In the mountains, the fog is thick, and the sunlight is firmly blocked, and only a little light enters, giving this rare light.

"Wow-"

Xun'er held her head high, looked at a big tree that towered into the sky, and couldn't help but sigh: "Big, this big tree is so big!" ”

As he spoke, he leaned on his stomach and sniffed the special fragrance emanating from the big tree.

They had been out of Fog City for three hours and had officially entered the Great Smoky Mountains.

Entering the Great Smoky Mountains, Li Lin's eyesight was suppressed again, and his perception of danger was also wrapped in layers of dense fog.

And at his feet, there are two sawtooth rats that are more than half a meter in size.

Gray fur, the appearance is not much different from that of ordinary mice, except for a pair of extremely sharp front teeth.

The front teeth are pale gold, devouring gold and breaking iron, and refined weapons can be easily crushed.

The sawtooth rat is extremely fast, with sharp teeth, hiding in the ground and waiting for an opportunity, and its prey often cannot escape its sharp teeth, and once it is hit by the vital point, it will die quickly in terror.

It's a pity that he met Li Lin, and he was discovered just after making a move, and then he was killed with a knife.

Seeing that Li Lin ignored her, Xun'er jumped back again, glaring at curious eyes, "Da, are these two mice delicious?" ”

"I don't know."

Li Lin shook his head, "I haven't eaten it." ”

Xun'er said again: "I'll eat them that night." ”

"You can try!"

Li Lin nodded, "I'll taste it too." ”

The sawtooth rat is not his opponent now, but in his previous life, it was an extremely difficult mutant beast, a little bite.

Looking back at the big tree just now, Kaoru asked, "That big tree is so fragrant, I feel that there are good things on it." ”

"That big tree is called Xiangyun Iron Tree, and it is an imperial high-level heaven and earth treasure."

Looking at the giant tree with a faint blue and purple body, it is estimated that it will take thirty people to surround it, Li Lin introduced: "The adult Xiangyun Iron Tree can grow to a height of three or four hundred meters, and each of the fruits produced by the Xiangyun Iron Fruit is more than forty catties, and it will fall from a high altitude after natural maturity, and the speed can even exceed the speed of sound. Once you carelessly dodge, you will be stoned to death! ”

Kaoru blinked, "Is its fruit delicious?" ”

"The Xiangyun Iron Fruit has a thick layer of skin on the outside, and the hardness is comparable to that of refined ore."

Li Lin continued: "After a special process, the iron element inside is refined, and the hardness is not inferior to that of refining weapons. ”

"As for its flesh?"

Li Lin looked at the huge fruit hanging on the branches and shook his head, "The taste is similar to that of coconut fruit, slightly sweet, with a lot of water, containing not weak energy, which can increase the cultivation speed." ”

As far as his current strength is concerned, the Imperial Treasure does have very little energy.

Unless you eat it every day, accumulate over time, and quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, it is basically useless.

But although he is rich, he has not yet reached the point where the emperor's natural treasures can be eaten every day.

However, it is still good to satisfy the cravings once in a while, and taste the taste.

At this time, he had only entered the Great Smoky Mountain Range for half a day, and the Xiangyun Iron Tree in front of him was blocking the path that Fog City had to pass to the Great Smoky Mountain Range.

In the previous life, it was occupied by a powerful force, relying on the huge trunk, a camp was built on it, and a large number of troops were stationed.

Anyone who wants to venture into the Great Smoky Mountains will need to pay a hefty toll.

As mentioned earlier, the foggy mountains are full of fog, visibility is very low, and there are a large number of poisonous insects and beasts, as well as terrifying swamp traps, and various cliffs, which can kill if you are not careful.

Compared with the 100,000 mountains, which were originally only one or two hundred meters high, the mountains of the Great Smoky Mountains are all real high mountains, and there are countless peaks of more than one kilometer, and there are not a few of them of three or four thousand meters.

As a result, finding a safe path into the Smoky Mountains requires countless lives.

Others need to use human life to explore, try again and again, but Li Lin doesn't use it, he has walked this road hundreds of times in his previous life.

Although it has not yet been cultivated, it is countless times safer than other roads.

At least until Li Lin is reborn, this is the safest one.

Due to the large forces, a relatively safe area was cleared in the vicinity, and that area slowly formed into a small black market, where a large number of adventurers traded and reinforced.

The two sawtooth rats were cleaned up, roasted directly on the fire, brushed with various spices, and a special fragrance permeated the air.

This sawtooth rat feeds on the Xiangyun Iron Fruit, and when it eats too much, the fragrance of the Xiangyun Iron Tree also penetrates into its body.

kept reversing the two sides, roasting them to golden brown, tearing off one leg and handing it to the other party, Li Lin said: "Eat!" ”

Receiving a rat leg as big as her face, Kaoru's eyes were full of satisfaction.

Eat a bite of meat, and then drink a sip of the juice in the Xiangyun Iron Fruit, and the whole body is warm.

The current Xiangyun Iron Fruit is just right for her, and she eats it regularly, which greatly improves her strength.

This is the advantage of being backed by a big force, and you can easily get many precious treasures that ordinary people need to fight for.

After eating and drinking, the two continued on their way.

The sun in the sky can't shine into the dense fog at all, all around is pale, Xun'er follows Li Lin's side closely, everything outside is unknown to her, only by following Li Lin's side closely, she has a sense of security.

It didn't take long for the sky to get dark, and the surroundings fell into silence, and the sounds of various insects were vented among the mountains and fields.

This is the unique weather of the Great Smoky Mountains, where the sun does not shine through and the daylight hours are short.

Similarly, when the sun doesn't shine in 24 hours a day, and there is a white expanse all around, it proves that you have really arrived in the Great Smoky Mountains, and the further you go inside, the shorter the daylight will be.

Of course, for humans, the humidity is very heavy and it is not suitable for survival.

But for all kinds of mutant insects and beasts, this is paradise, which can hide itself well and can thrive here with peace of mind.

Looking for a big tree, Li Lin climbed up, "The Great Smoky Mountains are very dangerous at night, so I will rest here tonight." ”

Xun'er lay on the tree, "Big, did you say that Godmother missed us?" ”

"There should be!"

Li Lin responded, and then grasped the point, "Homesick?" ”

"I kind of want to."

Xun'er nodded, "I want to be a godmother, and Aunt Ya." ”

Although following Li Lin made her very comfortable and at ease, it was the first time she had left Jade Dragon City for so long.

"Then let's go back early."

Li Lin thought for a moment, "Set a small goal, stay in the Great Fog Mountain Range for half a month, and we will go back." ”

"Okay."

Xun'er smiled and nodded, "I still have to bring gifts back to my godmother." ”

Li Lin asked casually, "What gift are you going to bring?" ”

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Kaoru shook her head, "Dada, what do you say godmother likes?" ”

Li Lin smiled: "You give her everything you like." ”

"Godmother likes to plant her little vegetable garden so much, and all kinds of flowers and plants."

Kaoru pouted, "I saw a lot of beautiful flowers and plants just now, I'll get some seeds for her when the time comes." ”

Li Lin nodded, "Yes!" ”

As he spoke, his eyes looked at the ground, and he could vaguely see many small insects crawling out of the gaps in various leaves.

Kaoru also noticed the anomaly, but the darkness blocked her vision, and she couldn't see what was underneath at all.

Li Lin said: "Rest early, get up tomorrow morning and hurry." ”

……

The next day, the white fog cleared a little and the sky brightened a little.

Xun'er shouted to Li Lin, who was washing his face next to him, "Big, look, these two little guys are so ugly!" ”

"Hmm."

Li Lin responded casually, he had already seen the two hedgehog mother and son next to him, "These two are white hedgehogs, and the burrs on their bodies are poisonous, don't touch them." ”

Kaoru shook her head, "I won't touch them, they're so ugly, they're covered in thorns, and they don't look delicious at all." ”

Her judgment of the outside world, especially the things in the Great Smoky Mountains, is more about whether they are good or not.

Although she said that she would not touch it, she still couldn't help but break a branch and gently flick it, which scared the little hedgehog backwards again and again, but the mother of the little hedgehog turned her body around, erected the bone spurs on her body, and let out a warning sound of "woo-woo" in her mouth.

Throwing away the branches, Xun'er walked towards Li Lin boredly, "It's not fun at all!" ”

She likes to be lively, the feeling of being high up and hugging each other.

Li Lin didn't speak, but just lifted Xun'er to the shore and washed her face with water.

Continuing to explore into the depths of the Great Smoky Mountains, it took Li Lin to take Xun'er to a waterfall that hung thousands of meters high.

"Big, this waterfall is so big!"

Although you can't see the full picture of the waterfall, the roaring sound is shocking.

Li Lin didn't care about the waterfall that flowed straight down, but quickly carried Xun'er to the big tree next to him.

At first, Xun'er didn't understand, but within a few seconds, the earth trembled slightly, and the branches and leaves of the big tree shook gently.

Soon, a large number of mutants hurried under the trees, mostly bulky herbivorous mutants.

Looking at the mutant beasts fleeing for their lives, Kaoru felt amazing, she didn't know what it was chasing them from behind.

It's just that Li Lin didn't say it, and she didn't ask for the time being.

Before coming, Li Lin had already told her that in case of danger, she should keep quiet.

After about five minutes, a black line with extremely fast speed spread from far to near, like a thousand troops.

Kaoru looked at the ants under the tree that looked like black torrents, each the size of a thumb, with sharp teeth and hard armor, as if they had been ploughed by an iron plow.

The green grass and the insects buried under the fallen leaves all became their food.

Even some mutant beasts that were injured because they ran away in a panic were gnawed in the wails and there was no scum left.

It's fire acid ants!

Li Lin looked at the tide of fire acid ants below, and couldn't help but sigh a little more in his heart.

He didn't expect that the first time he entered the Great Smoky Mountains, he would encounter the most terrifying fire acid ants in the Great Smoky Mountains.

The appearance of the fire acid ant is the same as that of ordinary ants, but it is larger, the size of a thumb, the head is purple-black, the back is full of flame lines, and the abdomen is red.

It exists to clean up the entire Great Smoky Mountains and keep the creatures inside from overflowing.

There is no queen ant in this fire acid ant colony, and if there is a queen ant companion, it will really be where the vegetation does not grow.

The queen is their brainchild, the issuer of all orders.

This fire acid ant colony seems to be a lot, but it is only a million in number, and around the fire acid ant queen, there are tens of millions of fire acid ant colonies.

The mighty fire acid ant colony passed quickly, and Li Lin also took Xun'er down from the tree.

Kaoru asked, "Da, what happened just now?" ”

"Fire acid ants."

Li Lin said lightly: "Once they are sprayed by the fire acid on their bodies, the refined weapons will be corroded to the point that there is not even slag left." ”

Kaoru shrunk her neck, "That's amazing?" ”

Her skin and flesh are fine, but not as hard as refined weapons.

Although fire acid ants are a big horror, they also represent a big opportunity.

Where there is a colony of fire acid ants, there must be fog crystals.

Because the queen ant wants to give birth to fire ants on a large scale, it needs a lot of energy.

Where does that energy come from?

The mutant beast is a part, but the big head still has to be obtained from the fog crystal.

There are so many mutant beasts, and they are large in size and have little energy, but only the fog crystal is small in size, and the energy is sufficient and stable, so the nest of the fire acid ant often represents a fog crystal vein.

When the fog crystals in the fog crystal veins are depleted, the fire acid ant queen will lead the colony to move away from the nest.

Suddenly encountered a group of fire acid ants here, and there was no queen, Li Lin didn't know what they were going to do?

It stands to reason that they will only stay by the queen's side and will not go too far.

Unless their vein of fog crystals is depleted and needs to be moved out of the nest.

You must know that the queen ant itself is powerful, and there is an ant king as a guard by her side, and she hides thousands of meters deep underground, surrounded by tens of millions of fire acid ant colonies to protect herd.

It is almost impossible to kill them in such a situation.

As for why Li Lin wanted to kill the fire acid ant queen?

Is that because the fire acid ant queen is one of the few treasures he knows that can increase his spirit?

The queen ant has a spiritual rosary in her body, and through this spiritual rosary, she controls tens of millions of fire acid ant colonies under her command.

Once a human being obtains this spiritual rosary, the spirit will be greatly enhanced.

Each spiritual rosary is a priceless treasure of immeasurable value, and it should be regarded as an imperial product.

But the fire acid ant ant ant ant is hidden in the nest of thousands of kilometers underground, and you still need to deal with tens of millions of fire acid ants during this time.

The difficulty can be imagined.

So, the best way to kill the fire acid ant queen is to wait for it to crawl out of the nest on its own.

And the fire acid ant queen will only leave the nest when the fog crystal veins are exhausted.

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by, and the more you go to the back of the Great Smoky Mountains, the fog crystal veins are getting bigger and bigger, and the number of times the fire acid ant queen comes out is getting less and less.

It is also the early stage of the apocalypse, the number of fog crystals is scarce, and the fog crystal veins are quickly consumed by the fire acid ant queen.

If it wants to multiply quickly and have more fire acid ant legions, it needs to consume a lot of fog crystals.

This leaves it with the option of taking the risk of changing the nest frequently.

At the same time, it is also a rare opportunity to get a spiritual rosary.

……

(End of chapter)