Chapter 42: The Gloomy Forest

Merry Town.

It is a beautiful town, located in the northeast of the land outside the West Palace, near the dark forest, where the seasons are mild and the biological plants flourish.

The common people here are all hunting for a living, mainly in the dark forests, where they have been making a living for generations, so that many people can live happily ever after.

The town of Merry is also home to the Ishian army, with the highest rank of lieutenant, and is responsible for protecting the civilians from being brutalized by ill-intentioned adventurers.

To the east of the town of Merry is the Gloomy Forest, which is infested with all kinds of beasts and dangers.

It is said that someone has seen it in the room recently, and the dead have come back to life and are walking aimlessly.

Of course, these things are all hearsay and have not been confirmed accordingly.

The people living in Meili Town don't care about this, they just need to hunt, do a small business, and eat a little food, and leave whatever happens to Yisijiao to deal with.

The Voyager, after a day's journey, finally reached the outskirts of the gloomy forest.

"This is the Gloomy Forest, and according to the map, the treasure may be inside. Lias looked solemnly at the forest in front of her.

The Gloomy Forest, as its name suggests, exudes a dark, gloomy, terrifying aura, the woods are dense and the branches are flourishing, like the palm of a demon, and in the light of the sun, it looks even more cold and chilling.

"It's quite lively here, you see, the civilians and adventurers have gone in. Red looked around and saw that there were a lot of people, who seemed to be civilians nearby, as well as some members of the Adventure Group, driving the Spider Fortress towards the gloomy forest.

"I think this forest is a little scary, we...... Do you really want to go in?" Victor said worriedly, looking at the slight chill emanating from the forest.

"What are you afraid of, Victor, don't be afraid, there is a regimental commander, there is no problem at all. Yuan Li patted Victor's shoulder hard, signaling that he was relieved.

However, Victor didn't think so, he was really afraid of Yuan Li, and he felt that the demons were not as terrible as Yuan Li.

During this day, he was crying for help every moment.

In the end, Lias couldn't stand it anymore, so she warned Yuan Li not to mess around anymore.

"This is a device that Victor and I have made in the past few days, which can sense life at a distance of 500 meters nearby, and as long as it is life, it will react. "Lias has a circular radar in her hand, and has been studying this thing for the past few days since she came out of the Machine Capital.

The maze of dominators has been shrouded in fog for many years, and the visibility is less than ten meters, so the line of sight is not far at all.

And if you want to not get lost in the foggy labyrinth, you must be well prepared and find a way to get a device that can detect the road, otherwise they will have a hard time.

Lias read a lot of books, studied various mechanical instruments, circuits and other problems, and only lacked the tools to build them.

Coincidentally, there is no need to worry about building at all, because with Victor, who is happy to build, it is easy to solve the problem of building.

So he had this instrument in his hand, which Lias called the Life Radar.

"Will this thing still shine?" Yuan Li looked at the life radar in Lias's hand curiously, a little curious.

"This was Lias's own idea, and it's the most novel instrument I've ever built. Victor said excitedly.

This thing was built himself, so he understood how avant-garde the instrument was, and the idea of the circuit was incredible, and he was amazed by Lias's whimsy.

"The green dot on this represents a life, which is a great help for us to enter the maze in the future. Lias looked at the flickering green dots on the life radar and explained to the group.

This invention is novel and can be said to be the world's first small-sized radar.

"Victor, let's go, let's go, go on an adventure!" Yuan Li jumped on the top of the fortress and shouted excitedly.

Victor spun the axle and took control of the instrument wheel, driving the Voyager towards the Gloomy Forest.

The four-meter-long sharp eight claws, exuding a dark metallic luster, took huge steps into the interior of the forest.

The trees in the forest are about 20 meters high, very large, and the same is true of the branches, under the trees, there are many algae, fungi, and stones that are blue-gray in color, and there are small streams of water that extend in all directions like little fingers.

In the place where the sun does not shine, in the dark and covered, there are pairs of sharp and cold eyes, like a lit fire lamp, which attracts everyone's attention.

Not far away, individual people could be vaguely seen walking back and forth, and some spider fortresses larger than the Voyager were heading towards the depths of the forest.

The four of them drove the traveler further into the forest.

"Shall we ask the person in front of us, and ask if there is anything strange nearby?" Lias glanced around, it was densely packed with trees, so it was impossible to find a way, and he had to ask for directions.

"Well, we have to ask, we're going to be blind like this. Red stared solemnly into the depths of the forest, he felt a sense of discomfort, he didn't know what was going on, there was a feeling of depression.

Hearing this, Lias nodded, looked at the life radar in her hand, and noticed that there was movement not far from the left front, and immediately ordered Victor to go to the left front.

"Why don't I go to explore the way?" Yuan Li touched his chin, his eyes rolled, obviously not knowing what strange things he was thinking.

"You give me some points!" Lias glared at Yuan Li fiercely, and the latter shrugged helplessly.

"Lias, look, there's someone up ahead. Victor shouted as he saw several civilian-looking people in front of him.

Hearing the prestige, everyone looked ahead, and there were four people, who seemed to be civilians nearby, who made a living from hunting.

Civilians also spotted Yuan Li and the others, watching the Voyager approach.

"Big brothers, may I ask, is there anything strange in the gloomy forest lately, or has there been something strange that cannot be explained?" Lias asked what she wanted to say, she knew that the map could only take her to this place, and the real place had to be found by themselves.

"Girl, you are adventurers!" a forty or fifty-year-old uncle, carrying a machete on his shoulder, looked at the four of Lias with a smile.

Hearing this, Lias nodded.

"There are no strange things. The uncle pondered, then raised his head and continued: "But some strange things have happened in the last two years. ”

"Weird things?" said Lias, listening carefully.

"Yes, it happened two years ago. The uncle seemed to be recalling, and asked a few people next to him for advice, then nodded and said: "In the past two years, more than a dozen people in our town have disappeared, that is, in the dark forest, some people think that they should have died in the process of hunting. ”

"But strange things happen here, in different parts of the forest, people often find some traces of blood, these blood stains are very thick, we can all see, it is the blood of wild beasts and men. ”

"Human blood is nothing, it's normal, and so is the blood of wild beasts, after all, it's normal to hunt a little blood, but people find that the bones of those wild beasts and people are gone, and near the corpses, there is often some poisonous liquid left, which is something we can't understand. ”

"We've told the adults of the Sect of Is, and they've come to investigate, but we haven't found anything suspicious. ”

The uncle slowly recounted the strange things that had happened in the dark forest in the last two years, and no one knew what the reason was, and no one went into the depths, just a story that was talked about at the wine table.

Lias listened carefully to extract useful news from it, and when she heard that the bones were gone, the blood that was left behind, and the poisonous liquid, she frowned and thought.

"Uncle, do you have any of the most powerful beasts here, the kind that can slap people to death?" asked Yuan Li coldly.

"This ...... I haven't seen this before, maybe there will be one in the depths of the forest, why do you ask this?" the uncle wondered.

"I haven't seen it, it's a pity. Yuan Li secretly exclaimed that it was a pity, he still wanted to have a bear hug with those fierce beasts.

"Uncle, where is the place where these things happened, and can you tell me about them?" asked Lias.

"Well, that's nothing, you go in the direction I pointed, through the swamp, and there's it. The uncle pointed to a place that led into the depths of the forest.

"Thank you, uncle, then let's go first, so we won't bother you. Lias thanked.

Immediately, let Victor turn around and head into the depths.

"Why don't you tell them about what happened in the last few days?" said a strong man in his thirties, confused at his uncle.

"That thing must be fake, it is passed around by others, how can it be true, where is there a dead person who can still walk alive. The uncle glared at the strong man angrily, as if complaining about the latter's superstition.

Several people nodded, looked at the Voyager that had disappeared from sight, and immediately packed their bags and walked out of the forest.

Yuan Li and the others walked in the direction pointed out by the uncle, and drove the Voyager forward gradually.