An exotic beast with curved horns on its head that looked like a dog was drinking water by the lake shore. The calm surface of the lake reflected its figure. Right at this moment, ripples appeared on the surface of the lake. Suddenly, a black object appeared, giving the exotic beast a fright. It quickly retreated and sized up the uninvited guest warily.
What emerged from the lake was the amphibious battleship Tiger Shark. Lake water flowed down the surface of the battleship, and there were still a few strings of water grass hanging on the body of the battleship. There were also many scratches on the surface, which had been scratched when passing through the passageway in the depths of the lake.
The battleship sailed over the lake and stopped at the shore. Then, a deck under the cabin door extended over the lake shore. The anchors at both ends of the deck rotated and sank into the ground. Only after the deck was firmly fixed did the cabin door open.
Allen crawled out of the door and looked up at the sky. Indeed, from the valley, the sky above the towering mountains was clear. There was no sign of a storm at all. It was completely different from the scenery outside. He narrowed his eyes and walked across the deck to the shore.
Lucy and the others and the Rattlesnake squad passed through the deck and temporarily rested by the shore. The tracking expert took out the tactical board and spread it out. Then, he shook his head at Rachel. They still couldn't contact the stronghold here, even though the Tiger Shark had its own signal enhancement device. Rachel reported this situation to Allen, which meant that they couldn't get any reinforcements in this valley.
Allen didn't say anything and just nodded.
Beside him, Bai and Smiller both looked up at the sky. Allen said softly, "You guys all noticed it, right?"
Bai and the imperial general exchanged glances, and the two of them nodded at the same time. Lucy, Rachel, and the others looked over in confusion. Allen pointed to the sky and said, "I think there's something like a home field in this valley. Not only does that thing isolate electronic signals, but it also isolates our connection with the void. You guys haven't broken through the Level-30 barrier yet, so you can't feel it, but we can clearly feel it. "
"It's like we're in a large egg. The thick eggshell isolates us from the outside world. Here, the Ruler's combat strength would be greatly weakened. After all, he could not sense the void, so he could not replenish his Origin Energy from the void. In other words, in terms of Origin Energy consumption, we are no different from you in this place. On the contrary, it might even deplete faster. "
Bai snorted, "Then use it sparingly."
"Yes, use it sparingly. However, I believe that this home field is not natural. It is definitely man-made. If it was man-made, then it could be destroyed. As long as we destroy the thing that generates the home field advantage, we can regain our advantage. Before that, let's save some money, "Allen said with a smile. He didn't care about this restriction at all.
After everyone was done resting, the group set off. They walked towards the forest at the end of the plain. Allen roughly estimated that with the lake as their starting point, the further they went, the more open the terrain on both sides became. It was difficult to estimate how big the world in the valley suddenly became.
Similarly, the forest that Rachel and the others arrived at was definitely not the end. The journey through the plains was smooth but dull. Apart from seeing some unknown beasts passing by occasionally, they could not see anything else.
These beasts were also very different from the animals outside the valley. During the journey, he chatted with Rachel and learned that there were a few types of beasts here that were ancient species that had already gone extinct in the Garden of Eden. That was also the information he learned after returning to the stronghold to report. A biological expert had retrieved the corresponding fossil information from the archive and used the artificial intelligence system to restore it. In the end, the form they obtained was very similar to what Rachel had seen in the valley.
Because of this, the stronghold's biological research institute was very interested in this valley. If not for the fact that there was a snake nest in the world inside the valley, the research institute would have sent a team into the valley to collect specimens.
"Perhaps the beasts inside are all living fossils." Allen said softly, "This valley isolates the outside world. What we see now is not what the Garden of Eden looked like in the distant past."
Lucy nodded and said, "That's indeed possible. Due to the special geography of some planets, the ecology of a certain area will be maintained in a distant state, so living fossils will always be found in these places."
"The universe is really mysterious." Rachel also sighed.
Allen nodded and then stopped. They were on a high slope, and below them was the forest that Rachel and the others had been to. This forest was dark, and it was as if they were in the dark night. Thus, Rachel gave it a name, the Forest of Dark Night.
The Forest of Dark Night was very wide. Even with Allen's eyesight, he could not see the end. In fact, when Allen's vision fell into the distance of the forest, his vision would become blurry. He changed directions several times, and it was the same. He became more and more certain that this world in the valley had a home field at work. Without a doubt, from the nature of this home field, it was mainly used for protection.
It had already displayed its special characteristics, such as spatial isolation and visual range limitation. These were all to prevent enemies from figuring out the environment of this place and other relevant information in a short period of time.
Allen looked down. At the place where the plains connected to the forest, there was a very obvious grassless belt. The greenery that covered the plains had completely disappeared there, as if it was a warning. And here, there were no traces of exotic beast activity. No exotic beast casually approached the forest.
"Let's go. Let's see if we can pass through this forest during the day. Otherwise, we can only spend the night in this forest."
Allen said. It was still daytime, and there was still some time before noon. But with the scale of this forest, one day was probably not enough to pass through it.
As for spending the night in the forest, perhaps Allen and the others didn't think much of it. But to the Rattlesnake team, it was definitely not a comfortable thing. With their previous experience, if possible, they didn't want to spend the night in this dangerous forest.
However, things didn't change because of their wishes. Just as Allen expected, this forest was very, very vast. They were still in the forest when the sky was completely dark. During this time, Allen looked around from a high vantage point, and saw that there was a sea of trees all around them. From this, it could be seen that they probably hadn't reached the center of the forest yet.
So vast!
After Allen nodded in agreement, the Rattlesnake team cleared out a campsite, set up tents, and started a fire. The female members of the team and Lucy prepared dinner for everyone. They hadn't eaten anything since entering the valley, and now, apart from Allen and the others, everyone else was tired and hungry.
The empire's general, Smiller, left the campsite. Allen had him patrol the surroundings to see if he could find anything suspicious. The last time they entered the forest, they were attacked not long after. This time, however, they had been walking in the forest for a whole day, and nothing had happened.
The Dark Night Forest was indeed very strange. There were no signs of animal activity in the forest, and even birds were completely extinct. This was very unusual. The only explanation was that this forest had always been the territory of the lizards and their close relatives. Other creatures didn't even dare to approach, let alone enter the forest.
Moreover, there was only one type of tree in this forest, and that was an ancient tree that couldn't be named. Their trunks were straight, and their canopies were very large and dense, like umbrellas that held up the sky. There were many densely packed tree vines hanging down from the canopies. When the wind blew, countless tree vines would sway together, giving off a gloomy and terrifying feeling.
When Allen cut open the trunk, a smelly sap would flow out. Debang collected some and did a simple analysis on the spot. It was found that the sweat contained poisonous ingredients. If it was volatilized, it would form a hallucinogenic gas.
But other than that, there was nothing else worth paying attention to about these ancient trees.
Soon, the camp was filled with the aroma of food. Smiller had also finished his work and returned. He stuck the cone spear into the ground and half-knelt as he reported, "Your Majesty, everything is normal."
Allen nodded. In the Dark Night Forest, normal was the biggest abnormality. Although there was no evidence, Allen felt as if there was a pair of eyes staring at them.
Perhaps the lizards already knew that they were coming.
After dinner, Rachel arranged for the team members to be on duty. He saw Allen and Bai sitting together, and they seemed to be talking about something. He hesitated for a while, then walked over.
Allen was asking Bai if he felt anything. Bai, who had evolved from a king snake, had a much sharper sense in the wild than Allen. However, Bai did not seem to notice. He said frankly, "I feel as if a layer of cream has been poured on my eyes. Although I can barely see the outside world, I can't see clearly."
At this moment, Rachel walked over. Allen looked up and smiled. "Thank you for your hard work today."
Bai Zhiji left. Rachel scratched his head. "It's our honor to serve Your Highness."
Allen patted a rock beside him. "It's tiring to stand and talk. Sit down."
The black captain was flattered. He sat down and sighed. "If Your Highness didn't make this trip personally, I'm afraid we wouldn't have the courage to come back."
"Is that so? I don't think so. It's not that you don't have the courage to come back. It's just that you don't want to remember the bad memories here. "
Rachel nodded. "Perhaps, but no matter what, we have to thank you, Your Highness."
Allen shook his head. "There's no need for that. What I did wasn't because of you. It was more related to myself."
While they were chatting, Smiller went outside the camp alone. He said that he could not leave the safety of the Devil Shadow Kingdom's emperor to a group of unruly people, so he insisted on being on duty. Allen did not refuse. At this moment, he was far away from the camp. When he looked back, he could not hear what Allen and the rest were talking about. He could only hear faint voices.
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