No matter how the Emerald Forest is named "Emerald", the word "forest" is not deceptive after all.
At the beginning, there were just a few sparse trees, large and small, scattered irregularly on the road that the girl and Duan Qing walked successively. But as the tracking progresses, the surrounding trees gradually become taller and more closely distributed. The trunks of the trees also became thicker and thicker. After walking for a few miles, some trees even turned into towering trees that could be hugged by several people. Occasionally, I looked up, and the sky was gradually blocked by the tender green of the branches and leaves, but as the adventure progressed, they slowly turned into dark green - the result of which it is difficult for light to penetrate. If someone is an expert at tree climbing and chooses to climb up one of the big trees, he may be lucky enough to see the magnificent green ocean.
It was a sea of trees.
When I first entered the forest, I could occasionally walk with a few players, but at this point, I rarely saw other people. And in this deserted environment, the girl still walked forward happily, like a deer returning to nature.
The brisk pace, the way she looked left and right, the bamboo basket she carried behind her back, and the bouncing golden ponytail on top of the bamboo basket - the girl did not put on the hood on her burqa at this time, and she just kept walking in the dense forest. Traveling through.
Then he tripped on something and fell to the ground with a plop.
After this section of the journey, Duan Qing could also notice that the girl was moving very fast. Judging from her familiar movements and smooth progress, it seemed that this was not her first time here. And this also made it very difficult for Duan Qing to follow. After all, this was his first time in this forest, and he was still a novice. But at this moment, he witnessed the "skilled worker" in front of him fall to the ground. Duan Qing, who was walking behind, couldn't help but burst into laughter. The idiom "Extreme joy brings sorrow" was quite accurate when applied to the girl here and now, so he also used " gloat" to deal with it.
The bamboo basket behind her rolled to the side, and the girl slowly sat up with her legs bent, rubbing her forehead and whining in pain. She sat on the ground and looked around, looking back and forth a few times, and finally looked at Duan Qing, who was following behind and laughing.
"What are you laughing laughing!"
The girl may have noticed that there was such a player following her, but she thought she was a passerby in the forest, so she didn't pay attention. Now that the passerby was "laughing" at herself, she naturally fought back.
"At first glance, he is not a good person! He seems to have been following me just now. He really has some intentions towards this girl..."
Near noon, the golden color of the sun shines on the green of the sea of trees, and then leaks through the gaps in the woods. After being blocked by the green leaves, it forms mottled images, imprinted on the tree trunks, shrubs, and fallen leaves. There are also Duan Qing and the girl. There was a breeze blowing, and the image swayed with the breeze, and a rustling sound came from the head, just like the forest was also laughing at the two people.
In fact, from a closer look, the girl was very beautiful, but her slightly red and swollen forehead after being bumped slightly damaged her image. Duan Qing looked at the cute face rubbing his forehead and flattening his mouth, put away his smile, stepped forward openly, and extended his hand to the girl.
"I'm sorry..." Duan Qing said, "Can you stand up?"
"Humph...I'm not that weak..."
The girl still looked angry. Duan Qing recalled that he seemed to see her angry look every time he saw her, which felt like a coincidence. But having said that...this bulging look is quite nice.
But the girl didn't take the outstretched hand and stood up on her own.
"Seeing that you still have some conscience, I will let you go this time, this...Uncle Qingshan." The girl wrinkled her nose, maybe because of the wound, and grinned again. Duan Qing on the other side had a dark look on his face.
Uncle? I am only twenty-five this year...
"Do I look that old? This... kid Mengzhu?"
"You're definitely older than me anyway...there's nothing wrong with calling you uncle..."
The girl picked up the bamboo basket she had just dropped from the ground, carried it behind her back, then turned around and shook her arm at Duan Qing.
"Goodbye, uncle! And don't follow me anymore..."
Duan Qing saw the girl's pouty expression before leaving. After thinking about it, he stepped forward and shouted to Mengzhu: "Hey, where did you pick those mushrooms from..."
"Why do you ask?"
The girl who had taken a few steps turned back and asked, but this time there was a strange emotion in her eyes.
Duan Qing stepped forward again. He put on an approachable expression, but his words were not very approachable: "It seems that you are very vigilant...could it be that you have discovered mine just now?" Following me, he always cared about me but pretended not to notice, so he fell to the ground..."
His voice gradually became quieter, and finally turned into something like talking to himself. Correspondingly, the expression of the girl named Mengzhu gradually became solemn: "Who are you?"
"Hey, do I look like a bad guy? I just want to...find some clues for the mission..."
"Isn't it the Wuji Illusion God?"
The girl stared at Duan Qing, suddenly shouted, and then what she saw was... a face that was frightened by the loud noise.
"Hey, is he really a passerby..."
The girl was depressed again. She turned her head with a look on her face and wanted to leave without paying any attention to Duan Qing.
"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet..." Duan Qing wanted to stop her again.
"Jungle mushrooms are something that can be found everywhere in the Emerald Forest. It's just that players have picked more. Now they need to go deeper to see some..."
The girl moved forward without looking back. Although her voice was clearly audible, it was getting farther and farther away: "So these are stupid questions you are asking. It's weird if you don't make people suspicious..."
Duan Qing finally understood what the problem was at this moment, but apart from a little helplessness, he didn't care. He continued to follow the girl. Although his voice improved a little, his tone was still casual: "How can you blame me? I haven't played this game for a few days, and my level is only level 6..."
"Level 6?" The girl stopped again and turned around, but this time, she was really surprised: "You will enter the Emerald Forest at level 6?"
She tilted her head and looked at Duan Qing for a while, then began to persuade with helplessness: "Uncle, the world outside is very dangerous, you'd better go back quickly..."
"Looking at your kind face, I guess you haven't been played by games..."
"What are you doing? Looking down on me?" Duan Qing smiled.
"Do you know about the Emerald Forest? The monsters here are all..."
Mengzhu's voice slowly weakened.
I don't know since when, the forest became quiet, but at this moment, there was a rustling sound in the bushes deep in front. In the gap between the trees, a black shadow was gradually expanding, and the whirring sound gradually became clearer and audible as the giant shadow approached.
"No, no, no, it can't be..." In a cautious voice, Mengzhu stuttered: "How, how, how is it possible..."
Obviously aware that something was wrong, Duan Qing did not say anything, but no matter what he felt or his self-perception, it was impossible for him to panic: "What's wrong?"
"I just feel like...there haven't been any monsters along the way..."
The words he spoke to himself gradually became more stable. The girl looked at Duan Qing for a while, then bit her lip as if she had decided something. She turned around suddenly, dropped the bamboo basket, and then her body relaxed as if she took a deep breath.
She squatted slightly in the direction of the black figure, took out a dagger from her waist, and assumed a fighting posture: "You...run."
"Huh?" After a while, Duan Qing pointed to his nose, but naturally Mengzhu couldn't see this action.
"That should be a wild boar, we can't fight it..."
"Wild boar? Why..."
"how could I know!"
The girl interrupted the newcomer's "ignorant" endless questions, her suddenly amplified voice revealing anxiety and hopelessness. Behind her, Duan Qing could even feel the trembling of her body: "Unless someone deliberately attracts them, it is impossible for a monster of this level to appear in our current place..."
"Let's go! You're still a newbie, don't stay here and hold yourself back..."
"Hey, do I look that weak?"
"Let's go!"
Mengzhu's voice became more and more anxious, and his speaking speed became faster and faster: "I should be able to hold off for a while by myself. You run first, and then I will choose a direction. This should..."
"If I remember correctly, I seem to have seen you dragging the carcass of a wild boar in the village..."
"It's not just me...are you really not here to cause trouble, uncle!? Do you really don't know or..." Not noticing the hidden information in Duan Qing's words, Mengzhu Her voice rose again, and then she remembered something, and lowered her head helplessly: "Yes, of course you don't know, you are still a novice..." She slumped her shoulders, and then steeled herself again.
In front of the two people, the image of the black figure gradually became clearer as it approached. Duan Qing had seen that image when he first entered the game. It was a giant wild boar.
But it has to be said that the power of any creature that is enlarged to a certain extent cannot be underestimated, especially the wild boar's stiff mane and sky-high tusks, which now look very intimidating.
With the official appearance of the wild boar, Mengzhu gradually calmed down. She still didn't look back, and said in the direction of the wild boar: "This monster has a lot of health, and I don't have suitable weapons or sufficient preparations... I wouldn't encounter it in a place like this, so Someone must have lured me here..."
The wild boar snorted a puff of air, which was its attack horn, and then began to run towards this side in small steps. The sound of the girl gritting her teeth was drowned in the getting louder and louder footsteps.
"I'm so sorry for the...trouble I caused."
As soon as he finished speaking, the purple figure suddenly rushed forward. The figure was so fast that the golden ponytail stretched into a straight line in the air. The petite figure quickly shrank and moved away in Duan Qing's eyes, leaving only the last two words she shouted: "Run!"
The sunlight among the trees, the mottled tree shadows, and the two figures, one large and one small, shining in the light and approaching quickly... Maybe the sun was blocked by clouds or trees for a moment, and in the In Duan Qing's suddenly darkened vision, the petite figures that were supposed to collide suddenly paused.
The little girl suddenly changed direction the moment the wild boar was about to hit her, and dodged to one side.
The huge figure stopped with great difficulty and began to look left and right, as if falling into a brief daze because of the loss of its target. And on the left rear where it couldn't see, the petite figure made a few turns and jumped to the side of the wild boar. In the dim light, the petite figure waved his right hand, and the metal reflection flashed in the air.
As blood spattered, the wild boar let out a scream, and there were some bloodshot eyes in its eyes. It suddenly exerted force and kicked its injured right hind leg backwards. Then, without caring whether it hit the agile prey that jumped away, it turned around and swept backwards.
The fangs almost drew a complete circle, and the huge figure drove the surrounding air, blowing a strong wind. The girl jumped back a little in the strong wind, put some distance away, and then walked slowly in one direction. From Duan Qing's perspective, she probably needed some breathing space to recover her nearly exhausted strength.
The continuous attacks failed to hit the tiny figure, and the wild boar seemed to become more angry. Amidst the trembling of the earth, it stamped its feet on the spot, and then... let out an angry howl!
In the explosion of air, invisible air pressure rushed towards his face. Perhaps he did not expect this giant monster to have such a move. The girl who was relatively close was once again forced to take a few steps back. And as the distance gradually widened, the wild boar launched a second round of attacks.
It begins to charge.
Mengzhu retreated backwards, but the retreating speed was obviously not as fast as the wild boar's forward speed, so she had to speed up slowly. In the process, she tried to change direction, but the wild boar kept adjusting as it rushed forward, and its speed became faster and faster.
The shrubs were crushed under the hooves, and the fallen leaves were rolled up. The two arcs drawn by the two figures, one large and one small, slowly overlapped together, and then ended at the place chosen by the little girl. On a huge tree trunk.
boom!
The whole forest seemed to be shaking. Amidst the deafening impact, the giant tree was shaken violently. Among the fallen leaves, wood chips of different sizes were flying in the air, shining with golden light in the mottled light and shadow. Amidst the creaking and groaning sounds of the big tree, the wild boar pulled out the tusks that had penetrated the trunk of the tree. Then it suddenly stood upright, its two thick front legs paused in the air, and then fell heavily!
The golden ponytail flew around in the bushes, and stood upright as Mengzhu climbed up. Then he was knocked back again by the wild boar's shock. After a few steps, he fell to the ground. He wanted to step forward to confront him. The wild boar's head attack was also unsuccessful. Holding the dagger tightly in her right hand, the girl struggled to stand up again, planning to find a new big tree as an opportunity to create a gap next time. In front of her eyes, the wild figure suddenly enlarged.
The giant wild boar jumped up!
Dust was flying next to the big tree just now, and the wild boar flew over with movements completely inconsistent with its fat body, and landed in the direction of Mengzhu. In an instant, Mengzhu only had time to hold the dagger across his chest, hastily trying to block the powerful blow. The scene was like trying to block the flying boulder with a small branch.
The branch broke as expected, but it still protected its owner. The fangs did not pierce Mengzhu's body, but the huge force knocked the petite body away. After landing on the ground, it rolled several times, and finally hit He stopped at a tree.
I felt severe pain all over my body, especially my back where I finally hit the tree. It felt like my bones were about to break. She lay on the ground and wanted to get up again, but she couldn't even move a finger - after the powerful blow just now, she felt as if this body was no longer her own. Although it was a rare and precious experience in a virtual game, the girl at this time had no such feelings at all.
It seems like... I can't beat him... Forget it, just die...
Rotating, separating, distorting, and then reuniting, Mengzhu tried his best to blink his eyes. He just calmed down from the dizzy vision just now and saw clearly the picture in front of him - it was a picture of mottled tree shadows flying in the air. The leaves, the towering tree standing on one side, and the figure of the uncle standing on the other side formed an inconsistent scene.
"The reaction is good, and you also know how to jump up to relieve your strength, otherwise that little dagger won't be able to save you..." Duan Qing stood next to the girl, and then slowly squatted down.
With incredible emotion in his eyes, Mengzhu asked with difficulty: "You...ahem...how are you...still here..."
"I can tell. This wild boar is indeed rough-skinned and thick-blooded. Ordinary attacks may have no effect. As for why you didn't run away...can you still stand up now?"
"Ahem...if you don't leave...be careful behind you..."
"Okay, okay, I understand, save your energy." Duan Qing shook his head, and the shadow gradually expanded behind him, which was a sign that the wild boar was approaching.
"Because you are so kind and considerate of me, I reluctantly recognize you as a good person. So, how could I do such an unmanly thing as leaving you alone and running away..."
"I still want a hero to save a beauty! Do you think this is a romantic drama, cough cough cough..." As if she was so angry that she regained consciousness, the girl uttered a whole sentence, and then fell down again. Obviously in this situation, she couldn't see any hope: "Repay the man... you thought... you could beat him..."
"Of course I can't beat them," Duan Qing said, "I mean... we can still run together."
He picked up Mengzhu's body and ran wildly amidst the angry howling of the giant beast.
