It's too quiet here, like being in a tomb, a thick dead atmosphere dominates this place, there is no singing of birds, no insects, no trace of wild beasts, not even the rustling footsteps of two people stepping on the pine needles on the ground The sound is also very clear!
What appeared in front of my eyes were the same pine trees and snow, and it seemed that I could never see where the end was. In such a tense atmosphere, the exhaustion of physical strength can be said to increase exponentially, as if the chest was pressed heavily by some invisible thing, and it didn't take long for the two of them to sit down and rest.
The reef was leaning against a pine tree, panting heavily:
"Jesus, what the hell is this place! A forest without a single beast, look at these pine cones, eaten clean! But where are the birds that eat these pine cones, and the squirrels? Where are they all?" ?”
Fang Sheyan put down Wuge girl, sat down silently, pinched a ball of snow next to him and stuffed it into his mouth, then stared at the top of the tree for a while and said:
"Probably no beasts, nor birds nor squirrels."
Jiao Shi sat up straight all of a sudden, and said in amazement:
"How is it possible, what did these pine nuts eat?"
Fang Sheyan's eyes showed a pensive look, he was not in a hurry to answer the question of the reef, but picked up a dead branch from the ground, and began to write and draw on the ground, and soon the reef also saw that Fang Senyan was Mapping the route they had taken, he immediately joined in.
The reef is older than Fang Sheyan, and has much more experience in the field. The two quickly determined their current position, and pessimistically found that they are not too far away from the orc camp. In terms of distance, it is only about twenty kilometers at most.
The two looked at each other, smiled wryly, and shook their heads. But Sheyan's eyes quickly turned firm, and there was a fierceness that Jiao Shi felt very familiar with. Whenever Fang Senyan faced great danger, he would reveal his beast-like madness and toughness.
"Let's go." Sheyan stood up, covered his chest and coughed twice. Although the chest wound hit by the tentacle monster had already healed, the curse of the abnormal state attached to it was like a maggot on the tarsus bone, and the vicious ghost lingered. It has been almost two hours now, and there is no need for it at all. signs of fading.
Fortunately, at this time, the girl Wu Ge who was leaning on his shoulder barely opened her eyes, and pressed her palm to his chest with a pale face, amidst the green light drifting away, you can see strands of black gas flying out. , the gas formed the shapes of centipedes, scorpions and other poisonous insects in the air, lifelike, and then completely dissipated in the air.
Fang Senyan felt a burst of coolness pouring into his whole body, as if his whole body and internal organs had been washed by clear and clean spring water, he was refreshed immediately, and a faint green light appeared on the surface of his body.
And the nightmare imprint also sent a reminder:
"You have received the blessing of the Dawn Spirit: all negative states on your body are removed, all your resistances are increased by 15%, and all beneficial abilities related to chance are increased by 5% (including but not limited to hit rate, crit rate, synthesis probability of success, etc.).”
After casting the blessing of the dawn elf, the elf girl simply fell into a semi-comatose again, but she didn't seem to have been seriously injured, not only the fresh body fragrance remained, but also whether it was hair color or the surface of the skin. The luster presents a strong sense of vitality, like the new green shoots on the branches in spring.
There is no doubt that her situation at this time can only be explained in one way, that is, she is in the stage of transformation and advancement that needs rest and accumulation. When she fully recovers, she can be called a real dawn elf—can lead The elves on Middle-earth return to the leader of the Kingdom of God!
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About half an hour later, the three surviving orcs slowly came from a distance. The leader of the strong orcs kept flapping his nose, then looked at the pine tree next to him and said coldly:
"They stopped here."
A strong orc next to him had a rather ugly face, and said in a hoarse voice:
"It's past noon now. If we chase them and go further, even if we return in time, we probably won't be able to avoid that... thing!"
The leader of the orcs suddenly turned his head back, his eyes were red, full of vicious warnings, and he could clearly see a blue sarcoma growing on his throat, the sarcoma was densely covered with blood vessels, and it was still throbbing. It seems to be in sync with the beating of the heart.
This sarcoma is an additional biological technology developed by Saruman. It is still in the experimental stage, and it is only used on some orcs with great value. This sarcoma is called a heterogeneous melanoma. The process of production is quite strange and evil. It was discovered when Saruman was studying tentacle monsters.
Because the tentacle monster's mouth is very underdeveloped, they can only chew food basically, and it is difficult to digest it after swallowing. Therefore, there is always a symbiotic worm in their stomach. This worm is good at secreting powerful digestive juice. Effectively decomposes food, so without this worm parasite, tentacle monsters would often die of indigestion.
But everything in the world is too much, once the tentacle monster has a fixed and abundant food source, of course, this kind of worm will not understand the importance of family planning / no hair will be attached, so it will also reproduce in large numbers , the final result is that the digestive system of the tentacle monster bursts and dies. So when the tentacle monsters understood this, dieting and regular and limited deworming became the two major events in their lives.
Some of the worms that were killed and excreted were turned into a strange parasite by Saruman with his unique preparation method. If a strong orc with enough value to be used appears, the tentacle monster will cut a small opening in its throat, and then bury the thing under its skin. Over time, xenogeneic melanomas develop.
The orc who was planted with this "heterogenetic black body tumor" is equivalent to having an extra heart, both in terms of strength and survivability will be greatly increased. But because the worms used for refining have lived in the tentacle monster for a period of time, most of the actions of this orc will be sensed by the tentacle monster with tumors. The tentacle monster has the ability to kill the orc remotely at any time.
Facing the ferocious gaze of the orc leader, the questioning orc immediately took a step back, not daring to make a sound. Just as Saruman's avatar has the absolute right to control the life and death of the orc leader, the orc leader can also form an absolute suppression of ordinary orcs!
"If you chase, you may not die, if you don't chase, you will die!"
The hoarse voice of the orc leader has clearly analyzed the relationship between the powerful. Now go after the enemy and bring them back, then there is still a glimmer of life. If you don't chase, the tentacle monster knows everything that happens here, even if you successfully exit This fierce place is also subject to death!
The three strong orcs were silent, and they didn't dare to say anything more, they strode forward to chase after the traces left by Fang Senyan and the other three. Their figures also gradually disappeared in the pine forest, and the mysterious and quiet atmosphere was restored in this dead pine forest, as if everything would be swallowed and smoothed out in it.
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It was already around three o'clock in the afternoon, and after being filtered by the snow wind and clouds in the sky, the sunlight shone down bleakly and reluctantly, even a little pale, but at least it also dispelled the thick fog in the valley.
At this time, under the sunlight, one can vaguely see a faint mist above the pine forest. If someone watches from a distance, even the line of sight will be vaguely distorted, as if there is a stove below.
If this situation occurs naturally, it means that there are some precious things under the ground, most of which are jade mines or the like.
There are two poems called: "The bright moon in the sea has tears, and the sun in Lantian is warm and the jade smokes." The first poem describes the pearl, and the latter means that under the sunshine, the precious purple jade will rise and appear faintly. blue smoke.
There is also an idiom called: Zhuguangbaoqi, which means that the best pearls will automatically emit brilliance, and treasures can release their unique mist. But looking at the weird mist above the pine forest at this time, there will always be an ominous sign in my heart for no reason.
Fang Senyan and Jiao Shi continued to move forward. The two of them knew that they should save energy as much as possible, so they also reduced the frequency of talking. As they continued to move forward, they found that the pine forest ahead had also become sparse, the bark of the pine forest had also become dry and cracked, and the pine needles had also died.
Seeing this situation, Fang Sheyan's face became even uglier. He couldn't help turning his head to look behind him. There was an uncontrollable urge in his heart to turn around and go back immediately. It should be because of the warning, but this kind of The impulse was immediately stifled by his reason.
Sheyan raised his head and looked at the sky, because he was "in this mountain", so he didn't notice the faint mist covering the pine forest, but felt that the sun's light was too pale. In his and Reef's jungle concept, as long as the sun is still there, they will be relatively safe.
"Huh..." Reef let out a long breath: "Let's take a rest now, this damn rule, why should the storage space of the nightmare imprint be limited? You can't even find it if you want to drink saliva, I guess If you continue to advance at full speed, your health will slowly decrease."