The diaries left by past ferry passengers gave Lin Nie and his party some clues about "that gaze".
This reminded them directly of the dark forest they had walked through before and the clean water source.
But compared to this clue that may bring some value, what is more concerning is the timing of the appearance of the "diary".
It's too much of a coincidence...
So Lin Nie, who likes to think wildly the most among the team, is inevitably suspicious.
Or maybe it was because I was always surrounded by "unknown eyes" during this period, so I subconsciously felt that this diary might be deliberately arranged by "some kind of existence".
We have to be alert to this possibility.
At least Lin Nie didn't dare to be careless.
Holding the diary in his hand, Lin Nie looked at Jaeger, who was about the same height as himself, and then looked up at Nitro, who was strong and tall, waiting for the views and opinions of his two teammates.
However, a few seconds passed, and neither Jaeger nor Nitro said anything, and they felt like they were staring at each other.
"..."
After a brief silence, Lin Nie's slender eyebrows twitched and asked, "You two...don't you have anything to say?"
"..."
The venue suddenly became quiet again.
Nitro and Jaeger showed confusion and confusion one after another.
"Should I say something?"
These are Jaeger's words.
"ah?"
This was Nitro's reaction.
The corners of Lin Nie's mouth twitched twice without any trace, and then fell silent.
"well……"
She sighed helplessly and gave up the idea of getting "opinion" from Jaeger and Nitro.
Right……
These two guys.
One is from a family that beats enemies and has always used only combat capabilities to solve all problems.
One is the main combatant who is full of desire to fight and muscles. He is also the type who uses soldiers to cover up water and earth.
For them, no matter what comes in the darkness ahead, they only need to fight it back with their fists.
If you can't retreat, then implement your awareness and embrace death...
Lin Nie, who understood this, put away his diary silently, and then walked towards the established route without saying a word.
Nitro and Jaeger first glanced at Lin Nie's back, then looked at each other.
What's going on? Is this?
Didn’t you already say that you will hit whatever comes?
The two saw the same doubt in each other's eyes.
The team moved on.
That "look" that came from nowhere has always lingered.
As time goes by, its presence is gradually increasing.
Sometimes, you can feel keenly that "that gaze" is staring at you from close by.
Even if you look towards the source of your gaze, although you can still clearly feel the presence of the gaze, there is always nothing wherever your gaze reaches.
Although he didn't feel any sense of crisis for the time being, it gave Lin Nie a sense of "countdown" pressure.
Among the entire team, Nitro was the only one who had completely calmed down and thought that when "that gaze" revealed its true face, he could use "Hundred Styles of Guanyin" to solve it.
The team moved forward slowly.
Nitro is in front, Jaeger is in the back, and Lin Nie is in the middle.
This was the formation they had adopted during their exploration.
Soon after.
The team came to a relatively sparse forest.
Comparing the various gigantic environments in the Dark Continent, the normal forest in front of us may be more like a patch of grass on the Dark Continent.
Without much hesitation, the team walked into the woods according to the established route.
At this moment, the sun is setting in the west, and the orange-red afterglow falls in the forest.
Nitro walked in front, his eyes steady.
As an enhanced type who has reached his peak, Nitro has the aura to defeat all dangers ahead.
It was this invisible aura that gave Lin Nie and Jaeger enough confidence.
They can always trust Nitro who is standing at the front.
rustle--
The wind blows the branches and leaves, making a constant sound.
When the last ray of afterglow disappeared, the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees suddenly glowed with bursts of green light.
Such changes did not wait for Nitro and the others to observe carefully, but suddenly there was a flash of murderous intent.
murderous intent,
Coming from the back of the line.
Nitro and Lin Nie seemed to have no reaction at all, while Jaeger, who was at the back of the team, was also looking ahead, focusing on the green plants.
And the killing machine from the rear struck at the back of Jaeger's head with sharp force.
now.
Although Jaeger's attention was on those luminous plants, his limbs seemed to react automatically, and his naturally hanging arms suddenly whipped towards the black shadow coming from behind like a whip.
Bang!
A dull sound emerged from the gleaming green light.
The black shadow that originally hit the back of Jaeger's head was deflected by a whip-like arm, and then landed firmly on the forest floor, whispering a series of obscure syllables.
At this time, Nitro and Lin Nie turned around to look at the place where the sound came from.
What came into view was a half-humanoid monster over two meters tall.
The monster has a pair of curved black horns on its head, and a pair of golden vertical pupils flashing with human interest. His body is covered with thick black hair, but even so, it cannot hide the bulging muscles like rocks.
But the upper body is so majestic, but the lower limbs are slender and curved.
"A sub-humanoid monster...?"
Seeing the true face of the attacker, Nitro raised his eyebrows slightly, subconsciously thinking of the gatekeeper.
Lin Nie immediately looked at Jaeger's arm and asked, "Are you injured?"
"Small injury."
Jaeger looked normal, staring at the demi-humanoid monster that suddenly attacked him with a dead look in his eyes.
Thanks to the brutal training he experienced since childhood, after being exposed to telekinesis, he naturally developed the ability to respond to any attack unconsciously.
Just now, he relied on this ability to fend off the attack from the demi-humanoid monster in time.
But even without this ability, he could still react from the fleeting murderous intention.
Nitro and Lin Nie can also do this.
What's a pity is that his manifest energy is not as good as his opponent's, so the arm used to fight back is already red and swollen.
"Humans are so rare, hey..."
The black-horned monster looked at the three Nitros with interest, and then fixed its gaze on Jaeger.
"Among the three of you, you are the strongest, right?"
Based on the results of the attack just now, the Black-Horned Monster believed that Jaeger, the only one who responded, was the strongest among the three.
It's just that what he said sounded to the ears of the three Nitros as a series of obscure syllables.
Noticing the reactions of the three Nitros, the Black-Horned Demonic Beast realized the language barrier.
"We need to solve the language problem first..."
The black-horned monster grinned and suddenly tore off a piece of flesh with thick hair from its chest.
This act of self-mutilation without warning caused the three of Nitro to be surprised and confused.
The black-horned monster ignored Nitro's and the others' reactions and said to himself: "What I give you will be rewarded."
As soon as he finished speaking,
The palm holding the hair and flesh emits a burst of red light, and then the hair and flesh in the red light quietly annihilates into ashes.
The sacrifice is completed!
"you--"
Letting the hair, flesh and blood in his hands turn to ashes, the black-horned monster looked at the Nitro trio again and asked, "Is he a 'stowaway'?"
The words that came out were no longer obscure syllables, but a lingua franca with a straight tone.
He used the ability of sacrifice to solve the language problem by using part of his own flesh and blood as a sacrifice.
"Um?"
Nitro, Lin Nie, and Jaeger, who were in combat mode, were all slightly startled when they heard the common language of the black-horned monster.
Without the intention to find out the reason, and without answering the other party's intention, Nitro subconsciously asked: "Then you are a 'peeper', right?"
The reason why I ask this question——
It was because Nitro noticed that after the black-haired monster appeared, the haunting "gaze" suddenly disappeared.
"???"
However, the Black-Horned Monster didn't understand the meaning of Nitro's rhetorical question at all.
"What voyeur? My name is Spudimen!"
Faced with Nitro's rhetorical question, the black-horned monster's eyes widened slightly and he proudly announced his name.
Spuddy Gate -
It was the gatekeeper who summoned the guide for Moyu and his party many years later.
It's just that compared to the indifferent temperament that repelled people thousands of miles away many years later, the current Spudimen has a vibrant vitality, and...
The positivity that comes with being exposed to novelty.
despite this--
In Spudimen's eyes, the three human beings Nitro, Lin Nie, and Jaeger are still food and prey that can sharpen his strength.
That's right,
He wanted to kill the three Nitros in a hunting way and then eat them.
Jaeger, who was most sensitive to murderous intent, understood Spudimen's intentions at this moment.
So he moved a small step forward.
Jaeger's actions were noticed by Spudimen, and he couldn't help but grin.
The next moment.
Spudimen's figure seemed to have crossed space and appeared out of thin air beside Jaeger.
However, before Spudimen could take action, Jaeger's eyes were lifeless, and his blade-like palm had already stabbed Spudimen's vital point one step ahead.
Such a well-timed counterattack was like predicting Spudimen's attack intention.
Spudimen never expected Jaeger to be able to respond at such a speed, but his reaction was also terrifying. He swept back at the last moment to avoid Jaeger's sword.
"interesting."
Stabilizing his body, Spudimen stared at Jaeger with lustrous eyes and said excitedly: "You are indeed the strongest one."
The basis for this judgment is still reaction speed.
During the confrontation just now, he still noticed that Nitro and Lin Nie had no reaction at all.
However--
What Spudimen didn't know was that Nitro and Lin Nie also saw Jaeger move forward a small step.
In the eyes of Nitro and Lin Nie, Jaeger's move was equivalent to saying: I'll do it.
Therefore, Nitro and Lin Nie did not intervene.
Listening to Spudimen's excited assertion, a question mark suddenly appeared on Jaeger's head.
"The strongest one?"
"whispering sound……"
"How can I be the strongest one?"
"The real strongest one is the one behind me."
"The Isaac Nitro I admire and admire!"
"If you don't even have this bit of vision, then I can probably win."
Jaeger slowly made an offensive gesture and muttered to himself.
