Xu Xin now feels that he is in danger.
He did have the idea of going out and giving it a try, but it was just an idea, and his caution made it impossible for him to put this idea into practice.
But the fact is that he seemed to have lost his mind, conquered by the desire in his heart, and took an easy step forward.
"There must be something around here that affects me!" Xu Xin looked around vigilantly. There were still the common poplar forests and low shrubs.
It was then that he realized that the spirit-boosting effect of the orange (blue) he had eaten in the tree house had worn off.
Xu Xin took out an orange (blue) from his backpack and ate it. He felt refreshed again, his fatigue was swept away, and his mind instantly became much clearer.
The surroundings were very quiet. The jungle at night always gave people a feeling of darkness, coldness and danger.
Xu Xin stared at the crack in the ground. The vines just came out from that crack.
"As long as I walk out of the three-kilometer range, vines will come out from the ground and attack me?" Xu Xin's mind regained clarity and he began to think, "I'm standing less than one meter away from that boundary. With such a short distance, won't those vines be able to get in?"
Xu Xin suddenly remembered the vines that had guarded the bronze treasure chest before. After they appeared, they only attacked him twice before becoming dry and brittle, and broke into pieces with just a poke. However, the vines did not do that, and did not even turn around to poke him again. Instead, they gradually retracted into the ground.
It seems that he is indeed protected within a three-kilometer range.
In order to confirm his thoughts, Xu Xin tensed his mind and body and stretched his foot out again.
This time he was not out of his mind, it was his own well-thought-out action.
Sure enough, a red dot quickly lit up on the map. Xu Xin dodged his feet to the side, and a vine thicker than the previous one broke through the ground, suddenly drilled out, and rushed straight into the air six or seven meters high.
This vine even has densely packed blood-red barbs that make people feel creepy.
At this time, Xu Xin's feet were still out of bounds. The vine twisted in the air and swung directly towards Xu Xin's ankle.
Xu Xin quickly pulled his feet back to his side and dodged backwards.
But the vine did not enter the boundary. It was as if there was an invisible wall on the three-kilometer dividing line, and it suddenly stopped outside the boundary.
Under Xu Xin's vigilant gaze, the vine did not attack him again. The vine twisted and turned a few times, as if giving up, and slowly retracted into the ground.
"Is that really the case?" Xu Xin narrowed his eyes and thought, "As long as I step out of the protection range, those strange creatures underground will attack me, but as long as I return to this range, those creatures will not chase me in even if they have already launched an attack."
Is it because after chasing in, it will break like the vines that protected the copper treasure chest before? Then how to explain the giant crocodile, why the giant crocodile with the silver treasure chest can move within the protection area
Although he couldn't figure it out, Xu Xin was at least certain that there must be something around him that was affecting his mind, trying to lead him out of the three-kilometer protection range and let these underground vines kill him.
Could it be the monster guarding the golden treasure chest
Xu Xin patted the little guy in his arms.
Coco twisted in his arms and slowly opened her eyes: "Hmm?"
"Coco, can you sense anything unusual around you?"
Coco rubbed her eyes with her paws, and then Xu Xin felt the soft little ball of fur in her arms suddenly become tense.
"嘤!" Coco suddenly jumped out of his arms, and stood up nervously towards the direction behind Xu Xin, raising her two paws and making a gesture as if she was in danger.
Xu Xin took out the stone spear and pointed it in that direction.
Coco stretched out his paw and tugged at Xu Xin's trouser leg, motioning Xu Xin to follow him.
Xu Xin looked at him with some concern: "You better be careful, don't get ambushed."
"Bing!"
That direction was a place Xu Xin had never been to, and it was dark on the map.
After walking for a short while, probably only a few hundred meters, Xu Xin seemed to smell a special fragrance in the air, which became more and more obvious as he walked forward.
Xu Xin rubbed his nose, which was irritated, and felt a little uncertain: "Is this... the scent of flowers?"
As he continued walking, Xu Xin discovered that the poplar trees around him seemed to become sparser, and the ground under his feet was no longer covered with weeds and shrubs. Gradually, there were more small yellow flowers, swaying gently in the wind.
The fragrance of flowers filled Xu Xin's nose, and he felt a little dizzy and involuntarily quickened his pace.
But he immediately realized something was wrong and pinched his arm hard to regain consciousness.
"It was this flower scent! It was this flower scent that lured me out of the protection area just now!"
Perhaps it was because the scent of flowers at the previous location was relatively thin, deceiving his sense of smell, but at this moment Xu Xin had already felt it, and the feeling that affected his mind was exactly the same as before.
Thinking of this, Xu Xin quickly lifted up his clothes and covered his mouth and nose with them. Then he felt that this would affect his movements, so he took off his clothes and tied them around his face.
"Coco, come back, let's go together." Since they have already sensed the danger, Coco cannot be allowed to take the lead.
"Hmm!" Coco seemed unaffected by the fragrance of the flowers. She swiftly climbed up Xu Xin's legs and onto his shoulders.
This little guy is really mysterious.
Xu Xin continued to move forward, holding the stone spear in his hand.
The surrounding poplar trees were becoming increasingly sparse, and there were more and more yellow flowers on the ground. Even though Xu Xin had covered his mouth and nose, the pungent scent of the flowers still made him frown.
It was not known whether it was due to his high level of mental tension or the effect of the orange (blue) he ate, but despite the pungent smell, it did not seem to affect his mind again.
"Huh? That is..." Xu Xin suddenly stopped.
There were no poplar trees around, and at his feet was a sea of bright yellow flowers. And right in front of him, a golden treasure chest was placed in the middle of the sea of flowers.
"Golden treasure chest?" Xu Xin's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that he would find a golden treasure chest here.
"Hmm?" Coco on his shoulder turned her head and looked at him.
Xu Xin did not move forward, nor did he rush to open the treasure chest. He always felt that something was strange.
This golden treasure chest must not be so easy to obtain. There must be a huge crisis hidden under this sea of flowers.
There was no red dot on the map in his mind, but Xu Xin still kept an eye on the map. Although the map would not show the monsters underground, it would give a warning before the monsters came out of the ground, which was enough.
Holding the stone spear tightly, Xu Xin walked slowly, slowly towards the golden treasure chest.
According to Xu Xin's previous speculation, this monster would infinitely magnify his inner thoughts and make him forget everything else to complete this idea. So he had to work hard to fight against the desire in his heart.
However, at this moment, Xu Xin did not feel that there was anything abnormal with him. His head was unusually clear, and he did not have the feeling of inner desire swelling and wanting to put his ideas into practice.
Nothing happened, and Xu Xin walked step by step to the side of the golden treasure chest.
Standing in front of the golden treasure chest, Xu Xin was a little confused.
Just like that... coming here