Chapter 39: Long Beard
How could there be a crystal nucleus here, and it was still a crystal nucleus that had not been transformed into a demon beast, could it be that someone else was also here?
Wang Lung held the crystal core in his hand and kept conjecturing, but there were many possibilities that he vetoed, where this space was connected, he couldn't be clearer, inside the sun, outside the pure land, not anyone could enter at will, he believed that there should be no second person in this space except himself.
Then this crystal nucleus is a little weird to appear here, there is only one possibility, that is, the demon beast trapped in the sea of fog left, and the demon beast cannot be automatically destroyed, it must be because of the sea of fog, the crystal nucleus of this size, the strength of the demon beast that is transformed is at least the strength of the early and middle stages of the foundation, and he has never seen the demon beasts in this space kill each other, which means that there is some kind of power in the sea of fog that can kill the demon beast, but he has not encountered this power yet.
Strange sea of fog, strange sound, after thinking of the sound, Wang Lung listened carefully again, this time the sound he heard was a little different, as if the first time he heard the sound has disappeared, although this time there are still mixed sounds, but if you distinguish carefully, you can hear that it is not from the same demon beast, could it be that the demon beast that made the sound several times ago has ......
Thinking of this, Wang Lung glanced at the crystal nucleus in his hand again, although he didn't want to admit it, but the facts were in front of him, so he had to admit it, there was danger in the sea of fog, an existence that could kill everything, including him.
Although it was just a simple guess, Wang Lung believed that his conjecture should be eight or nine or ten, and now the problem in front of him was more serious, and whether to leave or leave him needed to be considered clearly.
He has been walking for a long time, even if he draws a line with a war knife, he has not encountered the so-called ghost hitting the wall, let alone walked to the edge of the sea of fog, it seems that the strangeness of the sea of fog is not so simple. There is a great possibility that he will fall into the depths of the unconscious direction lost, even a slight deviation, it is possible to spin in the sea of fog, but the sea of fog is too big, he has not returned to the starting point, even he does not know which direction he is heading.
Stay there and stand still. Let the sea of fog drift freely, maybe one day the sea of fog can disperse, but how long the time is, Wang Lung doesn't know, let alone how big this sea of fog is, whether there will be a day to disperse, and it is not safe to stay here, the crystal nucleus in his palm has told him that the sea of fog is very dangerous. Only by going out can the danger be minimized.
Wang Lung made up his mind to leave the Sea of Mist, but he didn't plan to rush like he did just now, since he knew that the Sea of Mist was dangerous, and the low visibility was terrifying, he had to change some strategies and try to make himself safer.
After putting away the crystal nucleus, Wang Lung did not withdraw the battle knife, but still let it draw a line behind him. However, his speed has decreased considerably, and his eyes are no longer just focused on the front. Instead, he focused his attention on his surroundings in order to respond to sudden danger.
In the sea of fog with very low visibility, and he didn't know where the danger came from, and he didn't know if he was spinning in place, this was all Wang Lung could do, and it would be great if he could find the exit to the sea of fog. Even if you can't go out, if you find the source of the sea of fog, you can at least know if the sea of fog will disperse, or block the source.
Wang Lung, who knew exactly how the fog was formed, naturally needed some specific environment. First of all, the temperature must drop to the dew point, and the altitude must not exceed a kilometer, and fog will only form when the wind is stable and the water vapor is sufficient, but these are scientific explanations on the earth, and this explanation can only be suitable for the earth, and it is of no use to the sea of fog where the king rex is located.
In this space where Wang Lung is located, there is no sun and moon, no night and day, no wind, and the temperature is always constant, this weather situation is impossible to appear fog, but on the contrary, Wang Lung encountered twice, the first time was before entering the rift valley, he was almost lost in the forest because of the fog, as for the second time, it was the sea of fog he was in, and he still didn't know where the exit was.
Some common sense things can't be explained reasonably here, but Wang Lung doesn't care, sometimes some special terrain will also form a natural ban because of geographical location, if you don't understand this, ordinary people will naturally be trapped in it when they enter it, and if they are lucky, they will run out by mistake, as for bad luck, there must be bad consequences, just like the current Wang Lung.
I won't be surprised to encounter anything in the sea of fog, except for people, Wang Lung continued to walk for more than an hour, and finally met a living thing, which is not a unique demon beast in the sea of fog, it is also a monster beast trapped in the sea of fog and can't get out, but Wang Lung is a little strange, the monster beast on the opposite side should belong to the group type of monster, why is there only one.
Ghost-faced mule, a monster beast that exists like a mule, but the other party's head is more like a human face, so it is called the ghost-faced mule, this kind of monster beast is not strong individually, and it can't pose any threat to Wang Lung, which Wang Lung has to admit, and even the ghost-faced mule is unwilling to face Wang Lung.
At the moment of seeing Wang Lung, the ghost-faced mule was stunned, and made a strange sound in his mouth, as if the sound made by a male duck's throat stuffed with a walnut, which made Wang Lung very uncomfortable to hear, but Wang Lung ignored the other party, watching the ghost-faced mule turn around and run away, Wang Lung didn't even have the interest in chasing, the ghost-faced mule's scream was reporting to his companions, if it was in normal times, Wang Lung might have taken action to solve the other party, so as not to attract groups of ghost-faced mules to besiege, but in the sea of fog, even he was disoriented, not to mention the ghost-faced mule.
When the ghost-faced mule disappeared in front of him, Wang Lung suddenly regretted a little, and felt that he shouldn't let go of the other party so easily, in the sea of fog, there was an inexplicable danger that didn't know where it existed, he himself didn't belong to this space, maybe the sea of fog was afraid of him, and he wouldn't do anything about it for a while, but the ghost-faced mule wouldn't, using the other party as an introduction, maybe it could lead the danger out.
Although the idea is good, it's a pity that the ghost-faced mule has lost its trace, even if Wang Lung wants to chase, it is impossible to catch up, he can't help laughing at himself, in his opinion, there will be opportunities in the future, and the next time he encounters other demon beasts, he may be able to test it.
Continue to follow the established route, and this walk passed for more than half a day, during which time. Wang Lung didn't encounter other demon beasts again, and he didn't even encounter the lines drawn by the battle knife, as for whether he missed it or really didn't coincide, Wang Lung couldn't judge, after all, the visibility of the sea of fog was very low, and it couldn't be seen below the waist and abdomen at all. He had to crouch to see the ground, and he couldn't always squat and focus on the ground, which would put him in great danger.
However, there is one thing that Wang Lung can be sure of, that is, he has been walking on the plains, not encountering mountains or trees, and occasionally stepping on weeds, so that he knows that he has not gone far, and has not deviated from his bearing.
In Wang Lung's estimation. At his current pace, if he continued to walk, and if nothing went wrong, he would be back near the river in a day's time, but this was his guess, and even he didn't have much confidence in whether he could return to the river.
Little by little, time passed. Wang Lung silently remembered the passage of time in his mind, in his opinion. He had been in the fog for a full day, at least halfway back.
At this moment, Wang Lung had to stop, because his senses told him that a danger was approaching him, and as for where the danger came from. He didn't know it yet, so he could only close his eyes and listen carefully with his ears.
In the midst of the cacophony, there was a soft rustling sound approaching him, and it was very quiet. If you don't listen carefully, you can't find it at all, and soon, Wang Lung heard where the sound came from, his head quickly turned to the left, his eyes stared ahead, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything, but Wang Lung didn't feel too nervous, just focused all his attention in one place, so that he could tell when to dodge or take the initiative.
At this time, Wang Lung had already withdrawn his war knife from the ground, and the tip of the knife rushed forward, ready to strike at any time.
But he soon found that the rustling sound that was getting closer and closer disappeared inexplicably, at first he didn't believe it too much, and listened carefully for a while, there was indeed no such sound, thinking that the other party was not deliberately targeting him, just passing by, after all, the sight inside the sea of fog could not be seen clearly, and he could only rely on his feelings and ears.
Only this explanation can be made clear, Wang Lung pondered for a while, and after making sure that the voice would not sound again, he shook his head with a wry smile, it seemed that he was too nervous, and he was just scaring himself.
Dropping the war knife to the ground again, confirming that he had not left the place, the tip of the knife was still on the original line marks, Wang Lung just wanted to take a step and continue to move forward, suddenly, he felt that his ankle was entangled in a soft and slippery thing, like a vine, but thicker than a vine, before he could touch the other party, his body was instantly dragged away by the unknown thing, the speed was very fast, and he left the place in the blink of an eye dozens of feet away.
Wang Lung watched in astonishment as he was dragged out of the air in the sea of fog, and everywhere he passed was a thick fog, and he couldn't see anything clearly, because he was in mid-air, he was bound to his ankles, he couldn't balance his body, he couldn't see what was binding his ankles, so he could only let the other party drag him away step by step.
In the past minute or so, according to Wang Lung's own estimates, he has been dragged away by the other party for more than thousands of zhang, and the height is constantly climbing, as if he is going to be dragged into the sky, Wang Lung saw this, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, what is the other party, just one tentacle can pull it out of such a distance, and it has not stopped until now, is it the unknown fog sea monster?
Wang Lung wanted to struggle away, but he thought of another question, if he let the other party continue to drag and watch the height continue to rise, would he be able to break away from the top of the sea of fog, and then he could leave the sea of fog, even if he couldn't leave, at least he knew where he was now, which was much better than wandering aimlessly in the sea of fog.
Thinking of this, Wang Lung stopped struggling, he wanted to see if he would have that luck, and he had already touched the tentacle when he was struggling just now, it was very slippery, the tentacles were warm and elastic, like the tentacles of an octopus, but he didn't believe that an octopus would live on land, maybe it was a monster that he had never seen before.
In this regard, Wang Lung was not too afraid, when he touched the other party, he also used the war knife to cut a little flesh of the other party, his knife was very small, just cut a small opening, the purpose of this is very simple, is to confirm whether he can escape at any time, now he knows, if he wants to free himself, just use the war knife to cut off the tentacles.
Time passed little by little, about half an hour or so, the fog above his head had become a little thinner, as if it would leave this sea of fog at any time, Wang Lung was happy at the same time he was also amazed at the huge monster that bound him, because just from the distance he was dragged could be distinguished, a tentacle was hundreds of kilometers long, how big was the size of the demon beast, it was beyond his imagination, I am afraid that the most majestic Himalayas on the earth could not be compared with it.
Thinking of this, Wang Lung was also guessing what the strength of the other party was, I am afraid that it was not something he could fight against, even if the adult fire Jiao who was chasing him was powerless in front of this unknown demon beast.
He still can't tell how the other party is going to treat him, during this time, he just dragged him to a high altitude, and the distance continued to lengthen, and he changed direction several times in the middle, if he returned to the sea of fog now, I am afraid he will never be able to turn back.
Many speculations were quickly overshadowed by the bright light above his head, the fog dissipated, and Wang Lung was finally dragged to the sky at an unknown height, and there was a vast sea of mist under him, looking around, he couldn't see the edge at all, Wang Lung didn't know where he was now, the big river, the rift valley, and the plain couldn't be distinguished at all, and there was a thick fog everywhere he entered.
No, in addition to the dense fog, there are countless long beards, each long beard is like a pillar of heaven through the sea of fog and stopped in mid-air, and there are many unknown monsters hanging on the long beard, and the longest beard closest to Wang Lung is also thousands of feet away, but Wang Lung soon found that there is not only one demon beast on a long beard, every other distance, there will be a demon beast hanging on it, seeing this scene, Wang Lung looked down at the long beard he was hanging, not far below him, there was a demon beast constantly struggling, Wang Lung actually smiled when he saw the other party, it was a ghost-faced mule he met in the sea of fog, but I don't know if it was the same one。
Wang Lung is at the top of the long beard, after breaking away from the sea of fog, the long beard is still climbing into the air, he can clearly see that the long beard part that is out of the sea of fog, every other distance, will bring out a demon beast, as for those dragged demon beasts, it is not the trunk of the long beard, but a short beard separated from it, not all of the monster beasts that are bound are struggling, some seem to accept their fate and let the long beard drag them away, just like Wang Lung is now, and some of the demon beasts are the same as the ghost-faced mule under Wang Long, they are still howling while struggling, as if they are very painful。 (To be continued......)