Chapter 120: Conditions (I)
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"Barossa. ”
After entering the forest and walking for a while, Chen Daolin pulled the elf girl to his side, looked around, and lowered his voice: "Do you have any abnormal feelings?"
The elf girl seemed to have some strange eyebrows, and after listening to Chen Daolin's question, she really nodded, and her tone was a little puzzled: "This forest ...... I can't communicate with them. ”
Barossa is one of the best among the Grass Elves, and although she is still young, she already has the rare racial talent skill "Call of Nature" among the Grass Elves. As grass elves, this racial talent is that they can communicate with plants in nature.
It stands to reason that the forests and forests anywhere in the world, as long as there are trees and flowers, are the natural "home fields" of the grass and tree elves.
But at this moment, Barossa's expression was particularly strange.
Walking into this wood, Barossa habitually unfolded the breath of her own grass and tree spirits, trying to communicate with this forest with the call of nature.
But the result shocked the young elf girl.
Her "natural call" actually didn't get any response!
In the midst of this wood, it seems to be ...... It's lifeless!
"Dead air?" Chen Daolin couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Barossa's words.
The woods in front of me are full of greenery, and even the air is filled with a pleasant smell of verdant and rich nature. The kind of walking in the woods, the faint fragrance of grass and trees, penetrating people's lungs. The feeling of being full of life is refreshing!
Where does the term "lifeless" come from?
But Chen Daolin understands the elf girl, with Barossa's temperament, she will never talk nonsense, since she said so, she naturally has her reasons.
"The woods are quirky. Barossa frowned, leaned on Chen Daolin's side and walked slowly, shaking her head in a low voice: "We grass and tree elves are the most sensitive to the breath of flowers and trees, and we are also the best at communicating with the surrounding trees. For example, in the frozen forest, the surrounding area of our tribe, the trees and flowers there are as if they are friends and family members with us, we don't even need to send people to patrol the surroundings, we only need to pass the wind in the forest every day, and those trees will convey to us what is happening in the surrounding woods, good intentions, hostile things, we can receive them very clearly. ”
After a pause, she had a confused expression on her face: "We've also been to some woods in strange places, but even when we go to unfamiliar woods, we always get some feedback when we use the 'Nature Call' call. Even if the trees around us are strange to us, we can at least get their breath and know whether they are happy or unhappy, whether they welcome us or reject us, as if ...... It's like walking into a group of strangers or a crowd of people who are hostile to us. But no matter what, there will always be a reaction. ”
Chen Daolin probably understood what Barossa meant, and asked, "What about here, and there is no reaction at all?"
"Nope. Barossa shook her head, and the elf girl smiled wryly, "I've never been in this situation before. The woods here don't seem to react at all. I think that even if the trees here are different from the mainland, and the environment here rejects us, even then, I can communicate with the trees and know their hostility or disgust...... But now, there is no reaction at all. ”
After a pause, the elf girl thought for a moment, her eyes confused: "If it weren't for opening my eyes and seeing this forest, it would be right in front of my eyes...... If I closed my eyes, I would even think that I was walking in the middle of a desert! I would not feel the presence of green life around me. ”
"Will it ...... Is it because demons are forbidden here?" Chen Daolin asked.
"......" Barossa thought for a while, shook her head and said: "It shouldn't be, the natural call of our elves is a racial talent, not magic nor driven by magical elements, it is our natural insight and communication with natural creatures, and it has nothing to do with magic." ”
Chen Daolin's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he suddenly reached out and climbed over a bush beside him, picked a green leaf and put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then spit out all the chewed leaves, mixed with saliva and leaf juice.
"That's weird...... It doesn't look like a fake. Chen Daolin frowned, and he took a deep breath: "No matter what, be careful." ”
The pirates in front of him took machetes all the way to open the way, splitting branches and shrubs to make a path, and Chen Daolin took the three girls with him and followed closely behind.
The group walked slowly into the woods, and the deeper they went, Chen Daolin felt that the strange sensitivity of his body became stronger and stronger.
This feeling is like standing naked in the woods, and there seems to be some kind of "power" to perceive your own group clearly.
After walking for about two hours, the team stopped to rest.
Barossa's face became more and more unsightly.
For elves, this is a situation that has never been seen before. As the leader of the grass and wood elves, and an excellent young elf with rare racial talents, in this kind of woods, it should have been her natural main field, but at this moment in this woods, she can't feel any trace of natural breath.
It's like being blindfolded, your ears closed, your nose blocked: you can't see, you can't hear, you can't smell!
For elves, this feeling is more difficult than anything else to accept.
"Stop calling with nature. Chen Daolin patted Barossa on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "Save your strength, in case something happens, you are our greatest combat power now." ”
Regarding the matter of banning demons, Chen Daolin only sued Barossa alone. Others didn't know that magic couldn't be used here. Otherwise, if the pirate sailors find out, they will immediately rebel.
The four pirate sailors were still very honest for the time being, and when they were resting, they were all very obedient and sat there drinking water, and they did not speak or talk, and they also maintained a look of awe at Chen Daolin.
Only the eldest lady of Rodelle, but she still didn't find anything abnormal at the moment, the eldest lady smiled heartlessly, and refused to sit down honestly when she was resting, but ran around, cheering, as if everything was fresh.
She has a good body, but she suffers from the poor little maid Xia Xia.
Xia Xia, the little attendant, has completely become Miss Lordelle's exclusive maid, and she is supported by Lady Rodelle to run around with her, handing her water, wiping her sweat, bringing her food, and helping her pick flowers in the grass......
Even so, Rodelle was still inadequate, looking at this lush forest, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's the first time I've seen such a big forest...... In previous years, when the family held hunting activities, the men refused to allow women to participate, and occasionally allowed women to follow, and did not allow women to enter the hunting grounds, but let us women set up tents on the outskirts of the forest to prepare food. I thought for a long time that if I grew up in the future, I would have to enjoy hunting! hahahaha...... It's a pity, why didn't I see any animals all the way......? When I get off the boat, I should bring a pair of bows and arrows!"
As she spoke, she turned her big eyes to look at Barossa, the elven girl with the elven bow behind her.
Chen Daolin originally just thought that the eldest lady was talking in the air, but after hearing it, his heart suddenly moved!
He immediately jumped up and walked up to Rodelle: "What did you just say?"
Rodelle glanced at him, "I said I wanted to hunt, what's wrong?"
Chen Daolin frowned, and there was something wrong with his eyes.
Rodelle sighed, "Do you want to care about me again......? I'm not fooling around with no sense of proportion! I'm very clear, I've read books, and on this kind of small island in the sea, I think that the geographical environment will never have any big and dangerous beasts to survive! Because such an island, such a small world, isolated from the outside world, large ferocious animals will not be able to thrive in this small place! So there will be no danger in the woods here, at most some harmless small animals that eat grass, and there will be no danger, what are you afraid of?"
Chen Daolin's eyes flashed, and he suddenly shouted Barossa: "You come!"
"What?" Barossa stood up.
"Our eldest lady is bored. Chen Daolin seemed to smile very easily: "If she wants to hunt, just satisfy her once." See if there's any prey around, pheasants, hares, or whatever...... I really can't, let's see if I can find any nests. ”
Barossa was stunned.
Although the elves are a race in the forest, the elves have always loved nature and peace, and hate killing, so even if they survive in the woods, they rarely hunt animals in the forest. Barossa couldn't help but feel a little strange when she heard Chen Daolin's painting, but then she saw Chen Daolin's eyes thrown at her, and she realized, after all, she and Chen Daolin had experienced so many days in the frozen forest, and they already had some tacit understanding. At this moment, he didn't ask much, but he knew that Chen Daolin naturally had his reasons for letting him do this.
Barossa immediately found a large tree and climbed up, and the elf's dexterity soon climbed to the high trunk, from which she looked into the distance, and searched around with a keen eye, listening attentively.
After a moment, Barossa jumped off the tree and frowned, "Strange...... There is nothing here. ”
"No?" Rodelle was stunned, "Isn't it?"
Barossa shook her head: "There is no movement at all." There was no movement of birds in the woods...... It's strange that I didn't see any birds, and I didn't hear any birds. ”
At this time, Chen Daolin also came out of the grass, his hands were full of dirt, he held a dagger in one hand, slowly put it away, clapped his hands, and Brother Darling's expression was also a little gloomy.
"Don't look at it. Chen Daolin sighed: "My guess seems to be correct. Over here...... Not to mention the birds, I turned over the soil, and I couldn't find a single ant or insect in the grass and dirt on the ground!"
There are no birds in the sky, no animals in the forest, no insects and ants in the soil!!
At this time, even the most slow person to react should notice that something is wrong.
Luo Dai didn't make a fuss anymore, she stood quietly beside Chen Daolin, the girl showed a hint of nervousness on her face, looked at her left hand, and said in a low voice: "...... Is there anything weird here?"
Chen Daolin pondered for a while: "There shouldn't be any danger. After all......"
He didn't go on with what was next.
After all, this is the treasure left by Du Wei, and it is also the magic image he left with his own hands to guide later generations to find it. The original Duke Tulip, for no reason, always made no sense to deliberately set a trap to kill people, and then instructed the later traversers to deliberately come to the door to die, right?
Although this forest is very strange, Chen Daolin is not too worried for the time being.
He's just curious...... How did you come up with this forest so weird?
After resting enough, the group continued to walk deeper into the woods.
In the afternoon, a water source was found in the woods.
It was a small pool, with a small stream running from the forest, and from the location it seemed to come from the mountains. The stream flows into the low-lying area here, creating a pool.
It's just a pity that the stream has dried up, leaving only a dry channel. But there's still a lot of water in the pool.
Seeing that the water in the pool was clear, a pirate sailor tasted the water and laughed loudly: "It's fresh water!"
Everyone walked for a long time, and the water they carried on their bodies also consumed a lot, and it was determined that it was fresh water, and they filled the water bags here.
"It must have rained a few days ago, and water was coming down from a high place and accumulating here. A pirate sailor looked at his surroundings, and then sighed: "It's a pity, there are no fish in this water, these days at sea always eat sea fish, eat almost vomit, if there can be two freshwater fish in the stomach, then it is called happy." ”
Chen Daolin sighed secretly in his heart: There are no insects and birds on this island, how can there be fish in the water?
Sure enough, Barossa carefully examined the area around the waterhole again, but still found no animal tracks.
It stands to reason that this is the source of fresh water in the forest, and if there are animals in this forest, they will definitely come to this waterhole to drink, and they will definitely leave footprints or other traces around.
Just as Chen Daolin was drinking water, Barossa suddenly stood up, with a hint of vigilance in her eyes, shrugged her nose slightly, sniffed in the air, and then took off her longbow!
Chen Daolin was the most confident in Barossa's observation in the woods, and when he saw Barossa's movements, he immediately jumped up, and quickly pulled out his sword and held it in his hand: "What's wrong?"
"Someone! I smell the air!" Barossa's tone was affirmative, and she bent her bow and arrow, pointing in a certain direction in the woods, "Right there! Someone's coming here!" (to be continued)