The "Forest of Ashes" is an endless forest, a bit like the Amazon jungle in the past life, with rich forestry resources and countless strange animals and plants.
There are tree trunks here that are thousands of meters high, and they are truly giant broad-leaf trees that canopy the sky.
But the strange thing is that the leaves of those giant trees are not green, but gray. Looking at the forest, it looks like it is covered with a layer of burnt plant ash, giving people a strong contrast of being dead and yet full of vitality.
The Warcraft Knights did not seem to be from the same tribe. After they entered the forest, they dispersed and disappeared into the forest.
The four Rennes were taken deep into the forest by the barbarian Udo and the others to the "Temple Tribe" in the Coleman Tribe's atrium.
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Snow mastiffs rush quickly in the virgin forest.
These originally tall Warcraft mounts looked as small as ants under the giant trees.
Renn also marveled repeatedly. This forest can be called a miracle of nature's creation.
Animals and plants are getting bigger and bigger...
There are countless plants that have never been seen before in the forest, including a group of glowing mushrooms as big as a house, various ferns several meters tall, huge colorful flowers... and various strange fruit trees with heavy fruits hanging on them.
The sound of apes, birdsong, the flapping of insect wings...
The sound of raindrops dripping down from the top layers of leaves...
The sun penetrates from the upper level of the dense forest, illuminating wisps of silver threads...
Deer were foraging leisurely in the grass, and blue-tailed eagles were also perched on tree trunks to greet the returning barbarian knights...
There was peace in the forest.
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As soon as he entered the forest, Ren discovered a very strange phenomenon.
He felt that the pores all over his body opened involuntarily, as if he had breathed in countless coal-fired exhaust gases in the steel city and suddenly felt comfortable in a fresh and oxygen-rich environment.
And, there’s something even stranger!
Ren found that the deeper he went into the depths of the forest, he felt that the efficiency of using "Thunder's Breath" to absorb gene source power was getting higher and higher, and the increase in fighting energy was at least several times that of the outside.
"There's something wrong with the air here!"
Renn became more and more certain of his previous guess: the thicker the fog, the higher the efficiency of extraordinary practice!
But correspondingly, the toxin becomes stronger.
It was so strong that even through the gas mask, Renn felt the air he breathed in had a slight burning sensation that made him physically uncomfortable.
The fog here is deeper than the Plague Swamp, and has turned from gray to black, vaguely like a thin black veil floating in the forest.
Wren has discovered this problem before.
The population base of the Coleman clan is countless times smaller than that of the two great empires of Omarhid, but their rate of top masters is frighteningly high.
The six elders and a "Great Witch Festival" are at least seven legendary level masters. Compared to their tribe's total population base of hundreds of thousands, this is a very terrifying ratio.
Hundreds of thousands are not as large as the population of a medium-sized human territory! As for the two empires, these large and medium-sized territories with a population of hundreds or even thousands.
However, so many masters have really been born.
Moreover, the physical bodies of Coleman warriors are generally stronger than those of the same level of humans in the mechanical city!
Not only the people of the Coleman tribe, but also the animals and plants in the "Forest of Ashes" are very large. From a biological science point of view, Renn believes that the reason why barbarians have a high probability of becoming top masters is related to their physical constitution...
But it is more likely to be "environmental factors"!
Now that Ren felt the thick fog in the forest, he immediately confirmed this idea.
But he was also curious about the reason why the fog in this "Forest of Ashes" was so much thicker than the wasteland outside, and what the black pigment in the fog was...
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As a prisoner, Ren was not entitled to choose everything.
But Udo said he would save his life, so he had nothing to panic.
Ren was just worried about Mr. Tust. He was already very weak and was tied up in the Warcraft Mountain for several days, and now he was very depressed.
This trip was a big disaster for the old man...
During the two-day trip, Udo was also untied by Ren, no longer tied up like a caterpillar. However, as a prisoner, his hands and feet were still symbolically tied.
Not long after, they arrived at a "temple tribe" of the Coleman tribe in the deepest part of the forest.
This is an empty valley, with knife-shaped cliffs on both sides. A large waterfall with sufficient water falls from the sky. The water is misty, and the colorful light of the rainbow can be faintly seen.
There are no towering trees blocking the view, and the view is suddenly clear.
You can see countless houses built of yellow mud, thatch and stone, large and small, as well as thousands of dark-skinned barbarians coming and going.
This is a very prosperous large tribe, as lively as a small county town.
It is as peaceful and peaceful as a paradise. There are craftsmen polishing stone tools, weaving ropes, hunters who have just returned from hunting and making dried meat, and old women sewing and mending animal skins...
This is no different from ordinary human groups.
Those dark-skinned, tall and thin barbarian children were practicing archery and fighting. When they saw Udo and the others returning in large numbers, they all came up to them with a smile.
The tribe soon erupted in laughter.
"The three elders are back!"
"The invaders must have been beaten to a pulp..."
"Wow... I brought a lot of trophies..."
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Like a victorious army returning to the city, Udo and the others received a warm welcome, and soon all the barbarians could be seen on the street surrounding them.
They accepted the spoils carried by the monsters, expressed condolences to the returning warriors, and burst into cheers.
On the other hand,
Renn and the four prisoners looked particularly eye-catching.
Here, everyone looks at the "invaders" as if they were dead people. Even the bright barbarian child who was laughing just now turned to look at them with a look of deep hatred, which was like a poisonous snake swimming around his body, making people's hair stand on end.
The elders are going to report to the "Great Witch Festival".
Udo couldn't keep Ren by his side at all times.
As for the treatment of "captives", Renn also saw a row of wooden cages next to a small slope in the tribe, with several unkempt humans already locked inside.
It seems that Ren and the others are not the only ones enjoying this treatment.
The four Rennes were locked up.
Wu Duo called over a child with a bare buttocks. He looked about four or five years old, but he was already one meter and a half tall.
She pointed at Ren in the cage and said: "Hey! Aotou, please help me take care of this prisoner. He is very important. Don't let you and your friends hurt him..."
Bare-butt child: "Ah? Sister Wuduo, is this invader going to be sacrificed to the gods? But he looks so weak, he may not be able to beat me..."
"..."
Ren rolled his eyes as he listened, feeling despised by a little brat.
Udo: "No, this is the person that 'Master Wuji' wants to see. You are not allowed to hurt him..."
That little brat: "Oh, I got it. Don't worry, sister Wuduo, I will watch him and won't let Abu and the others hurt him..."
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Has anyone been arrested again
Sam felt extremely weak.
Oh, they are all dead anyway, so what does it matter who is caught...
I just want to sleep and hopefully never wake up.
But those hateful barbarians will definitely not let me die. They need the flesh and blood of high-level humans to sacrifice the evil gods they worship.
In a daze, he suddenly heard voices.
What a friendly lingua franca, it's much more pleasant to listen to than that damn barbarian language.
What is he saying
Forget it, you're going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter what you say. The guy who was captured a few days ago also talked a lot. As a result, a barbarian stuffed a piece of monster shit into his mouth.
I'm going to die, and I don't want to taste the smell of monster feces.
Huh... that's not right.
It was like someone was calling my name.
Am I hallucinating
Thinking about it, Sam opened his eyelids weakly, as if it took all his strength.
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"Uncle Sam... is that you?"
Ren didn't expect that he would meet an acquaintance in this barbarian tribe!
Next to the wooden cage where he was imprisoned, he saw a strong man with a scruffy beard. But whether it was the attire or the face shape, he still recognized it at a glance. This was the Uncle Sam who always had a humble smile on his face and always said that his "martial arts skills were mediocre"!
Sam thought he was dazzled by hunger, but it was only when his vision overlapped that he was sure that the person in the next cage was somewhat familiar to him.
He felt a little unbelievable and called out tentatively: "Dr. Lane, is it you? You... why were you arrested too?"
However, then he seemed to have thought of something, and the light in his eyes dimmed instantly, and he said to himself: "No, these barbarians should not be left alive. I must be hallucinating..."
At this time, Renn also said in surprise: "Uncle Sam, is it really you? Why were you arrested?"
"ah?"
This time, Sam had no doubt that he had heard correctly.
He looked at Renn in surprise and said, "You... Doctor Renn, have you reached level five?"
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Ren didn't know why Sam would ask such a strange question.
Then, I listened to Sam shake his head again, obviously thinking this was impossible, and said to himself: "It's impossible, it's not the fifth level, how could those barbarians survive? How did you... get arrested? "
Then, he saw Bazel not far away with the [Forbidden Magic Lock]: "Hey, is that... [White Wolf] Bazel?"
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Ren felt that Uncle Sam was in a very weak mental state and his speech was completely disorganized.
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After a while, Uncle Sam was really sure that the little doctor he once knew was also arrested.
And Ren also understood.
After Uncle Sam recovered from his injuries, he immediately followed the marks left by Mrs. Canosha and others. Then he encountered a high-ranking priest in the forest and was outnumbered and captured.
He was not killed because his rank was high enough.
Renn also knew that those who could care about the treatment in the wooden cage were at least fifth-level extraordinary beings. This is the existence left by the Coleman clan to sacrifice blood to the gods.
That's why Uncle Sam was so surprised that a low-level extraordinary like Ren was caught here alive.
"Mrs. Canossa...and Aunt Susan, have they been caught too?"
"When I came, Susan was still alive. But now, she has been killed by these barbarians as a sacrifice to the gods. But Mr. President... I heard Susan say that she should not have been caught by the barbarians. They are here They were scattered during the battle.”
Hearing that the lady was okay for the time being, Ren was relieved for some reason.
At least the lady was pretty good to him, and he didn't want to hear the news of her murder.
And at this time,
Bazel, who was on the side, was more concerned about his upcoming fate and interjected, asking: "That boy Sam... what does it mean to sacrifice to the gods?"
Sam is naturally a "boy" in the eyes of this werewolf who has lived for more than two hundred years.
Sam didn't care about the title. He was going to die sooner or later anyway, so he explained: "Hey, do you see that sinkhole over there? Bleed it and throw it down..."
As he said this, he looked at Bazel and sighed slightly, thinking that it would be a pity for the "legend" to die here.
Hearing this, Bazel and Renn looked down the small slope at the same time.
At the end of the field of vision, through the woods, I saw a "black hole"-like area. It was so black that it felt like a large pit that had been penetrated by space.
It is about several thousand meters in diameter and bottomless.
If you take a closer look, it's not that the pit is black, but that there is a very thick black mist that continues to overflow from the pit.
"Hey... the black energy actually came out from here!"
Moreover, although his vision was blocked by the fog, Renn immediately determined that the black fog in this forest came from the sinkhole!
This seems to be the source of the black fog in the forest!