The Shadow of The Beginning

Chapter 334: Guide with banyan tree

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Demir is super idle now!

After using the trap set by Amy to trap the four idiots, Demir did not feel any guilt. After all, he was acting in self-defense.

but!

How come I haven't seen a single ghost after walking for so long?!

Demir is very, very bored! But he just slept and now he doesn't want to sleep anymore, what should he do

"Find someone to fight with!

Hmm? It's no fun if you can't hide your tracks, and if you hide too well, you can't be found either. What should I do?"

Demir thought troubledly while cracking melon seeds.

He lay on his side on the ground, biting some melon seed shells in his mouth, staring at the sky in a daze, thinking hard about how to find a suitable target.

He saw a bird on a tree and was wondering whether to follow the path of the insect in front of him.

The sparrow-sized chick has white feathers all over its body, which is very beautiful.

It tilted its head, as if thinking, and then flew into the haystack following the slime left by the insects.

"Huh? Yeah, I can't find anyone.

Let someone come find me."

Demir slapped his head as if he had suddenly realized something, then he turned over swiftly and stood firmly on the ground.

He used the iron pickaxe he carried with him to start carving shears on the tree one by one, and all the shears were pointing towards himself.

Hundreds of nearby trees were covered with cut heads, but this only took Demir two or three minutes.

Sit back and wait for something to happen, although it is a stupid idea, it is better than having no solution at all.

After making such a big scene, Demir returned to the open space pointed by the haircutting center and sat down happily, eating melon seeds and waiting quietly.

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Arriving at the Magic Forest, Joet Brown continued to walk alone.

First, we encountered swarms of carnivorous bees, a small creature that looked like a rabbit but could spit water balls, and a large banyan tree that repeatedly shouted "Come to me, come to me".

The flora and fauna here are very strange, like Alice in Wonderland, but more dangerous than that.

When Joet Brown saw the swarms of carnivorous bees, he hid far away.

He saw what happened to the ignorant intruders on the ground.

The clothes of the skeletons were still neatly arranged, and their packages were scattered on the ground, but all the muscles on their bodies had been eaten away, leaving only some internal organs and bones.

As the muscles are eaten away, the blood vessels naturally cease to exist.

However, the internal organs continue to move in this situation, and eventually the body fails due to ischemia and dies.

Those identity cards were like gems, warning newcomers that that area was a forbidden area.

Walking a little further, we came to an area with animal tracks, which is where Jobtran saw the little rabbit-like creature.

It was just the usual rustling noises that any animal making its way across the grass would make.

Jobtran didn't pay too much attention to it, but what he heard continuously was the roar of a giant beast.

It was a huge wild boar, about three meters long.

Such a huge creature was running, desperately trying to escape from something.

Its eyes were full of fear, fear of what was following it.

It kept moving its limbs, trying to run faster, but its back was already injured.

Every step it took touched the nerves in the wound, causing tears to flow.

When Jobtran noticed this strange phenomenon, he immediately hid himself.

He climbed up a leafy tree and watched with bated breath the shocking scene that followed.

Crystal clear water balls flew out from the bushes behind the wild boar and then hit the wild boar heavily.

Water ball should be a very common spell. Most of the spells that people usually condense using the water-making technique exist in the form of water balls.

The water ball hitting the wild boar at this time was like a thousand-pound meteorite, creating a big hole with one hit.

The place where the wild boar was hit immediately became bloody and the pain caused the wild boar to faint.

The followers chasing after the wild boar were not in a hurry and seemed to be enjoying the process very much.

The grass moved turbulently, and first a pair of white rabbit ears slowly emerged from the grass, along with the rabbit's typical red eyes.

The fluffy, petite and cute body will make ignorant girls want to hug it in their arms and caress it.

That rabbit tail that looks like a round little ball of fur is exactly what makes people want to pinch it.

This is the culprit behind the killing of the wild boar.

"This rabbit-like creature is far from being as simple as it looks."

Jobtran thought in horror.

The little white rabbit stood up and circled the wild boar as if it was about to perform a ceremony.

It opened its mouth, revealing not the two big teeth that a rabbit should have, but a bloody mouth full of serrations.

The muscles around the mouth suddenly swell and expand in a way that defies the laws of physics.

With just one bite, he bit off half of the wild boar's body.

Not a drop of blood leaked out of the wild boar, because the bitten area was like it had been burned by high temperature, and all the blood vessels were burnt.

A foul stench emanated from its big mouth that could swallow an adult in one bite, and after the rabbit swallowed the wild boar along with its skeleton in two bites, it returned to its harmless appearance.

It glanced coldly in Joet Brown's direction, as if it had noticed something, but did not take the next step.

Then it burped, a very loud burp, and then regurgitated some indigestible food in its stomach, the size of which was unknown.

After it finished vomiting, a small mound of earth with smelly mucus appeared on the ground, and it slowly slipped into the jungle to look for its next prey.

After Joet Brown climbed down from the tree, the first thing he did was to put on his gloves and turn over the freshly baked little bag of earth.

Sure enough, there was some soil, some bone fragments, and a large amount of metal.

Those are all fragments of weapons. I guess some contestants must have encountered this terrible glutton.

Joet Brown sighed lightly, then chose to walk in the opposite direction of the little white rabbit.

As he walked, Jobtran heard enthusiastic shouts.

"Come to me, come to me."

At first, Joet Brown thought it was just the sound of the wind, but when he heard it again and again, he felt something strange.

Although the main goal of this competition is to avenge Sif, since I haven't met Arthur yet, it's a good choice to broaden my horizons.

Not afraid of trouble, Joet Brown walked towards the direction of the sound.

The closer you get to the source of the sound, the smaller the green trees around you become, as if they are malnourished and have crooked necks.

When we reached the deepest part, the trees that had turned gray and withered created an atmosphere of impending death.

After passing through this withered forest, there were not even any dead leaves on the ground, only dry soil.

Joet Brown squatted on the ground, gently grabbed a handful of soil in his hand and examined it.

The grayish-white soil was visibly dry, without a trace of moisture, and was so loose that it would turn into sand if not squeezed hard.

Looking up, there was a small mound in front of me.

On the slope, there is a big banyan tree with lush branches and leaves.

This is very abnormal, but perhaps, this one large banyan tree is the reason why the entire area has been deprived of nutrients.

Joe Butran walked up the slope, but he did not go any closer to the banyan tree, only because he saw the true appearance of the banyan tree.

An ordinary banyan tree is only three or four meters wide at most, and the main trunk of a banyan tree that is hundreds of years old is only about ten meters long, but the one in front of us is an exaggeratedly terrifying one hundred meters long.

This is just the estimated diameter of the main trunk!

You should know that banyan trees have aerial roots, and these aerial roots will grow over the years, fall to the ground and grow into new trunks to nourish the main body.

One tree makes a forest, which is the situation Joet Brown is facing now.

This big banyan tree has thousands of aerial roots that have grown into trunks, and the road leading to the main trunk is largely covered by these new trunks.

Joet Brown bent down and saw the source of the sound through the gaps in the aerial roots.

On the trunk of the big banyan tree, there is an extremely old face, constantly speaking,

"Come to me, come to me."

The bark covered the human face, but you could still tell from the outline that it was a male, like a kind-looking old man.

Joet Brown didn't know who the banyan tree was calling, but he would never take a step inside.

Although the face on the banyan tree looks friendly, the soil on the ground doesn't lie.

Only the soil with aerial roots around the big banyan tree is brown, while the surrounding area is all barren and dead gray. What does this mean

The big banyan tree has sucked up all the nutrients nearby, and the brown color is the color of the residual iron left behind when the bright red blood cools and evaporates.

The next move of the banyan tree made Jobtran see the true nature of the banyan tree.

There are some inconspicuous bulges on the top of the banyan tree, which are the flower buds of the banyan tree.

When a breeze blew, the buds on the banyan tree suddenly bloomed.

A large amount of pollen floats into the nearby jungle with the breeze, carrying with it the kind of floral fragrance that makes people feel relaxed and happy with just a slight sniff.

After smelling the strange fragrance, Jobtran immediately moved to a farther place—to the upwind side.

Soon after, the animals in the jungle who smelled the fragrance of the flowers became like crazy, and like puppets, they walked out of the jungle step by step towards the banyan tree.

Every animal that came out from downwind was covered with a large amount of pollen.

When they approached the area with aerial roots hanging high, the aerial roots suspended in the air suddenly stabbed down, like the spears in the hands of a knight, piercing through them and suddenly stabbing into the soil.

The aerial roots absorb nutrients from the animals and grow into new trunks, while the flower buds at the top of the tree mature.

It has borne fruit without being pollinated.

The fruits with paper-thin skin swayed in the wind, and after the tree trembled, they flew into the sky.

The fruits shattered on the ground, and the nutrients in them were fed back to the nearby forests. The nourished trees became more lush and even grew taller visibly with the naked eye.

Jobtran didn't know what the fruit tasted like, but he understood that this was a weird ecological cycle, just a vicious cycle.

The banyan tree preys on creatures in the jungle, nourishing itself and the jungle.

The lushness of the jungle will provide a better living environment and more food for the animals living in it.

During the breeding season, animals naturally have more energy to produce more offspring.

But this cycle will eventually be broken by the banyan tree itself. Its territory will expand, and the dead ashes will eventually swallow up the jungle.

Joet Brown, wrapped in several layers of protection, avoided the temptation of pollen and saw this magical scene.

Would he burn down this banyan tree forest out of righteousness

No, he won't, he's just a passer-by.

He turned away without a trace of emotion, but the big banyan tree remained where it was, calling out without knowing what boredom was, "Come to me, come to me."

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As he walked, Joet Brown came to a place that made him laugh.

There's nothing special here, ordinary trees, ordinary soil, ordinary environment, just clipped hair everywhere.

All these shears were pointing in the same direction, just like what the big banyan tree did, except that it was silent.

If it weren't for the fresh traces of human activity, Joet Brown might have thought that this was a trap created by something like the banyan tree.

He quickly performed some logical deductions and roughly analyzed the current situation.

"Which idiot is so ostentatious?"

Joet Brown thought to himself as he smiled.

This piece of woods is naturally the area where Demir is located.

Joet Brown walked in without hesitation. Curiosity made him want to meet this fool, but Joet Brown knew in his heart that this was definitely not something Arthur would do.

Guided by the shears on the tree, Jobtran saw Demir, who was so bored that he was squatting on the ground counting ants.

"Three hundred and eighty-six, three hundred and eighty-seven, three hundred and eighty-eight.

"Eh? Ah! Someone is coming! Someone is finally here, my god!"

DeMille saw Joet Brown trying not to laugh and shouted in surprise,

"Oh no, I didn't finish counting."

DeMille held his head in his hands, looking annoyed like a big kid. He was obviously a little disappointed because he was distracted by Joet Brown's arrival and didn't finish counting the ants.

"An ant colony usually has 500 to 2,000 ants, and they reproduce 15 to 25 colonies every year.

If the ant nest you are observing has been there for five years, it will take you at least two to three years to count each ant one by one.

This is the case when the ants line up obediently and do not reproduce. So, do you draw so many scissors so that people can watch you count the ants?"

Joet Brown covered his mouth and laughed, then gave a serious scientific explanation.

Demir scratched his face and smiled sheepishly.

"No, no, no, actually, I want to fight."

"Then let's fight."