Chapter 190 Contaminated Area

Seven days later.

Blue sky, white clouds, ancient mountains, primitive ethnic groups, and various mysterious legends.

Along the way, in addition to the twilight elves and harpies, Lei Luo also saw many alien races that were uncommon in human territory, and gradually adapted to the aura of the Hengduan Mountains.

but.

As Lei Luo and the old monster got closer and closer to their destination, the surrounding atmosphere seemed to gradually become different.

With a serious look on his face, Lei Luo came to an ancient tree.

Lei Luo stared at the cancerous scab layer mixed with light blue and pale color on the ancient wood.

As he continues to approach the mutated area, Lei Luo's plant elf physique can no longer hear the sounds of vegetation. These polluted plants seem to be suffering great pain and harbor a deep malice towards themselves.

The scab layer on the ancient wood keeps changing colors, like water waves, which is very strange.

Lei Luo used a scalpel to scrape off some powder.

"Master, there are more and more mutations in the surrounding forests, but they are not abnormal mutations, but mutations tending to another ecological environment."

Corleone held a red sour fruit in his hand.

This sour fruit actually grew a small mouth and swallowed a small lizard, leaving only its hind limbs and tail exposed.

"It is indeed becoming more and more like the environment of the Land of Night, Jiejie Jiejie, this is just a polluted peripheral radiation area."

Lei Luo took a deep breath.

"The Bloody Evil God actually has such power? How could he cause such a vast forest to mutate on such a large scale?"

The old monster threw the sour fruit in his hand to the ground.

The microbial activity in the soil seemed to have become extremely alarming. At a speed visible to the naked eye, the fruit gradually disappeared like a melting ice cube.

"Don't use human eyes to look at the ecological system outside the Land of Star Curtain. The Land of Star Curtain is just a greenhouse suitable for survival developed by humans. This world is far from as simple as you think. Scholars have Very little is known about this world, and even the understanding of the Night Land is limited to superficial biological specimens. Their internal ecological laws are self-contained and completely different from humans."

"knew."

These days, Lei Luo has gained a lot from the old monster's teachings, especially his understanding of the nature of living things and anatomy, as well as his understanding of the ecological food chain.

"Ever since I received the specimens and letters from the old troll witch doctor, I have been basically certain that this place was invaded by blood. Since we humans can go on crusade again and again, it is natural for those creatures to collude with wizards and in turn invade humans. .”

Lei Luo took a deep breath.

Every crusade is a propaganda of the church's faith, an attack by the power of all mankind in the land of Aurora's Great Empire of Light.

In order to gain the support of believers, the church has been promoting the evil and terrifying nature of the Night Land in various ways, rendering it a representative of the devil.

But with the expedition after expedition, the scholars of the Star Curtain Land gradually understood some of the essence.

They are like the extinct Quran fairies.

Born after the great cataclysm of this planet, they tenaciously adapted to the environment of this world, multiplied, and just like humans ruled many alien races in the Land of Star Veil, the Land of Night ruled by blood-born demons also had countless races of all kinds. biological group.

But it is different from the way humans treat many alien races.

The way the blood-derived demons treat foreign races is just like the ancient Lan goblins treating the ancient tribes and humans treating livestock. It is complete captivity and deprivation. It is naked oppression and plunder of the food chain ecosystem.

Although scholars know very little about this world due to the barrier between the Land of Night and the vast sea and the rule of the church, scholars have speculated based on the Land of Night and the ancient civilization that the creatures in this world are likely to follow the most primitive traditions. The cruel rules of the food chain.

The weak eat the strong, natural selection, survival of the fittest.

There is no so-called civilization and moral restraint, only the most instinctive cruelty and wildness of creatures.

Others are hell!

Lei Luo followed the old monster and continued to walk forward.

Along the way, the surrounding ecosystem is undergoing tremendous changes, and the creatures are gradually becoming primitive, cruel, and bloody.

In the sky, a faint red mist gradually began to float.

It's like the first floor of the Sun-Moon Magic Eye Pyramid is filled with unknown oppression, making it difficult to breathe.

At this point, the form of the creatures is completely different from that of the Hengduan Mountains.

There were sounds of fighting ahead.

It was an old pine tree common in the Hengduan Mountains, but at this moment, the leaves of this pine tree had turned blood red. What was even more terrifying was that its branches were actually covered with animal heads, and even several human servants. Soldier's head!

"Tree of Fear!!?"

Lei Luo exclaimed.

According to legend, more than three thousand years ago, an ancient death tree deep in the Thorn Forest mutated.

In one night, it slaughtered all the small tribes it protected and integrated their heads into its own body.

This fear tree has the ability to move, constantly plundering and killing all intelligent creatures it sees, using their heads as its own organs, and gradually evolving incredibly strange and powerful powers, becoming the most widely spread in the thorn forest. nightmare.

but.

The tree of fear in front of us is only about thirty meters tall, and is far less scary than the legend says.

"My mother loves me the most, and you will become a part of my mother!"

The words and expressions of the human head on the branches of the Fear Tree seemed to be as natural as before, and the tone was a little weird, but his consciousness had changed.

A group of mercenaries are fighting this fear tree.

"What kind of monster is this!"

The archers looked horrified and kept shooting arrows.

"Your Majesty the Magician, what should we do?"

The captain of the mercenary team was a rough and arrogant man. He chopped the incoming branches with his heavy sword and threw a torch with his other hand.

But I saw that the surface of this fear tree secreted a layer of red liquid, which smelled like blood, or maybe it was blood. In the chaos, no one had the intention to observe these details. The most important thing was that it was not afraid of flames at all.

It's not so much a tree as it is a monster that looks like a tree!

This is a standard mercenary team, two heavy sword warriors, an archer, a reconnaissance assassin, and a magician.

The magician is a girl in her twenties. Although she still remains calm and rational, her face is equally pale.

He waved his magic wand and a firebird flew out.

There was some dark red mist around, which seemed to have a certain inhibitory effect on the flame energy. After the firebird landed on the giant tree, only a few sparks were left.

"Don't get entangled by it. Those heads are the humans it swallowed. It can read the thoughts of food and become part of it. It is probably a mutated tree monster contaminated by something."

"This monster, I don't want my head to grow on it, I would rather die!"

"ah……"

The female archer was caught by a branch and hung in the air.

She screamed and struggled, and from the bark of the tree holding her ankles, red blood vessels that looked like hairs protruded and penetrated into her body.

"Kill me, kill me quickly! Woohoo, I don't want to be such a monster!!"

The female archer screamed in despair.

At this moment!

Everyone's bodies froze inexplicably.

It's like falling into a bottomless ice cave.

The world in his eyes is only the most monotonous black and white.

Time seemed to slow down, and in mid-air, the dripping blood became slower and slower, split into two, two into four, four into eight, getting smaller and smaller until it was completely swallowed up by the dim light filled with silent darkness.

Time seems to stand still, and the frozen soul loses the ability to think.

A rickety figure slowly walked towards the strange tree.

The dark red tentacles like tobacco shredded in the soil under the rickety old man's feet disappeared into ashes with a "pop".

He slowly raised his palm,

The hand covered with dark light reached out to the trunk of the strange tree covered with smelly dark red viscous liquid.

Gudong, Gudong, Gudong...

When the skinny old hand retracted, he pulled out a heart.

No.

To be precise, it's a bug hive, but it beats like a heart.

"Jiejiejiejie."

There was a sinister laugh, a sharp squeeze of the skinny old palm, a "bang" explosion in the heart, and countless red bugs the size of rice grains scattered densely.

These bugs seemed a little uncomfortable with the outside air. After squirming a little on the ground, they stiffened and turned into stones!

influenced by.

The dark red viscous and smelly liquid on the surface of the Fear Tree is like melted ice cream, constantly flowing.

The lifelike human faces on the branches also turned into twisted and old faces at a speed visible to the naked eye. They made a faint hoarse sound like dying, and there was more air coming out and less air coming in.

Bang.

The female archer hanging in mid-air fell to the ground.

"hiss……"

Everyone looked at the old monster in disbelief, gasped, and looked a little confused.

Lei Luo came to the female archer's side, and in her panic, he placed his palms filled with the black smoke of the Moon Shadow Wraith on her ankles.

"You're infected."

Lei Luo's voice was calm.

The other members of the mercenary group looked over one after another. Only the mercenary captain kept thanking the old monster Corleone.

The female archers are young.

He looks younger than Lei Luo, only eighteen or nineteen years old. He is very uncomfortable with Lei Luo grabbing his ankle like this, but fear overcomes shyness. A blush appears on the trembling pale cheeks. He has short wavy flaxen hair. The deep blue eyes looked at Lei Luo expectantly.

The female magician asked anxiously: "Is the parasitic infection malignant? What should I do?"

Lei Luo thought about it, and used the insignificant power of the sun in his hand as the most precise scalpel. The pale golden claw light was only the size of a nail clipper, which was almost negligible compared to those demonic hills. It first cut off the blood vessels extending into the female archer's body.

"Master, what are these parasites? How to deal with them?"

Lei Luo shouted.

Corleone glanced at the female archer with his dead eyes.

"Just give her a bottle of natural life energy potion. Natural energy is fatal to these blood derivatives, but you must pay attention to excretion. After being exposed to natural energy, they will undergo some energy changes and harden."

"I have gold coins, please save me!"

The girl quickly took out a gold coin and a dozen silver coins, looked at Lei Luo pleadingly, and grabbed Lei Luo's palm.

"Ahem."

With a flash of Lei Luo's hand, Xiaobai and Lili appeared.

"Where is this?"

Xiaobai noticed the strange environment around him and instinctively felt uncomfortable.

Lei Luo chuckled and took out a copper coin and a reagent.

"Ask Lili to urinate a little into this little bottle, and the copper coin will be yours."

"Huh? What you said is true!"

Xiaobai jumped up excitedly when he heard the copper coins.

After a while, Lei Luo accepted the gold and silver coins from the female archer. Xiaobai, who was holding the copper coins, excitedly returned to the space bracelet with Lili, and kept talking about nine pieces of butter candy.

Everyone who witnessed this scene couldn't help but open their mouths.

The female archer looked a little ugly. She actually wanted to drink that little thing's urine?

But after seeing the fear tree, she no longer dared to hesitate and swallowed the potion in one gulp.