Chapter 52: The Strange Forest
Shen Hao carried Shi Yuxuan on his back and the two of them ran wildly all the way in order to avoid the pursuit of the swamp troll, and unconsciously deviated from the previously scheduled direction. However, if you turn around at this moment, you will inevitably enter that headache swamp again. So the only option at the moment is to take a detour.
Shi Yuxuan's wooden car has been lost, in order not to delay the trip, he can only let Hong Zhongqi and Shen Hao alternately carry forward, this is not because Hong Zhongxuan alone can't afford her weight, but even if there is a black robe barrier, plus he himself is extremely resistant to toxins, but if he is in close contact with Shi Yuxuan for a long time, he will inevitably be affected by the poison on her body, which may not have much impact, but in this sinister environment, he really can't lose his strength for some unnecessary reasons, even a little.
The three of them reoriented themselves and began to walk around the edge of the swamp, walking for nearly two hours before the scene in front of them gradually changed.
The low aquatic plants suddenly disappeared, and a large area of ash appeared on the ground in front of him, which looked like a volcanic ash.
Shen Hao put down Shi Yuxuan, bent down and grabbed a handful of ashes, pinched it in his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and his brows furrowed.
He is not as anti-poison as Hong Zhongtan, and every time he carries Shi Yuxuan for more than half an hour, he begins to feel that the skin in contact with her begins to numb, so he has to put her down after carrying her for a while and let her walk by herself for a while.
"It's not volcanic ash, it's not the embers that have burned something." At this time, Shi Yuxuan also bent down and touched the ashes on the ground, and said indifferently, "This is not the soil that the earth should have, it contains quite weak toxicity, and it is a natural treasure for the survival of various poisons, it seems that we are not far from the location of the poison nightmare." ”
"I don't like this place......" Shen Hao shook his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, took a long breath, and said in a low voice, "This reminds me of the 'Ash Canyon' in the 'Yellow Springs Purgatory' world before." That time, I was trapped for a whole month to find a way out, there was no life in it, it was barren more barren than the desert, and it almost didn't trap me alive in it. ”
"Don't worry, Uncle Shen, it's definitely not so desolate here, you see, aren't there trees over there?" Hong Zhongta, who was in front of him, was exploring the way ahead with a flashlight, and suddenly turned around and replied.
Shen Hao took a few steps forward and looked in the direction illuminated by the fog lamp, only to see a large black shadow faintly revealed in the misty sea of fog in front of him.
"Sister Xuan, this will have to trouble you." Shen Hao smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Shi Yuxuan beside him.
Shi Yuxuan nodded, and then took the lead towards the woods over there. Since they can live in this poisonous soil, these trees or creatures living in the woods must also be extremely poisonous, so as a big expert in playing poison, Shi Yuxuan is naturally the best to do.
Hong Zhongtan protected Shi Yuxuan to open the way, Shen Hao followed behind with a cigarette in his mouth, and only found something strange when he approached the woods. The vegetation is quite sparse, the distance between each tree is almost two or three meters, these trees are straight and tall, there are many branches on the trees, but there is not a single leaf, the body of the tree is as gray as the soil on the ground, as if painted with a layer of gray skin.
Shi Yuxuan put her hand on the tree and sensed it carefully, and Shen Hao and Hong Zhongta's eyes were fixed on her. After a long time, she let go of her hand and shook her head at the two of them, indicating that there was nothing unusual about the trees.
"Then move on." Shen Hao proposed, but the two did not object, so they confirmed the direction, and the three of them set off again.
With the trees as a reference, it seemed that it was easier to identify the direction, and the trees here were not dense enough to affect the three of them, so the three of them sped up and sped through the forest like the wind.
At this time, Shi Yuxuan climbed onto Shen Hao's back again, and the speed of the three of them was no less than 60/km, but this walk took a full four hours, and the sky was completely dark, but the deep fog under the fog lights was still shadowy trees, and there was no sign of leaving the forest area.
"Stop!" Shi Yuxuan patted Hong Zhongqi under him, and let out a low snort, and the three of them immediately stopped. Shen Hao looked back at her, frowned and said, "Did you find out too?" ”
"Yes, the situation seems to be a little wrong...... Shi Yuxuan turned around in place, paced a few steps around, and Qiong's nose under the hood shrugged, as if she was sniffing something.
"We're going around in circles!" Shi Yuxuan stopped her movements and said affirmatively: "Since an hour ago, I began to deliberately leave some medicinal powder on the road that has a long-lasting smell, so now this place, I can be sure that I must have been here before." Strangely, though, the surrounding trees weren't arranged in a way that I remembered them to be, and I wouldn't have been able to confirm this if I hadn't been able to smell the medicine in the air! ”
"That's right." Shen Hao kicked away the seemingly flat ashes on the ground with his feet, only to see that there was a row of deep footprints hidden under the layer of ashes covered on the surface, but he deliberately stepped on it when he passed by before, but for some reason it was covered by these ashes, and if he didn't look closely, he couldn't detect it at all.
"It's getting late now, and the situation is unclear at the moment, so I suggest camping on the spot for the time being, and I'll wait until dawn tomorrow to talk about anything." Shen Hao touched his chin and proposed.
Shi Yuxuan nodded in agreement, this is indeed the safest way, so he asked Hong Zhongtan to take out the sleeping bag and smokeless stove, fill it with solid fuel and prepare to start a fire.
"Don't worry." Shen Hao waved his hand to stop Hong Zhongta's action of lighting the fire, smiled mysteriously, and said, "This is the woods, isn't the fuel for the bonfire everywhere?" Why waste our inventory. ”
Hong Zhongtan nodded knowingly, put down the stove, and found a multi-functional sapper shovel from his luggage, this kind of sapper shovel is very lightweight, can be folded and hung on the waist, and the steel mouth is excellent, and it can completely replace the axe for logging operations when surviving in the wild. Shen Hao took the sapper shovel and asked Hong Zhongqi to help his master pack his luggage and cut down the tree himself.
The trees here are very tall, but not thick, Shen Hao found a tree the size of a bucket, patted the tree, and then picked up the sapper shovel and chopped it down.
With Shen Hao's brute strength, such an unskilled thing as cutting down trees was as easy as drinking water. This shovel cut into most of the tree, but at this moment, the touch transmitted to Shen Hao by the shovel in his hand shocked him, and at the same time, the brand on the back of his neck also issued a strong warning.
Shen Hao reacted quickly, and immediately let go and retreated, only to see that the body of the tree trembled violently, and a large amount of smoke and dust rose from the roots of the tree, and behind the smoke and dust, several tentacles flew towards Shen Hao like lightning.
At this time, Shen Hao took a step back, and before he had time to adjust his body, a few tentacles easily wrapped his limbs, neck, and waist firmly. Shen Hao just wanted to break free, but saw that the tentacles all over his body exerted force together, driving a black shadow to pounce out of the smoke and dust and rush towards his head.
It was a hideous mouth like a black hole, and the inner walls of the mouth were full of sharp fangs, which extended to the depths layer upon layer, and a fishy smell came to his face, making Shen Hao's brain a little dizzy.
", it's poisonous!" Shen Hao immediately woke up in 0.01 seconds, seeing that the big mouth had pounced in front of him, his heart was also ruthless, only to see him scream angrily, and he actually hit the big mouth headlong.
"Bang-" There was a muffled sound, and Shen Hao's head hammer was fast and ruthless, full of strength. The big mouth was hit before it could bite down, and the fangs in the mouth were not broken, and the purple-black strange blood sprayed Shen Hao's head and face.
At this time, Shen Hao had already eased up, and suddenly exerted his strength in his limbs, tearing off all the tentacles wrapped around his body, and then looked at the owner of the big mouth was slightly stunned.
I saw that the strange tree that had been cut down before was lying on the ground at this moment, and more than a dozen gray-brown tentacles were entangled and twisted at the place where the roots of the tree should have been the root, supporting the body of the tree, and where the roots of those tentacles gathered, a hideous and terrifying mouth was spewing purple blood and making a piercing scream.
"Beware! None of these things are trees!! Shen Hao roared, and kicked the side of the tree monster first, kicking it sideways, and the sapper shovel that had been cut at it before suddenly revealed its handle. Shen Hao stretched out his hand and grabbed the shovel handle, and with a little more force, the body of the tree that had been cut in half was cut in two, but the fracture was not a wooden fiber structure, and purple and black strange blood gushed out inside.
The tree monster suddenly screamed miserably, but Shen Hao chased after him, waving the sapper shovel in his hand up and down, cutting off the tentacles that blocked the way, and finally chopped the head of the monster with a big mouth into four petals.
At this time, the strange trees around all appeared prototypes, and the originally quiet woods instantly turned into a group of demons dancing, countless tentacles waving, countless terrifying big mouths and fangs intertwined, roaring towards the three of them, and the air began to fill the air with a fishy smell.
Shen Hao took a few steps back and forced himself to hold his breath, but he also inhaled a lot of poisonous gas unexpectedly, and the purple blood sprayed on his face before also seemed to contain severe poison, Shen Hao felt dizzy, his steps were vain, and the scene in front of him seemed to become blurred.
"Damn, I actually got into the way of these little monsters...... Shen Hao was annoyed and ashamed, and was about to release Wei Neng to be ashamed, when he was suddenly hugged from behind. Shen Hao only felt two soft and greasy balls pressed tightly on his back, such a touch, ecstasy, although in the midst of the fierce battle, he still couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart.
"Swallow the antidote I gave you before, sit down and rest, leave it to me here......" Shi Yuxuan's soft voice blew at the base of Shen Hao's ear with a trace of warm breath, and a tingling itch suddenly spread from his ears all over his body.
"Damn, you're more poisonous than them!" Shen Hao screamed and broke free from Shi Yuxuan's arms, and took out a light cyan pill from the bag and threw it into his mouth.