After exchanging information with the Cummings family, Mu You's injuries recovered a lot and he was able to move on the ground, but he didn't leave in a hurry, but followed the family of four and walked around in the fourth layer, continuing to collect antidote medicinal materials, and learning the survival skills of the forest by the way.

"Don't fight against the ecology here, try to fit in."

This is the survival secret that Cummings told him before he set off.

Each organism in the forest has its own position and role, and the entire ecosystem is actually a large symbiotic system, in which the organisms perform their own duties, forming a stable closed loop.

As an alien species, if human beings want to join this symbiotic system, what they need to do is not to destroy it, but to feel the rules of this set of ecology, find a place where they can participate in it, and then integrate into it without affecting the overall ecology, conform to the needs of the ecology, first help to do what they can do, and then think about harvesting what they need, so as not to be crowded out by this closed-loop ecology.

["The moon butterfly does not actually exclude alien species, and even welcomes the addition of external creatures, within seven steps, there must be an antidote, this balanced principle of mutual growth and restraint is vividly embodied in this jungle, as long as you pay attention to observe, you will not encounter a real desperate situation in this jungle. Cummings said. 】

In the next three days, Mu You was silently following this family, learning the survival skills of the fourth layer, and gradually figuring out their survival strategies.

Cummings is right, to survive here, you must first admit your weakness, lower your stature, look up to those inferior creatures, observe, imitate, and learn how they live.

Finding the rules and then using the rules is always the most efficient way for human beings to survive in an unfamiliar environment.

[The moonlight shines through the jagged treetops, casting a silver veil over this mysterious land. In the jungle ahead, a huge creature with barbs on its back and antlers on its head was quietly hiding behind a bush, grazing leisurely. 】

The staghorn hippopotamus, a creature unique to the fourth layer of the forest, is a gentle herbivore similar to cattle and sheep, and generally does not actively attack other creatures, because of its large size and delicious meat, it has become a hunting target for the Cummings family today.

Mu You didn't make a move, hiding in the jungle in the distance and silently observing the movements of the four people.

Among the four, Cummings, as the head of the family, naturally shouldered the most important task, crawling through the grass in the dark and quietly approaching the hippopotamus.

Cummings stopped a few dozen meters in front of the hippopotamus, reached into the grass nest next to him, groped for it, caught a long strip of strange fish, and then pinched the belly cavity of the strange fish hard.

The strange fish suddenly let out a miserable cry similar to that of a screaming chicken, echoing in the jungle for a long time.

The hippopotamus grazing in front of him suddenly raised his head, his mouth constantly snorted menacingly, and his limbs stomped on the ground frantically.

Unmoved, Cummings continued to pinch the strange fish, and after repeating it three times, the hippopotamus was finally completely enraged, with the spikes on his back erected and his eyes red, charging towards Cummings' position.

Cummings hurriedly threw away the strange fish and retreated into the distance, and at the same time, in the depths of the jungle in the other direction, two strange fish cries came one after another.

The hippopotamus in the wild naturally changed direction and continued to rush towards the source of the sound.

In this way, the hippopotamus is relayed by three people, and soon introduces the trap area they have preset.

The elder brother Millet stood in front of a ring wood, wearing a mechanical lamp on his head and a mechanical claw in his right hand.

After the angry hippopotamus rushed over, Millay immediately turned on the instrument above his head, and a strong light shot out, shining on the hippopotamus's eyes, the hippopotamus wailed, his eyes were stinging, tears were not stopped, and his vision was blurred, but he still instinctively charged towards Milley, as fast as lightning.

Milai hurriedly activated the instrument in his hand, and the mechanical claw popped out, grabbed the trunk of the nearby ring tree, and flew Milai out with him.

The next moment, the hippopotamus carried a huge kinetic energy and collided with the hard ring wood behind it, and the result was that the ring wood did not move, and a pair of antlers of the hippopotamus were broken and fell off.

The hippopotamus that had lost its antlers wailed, and the vitality of his body quickly dissipated, and he soon died of exhaustion.

[After the hunt, the four gathered around the prey, but they did not immediately come forward to touch the antlers hippopotamus, but maintained awe, bowed their heads and waited silently until the cocoons on the hippopotamus corpse were formed, the blue spirit butterfly flew out, far away, and the insects disappeared, and then they stepped forward to pick up the remains of the prey......]

Mu You watched the hunt the whole time, and the lighting equipment and hook claw equipment used by the little boy were all tools removed from the armor left behind by the mechanic.

In fact, his usage is wrong, this hook claw itself is a lethal weapon, if Mu You is allowed to control this hook claw with a mechanical heart, more functions on it can be activated, and there is no need for such a troublesome process, you can directly kill the hippopotamus head-on with the hook claw.

However, Mu You didn't make a sound to remind that the hunting method of this family of four did not rely on tools, but on the division of labor and cooperation of the four people, even without the assistance of these two pieces of machinery and equipment, they could find other things to replace.

After following this family for a few days of hunting, Mu You has thoroughly understood that in the Ring Forest, human beings are indeed at the bottom physically, and they may never become the top of the food chain like wild people, but with the wisdom that is one level higher than that of other creatures and the ability to use tools, they can still survive better than most of the creatures in the Ring Forest.

Three days later, Mu You's injuries were gone, and he found Cummings to say goodbye to him.

"It's all here."] "Cummings takes you to a warehouse in the backyard, where you see a pile of mechanical parts. 】

["It's all from the three armors, and I thought it might be useful in the future, so I didn't lose any of the parts I removed. Cummings said. 】

[You walk into the house and take a look, then turn around and ask Cummings if you can pick up some parts to take away and borrow for a few days.] 】

["Of course you can, you can take whatever you want, it doesn't matter if you take it all, these were originally the things left to you by the mechanic, and we took them without permission. Cummings scratched his head in embarrassment. 】

After a few days of getting along, Cummings already knew that Mu You was the successor of the mechanic, and those armors were also specially left for the heirs.

Mu You clicked on Ava.

The chameleon helmet flew out of his head and floated inside the warehouse, scanning all the accessories.

Soon, more than a dozen usable mechanical parts were marked by it.

Mu You manipulated the character to step forward and connected the parts in turn with a mechanical heart, and finally formed a weird humanoid battle armor that looked messy, giving people a feeling that they would fall at any time due to the obvious top-heavyness.

Although the shape is a bit strange, the power is really good, twelve external accessories plus six internal accessories are complete, there are parts that should be, and the weapons are all high-damage accessories, under Ava's calculations, the combination of these parts is already the best combination.

[With a rumbling sound, pieces of parts are combined on you, and finally combined into a complete battle armor.] 】

[The moment the armor was formed, you obviously felt the scorching light in the eyes of the little boy next to you, and the eyes looking at you were full of envy. 】

["When I come back from my errands, this armor will be yours."] "You say to Milley. 】

["Really? The little boy's eyes lit up and he was pleasantly surprised. 】

Of course, Mu You won't take these parts directly, he just needs them to help him enter the savage tribe.

The quality of these temporarily modified parts is actually not high, and they are far less useful than the Black Angel outside of the Ring Forest, and it is useless for him to take them out, and he will return them when he finishes his work.

[Cummings smiled at this scene, suddenly stepped forward and shoved a book into your hand, this is a handwritten book, the book is called "Forest Survival Manual.] 】

["This is an encyclopedia of the forest that we have compiled based on years of life experience, which records all the creatures and habits of the forest that we have seen, which may be of some use to the fool, so you can take it. Cummings said. 】

Mu You was surprised, this is not useful, but useful!

With this manual, the difficulty of surviving in the forest will be drastically reduced, and other fools will have the opportunity to come in and break through in the future, which will greatly save the fool's time to open up the wasteland from scratch.

[You thank Cummings, and then tell the other party that after you see the savage patriarch this time, you will say that the other party will send someone to move the boulder at the exit of the ring forest and open the spatial passage. 】

Mu You was reminding them that the passage to the Ring Forest would open soon, and if they wanted to leave the Ring Forest and return to the Star Spirit Realm, they could pack their things and prepare to move now.

[After you finished speaking, Cummings and his wife glanced at each other, but they both smiled and shook their heads: "Thank you for your kindness, but no need, we don't plan to leave the ring forest.] ”】

"Why? "You are puzzled. 】

Mu You was surprised, he thought that the two of them had been away from home for more than a thousand years, and they must be missing their hometown very much at this moment, but he didn't expect the two to refuse so simply.

[Bloomings scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "How to say it, in fact, thousands of years ago, we learned from the wild people that the fool could be destroyed, and decided to stay in the ring forest, we can no longer be considered fools, so many years have passed, we have adapted to the life of the ring forest, and the current star spirit world is a strange place for us. ”】

["What's more, the children are here, and it is impossible for us to leave them. Cummings' wife added. 】

"But your lifespan ......," you hesitate. 】

Mu You didn't know how much lifespan these two people had before they came, but now that more than a thousand years have passed, there is still something like the rain of time in the ring forest that consumes life, even if the two of them are careful to avoid the rain, after so many years, most of the lifespan of the two is gone.

If they go to the Star Spirit Realm, at least return to the Sky City range, they will have a chance to replenish their lifespan, and if they don't return to the Star Spirit Realm, they will die sooner or later.

Mu You couldn't figure out why they would rather die in the ring forest at the end of their lives than go back to their hometown.

["It may be difficult for outsiders to understand, but in fact, in the forest, death is not the end......" Cummings smiled and explained, but did not explain more. 】

Mu You was stunned for a moment, pondered it carefully, and combined with what he had seen and heard in the ring forest these days, he gradually understood what he meant.

Indeed, because of the existence of the soul butterfly, there is no real death in the ring forest, only continuous reincarnation, and the concept of reincarnation is real in this woodland, and for the creatures here, the death of the body is only the beginning of the next stage of rebirth, and there is naturally no need to be afraid.

Mu You exhaled, and did not persuade again, their family had obviously completely integrated into the world system of the Ring Forest, for them now, the Fool and the Star Spirit Realm no longer had a sense of belonging, but the Ring Forest was the real homeland.

Mu You said goodbye to the four of them and set off in his armor.

The function of this set of four different battle armors is actually far inferior to the complete body of the black angel, but whoever made it make it made of local materials, it is extremely smooth to use, and with the support of the battle armor, Mu You's combat power has skyrocketed, and it has become easy to pass through the fourth layer.

It only took one day for Mu You to walk out of the fourth floor.

[You have come to the fifth layer of the Ring Forest. 】

[The density of the surrounding rings has increased again, and the text transmission of the game has encountered a significant delay, in the current environment, you cannot transfer items through the game, and all text will be delayed by 15-30 seconds. 】

On the fifth layer, the suppressive power of the game system has really increased again, the props have directly become unable to be transmitted, and the text delay has also been increased to a maximum of half a minute!

What is the concept of half-minute game delay? It is basically equivalent to that when he saw the incident, the person was already cold.

Fortunately, the transformed Warframe has not been suppressed, and when it encounters danger next, Ava can take over the Warframe in real time, which can greatly reduce the impact of text delay.

[As you step on the fifth floor, in the jungle in front of you, all kinds of black and white creatures have emerged, and the fierce eyes look at you, it seems that there is a trend of biological riot again. 】

[You grab a handful of worms from your pocket and eat them.] 】

[Your energy limit has been reduced by 7 points, currently: 0 (-297)]

[You have gained 7 Restricted Attribute Points, which can be added to other attributes other than Intelligence.] 】

[You gain 0.7% Divine System Resistance, for a current total resistance: 29.7%.] 】

After eating this insect molt, the divine energy in Mu You's body was completely zeroed, and the attributes could be regarded as growing to the limit, and even if he ate the worm molt again, he would not increase his attributes.

Mu You opened the panel and simply assigned a few restricted attributes, and now his attributes are:

Strength: 248

Dexterity: 346

Intelligence: 297

Constitution: 61

The 297 restricted attributes rewarded, Mu You evenly distributed them in strength and agility, and his physique did not increase at all, because his physique affected several aspects such as life, defense, injury recovery, and toxin resistance, and these things were all within the coverage of the bloodline's passive talents, and the improvement of his physique was relatively small.

As for health, a little constitution can only add a little real life, and this aspect is far faster than relying on potions and star ascension instead of relying on constitution improvement.

The real disadvantage of this set of attributes is that the original ratio of 1:2:3 has been broken, resulting in the Fool Card will not be able to be used in the future, but at this stage, Mu You basically has no need for the Fool Card, and it is impossible to continue to card his attributes for a prop.

[With the change of energy in your body, the aura of the creatures in front of you gradually dissipated, no longer paying attention to you, and each returned to its own territory. 】

[You use your armor to cross the grass and continue to explore ......]

The fifth layer is indeed more dangerous, but with the protection of the battle armor and the survival manual given by Cummings, Mu You feels that as long as his luck is not too bad and he is low-key, it should be no problem to pass here once...... Of course, the premise is not to encounter those top creatures of the fifth layer.

After all, this set of armor was temporarily modified by a mechanic, and it was okay to bully ordinary creatures, but in the face of creatures at the top of the food chain, it was only eight pieces that were dismantled.

Mu You obviously overestimated his luck, and after only half an hour, he couldn't laugh. (End of chapter)