Towering giant trees traverse the forest, and the mysterious puzzle of broken gems.

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"That's right...... This is the chemical smell that is unique to the leaves. ”

Gently pausing beside the stream, Xinglan looked at the huge tree that fell to the ground in front of him, this tree that is roughly estimated to be at least more than a hundred meters long can definitely be said to be a miracle, God knows how many years it has lived, even the diameter of the tree is about two meters long, and it looks like a wall higher than Xinglan in front of it.

However, this is no longer an intact wall, because the tree obviously did not fall in a gentle way, and even a tree that can support such a large body is full of cracks in the impact of the landing, and the ground has left a ditch formed by the impact.

Xinglan was sure that even if this giant tree was erected at this time, its own material would no longer be enough to support the terrifying weight of its huge size, and it would definitely collapse on the spot.

The huge tree was above the stream, but it was not able to stop the flow of the stream, and a few cracked rocks supported a small gap that was enough for the small stream that crossed the forest to flow happily again.

"The breath is getting stronger and stronger, the source is here......" Walking a distance to the left, Xinglan came to the side of the giant tree next to a branch that extended from the side, even if it was only a branch, it was more than a meter thick, and there were several huge leaves on it that remained emerald green even though the tree was long dead, "That's right, this is the same species." ”

Gently reaching out and grabbing a leaf, Xinglan carefully examined the leaf, which was as wide as a plantain leaf, which was the source of that special aroma. Although the leaves that Yumo had given to Xinglan before were only a small part of it, by observing the distribution of veins on the surface, Xinglan could still be sure that it was the same plant.

"This is the species from which their leaves are derived, the plant that is said to allow the moon prators to receive the blessings of the moon god? Why did a plant that had grown to such a large size fall like this......" Xinglan gently lowered the leaves in her hand, and looked at the root of the giant tree again, because the sky was still dark, only a part of the outline could be roughly seen from a hundred meters away, "The trees are a little sparse, and it feels like ...... Something seems wrong. ”

That's right, this place doesn't feel like an ordinary tree collapse site, but it has an eerie feeling everywhere. Xinglan glanced to the side a few times, and faintly swept some brief reflections on the ground, as if something bright reflected the light of the stars and moon in the sky on the ground.

"What's that?" Muttering a little suspiciously, Xinglan reached out and groped on the ground, but the feeling of the palm of his hand was not just a simple soil surface, but seemed to be in contact with something sticky, "It doesn't feel right, this strange smell ......"

When Xinglan raised her palm, she realized that she had something on her hands, leaving a clearly visible red mark on the palm of the hand she had touched on the ground, constantly emitting bursts of pungent bloody gas...... These sticky substances are all blood flowing on the ground!

"What the hell is going on here!" When Xinglan intensified her vision and looked at the ground, she was almost stunned, and the ground on the side of the fallen giant tree was covered with blood splattering, "Is this a slaughterhouse?" How can there be so much blood? ”

Unlike the dark red earth occupied by Kongluo before, although there was not so much blood here, and it was not at all on the scale of the red earth that had accumulated over time, the blood was completely semi-liquid, not the blood that had dried up and coagulated.

As far as the eye could see, there were only pools of blood on the ground, but there were no corpses in sight, and judging from the situation at the scene, this killing did not happen a short time ago at all, but the blood was still in a semi-fresh state, even if it could not be compared with the blood that had just flowed out, it was definitely not the coagulated appearance it should be.

"Those things that reflect a lot...... Are they all fragments? Xinglan stretched out two fingers and pinched out one of the tiny reflectors from a pool of viscous blood on the ground and placed it in front of her to observe it carefully.

This is a piece of translucent fragments that are irregularly shaped, but the appearance is still very delicate, pinched in the hand can feel that the other party's material is very hard, even if it is just a small fragment, you can see the colorful color, this material looks more like the texture of crystal, it looks like some kind of natural gemstone.

"It's not a naturally occurring particle, it's something that's broken apart." Xinglan picked up a few more gem fragments and put them in front of her eyes to look at them carefully, turning over and over to check the edges and corners, "There are such gem fragments all over the ground...... Ordinary people have to walk barefoot through this place, and they are afraid that they will be pricked enough by this sharp thing. ”

These gem fragments were also stained with blood, Xinglan picked up a few and put them in her hand, and the wisps of signals had quietly penetrated into them, and began to scan the DNA sequences from the blood that had not completely dried up, but soon, she frowned.

No, the signalns can't scan the complete gene sequence, and all the blood cells in these blood have been ruptured, and the gene chains inside are also fragmented and entangled...... At the same time, she also confirmed that the blood was indeed left behind a long time ago, maybe even for three or four days, but there was some kind of anticoagulant-like thing mixed in with it, which had been preventing the blood from clotting.

"No matter what kind of creatures died here, at least I'm sure they weren't hunted normally......" Xinglan scanned her surroundings solemnly, there were too many strange mysteries next to this fallen giant tree, she couldn't help but be cautious, "They should have died of poisoning...... Or poisoned in battle, this toxin can not only prevent the wound from healing for several days, but can even directly break the cell structure and break the gene chain inside......"

Even the sound of the stream flowing merrily took on an eerie color in this environment, and Xinglan pulled out the dagger at her waist and walked straight in the direction of the tree's roots, stomping on the ground covered with gem shards. The trunk of the tree with a diameter of about two meters in front of her makes it impossible to even see the scene on the other side of the tree, and hearing is the best help at this time without using the signal sub.

Since the incident of the ghost rat just now, Xinglan has not seen any animals lurking in the vicinity for the time being, although some insect chirping sounds are endless, but the real threatening movement has not appeared...... Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some animals are motionless and have been lurking in the vicinity.

Thump!

With the sound of water, Xing Lan's face changed slightly, because this was not the sound of a stream splashing, but she stepped into a blood pool with a depth of three or four centimeters. Squirt blood of this magnitude in the same place...... If it weren't for a very large species, it must have been a medium-sized animal that had been cut through the aorta and spurted blood.

"This is ......" On the trunk of the tree next to the blood pond, Xinglan gently reached out and twisted a slender silk thread, the silvery-white luster shimmered faintly under the light of the stars and moon, and the genetic sequence inside confirmed her guess, "This is the kind of silver-white hair of the Moon Praying Man?" It is neither cloud foam nor rain foam, but the genetic similarity is more than 99%, but why does it hang on the trunk of a tree? ”

Almost all of the owners of the blood on the ground here have died of poison, and the leaves of this giant tree are the ones commonly used by the people who pray for the moon, plus the silver-white hair that is wrapped around the trunk...... Could it be that this massacre of life was done by other moon-praying people here? After all, unless you are a species born with toxins, at least intelligent creatures will know how to use toxins in the environment to kill enemies.

Starlan had been moving cautiously, so she was slow to move towards the roots, but she soon found further evidence on the ground not far away that the Moon Prayers had been there: for the first time, large fragments of gems appeared on the ground in front of her, instead of dense crumbs the size of grains of rice.

The same colorful colors as glass, these shards of natural gemstones, which are at least four or five centimeters long, are gathered together and arranged in a curved arc. Even though the patchwork was a little crude, the shape was clear, and Xinglan could tell at a glance that the pieces of gems formed the shape of a crescent moon, the shape that Yunmo and Yumo often gestured with their fingers...... Just as some earthlings like to pray to the gods by drawing a cross in front of them, this should also be a habitual action to pray to the moon god.

If you look closely, you can even see a thin white line in the center of the crescent moon made of this gemstone fragment, which is made up of tiny white gemstone particles connected to each other. It didn't seem like there were enough white gems to make up the entire crescent, so I used these tiny particles to form an arc to make up the numbers.

"This should be a white gemstone made up of alumina single crystals." Xing Lan squinted at the crescent puzzle on the ground, and it could be seen that this pattern had been slightly deformed compared to when it was first put together, "This thing is the hardest oxide crystal in the world, and it is definitely not possible to grind these tiny particles into a simple collision on the spot, I am afraid that it was prepared in advance before the slaughter." ”

However, since even such an obvious sign of the Silver Moon appeared, then it was almost certain that it was the Moon Prayer People who had been killed here before, and Xinglan didn't know why they were carrying out such bloody killings, maybe for hunting for food, or maybe for sacrificial activities. However, it is clear that in the end, the corpse and most of the leaves of the giant tree were taken by the Moonprayers...... It was impossible for such a huge ancient tree to have only the few leaves left now, most of the branches had obvious signs of being forcibly broken, and many of the leaves were missing.

Xinglan didn't move the silver moon pattern on the ground, but stood up and continued towards the place where the roots of the tree were...... That is, walking to the location where the giant tree was broken, she always had a strange feeling that maybe there would be some incredible discovery there.

However, when Xinglan actually saw that scene, she realized that this matter seemed to be far from being as simple as she had thought before.