Chapter 915, Into the Black Forest
There are many types of clans in this world, but most of them are dominated by human clans, except for the Black Forest, there are very few other creatures that become clans, and the examples of plants becoming clans are even rarer, and these examples are all bad examples without exception.
Almost every plant clan will be accompanied by death, and a large number of deaths, because plant clans are different from human or animal clans, and plant clans will amplify their instinct to absorb and grow unlimitedly because of mutation, and plant clans will swallow anything that can help it grow in order to grow.
There have been cases where plant clans have devoured an entire city, and this kind of plant clan is difficult to eliminate, as long as there is still a little root on the ground, the plant clan cannot be eliminated, and the plant clan will even take the initiative to create seeds before the crisis comes, so that the seeds will either follow the wind, or find a host, scatter to various places, to avoid death.
"But this clan is a little weird, its body is not here. Leo turned on his spiritual ability and easily saw through the details of this plant family, and said, "Its body should be in the Black Forest, and the big tree in Big Tree Town is its extended roots." As he spoke, he paused and added, "The size of this family is very large, and the surrounding area is probably its body." ”
In Leo's eyes, the leafy Black Forest in the distance glowed with a large amount of red light, which was hidden in the real forest trees, extending into the distance, and the tree in the middle of Big Tree Town was wrapped in a red light.
"I've seen information about Big Tree Town before," Sylvia said after recalling some of the information she had seen a little, "It was mentioned that Big Tree Town would pick a leaf from the big tree in the town before its townspeople entered the Black Forest to collect, and then perform some secret rituals in the Black Forest to pray for the unknown Black Forest existence to protect the townspeople from surviving in the Black Forest. However, it doesn't matter, judging from the coing data, this family does not seem to be dangerous, it seems to be ......"
"Not dangerous?" Leo interrupted Sylvia's tree, "I see something different from what you described. ”
"What do you see?" Sylvia asked, frowning.
"Death, chaos and bloodlust. Leo said a few words and then concluded, "Almost all of the Bloodthirsty Clan's energy traits can be seen in it. ”
Sylvia was stunned when she heard this, looked towards the Black Forest, and said, "Shall we change places......
"No need!" Leo shook his head, looked at the Black Forest in the other direction, and said, "The rest of the world is not much better than here. Let's go! stay here for one night and go into the Black Forest tomorrow. ”
After speaking, the two of them walked into Big Tree Town, what they didn't expect was that there were no rooms in the inn in Big Tree Town, all the rooms were rented by a large number of foreign adventurers, listening to their conversation, many of them seemed to be preparing to enter the Black Forest tomorrow, because tomorrow the local people of Big Tree Town were also preparing to organize a team to enter the Black Forest, and these foreign adventurers seemed to be ready to follow behind the locals of Big Tree Town to check for leaks.
After listening to the conversation of these adventurers, the two of them also heard some of the strange rules newly promulgated by Big Tree Town, although this rule did not sound unusual at first glance, but when you think about it, you can feel that something is wrong.
However, the two did not delve into this matter, but planned to go to the town office tomorrow to apply for a pass to see what was hidden inside.
Afterwards, Leo and Sylvia find a temporary room in a local house and stay overnight.
The owner of this dwelling was a hunter from Big Tree, who used to hunt endemic animals in the Black Forest, but he was injured in the leg and did not enter the Black Forest again.
Originally, the wealth he obtained from selling all kinds of Black Forest game in the past was enough to support him to leave Big Tree Town and live a prosperous life in other more suitable places to live, but in the end he did not do that, but stayed in the town to make some traps for catching living creatures and sell them to adventurers who wanted to enter the Black Forest.
In fact, not only this Orion is like this, but all the residents of Big Tree Town are like this, even if they make money and can go to a better place to live, they are not willing to leave, which seems to outsiders to think that the people of Big Tree Town are very homesick.
But after Leo saw the residents of Big Tree Town, it was clear that these residents did not want to leave, but that they could not leave.
The big tree that is the core of Big Tree Town is a clan of a mysterious existence in the Black Forest, and the sacrificial rituals that Big Tree Town has carried out over the past so many years have transformed themselves into the clan of this big tree, which can also be said to be a subordinate clan.
It's just that the residents of Big Tree Town don't seem to know that their bodies have undergone fundamental changes, and they still think that they are ordinary people, and they don't want to live in other places because they are more comfortable living in their hometown.
In a way, the inhabitants of Big Tree Town are no longer human, although they are no different from humans in appearance and thought, they have changed a lot inside, especially the bone marrow, heart and other organs, which have shown some kind of woody transformation.
Leo and Sylvia learned a little about the situation in Big Tree and made sure that they wouldn't be in the way of their trip, so they didn't bother with Big Tree Town.
After staying overnight, Leo and Sylvia simply freshened up, then went to the town office and applied for a pass, but when applying for the pass, Leo seemed to notice something, and took the pass and looked at it repeatedly.
Leo didn't tell Sylvia what he had found at the time, and it wasn't until the two of them left the town hall and came to a small square where out-of-town adventurers gathered, that they said, "This pass is a sacrificial contract. ”
"Sacrificial contract?" Sylvia was stunned, and looked down at the pass in her hand, but she didn't see anything unusual, such as the use of decorative patterns to form words, representing the content of the contract.
"This pass is a contract in itself, and there is no need for additional words. Leo flicked the pass in his hand with his finger and said.
Sylvia only then discovered the anomaly of this pass, only to see that this pass was not paper, but a whole leaf, and this leaf did not look like it was made into paper by some method, but grew into a piece of paper itself, so she didn't feel anything abnormal just now.
"What is this? Are we sacrificed?" Sylvia said with a smile.
"No, we didn't sign our real names, and we didn't leave any suicide notes or anything like that, so we can't be considered sacrifices. Leo shook his head, pointed to the other adventurers in the plaza who were packing up their equipment, and said, "They are the real sacrifices." ”
Leo didn't just talk nonsense, but through his true eyes, he saw that a wave of energy emerged from these out-of-town adventurers and was linked to the big trees of Big Tree Town, and most of the out-of-town adventurers had an extra energy mark on their foreheads.
"What do we do now?" Sylvia asked in a deep voice.
Leo shook his head and said, "There's no need to bother with this matter, as long as you don't provoke us, there is no need for us to meddle in this matter." ”
Leo is not afraid of the tree clan in this formation realm, although the energy fluctuations possessed by the other party are very huge, almost comparable to those of the sixth-level psionics, but this energy fluctuation is not concentrated, and it is extremely chaotic and mixed, and in the end, the power that this clan can exert may reach the level of a fifth-level psionic at most, and Leo needs to pay attention to the mysterious existence of the Black Forest behind this clan.
Through various collected information, Leo has a certain understanding of the Black Forest, and no longer thinks that the Black Forest is the size of what he sees outside, according to his knowledge, the Black Forest is like a compressed space, the area inside is much larger than the forest area seen outside, and there are countless mysterious existences hidden in the Black Forest, many of which are ancient times and have not left any information in the world.
According to the research of the wizards of the tower, there seems to have been a huge apocalypse in ancient times, even the gods will fall, and the Black Forest seems to be a refuge for the gods, all the gods who think they resist the calamity will enter the Black Forest and seek the protection of the Lord of the Black Forest, and only a few gods who think they are strong enough will remain in the world.
Leo agrees with the Tower Wizard's research, as the corpse of the Eagle God, the predecessor of the Lord of the Sky, is the best evidence.
With the sound of a horn, more than a hundred out-of-town adventurers gathered in the square began to walk in the direction of the Black Forest under the leadership of the townspeople of Big Tree Town, and soon they came to the edge of the tree wall of the Black Forest.
The townsfolk of Big Tree, who was leading the way in front, motioned for the people behind them to stop, and then walked alone in front of a tree wall, took out a piece of wood, and put it on the ground to burn.
The piece of wood did not look very large, and it was dry wood, but when it burned, a large amount of smoke came out, and the smoke seemed to be pulled by some force, and poured into the Black Forest in front of it.
Immediately after that, everyone saw that the tree wall of the Black Forest seemed to be torn open by an invisible force, and a straight deep stream of trees was revealed from the bottom, and at the bottom of it was a path that went deep into it with no end in sight.
At this time, one of the townspeople who led the way, after seeing the road open, reminded the out-of-town adventurers behind him: "Everyone, I need to remind you here that even if you take this road, it may not be absolutely safe, so you must be careful, and try not to stay away from the road, even if you are far away from the road, it is better to have several people together, and you must mark it well, otherwise you will ......"
Before the young man could finish speaking, someone reached out and grabbed him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Little Kerry, they all know this kind of thing, you don't need to remind you again, delay everyone's time." ”
"That's right, we all know this, stop talking this nonsense and wasting our time. It was clear that the interrupter's words were more in line with the minds of these out-of-town adventurers, and the young man's reminder was completely ignored by them.
Then, one by one, these out-of-town adventurers impatiently rushed towards the road in the Black Forest, for fear that they would run and buy it and not be able to get good things.
Some people took the lead and rushed inside, and the others were naturally not far behind, and followed closely, and soon these people were left with only Leo and Sylvia walking towards the Black Forest.
As he passed by the young man who had alerted the out-of-town adventurer, Leo reached out and patted him on the shoulder, said "You're good", and walked on.
The young man felt only a slight weight on his shoulders, looked at Leo's back in some confusion, and then tried to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
"You just ......," Sylvia, who saw this scene, couldn't help but ask.
Without waiting for Sylvia to finish asking, Leo replied, "I just gave him a chance, and in the end it is up to him whether he can escape the fate of becoming a clan." ”
Leo could see that the young man just now really wanted to remind the adventurer to be careful, but his reminder did not play any role under the interference of his companion, although so, he could also feel the kindness of the young man, so Leo took the opportunity to suppress the mutant cells on the young man's body with his psionic energy when he patted the other party's shoulder.
As long as the young man no longer comes into contact with the source of the mutation, the mutation in his body will always stop, and the strength of the spiritual energy that Leo injected into his body is enough to see that the mutation is suppressed until the day he dies.
Leo and Sylvia soon followed the out-of-town adventurers in front of them into the Black Forest, and the moment they entered the Black Forest, both of them clearly felt a powerful force enveloping them.
Neither of them moved to repel the force, but let it sweep over them, but as the power swept through, Leo's spiritual network also expanded, trying to track the whereabouts of this power, and he also opened his vision to check the situation around him.
It's a pity that Leo's spiritual network is completely unable to play a role in the Black Forest, either Leo's spiritual network is completely disturbed and can't sense anything around him, or he can sense things, but the things he senses are all wrong.
As for the spiritual vision, it is even more ineffective against the Black Forest, there is almost no difference between the Black Forest seen in his spiritual vision and the Black Forest seen by the naked eye, the only difference is that in his spiritual vision, there is no road under his feet that has been opened up, and the road under his feet is completely dirt, and it is dirt that has not been excavated and cultivated.
And more importantly, in the vision, the exit of the road behind him has disappeared, and it has changed back to the appearance of a tree wall.