Chapter 166: The Swarm
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"How to deal with it?" The girls didn't know what an insect storm was, neither from the information nor from Pannis's mouth had ever heard the term, but Vral's slightly stern expression made the girls also enter a state of vigilance, everyone is an experienced adventurer, and they have long been accustomed to facing unknown emergencies, so even the most curious Lina, the first reaction is not to ask what an insect storm is, but to directly ask for countermeasures.
"Go back to your room and close the entrance. Pannis patted his forehead with some annoyance, and said quickly: "Try not to make too much noise, and don't make too many movements, such as cutting trees and the like, there are no other restrictions, by the way, unless we remind us to be safe, don't step on the ground anyway, absolutely never." Also, Vivien, turn off all defensive circles for now. ”
"Understood. Vivien's wand tapped the ground three times and gave Pannisa a thumbs up, "It's off." ”
"Now go back to the room. Pannis bent down and picked up the light mage girl, reached out and pressed lightly on the trunk, and the person had already appeared on the branch in mid-air: "Don't worry, as long as you do what I said, there will be no danger." Even if there is an accident, don't be afraid, the biggest advantage of the demigod is that he can use the inherent spiritual realm to escape danger. ”
The girls didn't even answer, and without saying a word, they directly began to climb up the tree, the essential su zhì for every adventurer, that is, no matter how noisy it usually is, the real critical moment, will complete the task in the most direct way, and there will never be a moment of delay, because even a second of delay may put themselves and even the whole team in danger, and any adventure without this kind of su zhì has been eliminated by the cruel reality.
The most distinctive feature of tall tower trees is that they have many large tree holes on their trunks, and the tree holes are very spacious. Some can even let a person lie flat in it, so adventurers in the forest of death, sometimes choose the tower tree as a habitat, the tree hole after a simple cleaning and sprinkle some insect repellent powder, it is a natural small room, although narrow and cramped, but there is no need to sleep in the open environment, for the wild life is already a good environment.
Since it was an abandoned camp from the previous team of Cornada, the expedition team naturally used the tower tree dwelling according to the original design of the camp. The tree hole naturally became a room in everyone's mouth.
After sending Vivien into her tree hole, Pennis waited until everyone returned to their rooms before entering their own tree hole, and turned off the two crystal lamps before entering the cave, plunging the camp into pitch black, with only the faint glow of the fire on the ground.
Once inside, everyone pulls out a small bottle from their pocket and smears some of the bottle's liquid along the inside of the hole, which is extremely malleable and sticky. One end sticks to the upper edge of the tree cavity and stretches downward under the action of gravity, forming a film-like structure that seals the entire tree hole. Soon. The film began to solidify, eventually becoming a yellow, transparent barrier that was thin but very hard, separating the inside and outside of the tree cavity into two worlds.
In fact, the so-called liquid. It is a nearby resin called the viscose tree, and wherever there is a tower tree growing, you can definitely find the viscose tree within 100 meters. The resin of the viscose tree can be applied to the hollows of the tower trees, as if nature had prepared a gift for adventurers. After the viscose resin solidifies, it will become very hard, and ordinary flying insects and small animals will not be able to break this thin layer of barrier at all, so that the tree hole becomes quite safe, and the people inside want to go out very simply, they can use brute force to break the viscose barrier, of course, the more correct way is that the clothes rub on the barrier at high speed, and the temperature change generated will make the viscose soft and can be torn very lightly. Not only that, the biggest advantage of viscose is that it has good air permeability, and after solidification, the barrier is covered with small holes that cannot be seen by the naked eye, and the air inside and outside can circulate freely, and you will never feel stuffy.
After sealing the hole in the tree, the girls finally relaxed, and leaned on the transparent viscose barrier and looked out, although it was dark outside, with the help of the light in the stove, they could barely see the ground.
Soon, there was a strange rustling sound around the camp, as if countless insects were crawling on the ground, and people couldn't help but itch when they heard it, but the girls soon realized that it was not a statue at all, but indeed countless insects moving close to the ground.
Within the light of the fire, countless reptiles were mixed together, and the insects were of all sizes and types, huddled together and wriggled forward like a black carpet. The swarm contains large individuals such as centipedes and malu that are more than a meter long, as well as spiders and cockroaches the size of thumbs, and smaller individuals are too dim to be distinguished, but there are certainly zài. Even ignoring the small individuals that could not be distinguished, the girls had already seen no less than a hundred kinds of insects, most of which were strange and unnamed, and only a few of them could be seen regularly in the outside world.
Accompanied by the movement of the insects, in addition to the rustling sound, there are bursts of strange sweet and greasy aroma, smelling this aroma, the girls took the antidote provided by Vivian for the first time, they know very well that these so-called aromas are actually emitted by highly toxic insects, due to too many of them, the faint smell is mixed together countless times aggravated, only to form the current sweet fragrance, this sweet fragrance contains a strong toxicity, if it is an ordinary person's physique, just smelling the aroma, will soon be poisoned and die, even if it is a legendary level of professionals, they also need an antidote to relieve the discomfort of the body。
The insects on the ground seemed endless, and they didn't know when they would all pass by, and the rustling sound hadn't gone away, and there was an annoying buzzing sound of wings nearby.
The next moment, the girls found themselves seeing nothing. Countless flying insects flew past the tower tree, completely obscuring the space outside, and through the transparent barrier, the black shadows in front of the girls were shaking, unable to see the size, unable to distinguish the species, only a mess.
After barely looking at it for a moment, the girls had to lower their eyes and no longer observe the world outside the barrier, because the chaotic black shadows outside shook too violently, making the girls feel dizzy and nauseous for a while, so they had to lower their heads and judge the situation outside by sound.
The swarm seemed endless, the buzzing sound filled the ears, the dark environment, the monotonous sound, made them lose the ability to judge the time, just five minutes, in the perception of the girls as if it was five years long, the girls had become numb in this environment, so numb that they didn't even react to the buzzing when it finally disappeared, still staring blankly at the bottom of the tree hole. (To be continued.) )