Chapter 6: The Fog

Mo Xiao frowned slightly, suddenly stopped, and pulled the wild dream that was moving forward.

More than an hour had passed since they entered the forest, and the light of the town behind them had long since disappeared, and only a faint moonlight reflected in the forest. The trees around them grew taller and thicker, and there was silence in the deserted forest.

"What, did you find anything?"

A voice sounded in the canopy of the tree, and Jue rolled down and landed firmly beside the two.

"No, it's quiet. Mo Xiao was silent for a while, and said softly, "There are some creatures that move at night, but we don't even hear a bird cry around us, let alone animals." ”

"Could it be that those people from some time ago scared the animals away?" asked Nomu.

"The road we are taking is too narrow and the team will not pick this kind of road...... Even if you are scared away, after so many days, you will not even have a bird that has flown back. Mo Xiao observed left and right for a while, and then said, "Moreover, have you noticed that there is fog around us." ”

"Isn't it normal for the forest to fog at night?"

"The forests are usually foggy in the early hours of the morning, and we have only been in the dark for a short time, so how can there be such a visible fog? And the deeper we go, the fog seems to get bigger and bigger. Mo Xiao thought for a while and shook his head, "Keep walking, Ah Jue, you go up and pay more attention to your surroundings, if there is any noise, tell us directly." ”

"Got it. Jue stepped on the trunk of the tree on the side, and jumped between the branches.

After a few minutes, the fog had reached the point where it blocked the view, and the forest road a few meters away had become blurred. Under Mo Xiao's intimidation, the pace of the three of them became slower and slower.

Suddenly, the branches in the forest in the distance made a crisp sound of breaking, and the ground under Mo Xiao and Ye Meng's feet slowly began to vibrate......

"To the east, a big guy is rushing over!" Jue on the top of the tree shouted a few times to the bottom of the tree, and with a backhand, the long knife at his waist was already in his hand. He touched the knife in his bracer and stared solemnly at the swaying branches and leaves in the distance.

Mo Xiao and Ye Meng looked at each other, turned around and hid behind a tree. Ye Meng pulled out a stabbing sword from behind his back and raised his hand to his side, while Mo Xiao flipped the sleeve outside the mechanical arm and pressed a few mechanisms.

The ground was shaking louder and louder, and nearby branches began to break. Suddenly, the ground slammed, and broken treetops fell from the sky.

"On it!"

A large black shadow appeared in midair, obscuring a large area of moonlight. Mo Xiao and Ye Meng turned over abruptly and took a few steps into the distance. The next moment, a large number of trees fell, and the black shadow fell on the position where the two had just taken refuge.

Without the shelter of trees, the three of them finally saw the full picture of the black shadow. It was a giant beetle, shrouded in a purple-red hard shell. It is more than ten meters long, with two large jaws growing around its mouth, and even teeth that do not belong to insects are faintly visible in its mouth. And the most chilling thing is the more than twenty insect feet lined up on both sides of its body.

The legs line the belly of the worm, each more than three meters long, with a three-segmented bend that thrusts into the ground. The legs are covered with a thick black crust, the joints are covered with barbs, and long black hairs grow from the crust and hang down. The beetle moved forward, and more than 20 insect feet moved at the same time, and there was a burst of black hair and insect foot rhythm around the body, which made people look creepy.

"Shit! What the fuck is this?!"

Ye Meng just let out a foul mouth, and a worm foot was already raised high in his direction. As soon as he touched his waist, several ropes popped out and wrapped around the trunk of a nearby tree, pulling him off the ground. And the next moment, the worm foot was already inserted in his original position, and it slowly stopped after piercing a few large trees.

"Damn, Mo Xiao!

A silver light suddenly fell from the sky, and Jue jumped down from the branch with a long knife. The long knife rattled in the air, and the tip of the knife plunged into the beetle's eye in the next moment.

Jue's big arm exerted force, inserting the long knife more than one meter long into the handle of the knife. A large amount of juice burst out, the beetle was in pain, its long legs began to dance wildly around it, and the big trees were broken by the waist, and the fragments scattered in all directions. Jue was shaken unsteadily on the beetle's head, let go of the long knife and jumped up, the square knife in the sleeve of his left arm was already in his hand, and he inserted it into the beetle's other eye again.

With a pop, the beetle's other eye burst open, and more dark brown fishy sap spewed out, and the trees that were splashed were corroded. Jue shook in the air a few times, but it didn't stick to a bit. The beetle that had lost its eyes arched its upper body and let out a loud roar from its mouth full of teeth. The hard shell more than half a meter thick on the back turned upwards and shook Jue to the ground. A pair of membrane wings protruded from the hard shell and flapped in the air a few times, trying to escape.

With a "whoosh", Mo Xiao's manipulator ejected out, clutching the beetle's membrane wings, and the steel cable behind the manipulator was driven by Mo Xiao's waving arm, entwining the membrane wings together. The robotic arm expelled a burst of steam, and the cable tightened violently, and the membrane wings deformed in the cable, and finally were pulled down violently.

The beetle that had lost its wings let out another roar, and the insect feet on both sides of its body swung forward frantically, and it was even able to move. Mo Xiao took the manipulator back and shouted:

"Jue!"

The blade flashed on the left side of the beetle, and each knife slashed into the joints of the beetle's body connected to the insect feet, cutting off the worm feet. Jue's hand holding the knife waved left and right, his body moved quickly, and as soon as the knife light was retracted, more than a dozen insect feet had all been broken. The beetle loses support and collapses to the left. And Ye Meng, who circled in front of the beetle, seized the opportunity, bent down, stabbed the sword diagonally, and sent it all into the roof of the beetle's mouth.

The bayonet sword plunged into the beetle's brain, and Wild Dream pulled out the sword and stabbed it several times in quick succession. The beetle's brain was fatally damaged, and its feet swung wildly in the air a few times, and finally slowly lost its vitality.

The three of them saw that the beetle was dead and slowly relaxed. Mo Xiao leaned on the tree beside him to adjust the mechanical arm a few times, Jue turned over and jumped on the beetle's head to pull out the knife, Ye Meng sat down on the ground and shook off the insect juice on the bayonet sword and inserted it into the scabbard.

"Holy! What kind of monsters are these?!"

"Maybe you ate its disciples and grandchildren in the city, and its elders have come to you for revenge. Mo Xiao put down his sleeves and made fun of Ye Meng.

It had only been a few minutes since the battle began, but all three of them were sweating profusely. Before the beetle died, the insect feet swept wildly, and the activity during the battle actually cut a clearing in the forest.

"Then I'll apologize to it, okay? The insect is so capable of living, if it dies, it will be full of children and grandchildren tomorrow. Ye Meng took a few breaths and stood up, "Anyway, aren't you the most afraid of insects?"

"I'm not afraid of insects, it's just centipedes...... Mo Xiao said this, shrugged his shoulders, "Ah Jue, are you okay ......?"

A fluctuating sound suddenly sounded behind the two of them, Jue stood there, looking at the slime coming out of his body and the recovered short hair, and slowly put the long knife that had been wiped clean into his waist.

“...... No. Damn, can I really change?"

"Hey, how did you change back? This time it's so short, didn't it last last time for a month?" Nomu asked strangely.

"I'm a little strange, it stands to reason that the duration is getting longer and longer, but it's only been three days......"

"That means we're getting closer to our goal. Mo Xiao looked at the direction where the beetle was coming and waved his hand, "Let's go, two." I don't know what's in the back yet, so be careful. ”

Jue and Yemeng looked at each other and nodded slightly. Jue took advantage of the strength to get up the tree, and the three of them started to hurry again.

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More than three hours passed, and the three of them hurried silently through the forest. Along the way, Mo Xiao carefully observed and dodged, and it was still calm. The fog was getting thicker, and the group was already approaching the center of the forest.

Jue stood on the treetops and jumped to the next treetop with his strength. In the moonlight, the trees beneath him were shrouded in a thick fog. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he seemed to see a girl in the canopy of a nearby tree.

The girl, dressed in a short white skirt and a hand-woven straw hat on her head, sat on a tree and dangled her legs. She raised her head, and the moonlight illuminated her face, which was actually a familiar look. Seeing Jue on the treetops, she suddenly waved her hand and showed a bright smile to Jue opposite......

"Sweet potato?" Jue said in some surprise, and he turned around and leaped towards the tree.