It was not easy to find a relatively safe place to park the ship on the coast of the Dark Continent.

Mo You and Jin engraved the teleportation god word as quickly as possible, which can be regarded as a kind of guarantee.

But compared to the role of warning and reinforcing the god word, the transmission of the god word is of little significance.

Because the Dark Continent is too big, once the team goes deep into the interior, as the distance increases, it will naturally exceed the distance that the Divine Word can teleport.

With the departure approach, everyone in the team brought some essential supplies.

The space capacity of Assi and Nong-U is very limited, and it is already quite difficult to load some equipment such as medical equipment.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for the team members to travel lightly, and they all bring exploration materials such as water purification as much as possible.

Moyo led the team to the forefront.

This should have been the responsibility of the reinforcement system, but Moyu's "amount of manifestation energy" is the strongest in the entire team, and even if it is not a reinforcement system, it can use this advantage to build a defense comparable to that of the reinforcement system.

"Pence, don't leave the swarm too far away."

Out of the cave and on top of the flat ground that Potter White had said, Moyu looked back at Pens, who was in the middle of the line, and reminded him.

The role of the bee colony is to detect and be the first to face threats.

And the bee colony is not a embodied thing, and the death of a single one is a loss, and it cannot expand the scope of trial and error without scruples like the shadow clone.

"Okay."

Pens took a deep breath and did not manipulate the swarm by "giving orders", but used her ability to control it herself.

This will force her to suffer a lot of mental attrition, but it will also reduce the rate of loss of the colony.

With a swarm of bees on the periphery, the crowd walked along the flat ground towards the forest far ahead.

Looking at the forest from afar, all you can see is the deep greenery lying across the horizon.

As the distance gradually closes, what appears in front of everyone is a giant tree with a height of more than 100 meters.

It is estimated to be at least forty or fifty stories high.

Everyone stood on the edge of the forest, looking at the many giant trees in front of them with solemn eyes.

In addition to the astonishing height, these giant trees also have an amazing trunk diameter, at least ten meters.

It's worth caring about -

They are located just on the outskirts of the forest.

Perhaps there are even more huge trees in the depths of the forest.

"Keep up."

Moyu withdrew his gaze from the many canopies, and instead looked straight ahead at the glorious floating forest ahead.

The height and diameter of the trunks of these giant trees are extraordinary, but the canopy is not as lush as expected, and it can even be said to be sparse.

So the light in the forest is not bad.

Moyu stepped into the forest first, followed by the rest of the group.

As soon as you enter the forest, all kinds of insects and birds come from all directions.

Pence's swarm of bees mingled around the team like a multitude of small radars.

Mo You walked at the forefront, always keeping an eye on the wind and grass around him.

"Or 'shadow clone' is better to use......"

Glancing at the bumblebee not far away, Mo You thought to himself.

Although bee colonies can play an early warning role, they are far inferior to shadow clones in terms of pathfinding and preventing disasters.

Range, field of view, gathering attack intelligence......

These most critical abilities can only be achieved by the ability to be fully finely competent.

When exploring the Dark Continent for the first time, it was thanks to the practicality of the shadow clones that the survival rate of the team reached an incredible 100%.

The current word......

Mo You's expression was slightly solemn.

Time passes.

The team traveled for half a day, but the surrounding scenery remained the same.

The ground was still hard beneath his feet, the light filled the surroundings, and the sparse canopy of the huge trees stood in an irregular row, and there was a mixture of life in the corners where he could not see......

After a short half of the day, the team did not encounter any attacks.

Although this is only the outermost part of the Dark Continent, it is so calm and peaceful, it still makes everyone feel a little surprised and weird.

However, even if the road was peaceful, everyone did not relax their vigilance at all.

Until dusk, the procession continued to move smoothly.

As the sky darkened, the noise of the forest gradually weakened.

"What will the 'night' of the first day be like......

Everyone looked around at the forest that was beginning to darken, and their hearts were becoming more and more vigilant.

The peace of the day does not bring any sense of security.

When and where will terror strike......

No one knows.

At this time, the importance of the four-dimensional apartment and the shadow space can be reflected.

If there is no space to rest and recuperate, they can only take turns to keep vigil, and the group team for vigil cannot be less than three people......

After all, this is a dark continent, and you have to give it absolute respect.

But unexpectedly-

The night passed, and everything was fine.

Early morning.

A veily morning mist shrouded the forest.

Hexi's warm sunlight shines through the canopy, casting hazy pillars of light.

Everyone packed up, solved the breakfast problem briefly, and then moved on.

"If it weren't for these big trees around that seem to have lived for two or three thousand years, who would know that this is somewhere in the Dark Continent......"

"Don't be careless."

"Yes."

"We're still far from the 'threshold' now, and the more we go inside, the more dangerous it must be."

"Hey, maybe you'll find a great hope before you reach the 'threshold.'"

“……”

The crowd marched through the forest.

I walked until noon, and I was still safe.

However, I did see a lot of colorful insects and birds that I had never seen before.

"It's so safe...... Deeply disturbing. ”

A strange sense of contradiction flooded through his mind, and Mo Yu raised an eyebrow at a bird passing by the tree.

The little bird was scarlet, but its eyes were as pale as white jade.

The size of the bird is only the size of a baby's fist, and it looks unusually small among the hundred-meter-tall trees.

The rare discord in this forest is probably that the birds are small and the insects are large.

Then the birds naturally became food for the insects......

"Stop."

Suddenly, Mo You, who was walking in front of him, stopped, raised his hand and clenched it into a fist, signaling his teammates to stop.

About sixty seconds in front of Moyu, there was a grayish-white open area.

The color exuded a strong aura of ruin, like a giant sword cutting a hideous wound in the deep verdant forest.

Mo You stared at the gray-white empty area, his eyes slightly solemn.

He noticed that among the gray-white paths that were at least twenty meters wide, there were many shrunken versions of the torsos of large trees......

At first glance, I only felt that this gray-white path was left behind by the fierce fire.

But after a few more looks, I didn't find any traces of fire.

"Will it be a 'disaster'......"

Moyo's solemn gaze lifted slightly, and he saw the end of the gray-white path that stretched deep into the forest.

He vaguely smelled a thick sense of death.

And the kind of dead air that comes from the mental ability system, but the kind of dead air that has no life at all.

Jin came to Mo You's side, and his expression was the same as Mo You's, with a slight solemnity.

"Not like fire, not like withering ......"

Raising his finger to his chin, a thoughtful look appeared in Kim's eyes.

Mo You glanced at Jin and nodded, "Yes, give me the feeling...... It's like life force being drained away. ”

"Pumped?"

Jin was slightly stunned, and then shook his head and said: "If it is according to your statement, then judging from the traces of the scene, it is more like being deprived of vitality by violence." ”

“……”

Mo You was silent when he heard this.

There were no dead leaves and limbs, and no ashes from the fire.

What's going on?

Until more information is available, no one can predict what happened here.

The only thing to do is to be more cautious.

"I propose to avoid this path."

Tomman, the creature hunter on the team, raised his right hand.

The creature hunter has a hedgehog head, a red snake-like stripe painted on his face, and is quite athletic, wearing a dark green military uniform.

The crowd glanced at Tomman, and there was no objection.

Although it is not clear how this gray-white path came about or what it came about......

But what is certain is that anything related to this path is extremely dangerous.

In this case, of course, it is necessary to stay away from this gray-white path.

Human courage and curiosity to explore the unknown do not apply here.

"Detour."

Mo Yu immediately made a decision.

The heavy death that permeated the gray path unsettled him slightly.

It was also this dead air that made him give up the idea of close contact observation.

In a place like the Dark Continent, once you encounter an incomprehensible strange phenomenon, you can retreat as far as you can.

Unless you can see the true face of the "other party".

The group quickly adjusted their formation, far away from the gray-white path that stretched deep into the forest.

Although it is necessary to find a valuable hope before the Bijander team, it is not necessary to take some unnecessary risks because of the time constraint.

The team moved forward again, and soon the gray-white path was out of sight.

But before everyone could rest assured, a gray-white path appeared again in front of the road.

And it's not one, it's five......

These five gray paths are like a chaotic brushstroke, drawing five interlaced handwriting in the forest.

Everywhere the handwriting passed, all the flora and fauna had turned into tiny grayish-white things, but there were barely some features left.

On top of that, there is a lifeless atmosphere on the staggered gray-white paths.

"......?!"

Most of the team looked at the five staggered gray-white paths in amazement.

This situation is no longer negotiable.

It must be a detour.

"Let's go."

Mo You didn't have the slightest intention of lingering, and waved his gesture to make everyone immediately adjust their formation.

But just as they were adjusting their positions, a land creature about the size of a millstone appeared in the other direction.

It was a land tortoise.

It is about the size of a tricycle, and its whole body is emerald green, and under the sunlight, you can see that the shell and even the limbs are moving with a green sheen.

But the tortoise carried a grayish-white stone shaped like a stone monument on its back.

The surface of the stone is pitted, and there are green vines that beat like a pulse.

This land turtle of unknown origin walked from a distance of sixty or seventy meters, and the speed was not fast, almost the speed of a three- or four-year-old child.

And the reason why Mo You and the others were able to immediately discover the existence of this chocobo turtle was because within twenty meters of the land chocobo turtle was all gray and white.

Even a giant tree with a height of nearly 200 meters is visible to the naked eye and shrunk into a pile of trunks, branches and leaves that can still be faintly distinguished, not to mention the existence of weeds and bushes on the ground.

As the cocobo crawls slowly, a grayish-white path about 20 meters wide forms behind the tortoise.

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.

It turned out that the gray-white path filled with lifeless air was forced out by this land turtle carrying a stone monument.

"Death aura?"

Mo You suddenly thought of a buff ability that is quite common in the game, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise.

Kim and Pjon, who were veteran players next to him, instantly understood.

Judging from this scene, it does look like a death aura.

And this kind of powerful skill that only appears in the game, once it appears in reality, is undoubtedly one of the most terrifying existences.

No one would bet on the possibility of "whether telekinesis can resist the aura of death".

This means that they can't afford to provoke, but they can hide.

With a gesture, the whole team retreated in an orderly manner, away from the Zoco tortoise that was leisurely walking through the forest.

This was the first threat they had encountered since landing on the Dark Continent with treacherous attributes.

Fortunately, the speed of this chocobo turtle is quite slow, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Judging from the path we encountered, I'm afraid there is more than one in this forest."

Qiduo stared at the stone tablet land turtle that was crawling slowly, and reminded everyone.

Potter White then suggested, "Try attacking it, we can use the surrounding greenery as a reference, and we can effectively circumvent the ability to turn trees into ruins out of thin air." ”

"Then give it a try."

Mo You nodded, and immediately looked at Mo Lao Wu in the team.

Sensing Mo You's gaze, Mo Lao Wu immediately understood, raised the big pipe he carried with him, lit it as fast as he could, and then took a sip.

"Hoo ......"

Mo Lao Wu opened his mouth and spit out a puff of white smoke, and then under the effect of telekinesis, he shaped one smoke soldier after another.

"Purple Smoke Troop"

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Lao Wu gave the order to attack.

Suddenly—

The newly simulated smoke soldiers suddenly pounced on the crawling chocobo turtles like wolves.

But when the smoke soldiers stepped within a meter in front of the land turtle, they all turned into green smoke and disappeared without a trace like spring snow melting.

"Huh!?"

Mo Lao Wu was slightly startled.

Just now, he could feel that he had lost contact with these "manifest energies" that had been derived from them in an instant.

"The range ahead is about one meter, but the possibility that this distance can be extended cannot be ruled out."

Although the smoke soldiers who melted out of thin air did not cause damage to the tortoise, they did give everyone a useful piece of information.

psychokinesis

Unable to defend against damage from the Lethal Aura!

(End of chapter)