Chapter Twelve Taboos in the Forbidden Zone
Facing the provocation of the Blood shadow, Luan Ya's murderous intent grew even stronger as she looked at the Lei Team.
Captain Lei's expression remained as usual and he spoke indifferently.
"Cross."
Upon hearing this, Cross didn't say a word and directly picked up the bow, instantly drawing it and shooting an arrow towards the sky.
The speed was so fast that it raised a sharp whistling sound. Its arrow, like a bolt of lightning, pierced through the circling eagle in the sky in an instant.
Blood flowers bloomed in the vast sky. The eagle let out a shrill scream and fell down, landing with a bang on the ground between the two teams.
At the same time, one of the members of the Blood Shadow Team trembled violently all over, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale in an instant.
That was his eagle. Unlike the dog raised by Luan Ya, this eagle was controlled by his own spiritual energy. At this moment, under the counterattack, he was severely injured.
The other members of the Blood Shadow Team were all filled with murderous intent, but were stopped by the Blood Shadow Team leader. He slowly stood up from the dog corpse and didn't look at Luan Ya but stared at the Thunder Team.
Captain Lei also looked at him coldly.
The two stared at each other for a long time, each snorting coldly.
"Let's go." Captain Lei spoke calmly and walked forward, with Luanya and the others following behind, and Xu Qing was also among them.
He sensed the deep hostility between the two teams, so he turned around and glanced at the members of the Blood Shadow Team, seeing that they were waiting for Ma Si and Pang Shan. Unfortunately, these two would never show up again.
Xu Qing remained silent, withdrew his gaze, and followed Captain Lei and the others as they gradually left the camp.
The restricted area seems not far from the camp, but in fact, it's still quite a distance to walk there.
After walking for about half an hour and a half, they finally saw the dark jungle from afar.
From the outside, this restricted jungle looks boundless, stretching for an unknown extent.
It is now the time when the sun is high in the sky and the sunlight is intense. However, within the restricted jungle, it seems like a different world from the outside.
From afar, one could still see a storm gathering in the sky at the end of the jungle, with visible flashes of lightning dazzlingly emerging within, giving the entire restricted area a sense of mystery and peril.
Xu Qing watched all this and followed silently. On the way, none of the Thunder Team members spoke, but as they got closer and closer to the restricted area, Xu Qing keenly noticed everyone. His muscles began to tense up gradually, and so did he.
It was not until that feeling as if one had stepped into a cold and gloomy world emerged throughout Xu Qing's body that all the warmth on him was instantly dispelled, and he entered the restricted area.
It seemed that all the scenes he had seen in the normal world were also cleared away at the same time.
The familiar bone-chilling coldness awakened his memories of once being in the ruins of the city, drenched in blood.
So he took a deep breath, his vigilance deep in his heart intense. Instinctively, he grasped the iron sign very tightly in his hand, just as he had done in the ruins.
The difference is that the city walls are in ruins, while here...
The trees are twisted like the shadows of evil spirits, the muddy ground is withered and rotten like the soil of the netherworld, and the branches and leaves are spread out like claws and teeth blocking the sky.
But the people of the Thunder Team are obviously very familiar with this place.
They carried weapons on their backs, and the path they took was clearly a regular one. Every step was very detailed. Some places were clearly normal, but they skipped over them. Some places seemed dangerous, but they marched forward.
Some areas were bypassed for no reason, and in this way, some dangerous places were avoided along the way.
Xu Qing followed closely behind, keeping a close watch and remembering everything.
But he also discovered some oddities. The entire journey was not led by the Thunder team. Sometimes it was the barbarian ghost, and sometimes it was the phoenix tooth, alternating with each other.
Although the pace of everyone's progress was not fast, along the way, apart from hearing the roars of some fierce beasts from afar, it was still relatively safe.
Even if there were some venomous insects, they did not approach after Luan Ya lit a stick of incense.
It was not until they had walked for about an hour that they, who had remained silent throughout the journey, stopped by a piece of mud and let out a sigh of relief to each other.
Xu Qing noticed that Luan Ya took out some medicinal powder and sprinkled it into the mud. Soon, a group of poisonous insects emerged from inside, seemingly aggressive. But her expression remained as usual. With a wave of her hand, she took out another kind of powder and scattered it. The poisonous insects were restless and soon scattered in all directions. The mud calmed down.
After doing all this, everyone squatted down one after another, skillfully fished out the mud and smeared it all over their bodies.
Do you remember the details on the way? Captain Lei smeared his entire body while gesturing for Xu Qing to do the same.
Xu Qing nodded, without hesitation, scooped up the mud and began to apply it. At the same time, his gaze swept over Luan Ya, and he felt that the other person seemed to know some poison arts.
The place to skip and avoid is because the leaves are severely withered but intact, which indicates that no fierce beasts have passed by and there is an unknown.
The area that is directly stepped into is because there are fierce beast droppings on the ground. Since biological instincts choose safe areas to excrete, it indicates that there is no excessive danger or cannibalizing quagmire.
As for the area to bypass, it's because of the nose of the barbarian ghost. His nose is very sensitive and can smell the presence of some dangerous strange beasts. You will learn a lot along the way. Just remember as much as you can.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing glanced at the Man GUI. At this moment, the Man GUI also turned his head and grinned at Xu Qing.
"As for this silt, it's a place where our team discovered night lizard skin lesions many years ago. Smearing it all over not only conceals our scent but also has a certain deterrent effect." "
"Going forward is the direction we are headed for. And heading north, there is the Poisonous Dragon Pool. The jungle in the restricted area has been spontaneously divided into several zones by scavengers due to different landforms." "
"Poison Dragon Pool is one of them, but this time we won't go there." By the time Captain Lei was speaking, he had already finished smearing.
Xu Qing was now done. As he stood up, the cross that had passed by him yesterday, although questioning Xu Qing's following, still said with a cold face.
"Be on the lookout for your point of alienation. There is a strong concentration of heterogenicity within the restricted area. Always be vigilant. Once the alienation exceeds the limit, no one can save you." "
Xu Qing nodded. He had long noticed this.
He could sense that the concentration of heterogeneity within this restricted area was extremely high, but it was much weaker than at the peak of the city ruins.
It's just that he has accumulated quite a bit of his own heterogeneity now, so even if he doesn't cultivate at this moment, just by breathing, the alienation points on his arm start to sting faintly.
So he took out a white pill and put it in his mouth. Instead of swallowing it, he held it in his mouth and let it melt slowly.
Soon, everyone had finished applying. They looked at each other and continued on their way.
But the journey was somewhat different from the previous one. On the following road, their speed was slower, and each of them had taken out their weapons in their hands.
Xu Qing swept over their weapons.
The Barbarian Ghost has a stainless steel shield and a mace, the Thunder Team has boxing gloves, the Cross is a long bow, and as for the Phoenix Tooth, it takes out a serrated dagger, which glows with a cold light.
A few days ago, Xu Qing went out to keep an eye on Pang Shan and also had other gains.
Because of his sharp hearing, he heard many conversations among scavengers and learned a lot of information that he had never known before.
For instance, regarding weapons, he now knows that they are classified into magic treasures, talismans and heavy treasures.
Among them, the magic treasures are legendary items and rather rare.
It is said that every magic treasure has varying degrees of heterogeneous pollution, which increases with use and is extremely difficult to remove. Therefore, it is basically a non-renewable resource. Coupled with its tremendous power, it is naturally extremely precious.
Thus, a special kind of existence, the treasure keepers, emerged. They were often raised in captivity from childhood and used their bodies to dilute the heterogeneity of the treasure.
This point was also mentioned by Captain Lei back then.
Apart from magical treasures, there are also talismans and precious treasures.
Although the former talismans are rare, they are still something that can be yearned for compared to magical treasures. As for the latter, heavy treasures are quite common.
They are often made of some special materials and are weapons that ordinary people can use just like them.
Xu Qing felt that his iron signature might be a precious treasure, and the ones in front of him were clearly of this kind.
Time passed slowly. Xu Qing followed the Thunder team and gradually walked further and further into this restricted area.
On the way, I also encountered some minor troubles, but most of them were dealt with by the barbarian ghost alone.
Occasionally, when encountering a more powerful ferocious beast, the cross bow would shoot out with great force.
As for Luan Ya's movements, they are mainly based on magic. It seems that she can perform some kind of intimidation, causing the arriving ferocious beasts to pause, which is very inflexible.
During this period, Xu Qing also made a move, catching a venomous snake that was shooting from behind and crushing it directly.
After dealing with all these and finding that Xu Qing had been able to follow him from beginning to end without making any mistakes of a novice, Cross's gaze towards Xu Qing decreased a bit, and he also imparted some experience to him.
"Kid, this restricted area may seem dangerous, but for those of us who have been struggling here, as long as we don't encounter three situations, it's basically safe."
"Keep these three situations in mind." "
The first type is that a strange beast from the depths of the restricted area has come to the outer zone. This situation is not very common, and the area we are active in is actually just the outer zone.
But once we encounter them, it will be extremely dangerous. Because we only know the habits and abilities of the peripheral strange beasts, and the forbidden zone is too vast. There are all kinds of strange beasts inside, with eight different abilities. A moment of inattention and death is inevitable.
"The second one is the singing." At this point, Cross's face showed wariness.
There is a saying circulating in the restricted area here that singing can be heard here, and only one in a hundred people can hear it. But I have never heard singing before. Among us, only Captain Lei has ever heard singing.
Xu Qing looked at Captain Lei.
Captain Lei didn't say a word. He just looked up at the depths of the penalty area, with a faint hint of complexity in his eyes.
Let me talk about the third one. Luan Ya, standing by, smiled and glanced at Xu Qing.
"Child, the third danger here is very common, and that is the fog."
Once the fog emerges, it's like a person going blind, and one is bound to get lost. Moreover, the fog usually exists for a long time. Once one loses their way here and cannot get out in time, being trapped within the restricted area, with the erosion of the alien, one's own alien nature will naturally increase gradually, and this often represents the arrival of death.
But there are two ways to resolve it. One is through fire, and the other is through innate or acquired cultivation, or by someone with strong mental power.
The former only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Although fire can disperse the fog in a small area and restore vision, the fog is strange and the fire cannot last long. As for the latter, usually one and a half can appear in the camp every few decades. Most of these people leave quickly and have better development.
There is a fourth danger, that is, encountering a malicious ambush by the enemy. The wild ghost leading the way said in a muffled voice.
Just as Luan Ya was about to speak, she looked at Lei Team far away in the penalty area and suddenly her expression changed. She let out a low cry.
"Shut up!"
The next moment, the cross bow was drawn, and a faint light appeared in the phoenix-toothed eyes. The barbarian ghost swelled up all over, and Xu Qing's hair stood on end in an instant. A strong threat suddenly came from the dark jungle far away.
Soon, in the pitch darkness, streaks of faint light emerged. They were pairs of eyes, cold and chilly, gazing at everyone.
There are extremely many eyes.
And as these eyes appeared, one by one, the huge wolves, covered all over with black scales and as big as water buffaloes, slowly emerged.
Looking around, there were at least dozens of them. Even in the distance, there seemed to be more, probably no less than several hundred.
And the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from each Wolf reached around the second level, causing the Barbarian ghosts and the others to change their expressions.
"Black-scaled Wolf Pack!"
"They usually only live at the junction of the deep and outer areas of the restricted zone. If they are not within this range, how could they end up here!" "
The cross-shaped pupils contracted, and the Luan Ya beside them also looked somewhat pale.
They were well aware that although individual black-scaled wolves were nothing, such a large number would be a severe test for them.
The most important thing is that the restricted area is rich in heterogeneous energy. Once the spiritual energy within the body is consumed too much, one can only absorb external spiritual energy to replenish it. While fighting, there will inevitably be no time to separate the heterogeneity. In this case, the heterogeneity within the body will accumulate extremely rapidly, and the risk of alienation will increase infinitely.
Xu Qing's breathing was also slightly rapid. The pressure from the Wolf pack was extremely intense.
"You all retreat first. I'll stop them."
As everyone's hearts were shaken, Captain Lei spoke in a deep voice and walked out slowly.
A psychic energy fluctuation, at least twice as much as the cross, burst out from the Thunder Team as they moved forward.
Those wolves also paused in their tracks and all stared at Team Lei.