Chapter 20: The Golden Deer
After making sure that the two companions were okay, Leo's gaze swept over and around him.
He found that the Panir battle axe, which had not changed in his hand, had been stained with a layer of blood at this moment, and at the same time, there were also a lot of blood splatters on his arms and body, and there was a strangely shaped beast lying on the ground not far away.
I saw that this beast seemed to be made of a patchwork of various common beasts, the body of the black panther, the four-legged chicken claws, the tail was the tail of a scorpion, and the head was a large parrot head.
At this moment, the monster's abdomen had been opened, all the internal organs had flowed out of the wound, and the Panir battle axe he had just thrown was stuck in its neck, and a large amount of blood came out of its neck, and life quickly flowed from its body.
Just as Leo walked up to the monster, ready to take a closer look at the monster's body structure, and even about to dissect it on the spot to taste the monster's flesh, the monster swallowed its last breath.
As the monster died, a stream of golden flame erupted from the monster's body, enveloping it, and the blood that flowed out and splattered out ignited like ignited gasoline.
"Damn!" Leo was caught off guard by the sudden flames, and hurriedly threw the Panir toxahawk aside, slapping the flames caused by the blood on the surface of his clothes, but soon he found that the flames had no temperature, like an illusion, and did not cause him any damage, but only burned the monster's corpse to ashes, and completely vaporized the blood.
Seeing these strange golden flames extinguish, Leo picked up the tomahawk that had just been thrown on the ground and in the ashes of the monster, and to his surprise, a little foreign object appeared in the ashes that had been lifted by the tomahawk. He swept away the ashes and saw a small, jewel-like black heart lying on the ground, apparently the cremated remnants of the monster.
Leo thought of several anecdotes about the Federation's psykers, one of which was that some powerful psionics would spontaneously combust after death and burn to ashes in a short period of time, and some remnants of the material structure could often be found in the ashes.
This rumor is very similar to the scene that just appeared, the only difference is that one is a monster that he can easily kill, and the other is a psionic powerhouse who can walk in outer space for a short time.
Although Leo was curious about what the black gem heart was, he didn't take the liberty of reaching out to touch it, but fiddled with the tomahawk in his hand to make sure that there was no danger before picking up the black gem heart.
Just as he picked up the little heart, the paracerebral system gave him a hint.
"High-energy substances are found that can be absorbed. ”
Seeing this prompt, Leo couldn't help but feel joy and know. Not long ago, after feeling the high-energy force field of the Black Forest, he hoped to find a high-energy substance that could be absorbed by him in the Black Forest, but he didn't expect this expectation to come true so quickly, which made him feel a sense of unexpected surprise.
Under the excited Cui Chu, Leo couldn't wait to issue an order to the auxiliary brain system: "Check the structure of high-energy matter and match the absorption plan." ”
As the order was given, it didn't take long for Leo to see a three-dimensional map of his body, and the map also marked the location of the little heart, and there was a value in the position. Among them, the position placed on the legs is seventy-three, the position where the arms are placed is sixty-two, the position placed on the abdomen is sixty-four, and the highest value is placed on the heart, which is as much as ninety-two.
Leo wanted to absorb the high-energy substance in his hand immediately, but now his situation was really not suitable for such things, so he resisted the urge in his heart and put the little heart into a small bag, tied it with a rope like insect repellent, hung it around his neck, and put it away close to his body.
After putting away his things, Leo was eager to see if the little goblins or fairies above his head would also produce high-energy substances that could absorb him after the corpse was burned, but the trees were too tall and it would take a long time to climb up. Since there was a monster like that just now, it wasn't necessarily just one, and he wasn't sure if there would be any monsters here after he climbed up, and if there were, the unconscious two would be in danger.
"Send them out of the fog first, and then come back and see. ”
Leo made a decision in his heart, and walked quickly to Nelson and Jason, who were unable to see their bodies, and were about to turn off their psychic skills.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a tremor on the ground, interrupting Leo's movements, and he couldn't help but want to open the spirit net to see what was causing the tremors.
At this moment, the trees about a kilometer in front of him suddenly fell, not just one tree fell, but row after row of trees fell, and without any force to collide, they fell on their own, and the trees intertwined with each other and laid on the ground, forming an extremely wide forest avenue.
The little fairies around the fallen trees scattered and then gathered together, and soon formed a colorful cloud, and at the same time, on the trees that did not fall, the little fairies also left the trees where they collected pollen and nectar, and converged towards their companions.
Before Leo could figure out what was going on with the spectacle in front of him, he saw a huge figure walking down the tree-paved road with a slight tremor on the ground.
"Deer, what a big deer!" Leo exclaimed as he could see clearly what the huge figure slowly approaching in the distance was with the power of his vision.
I saw that it was a golden giant deer with a height of more than two hundred meters, and the tall trees around it were the same as the dwarf shrubs in front of this giant deer, which could only reach the belly of the deer.
Such a huge deer was already very shocking in itself, but what was even more shocking was that Leo could vaguely see the top of the antlers surrounded by golden clouds, and the corners of some megalithic buildings were faintly exposed, which was enough to judge that there was probably a large building such as a castle on the antlers.
In addition, he found that the giant deer was so large that it should be extremely heavy, but the trees that its hooves had stepped on were not damaged in any way, and after the giant deer had walked by, it stood upright from the ground and returned to its original shape.
At this time, the giant deer approached the colorful cloud composed of little fairies, and saw the little fairies fly towards the top of the antlers like a swarm of bees, and soon disappeared into the golden clouds.
"Moo!"
The return of the little fairy seemed to make the golden deer very happy, and only to hear it neigh, which was like a cow and a deer, and the whole forest trembled with this neigh.
Leo was completely stunned by the magical scene in front of him at the moment, and he didn't know if it was because of the shocking emotional influence, or because of the invisible power emitted by this giant deer, in short, his body couldn't move at all at the moment.
"Oops!willpower!" When Leo sensed that something was wrong with his body, Leo immediately called up his personal data interface, and at first glance, he noticed that his daily value of will was rapidly decreasing, and it had dropped to single digits.
This made him can't help but associate the current situation with the huge black shadow he saw in that unknown place when he activated the psionic energy, and the situation he faced was almost identical, except that now his mechanical will skill had not recovered from the cooldown state, and he could not rely on the mechanical will to temporarily fix the reduction in the daily value of the will.
"Disarm the Psionic Skill!"
Sensing that something was wrong, Leo chose the only thing he could do and immediately gave orders to the subbrain system.
As the spiritual vision skill controlled by the auxiliary brain system was lifted, the dense fog that had disappeared before reappeared, and the figure of the giant deer also disappeared from front of him, and at the same time, the rapidly declining daily value of the will also stopped at the position of seven o'clock, and he finally escaped.
A feeling of powerlessness swept through his body, so that he could not think of anything else, and lay directly on the ground, as completely relaxed as he had been in his hotel room last night.
Although his body and mind were relaxed, Leo did not do nothing, and he focused on the personal data interface.
Just as he increased his will base value after seeing the black shadow in that unknown place, now that he saw this golden giant deer, his will base value was also increased, by five points, that is, he had a will base value of thirty points.
At this time, Leo thought that he had just looked at the huge figure, and before he could see the specific appearance of the figure, he had raised the basic value by ten points, and just now he was directly facing the golden giant deer, and he saw the giant deer form very clearly, and after looking at it for a long time, it only increased by five points.
Purely comparing the basic value of the will to be raised, Leo couldn't help but feel that the golden giant deer seemed to be inferior to the huge figure.
But then he found out that this perception was wrong, and it was a big mistake. Because he saw that his personal data was not only his will, but also his physique had improved a little, reaching 5.5, his spirit had increased to ten, and more importantly, the construction progress of the spiritual network skill module had reached 10 percent, which was simply a leap forward.
Sensing that his strength had recovered, Leo sat up from the ground, walked quickly to Nelson and Jason, lifted them up, and walked out of the fog, ignoring the backpack and lantern that had fallen on the ground.
Soon, he walked out of the fog according to the topographic map in his eyes, walked up the arched bridge of tree roots, and came to the other side of the creek.
After placing the two on the ground, he slapped them on the cheeks, showing no sign of awakening, and then took out his water bottle, poured a little water on his hands, and flicked them on their faces.
After waiting for a while, I saw Nelson and Jason open their eyes one after another, but their minds had not yet recovered from the coma, they looked around blankly, and asked Leo in great confusion: "We didn't just ...... Why are you here again?"
"When the fog appeared, you fainted. Leo pointed to the wall of fog on the other side of the river and said, "I'm worried that something will happen to you, so I'll carry you out first." ”
Seeing the dense fog covering the entire forest, both of them realized what was going on, and they both showed a look of apprehension. They had no doubt that if it weren't for Leo, they might have fallen asleep in the fog and never woken up again.
"How's the tail you're dealing with?" Jason asked, as if to divert his fear of the fog, deliberately finding a topic to ask Leo.
"It's been resolved. Leo replied simply.
"Look, fog!" Nelson suddenly exclaimed.
Hearing this, the two of them looked at the dense fog on the other side of the river at the same time, only to see that the dense fog that was originally less than one meter in sight began to lighten and fade at an extremely fast speed, and disappeared completely in less than thirty seconds, and the forest in front of them was as black as before.
"Time is so short?" Looking at the dark forest across the river, Leo frowned and asked Nelson, "Didn't you say that the fog would stay for at least a few days?
Nelson was puzzled, "I don't know what's going on?"
Leo didn't ask any further, but asked if the two could go, and when they nodded, they led the two to the other side of the river again, and returned to the place where they had rested.
The backpack and lantern were still on the ground, but Leo wondered that the flame inside the lantern had been extinguished.
This lantern is a special lantern specially made for the environment of the Black Forest in Rabbit Skin Town, not only using a special oil that can not be affected by the thick humidity in the forest, but also making special treatment in the appearance, so that the flame in the lantern will not be blown out by strong winds, even if it falls in the water, as long as it can be fished out in time, it will not have any effect.
The extinguishing of the lantern was a trivial matter, but it caught Leo's attention, and he turned it on, looked inside, and found that the oil in the lantern was all gone, and it must have burned out.
"How long does the oil in this lamp last?" Leo asked.
"About three days or so. Nelson thought for a moment and said.
Leo handed over the lantern in his hand and said, "Look. ”
Nelson took the lantern and shone it inside with a lighter, and when he found that the fuel was exhausted, he couldn't help muttering, "How can this be?"
Leo said, "It's been three days. ”
"Shall we?" Nelson hurriedly took out his pocket watch and looked at the time on it.
This pocket watch, which was awarded to him by medical school when he graduated, was ordered by a well-known pocket watch workshop with a history of 300 years, and can display not only the time, but also the day, month, and year.
After looking at the time on the pocket watch, Nelson was puzzled: "No, we haven't had three days, or ......."
"We don't, lanterns do. Leo nodded to the lantern from the Blood Axe Gang hanging from his belt.
Jason, who was standing on the side, couldn't understand the conversation between the two at all, and buried his head in his work, taking the spare lamp oil out of his backpack and filling it.
"Dense fog? It's the fog that changes time, right?" Nelson, although he was only a medical student, was also more intelligent than ordinary people, and soon understood what Leo meant, and exclaimed.
Instead of responding to Nelson's inquiry, Leo took the lit lamp oil from Jason's hand, hung it up for Nelson, and said, "We've rested long enough, we still have a long way to go." ”