At first, the newly appeared elfin left San Francisco and ran north, coinciding with Zhang Zian's route. He was happy to think that it was a good thing to kill three birds with one stone. Anyway, he was going to the Mahogany Forest to find the venison slaughterhouse and Peter Lee's suspicious organization. However, when it plunged into the dense forest in the fog, it became extremely difficult to even get close to it, let alone catch it.
The game judged the difficulty of catching it to be "high," but that was the difficulty when it was in San Francisco. The dense forest and fog that did not dissipate even during the day had probably made the difficulty of catching it "extremely high."
It was fine if he couldn't catch it, but it did not disappear. It was like a candle in the dark, attracting countless moths.
However, Zhang Zian was already riding a tiger. If he retreated at this time, it would make Mrs. Miller, who had finally grasped a glimmer of hope, continue to worsen the problem of Leshi's dog food, and allow Peter Lee to deceive more people. He could only bite the bullet and enter the forest now.
Would other people be attracted here as well?
This was similar to the popular game of Battle Royale. Some people were blindfolded and thrown into an unfamiliar forest to see who could survive or win the Holy Grail.
Fortunately, the forest was big enough, the fog was thick enough, and he was well prepared. Now he only hoped that the elfin's destination and what it wanted to find were not the same as his. Otherwise, it would be troublesome.
Vladimir clenched its fists and said boldly, "When friends come, there's good wine. When wolves come, there's a shotgun!"
Old Time Tea looked up. "Today's fog doesn't seem to dissipate."
"Well, I hope it doesn't dissipate too early." Zhang Zian wiped his sweat. "Famous, is Mike's scent still there?"
"Yes."
Famous rushed to the front and sniffed around. After three days, Mike's smell was still very clear. In its eyes, his smell was like a road woven of several colors, winding into the depths of the forest. Sometimes, he would spit on the ground. Even in the extremely humid forest, the spit did not evaporate. It was like a traffic sign on the road, and it was impossible to miss it.
"Well, if you smell fresh smells left behind by others, tell me," Zhang Zian said.
Famous heard their conversation and understood the importance and seriousness of the matter. It nodded in agreement and sniffed more attentively.
"Zian, the fog is so thick, and the trees are too dense. Why don't you put down the drone?" Old Time Tea saw that he was struggling to walk and advised him.
Yes, he hung another bag inside and outside his backpack. He stuffed the drone, Nekhbet, inside as well, adding a lot of extra burden.
What Old Time Tea said made a lot of sense. Drones were not as useful in the forest as they were in the desert. Even taking off was difficult. If one was not careful, the drone would crash into a tree and become scrap metal.
However, what if he could use it? So it was better to carry it on his back.
"Xinghai, don't run too far! Be careful not to get lost, "he reminded.
The sea of stars ran around merrily, dashing into the fog and suddenly coming out on the other side.
"Meow, hide-and-seek," Xinghai said excitedly. "It's a good place for hide-and-seek!"
"Zhi zhi." He didn't stay idle either, climbing nimbly between the branches.
Zhang Zian walked too slowly, and he often had to avoid the potholes on the ground. The elfins always had to stop and wait for him.
Unlike Xinghai, Pi didn't dare to run around. When it waited, it climbed higher up the tree.
"Zhi zhi!"
As it walked, Pi climbed to the top of a tree and disappeared into the fog. After a while, it climbed down again, pointing and gesticulating, as if it had found something strange.
"Pi, what's wrong?"
Zhang Zian leaned against the trunk and stopped to catch his breath. Every tree here was thicker than his body, and most of them were hidden in the fog.
Pi couldn't describe what it saw with its gestures, and there was no computer for it to type.
"I'll go up and take a look."
Old Time Tea jumped up and lightly clung to the trunk. With a few swishes, it jumped up and disappeared into the fog.
A few minutes later, Old Time Tea reappeared and said, "It's strange. The bottom of this tree is fine, but there are traces of fire in the middle, and the top is burnt to a crisp … This forest is unusually humid. How could there be a fire?"
"Oh?"
Zhang Zian looked up and thought. The other elfins that could climb up the tree were curious, so they all climbed up to take a look. When they came down, they all confirmed Old Time Tea's words.
"It's not a normal fire," he said. "It's a lightning strike. As the saying goes, the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. But here, this saying can only be changed to — the tallest tree in the forest will be struck by lightning. "
Redwood was the tallest tree species on earth. The tallest tree was called "Haiba Dragon God." It was 115 meters tall and had been growing for more than 600 years. It was the tallest tree known to humans, and it was still very young, so it could continue to grow. But there might be trees taller than it in this forest, because it was not easy to measure the height of a tree. Because of the dense forest, lasers were not very accurate. The real accurate measurement method was to climb to the top of the tree and throw a tape down.
Only a few people knew the specific location of the Haiba Dragon God. In order to prevent curious tourists from coming and bringing disaster to the giant tree, the tree was very tall.
If the tree grew too tall, it could attract lightning strikes, and lightning strikes could cause wildfires. In Redwood Forest Park, it was common to see fallen trees with burn marks on them, which were caused by lightning strikes.
As Old Time Tea had said, it was difficult to start a fire in such a humid forest. However, lightning strikes were different. The high temperature of the lightning strike could ignite anything and evaporate the water vapor. If there was a sudden wind and the fog was blown away, a forest fire could be ignited.
There were thousands of big and small wildfires in California every year. Other than a small number of man-made factors, most of them were caused by lightning strikes. Several volcanoes in 2017 and 2018 almost burned California to the ground.
"Quack? Then we can't go near the tree! If some ugly face gets struck by lightning, I'll suffer too! "Richard said noisily.
Old Time Tea said, "I think that things that live for too long often become monsters, so they attract lightning. As the saying goes, old things become monsters, and lightning strikes monsters."
Richard still wanted to say something, but the cat elfins suddenly moved their ears, as if they had heard something in the fog. Then, a mass of darkness rushed out of the fog like lightning, with a shrill howl, and rushed toward Richard from behind.
The black shadow moved so fast that Zhang Zian could only vaguely recognize it as a strange-looking owl. It thought Richard was a big gray mouse.
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