Volume 1 Tower of Flesh Chapter 13 The Lost Tribe
The consequence of using the magic seal to quickly dissolve and regenerate at high speed is to bring a huge load to Li Ben's soul, and the operation during rebirth is a little rough, causing the internal organs of the body to displace, causing his current mental state to be very trance-like.
Li Ben's strength and ability come from the soul, but after all, the body is the necessary container to carry the soul, and if the soul stays in the distorted body for a long time, it will bring irreversible damage and unknowable changes. This is also the reason why Chaos Hunters cannot transform for a long time.
In the evening, Lee Ben fled to an unknown river. After his self-disintegration, a large amount of liquid was left on his clothes, and the sticky liquid stained the grass and soil, making it look like it had been buried in the ground for a long time before being dug up. He took the opportunity to wash the dirt from himself and his clothes.
It is surrounded by a completely unfamiliar environment, and chaos oppression is always present.
The degree of chaos erosion in this forest is about 25%. Li Ben estimated it by feeling.
Without tribes, without the guidance of prophets, there is no way to avoid the most dangerous areas. Everything is unknown, and it seems that he has suddenly become the newcomer who just arrived a year ago. The slight difference is that I didn't know anything at that time, but now, I am very aware of the dangers of the outside world, and the fear of the unknown is always with me.
Most of the trees here are thin and small, with dead branches and leaves. Therefore, compared to the previous place, the view is extremely wide.
Li Ben went down the river, hoping to find a place with less erosion to set up camp and stabilize himself. After that, I will consider a way to go back to the central part of the continent to investigate.
But where is it so easy to find such a place, otherwise the Navigator Organization would not have set up a reward mechanism specifically for this.
The sky quickly darkened, and the oppressive force of chaos increased along the way, and it was obvious that he had entered a more dangerous place.
Li Ben grasped the hilt of his sword and marched vigilantly.
He spotted an lookout not far away. When you get closer, you can see that the wooden base of the observatory has decayed, and the wooden ladder treads used for the stage have been folded several times.
It seems that tribes have camped in this area before, but they must have left now.
Li Ben analyzed the ruins in front of him, hoping to find some useful clues to determine the whereabouts of people, and if he could follow the path of his predecessors, the danger should be significantly reduced.
If we can find out where they camped, there should be more clues.
Suddenly, Li Ben felt a chill creep up his spine, as if something was secretly peeking at him. There were no footsteps and no strong breath.
Where is it? His perception is maximized, and no wind or grass around him can escape.
The target was quickly locked.
It was an eyeball floating quietly in the air, dragging a nerve-like tail. Li Ben's gaze met with it.
Then, more eyeballs emerged from behind the trees, one by one in the grass, and they surrounded Li Ben, not attacking, just staring at him silently.
The eyeballs vary in size and size, and the shape and color of the pupils vary, suggesting that they are not from the same species.
These items are not included in the Hunter's Bestiary. But Li Ben guessed that the reason for this situation was either something manipulating behind the scenes, or the necromancer, and other possibilities were not something he could understand and deal with.
In the wilderness, this strange and strange phenomenon is terrifying. Li Ben had goosebumps all over his body, and they stared at him.
When he tried to attack these eyeballs with his sword, they would quickly rise and dodge, moving nimbly in the air like flying insects, which was difficult for Leeben's sword to reach due to their small size.
If you ignore them, they will reunite and follow Li Ben, and they will not be able to shake them off.
Try it with Soul Restraint, if these eyeballs appear due to the power of the Necromancy, then the Necromantic will be pulled into the real world under the effect of Soul Restraint, so that you can deal with them yourself.
Li Ben used the tip of his sword to draw a square circuit on the ground, making inner and outer circles, and drew eight symbols on the four corners and four strings, which represented the name of a god in this world, who were in charge of life, death, soul, blood, sun, moon, wind, and earth.
Finally, he drew a six-pointed star in the inner circle, and Li Ben dripped a drop of the liquid flowing in his body instead of blood to communicate chaos.
Black mist poured out from the nicks of the circle, spreading rapidly in all directions, flooding the grass and setting the stage for the soul body's existence.
Sure enough, he was able to use the power that originated from Chaos. Lee Ben was the first to confirm this.
In his perception, standing in the center of the circle is the source of power, the master of those black fogs. At the expense, his flesh was slowly withering, and this withering was not immediately repaired by the red fluid in his body.
Li Ben wasted no time, he was now able to perceive the existence of all souls in himself and the outside world, as if he had entered the world of his own will.
However, there were no spirits in the vicinity of those eyeballs.
It seems that I guessed wrong... Dispels cast.
With a thought, the black mist vanished, and the land engraved with the magic circle under Li Ben's feet turned into a black swamp.
"This is filthy sludge? It turns out that you can get it after using the soil as a release point for dark magic. ”
Filthy Mud can be used in the crafting of potions and magic items, including "Pure Water".
Thinking of this, Li Bencai remembered that because he was in too much of a hurry, he had not used clean water to cover his breath in the wild, and hurriedly searched in the storage bag for a while.
"There's only one bottle, there's no way, use it first. ”
After pouring the purified water on himself, Li Ben filled some filthy mud in an empty bottle, intending to extract some pure water from it when he had spare time.
After that, the eyeballs that had been staring at Li Ben wandered aimlessly in the air as if they had lost their purpose.
"It's an eyeball, but the way you see the world isn't 'seeing'..."
Anyway, I was finally able to get rid of them. Li Ben rejoiced in this.
A wandering eyeball flew towards him unconsciously, and Li Ben swung his sword and cut it into two pieces, and a little thick pulp burst out at once.
"Babbling!!"
The sharp and unrivaled shrill scream turned into a wave of visible sound in the air, and it crashed towards Li Ben and everything around him. The sound felt like a fingernail scratching on a blackboard.
The sound is mixed with infrasound!
Now Li Ben can only barely realize this, his brain has died under the strong resonance, and even his heart has fallen into an irregular frenzied beat.
Eardrum hemorrhage, internal organ rupture......
When the sound stopped, Li Ben fell to the ground convulsing and foaming at the mouth, using what little consciousness he had left to quickly repair the inside of his body that had been shattered by the shock.
There were no scars on his appearance, but red fluid oozed from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.
Why do you want to be cheap... However, the sound is not coming from the eyeball, the source of the sound is behind it! This indicates that the eyeball that is attacking it may be part of some kind of existence, and the body of the sound that it can produce is somewhere else.
The repair speed of his body is not fast, it is simply too slow compared to usual, which is the sequelae of fighting with Zhou Haomiao.
When Lee Ben was able to get up from the ground, he heard footsteps behind him. The whole body is numb, like the prey that has been bitten by a poisonous snake, and it is impossible to move.
This time it was not a sense of crisis, and in front of his eyes, it seemed that a big word "death" written in blood appeared.
Li Ben didn't look back, he didn't dare and couldn't. In his own hunter's perception, the massive mass of chaos that appeared behind him was like an all-engulfing black hole, significantly several orders of magnitude higher than those few flemins.
It's weird of the unknown. Li Ben recognized.
In fact, the humans of this world can record no more than a hundred kinds of chaotic creatures above level 7 that surpass Flamin, and most of them are still based on myths and legends. And those original unknown hunts are simply incomprehensible existences, and at most they can only describe their appearance or simple performance. Regarding everything in its specifics, anyone who has experienced it is either dead or crazy, let alone collating and analyzing.
His brain was chirping, trembling in the invisible threat, and Li Ben felt that the dark chaos hidden in the depths of his soul was surging violently, as if he was about to break through the seal of the golden ocean and completely invade him.
The pressure that stiffens the body comes from the soul.
The shadow's body skipped over to Li Ben, who was in a half-kneeling position, and walked in front of him, where the eyeball was cut off.
Taking this opportunity, Li Ben saw the shape of the monster.
It is a tall, thin humanoid creature that is over three meters tall, with extremely long limbs and sharp bone claws. The neck is not so much a head as a ball of flesh, with no facial features other than a huge mouth that is split to the back of the head. Its head is thought to be composed of muscles and bones alone.
Its skin was pale, with only a hideous blood-red color on its wrists, ankles, and teeth.
The unknown monster picked up the shattered eyeball, threw it into its mouth and swallowed it, then spat out an extremely long, thick strip of flesh from deep in its throat, secreting fishy mucus while licking the serous fluid that had burst out of the eyeball on the ground.
What could have been seen as its tongue touched the silver sword. Like licking a popsicle, the body of the sword that the tongue touched turned into a liquid state and was rolled into its mouth. Finally, it directly picked up the silver sword, threw it into its mouth, chewed and ate it.
Li Ben watched the whole process from the sidelines, restraining his breathing. He is now alive thanks to the effect of pure water. Those eyeballs are supposed to be the eyeliner that the monster uses to search for prey, and somehow connected to the monster, maybe even part of the monster's composition.
According to the common sense of Chaos Hunters, the degree of chaos erosion in this place is not high, and chaos creatures of the same level as the monster in front of them should not operate in this kind of place.
"Chaos is not something that can be reasoned and logical, and if it were that, humanity would not be living so carefully. Li Ben now understood what Jeffrey had originally told him and Zhou Haomiao.
The eyeballs revolve around the monster in a regular manner, like a satellite orbiting a planet. A sudden crack opened in the monster's neck, and an eyeball emerged from it and joined the orbit. Then they scattered again, flying to various parts of the forest.
The monster also drifted away, leaving Li Ben covered in cold sweat. He was glad he hadn't caught the eyeballs.
You have to get out of this place right away!
He didn't dare to gallop for fear of attracting that thing again.
The river flows into a cave, and there is a faint light from inside. Li Ben entered and found that it was an aqua blue fluorescent stone, and these minerals were supposed to be naturally occurring, and they were distributed irregularly on ordinary rocks.
It was already nightfall outside, and he decided to spend the night in the cave. A place with light is always a little more reassuring than dark.
Leaning on a slightly larger rock platform, Li Ben sorted out and counted the things on his body.
A steel sword, a multi-purpose dagger, a revolver with no bullets, a torn suit and leather armor, a bottle of filthy mud, a bottle of quick-healing potions, a flamen heart, a watch, some potion materials, a shelter pass.
The quick-healing potion has basically not been used since Li Ben has the ability to recover. And the Vault Pass is no longer useful, as the Chaos Hunters who hunted him down, after reporting his affairs, not only the Navigator Organization, but also other tribes will receive the news that there is no place for him in this world.
Not eating will kill him, but the feeling of hunger will constantly torment him, and if he eats things in the wild, there is also a possibility that his body will also be infected by chaos.
There was no food, no human colonies to go to, and now he was almost in a desperate situation. Either die from a monster or fall into madness.
I really want to go back... Why throw yourself into this place? Save the world? What are you kidding, it's already too much trouble to save people... The guy surnamed Zhou, Andre, these two damn things have teamed up to trap themselves... The human heart is sinister and cannot be prevented, this is the same everywhere ... Inexplicably abandoned, for the sake of the so-called fate... Chaos and disorder have completely penetrated the world... I can't save it...
But... I still want to live... Follow the instincts of living beings...
Man is an animal that has no way not to think except for sleeping, and no one can actively stagnate his thoughts for more than a minute, and it is difficult to hold on even for more than ten seconds.
When you are alone, brainstorming is the most intense. Li Ben thinks and recalls while resting, there is no law, no direction, no logic, what he thinks is what he thinks, whether it is in the past or now...
The water purification effect on the body can last for two hours, and it will not last until dawn. He looked at his watch.
It was quiet all around, except for the sound of running water and wind.
At this time, Li Ben noticed that the wind was blowing from inside the cave to the outside, which indicated that there were other exits inside.
It's not a good idea to be in a daze. He shook his head to clear himself up, put his things in order and went deeper to explore.
The terrain inside the cave is extremely complex, and you can see three or four forks almost every part of the road, and these passages are uneven and have great drops.
There are also hidden openings that have to be passed on their stomachs, and after passing through a new world.
"That's right... It seems to have been going down, but with specific markings carved into each of the bifurcated rocks, it should be possible to go back. ”
Li Ben searched for the wind outlet and advanced towards these places, but the result was a deep labyrinthine underground space.
He came to a dead end, and the air flow was pouring out of dozens of small mouths, none of which one person passed.
"Hmm, there are traces of artificial excavations, but there doesn't seem to be a secret door or anything like that. He cast his gaze on the current of water beneath his feet, and decisively plunged into it to find his way.
He emerged from the water, stepped onto a rock, and surveyed the vast hollow space in front of him.
Stalactites, crystal pillars, unknown colored ores, plants that glow purple, mushroom-like creatures that seem to have some fungus...
It's beautiful!
When Li Ben saw this strange scene hidden underground, he was deeply shocked by it, and forgot what he was doing for a while.
He subconsciously wanted to touch those colorful plants.
Wrong!
He shivered all over his body and woke up instantly. The oppressive force brought about by the erosion of chaos in this place was the highest he had since he had possessed chaos perception.
But he didn't even notice it at first, something in the air seemed to be hallucinating him.
Li Ben looked back at the place where he had just come out.
I didn't swim far underwater, and when I was outside, the degree of chaos erosion was far less than this, it seemed that it was just a wall away, it was a world of difference, or was there something in this place?
When he saw the artificial traces outside, he guessed that this place might be the stronghold where the tribe had lived before. If this is true, then the reason for the departure of the tribe that previously lived here is clear.
The whispers that could be heard in the ears in the highly corrosive zone were now extremely clear, and strange syllables echoed in the depths of the human soul, bringing great discomfort and torment. Not to mention living for a long time, ordinary people may lose their minds just by staying for a day or two.
Li Ben still decided to continue his exploration to find evidence of concrete human life and a way out, because the tribes living in such places would definitely prepare many emergency exits, the so-called Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit.
Avoiding touching plants that looked gorgeous, he continued to look against the wind.
On a large, flat rock, Lee found something unexpected—a tent.
That's what was supposed to be taken with you at the time of the evacuation ... Unless... No one had time to leave...
As soon as he thought of this possibility, a strong urge to run away took over his mind.
You have to go in and see, since you are here, there is no reason to go back empty-handed.
Li Ben took the remaining steel sword in his hand, poked the tip of the sword into the tent, and gently opened the curtain.
The tent was fully equipped and intact, but it had accumulated a thin layer of ash and no signs of biological activity. This made him both worried and a little relieved.
The worry is about the things that make people leave or disappear, and the peace of mind is that at least the integrity of things means that there are no monsters or anything like that to wreak havoc here.
He then found many tents in the depths, the same as before, and found no corpses or human bones in the area.
This made Li Ben feel even more terrified and confused.