Chapter 553: The Corpse in the Forest
"You want to go to the forest?" Long Mo's eyes looked at the fox Jiaojiao in surprise.
"Well, I'd like to go to the forest to see if there are any edible plants, and if so, some orc food problems." Fox Jiaojiao explained.
Actually, this is secondary.
The main reason is that they came to the Moon Lake tribe this time and didn't bring a lot of food.
She has eaten almost all these days, and Fox Jiaojiao thinks that the forest near the Moon Lake Tribe is different from the plants outside the Harvest Tribe and wants to see if there are any new discoveries.
By the way, I took the opportunity to get some food and fruit from the space.
Since she came here to escape the summer, she would not treat herself badly.
Long Mo knew that the fox Jiaojiao was favored by the beast god, and although she didn't go to the forest often, she knew everything about the plants in the forest.
Hearing her say this, of course she won't refuse.
"Okay, I'll take you there after dinner." It just so happened that he was also going to the forest to hunt in the morning.
The two agreed.
After the meal, Long Mo cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.
Fox Jiaojiao also went back to the room and put on her own sunscreen equipment, a set of linen trousers and long sleeves, and a big straw hat with a face covering, which was enough to ensure that she was wrapped tightly after going out.
It's not very hot in the tribe, but if you don't protect yourself on the way to the forest, you can get rid of a layer of skin by direct tanning.
Fox Jiaojiao would rather cover it tightly than be exposed to the sun.
After cleaning up, Hu Jiaojiao took a few oversized animal skin bags and went out with Long Mo.
She sat on the back of the dragon, only to feel a wave of heat coming towards her.
It felt like putting her in the oven and baking it.
Fox Jiaojiao could only lower her head, and her whole body was lying on the dragon scales, which eased up a little.
The wind was blocked overhead, and the fox Jiaojiao had the strength to look down into the forest.
From the air, the forest is lush and green.
But if you look closely, you can see that there are few animals to see, as if the animals have disappeared.
Fox Jiaojiao remembered that when she and Long Mo were in the forest in the past, there were still many animals in the forest.
It didn't take long for Long Mo to start approaching the forest and landing.
There was almost no place to stay in the forest, and after Long Mo landed, he cleared a small clearing on the ground before letting the fox Jiaojiao come down.
As soon as she landed, Fox Jiaojiao smelled a smell of decay.
Fox Jiaojiao now has a keen sense of smell and can easily tell what the smell is.
Unlike the rotting vegetation of the past, this time it was the corpses that were rotting.
Fox Jiaojiao frowned, and looked around, there were dense branches and leaves everywhere, and she couldn't see the ground at all, and she didn't know where the smell came from.
Or maybe it's coming from all directions.
"Long Mo, you go hunting, I'll take a look around here, I won't walk around."
Fox Jiaojiao retracted her gaze, touched Long Mo's head, and said softly.
"Roaring ......"
The black dragon exhaled a cloudy breath, nodded, and said in beast language:
"Okay, I'll pick you up when I come back from hunting, and if there's something to do, call me out loud, and I'll be back right away."
Long Mo's beast language was even lower, sounding as if it came from his chest, dull and low.
He tirelessly advised, in fact, this sentence had been admonished countless times as early as when he was on the road.
"I know, I'll call you if there's something, and we'll meet here in a while." Fox Jiaojiao also listened patiently, and pointed to a huge pine tree that was very obvious next to her.
Only then did Long Mo feel relieved, jumped up, and flew over the forest.
He could sense that there were no ferocious beasts in the vicinity, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease that Fox Jiaojiao was alone in the forest.
Of course, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that with the ability of the fox Jiaojiao, even if he encountered danger, he would have a way.
But he subconsciously regarded Fox Jiaojiao as a powerless little female, thinking that she was an object that needed to be protected at all times.
Fox Jiaojiao raised her head and looked at Long Mo through the gaps between the branches and leaves.
In a few breaths, Long Mo's figure had disappeared from the fox Jiaojiao's sight.
Fox Jiaojiao exhaled and waited for a few minutes to make sure that Long Mo would not turn back before focusing on the dense vegetation around her.
The most vigorous ones are actually some weeds.
Fox Jiaojiao had already known this situation, took out the knife from the space, first carved a triangular mark on the old pine tree she had just pointed to, and then cut off the branches and shrubs that blocked her, and slowly moved forward.
The vegetation in the forest is very strong, and although there is no sign of drought on the surface, it is not difficult to tell from these plants that the forest is not well watered.
The rhizomes of these plants are deeply rooted.
The fox had several animal skin bags pinned to her waist, and she was often hooked by the bushes at her feet as she walked, so she had to stop and pull the bags back and continue walking.
The distance of ten meters took only a few minutes to complete.
Looking at the trees around with no end in sight, Hu Jiaojiao suddenly rejoiced, fortunately, she chose to stay in the tribe at the beginning, instead of stupidly leaving the tribe with supplies to survive alone.
In such a huge primeval forest with a drastic change in the environment, it is even more difficult for her to survive as a female than to ascend to the sky.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Fox Jiaojiao finally had a harvest.
When I opened the bushes, I saw many small red wild fruits.
These wild fruits have traces of being eaten by animals and are supposed to be non-toxic.
Fox Jiaojiao picked a little and put it in a bag of animal skins, but she didn't taste it immediately.
Picking wild fruits, Hu Jiaojiao found some wild vegetables, these wild vegetables are not in the space, she likes to eat green vegetables, and wild vegetables have a unique flavor.
The fox Jiaojiao concentrated on picking wild vegetables.
Wild vegetables grow relatively low, and they are all close to the ground, and the fox can only be picked by squatting down.
Suddenly, the tip of the fox's nose moved.
A breeze blew, not so noticeable as the heat wave, but with a strong smell of decay.
Fox Jiaojiao subconsciously stopped her movements and used her long knife to push away the bushes in front of her.
A smell of rotten meat came to my face.
Immediately afterward, she saw a decomposing corpse.
Not the carcass of animals, but the carcasses of orcs.
Fox Jiaojiao was frightened for a while, and took a few steps back, not because she was afraid of the corpse, but because the corpse was crawling with all kinds of insects, and the picture was really a little disgusting.
The wild vegetables at his feet suddenly lost the urge to pick.
Fox Jiaojiao simply turned around and looked for it on the other side.
Who knew that without taking two steps, they encountered the same situation.
After Fox Jiaojiao picked up all the bushes around her and found five or six corpses one after another, she finally knew why there was a rotting smell when she first arrived in the forest.
The orcs in the north fled from the wilderness, and only a few were able to enter the Moon Lake tribe smoothly.
More are left in the forest forever.
It has become the nourishment of plants and trees.