Chapter 08: A Dangerous Jungle
There is no doubt that Pandora is quite a beautiful planet
There is not only the charming scenery of the tropical primeval jungle of the earth, but also the fantasy and incredible ...... of the other planet
There are floating islands floating in the sky and primitive labyrinths buried deep underground
Regardless of the dangers of the planet itself, it is undoubtedly a paradise for holiday travelers.
But
But none of this can hide the dramatic nature of the air, the water, the soil, and all living things......
Pandora's air is highly toxic to humans, with toxic components such as ammonia, methane and chlorine, while non-toxic components are similar to those of the earth, carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen. Therefore, the rain here is nothing short of acid rain, and any of the creatures here have no hair, and their skin is very tough and smooth, which can resist the corrosion of water sources, and even most of the large creatures have evolved extremely hard exoskeleton armor, such as hammerhead thunderbeasts or phantom flying ghosts......
Prolonged exposure of human skin to the air can lead to serious lesions and even life-threatening. And it is completely impossible to say that the free native creatures that live in such an environment are not harmful to the human beings on earth......
Lin Xiao had seen with his own eyes that an adventurer with strong resilience took off the air filter mask, and after only three minutes, the man foamed at the mouth, his face was bruised, and he fell to the ground with convulsions. If it weren't for the fact that his companions saw the bad chance and quickly rescued him. Maybe he will become the first adventurer in the world to die in this adventure.
Pandora is beautiful and rich, however, her beauty and abundance are only open to native creatures. For humans, this is a deadly demon cave
"Damn, is this still a mosquito?" Looking at the six-legged long-beaked insect with the length of the thumb in his hand and the green glow all over his body, the barrel asked with black lines on his head.
The 17-year-old "teenager" Xiao Hei followed the back of the team with a cool face, his steps were calm, his expression was elegant, and he had the flavor of Will Smith.
The glasses girl An Lan is holding an electronic object similar to a mobile phone in her hand, and she is buried in something.
The other soldiers were holding ultra-sci-fi streamlined energy guns, guarding their surroundings carefully
After looking around, I realized that no one cared what I was talking about. Gray, who loves to chew words, suddenly turned a little darker
"If I were you, I wouldn't have pinched this thing." A voice suddenly rang out.
"For what?" Gray glared, looked at Lin Xiao, and crushed the oversized mosquito in his hand without hesitation, "This kind of little guy, I don't know how many times I've pinched it to death!" ”
Lin Xiao shrugged and said:
"Mamaus, an entomite, a food decomposer in the jungles of Pandora, belongs to a subject similar to the mosquitoes on Earth. However, in terms of body size, it is ten times that of ordinary mosquitoes, and because of environmental reasons, the liquid absorbed will be converted into concentrated acid in a short time, so as to ensure the pH balance in and out of the body.
Looking at a certain obese uncle who kept shaking his hands, Lin Xiao sighed: "Actually, it's good for you to exercise more."
Pandora is warm all year round and has a warm and humid climate. Influenced by warm currents and monsoons, rainfall is abundant, heat is abundant, and the vegetation is tall and dense, and in many places the vegetation density is even less than that of the primeval tropical rainforests on Earth. And because of the high level of trace elements such as nitrogen and potassium in the air, most of the plants here have the function of self-emitting, which is not obvious during the day, but at night, the entire sky and ground will be plunged into a blue ocean
Because of the special environmental influence, there are high temperatures and rainfall all year round, and there are many kinds of plants, growing luxuriantly, and there are multiple layers of tree canopy, which provides sufficient conditions for the survival and reproduction of animals. There are many kinds of animals and plants, and they grow luxuriantly, and they can even grow multiple layers of canopies, and even the wonder of "trees within trees". Coupled with all kinds of glowing and strange-shaped plants, it really seems to have entered a fantasy world.
"Grandma's, this is the terrain I hate the most," complained old Gray, who had a big belly, pulling his fat feet covered in blue silt out of the dirt.
In this kind of forest, because of the long-term rainfall, the surface nutrients are washed away by the rain, and the nutrients are stored in the trees, and in order to grow, get more rain, dew and sunlight, the trees usually shed many leaves. Over the years, a thick layer of fallen leaves has accumulated on the ground in the woods, and in some places, the thickness can even reach one or two meters!
In this hot environment, animals and plants decay very quickly, so many places will be like swamps, it is difficult to walk at all, bubbling and bubbling, and there is a strong stench everywhere. And the forest is also dense, which will greatly hinder movement. For a person of old Gray's tonnage, as long as he exerts a little effort, his legs will fall into the dead branches and leaves, up to his knees, and every time he pulls it out, it will bring out dirty and smelly black water, which invisibly makes people's combat effectiveness lose a few chips. And in order to avoid mosquito bites and the baptism of acid rain that falls from time to time, everyone must also wear protective clothing weighing more than a dozen pounds. Walking in this hot and humid rainforest can be imagined what a torture it can be.
This story tells us that fairy tales are all lies. The forests are full of dangers, there are no roads, and it is difficult to walk, not to mention the food, walking, water sources, rest, wild animals, deadly insects, man-eating plants, and so on. Therefore, it is seriously recommended that travelers do not travel to inaccessible places by car
Everyone is now walking on the road opened up by power machinery, although it is difficult, but it can still trek, when deep into the real jungle, can realize what it means to be difficult to walk an inch. Lin Xiao knew this well on the Forgotten Island.
But the tasks have been taken, and there is no reason to turn back. And the adventurers are definitely the most hard-working group of people, Xiao Hei walked behind the team, and he didn't look like a troublemaker. Lin Xiao's face was calm, and he walked in the middle of the team, and even Wan Wen, a woman, did not show any impatience on her face, although Old Gray complained, but did not stop, and followed the team all the way into the forest.
Navigating this dense rainforest is quite difficult. The purple vines that hang low like snakes, the fat and strange yellow-green plants that reach up to the knees, and the unique ecological layer of the tropical rainforest that intersect in the air, and the earthy yellow Marbon fungus that explodes at the touch of it, have extremely aggressive insects and creatures......
Even your ears are not cleared at any time: the sound of cicadas, the chirping of insects flapping their wings, and even the sound of frogs coming from mid-air are all mixed together...... No, it's really the sound of frogs coming from mid-air?
Under the erosion of rainwater, many decaying trees have formed tree holes, and the rainy and humid weather has made the tree holes a disguised reservoir, and a large number of species of tree frogs have bred from this, and by the way, most of them are very toxic.
It is an amphibious small animal that is omnivorous and usually feeds on various insects flying in the forest. It is very similar to the frog on Earth, but it is more than five times larger.
In mid-air, about fourteen or fifteen meters above the ground, on a big tree thicker than a bucket, there were two green frogs squatting, with tender green bodies and snow-white bellies. There are a few small circles on the back, which are grayish-brown, but they are the size of a washbasin!
I heard two shouts of "quack" above my head, and a strong wind had already hit the door!
"Smack!"
Caught off guard, Lin Xiao only had time to stretch out his arms in front of his head, when he felt a hot pain in his right arm, and a strong surge came, and he involuntarily retreated backwards.
At the moment when Lin Xiao was attacked, the juggernaut also sent a series of prompts:
"Tree Sword Frog: Rain Frog (mutant) with 15 stamina, 11 agility, and 15 strength. Weighing 13.5kg, the gallbladder can be used as medicine, the meat is delicious, and it is cooked by special techniques, which is wonderful. ”
"Skill 1: Tongue Arrow. There is no doubt that the tree sword frog has inherited all the frogs' specialties, a constricted throat and an unusually developed tongue! After the mutation, the Tree Sword Frog has a strength and size far beyond that of ordinary frogs, therefore, the Tree Sword Frog's tongue will cause powerful piercing damage, with an attack power of 35, a 10% chance to hit a critical hit, and a 3% chance to hit double damage. ”
"Skill 2: Slime Slurry Bomb. Brief introduction:??? ”
"Skill 3: ???"
Lin Xiao frowned, and he couldn't roll the mud and dead branches and leaves, so he hurriedly rolled around on the spot, and at the same time grabbed it with his backhand, just like grabbing the tongue of this tree sword frog, but he pounced, fell into a puddle under his feet, and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, the Nightmare Mark shook slightly, and a prompt that made Lin Xiao vomit blood came again:
"Number E4532, you're in combat mode. The current environment in the test is a subtropical rainforest, in which your agility will be reduced by 15%, this is a basic decision and does not affect the use of speed boosters. ”