Chapter 284: Mysterious Territory, Water Drop Map
Shen Linfeng stopped, he was afraid that if he touched something like a mechanism again.
The tall trees are towering, and the branches are densely entangled. Shen Linfeng squatted down and brushed aside the wild grass in front of him. What he didn't expect was that under the waist-high barren grass, there were neat white floor tiles.
The surface of the floor tiles is basically covered with shallow cracks, presumably caused by age. Shen Linfeng dug up the dirt on the edge of the barren grass, and he lifted a whole floor tile from the dirt.
These floor tiles are about a foot square, more than a finger thick, and the whole is very thick. Shen Linfeng didn't know much about the stone, and he didn't know what kind of material this pure white stone was. But one thing he was sure of was that these pure white stones were definitely not from the Lost Forest.
Because the surface of the floor tile is very flat, and it is in the middle of the piece, and there is a pattern composed of five drops of water engraved on it, which looks like some kind of flower as a whole.
If these floor tiles really came from the Lost Forest, who would have chiseled them so neatly? Could it be the cannibals that Xu and they were talking about? Shen Linfeng had always been skeptical about this statement.
Besides, along the way, he has also gone forty or fifty miles deep into the lost forest. Not to mention the cannibals that Xu talked to them about, he had never even seen the white stone under Shen Linfeng's feet.
Therefore, Shen Linfeng concluded that this must have been built by people outside the forest in the forest. As for what his purpose was, Shen Linfeng didn't know.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew. The wild grass in front of him was blown up and down by the wind. The neatly planted trees around are also swaying in the wind.
Shen Linfeng looked at these big trees, if they were planted and placed at the same time as these floor tiles. Judging from the growth of the trees, it should be ten years to say the least.
Curiosity gradually surged into Shen Linfeng's heart, and he pushed aside the wild grass on his side and walked forward step by step.
The sky was still overcast, and the wind was still unstoppable. Fortunately, the road surface is quite smooth, and there is less trouble from dead vines and thorns, and Shen Linfeng's speed has also accelerated a lot.
After about half an hour, Shen Linfeng seemed to be in the center of a "phalanx". The surrounding tall trees were grouped into groups of four, and they were connected into a neat quadrangle, and Shen Linfeng happened to be in the center of this phalanx at this time.
The ground was still flat, and there must have been a road paved with white tiles underfoot. But the tall trees that stand upright are like tall giants. Shen Linfeng couldn't help but feel a trace of nervousness in his heart.
He looked around, then shifted towards the nearest group of trees.
The trunk is straight and has a smooth surface. But Shen Linfeng still saw a hint of clues.
First, these trees are very different from what you see elsewhere in the labyrinth. The difference is that the trees in other places, both on the branches and on the trunk, are overgrown with stray branches. Some even grow densely and messily from the base of the tree.
However, these are very neat and tidy, and in some places you can even see the sawn cut of the messy branches. This shows that there were once people here who carefully managed these big trees.
Second, although the surface of the trunk looks smooth, Shen Linfeng can still feel some slightly raised scars when he touches it.
Shen Linfeng took a closer look, and saw that there were many circular scars the size of thumbs on the surface of the tree. He walked around the four trees, and finally found that almost every tree had several scars in the same place.
However, these scars are difficult to spot with the naked eye if they are not touched by the hands. This means that these scars are some years old.
Shen Linfeng wandered around this forest for more than an hour, and it was not until the sun gradually set in the west that he set off to continue walking.
In this more than an hour, Shen Linfeng was not without discovery.
First, he picked up a bow and arrow while he stopped under a tree to watch. The bow was made of stainless steel, and after so much wind and rain, the tip of the arrow still shines as bright.
And at the end of the bow and arrow, Shen Linfeng once again found a pattern composed of five droplets.
The second item was taken down by Shen Linfeng at the top of a group of large trees. It's made from the finest fabrics and likewise has a water drop pattern on it. Shen Linfeng guessed that this should be a big flag. It may be that it has been hung on the tree for too long, and the other half of the banner has long since disappeared.
Although Shen Linfeng couldn't understand these two things, he still put them away carefully.
After exiting this huge "phalanx", a road more than a foot wide appeared in front of Shen Linfeng. There are large trees planted on both sides of the road, which, like those in the "phalanx", have been carefully pruned. And behind the tree, there is a mess of dead vines.
As for the pavement under his feet, it was the same as what Shen Linfeng had seen before, and it was all paved with pure white floor tiles. The only difference is that each of these tiles is three feet square, and the center of each tile is carved with a water drop pattern.
Since the floor tiles are laid in a much larger area, there are very few wild grasses on this road. Shen Linfeng walked without obstacles, and his natural speed was much faster.
"......"
There was a sudden soft sound among the dead vines next to the road, and Shen Linfeng stopped, and he looked at it carefully.
After a while, a gray hare jumped out of the dead vine. It glanced back at Shen Linfeng not far away, and then went straight into the wild grass.
Seeing this scene, Shen Linfeng couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, it may be that too many things have happened in the maze forest, which makes him extremely cautious about everything around him.
He glanced at the place where the hare disappeared again, and just as he was about to continue moving forward, Shen Linfeng suddenly froze in place.
For he saw something very familiar, hidden in the dead vines where the hare had disappeared.
Shen Linfeng walked over quickly, and he vigorously pushed away the tangled dead vines. Immediately afterwards, a log appeared in front of Shen Linfeng. What he had just noticed was a rusty wire at the top of the log.
Shen Linfeng continued to grope in the withered vines.
Half an hour later, he actually took out a dozen logs of different lengths and dozens of planks of different widths from inside. In addition, each of these pieces of wood has an iron ring embedded in it, and inside the ring is a wire wrapped around it.
Shen Linfeng took out the Green Frost Sword and cleared out all the weeds and dead branches around him. After a while, a square clearing appeared. In each of the four corners of the clearing, a wooden stake is exposed to the ground.
Shen Linfeng took a second look at the "treasures" he had found, and then looked at the wooden stake in the corner.
"Has anyone ever built a wooden house here?"