Chapter 38: The Sea of Fog
Wang Lung's current location is quite special, after passing out of the rift, a very wide river appeared in front of him, the water surface is calm and unwavering, and turbid, Wang Lung raised his eyes and looked, this river is at least dozens of kilometers wide, as for the length, he is not clear, because he can't see the two ends, even the width is only a hazy understanding.
What was on the other side of the river, Wang Lung also didn't see very clearly, it seemed to be gray, as for whether it was the fog on the other side of the river or the river water, this was not what Wang Lung was concerned about now.
sighed lightly in his heart, and withdrew his gaze from the direction of the rift, now he sat on the ground without an image, reached out and stroked his not too long hair, and looked at his naked body, he has been chased naked by Huojiao for a long time, and he has not even had time to take a piece of clothing from the storage spirit weapon to change, and the tension of his escape can be imagined.
Now that this is the case, Wang Lung is not worried that others will see his embarrassment, he lay on his back on the ground and fell asleep, he was too tired, before escaping from Huo Jiao's body, his physical strength had been consumed eighty percent, if it weren't for Huo Jiao's inexplicable mental malaise, the level of physical consumption was similar to his, I am afraid he would not be able to escape from the other party's clutches.
One person and one Jiao in the case of insufficient physical strength, chased and escaped for a month, at the beginning, they can still maintain a certain speed, but in the end, the speed is not as good as ordinary people, when Wang Lung sees Huo Jiao stop to rest, he will also stop to recover his strength, as long as Huo Jiao has a movement, Wang Lung will immediately turn around and flee.
Lying on the ground and falling asleep like this, Wang Lung didn't think that Huo Jiao would come again, but he also understood that the river around him was afraid of the existence of Huo Jiao, as if it was a dividing line blocking Huo Jiao's forward route, Wang Lung believed. As long as he didn't return to the rift on his own initiative, the fire dragon wouldn't come to his own trouble.
As for the existence that even Huo Jiao is afraid of, Wang Lung doesn't care, but it's a pity that he doesn't have the strength to care about it now, and when his physical strength is exhausted, how can he resist. Until now, he can't even lift the sword, let alone run away, even if there is danger, Wang Lung doesn't care, although there are some broken jars, but Wang Lung also knows that if he doesn't recover his strength, everything is empty talk. If you are really so unlucky, it is just a big deal to die.
Because of this, Wang Lung would lie on the ground and sleep without any scruples, and this sleep lasted for three days and three nights.
When Wang Lung opened his eyes again, he couldn't help but smile when he saw that he was still in the same place, it seemed that the sky was endless, and now his physical strength had been exhausted. Even if Huo Jiao kills him again, he won't be afraid.
After taking out a set of clothes from the storage artifact and putting it on, Wang Lung touched his eyebrows under his forehead. A little helplessly said to himself: "The hair is so long, and the eyebrows are afraid that it will take two or three years to recover as before, alas! Every time it is like this, it will save the money for a haircut, but this is not a way, it seems that it is better to become a cultivator as soon as possible." Otherwise, you'll never want to come out. ”
After grumbling to himself, Wang Lung heads to the river, and now he is much calmer, Arlinn seems to be unable to complete the problem, and there is no need to be discouraged since he has failed. That doesn't help at all, as long as you can leave this place and become a cultivator again, you still have hope of entering the miracle space.
As for how to leave, Wang Lung still insisted on his own idea, that is, to find the strange snake, as the saying goes, there is a debtor, since he was introduced here by the strange snake, there must be a way to get out, with the wisdom of the strange snake, I want to be able to understand his words, at that time, whether to ask or fight, can only be said then.
After walking to the river, Wang Lung reached out and scooped up a little river water, feeling that the water temperature was no different from that of ordinary rivers, but that the turbid river water did not contain the so-called sediment, but that there was something indescribable in it, like smoke and dust, and like gray mist.
Standing by the river, Wang Lung began to make trouble, although the river was very wide, but there was an end, but the left and right did not know where it extended, not to mention the length, if the strange snake really ran here, then where did it go? whether it crossed the river or went to other directions left and right, there was no trace to follow at all.
The river is as quiet as a mirror, without the slightest wave, he can't see which is upstream and which is downstream, and he doesn't know where the source is, Wang Lung sighed, looking at the lifeless water, he felt that it was better to go to the other side of the river to take a look, since even the fire Jiao was very afraid here, he was afraid that he didn't know what danger there was if he continued to stay.
Ten minutes later, Wang Lung finally set foot on the other side of the river, the river behind him, the width of more than 10,000 zhang, along the way, did not encounter any danger, he wondered in his heart, why Huo Jiao turned back not far from the rift, if he was afraid of the river behind him, where was the danger, was there an unknown monster hiding in it, and the route he took just bypassed the other party, or the other party did not notice him at all.
Wang Lung didn't understand, but he didn't plan to continue to investigate, since he had set foot on the other side of the river, he had to look for traces of the strange snake on the bank first, the river beach was very long, and the river could not see the edge, but Wang Lung didn't plan to look aimlessly along the river, the place he was looking for was within a radius of five thousand zhang, presumably if the strange snake really landed on the shore, at least it would leave a little clue, if there was no clue at all, he would have to consider going back.
It's not that Wang Lung doesn't want to look for traces by the river on the other side of the rift, but there are too many traces over there to distinguish them at all.
Soon Wang Lung found a suspicious place, not far from the place where he landed, the originally flat river bank had traces of ploughing, forming a long mark three feet wide, but this long mark was not deep, and one by one, the direction extended to the distance.
Looking at the traces under his feet, and then at the footprints he left, Wang Lung thought to himself that with his own weight, it is not surprising that he can leave such deep footprints on the shore, but the size of that strange snake is much heavier than himself, why is this trace very light, is it because the other party is not a real entity, and his weight is even lighter than himself.
Wang Lung didn't know how many strange snakes were, and there was nothing to learn from at all, but in his heart, eighty percent of the thoughts might be left by the strange snakes, because he always believed that the snake shadow chasing from the misty forest was the strange snake, not the fire Jiao.
Although the strength of the Huo Jiao killed by him has reached the infant pill stage. But during this month's escape period, the speed of the juvenile Huojiao he encountered could not be compared with him at all, even if the adult Huojiao who finally chased him was only between him and him, with Huojiao's character, he was chased by himself, and he was afraid that he would have already turned around and fought with himself. Why hide from yourself.
As for how the strange snake passed through the fire Jiao group, that was not something that Wang Lung could guess, perhaps in this space, all the demon beasts transformed into crystal nuclei could live in peace, only to be hostile to him, this was Wang Lung's own thoughts.
Follow the strange snake all the way here, this trace is not wrong except for the strange snake, who else can there be. And the texture of the traces shows that the other party is meandering forward, only a snake will move forward like this, and the width of the trace is just close to the strange body, it should be right, it seems that the chase will continue.
When Wang Lung thought of this, he stopped paying attention to those imprints, and looked up into the distance, but fortunately, there was an endless plain. There are not many weeds, and there is no shadow in the mountains and forests. The line of sight is very wide, and if you can find the traces of the strange snake, you can see it within a thousand feet, which is more conducive to your own pursuit.
In the past half a day or so, Wang Lung gradually slowed down his speed until he stopped. His brows furrowed, and his eyes looked ahead.
At this time, he chased the strange snake far away from the big river, and the scene in front of him made him have to stop, not to find the trace of the strange snake, but a boundless mist slowly approaching him. He had already seen the fog, but when he got closer, he found that the fog was very strange, and there was an inexplicable sound in it, and even he couldn't tell what the sound was, as if someone was crying, and as if there was the roar of a wild beast, and the sound of birdsong and thunder, all the sounds were mixed with everything, and if you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't tell which one it was.
Even if Wang Lung stood still, the mist was still slowly approaching him, although the speed was not very fast, but the area covered by the mist was very wide, as if it was obscuring the sky in the distance, and there was no end or end in sight.
Wang Lung didn't stop for long, and then turned around, he always felt in his heart that there was an inexplicable danger in the fog, he didn't want to plunge into it without knowing how big the fog was, if he could get around from a distance, he didn't mind running two more steps.
It's a pity that Wang Lung still underestimated the breadth of the fog, with his limit speed, when the fog came, he ran out of dozens of kilometers, and still failed to run to the end, at this time he could only helplessly plunge into the sea of fog, with the scope of the fog, it is not too much to say that it is a sea of fog, and after Wang Lung entered it, he also found that in the sea of fog, the air became viscous, but in a few breaths, the clothes on his body were all wet, as if soaked in water.
After entering the sea of fog, those strange voices became clearer, as if they were far and near, as if they were ten meters in front of him, and as if they were a hundred feet away from him, as for the source of the sound, with his ear power, he couldn't tell it clearly.
From the moment he entered the sea of fog, Wang Lung was not concerned about those weird sounds, but about visibility, although he couldn't say that he couldn't see his fingers in the sea of fog, but he couldn't see it three feet away, and there was not even a blurry image, this was the fact that he saw it with his arms stretched out, it was very weird, and it made Wang Lung have a creepy feeling.
Can't stay in the sea of fog, you have to go out quickly, even if you go back to the river, it doesn't matter, this sea of fog is too weird, it's definitely not a good place, as for whether you can wait until the sea of fog dissipates when you return to the river, Wang Lung doesn't care much now, he believes that even if he can't escape the shroud of the sea of fog, he can go back to the rift, with the weirdness of the sea of fog, he can completely rush through the group of fire Jiao on the edge of the sea of fog, what is the other end of the rift, he hasn't been there, even he has a jealousy of the sea of fog, the strange snake is not much better, maybe the other party is also in the sea of fog, or is running back。
Sometimes, any reason will become an excuse, knowing that it is unlikely, but after recognizing this in the heart, there will always be countless reasons to argue, even if it is wrong, it will be forcibly considered correct, this is a common disease of human beings, not only Wang Lung has, anyone has such thoughts.
After making a good excuse for himself, Wang Lung didn't dare to stay at all, turned around and ran back, the position he was standing in just now was the sea of fog that had just shrouded him, after entering the sea of fog, he didn't move, in his opinion, with the speed of the spread of the sea of fog, its edge was only a hundred zhang away, and it could run out in the blink of an eye.
It's a pity that Wang Lung was wrong, when he ran out of Qianzhang, he found that he was still in the sea of fog, stopped to recall the route he ran, and after confirming that there was no problem, Wang Lung knew that he was lost, not that he deliberately got lost, it should be caused by the sea of fog, as for where he is in the sea of fog now, he is not clear, and even the direction of running, whether the front is the edge of the sea of fog, he began to doubt.
Sure enough, it's very weird, I got lost unconsciously, as if a ghost hit the wall, it is possible that the distance I ran did not run a few steps at all, it is likely to be spinning in place, this situation Wang Lung has heard of, as for yes and no, in fact, it is easy to distinguish.
Wang Lung took out the war knife, drew a circle on the ground, and landed the war knife on the edge of the circle, so that the war knife was as close to the ground as possible, he wanted to see if he could draw a straight line on the way to run, if he ran into the line he had drawn halfway, then his guess just now would be confirmed.
The direction is still the edge of the sea of fog that he thinks, this time, when Wang Lung ran, the war knife in his right hand has been sticking to the ground to draw a line, and every 100 meters or so, he will scrat down to see if there are any traces of drawing lines on the ground, when he ran a full cup of tea, he felt that he had run thousands of meters, and still did not touch the line marks he had drawn.
In this way, Wang Lung had to stop, in his opinion, it is very likely to fall into an unknown natural prohibition, as for the source of the prohibition, it is estimated that it is those fogs, and the cries he heard must be the same deep fog as him The demon beast, because there is no way out, the demon beast can only rely on the sound to call his companions or find a way out of the fog sea.
Wang Lung didn't expect that he would encounter such a situation, not only could he not find the trace of the strange snake, but the situation he fell into this time was even more difficult than in the rift, if this sea of fog did not dissipate on its own, he would probably be trapped in it, and it would be indefinite.
Now Wang Lung understands a little, why the adult fire Jiao turned his head and stopped chasing him after running out of the rift, it seems that the danger does not come from the big river, but this sea of fog, maybe the fire Jiao itself has been trapped in it, knowing the strangeness of the sea of fog, so he does not dare to approach, even if he does not see the sea of fog coming, for the fire Jiao, leaving the rift is terrifying.
As for whether this reason is right or not, Wang Lung doesn't know, and he doesn't plan to delve deeper, but he is now squatting on the ground, with an extra thing in his hand, a familiar crystal nucleus, the size of a fist, but the crystal nucleus, and it has not been transformed into a demon beast, and this crystal nucleus is not what he got by killing the demon beast, but accidentally stepped on it between steps. (To be continued......)