Chapter 3 A Forest Without Soul Beasts

He hit a fork in the road.

No, it doesn't count as a fork in the road. In this natural soul beast forest, where no human beings exist, there is no man-made path. In front of him, there are actually only two forest paths that can be walked, but the degree of danger is unknown.

"This...left or right?" Uchiha Uranium frowned. Although he didn't encounter a soul beast at the moment, it was necessary to race against time. It was noon now, and it was still safe.

Once night falls, all kinds of terrifying flesh-eating soul beasts begin to hunt, and with their current state, it may be difficult to resist. And once you go the wrong way and walk into the soul beast's lair unknowingly, it will be too embarrassing.

"Let's go."

After hesitating for a moment, Uchiha Uranium decided to divert a little and continue on the left.

Because the ground is very muddy, the surrounding vine roots, rotten leaves and slippery rocks all make his progress very slow, and the sun in the sky is getting more and more poisonous. sore.

He was already used to the unpleasant smell in the air. He really didn't expect that the Star Dou Great Forest actually has a landform environment like this wetland and swamp. Originally, he thought it was all trees and forests. I guess this place is also looking for it. If there is no clean living water source, even if there is, it is a must for many soul beasts. Tonight at the latest, the real wild survival will begin.

Water, food, shelter. He has not achieved any of the three elements of survival so far. Uchiha Uranium can only hope that the next road will be better. He is not very worried about the food and water sources. There is at least enough food in the space soul tool for him to eat for about ten days. It is really difficult for him. Still nowhere to sleep.

He was really afraid that if he fell asleep, he would wake up in the belly of a soul beast the next day.

"Didn't you say that the Great Star Dou Forest is a paradise for soul beasts? How come you haven't seen a soul beast for more than two hours?"

After a while, Uchiha Uranium found a relatively clean stone with a slightly flat top, climbed up, sat on it and began to rest. The doubts about the disappearance of soul beasts for no reason still lingered in my heart and did not dissipate.

This is definitely not normal. Compared with the forest, the density of soul beasts must be relatively large. No matter how slow he is, he will not think that the forest without soul beasts is normal. There is definitely something wrong with it.

"Is it really in the territory of high-level soul beasts?" After thinking about it, Uchiha Uranium can only come to this conclusion. There is no way. According to the existing observations, this is the only reason, but this possibility It's not too high, and high-level soul beasts also need to eat well. Now that I can't meet a low-level herbivorous soul beast, is it possible that this high-level soul beast drinks the northwest wind?

"Where is the problem? Forget it, don't think about it for now, hurry up and eat something, and then go on." He has been in this place for more than two hours, and he has not eaten anything yet. In this room, food and water should be eaten when he can't take it anymore, but he seems to have overestimated his endurance.

Eating is a simple naan made of dried meat, nuts, flour, eggs, and seasonal vegetables. It is large in size, about 60 centimeters in size, round, thin on both sides, two to three centimeters, and thick in the middle, about six centimeters. Shelf life, he found it in the kitchen at home.

The taste is very good, but you have to chew it carefully. At his age, if he eats too fast, he will accidentally get his teeth out, and he has a small appetite. It is conservatively estimated that such a piece of cake will be enough for him to eat for two to three days. .

After eating for about a quarter of an hour, Uchiha Uranium burped with satisfaction, then took out water and took a few sips. At this point, the rest time was over, and he wanted to keep walking forward. Right now, this place is not suitable for resting at night. It's muddy water, unless you sleep in a tree.

Pack up your luggage, turn over and step off the boulder, and continue to walk forward. Push away the plants that are in your way, split the thorns with a sharp machete, tear off the cobwebs tangled in your body, and pat off the slippery moss. Uchiha Uranium is walking in this uninhabited jungle,

Trying to carve out a way to walk.

The dense jungle that covered the sky suddenly sparsely sparse, gradually revealing the blue sky.

The sound of the river flowing gradually became clear, and soon after, a small river appeared in the boy's field of vision.

Both sides of the river are covered with dense and unknown aquatic plants. The river water is not turbulent, but the water quality is somewhat turbid. The dark green floating algae float on the water surface. As the water moves forward, it is impossible to see how deep this small river is. But the river was a bit wide, and he didn't use tools, so it was difficult to pass the river.

Under the eyes of the young man, he knew that this river was not something he could live through. There are no trees growing on both sides around, and he can't move the rotten tree trunks to make a bridge, not to mention the unknown danger in the water.

He didn't dare to set foot in the river water easily, and since the river can nourish so many floating algae, it must be eutrophication of the water body, and the floating algae cover the water surface, and the algae bloom in large quantities will make the water hypoxic. In this river water, ordinary fish must be Can't live. There is no artificial salvage here, and looking at the situation, the entire river surface has not yet been covered. Among them, there must be herbivorous soul beasts that feed on floating algae.

If there are herbivorous soul beasts, there should be carnivores.

I'm afraid this river can't be drunk either. There are too many impurities in the water and the water is turbid. Uchiha Uranium knows that there is nothing on him that can filter the water source, and it is difficult to achieve safe and pollution-free consumption with the filtering method he knows, but this river is the only water source that he has found so far. Guang, I am afraid that no matter how dirty it is, I will drink it with my nose pinched.

"How to do it....."

Uchiha Uranium looked at the turbid river, and then looked around, there was nothing worth borrowing, and the environment across this river was a little tangled for a while. Is it to venture across the river, or to return far away?

After a while, Uchiha Uranium made a decision that he could not return, otherwise all his time would be wasted on finding the way. He had to walk along the edge of the river. This area is a ten-year to a hundred-year-old soul beast area. Soul skills are enough to face most dangers. Moreover, the source of water is a must for creatures to pass through. If you can encounter a soul beast, you can directly live in the ready-made nest along the traces, completely saving yourself a series of trivial tasks such as creating shelters and delineating safe areas.

After determining the route, Uchiha Uranium began to move forward. He did not walk directly by the river, but separated a little distance to ensure a certain degree of safety.

The surrounding trees seem to be close to the water source, and the trunks and roots are covered with moss, which is very slippery. A teenager alone climbs the slippery, high uplifted roots, and there is a risk of falling. What's more, he has a bulky package on his back.

Uchiha Uranium carefully walked along the river.

The river is gurgling, with duckweed and floating algae drifting together, the two sides are lush and lush, and the vegetation is quite lush.

He walked for about two hours, and the sky was getting dark.

The river surface gradually widened, the water quality gradually became clearer, and the ground began to have a little hardness. Not only did the river surface widen, the trees on both sides also sparsed, the dense vegetation was replaced by weeds and bushes, the tall trees receded, the sun was shining directly in, and the hot and humid air was blown away by the cool gust of wind.

Uchiha Uranium looked back, looked at the road opened up behind him, and the complicated and twisted roots of tree vines, and then looked at the refreshing lake in the forest in front of him. Sure enough, he guessed right. Since it is living water, there must be a source. If the source is found, it must be clean water. He has had enough of this muddy ground.

"It's finally out. It's really strange that this wetland rainforest environment doesn't even have flying insects. No, this place, this water source location, why doesn't this place even have a soul beast that drinks water?"

Around the lake in the forest, you can clearly see the footprints of beasts, but the creepy thing is that there is nothing around, not like a paradise of soul beasts, more like a lifeless hell.

"Where the hell am I?"