Chapter 12 Nature's Gifts

The first to spot bees was Paul Jr. His hungry eyes rolled around as he looked around at the sea of flowers.

Thanks to the child's keen eyes and throbbing nerves, he found a small bee hidden deep in the sea of flowers.

The crowd gathered around.

"That's right, such a large sea of flowers, if it weren't for these little guys to help spread pollen, I'm afraid it would be difficult to expand to such a large area. Leo stretched out his finger and teased the little bee that was intently sucking the nectar.

"There are no companions in sight, and it seems that this place is still far from the hive. ”

"There's supposed honey in the hive, right?" said hungry little Paul, looking eagerly at Esennas.

"There's something else around the hive. Esenas knocked little Paul on the head. "Do you remember the book I gave you, the Encyclopedia of Common Common Creatures? You recite it and listen to it. ”

He was always a little intimidated by Isennas, who taught Paul Jr. knowledge.

Ignorant elementary school students always behave in the face of teachers.

What's more, Isenus is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, and always shows that he does not want to get close to people.

Immediately honestly recited the record in the book.

"Bees prefer windless climates, so they like to build their nests in sheltered areas, often under tree branches and stone holes. ”

After finishing the recitation, little Paul said in surprise: "So we can see the tree?"

"It's not a bad thing to see stones, and in the current situation, any little change is beneficial. On the sea, if the ship hits the reef and floods the hold, it must not expect a calm sea, which means waiting in place and sinking to the bottom of the sea little by little. Only the wind and waves can give them a ride, and then pray that Lady Luck will give them life. ”

Ente looked around at the sea of flowers and sighed, "Although I have never been deep into the sea, here I feel the despair you described. If we don't have some wind and waves, we will die in this sea tomorrow. ”

Leo interrupted the group.

"Now that you know what's up ahead, let's hurry up. If you're worried about Nana's body, too. ”

Nana's body was now flushed with a peach. This is a sign that the blood activity is too intense and all of it is concentrated on the surface of the body. This is a very dangerous physical omen. The next process is nosebleeds, the capillaries of the epidermis of the skin are broken, and the body gradually begins to lose blood to balance the excessive exaltation of the body.

For a long time, the consequence is that the body dies in a long agony due to excessive blood loss.

This is exactly what Leo has been worried about and guarded against.

Leo picked up Nana on his back, and everyone quickened their pace.

Following Nana's guidance, Leo and the others saw more and more bees in the direction they were heading.

Leo immediately stopped Nana's insistence on showing the way.

"The density of these bees has already told us the right direction to go, and we can go faster according to this. Nana, if the taste of the flowers changes halfway, you can remind us. ”

Nana obediently agreed.

Leo, who was eager to save people, changed his walk to run, and the speed of the adventure group was improved again.

The only one who suffers is little Paul, although he is not as serious as Nana's symptoms, but after all, he has not stepped into the transcendent class, and he is indeed poisoned, plus people have short calves, and it is very hard to run.

Gradually, a little raised black appeared on the horizon.

The black color is getting bigger and bigger, and it's starting to take shape.

Little Paul recognized it as a tree, and his mouth began to cheer.

Ten minutes later, everyone finally got a clear view of the tree.

It was about twelve meters high, with seven or eight branches growing from its thick, straight, smooth trunk, each of which had a beehive, and the branches were bare, without a single leaf, except for a fist-sized milky white fruit hanging at the end of the branch.

A small bunch of bees fly back and forth around it.

"There's fruit! This tree looks like Omoni!" Paul pointed excitedly to the treetops, and it seemed that he already had a small half of Isenas when it came to poking at other people's pain points.

"Then you're going to be hungry, too, because there's obviously only enough for one per person. The honey can only be used as an accompaniment. ”

Isenas habitually extinguishes the enthusiasm of others.

But Leo comforted and said, "It's a good thing after all." ”

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the bald tree.

"Hey, wait a minute. ”

Although Leo heard Isenas's shout, he still felt a little resentful of his way of hiding danger from Nana, so he pretended not to hear Isenas and strode forward.

However, the next second, he regretted that he had not heeded Isenus's warning.

A huge number of bees poured out of the hive, and one by one they filled the gaps in the trunk of the tree, and then extended outward, drawing edges and drawings, forming the shape of the canopy.

This is the "leaf" and "canopy" of the tree. The buzzing of bees is the rustling of leaves rubbing.

"It looks like a big difference from Omony. Little Paul muttered.

Leo swallowed.

How many of these bees are there? 3,000, 5,000, or tens of thousands?

It's not a good feeling to be stared at by such a dense group of things.

Especially when they were clustered into a canopy, Leo felt a faint fluctuation of energy from them, which meant that these little things may be insignificant on their own, but once they are united, they are transcendent beings that can be seen as a whole.

But that's only reasonable.

The entry gatekeepers are not something that ordinary adventure groups can deal with, and it makes no sense that the owner of such a large sea of flowers is just a swarm of ordinary bees.

Leo tried to take a step back.

Normally, this is a way to dispel guards, but here it has more serious consequences.

Leo took a step back, but the bee pressed forward three or four more steps, and in Leo's eyes, it was as if the tree's body had leaned forward fiercely.

This frightened Leo and immediately stopped.

In the face of such a large number of bee colonies, any technique to break the surface with a point is in vain, and if Leo wants to replicate the battle that broke through the Grinich energy core, he will inevitably be firmly surrounded by the remaining bees after destroying hundreds of bees and attacking to death.

If the large size of the speed creature is Leo's nemesis, such a decentralized cluster attack biome can be said to be his natural enemy.

At this moment, he felt that he might be suffering from a phobia of intensity.

Leo didn't even dare to turn his head back, so he could only shout for help at Omoni behind him.

"Old Mo, do you have a range of killing spells! Help me! they're going to pounce on me!"

Omoni's expression was also quite nervous, and with his ability, he was not sure if it could effectively kill such a swarm of tens of meters.

In nature, if a colony of ants is submerged in water, they will spontaneously form a pellet and save the inner layer of ants by constantly sacrificing the outermost ants until they have washed out of the water.

If these bees also use this method and rush past Omoni's spells, then everyone can only pray that Omoni's shield is cultivated enough to reach home.

"Don't!" Exenus shouted urgently. "Don't attack them!"

"What do you mean!" Leo cried out in horror, "can't you see that they're about to come to my face!

For Leo to be so stupidly worried, Isenas rubbed the corners of his forehead with a headache.

"It's clearly a swarm consciousness, which means they can communicate, and what we're looking for now is the 'queen' who represents the consciousness of the entire colony. The odds of success are so low that I don't recommend using this method to open up the situation until the last minute. ”

"Then you'd better hurry up and find it!"

Once again, Isenus selectively ignores Leo and tries to find the person in charge of the swarm of bees.

In the midst of a tense and anxious atmosphere, another thing happened that Esenas had not expected.

Nana fumbled for a step.

"Be careful! Danger ahead! Nana, don't move!" Entt exclaimed.

Leo turned his head in surprise, and with such a simple movement, he immediately provoked the swarm to take another step forward.

"What are you doing, Nana! Go back!" Leo shouted anxiously at Nana. Although Leo tried to wave his hand desperately, Nana's eyesight problems prevented him from giving up these futile body language.

Nana didn't hear it, but just sleepwalked towards the swarm.

Ente leaned forward, intending to bring Nana back.

Once again, Isenas stopped him.

"Don't bother her. Don't get excited, the bees didn't move as Nana walked forward. ”

Ente slowed down his movements, took a closer look, and found that it was indeed as Isenas said, unlike the swarm's imminent enemy when Leo moved, the swarm was moving more like they were expecting Nana to approach them.

Under the gaze of everyone, Nana walked forward slowly.

While everyone was waiting quietly, Ente suddenly made a tentative listen.

Isenus looked at him curiously.

Arandor said a voice was speaking next to the tree. Ente said softly.

"Alandor?" said Izenus for a moment. "That's what Nana can see... Spirits?"

"Yes. ”

Isenus was intrigued and asked, "Where is she now?"

"Standing right behind me. ”

A red glow lit up in Ezenus's hand and he felt behind Ente. As expected, Isenas touched the void.

Isenus also didn't dare to make a drastic move at this time, so he had to turn his attention back to the voice revealed by Ente.

"If we extrapolate from this, the leader of this colony is not a so-called queen, but this tree? Isenus whispered inferred.

This inference is uncertain for the time being.

But what everyone could see was that as Nana moved forward step by step, the swarm got out of the way. Nana followed the "bee colony path" to the tree.

Her right hand gently touched the smooth bark of the tree, and a soft milky white light bounced off where her fingertips met the tree.

Nana was not satisfied, and took another big step forward, her arms outstretched, and her whole body clinging to the trunk of the tree.

More points of light poured out of the trunk and burrowed into Nana's body.

Her body became translucent and glowing, and small particles of light peeked out from between her pores and hair.

The points of light fluctuated with Nana's breathing, and they also changed brightly and darkly.

Leo saw Nana's expression that seemed to be comforting at first, then overflowing with happiness, and finally turning into a hint of reluctance.

A few bees flew up the tree, their tiny teeth gnawing at the rhizome of the fruit. Within a few moments, a fruit fell from the branch. Then a small swarm of bees gathered, held the fruit, and delivered it to Nana.

The "leaves" shook and the swarm returned to its nest, and the tree became Omoni again.

At this point, a crack opened in the middle of the trunk, and it quickly expanded to the size that a person could pass through.

Nana stood in front of the entrance to the cave and beckoned to the party.

"Come, let's get out of here. ”