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Steel Forest ......

I looked at the city again.

Section by section of the building stands majestically, growing at an undetectable rate, and the sunlight is difficult to project through the building, sprinkling a little on the street, moistening the wild growth of the battery bush.

"Well, there is some truth to the fact that the broken city was called the 'wasteland' before." I thoughtfully said, "This is the wasteland, and this is the forest." I don't think Yanshi or any normal person would live in a primeval forest, would they? ”

"I can't tell." The doctor said, "In the fantasy books of my original world, there is a fantasy race called 'elves', and they just like to live in trees. ”

"Uh......"

"And." The doctor thought for a moment and added, "The previous villas are clearly inhabited, suggesting that they may be something like a 'forest hut'. ”

It makes a lot of sense.

"But they're all empty." I scratched my head: "It's no different if we look for a needle in a haystack if we continue to look for it here." ”

The doctor was obviously aware of the problem, and his face was embarrassed—

Don't ask me how I know he's embarrassed, I think it's what I think.

- "That's... There's no way around that, we'll have to try our luck over there. ”

"Over there" refers to the place where plants and robots fight under the giant flowers.

I only agreed to this proposal, and the doctor and I rushed in the direction of the giant flower.

It's been hours. There was no clock, but I knew we had been in our dreams for a long time. If we don't find a way out of our dreams soon, we may not even wake up.

If we had been quicker, we might have been able to set off with the army the next morning.

After some effort to confirm the direction, we left the city.

In other words, if the city is the natural forest, then what are those wastelands?

Those plants...... What is the vegetation cover?

When we got to a kilometer or so outside of the city, the doctor and I could easily see that the battle was heating up, and the plants seemed to be on the losing edge.

Why?

Because the petals of the giant flower that penetrated the heavens and the earth were torn apart, and the huge petals fell scattered.

But because of the huge reason, the fallen petals are still floating in the sky, and it seems that they will not fall for a while.

I even suspect that if the wind blows a little stronger, the petals can even fly higher than the flowers themselves......

I don't know why I still smashed some yellow beads from time to time in the air, the size of my thumb, the texture is not too hard, but it is not too soft either. In addition, its weight is very light, and most of it can be broken when it is smashed on the ground from a height of 10,000 meters.

But it still hurts if you hit it on your head.

Presumably some kind of attack by plants?

After walking a little further, he came across a giant robot that had fallen on the side of the road - according to the doctor, this is the type of robot that fights plants.

The robot looked a lot like an expanded version of the Routing Mage, but it seemed to have more gears and some mechanics that I couldn't read. There were bursts of steam erupting from time to time on his body, and I don't know if it was just like this, or if it was a leak caused by damage.

Half of its body was gone, as if it had been torn by something, and a gray-black oily liquid flowed from under it, emitting a strong stench that seemed to be mixed with rust, rot, and gasoline.

“...... Mankind. "It's still alive, and the vocalizing parts of its head are emitting non-standard electronic sounds.

Half of its body struggled for a moment, as if it wanted to sit up against something. But it clearly failed.

"Hello." I said, "Are you a Yanshi?" Or, do you know Yanshi? ”

It ignored me: "Excuse me, how is the battle over there?" ”

"It's still fighting. But we can't see the specifics clearly, we're too far from there. The doctor replied.

"............" it was silent for a moment, and said, "I am not a Yanshi. I am a warrior monk. Yanshi are rare. Yanshi loves plants. Buddhism is averse to plants. No. Part of Buddhism is plant-averse. I'm a warrior monk. I'm going to destroy plants. When you see Yanshi, you must also destroy Yanshi. ”

It seems to be delirious, its sentences are choppy, and its volume is sometimes loud and low.

"Why do you want to destroy Yanshi if you like plants?" I asked.

"Yanshi creates plants, Yanshi likes plants, and Yanshi condones plants. Yanshi doesn't like Buddhism. Yanshi called this place the source prison and desecrated the Buddhist gate. "The warrior monk's head shimmered." Therefore, the Yanshi deserves to be destroyed. ”

Oh, it turned out to be a hostile relationship. Reasonable, reasonable.

"Do you know how we get out of here? Is that what Yanshi said about the source hell? I asked again.

"Humans." The glimmer of the warrior monk's head began to dim, "Reality." Moor. Not. Yanshi. Fight. Plant. Buddha ......"

The warrior monk seemed to have completely lost consciousness, tilted his head, and stopped talking. The glimmer of his head began to dim completely.

About the warrior monk is indeed dead.

I don't know if the warrior monks all spoke like this, or if the warrior monks themselves spoke incoherently because of serious injuries......

The doctor studied the structure of the monk for a while, and after seeing nothing famous, he continued on his road with me.

I have to say that the doctor's physical fitness is really beyond ordinary people, not only is his strength comparable to that of robots, but his endurance is also strong, and he has no discomfort at all after walking for so long. On the other hand, I have been at home for a few years, and I am already tired and want to die.

Along the way, there were a lot fewer wild battery bushes around me, and some small green creatures gradually began to appear.

Grass.

They are scattered on the road, like a cluster of batteries, branching out of the veins.

There is grass in the wasteland, but it is rare. Occasionally, you can see a few low bushes, and even berries that can be picked to make juice.

I tried it, and it didn't taste good.

However, in the world of dreams, the distribution of grass is very "not a wasteland", and the distribution area of the battery bush is distinct.

Anyway, I heard that there are forests in the wasteland. It's not a forest like a steel forest, or a forest where trees come together. But I haven't met it, I've only heard about it from passers-by.

Not long after, we came across another robot. It was cloaked in a green robe and was crouching on the grass, observing a grass.

"Hello." I saw that it didn't notice us, so I took the initiative to say hello. "Are you a Yanshi?"

It suddenly heard me and seemed startled.

"Yes. I'm a Yanshi. It looked up at us, "What's the matter?" Oh. ”

It looked us up and down: "Human. Ha, humans. What are you doing here? ”

"We want to get out of here." As soon as I saw that there was a play, I hurriedly said, "That's it, Source Prison." ”

"It's not easy to leave." There seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in its words: "It's hard to get in." ”

"How?"

"Just eat one of His pollen." It pointed to the flower in the distance. "Then you'll be able to get out."

"Idiot?" I wondered, "What idiot?" Dementia? ”

"Harm. I mean, you take His pollen and soak it in water, and that's it. It said impatiently. Okay, don't bother me, I'm busy. ”

But what is pollen......

I turned my head to see that the doctor was picking up a yellow bead that had fallen from the sky on the ground.

"This should be the pollen of that flower." The doctor said to me thoughtfully, "It means put this in your mouth and swallow it and you're going to come back." I'll try it first. ”

I watched as the doctor shoved the yellow beads from under the mask into his mouth, and then suddenly disappeared without a trace—

So I grabbed one of them, concocted it as I did, and swallowed it in my mouth as if it were drinking water.

In the next second, my consciousness fell into boundless chaos.

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