More info!
Here's some more info. for all you late night viewers! You see, many people have tried to pass through the desert, and many have failed. Namely, all of them, you see it is physically impossible for a xiondian to go through the desert in one time w/o transportation. They are just too buff to carry all their weight for that long.
Most of the xiondians are very competitive, when they compete, they compete to win, and the loser must die, even at tic tac toe! They feel it is a dishonor to thier family to lose at anything, the only way these people can get around this unusual law is if they are married, and are playing their niibue(spouse), or fubie(offspring) for fun, or if they spare the life of their opponent(s). This law is basically used to keep the population at a safe level.
Their planet is not that big at all, only about 3/4 the size of mars, Xiondia has an increased level of gravity, about twice the amount of Earths! This makes deep sea travel very difficult, as the "ship" goes down, the pressure increases twice as fast as it normally would. Plus the "ship" is taken down faster, even with the weightlessness of the water.
So as you all head off for morning, I bid you... adieu!