sun at Faiyum was more intense than anywhere else. The sun’s rays felt like they put weight on people and made it difficult for anyone to breathe. More drastically, Richard was out only for a split second before wanting to get back into the car.


    “Hey! This is way too hot! This must be at least 60 degrees!”


    “I’m afraid it is more than that.”


    Zhang Zian was wearing sunsses, so it was slightly better for him. Yet it was indeed very hot, so much so that he felt the high heat seeping into the soles of his feet. His feet felt like they were soaked in warm bags of water.


    The temperature at the ce where the sun was shining was estimated to be likely above 60 degrees. Yet the worst was yet toe.


    Fina and Famous, as if poked by something, were shaking from head to toe, twisting their bodies and alternating waves of their paws.


    “Get back in the car! Close the door!” Fina couldn’t help but shout.


    “There are a lot of mosquitoes!” Famous also shouted.


    Richard screamed even more. “Hey! Help! Help! We are under attack!”


    Zhang Zian also realized that, when they left the car, countless mosquitoes emerged from cracks in the nearby rocks, and they were heading straight for them.


    It was strange that the densely-popted city of Cairo had virtually no mosquitoes, while the sparsely-popted areas were teeming with them.


    Generally, mosquitoes did not move about during the day—only in the early mornings and evenings. The mosquitoes here were different.


    Mosquitoes that could survive in desert areas were fiercer thanmon mosquitoes. The idea was that there were not that many animals to feed from, so when they finally found one, the mosquitoes must suck as much blood as possible, and fast. If the animals didn’t run off in time or find a good ce to hide, they might even be entirely sucked dry.


    The desert mosquitoes overwhelmed the elfins, and they focused on the fragile but capiry-rich parts of the body—nose, mouth, eyes, ears, and ws. It made the elfins very miserable. Once bitten, those ces would be very itchy but unfortunately difficult to reach. They would not be able to scratch them.


    The first to be attacked were Fina and Famous, as the other elfins were invisible. The main force of the mosquitoes rushed toward them. Other mosquitoes smelled the other elfins but couldn’t see the elfins’ bodies. They did not give up. They hovered around the invisible elfins, trying to approach andnd.


    The number of mosquitoes was simply too much. It was like a locust crossing. Two visible streams of what looked like ck smoke rapidly approached Fina and Famous. They surrounded them with lightning speed, much like how demons appeared in “Journey to the West.”


    It was now toote to get back into the car. The mosquitoes would definitely follow, and in the narrow confinement of the car, there would be no way to deal with them.


    Old Time Tea and dimir saw that Fina and Famous had been targeted, and their bodies were covered fully in mosquitoes. They decided to break stealth and emerge to join the fight. A swarm of mosquitoes changed targets immediately and headed for them.


    As part of the mosquito army headed for Old Time Tea and dimir, the pressure on Fina and Famous was slightly reduced.


    However, as the breeze dispersed the scent of the elfins to a greater distance, more mosquitoes smelled blood. Like a bloodthirsty great white, they rapidly rushed in, and before they knew it, all their ears could hear was the sound of the mosquitoes’ buzz.