These giant dragonflies seemed to have a good temper, otherwise they would not have let the advance group hitch a ride.
Judging from the style of the advance group, this was not the first time they had used this method to go down the mountain, and these giant dragonflies might have some impression of them. But according to Ta, as long as they did not provoke them or attack them, they would not mind hitching a ride and were willing to give them a ride.
Looking down from the backs of the dragonflies, the forest below looked very peaceful. Of course, this was just the surface. The land below was even more dangerous than the forest they had passed through on their last hunting route.
The law of the jungle also applied here. In some places where trees were too dense, there would be a lot of competition for nutrients. Shao Xuan occasionally saw some withered trees. These trees were very large and looked like they had hundreds of years of history. Their roots were intertwined. However, such a tree was withered. There was no wormhole, and the trunk was not cracked. But Ta told Shao Xuan that it had been "killed" by the cooperation of the surrounding trees.
The battle of the plants could be on the ground, or it could be under the ground. If they dug the ground, they would see that the withered tree's underground roots had all been cut off by the roots of the surrounding trees.
"Attention, we need to get ready to go down!" Ta reminded Shao Xuan.
They could not follow the group of dragonflies all the time. Their destinations were different. After riding for a while, they parted ways.
The swarm of dragonflies was very large. The forty or so people of the advance group were not all gathered together. Even if the dragonflies were next to each other in the beginning, as the swarm of dragonflies flew and changed their formation, they soon disappeared.
"Jump!"
Shao Xuan did not use any strength at all. He was carried by Ta and jumped down.
Ta chose to land on a plant that stood there like a tall building. He fell on a huge leaf near the top. The leaf cushioned some of the force, and Ta jumped down when the group of dragonflies flew a little lower, so he did not get hurt.
After landing safely, Shao Xuan was put down.
The leaf under their feet was a little cold and not smooth.
In other places in the air, the team members found suitable landing points one after another and jumped down.
"Let's go."
Ta asked Shao Xuan to follow them. This time, he didn't carry Shao Xuan, but he had promised the Shaman that he would bring Shao Xuan back safely, so he had to keep an eye on him.
"Be alert and react quickly," Tower said.
"Yes." Shao Xuan followed Tower and jumped from the top leaf to the bottom leaf. He had to be careful not to roll down the leaf.
Only the top one-third of the plant had leaves. Further down, there was only the thick stem.
Ta deliberately slowed down, and Shao Xuan followed him to slide down along the stem.
The trees near the ground were not as bright as above. The plants were too dense, and the branches blocked too much of Yang Guang. Only a small part of the light could be seen through the gaps. It was obviously cooler down there, but the light was enough for Shao Xuan to see his surroundings.
Here, Shao Xuan had a feeling that he had become smaller, or the world had become bigger.
The last time he went out hunting, he had seen many ancient trees and large ferocious beasts, but he didn't feel as small as he did now.
Even the mushroom was as big as a wooden house. How could he not feel small?
Close to the roots of the tall plant near the ground, Ta blew a whistle to summon the others who had landed.
The whistle was deeper, not as loud as the whistles of other hunting groups. It was specially used in this place.
A slight sound came from not far away. It was hard to hear it if one didn't listen carefully.
Shao Xuan tilted his head to look and saw a few thin vines that looked like straw ropes extending quickly towards them.
Shao Xuan and Tower both stood in the direction of the vines, but Shao Xuan felt that the vines seemed to be targeting him.
Whoosh!
A small stone knife was nailed to the ground, and cut off the tip of the vines that were extending towards them.
The vines that were cut off immediately stopped extending, and quickly shrank back, as if they were scared.
Tower went over and took back the stone knife, and said to Shao Xuan, "Don't treat them as dead things, or you will be the one to die. Besides, many of them know how to avoid the strong. You are the weakest in our group. "
Sure enough, he had become a target again.
The ferocious beasts in the forest would attack the cubs of other races when they had the chance. But here, even the plants knew how to find the weak ones, and couldn't handle the strong ones.
Shao Xuan had heard in his last life that plants also had five senses, including sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It was just that many people didn't pay attention to it. But now, Shao Xuan had a deep understanding of the five senses of these plants.
Soon, the other warriors who had landed in other places also gathered here. After counting the number of people, they continued to set off. But this time, they were divided into two groups, and went in two directions to search for the tasks assigned by the Shaman.
In this way, there were only twenty people in Shao Xuan's group.
It was impossible for the people in the advance group to be familiar with every inch of this vast green area, but they could tell the direction. As long as they had the Yang Guang, they wouldn't get lost. Their route was basically the same.
In the forest, they could hear the chirping of birds, insects, and all kinds of sounds made by some plants. Sometimes, it sounded like someone was knocking on a door, and the sound echoed in the forest. Sometimes, the sound made Shao Xuan think of the sound made by the turning of the iron head of a mast.
Running in the forest with Tower and the others, Shao Xuan saw all kinds of plants and weapons. One moment, it was quiet and peaceful, and the next moment, it became a bloody storm.
Shao Xuan once saw a plant whose smooth leaves could be turned into saws or knives in an instant. It cut up the animals or other plants around it, and then buried them in the ground around it to increase its nutrition.
There were also some carnivorous plants. Some of them were similar to the caterpillars and nepenthes he had seen in his previous life, and some were more ferocious, and belonged to the aggressive type. Generally, the people in the advance group would avoid them, because they were not to be trifled with.
"Let's take a rest. Tuo and Keke go get some water." After running for half a day, Tower said to Shao Xuan.
What the Shaman was looking for was not here. They had to run for a while to find it.
There was no river around, not even a stream. While Shao Xuan was puzzled, he saw Tuo and Keke come to a plant with thick leaves, and cut the surface of the stem with a stone knife. It took several cuts to make a crack. The wall was too thick to be cut open with only one cut, and even if the crack was cut open, it would soon close up.
Clear green liquid flowed out from the slit, bringing with it a faint sweet smell. Tuo and Keke took the water bottle and collected the liquid.
The liquid would also attract other insects, so except for Tuo, Keke, and Shao Xuan who went to get water, the others were on guard around. They would kill any insects that came. Some of them were on guard against the sky, and some were on guard against the other directions of the forest. Only two people were left to get water.
"Xuan, throw the water bottle to me!" Tuo, who was getting water, said.
Tuo didn't let Shao Xuan get close to the plant, so Shao Xuan stood about ten meters away. Hearing Tuo's words, Shao Xuan threw the empty gourd to him.
When it was filled with water, Tuo threw the gourd to him, and continued to ask the next team member to throw the water bottle.
The green liquid attracted a lot of insects, all of which were relatively large. A random beetle was nearly one meter long.
"Hurry up!" Tower urged them.
There was a swarm of insects flying towards them from afar. With only twenty people, they could not fight against those insects.
When the last water bottle was taken, the insects were about two hundred meters away, enough for them to leave.
"Let's go!"
After getting the water, they had to leave immediately.
"What are those?" Shao Xuan asked when they were standing on a leaf to take a rest after leaving a certain distance.
"We call them Ripper. The plant we just took water from can recover quickly after we get the water. The cut will be healed, and the water will be reabsorbed by it. Then it will protect itself with a thick wall. Many insects can't do anything to it, or they will leave when they can't smell it. But Ripper is different. Most of the plants will die if they encounter a Ripper," Tuo said.
The insect called Ripper, as its name suggested, had blade-like forelimbs for tearing and cutting. The Ripper was a carnivore. It could suck the juice of plants, and also the blood of animals. It often flew in groups.
The people in the advance group did not want to fight with the Ripper. First of all, the Ripper's swarm was too lethal. Second of all, the insects were too smelly. If they got the smell, they might not be able to get rid of it by the time they returned from hunting.
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