Chapter 3: A Forest Without Soul Beasts

He came across a fork in the road.

No, it's not a fork in the road, this kind of natural, no human survival soul beast forest, there is no artificial path to step on. In front of him, there were actually only two forest paths that could be walked, but the danger was unknown.

"This ..... Left or right? Uchiha Uranium frowned, although he hadn't encountered a soul beast at the moment, but racing against time was a necessary way, it was noon, and it was safe.

Once nightfall, all kinds of terrifying carnivorous soul beasts begin to hunt for food, and with their current situation, they may be difficult to resist. And once you go the wrong way and unknowingly walk into the lair of soul beasts, it will be too embarrassing.

"On the left."

After a moment's hesitation, Uchiha Uranium decided to change course slightly and move on like the left.

The ground was very muddy, the roots of the vines around him, the rotten leaves, and the slippery stones all made his progress very slow, and the sun in the sky was getting more and more scorching, and if it weren't for the dense foliage, I am afraid that his delicate skin would have begun to ache.

He was already a little accustomed to the unpleasant smell in the air, he really didn't expect that the Star Dou Great Forest would have such a landform environment as a wetland swamp, originally he thought that it was all trees and forests, and it was estimated that there would be no clean living water source in this place, even if there were, it was also a must for many soul beasts, and at the latest tonight, it was going to start real wild survival.

Water, food, shelter. He has not achieved any of the three elements of survival at present, Uchiha can only hope that the next road will be a little easier, the food and water source are not very worried, and the space soul guide is at least enough for him to eat for about ten days, and what really stumps him is that there is still no place to sleep.

He was really a little afraid that he would fall asleep and wake up in the belly of a soul beast the next day.

"Didn't you say that the Star Dou Great Forest was a soul beast paradise? How did you get to now, and you haven't seen a soul beast for more than two hours? ”

After a while, Uchiha Uranium found a relatively clean, slightly flat stone at the top, climbed up, sat on it, and began to rest. The doubts about the disappearance of soul beasts for no reason are still in my heart and have not dissipated.

This is definitely not normal, compared to the forest, the density of soul beasts must be relatively large, even if he is sluggish, he will not think that the forest without soul beasts is normal, there is definitely something wrong with this.

"Is it really in the territory of high-level soul beasts?" Thinking about it, Uchiha Uranium can only come to this conclusion, there is no way, with the existing observations, there is only this reason, but this possibility is not too high, high-level soul beasts also have to eat, now I can't meet a low-level herbivorous soul beast, is it possible that this high-level soul beast drinks the northwest wind?

"What went wrong? Forget it, don't think about it yet, hurry up and eat something, and then keep walking. He had been in this place for more than two hours, and had not eaten yet, and he had imagined that food and water should be eaten when he could not hold out, but he seemed to have overestimated his endurance.

The food is simply made of dried meat, nuts, flour, eggs, and seasonal vegetables, which is very large, about 60 centimeters unfolded, round, thin on both sides, two to three centimeters, thick in the middle, about six centimeters, shelf-stable, and turned out in the kitchen at home.

The taste is very good, but it must be chewed carefully, at his current age, if he eats fast, he will accidentally pin his teeth, and his appetite is also small, such a piece of bread is conservatively estimated to be enough for him to eat for two to three days.

After eating for a quarter of an hour or so, Uchiha uranium burped in satisfaction, then took out the water and took a few sips, and then, the rest time was over, and he was going to continue walking, the current place was not suitable for night rest, the ground was full of sludge and water, unless he slept on a tree.

Pack up, roll over and walk down the boulder, and continue walking. Push away the plants that get in the way, use a sharp machete to split the thorns, rip off the cobwebs wrapped around your body, and pat off the slippery moss. Uchiha uranium walks through this deserted jungle, trying to carve out a path to walk on.

The dense jungle in front of me suddenly thinned out rarely, gradually revealing the clear blue sky.

The sound of the river flowing became clearer, and before long, a small river appeared in the boy's field of vision.

Both sides of the river are covered with dense unknown aquatic plants, the river is not turbulent, but the water quality is a little turbid, dark green floating algae floats on the water, as the flowing water moves forward, it is impossible to see how deep this small river is, but the river is a little wide, he did not use the tools, it is difficult to pass the river.

When the boy saw it, he knew that this river was not something he could get by. There are no trees growing on either side, and I can't move the rotten trunks to make bridges, not to mention the unknown dangers in the water.

He didn't dare to set foot in the river easily, and this river can nourish so many floating algae, it must be eutrophication of the water body, and the floating algae cover the water surface, and the algae bloom will make the water lack oxygen, and in this river, ordinary fish will definitely not survive. There is no artificial salvage here, and it seems that this situation has not covered the entire river surface, and there must be herbivore soul beasts that feed on floating algae.

If there are herbivore soul beasts, there should be carnivorous ones.

I am afraid that this river is also undrinkable, there are too many impurities in the water, and the water quality is turbid. Uchiha Uranium knew that he didn't have anything on him that could filter the water source, and it was difficult to achieve safe and pollution-free consumption with the filtration method he knew, but this river was the only water source he had found so far, and if he waited until the clean water he carried was drunk, he was afraid that no matter how dirty it was, he would have to pinch his nose and drink it.

"What should I do.....

Uchiha Uranium looked at this murky river, and then looked at the surrounding environment that was not worth borrowing, and crossed this river, and was a little entangled for a while. Do you venture across the river, or do you want to stay away and return?

After a while, Uchiha Uranium made a decision that he couldn't return, otherwise all his time would be wasted on finding the way, he had to follow the edge of the river, this area was an area for soul beasts from ten to a hundred years, and with his physical fitness and soul skills, he was enough to face most of the dangers. Moreover, the water source is a necessary place for living creatures, if you can meet a soul beast, then you can directly live in a ready-made nest along the traces, completely saving yourself a series of trivial tasks such as making shelters and demarcating safe areas.

The route was determined, and the Uchiha began to move on, and instead of walking directly on the river, he was slightly separated by a distance to ensure a certain amount of safety.

The surrounding trees seem to be close to the water source, and the trunk and roots are covered with moss, which is very slippery, and the young man climbs the slippery and high roots of the tree, and there is a risk of falling if he is not careful. What's more, he still has a bulky package on his back.

Uchiha Uranium cautiously walked along the river.

The river is babbling with duckweed and floating algae, and the banks are lush and green, and the vegetation is quite dense.

He walked for about two hours, and it was getting dark.

The river gradually widened, the water became clearer, and the ground began to have a little harderness, no longer like stepping on one foot and sinking half a foot into it. Not only did the river widen, but the trees on both sides also thinned, the dense vegetation was replaced by weeds and bushes, the tall trees receded, the sun shone in, and the hot and humid air was blown away by cool gusts of wind at some point.

Uchiha Uranium looked back, looked at the path opened up behind him, and the complex and twisted vine roots, and then looked at the refreshing lake in the forest in front of him, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, finally, finally came out. Sure enough, he guessed correctly, since it is living water, there must be a source, and if the source is found, it must be clean water, and he has had enough of this kind of muddy ground with one foot and one pit.

"It's finally out, it's really strange, this wetland rainforest environment doesn't even have flying insects, no, this place, this water source location, why doesn't there even have a soul beast to drink water?"

Around the lake in the forest right now, you can clearly see the footprints of beasts, but the creepy thing is that there is nothing around, not at all like a soul beast paradise, more like a lifeless hell.

"Where the hell am I?"