Outside of town.
The nine-foot-high city wall towers above the ground, glowing with the sheen of fine iron. Looking up, it looks like a monster lying on the ground.
There is no gap between the bricks and stones, and its hardness is even comparable to the granite on the volcano. It was obviously cast through some secret method.
What's more important is that inside the rocks that make up the city wall, there is a strange dark red color, like long-dried blood.
When ordinary people look at it, they will inevitably feel a sense of panic in their hearts, as if they have seen something sinister.
It is different from the city walls formed by monks who have a large number of formation restrictions engraved on them, or who use spiritual materials to burn runes.
The human race here does not have a profound or long heritage. Therefore, the city walls used for defense do not have any formations and other means, so they can only use the most primitive methods to deter intruders.
That is to use the flesh and blood of the enemy and the ferocious aura generated by the death of a large number of monsters, like wild beasts fighting, to carve out their own territory!
At this moment, under the town, the smell of blood lingering in the air has not dissipated, and there are still patches of blood that have not dried up on the surrounding ground.
A group of teenagers in fancy costumes couldn't help but be frightened and trembled. Even Luo Xuan's face became very ugly.
"Ha! The people in the town are really worse than the previous generation. They don't even see monsters, not even corpses. Just looking at some blood makes you so scared!"
A few days ago, Zhou Bao, the mandrill-like patrol leader who led Luo Xuan, couldn't help but snorted coldly when he saw this.
He is the captain in charge of this group of teenagers' trial.
"Do you know that if the farmers in the town who are working out see this blood, they will be ecstatic? This is the best fertilizer!"
"Hehe! This is the first time for these little guys after all. Zhou Bao, don't ask for too much!"
Next to Zhou Bao stood a middle-aged man who looked pale but still maintained his human form.
A smile appeared on his face, as if he was speaking for the teenagers.
But when his pair of pale eyes without black pupils swept across the people, they couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill.
The other party gave Luo Xuan the feeling that he was looking at...food.
"Yang Qingping!" Seeing this scene, Zhou Bao stared at him with his blood-red eyes and said coldly, "You should restrain yourself!"
"I'm already restraining myself. You should also know that the soul-devouring beast's talent lies in the soul, and its backlash is far stronger than yours." Yang Qing said expressionlessly, with an indescribable evil in his pupil-less eyes. Sex, "I can control it now and maintain my sanity. I have tried my best."
Zhou Bao was silent for a moment.
He swallowed the secret medicine and although he gained strength, he also became neither human nor ghost.
Although Yang Qingping maintained his human form, the madness and pain inside him were far worse than him. In the end, when his sanity was completely lost, he would become a new soul-eating beast.
And this is the price of swallowing the secret medicine.
"Let's go."
Finally, he said.
Soon, everyone was on their way directly.
The dark yellow mixed with light red sunset enveloped the entire land, and everyone seemed to be walking in a sea of blood.
The earth is dark, decayed, and exudes a faint fishy odor. Most of the plants on it are dark in color, with terrible toxicity, and some even have human faces.
Of course, there are also colorful plants. For example, Luo Xuan saw a huge golden flower on the road.
But when Zhou Bao and the other two saw this, their expressions changed drastically and they quickly retreated.
This flower is a hundred feet high, with a green body, a flat disk-like corolla, and a golden color, like a huge sunflower.
But in the middle of the sunflower, there are... faces? !
Obviously, this is a real evil thing!
Not only that, there are huge floating luminous jellyfish, red eyes, densely packed rot crows, and countless flesh balls with eyes gathered together...
Although he only encountered these dangers on the road, Luo Xuan, reminded by his grandfather, found that the strength of these evil objects had reached the level of Qi Refining and even Foundation Building among monks.
If they fail to avoid it and the following guardians hiding in the dark fail to take action in time, it will be the end of the group!
About a morning later, under the leadership of the two people, everyone gradually arrived in front of a forest.
This forest is extremely weird. Everything on the earth is obviously in the dim sunset, but there is no light in the forest, as if it is an endless night.
"arrive."
Yang Qingping and the others led the people to this place. Seeing the scene in front of them, a thick look of solemnity mixed with fear appeared on their faces.
"Even if the subsequent battle for the race is in urgent need of new strength, you won't come here to test it, right?" Zhou Bao looked heavy, "You know, if we are not careful here, even we may fall!"
"Now that things have happened, do we have any other choice?" Yang Qingping's face was unexpectedly calm, "We have failed in the previous three battles for race."
"Today, the town's population replenishment rate is far less than the death rate. If we don't make a desperate move this time to capture the human race [Female Tree] and quickly replenish new blood, otherwise our town will die sooner or later!"
"Should we let this group of teenagers who have just grown up..."
"We have no choice." Yang Qingping looked at Zhou Bao with his pale eyes, "Not to mention, you should also know. There is no cultivation at all in the path of our secret medicine monks."
"As long as you hone your will in life-and-death battles and then swallow a large amount of the same type of secret medicine, you can grow up in the shortest time!"
"And among this group of teenagers, even if only one of them grows up and reaches the strength of you and me, he will be enough to contribute in the battle for the race. Even if he is just cannon fodder, he will have one more chance of success!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Bao fell silent for an instant.
He naturally knew that what the other party said was right.
The teenagers they led were only one-tenth of this generation, and they were also the first team to set off.
As long as they can cultivate a powerful secret medicine cultivator in the shortest possible time, it won't matter at all even if the others die.
As for whether the death of this generation of secret medicine monks will affect the combat power of the next generation, there is no need to worry.
Because as long as the human race [Female Tree] is obtained, the town can generate a large number of people in the shortest time to make up for the consumption.
So if we use Lin Chen's words, the population of this continent, as long as it has human race, will be truly "refreshed" for the towns.
"In that case, let's go." Zhou Bao sighed and looked at the strange forest in front of him that seemed to be shrouded in the night, his expression became extremely solemn.
This is——Eternal Night Forest.
The Evernight Forest is also one of the iconic areas of the Black Mist Continent.
Its coverage area is extremely wide, stretching from the center to the edge of the continent for countless thousands of miles.
In the core place, there are countless terrifying monsters, supernatural phenomena, and I don’t know how many weird things are born in it. It is a completely forbidden place on this continent.
But in a dangerous place like the Evernight Forest, at the edge, there are the surviving human settlements of all sizes on the Black Mist Continent.
They are like nodes or sentinels, connected and gathered at the edge, becoming an extension of this forbidden land, no, to be precise, a blockade boundary.
"Ahead is the Evernight Forest."
Outside the Evernight Forest, Luo Xuan and his group have arrived.
Among the patrols in the town, the secret medicine monk Zhou Bao, who could defeat thousands of armies even in ordinary people, looked at the forest not far away, with a strong look of fear in his eyes.
I saw that the place where they were standing was the place where the bloody sun in the sky was shining like dusk.
The dim yellowish-reddish sunlight, although I couldn't feel any warmth, at least brought light.
But in the forest not far away, there was obviously a dark yellow sunset above, but inside the forest, it was dark, as if covered with a layer of dull night. Faintly, it seemed that something could still be seen, spreading faintly in the corner.
And on the twisted tree trunks of the forest, there are even vague and weird human faces that are either imprinted or made of intertwined textures.
They opened their mouths wide, as if screaming, and had a ferocious and vicious look on their faces, which made people feel indescribably creepy.
Seeing this scene, a group of teenagers turned pale and trembled with fear. Even Luo Xuan, who was quite courageous, couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
"Please pay attention! Although this is just the edge of the forest, there are still many weird monsters. Although most of them are at the 'demon' level, people can still die if they are not careful... What's more, there are some unexplainable 'weirdness' , appear randomly, disappear randomly... Even we can only consider ourselves unlucky when we encounter them..."
At this time, the tone of the team leader Zhou Bao also became particularly solemn.
Although he also knew that the town wanted to take advantage of the danger here to let these teenagers grow up as quickly as possible.
But the danger here is too great. If one is careless, even a secret medicine cultivator like him, who is considered to be above average in strength in the town, will be trapped here.
But now that everything has been decided, there is not much room for regret.
'I just hope those guys who are following me secretly can be more reliable...'
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and said in a heavy and warning tone:
"Next, we are going to enter the Evernight Forest. Please remember all the taboos and precautions that exist in it. Otherwise, if you die in it, don't blame me for not reminding you!"
"Yes!" The young men's bodies trembled and they responded quickly.
"Very good!" Zhou Bao nodded, his sharp gaze swept over everyone, and said in a deep voice, "The following three are the rules that I must follow when entering the Evernight Forest!"
"1. As a living person, in the Evernight Forest, you must keep yourself within the bright range of flames at all times! If anyone leaves the bright range for more than ten breaths, you must check whether his blood is dark. Red, if you don’t follow it, no matter who it is, you will be killed!”
"Two, watch your own shadow, and also pay attention to the shadows of others! Remember the number of shadows and the number of people. At the same time, if you find that someone's shadow is incomplete, inform that person immediately! And let him recall the memories of entering the forest, Find out where the missing piece is and make up for it!”
"Third, anyone who dies here must completely destroy his body, and more importantly, his soul, otherwise a terrifying evil spirit will seek his life!"
"These three rules, no matter what, all of you must abide by. These are the rules of survival that we have spent countless lives to summarize in this forest."
"If someone disobeys the instructions and involves other people, then I will kill you on the spot no matter what your identity is!"
"have you understood?!"
Having said this, Zhou Bao's tone was extremely harsh.
"...I understand."
"Why don't you just be neat and act like a bitch?!"
"I understand!"
"In that case, let's go!"
As soon as he said this, Zhou Bao led the team forward directly.
After all, even in marginal areas, there are considerable dangers. Naturally, the most powerful person in the team must lead the team in order to deal with various sudden crises.
"Tsk tsk... It seems that it is really difficult for the human race on this continent to survive. Not only do they have to deal with all kinds of monsters and monsters, but they also have to prevent the expansion of such weird forbidden lands..."
Just as the crowd was walking forward with solemn faces, Lin Chen in Luo Xuan's mind suddenly sighed.
"Huh? Expansion? Grandpa, what do you mean by this?"
After Luo Xuan heard this, he paused slightly, but then he quickly started walking and asked calmly.
"Of course that means literally."
Lin Chen explained casually.
"The forest here is so dangerous, and there are monsters and monsters wandering out from time to time. There are also scary supernatural figures mixed in. Even on the edge of it, it is definitely not a safe and livable place."
"But according to the news we got in the town, there are quite a few human settlements gathered nearby. Don't you find it strange?"
"Then...what's the reason for this?"
Lin Chen explained calmly:
"On the one hand, although there are many monsters and monsters here, it is also the source of materials for various secret medicines. In other words, although it is very dangerous, it is also the best place to gain power."
"After all, in this crisis-ridden continent, even if you find a relatively safe place and survive in one place, as long as you don't continue to make progress, you will one day be destroyed."
"On the other hand, and the most critical thing is that this forest is constantly expanding and eating away at the surrounding land that has not been eroded."
"The reason why the remaining human races on this continent established their territory here is to curb its erosion."
"Otherwise, if this erosion is not stopped, sooner or later, the entire continent will be shrouded in this eternal night forest."
"At that time, even if the human race survives, I am afraid that it will be surrounded by all kinds of terrifying taboos. At that time, in order to survive, you must abide by various rules. By then, I am afraid that this place will really evolve into a game with strange rules... …”
Luo Xuan couldn't understand Lin Chen's last words, but he still asked the question he was most concerned about:
"Grandpa, what's going on with those three rules?"
"It should be that the surviving humans here have insight into some of the mechanisms and dangers, but then again..."
Speaking of this, Lin Chen's tone was filled with interest:
"This Eternal Night Forest... is very unique. The shrouded night can actually ignore the natural changes of the sun, change the celestial phenomena, and spontaneously form an area that is incompatible with the surrounding area..."
"And it's also expandable. The three rules summarized here are probably some of the mechanisms discovered by this type of surviving human race."
"Interesting. The ability to change the sky and the earth in a place, have a unique operating mechanism that is different from nature, and have the ability to cover a place... This is really like the Yuanying monk's Tao domain..."
"Grandpa, what is Dao Domain?" Luo Xuan asked quickly.
Lin Chen did not answer, but began to think deeply in his heart.
The reason why his thoughts came to reality had two main purposes.
The first is to spread the experimental Yuan Shen Dao method and prepare for future promotions. At the same time, it is to establish forces and collect resources in order to start major projects such as building spiritual networks and virtual caves.
The other one, which is also the most important purpose at the moment, is...to find a way to wake up his body that is almost trapped in eternal sleep.
That dream world was far more difficult to refine than he imagined.
After all, it is composed of three extremely high powers: the Void Spirit Talisman, the Starlight of the Galaxy, and the Power of Dreams.
Even if they are entangled with each other, cut off the source of power, and wear each other out, it is still not something that a small golden elixir can carry, let alone refine, and even Nascent Soul monks may not be qualified.
If it weren't for the special nature of Lin Chen's soul, let alone sleeping for a hundred years, he wouldn't even be able to form a dream. He would just die violently during the teleportation, and his soul would be destroyed.
But even if they survive and go through hundreds of years of fusion and entanglement with each other, it is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time if they want to completely take over the dominant position and recreate the dream.
'So now I have to think of a way to find the straw that breaks the camel's back. But even if it is just a straw, the power level must reach Nascent Soul, otherwise it will not be able to help the main body at all, and now...'
Just as Lin Chen was thinking, Luo Xuan's team finally entered the Evernight Forest.
Suddenly, the boundless darkness of night came over like a tide.
(End of chapter)
