The further Ye Chong went, the more uneasy he felt. It was too quiet here. At first, he could still hear the occasional chirping of insects, but now it was completely silent. His footsteps on the thick layer of decaying leaves were strangely ear-piercing in the silence of the forest.
His nerves were tense, and he looked around from time to time.
He breathed in the humid air, and felt a chill in his heart. As Ye Chong moved forward, the density of the vegetation increased.
There were all sorts of strange plants, and it was a dazzling sight. If anyone were to suddenly stand in Ye Chong's position, they would think that they were in a botanical garden. In this place where almost no sunlight could reach, the growth of these plants was so good that it was strange.
The verdant leaves and the brightly colored flowers were beautiful yet soul-stirring.
Ye Chong's eyelids twitched. Looking at the plants in front of him, even someone as bold as him couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Starflower, vampiric vine, arrowtooth leaf …
Heavens! What kind of world is this?
Ye Chong did not dare to move. His eyes finally fell on the grayish-brown plant with blue zebra patterns on its trunk. The plant was covered with countless silver-gray tubes, as thick as chopsticks, that looked like countless silver-gray metal wind chimes. Ye Chong's eyelids twitched again, but he did not dare to take another step forward.
Scientific name: Silver-Tubular Blue-Spotted Silk Palm, also known as Spider Web Palm. Sensing range of 7 to 10 meters. Preys on animals. Once an animal passed by, the silver tube would eject a web-like substance with a structure similar to a spider web. There were barbs growing out of the web, containing a strong nerve paralysis poison. The poison was extremely potent.
Information about the tree flashed through Ye Chong's mind. In the chip given to him by Lunatic Guan, the silver-tubular Blue-Spotted Silk Palm's danger rating was rated as 4 stars. As for this Spider Web Palm, Ye Chong looked up at the countless silver tubes, and his scalp went numb. He quickly increased the danger rating by half a star. He remembered that there were only a few dozen silver tubes on the Spiderweb Brown Tree in the chip, unlike this one, which was densely packed and uncountable.
Ye Chong swallowed hard, and became more cautious. Ignorance is bliss. If he had not learned alchemy from Lunatic Guan, he would not have understood the deadly danger hidden beneath this stunning beauty.
Ye Chong did not dare to move. He studied his surroundings carefully, not missing a single spot. His luck just now was amazing. If he had taken a few more steps forward, he would have become a corpse by now.
Good luck could not accompany him forever, and he could not entrust his fate to this illusory luck.
The more he looked, the colder he felt. He finally understood why there were no animals here. He believed that no animal could survive in such an environment. This was simply a paradise for dangerous plants. Eighty percent of the dangerous plants in Lunatic Guan's microchip could be found here.
Ye Chong wondered if Lunatic Guan had been here before.
These dangerous plants turned this place into a real forest of death.
Looking behind him, the endless and varied dangerous plants were enough to kill him a hundred times over. Even with his mental fortitude, he could not help but feel a lingering fear in his heart. To him, it was a miracle that he was still safe and sound after entering this place in a muddle-headed manner.
Ye Chong could not help but feel a headache. How was he going to leave this godforsaken place? The only thing that comforted him was that he did not have to worry about his pursuers or those mysterious ambushers here. This place was truly a land of death. Other than an outsider like him who would enter unknowingly, the locals would definitely avoid this place.
Going back was impossible now. In fact, Ye Chong was completely lost. The vegetation here was dense, and he could no longer find his tracks. Without the help of equipment or experience, it was easy for an average person to get lost in the dense forest. Ye Chong also knew that the path he had taken earlier was not a straight line.
There was no such thing as going forward or backward now. Every direction was the same for him.
When the situation could not get any worse, it was easier for a person to calm down.
His first priority now was not to find a way out. That was a little unrealistic at the moment. What he needed to do now was to survive in this forest.
No matter the time, opportunities were always given to those who were most prepared. This was indeed a wise saying. Lunatic Guan's chip contained a vast amount of knowledge. Not only that, it also contained the Guan Family's automatic analysis mechanism. If an average person had it, they would most likely use it as a personal dictionary, which they could use whenever they needed it. It was simple and easy, and did not require much thought.
However, Ye Chong did not. He knew that only the knowledge in his mind, and understood by himself, belonged to him. He had spent countless hours memorizing all the knowledge in the chip. This knowledge had now become his greatest asset in surviving in this dangerous jungle.
Ye Chong calmed down and began to face the danger before him.
His eyes glowed with the light of wisdom. His usual indifference was replaced by concentration. His brain worked quickly.
Come to think of it, the situation before him was not as bad as he thought it would be. Compared to the persistent pursuers and waves of ambushers, Ye Chong preferred to face the situation before him. The vegetation here was dense and varied, and many of them were edible. These edible plants were not only rich in water, but also highly nutritious, enough to sustain his daily stamina. This ensured his basic survival condition. This also meant that he had enough time to solve this problem.
In the meantime, he must not only familiarize himself with the forest, but also understand the characteristics of these dangerous plants. After all, while he could memorize all the information in the chip, it did not mean that he could truly understand them. Most of the plants here were only holographic images, and he had never come into contact with them. He understood the difference between theory and reality. Sometimes, this small gap could be fatal.
He did not want to lose his life because of this. Besides, his many years of experience told him that the more prepared he was, the higher the chance of success.
He had the patience to do all this.
He carefully avoided the arrow-toothed leaves. The edges of the leaves were lined with extremely hard arrow-toothed cuticles. These arrow-toothed leaves were very sharp, and could easily cut one's skin if one was not careful. However, this was not the most fatal part. The tip of the arrow-toothed leaves contained a special enzyme that prevented blood from clotting. If one was cut by the arrow-toothed leaves, one would see the small wound bleed profusely, and the blood would not clot no matter how hard one tried.
In this forest, if one were to suffer such an injury, it would undoubtedly be fatal, no matter how small the wound was.
The chip had recorded that some alchemists would crush the arrow-toothed leaves and smear the juice on their weapons.
Ye Chong moved very slowly as he went around the Spiderweb Palm. He had to be careful not only of the plants around him, but also the plants under his feet and the vines in the air. The vines had many suction cups on them. Once they wrapped around an animal, one would see the thumb-sized vines expand rapidly, and the animal would immediately shrivel up.
Ye Chong was constantly on high alert, not daring to relax for even a moment. Compared to the mutated lifeforms on Trash Planet, the dangers here were more concentrated.
Ye Chong stopped in his tracks. Before him was a very tall Leaf Cocoon tree. This Leaf Cocoon tree must be at least a few hundred years old, with dense foliage. The leaves of the Leaf Cocoon tree were very strange. Each leaf was like two leaves stuck together, the edges connected, except for a small part at the tip of the leaf that was not connected. Each leaf was like a cocoon, hence the name Leaf Cocoon tree.
Ye Chong carefully examined the various vines wrapped around the trunk of the Leaf Cocoon tree, making sure that there were no dangerous vines like the vines, before he approached the tree.
He climbed up the Leaf Cocoon tree carefully. Ye Chong's target was the leaves of the Leaf Cocoon tree, or the cocoon. The leaves of the Leaf Cocoon tree would become darker green as they grew older. The leaves would also become stronger and more durable, and were natural containers. Ye Chong's eyes fell on the dark green leaves. These leaves must be at least a few decades old, as they were the darkest of all the leaves. After 50 years, the cocoon would fall off the tree.
Ye Chong used his dagger to cut off a dark green leaf cocoon. He pulled hard with both hands, but it did not budge at all. "Strong!" he praised inwardly. His strength was so great that even a thin piece of alloy would break, and this leaf cocoon was not damaged at all.
This was out of Ye Chong's expectations. While the chip had said that the leaf cocoon was strong, it was still unbelievable that it could be this strong. However, now was not the time to think about this. Ye Chong cut off another six or seven dark green leaf cocoons. This natural container was one of the things he needed the most right now. These leaf cocoons were about the size of a waist bag. Ye Chong had specially found some flexible vines to tie them around his waist.
The sap of the Leaf Cocoon tree could be used to extract a very good oxytocin. It was a pity that he did not have any equipment to do so, so he had to give up.
With a container, he could use it to store water and food, and also some special items, such as the alchemy products that Ye Chong made.
While this place was full of danger, it was undoubtedly an alchemist's paradise.
Of course, it would be nice to have a set of alchemy equipment, no matter how crude it was. Ye Chong sighed to himself, but quickly dismissed the unrealistic idea.
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