After a few more months, the four of them set off again.

This time, they were traveling much faster than before, and the strength of the three of them had improved.

Especially after the three of them were taught the method of tuna and some national art skills, of course, this growth alone could not play a decisive role in the dark continent. More importantly, there has been a transformation of mental ability, mentality and adaptability, as well as personal will.

Each area in the oasis seems to have a unique food chain and ecology, which is completely different from the desert, so the four of them have to be careful again and again every corner of the land. During this period, Hao will even use his soul to control some lifeforms as mounts, carrying several people through the road.

Before, his ability did not reach this level, because the soul individual can take away the human race, but there is no way to control the creatures here, because most of the creatures have very huge life energy, with a huge body, and it is extremely difficult for the soul to control such a large puppet.

The requirement for this ability is that the soul and the body are in harmony and form a certain balance before they can be controlled.

Plainly... You just can't pull a big cart.

And if a large number of souls are put into one body, there will be rejection... More uncontrollable.

But now, although there is no obvious change on the system panel, the strength is advancing by leaps and bounds, and it can mix together a majestic and numerous ghosts to form a single consciousness to occupy the life body.

As a result, they sometimes rode across the earth on animals like horned dragons, woolless elephants, or conch wildebeests, and sometimes they would sit on the backs of a flock of birds and shuttle through the air.

Even here, when they completely walked out of the oasis, it took a whole year.

Back and forth, more than three years have passed since they came to the Dark Continent... And they are still on the edge of the continent.

This trip also further illustrates that when Nitro and the others explored the Dark Continent, they were wandering around the edges.

I feel that I don't have to spend more than ten years, or even decades... It is difficult to reach the hinterland of the Dark Continent.

And human life just can't afford this kind of consumption.

As time passed, several people also became more aware of the horrors of the Dark Continent.

It's not just the living organisms that are terrifying, but also the environment and climate...

For example, they were hit by a torrential rain, and the rain came very quickly, without warning, and without clouds, it fell out of thin air. Rainwater is extremely corrosive, every drop is as big as a fist, and when it falls to the surface, it will erode a blackened hole like a strong acidic solution.

Anthony almost died... Fortunately, Hao used the condensed ghost mist to form a large umbrella, which was covered on the top of several people's heads in time.

After the rain landed, it did not disperse, and it still formed a clump of transparent substance... Later, they discovered that this 'rain' was actually a miniature creature and a living organism. They will appear in groups in a certain area, wandering high in the sky, and once they find a large number of creatures, they will land, forming the illusion of 'rain'.

The hazy ghost thing is his telekinesis, and with his current telekinetic strength, it can offset the destruction and loss of this energy.

This is a unique 'climatic phenomenon' in the Dark Continent.

They also saw a crystal clear flower, with branches and leaves spread out like a futon, and the leaves reflected the light like a mirror. But you must not look at it directly, because the 'mirror leaves' of the flower will reflect a certain desire in the human heart.

It was in the 'mirror' that Gebvich saw the resurrected Fante and wanted to get closer... Fortunately, he was found out by Men Qi and pulled it back in time, otherwise when he got closer, he would be paralyzed by the spikes hidden under the ground by the mirror flower, and thus become food.

Encounters like this, they have encountered too many times in the course of a year, too many times, too many to count.

All kinds of weird and dangerous situations also give them a stronger insight into unknown dangers.

……

"Finally see the water source..."

The next day, several bat-like butterflies descended from the sky.

After landing on the ground, Hao and the others jumped off the backs of the host creatures.

Men Qi looked at the calm but very wide river in front of him and smiled.

The river is quiet, sparkling and blue.

On the Dark Continent is a river, but the land on the opposite bank is at the end of the horizon.

"Just overlooking from a high altitude, across the other side of this river, is the 'grass hut' you said, captain."

Anthony chimed in.

It's the buildings that look like human houses.

Men Qi walked to the river, without saying a word, with a flick of his hand, a sharp knife light appeared, and suddenly divided the river into two, and at the same time raised a large drop of water.

The woman's eyes quickly glanced at the depths of the river split by the knife, and then looked at the water droplets that were sprinkled under the sunlight, and then, looking at the river dozens of meters away, a touch of red floated on the surface of the river, and said lightly: "No problem." ”

As soon as the words fell, the corpse of a water creature floated out of the water, looking very strange.

But for a few people, it's normal.

In the past few years, what kind of 'strangeness' have they not seen?

If there is a living body inhabiting, you can basically ensure the safety of the water quality, if there is no life in the water, then you really have to be careful!

Hearing the sound, he controlled a few birds to come forward to drink water, and after waiting for a while, he made sure that there was no abnormality before nodding.

Although there are some water sources in the oasis, due to the strange ecological environment, several people dare not drink it, and in that case, even drinking the blood of monsters is much safer than those water sources.

Because some of the water quality may be 'microorganisms' and not really 'water'.

This is undoubtedly the real source of water... This kind of reserve and area is not something that strange or microbes can do.

Of course, the special area and environment must mean that there is a food chain and ecological chain that belongs to this river.

The four of them briefly freshened up.

Refreshed.

They now see the water... There is a strange feeling of it.

As for the clothes they are wearing now, it is also a kind of 'hope', or 'treasure'.

It is a kind of oasis monster with a silkworm-like soft body but a baby head, which they call swaddling insects, and is woven from the silk it spits out.

This silk is unusually hard and difficult to break or break, and the most interesting thing is that the silk becomes strong or soft depending on the range of movement and strength of the individual.

Wear it on your body, as light as nothing.

The weaving process is not artificial, but after this silk comes into contact with the human body, it will automatically fit the body to form, and even change into any color you want... Of course, it is the infant insect itself that controls all this.

They are cute, but they are also dangerous, hidden in all kinds of vegetation, not easy to find... Their means of hunting is also to use this 'silk thread'.

The black clothes on Hao's body now, including the combat uniforms that the three of Men Qi wrapped their bodies tightly, all benefited from the presence of swaddling insects.

This silk texture can effectively avoid physical damage and strengthen their defensive attributes.

Rumble!

In the process of cleaning by the four of them, the river in the distance suddenly turned up a monstrous white wave, and it felt like it was on the sea, and a huge 'whale' jumped high from the water and smashed down suddenly. As a result, the calm river suddenly ripples like a tsunami.

But a few of them were particularly calm.

They all just glanced at it and continued to comb themselves.

As long as any living beings do not unleash 'malice' on them, they will not bother to deal with them.

Hao was the first to finish washing, and he turned on the system.

Within a year, his eco-score had risen to 45.

The status of the food chain remains unchanged.

This made Hao realize one thing, he had absorbed countless souls this year, and even so, the growth was still slow. This illustrates... At the edge of the Dark Continent alone, the soul energy dropped by these species, no matter how much his magic strength and armor were stacked, it still had little effect.

Moreover, the growth rate of the score has obviously slowed down, just like in the human world, as the strength increases, the role of ordinary souls also decreases.

The further you go, the harder it gets.

Unless he has access to a 'high-level map' beyond the level of the food chain he is currently touching.

Hazy is now a lot like a level 30 player, gaining experience on a level 20 map... If it weren't for the three of them, Hao thought that in addition to some regular creatures, there were strange things he had encountered so far... In the case of the desert and oasis alone, he is already a boss-level lifeform on both maps.

Many food chains, with his appearance, will be ruthlessly destroyed and changed.

The river churned ashore, and the force of a tsunami, like a natural disaster, overwhelmed everything.

Several mounts took to the skies.

Half an hour later, the tide receded, and the three of them broke through the water again and stepped onto the land.

If this were changed to three years ago when they first came to the Dark Continent, the three of them would have been washed away.

"Let's go."

Immediately, Hao commanded.

The team jumped on the back of their mounts again and flew high into the air.

Go straight to the other side.

A few hours later, at dusk.

The four of them finally reached their destination.

A new strip of land, an area above the surface where human structures stand.

There are actually only a dozen buildings in this area, scattered across the ground, each of which is very far apart.

The size of a single room is dozens of times, or even hundreds of times the size of a human palace, and it feels like the space inside the house can accommodate a small town, and from the outside, there is a sense of a majestic labyrinth.

The main body of the house is made of earth and stones, and the roof seems to be covered with grass and trees, but in fact, it is a land overgrown with trees and flowers, like an island hanging in the sky.

It takes a few people to fly high enough to see the whole room.

Viewed from the air, it does look a bit like a mud house or a thatched hut.

After landing on the ground, Hazy's expression was solemn.

The appearance of this kind of architecture represents... There must be traces of human civilization in this place.

Beside them, the three of them, who were already experienced men, still couldn't help but feel shocked.

It was nothing from the sky, but when they stood on the ground, they felt the impact so deeply that they looked up and couldn't even see the top of the house... It was as if a huge wall bordering the sky stood in front of him, and what was even more amazing was that the open door of this room alone was several kilometers long to the left and right.

If they hadn't seen the entire building beforehand, they wouldn't even realize that there was a 'door' in front of them.

Because the door is so large, for a few of their little humans, it is almost 'unobstructed' and unobstructed.

"Inside... Is it a city? ”

Anthony's voice trembled a little.

As far as the eye could see, he saw that in the darker space inside the house, there were many buildings with ups and downs, all of which had the style of human architecture.

"Captain, when I just flew down, I noticed that there seemed to be a lot of life on the roof... They seem to have lived on the rooftops for a long time, forming a unique ecology. Men Qi looked serious.

The roof of this building, which is equivalent to a certain area of the oasis, is unimaginably large.

"It's a little cold."

Anthony spoke again.

Where they were standing now, the house was almost cut off from the sky, there was no sunlight, and the temperature naturally plummeted.

Moreover, the closer they get to the 'city in a room', the more they have a sense of contradiction that crosses from day to night.

"A few little ants... Broke into the home of a human being. ”

Haze muttered.

"Follow me."

After speaking, he took the lead.

On the way, Hao summoned several spirits such as Meluam and asked them to search the vicinity.

The three of them were also vigilant and looked around.

The scattered spirits, as long as they are not too far away, will perceive them as soon as they are discovered.

He and the spirits are 'all-sharing.'

From the outside to the inside of the door, this process alone took an hour.

"There are no signs of life..."

Haze frowned.

The four of them did not directly enter the 'room', but sent a large number of ghosts to roar into the air in advance, pouring into the dim space to search.

But when these ghosts spread to the farthest limit distance and dissipated into black gas, he didn't receive any 'feedback'.

"A dead city?"

Hazy can now see the cityscape of the 'house'.

It's really the cityscape that gives him the illusion of returning to the human world.

Because the buildings in the house are very small, they are no different from the human world... There is no doubling.

It's just that the architectural style is relatively old... You can also see streets and burners like street lamps.

It's quite strange, obviously there are all kinds of creatures on the roof, but the room is 'empty'.

"Is it ruins?"

Men Qi said curiously.

This is similar to the information available to the human side.

On the other side of the Dark Continent, some people have discovered the 'mysterious ruins of an ancient empty city', a labyrinthine city.

The environment is different.

And... The gold and silver ingots, the plant weapons in the five major disasters, are the 'guardians'.

Does that mean that there are some kind of 'guards' here?

"That ancient labyrinth city once completely defeated the troops sent by the United States back then, and there were only 2 survivors... It follows that even if there are no living organisms, there must be other dangers here. He replied in a deep voice, "If you don't perceive life, it only means that you don't have a soul form yet... Some microorganisms or weirdness may still exist. ”

"It's a lot like a labyrinth city..."

"It's a... A city within a house. ”

(End of chapter)