The night is like water, and the forest is filled with a layer of mist.
A group of fist-sized mutated insects, similar to fireflies, are hidden in the hazy mist. They move with the movement of the mist. The light on them changes on and off, attracting countless light-seeking flying insects to approach.
However, while they attract food, they also attract the attention of predators. A colorful creature similar to a toad is quietly hiding in the shadow of the woods, with purple eyes like lightbulbs staring closely at the glowing mass. mist, eyes cold and greedy.
Just as it was about to give it a try, a rapid and slight sound came from a distance.
At first, the sound was very faint, vague, but it was only a breath, and it seemed to be close to my ears. The "Toad" body trembled slightly, and quickly shrank into the shadows. At the same time, its limbs moved quickly, and soon Most of his body was buried in the soil, leaving only the layers of colorful pustules on his back, which were constantly swelling and shrinking.
As soon as "Toad" finished all this, the fog was stirred up by the turbulent air, and all the "fireflies" flew away, and a vague figure flashed past.
The sound of rapid footsteps became lighter and lighter as the figure moved away, and soon could no longer be heard.
Five minutes later, the "toad" climbed out of the mud pit. It carefully paid attention to the surrounding situation, and seemed to feel that the terrible monster was far away. It raised its neck slightly, took square steps, and walked slowly towards the distance. , with a proud look like a king patrolling his territory.
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Luo Yuan set out in the evening, when the sky was completely dark.
He didn't know how far he was from his goal. He only knew that he had climbed over three mountains, crossed five streams, and crossed seven territories of powerful mutant beasts that even Luo Yuan had to be careful to avoid. Only with time can we roughly deduce how far he ran.
However, it was inferred that the distance made no sense. The steepness of the mountain peaks and the complexity of the roads were far beyond his previous imagination. Perhaps the straight-line distance was only a hundred kilometers, but the specific distance required five to six hundred kilometers, and sometimes for safety Or to avoid trouble, he had to take a detour when passing through the territory of some powerful mutant beasts.
This means that he needs to travel more distances and spend longer time.
What's more serious is that the direction he is heading is just his own visual inspection. Even after nightfall, if he uses the constellations in the night sky to replace the direction coordinates, he will accidentally deviate. It is only a general direction, and errors are inevitable!
As the saying goes, a slight error can make a thousand miles. For short distances, the error is fine. The error may not be large, but the farther the distance, the gap will increase sharply. In the end, it may even be hundreds of kilometers, which is not impossible.
What's more, he doesn't know where the giant bird's nest is at all, and the only clue is those huge soft rocks, but this clue is too rough. Once the nest is not nearby, the only thing he can do is wait there. , just wait and see, this requires a lot of time and energy, and the success rate is extremely low.
Luo Yuan already had some bad premonitions in his heart.
He quickened his pace, and a few minutes later, he stopped at the top of the highest mountain nearby.
He gasped violently, looked down at his watch, and found that he had been running for nearly three hours without knowing it.
Even with his physique, running down for such a long time was already a bit difficult.
A few minutes later, when he had regained his breath, he turned over and jumped onto a nearby boulder, looking into the distance and observing the terrain.
His eyes emit a faint light similar to that of a feline in the dark, and his powerful low-light vision makes it almost the same as daytime even in the dark night!
"Hey!" Luo Yuan looked slightly surprised at this time.
He found that there seemed to be a huge lake dozens of kilometers ahead. The lake reflected sparkling light under the moonlight, and this direction was where he was about to go.
There was a hint of joy on his face, maybe that's where the cobblestone came from!
He had encountered several streams on his previous journey and had experienced countless years of erosion. There were quite a few pebbles there, but they were either of the wrong size or color and material.
The soft pebbles dropped by the giant bird weighed about four or five tons each, and were all white in color, similar to limestone. I had never seen similar pebbles in the streams I encountered before.
His spirit was shaken, and he was not ready to rest. He bent his legs slightly, and the next moment his legs suddenly exerted force, and he jumped directly from the boulder. The hillside was steep, and the gradient was almost 70 degrees. This jump made him jump. He jumped directly into the air, falling rapidly with gravity.
There were big trees everywhere below, and the branches were intertwined with each other, forming a huge network. When he was about to hit the branches, his body stagnated out of thin air, and there was a brief stagnation. The next moment, he stepped hard with both feet under him. On a branch as thick as a bowl, under the huge momentum, the branch immediately broke as soon as it came into contact, and the figure had already used the force of the recoil to jump into the air again.
He jumped over a distance of more than 100 meters, and after jumping more than a dozen times, he had landed at the foot of the mountain.
In the past three days, his curse has long been broken by his own will. Not only has he recovered as before, his will has taken a step further under the temper of the curse. At the same time, he has become more comfortable in using his will, completely reaching the point where he can move at will!
Although this kind of progress is not large and has not been reflected in the system data, it can be regarded as an unexpected surprise. When his will has reached his level, every step forward is extremely difficult and requires a lot of time and special opportunities. Unless he uses precious attribute points in exchange.
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After running for nearly half an hour, Luo Yuan's speed gradually slowed down.
It is probably because the water source is nearby. The density of mutant beasts here is extremely high, and most of them are powerful. Not only are light green-level mutant beasts everywhere, but they can often be seen, and there are even some more powerful ones. Hidden in it.
The struggle here is extremely fierce, and the piercing screams have never stopped since Luo Yuan entered this area, so that there is always a strong smell of blood here, which makes people feel sick.
On the way, he even saw with his own eyes that the two sides looked like giant monsters from myths, biting and colliding with each other. The fierce battle caused the entire ground to shake slightly. Countless trees collapsed under the impact, and the sticky blood almost Dyeing the earth.
However, Luo Yuan did not dare to take a closer look. The terrifying coercion emitted during the battle almost made him breathless. These two creatures at least had a green level.
The drought has lasted for seven or eight days. Under the high temperature, most of the streams along the way have dried up, or are close to drying up. Some small insects and mutant beasts can still survive on dew, but for those large mutant beasts, they cannot be found. To reach the water source means death.
Every day, countless powerful mutant beasts arrive here following the water vapor in the air. For water and territory, they inevitably fight with the "natives" here, using their fangs and claws to decide who is the winner. The overlord here, and then move on to face the next wave of challengers.
The battles here were so fierce and frequent that Luo Yuan felt that the ground along the way was sticky, which made people feel creepy and a little shocked. This place was simply a killing ground for mutant beasts, where the weak and the strong were the most evident.
No wonder, along the way, I encountered not many powerful creatures. It turned out that most of them ended up here.
Because he was shielded by the "Horn of the Green Hermit", he barely emitted any aura. Sometimes he had to pass under the eyes of various powerful mutant creatures, and he did not attract the attention of any powerful creature.
After all, even if you see Luo Yuan, in the eyes of those mutated creatures, humans are too small. That "little bit" of meat is probably not even enough to satisfy hunger, and it will not attract much interest.
However, Luo Yuan did not dare to be careless and was cautious all the way. Even the light green-level creatures that were vulnerable to him now, he tried to avoid. In this place full of powerful mutant beasts, he would try to avoid fighting if he could.
After walking in fear for nearly an hour, he finally saw a lake. The lake was so big that Luo Yuan couldn't even see the edge of it, perhaps because of the fog.
At this time, countless mutant beasts gathered on the beach and were queuing up to drink water.
However, what surprised Luo Yuan was that the atmosphere here seemed peaceful and peaceful. Although killings did occur from time to time, they were not frequent. They seemed to be exercising restraint. Most of the creatures turned around and left silently after drinking the water, just like before. The woods seem to be two worlds.
At this time, a light green-level mutant beast that was injured in the fight roared and forced its way past the low-level mutant beast in front, and walked tremblingly to the lake.
Blood gurgled down the injured thigh and soon turned the nearby lake red.
As if attracted by the blood, the lake gradually rippled slightly. Maybe it was too thirsty, or maybe it didn't care at all. It just glanced at the restless water surface, then lowered its head and took a big gulp of water.
Some of the mutated beasts behind it retreated away from here, but it still seemed unaware.
Suddenly, a drastic change occurred. The lake water stirred violently. Almost at the same time, countless strange fish that were about several meters long and looked like sea snakes and earthworms pierced the water like a rain of swords and flew toward the mutant beast's wound. When it came into contact with the wound, the strange fish twisted its body violently a few times and then nimbly got in.
These creatures are extremely fast, completely beyond the visual capture ability of ordinary people. In just an instant, Luo Yuan saw no less than a dozen strange fish burrowing into the wound.
The strange fish was too small for the mutated beast, and it penetrated into a wound that was itself extremely painful. The strangeness of its body was not very obvious until a few seconds passed before it felt something was wrong, and it raised its head uneasily.
But it was already too late. During this period, Luo Yuan saw hundreds of strange fish burrowing into its body and trying their best to burrow inside. After a few seconds, ridges gradually appeared on the surface of the skin. Wandering around so fast, it makes people’s heads tingle.
The mutated beast began to roar violently, and the strong sound waves seemed to turn into substance, making the water surface seem to boil, and the water splashed violently. However, these strange fish obviously have extremely strong vitality, and they returned to normal after just a slight pause.
Even taking advantage of the opponent's open gap, dozens of strange fish shot into its open mouth, nostrils, ears and anywhere it could penetrate.
There are more strange fish, densely packed like a shadow, wandering towards here.
At this time, it finally thought of running away, but it was already too late. It had just taken a step and felt weak. Its body shook a few times, and its huge body fell heavily into the water, causing a huge splash. of waves.
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