The Shining City has been cultivated for decades west of the Alcoron Mountains, but the focus has always been on the north.

The reason why the "Forest of Ashes" has not been found in the southwest is because there are several very dangerous fog areas here.

The more people who are damaged, the fewer people who go.

If it weren't for the sudden outbreak of the news of the coal mine and the temple this time, the direction of reclamation would probably still be to the north for many years to come.

......

The Plague Swamp is one of the most dangerous areas of the Fog that prevents hunters from exploring southwest.

The swamps here can't pass through the large mechanical city, so they can only be reached by small hunting teams.

But the wood fog in the swamp is thicker than on the plains, and no one knows what monsters are hiding in the mire. There are many poisons, many monsters, and many unknown dangers.

Moreover, it is also home to some strange and deadly creatures that have never been recorded in the books.

The closer you get to the "Forest of Ashes", the larger the size of the monsters, insects, and various plants becomes, and the more weird the shapes become...

[Overlord Blood Mosquito] A mosquito with wings of more than one meter, a bite, can make people swell a ball of pus the size of a basketball, often accompanied by a very deadly infection...

Named [Thousand Hand Vine], it is a cannibal vine that can automatically perceive creatures like a leech, and once entangled, you will find that the "grass" within a radius of several hundred meters under your feet comes to life, like tentacles pulling you to the ground. This plant, it eats meat...

The [Grimace Poison Moth] that followed the light source, once a fire was lit at night, it would be overwhelming, and the dust would be everywhere, sprinkled on the skin, which could make people scratch the skin itchy...

The mushroom named [Timosh] is hidden in the pile of leaves, like a landmine, and when touched by external forces, it will explode violently, directly spraying you with corrosive acid...

The strange pitcher plant, named "Spear Flower", can shoot bullet-like fruits and can easily pierce through human skulls...

To be named...

There are so many strange creatures, and the list goes on.

Almost every day, new species are discovered that are not recorded in the Encyclopedia, and almost every day hunters die for a variety of strange reasons...

This is where the name "Plague Swamp" comes from.

The swamp is a nightmare for the transcendent, a plague that dissuades most hunters who want to explore its secrets.

But this time it was different.

The big army went out and pushed everything sideways.

Large engineering steam wagons would pave roads directly in the swamps, digging stones from elsewhere to fill in the pits. The mage's [Swamp Solidification Spell] can directly solidify the soft swamp...

This kind of one-ring earth-based spell can fill a few meters a day for any magic apprentice. And the City of Radiance has hundreds of thousands of magic apprentices, and when there are many people, building roads is like bulldozers, which is extremely efficient.

With solid ground, the large mechanical city can enter the swamp area and push everything directly sideways.

......

This was the first time Wren had participated in a famine hunt.

Originally, he positioned himself as a bastard who came to make soy sauce.

If you don't leave the base, it will be more or less boring. But he didn't expect that every day, hunters would bring out some strange creatures from the mist.

Wren knew that his teacher, Ilubeck, liked to collect samples of different organisms and study their genetic sequences.

Now that the teacher is not around, he will help to do the job first.

Every day, he hangs bounties in the base's "mission hall" to collect strange creatures brought back by the hunters.

Then some data is recorded, some living sample data is collected, and then it is made into specimens.

Thinking about when I will meet the teacher and surprise him again.

Others don't know why the animals and plants here are generally much larger than those in the plains, but Wren knows it very well.

One of Ilubeck's research projects is called "On the Factors Affecting the Size of Living Organisms," which explains exactly why the creatures in this swamp area have become large.

A high oxygen content in the air leads to an overall larger organism, which is one of them.

The fog here is thicker than the plains, which is the second most crucial.

The fog of this world, Ilubeck has long studied in depth. He analyzed and studied some special ingredients, including trace amounts of toxins, but also some special substances that can enhance people's physique.

Ilubeck confirmed that the mist was harmful and beneficial, but was unsure what exactly it was. Because of the development of scientific research equipment, many theories are in the stage of "hypothesis" and "inference".

The fog on this side of the "Plague Swamp" is very thick, and ordinary transcendents must wear gas masks, otherwise more and more toxins will accumulate in their bodies over time, and their lives will be in danger.

But as far as Wren knew, the Udo Coleman didn't have any, and they didn't need gas masks. Their airways are directly exposed to the air, and they can breathe when they open their mouths.

It is also because they have lived in the "Forest of Ashes" since they were children, where the fog is thicker than that of the plains.

This also led to the fact that the warriors of their tribe were more burly, generally exceeding three meters tall.

Although there are no test samples to confirm this conjecture, Wren also feels that the human toxin resistance of this primitive tribe must be much higher than that of ordinary humans, and long-term breathing of poison gas also makes their physique much higher than that of ordinary humans.

Science is a door, and when it is opened, you will be attracted by its infinite wonder.

After reading Ilrubek's research materials, Wren became interested in the colorful and infinite possibilities of biological science for the first time.

......

It's been another two months.

The progress of the base reclamation on the side of the "Plague Swamp" is very good, although the daily casualties of the hunters are not light, they have not encountered large-scale demonic beast attacks.

Wren also heard that the dangerous land near the "Forest of Ashes" has basically been eaten up by various wilderness hunting legions, and it will probably not be long before he will directly engage the barbarian tribe head-on and launch a general attack.

But none of this has anything to do with him, Wren stays in the base every day to survive.

There had not been a large-scale war yet, there were not many wounded, the doctors in the camp could deal with it calmly, and an apprentice doctor like him could not receive any "good work".

Wren is happy to do the same.

Everyone else is desperately trying to earn contribution points because of this collective hunt, but he is an apprentice doctor, and he doesn't get together with people in the doctor's circle, nor does he take the initiative to take tasks, so the contribution points are naturally very small.

But he doesn't care, this is the confidence that there is no shortage of money.

He would spend a few hours every morning dissecting, making potions, collecting specimens, and spent the afternoon practicing martial arts, and in the evening meditating...

The life of soy sauce is also very regular.

this day.

In the camp's practice room.

It's a bit like an indoor gym in the previous life, there are a lot of people, people who practice spells, those who practice fighting, those who practice marksmanship...

On the martial arts training bench, Wren was sweating and practicing punching.

“2995、2996、2997...3000！”

The fist is strong, and the sound of breaking the wind is endless.

1,000 kicks, 3,000 punches... There are also various physical training exercises for squatting and jumping with weights, which is the training plan he has set for himself, and the amount is increasing every day.

Although the skills of martial arts have been sharpened and familiar in the dream space of the "Zhi Brain", the degree of muscle memory and reflexes of the body still needs to be practiced in actual combat.

Although he has been fighting for a few months, Ren's combat power is also rising.

In the past few months, the [Corpse Sewer] potion he took when he awakened the transcendent has almost been digested and fused.

Strength, perception, nerve reaction speed, resilience... The amplification of various stats is one or two times stronger than it was a few months ago!

Because he had awakened a potion of excellent gold quality, he had already reached a significant level higher than the average transcendent enhancement stat. Now just talking about the data of his body, he is already the top first-class among the first-order [Awakened].

On the other hand, "Breath of Thunder" is expensive, and it really has the benefit of being expensive.

At least with this exercise, the efficiency of the Dou Qi will really increase many times as before.

During this time, the amount of fighting energy in his sea of qi visibly skyrocketed with the naked eye.

Moreover, because the fighting spirit is strong enough, he has now condensed the third "gang line". With the rising tide, the progress of [Hercules Decision] is also very impressive, and he has practiced the thirty-six movements every day without slackening, nourishing his muscles with ganglines, and has reached the level of "first glimpse of the door".

It is estimated that Uncle Sam, who gave him this secret method of refining the body at the beginning, would never have thought that someone would practice this secret method in a few months!

When it comes to getting started with the exercises, the most direct benefit is that the strength skyrockets.

Just stepping into the threshold directly doubled his strength increase!

To give a very solid data example, when Wren first awakened to the transcendental, his strength was about 260 kilograms, and now he has digested the stamina of the potion, which has exceeded 600 kilograms; Coupled with the strange power bonus of [Hercules Formula], it will directly break a thousand!

The increase in absolute strength also means that the actual combat ability will increase geometrically, whether it is punch power, speed, muscle toughness, and resistance to blows, it will be improved a lot.

Moreover, his physical fitness is strong enough, and Wren has finally touched the threshold of performing "mysteries".

The more advanced the martial arts, the higher the requirements.

And Wren spent a lot of money to learn the "Six Styles of Martial Arts", which requires a high threshold.

【Shenxing】The rapid displacement of the air stepping on the explosion, in addition to the mastery of skill and fighting spirit, requires a minimum speed value...

[Empty God Strike], [Cannon Fist], [Arashikiri]... These attack arcane skills also require a minimum absolute power value to meet the requirements...

In the past few months, Wren has worked tirelessly in the "Dream Space", and he has almost copied the mystical martial arts skills practiced by the two grandmasters.

What he is missing now is the fusion of body and consciousness in reality.

Only through continuous penance and actual combat can we turn the consciousness of the "six mysteries" in our minds into the combat power that our bodies can display...