Chapter 12: Life in the Jungle
The vegetation in the Endless Forest was so dense that as soon as everyone entered the jungle from the alluvial plain, they could barely reach out after a few minutes of walking at most, where the dense branches of trees almost completely blocked the sky, and only sporadic points of light could be seen shining from overhead, so that they could not even see the road clearly when walking below.
According to Lan Ling'er, it is recorded in ancient books that this place used to be a plain like the eastern region of the blue sea, there are not so many forests, and it is impossible to be so dense, after the scientific and technological progress of the outside world to modern times, the demand for trees is getting bigger and bigger, papermaking, chopsticks, furniture, etc., everything needs trees, and the most famous export items in the southern blue sea area are all kinds of high-quality trees, and so many years of felling, so much demand, has not made the endless forest have the slightest reduction, the strange thing is that the plants in the alluvial plain area grow at a normal rate, but once they enter the endless forest areaPlants there grow more than ten times faster than the outside world, and at that rate of unseasonality.
Lan Ling'er said that in the era of the ancient sect, the southern part of the Blue Sea was attacked by destructive weapons, and I heard that it was a plant-based destructive weapon, which led to the plant riot in this place, and then there was the origin of the endless forest, and until now, thousands of years later, this place is still affected by the original destructive weapon, and there are more and more forests.
Hao Qi, Zhang Heng, Su Shiyan, Lan Ling'er, the four of them entered this forest, from the novelty when they entered, to the mood of the three of them three days later, such as the problem of muddy water swamp. For example, the problem of humid temperature, such as the problem of insects, such as the problem of campsites, and so on, made the mood of all three people start to get bad, well. There are only three people, only Hao Qi is still interested.
Every day, the four of them kept moving forward, combining pathfinding instruments every two hours, and then letting Hao Qi come to the canopy for positioning, and then most of the time they were in a hurry, among which Lan Ling'er was the weakest physically, so after eating at noon, Hao Qi and Su Shiyan took turns carrying her forward in the afternoon, but even so. A few days later, Lan Ling'er still had several blisters on her feet, and Lan Ling'er was also strong, every time she secretly punctured the blisters, then smeared them with medicine, and started to hurry again the next day, until she was discovered by Su Shiyan once, when her feet had begun to be red and swollen.
Su Shiyan was distressed. Hao Qi and Zhang Heng, who knew it, were also distressed, and immediately decided to find a place to rest around here for two days. Don't be in such a hurry on the road after that, anyway, they came out to adventure and explore, and they didn't take any tasks, to be honest, they don't need to rush any time, Hao Qi and they have a year's free period, and Su Shiyan said that he would go back in half a year. But this is actually to talk about what difficulties Hao Qi and they really encountered, with Su Shiyan's character, they will inevitably save each other with their lives, there is no doubt about it. What's more, even if it is half a year, it is more than enough according to the location of the treasure map.
That's it, in the next few days, the four of them no longer rushed and hurried, but moved forward regularly every day, which was planned and designed by Su Shiyan and Lan Ling'er according to the current travel speed, the environment of the forest, and the physical strength of everyone, especially Lan Ling'er.
It has been about ten days since I entered the Endless Forest, and the situation in the Endless Forest is basically known to everyone, first of all, the forest coverage and density of the Endless Forest are simply unprecedented, the trees in it are all tall and big, the same tree species, at least half larger than other places, usually trees with a height of twenty to thirty meters, and in some places there are even hundreds of meters of trees growing in groups, and the canopy branches and leaves of these trees are frighteningly dense, resulting in the darkness of the forest floor, whether it is day or night, the forest ground is gloomy and dark。
At the same time, most of the forest floors are swampy areas, and a large number of swamps formed by fallen leaves and decaying plants are piled up together, and it is not known how many years of swamps, miasma, poisons, insects, etc. exist in these places, if you can't look carefully, people may not be able to see the bottom when you step on it.
Of course, there are also some dry ground, after all, the ground is also high and low, and the types of plants exist differently, resulting in the wet and dry surface of its location and other problems, and such a ground is also the most suitable ground for walking, and the entire endless forest is occupied by the dry ground, the wet ground, the swamp ground These three kinds of ground are occupied, after the three of them entered the endless forest, they didn't understand at first, they just went straight ahead, no matter what ground they were afraid to step into it, after suffering hardship, to the present after entering ten days, they finally began to understand that it is almost impossible to move in a straight line in this endless forest, but follow the general directionThe main point is to stay on dry ground as much as possible, and then occasionally go into wet areas, and try not to touch swampy areas as much as possible.
And the plan formulated by Su Shiyan and Lan Ling'er increased the two-month trip to three months, that is, half a year back and forth, and set the daily travel time in the plan, from waking up every morning to starting to walk at eleven o'clock in the morning, only walking on dry ground and wet ground, if you want to cross the swamp, then let Hao Qi carry Zhang Heng on his back, and Su Shiyan on his back Lan Ling'er, and they crossed over from the canopy.
The second is the problem of the campsite, at first the four people did not understand, although they consulted a lot of information about the endless forest, but the book is always shallow, although they were looking for dry ground as much as possible at the beginning, and also sprinkled a lot of deworming drugs as recorded in the data, and campfires all night, but this is useless at all, because there are many poisons in this endless forest that are not afraid of anthelmintic drugs at all, because they are not insects at all, and because of their toxicity, ordinary drugs are useless, but it can be said that they are gathered by these drugs。
So in the first few days, the four of them were really anxious, and when they went to bed at night, they all became Hao Qi and Su Shiyan took turns to sleep, and there was always one person awake to drive away these poisons, and it wasn't until after a few days that they finally found the trick to camping in the forest...... Canopy Camping Law!
Yes, it is to camp in the canopy of these big trees, maybe the trees and forests in other places can't be like this, but the trees in this endless forest are simply as huge as they seem to become, and the canopy is also very dense, as long as you choose the largest and strongest tree, its canopy can fully carry the weight of four people, and the advantages of camping in the canopy are simply incomparable to the ground, the air is good, not damp, there is no insect poison, and there is a lot of fun, the night sky in this forest, it looks as clean as washed with water, and the night looks really refreshing。
Then there is the problem of food, before making a plan, every day the four of them are in a hurry, although Hao Qi or Su Shiyan hunts the prey every day, but every day every mood to carefully select, sometimes hunting almost inedible poisons, sometimes the prey hunted meat is very unpalatable, these are all there.
And it wasn't until now, ten days later, after the four of them decided to slow down, that kind of forest fun really appeared......
“...... No, that color must be poisonous!"
Hao Qi looked at a big mushroom with several colors in Zhang Heng's hand, and he immediately shouted, but Su Shiyan next to him said with interest: " You don't understand, don't speak, this is a rainbow mushroom, it is a very rare cherished mushroom, the taste is very delicious, and it can slightly strengthen the human body, it is a very high treasure delicacy that is hard to find in the outside world, it is said that there are two colors mixed to be called rainbow mushroom, if the mixed color of rainbow mushroom reaches seven, it is a treasure of heaven and earth, Zhang Heng found this mushroom has four colors, this is already a treasure in the treasure, I am really looking forward to its taste. ”
"Really?" Hao Qi looked at this mushroom that was at least the size of Zhang Heng's chest, with four colors mixed on it, no matter how you looked at it, it was that kind of highly poisonous mushroom.
Zhang Heng also said with certainty: "That's right, Hao Qi, this is the rainbow mushroom, do you remember the swamp we passed by before?" It is a miasma that can be seen by the naked eye, and it is a color distribution, it is a very terrible pink miasma, also known as peach blossom miasma, ordinary creatures almost must die when they enter, but this miasma has a characteristic, that is, it will dissipate briefly during the twilight period, and some of the records I have seen show that this miasma is suitable for growing several kinds of natural and earthly treasures, and there are rainbow mushrooms among them, but unfortunately the scope of this miasma is not large, so it is unlikely that there is the existence of heavenly and earthly treasures, the records say that in a peach blossom miasma of hundreds of miles, there will inevitably be a rainbow mushroom and other several kinds of natural and earthly treasures, but we are lucky to find this rainbow mushroomWe're in for a treat!"
It's dusk now, in the plan, only rush to three o'clock every day, and then start looking for a suitable campsite, usually in the canopy of the largest tree, after the construction, Lan Ling'er recorded the day's itinerary in the campsite, and Hao Qi, Su Shiyan, Zhang Heng began to look for the day's ingredients, after all, eating is too important for the whole journey, the food of the previous ten days, the four people are very dissatisfied, so now give two or three every day to disappear and slowly look for deliciousness, and today there is a harvest.
When Hao Qi confirmed that this mushroom was not poisonous and was super delicious, his saliva was about to stay, and at the same time, he also proudly raised the prey in his hand, which were nine birds bigger than quails but slightly smaller than pheasants, Hao Qi said proudly: "You don't know this thing, hahaha, this is very similar to my previous ...... Ahem, this is very similar to some kind of bird I know, the name is called the Flying Dragon Bird, the body shape, the appearance is very similar, I just don't know if it is, if so, keep your tongue today, the taste of this thing is known as the dragon meat in the sky, the thing that flies the dragon meat on the ground!"
Speaking of this, the two looked at Su Shiyan at the same time, and Su Shiyan looked back calmly, but she just pulled her pocket with her hand, which was a vague telling the two that she also had gains.
And at this moment, Hao Qi and Su Shiyan frowned at the same time, they grabbed Zhang Heng's arm left and right, and then the three of them jumped up seven or eight meters high and put it on the trunk of the tree, and Zhang Heng also seemed to understand something, looked at the ground nervously, and sure enough, a moment later, a spider appeared on the ground......
A spider about two meters gigantic...... (To be continued.) )