Chapter 957: Black Forest Exploration Log (Part II)
"On the 5th of April, I found a monster on the outskirts of the Black Forest...... "Cervantes considered the wording, "it is a behemoth, huge and boundless, which I have not seen in appearance, but whose outward appearance is that of a forest, which may have carnivorous properties in the present situation." ”
"After that, I'm going to do some experiments to test its physical activity and mental response......"
With that, Cervantes pressed the button to turn off the 'voice recording function'.
Until now, he hadn't left the monster's body because it was so big.
Cervantes was already a little skeptical, whether his original guess was wrong, maybe this was not an experiment from the ruins of the Arcane Empire, but just a naturally born inland sea monster, the reason why he had such an idea was also because the body of this monster was too huge.
Perhaps compared to a real astral beast, this monster is a younger brother, but how did this monster grow so huge in the world of Assatom, which has insufficient gravity and mana concentration?
The black dragon measured with the instrument in his backpack, and the dirt under his feet was indeed the dirt, and the trees around him were indeed trees, however, not far from his current position, there was a 'life node'-like thing lying quietly in the ground, this was the third similar thing he had seen, and there was enough evidence to prove that the 'woods' under his feet were actually a living creature.
How does it survive? Can it photosynthesize and absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from less than two meters of land?
Cervantes picked up his pen and scribbled it in his notebook, shook off a few markers, and spread his wings behind him, leaping into the sky.
Probably thinking that the markers placed on the ground were not safe, he placed a 'surveillance eye' in the sky.
There was no sign of animal activity in the vicinity, and even flying birds rarely passed by, at least once he stepped into the woods, and rarely saw any birds passing over his head.
Due to his insensitivity to numbers, he couldn't figure out how big the monster's 'footprint' was - until now, he wasn't sure what it looked like, maybe it was a fairly flat monster with a large footprint, or maybe it was the body of the nearby land?
"Event log, tentatively named [Moving Forest]. ”
Once that was done, Cervantes planned to leave the place for a while, take a walk around the outer reaches of the Black Forest, and then come back to see if the monster was still here.
The monster's location wasn't too far from the Valley of the Golden Coins, and if it had been here for a long time, maybe he, or the Demon Tree, would have discovered it a long time ago.
Cervantes tried his best to hide his aura, as far as he knew, many beasts had quite strong perception abilities, and even more so monsters and monsters, and he was well aware of his mission to enter the Black Forest this time.
It's not 'eliminating the threat', it's 'finding out the situation'.
This time he was here to gather intelligence, and he wanted to gather enough useful information in the least amount of time.
Cervantes' long-lost head was back in motion, and he had planned everything while he was on the way, and he wouldn't have stayed here for so long if it weren't for the anomaly of the forest before.
Cervantes is also thinking now, he is disguising himself, disguising himself as a 'weakling'.
He flies at a height that is neither high nor low, a little higher than the treetops, but does not reach a high altitude, which is the height of the 'weak'.
At this altitude, there is enough reaction time to receive a sudden attack from the ground, and predators from high altitudes cannot easily hunt.
He has studied this quite well, and if something unusual happens, his first reaction is definitely to run away instead of fighting back, because he is only a weak person now.
Maybe it's a shame for the other dragons, but Cervantes doesn't care, 'cunning' is synonymous with the black dragon, and he has the kind of experience that other dragons don't have, and will do anything to survive.
Once he could give up his dignity as a dragon in order to survive, now he can do the same for the sake of the mission.
Although he usually looks frizzy and often gives people the impression of being 'grumpy', they don't know how calm and even cold-blooded he will be once he has made a decision!
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"On April 6th, a new type of magical beast was discovered, tentatively named [Magnetic Field Pheasant]. ”
Standing on a branch, Cervantes preserved the image of the pheasants, while continuing to describe 'what he saw and heard'.
"Males and females each have two opposite magnetic pole reactions, and they do not need to be combined, but only need to be within three feet of each other to stimulate a circular strong magnetic field covering a radius of ten feet, which disturbs the current in the organism, stimulates the nerves, and causes the creature to produce spasmodic reactions. The magnetic field can be increased by stacking, and a group of ten [Magnetic Pheasants] is enough to hunt ordinary bears!"
Watching the pheasants peck off the flesh and skin of several rabbits one by one, the blood flowing to the ground and staining the green meadow, Cervantes continued to record: "Omnivorous animals, extremely aggressive, short-tempered, but very timid, can be lured tactics to induce them to consume mana, can also be killed by long-range attacks, the value is tentative, the record is complete." ”
When he had done all this, Cervantes spread his wings and flew into the sky, not caring that his movement had alarmed the pheasant flock.
If the sun is not too strong today, the temperature is quite high, and most people come here without even doing anything, just stay quietly for a few minutes, and they will sweat.
However, monsters and monsters that survive in the Black Forest have become accustomed to it, and it is not particularly uncommon for monsters and monsters that survive in one ecological environment to enter another ecological environment to survive.
Their ability to survive is too strong, and some terrestrial animals can even become aquatic animals or amphibians under the premise of gradually changing the magical environment.
Only creatures with a relatively low life level are more likely to change, and after reaching the life level of 'intelligent life', the influence of magic on the human body will no longer affect its bloodline, unless it has the bloodline of other races in the first place, the possibility of change is close to none.
It's been several days since Cervantes entered the Black Forest, and even the outlying areas are now completely 'no man's land' – not by the fact that they are inaccessible, but that they are difficult for humans to reach.
Originally, the monsters were just some tricky things that were physically stronger, had some weak spell-like abilities, and needed humans to use tactics or specific weapons and equipment to solve, but now, with the change of the magic environment, the original only 'weak' level of spell-like abilities can also cause great destructive power.
For example, a certain kind of eagle-like magical beast that was originally only able to resist the wind can now manipulate the wind element to attack, hinder the enemy's movement, and obscure the enemy's vision, and the degree of flexibility is much stronger than that of a mortal mage who has not reached the 'transcendental' level.
If this kind of monster breaks into human society, judging from the backwardness of the region outside the Principality of Sorrowful Wind, even an army may not be able to solve it, but this kind of monster is only second-rate in the outer part of the Black Forest.
And now that he has witnessed some evidence that demonic beasts and monsters have walked out of the Atoso Mountains, it can be determined that there have been monsters from the inland sea that have entered the range of the Atoso Mountains, otherwise, there would not be so many demonic beasts choosing to walk out of the Atoso Mountains, obviously those areas are more suitable for them to survive.
Sera gave him a deadline, and after fifteen days, no matter how much information he collected, he had to return to the principality, so he had to speed up a bit!