Deep in the forest.

Towering giant trees of the same species abound.

These trees are not redwoods, but they are more than 100 meters tall and up to 10 meters in diameter.

The dense canopy of each giant tree is close together, so that not a single ray of sunlight enters.

If you look down from the mountains in the distance, the forest canopy spreads and gives the illusion that you can walk on flat ground.

As a result, the interior of the forest is rarely exposed to sunlight all day long, and there is a cold chill in the air, and the ground covered with fallen leaves and branches is damp and smelly.

Walking in such a dark and cold environment, in every darkness that can be seen, there seems to be something about to move.

Even the ubiquitous air......

is also releasing wisps of pressure towards everyone.

It is not yet known whether the road ahead is right or wrong.

But now it's obviously not easy to get through this forest.

Everyone in the team was tense and alert to the wind and grass around them.

After all, this is a part of the Dark Continent, and even if it's just an inconspicuous little corner, it is possible for an unreasonable and treacherous thing to pop up.

In contrast, the kind of behemoth that Nitro once described was easier to deal with.

After all, those existences are visible to the naked eye......

Unlike the black shadow insect that I encountered before, although it is so fragile that it can be easily dealt with with with a small bullet, it is difficult to find the trail, and it can have a strange attack ability.

Moyu even suspected that the Black Shadow Worms possessed the ability to kill behemoths.

An ant bites an elephant to death.

This kind of thing is bizarre just thinking about it.

But in a place like the Dark Continent, it doesn't seem strange at all.

The team marched through the damp and cold forest, still in the same formation, with Sisobenso on the task of clearing mines, scouting and eliminating potential threats ahead.

However, due to the forest terrain and the various threats that may be encountered along the way, the team does not travel very fast.

Compared to the initial speed of crossing white earth and black hills, it is simply a day and a day.

"If this continues, I don't know how long it will take to get through this forest."

Moyu kept an eye on the real-time visual footage transmitted back from Sisobenso, his brow furrowed, and a trace of melancholy floated in it.

White earth, black hills, giant grasslands......

When you come from these places, traveling thousands of miles a day is nothing.

But right now, this forest is very good to be able to travel 300 miles a day.

Not to mention the vision problem, along the way, I have encountered many very aggressive creatures.

Most of the creatures were killed by them, and a few creatures were afraid of Moyu's "all-in" aura, and fled without a fight as soon as they appeared.

This is the root cause of the slow movement of the team.

If it weren't for the fact that the creatures encountered could barely be classified as normal, I am afraid that the travel speed would be even slower.

Moyu thought that by walking from the canopy, he might be able to avoid the various creatures in the forest, thus greatly increasing his travel speed.

However, this plan was directly stillborn.

Sisobenso, who he had sent to the canopy, was torn to pieces by a group of arrow-like flying creatures before he could gain a foothold.

Judging from the visual footage before Sisobenso's collapse, the attacker was the size of a mobile phone, and its flight state was quite similar to that of a dragonfly, but the head had an arrow-like sharp angle, and there were many of them.

They usually seem to inhabit a dense canopy, and will come out of their nests when they hear the slightest movement.

It was in that situation that Sisobenso was torn to shreds in an instant.

It stands to reason that the thoughts that wrap around the surface of the body should allow Sisobenso to hold on for a while.

But the truth is that the flying creatures destroyed Sisobenso in a single look.

When they attacked, it was as if they were driven by some kind of program, and despite their large numbers, they were able to attack every corner of Sisobenso's body in order.

It is precisely this kind of tight group attack method that can tear Sisobenso into pieces in a second or two.

At first, Moyu thought that they had been unlucky and had strayed into the territory of the flying creatures, so they changed places to start experiments.

As a result, they still encountered this flying creature that resembled a dragonfly.

After that, he changed several positions in succession, but the result was no change.

No matter where you ascend the canopy, you will be attacked by this group of flying creatures in a short time.

As a result, Moyu gave up the idea of walking above the canopy, and had to walk through the forest honestly.

After all, other creatures encountered in the forest are better able to cope with them than flying creatures that are as dense as ant colonies.

In this way, Moyo's team gradually explored under the premise of ensuring safety.

During this time, it is inevitable to raise the butcher's knife and kill all the creatures that attack.

Fortunately, during this period of time, I have not encountered such a tricky existence as the black shadow worm.

Sometimes you will encounter creatures that release good intentions.

They are very aggressive, and they don't have that blood-smelling aura.

Perhaps because of this, Moyo's "Affinity +2" attribute can attract the kindness of these creatures.

Unfortunately, these creatures do not have the potential to communicate.

Otherwise, it would be up to Pjörn to build bridges of communication and gather intelligence that would speed up the movement and reduce the threat of travel.

Eventually—

It took the team twenty days to get out of the forest.

The whole process of the journey can be regarded as frightening.

It was Xiaodi who was infected with some unknown virus, and was stunned for a high fever for a day and a night, and almost died.

Luckily, Sambika was there, snatching the droplets from Death at the last moment.

According to Sambica's judgment, the source of the virus infected with the droplets is most likely from those creatures attracted by Moyu's affinity.

Therefore, after this incident, the team no longer rashly touched these creatures with good intentions, and each time they dispersed as soon as possible.

Walking out of this forest, which can be called a paradise for creature hunters, the scene ahead suddenly changes.

The uneven white rock field stretches from the foot to the distance, and along the slope upwards, behind it is a large mass of hollowed-out rock in various shapes, which looks like a super-large coral reef on land from a distance.

At the end of the hillside and the halfway line between the coral reef rocks, a light brown strip more than three meters in diameter stretches across the ground.

Its length is not visible at a glance, as if it were a dividing line drawn by the Creator himself......

"Looks like a tree root ......"

Moyu glanced left and right.

Then, as is customary, he threw the shadow clone into the air and looked down on the vision, and found that the light brown thing resembling the roots of a tree did indeed span the earth like a boundary line, separating the hillside from the coral reef-like rock.

The crowd looked at the root-like object lying on the hillside.

Even when they heard Moyu say that the object was so long that there was no end in sight, they didn't react much.

It's been more than two months since I came to the Dark Continent, and I've seen too many incredible things on the way.

Now it's just a root-like thing of incredible length, so there's no need to make a fuss.

"What do you say, old rules?"

Kang Jae glanced at Moyu and asked.

Pathfinding or trial and error should have been done by the reinforcement system.

But the team has the ability of "soul echo", so naturally it is not Kang Jae's turn to die.

Otherwise, even if he has the super self-healing ability of "tiger stripes", in front of that treacherous thing full of all kinds of unknown abilities, no number of lives are enough.

"Of course."

Moyu nodded, looking up at the many coral-like rocks standing high up, a trace of sorrow in his eyes.

After nearly three months of travel, the things I saw on the way did not match the content of the book "Chronicles of the New World......

Does this mean that they were transported by ancient pipes to a place where they could not be beaten by Nitolomi?

If I had known that this would be the case, I might not have rushed to the Dark Continent with the help of the ancient pipeline.

If you don't......

The case of smuggling alone is also far away.

At the end of the day, it's because there are so few to choose from.

But there is no point in thinking about this at the moment, and we can only find a way to find an opportunity to obtain information as soon as possible.

I only hope to meet intelligent beings with the possibility of communication in the unknown road ahead.

In this way, it doesn't matter if there are a few demons and monsters.

Mo Yu suppressed his thoughts, and then manipulated Sisobenso to slowly walk towards the root-like thing that separated the two realms.

Their team has been able to get to this point safe and sound, of course, because the "shadow space" can carry sufficient survival materials and provide a place to take refuge in times of crisis.

But it's more because of the countless trial and error opportunities that the shadow clones bring to the entire team.

It's that infinitely increases the margin for error when exploring the path.

Sisobenso slowly approached, and then, under the watchful eye of everyone, he lifted his foot and stepped over the root-like thing on the ground.

But at this moment, the originally lifeless root-like thing suddenly boiled like a liquid, and then instantly derived dense anemone-like tentacles.

Then these tentacles were like sharp teeth that closed quickly, enveloping Sisobenso.

In the next instant, the tentacles quickly retracted, returning to their original root-like form at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's just that the Sisobenso, who was wrapped in them, disappeared out of thin air.

Meanwhile.

Moyo took in the feedback of the pain.

It was like countless red-hot iron rods piercing his body, Rao was strong in pain, and he couldn't help frowning at this moment, silently bearing the pain that was indescribable in words.

It is true that the shadow clone has played a vital role in the path of exploration, but at the cost of all kinds of pain that Moyou has to endure.

Thanks to Mo You, who began to hone his pain tolerance a long time ago, otherwise it was really possible to be pierced by various pain forces and break down.

"Good guys!"

Seeing the root-like thing of the tree incarnate into many tentacles devouring Sisobenso, Kang Jae's face changed.

But even if he had a simple head, he couldn't help but wonder why the root-like thing was so laid out on the ground.

Since it is a trap predation, it should be hidden even better.

Xiao Di and Menqi are instead focusing on Mo You.

They noticed Moyu's furrowed look of anguish.

In their impressions, it seemed that it was the first time they had seen Mo You show such an obvious reaction.

"Moyu ......"

Pjörn took two steps closer and asked softly, "Does it hurt?" ”

The rest of the team also looked at Moyo.

Facing the caring eyes of everyone, Mo You didn't hide it, nodded and said, "It hurts, in terms of level, at least 'A-' level." ”

"So powerful?"

Bisgi raised an eyebrow.

What she had just seen was Sisobenso being swallowed up in an instant.

I thought that such a simple way of dying would not bring any pain, but I didn't expect that the truth was the opposite.

Moyu nodded again, and then materialized the new Sisobenso.

"As long as you test the attack height of this thing, it should be able to pass."

As he spoke, Moyu manipulated Hisobenso to leap ten meters into the air, attempting to leap over the root-like object on the ground in this way.

However, just as Sisobenso swept through the sky, the root-like object boiled like liquid again, and then a dense sea anemone-like tentacle was derived, and the attack speed became several times faster......

Everyone's eyes changed, and they could barely see that the tentacles were like whales jumping out of the sea, opening their mouths wide and swallowing Sisobenso into it.

Less than a breath of time.

The root-like thing that swallowed Sisobenso turned back to its original form once again.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but be silent, and they all looked at Mo You.

I only saw Mo You frowning, silently bearing the pain of feedback.

When the pain dissipates, Moyu once again manifests as Sisobenso.

This time, the jump was 30 metres high and allowed Sisobenso to play his fastest speed.

It's a pity that it was still devoured by countless anemone-like tentacles in an instant.

"It doesn't seem to work, this thing seems to be able to adjust the height and speed of the attack according to the situation."

After a few experiments, Moyu realized this.

Bisji and the others saw the process of the experiment, and naturally held the same view as Moyou.

"Isn't that going to be over?"

Kang Jae stared at the root-like object in front of him.

Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary thing would have such a perverted predatory ability.

"We've got the Rat Treasure yet."

As he spoke, Mo Yu raised his finger and tapped the bead necklace.

The bead glowed with a white glow, and then turned into a rat treasure.

"Tsk!"

Rat Bao looked up at Mo You, and then patted his chest with his little short hand, indicating that there was no problem at all.

Mo Yu smiled, but didn't rejoice too soon.

As a result of the test, it is not clear whether the root-like object will only attack those who are crossing the line, or if it will attack even those who cross the line.

If even those who cross the line are attacked, then the ability of the Rat Treasure is meaningless.

Anyway, give it a try.

Anyway, you can use Sisobenso to test it first.

Thinking of this, Mo You also put aside his worries.

"Tsk!"

Rat Bao stimulated bursts of telekinesis, and soon created a straight passage.

The crowd then jumped into the passage.

A moment later.

A coral-like rock, a few dozen meters away from the root-like object, a pitch-black circle with green glow emerged from its surface.

Then Sisobenso stepped out of the pitch-black circle, facing the root-like object lying across the ground.

This time, the root-like thing didn't respond.

Seeing this result, Mo You breathed a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, the crowd came out of the passage of the "One Side" and successfully crossed the boundary line erected by the tree roots.

Now—

then move on.

A few days later.

East Flexix followed the trail to this place.

"It's amazing that the 'Boundary Guarding Plant' block was solved so quickly."

Confirming that Moyu and his party had passed through the root-like object called the Boundary Plant, Don Fulux's interest suddenly intensified.

He hadn't seen a human in a long, long time.

And it is also a group of humans who are capable enough to solve all kinds of dangers in the Dark Continent.

(End of chapter)