Chapter 30: Lost and Explored
After a period of exploration, Nie Ming came to a terrifying conclusion, that is, he seemed to be lost, this grassland seemed to have no end, no matter how he traveled and explored, he would eventually come to a very similar but completely different place.
The reason why he can be sure that he is not going around in circles is because every distance he walks he leaves a small mark on the ground, and the interval between his marks is a hundred steps, and every hundred steps he will try to retrieve the previous mark, and then determine the next direction to go.
But after making a dozen impressions in the same direction, the scenery around him did not change at all, there were still no clouds, the blue sky was unbeatable, the breeze was light, and the grass was lush with green grass.
Nie Ming also tried to observe from the ground, and at this time, he would find that everything in front of him seemed to be as smooth as a line, and he could see the sky at the end of the horizon without any obstacles at a glance, which was definitely not a normal phenomenon, because even in the flat land, it was impossible to have no ups and downs.
Of course, there is another possibility, unless this is not a normal land at all! What kind of creatures created this place to their liking!
Thinking of this, Nie Ming had a flash of inspiration, and began to have a new guess about the black hand behind the scenes, of course, how to practice this guess still needs a try.
So Nie Ming cheered up and moved again, still making a mark in a hundred steps, but during this journey, he began to let out a meaningless cry from time to time, and the purpose of doing so was naturally to try to attract the attention and attention of nearby creatures.
If there were other people nearby, he could also get a corresponding response, and it would be good to have an extra partner in this kind of ghost place, even if it was an enemy, after all, although Nie Ming's spirit was very tenacious, but in this strange environment where there was nothing but the rumors, that feeling of loneliness and depression always lingered.
However, Nie Ming's temptation seemed to be useless, because he tried for an unknown amount of time, but when he knew that he was tired of sitting on the grass and drinking the water in the water bladder, he still didn't get any response, and it was at this time that he found a very terrifying thing, that is, this area seemed to have no supplies, not only water, but also not like a place with food!
At will, Nie Ming immediately counted the things on his body, in addition to the tea leaves, the dry food on his body can last for three days, and he can eat for five days if he saves some food, but no matter how much water in the water bladder is saved, it can't last for two days, which is very bad news!
As for the soil under him, he has naturally dug it up, according to the nature of the soil, the soil here is extremely fertile black soil, and the appearance of black soil also confirms the conjecture in Nie Ming's heart, it is likely that this place is not naturally formed, because the environment required for the emergence of black soil is not something that the south can provide, even between mountains and rivers, it is not good!
However, thinking about these still couldn't solve the problem Nie Ming was currently experiencing, so he sullenly ate some dry food, and after pouring some water into it, he stood up again, and then let out a series of angry roars.
He cried out loudly, "Ahh ”
His voice continued to radiate around, but there was no echo, of course, Nie Ming, who had already guessed, did not expect anything from this, and after completing the venting and release, he lay on the ground again, and then closed his eyes and began to rest.
It seems that it was because he was tired, so soon after lying down, his breathing became very smooth, and it seemed that he had fallen asleep.
It was precisely because of this situation that Nie Ming missed a very important piece of information, that is, the wind on the grassland seemed to become stronger shortly after he fell asleep, but this change lasted for a very short time, so short that the sleeping Nie Ming was completely imperceptible.
However, with this change, there seemed to be some strange changes on the grassland, small bags of soil appeared on the flat ground, and soon the things in it broke through the soil and slowly grew into budding flowers. And farther away, larger bags of soil were slowly forming, and Nie Ming's shout just now seemed to be a catalyst, directly waking up the entire grassland!
However, the sleeping Nie Ming didn't know anything about it, and it took a long time for him to jump up from the ground in good spirits, but just when his feet landed on the ground and made a "bang" sound, several sharp wind-breaking sounds sounded at the same time!
Hearing this sound, Nie Ming's body involuntarily made a dodge action, because this sound was very similar to the sound of flying arrows, and Nie Ming had developed a very terrifying instinct for the dodge of arrows.
I saw that his whole person suddenly flashed to the right, flashed the black shadow that approached first, and then rolled on the spot, flashing multiple attacks in a row.
But when he dodged, he noticed that as he moved, the four wind-breaking sounds did not seem to decrease, but increased! This was not a good sign, so he temporarily changed his tactics, and when he suddenly stopped pulling out his halberd to block, the four wind-breaking sounds also disappeared strangely.
And in his field of vision, several spikes that had lost their aim directly sank into the land he had just passed through that made a sound!
Nie Ming took a closer look and found that there were many more small flowers around him that were either budding or had already bloomed, and the spikes just now seemed to shoot out of the center of the flower, so this kind of thing was very strange.
Looking back on the short and intense situation just now, Nie Ming seemed to have made a discovery, so he decided to make a small attempt, but before he could do something else.
The first thing is preparation, Nie Ming carefully picked up a spike on the ground, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and soon he made a discovery.
The structure of this spike is very strange, neither gold nor jade nor wood, but it has an extremely sharp spike and is still slender like a cone-shaped body, it looks like a secret weapon specially made for assassination, and its firing speed is extremely fast, if a person is really hit, even if he is wearing armor, he will still suffer internal injuries.
As for the other party's excitation process, Nie Ming also had a guess, I saw that he threw the spike in his hand into the distance, and the spike quickly sank directly into the ground, and then made a soft sound, and the next moment the budding flowers around the landing point seemed to have ears, and they all turned the buds, and then the flower stem trembled, and a spike that was exactly the same as in Nie Ming's hand just now shot towards the place where the sound came!
Damn it! What's going on?! Why did I just sleep for a while and there was such a huge change in the grassland? Nie Ming's heart was suspicious, but until the end, he didn't realize that it was because his venting yelling was the root of everything, and it was precisely because of that yelling that he woke up a big guy who liked to be quiet directly from his slumber.
And the small changes on the grassland were some small gifts prepared for him by the other party, of course, all this was kept in the dark until the end of the secret realm.
Although he was confused, Nie Ming still made the most correct choice, that is, to collect spikes for pathfinding, according to the attempt just now Nie Ming found that although these flowers are powerful, they are all disposable, as long as they are shot once, they are ordinary flowers, but their flowers and branches are very dry, basically without any water, and the same is true for the root system, and there is no way to provide Nie Ming with important water resources.
After mastering the relatively safe way forward, Nie Ming moved again, because he had a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, it seemed that some strange things would happen again after that, and these things must be unfavorable to him, after all, this was not his home field, and he needed to adapt from scratch for every change.
After that, Nie Ming's actions were like throwing stones to ask for directions, throwing, moving, throwing, advancing.
Time passed slowly between stop-and-go, during which Nie Ming also found a larger lump, and at the first time he found it, Nie Ming eliminated the risk, but what was very terrifying was that after the spikes were submerged into the soil bag, a large amount of blood-like substance oozed out of the soil bag, and then the creature inside seemed to struggle for a while, and then stopped moving.
After a long time, Nie Ming cut the dirt bag, and inside it was a growing embryonic creature, from the fangs and claws on the corpse, it could be seen that this must be a combat-type alien beast, and at the same time, the other party's ears were extremely huge, and the eyes were almost invisible, so this alien beast seemed to be the same as a flower, a creature that relied on sound positioning.
Seeing this situation, Nie Ming turned white, and the first condition for living in this grassland should be - to keep quiet!
After that, Nie Ming continued to move forward, and after clearing three dirt bags in a row, he understood that danger was coming, because the corpses in the dirt bags were becoming more and more complete these times, and the guy who killed the last time still rushed out of the dirt bag to make a final struggle even if Nie Ming hit it first!
Nie Ming, who had a deep understanding of the battle, immediately began to take the final rest, drinking, eating, and resting in place, because he understood that the difficult battle was about to begin!
Sure enough, within a few quarters of an hour, a monkey's roar began to sound continuously on the grassland, and one after another strange war beasts slowly crawled out of the dirt bag.
They are not large in size, but their bodies are very uniform, with medium-length limbs and toe-walking limbs. The head is large and round, the snout is short, and the auditory and olfactory senses are very developed. The canines and lobes are extremely well developed; The upper lobe tooth has three cusps, and the lower lobed tooth has two cusps; The molars are more degenerate, and the diameter of the crown is less than the height of the lateral incisors. The fur is soft. 5 toes on the forefoot, 4 toes on the hind foot; The claws are sharp, retractable, and the tail is more developed.
And around Nie Ming's resting place, there were two strange beasts that were already slowly wandering.