"We, the Zoogs, are very hospitable. Come, pour us a glass of wine."
Inside the dense forest, under Peacock and Malachite's shocked gaze, the giant white rat patted its belly as it walked out.
The existence of the Zoogs was not a secret but they normally did not show themselves to the public. This was the first time the two had seen one so closely.
'Young man? ' They could not tell how old the nightmare man was, the face that was completely ruined made it impossible to tell. But even if the Elder Zoog called Atal young man, it would make sense. But they could not understand how the nightmare man managed to get involved with this little thing.
"Haha, I'm a friend now." Gu Jun looked around, "Where are my old friends, where are they?"
"They have returned to their village with their harvest." The Elder Zoog said, "Young man, now we have food and you have health and freedom, isn't that a happy ending? Actually I had this plan in mind when I decided to hand you over to the black merchants … "
"So you've been planning this?" Gu Jun chuckled, "Old man, do you think I'll believe you? You know how the black merchants treat their slaves, right? "His voice chilled," Don't think you'll be able to get away with this. "
There was a flapping around them as the Zoogs crawled out from behind the trees and the soil. There were thousands of them, they swarmed over each other.
They cursed, "Don't cross the line!" "It was us who saved you, what's wrong with earning a few hens?" "How the black merchants treat you is their business, it has nothing to do with us Zoogs!"
"Mr. Nightmare Man …" Peacock really felt pressured. There were too many of them, if they attacked together, they would not be able to kill them all.
"Silence!" The Elder Zoog scolded his tribesmen, "We have indeed failed to treat our guests well. Sir, tell us, how do you wish to resolve this? "
The Zoogs patted their stomachs and grumbled. They had already mentally prepared themselves for the loss of at least 1000 hens, quails and pheasants.
"I hear you have a way to leave this world and travel to other worlds." Gu Jun said. This Elder Zoog was cunning but he did not plan to waste time with him. "How can I return to my original world? Also, I want you to help me get rid of these vines on my feet. "
Peacock and Malachite were stunned, Mr. Nightmare Man … wanted to return to his destroyed home world?
"Solution?" The Elder Zoog's beady eyes shifted like he was calculating something. "In this world, wherever there is a forest or a hole, we Zoogs will be there. Therefore, we have some understanding of the method you want to know. "
Gu Jun's head shook. He finally found the hope of returning home.
Rodents were indeed ubiquitous. Even if a house mouse appeared in the school's ultra-clean laboratory, he wouldn't be particularly surprised.
"How about this? We will provide you with help." The Elder Zoog patted his chin and said, "You can give us a small gift as proof of our friendship. You only need 3,000 hens, 3,000 …"
"What did you say?" Gu Jun interrupted him. He stared into his beady eyes and his gaze sharpened. "I didn't hear you clearly, can you repeat it?"
"I meant as a friend." The Elder Zoog continued to pat his chin. His expression did not change. "We should help each other, we will do our best to help you."
The surrounding Zoogs were annoyed but wherever there was dissatisfaction, the Nightmare Man glanced at them and they all supported the elder's decision.
Peacock shook her head. Even the black merchants could not resist the nightmare man's gaze, much less a mere Zoog.
"Then how do I return?" Gu Jun asked. "My place is called Earth, the third planet in the solar system."
"Sir, we don't know anything about the Sun Stream." The Elder Zoog paced around as he patted his body and the trees.
"We Zoogs like to look around and listen. Sometimes, when we walk around a certain place, it feels like we've entered a different world. Normally, we'll just take a look and walk back because there's no better place than this. But after some time, we've discovered some rules. It's easy to come here but difficult to go back because there's only one dream world and there are thousands of other worlds. "
"That's a general rule." The Elder Zoog continued, "The second rule is that the channel that connects two worlds will randomly appear at the corresponding location. You understand, at a place like Leng, the other world is also a world of ice and snow but at the Enchanted Forest, it also leads to a forest. "
Gu Jun nodded silently. Peacock and the rest had said that humans entered Leng from the south pole. And the white ship he took went from sea to sea.
"Thirdly, the channels usually appear at hidden locations, caves are the most common. Fourthly, the channels are not stable, they might appear for a day and disappear the next day, or even disappear after a month. The more we use the channel, the faster it will collapse. "
"There are no stable channels?" Gu Jun paid attention to the Elder Zoog's gaze.
"Perhaps there are but we haven't discovered any." The Elder Zoog did not appear to be lying.
"Then we only need to find a channel to return?" He asked, "Will all the channels work?"
"That's where the biggest problem lies." The Elder Zoog said and the Zoogs around him nodded in agreement. "It's not hard to find a channel for you but the difficult part is locating the path. Or else you might end up in a world ruled by gorillas, who knows? "
"Then what do we do?"
"Sir, you know what a lighthouse is, right? Not all Zoogs know what a lighthouse is. When you walk into the channel, it's like you're walking on a black sea. It can lead to many worlds and only the corresponding lighthouse can bring you back. You need to bring something from your original world to act as a lighthouse. "
"But the things we brought here will melt immediately." Gu Jun said darkly. Would the Carlop machines lead him to the foreign world?
"That's why I said that is the biggest problem." The Elder Zoog clapped his hands.
Gu Jun pondered, 'Does that med kit count?' At least there was a chance but before that, there was another problem. "Are there any channels nearby?"
"No, there aren't that many channels. The probability of them appearing in different places is different at different seasons. The Enchanted Forest only appears in spring. Currently we only know of 3 channels, one is at Elhosk, one is at Nartos Valley and the last is at Bnazic Desert. "
'Bnazic Desert? ' Gu Jun looked at Peacock and the Elder Zoog and asked, "Which one is the closest?"
"Bnazic Desert!" Peacock quickly said, "You can reach it in 10 days from here but the other two will take more than half a month."
"Yes." The Elder Zoog patted his head. "That's right."
Peacock realized this was a good opportunity so she urged, "Mr. Nightmare Man, why don't we go to Bnazic Desert? If it's on the way, why don't you follow us back to our tribe? "
Gu Jun thought about it. It would be faster to go to Bnazic Desert so that would be the best choice.
He could see whether their story was real or not and if it was, he could ask the professors what was going on.
He thought of something else and asked the two, "Do you have anything from our home world? Something like a holy relic? " Even though Peacock had said that they could not bring anything from the 10,000 kindling, considering that he and Wu Shiyu could have brought something with them, was there more to Peacock's story?
Malachite frowned and was about to say something when Peacock stopped her partner and said seriously, "Yes, we do have a few items."
Gu Jun looked at her, he could not tell whether she was lying or not.
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