Chapter 40: The Strange Forest
Thousands of miles of desert are uninhabited, and thousands of forests see corpses.
The boundless golden sea of sand made Fang Xingchen feel the harsh environment of the Eastern Desert, like purgatory on earth. In this purgatory-like sea of sand on earth, there was no life at all, and Fang Xingchen, who was thousands of miles away, had never seen a living thing exist, not even a small grass or an insect, Fang Xingchen had not found it.
"In this harsh environment, I don't know how the snake people survive~" Thinking of the tens of thousands of people of the snake people living in this kind of human purgatory before, Fang Xingchen couldn't help but feel the tenacious vitality of the snake people.
"Huh~" Just as Fang Xingchen was thinking about the survival of the snake people, a little green shade appeared in his field of vision, and as he got closer, it continued to grow.
After seeing this bit of greenery, Fang Xingchen immediately took out the snakeskin scroll that Wa Hao handed over to him.
"That's right~This is it~"
After determining that the green shade in front of him was the location of the Eastern Desolate Temple, Fang Xingchen quickened his pace and walked towards the front. Behind him was covered by the golden dust raised up from the sky, and if it was seen by others, it would be thought that there was another devilish storm.
In Wa Hao's snakeskin scroll, the Eastern Wilderness Temple was realistic two thousand years ago, but at that time, there was no large area of forest around the Eastern Wilderness Temple, only a ruined temple emerged from the sand dunes.
According to Wa Hao, a sandstorm broke out in the Eastern Desert and lasted for several days before it disappeared. In order to find out the cause of the appearance of the sandstorm, Wa Hao led his people to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Eastern Desert, and inadvertently, he revealed the existence of the Eastern Wilderness Temple and explored it many times.
Now that the Eastern Wilderness Temple has undergone an abrupt change, Wa Hao knew the news as soon as possible, and re-explored the Eastern Wilderness Temple.
It's a pity that the strange forest that appeared around the Eastern Wilderness Temple not only hindered Wa Hao's footsteps, but also almost folded Wa Hao inside.
Therefore, when Fang Xingchen said that he wanted to go to the Eastern Wilderness Temple to explore, Wa Hao tried his best to dissuade him.
However, Fang Xingchen insisted on it in the end, he just handed over the exploration guide he had drawn to Fang Xingchen and warned Fang Xingchen of the dangers.
When Fang Xingchen knew about the danger of the strange forest, the most important thing in his heart was the safety of the two Chu siblings, because he didn't want to lose the partner he had just met.
Fang Xingchen, who was in a hurry, rushed towards the large green shade that was becoming more and more obvious in front of him at a speed of thousands of meters, and when he got infinitely closer, he found that it was not a simple green shade at all, but a primeval forest that covered the sky and the sun, cutting off the lazy waist of the Eastern Desert. Even standing thousands of meters away from the forest, Fang Xingchen could also feel bursts of gloomy aura coming from the towering forest in front of him.
Looking at the towering forest from a position of thousands of meters, Fang Xingchen saw a strange scene, that is, the forest and the desert do not invade each other, and there is no obvious transition boundary between the desert and the forest, if you stand at the junction of the forest and the desert, you will find one foot in the scorching sand, and the other foot in the shady forest shrubs, this wonderful feeling will make people have the illusion of ice and fire.
Fang Xingchen, who was standing in the distance, did not rush into the strange forest, but roughly measured the size of the forest in front of him. From the horizontal extension of the forest, Fang Xingchen found that there was a slight angle of inclination on both sides. It's just that the horizontal extension is too large to be detected if you don't look closely. And Fang Xingchen just discovered this, so he speculated that this boundless weird forest should be growing in a regular circle. It is very likely that the Eastern Wilderness Temple is located in the center of the strange forest.
After finding nothing more, Fang Xingchen quickly approached this strange forest. When he stepped into this forest, he also deliberately felt the wonderful feeling of the junction between the desert and the forest.
Fang Xingchen felt that on one side there was a heat wave of more than 50 degrees, and on the other side there was a faint chill to the bone. This wonderful feeling that violates the laws of nature, Fang Xingchen is also the first to experience.
"Roar~Roar~Roar~" Just as Fang Xingchen was intoxicated with this feeling, a deafening beast roar came from the depths of the strange forest.
"It shouldn't be too far, or go over and see what's going on?" After hearing this beast roar, Fang Xingchen immediately analyzed the environment around the forest. From the size and distribution density of these towering giant trees, Fang Xingchen guessed the approximate location of this beast's roar.
Fang Xingchen observed the towering giant trees around him, the smallest of which was more than twenty zhang tall, and it took three people to hug them to surround them. If this is placed in the home world, I think it is a century-old tree, a rare tree.
Just the branches on the trees have the thickness of ordinary trees in the home world, and the branches of many towering giant trees extend seven or eight feet away from each other, and the branches are staggered with different sizes, plus the luxuriant branches and leaves on the branches, the internal space under the entire forest is hidden under the scorching desert sun, which is extremely gloomy.
In addition to these luxuriant giant trees, the underside of the forest is also covered with a variety of deep green vegetation, and some strange flowers can be seen growing in it.
After walking through the forest for a distance, Fang Xingchen finally discovered the unusual thing about this forest, this forest seemed to have no insects or birds except for towering giant trees and lush green vegetation, not even a living creature, let alone other large animals.
"Could it be that I heard it wrong just now~" After discovering the strange situation in the forest, Fang Xingchen began to wonder if the beast roar just now was born of an illusion.
"Roar~Roar~Roar~"
Suddenly, the sound of the beast's roar appeared around Fang Xingchen, and it was very close. It's just that Fang Xingchen didn't notice that there were any living creatures around, and then Fang Xingchen opened the third perspective, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation through the release of consciousness.
"Roar~Roar~Roar~"
At this moment, this beast roar had already appeared within three feet of Fang Xingchen. The sound waves generated by the beast's roar shook the surrounding green vegetation, but Fang Xingchen still didn't notice any living creatures around him.
Fang Xingchen, who has always been calm and comfortable, now has an unknown sense of nervousness. Because the other party's whereabouts are completely out of his control, and the other party has already mastered his whereabouts and approached him in a strange way.
If the other party attacked Fang Xingchen now, Fang Xingchen didn't know how to resist the other party's surprise attack. The other party is completely invisible, and there is no way to know where it is.
"Roar~Roar~Roar~"
In an instant, the sound of this beast roar came into Fang Xingchen's mind. Fang Xingchen, who reacted quickly, immediately activated the Ten Thousand Streams Technique, and formed a water curtain wall around his body, which was used to defend against unknown creatures that might attack him at any time.
I saw a claw, through the water curtain wall, quickly grasping Fang Xingchen's chest, as if it was going to dig out Fang Xingchen's heart.