latelenovela Chapter 177 Rushing into the Forest
Chapter 177 Rushing into the Forest
Zhong Ming's forehead has been in close contact with the wheelchair repeatedly, and he is now a little disoriented.
They were far enough away from the main gun's support from the warehouse that there were no more large craters for them to jump into, and no monsters to stop them.
The first video has been sent back. Using the unique rocks of the surrounding mountains and the remaining rooms beside the herb fields as references, it basically describes the thickness of the monster tide. There are a lot of monsters under them, almost all the monsters in the entire secret realm have gathered here.
The road ahead was clear and unobstructed, but the main road was trodden into an uneven surface, and much demon blood flowed down.
The valley's terrain is such that the entrance is at a high point, with a huge slope leading directly to a large lake. The blood left by the mortal beasts that fought above flows down the road into the lake, forming a long, scarlet path.
Blood filled the road with the footprints of monsters of all sizes, shimmering in the sunlight, making it look like a long road studded with red gems when viewed from above.
The problem is, we're not looking from a high vantage point.
Zhong Ming and Yue Kaishan were gambling with their lives. I bet that the small pit in front of us wasn't deep, and that the big pool of blood was shallow.
Akame and Gensei... are completely in a state of stagnation, dealing with whatever comes their way, big problems have big ways of getting through them, and small problems have small ways of dealing with them.
As for Chen Dahai, he's still just a human cushion for now.
The group traveled a bumpy road, and by the time the thrusters were completely overloaded and needed to rest for a while, they had already traveled an unknown distance.
Zhong Ming looked around and realized that he had already rushed out of the medicinal field area. There was no wide road ahead, only forest.
The trees here are quite different from those in Yunzhou. It seems to have mountains and water, and a mild climate, like a paradise. However, the trees are skeletal, covered with smooth, sharp thorns. If that were all, it would be fine, but the trees are covered with lush foliage. The abundant green leaves cover these thorns, making them even more dangerous.
"Let's find a big tree up ahead and take some time to trim it." Zhong Ming still preferred to trim it in a tree, just in case.
Following a small path into the forest, Zhong Ming merely swung his hook-and-sickle spear, intending to cut off a tree root growing onto the path to avoid blocking his way. With one swing, his arms went numb, and he almost dropped the spear. Fortunately, he managed to infuse it with spiritual energy in time, which allowed him to cleave through that small obstacle.
One can imagine how much effort our ancestors put in to expand the medicinal herb fields to this area. For cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, the trees here are incredibly tough.
"Hey, Brother Cuihong, why are you so weak?" Yue Kaishan was grazed by a flying branch, which scratched his face a little, but it wasn't a big deal. He was like someone who had too many lice and wasn't afraid of being bitten. This little injury was nothing.
"The trees here are so hard? Wouldn't that be perfect material for making weapons?" Zhong Ming said with a look of surprise, his hand aching.
"No, the Great Dao here is different, unlike the demonic beasts. These trees seem to stand here as one of the manifestations of the earth's origin. Inside the secret realm, they are nourished by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and irrigated by the earth's origin, making them incredibly hard. Once outside the secret realm, their wood becomes extremely fragile."
"Huh? Brother Chen, you can still talk? I thought you had passed out." Xuan Jing joked, then began to use the defense of his iron armor to reach out and pull on the branches next to him, constantly slowing down the wheelchair.
"So, it's still quite useful within this secret realm?"
Zhong Ming said, "My storage bag is empty. I feel panicked, empty, and... annoyed."
As a hamster-like man, I'd rather throw out random things when necessary than accept an empty storage bag.
"How about that one over there?"
"Okay, I'll go up and take a look first."
Zhong Ming jumped upwards, only to find that a long, sharp thorn was hidden in the leaves in front of the branch he was about to land on. He quickly twisted his body and landed on the branch in a bear-like squatting position.
That was close! I almost lost my lineage.
A few minutes later, Zhong Ming found what he thought was a very secluded spot, turned to the hollow in the tree, and saw an empty bird's nest sitting there.
The giant bird had flown away, joining the surging tide of demonic beasts, becoming a member of the dark, overwhelming army in the sky. It was unknown whether it was alive or dead.
Zhong Ming sat down outside the bird's nest, and with a long sword, he scraped away a layer of the nest, leaving behind a pile of branches.
"Hey, that's strange, this branch is quite soft, I wonder what kind it is." Zhong Ming picked up a branch and examined it closely, when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Hmm? This feathered beast is so cunning?" The upper part of the nest was fake, with only a few bird feathers. There was a secret passage with an entrance in a blind spot below, and the real nest was inside.
The thickness of this bird's nest is wrong; the hollow in the tree is quite deep.
Upon opening the nest again, there were a few more eggs.
Hey guys, wanna eat some roasted quail eggs?
Zhong Ming was overjoyed. When he was a child, he always envied the children in the mountains who could go and steal bird eggs. Because of his status, he could only live in the town and didn't go to the mountains much.
He was also quite bold; he poked the exposed branches back in, grabbed the large bird's nest, and jumped to the ground.
"Um, since we're operating covertly, isn't it a bit inappropriate to cook?"
"We've already fought this badly, why bother with all this? Haven't we done enough burning down the monsters?"
At this moment, inside the tortoise shell armor at Zhong Ming's waist, a spirit pet pouch stirred.
A certain mining mole said... "I'm awake!"
Hey boss, is there any food to eat?
......
Half an incense stick's time later, Zhong Ming looked speechlessly at the mining mole who was devouring its food.
"You never come out to work, but you're an activist when it's time to eat? You eat and sleep, what do you think this place is?" Zhong Ming poked the mining mole on the forehead with one finger. The mole held the roasted bird in both hands and took a bite, bone and all, with a crunch.
"Hey, hey, hey, are you swearing at me?" Xuan Jing took a bite of an egg and muttered, "Brother Dahai is so kind. At least he has the wheelchair and has been his human cushion for so long. You can't swear at him."
"Wait, don't eat it yet. Let me check if these bird eggs have hallucinogenic effects. You ate one, and your brain circuits started jumping around."
Before Xuan Jing could react, a large hand struck his hand with lightning speed, instantly snatching the other roasted bird egg away.
"Hey~ You ambushed me! You have no sportsmanship! Don't you care about team spirit at all?!"