It seemed that the secrets of the Beinz Blood Lake were more than what Hao Ren had imagined.
The unique and enclosed ecological environment, the huge biological system under the Gnarled Grove, the mysterious power contained in the red lake, and the countless legends around it — Hao Ren believed that most of these stories had their origins — all made people curious about this mysterious place.
"What kind of species do you think the Gnarled Grove is? Are you sure it's a plant? " Hao Ren switched the holographic images and finally stopped at the scan of the Gnarled Grove. The huge underground roots made him shudder. Just by looking at the images, he could feel a sense of shock: he was standing on top of such an ancient and strange life, and he was like a speck of dust compared to this big guy.
"It's a plant," the MDT continued to enhance the scanning signal to fill in the blurred or blank areas on the image. "Well... although it's rare for organisms to evolve into this form, it's not unprecedented. You have to know that the void is vast, and anything can appear. The Mother Tree of the Tree Elves can even take root and cover the entire planet, and this is just one of the forms of 'giant plants'. The only thing I don't understand is how it came to be here. I've reverse-engineered the ecological evolution of this planet and found that even tens of thousands of years ago, this planet was not suitable for the survival of this giant plant. It... should not have appeared on this planet, it doesn't conform to the law of evolution. "
Hao Ren was a layman in biology, so he did not think too much about it. He just looked at a towering tree beside him and reached out to stroke the rough, mottled, dark bark, imagining that he was in contact with a miraculous creature that had lived for tens of thousands of years and covered an area of hundreds of kilometers in radius. Unfortunately, this miraculous creature was just a bunch of roots. If only it could speak. Hao Ren really wanted to know what happened to this world more than 10,000 years ago.
However, just as Hao Ren was lost in thought, a sudden palpitation suddenly rose in his heart.
He got up and looked around vigilantly. At that moment, he felt as if he was being watched by something. It was not an ordinary 'sight', but an indescribable feeling of being scanned from top to bottom. The MDT immediately floated up and asked, "What's going on?"
"No … it might be an illusion." Hao Ren shook his head in confusion. "I feel like someone is watching us."
"There's no one nearby. If there is, I'll call the police." The MDT slowly floated back into the pot. "Go back and meet up with the mercenary girl first. Otherwise, she'll really suspect that you have a kidney problem."
Hao Ren: "?"
When Hao Ren returned with the pot, he saw Becky looking at him anxiously. Before he could greet her, she started yelling anxiously, "What took you so long?! Don't you know it's very dangerous here? "
Hao Ren didn't expect the mercenary to be so concerned about his traveling companion. He explained awkwardly, "Well, people have three urgent needs. By the way, I didn't see any beasts here. "
"I was wondering too. This place seems to be more peaceful than the last time I was here." Becky frowned in confusion. "I came here a few months ago. Although I didn't see any beasts along the way, I could often hear them moving in the depths of the forest. But today, it's so quiet … Didn't the bishop say that the Blood Lake wasn't peaceful?"
"God knows what's going on. Anyway, it's good that there are no monsters." Nangong Wuyue took a deep breath of the humid air and urged everyone to continue. "Let's go, let's go. This road is pretty good. I think we'll be able to see the Blood Lake today!"
The team continued their journey. Vivian quietly came up to Hao Ren and asked, "What did you find?"
"I'll show you when we get back." Hao Ren pointed at the pot (MDT) mysteriously. "The underground of this forest is spectacular."
The rest of the journey was silent. They moved quickly on the broad path in the forest. They didn't encounter any beasts, nor did they encounter the legendary carnivorous hybrid between plant and animal. The Gnarled Grove, which was rumored to be evil, was as safe and harmless as an ordinary forest. Hao Ren felt that they were almost halfway there. The biggest carnivorous beast he saw along the way was the bouncing husky next to him …
However, Becky became more and more uneasy in such a peaceful environment. She knew that the forest should not be so quiet. If there were a bunch of flesh-and-blood monsters for her to fight, she would feel more at ease. But now, the overly quiet situation could only mean one thing: the forest had really changed.
"Wait a minute." Just as the team was moving at full speed, Vivian suddenly called out to them. "There's something ahead!"
Becky breathed a sigh of relief. The little monster had finally appeared.
Everyone immediately got into battle mode. Becky drew her enchanted longsword, Vivian spread her wings and floated in the air, Hao Ren activated his Steel Membrane Shield, Lily rubbed her Frostfire Claws and started to create steam, and Wuyue hugged her head and squatted on the ground. Everyone was in different battle mode anyway.
Almost at the same time, an unusually heavy footstep suddenly came from the south side of the road!
The sound of footsteps seemed to be mixed with the sound of another group of smaller creatures running.
Hao Ren immediately put up his Steel Membrane Shield and went to the front of the team, ready to fight. Soon, a large group of black shadows appeared in the forest in the south.
The first thing that came into view was a group of twisted and strange black creatures. They seemed to be the mutated Devilbeasts that lived in the Gnarled Grove that Becky had mentioned before. These black creatures were about two meters long, but it was hard to tell what kind of species they were. They looked like long meatballs with six pairs of arms, or deformed, mutated squids that lived on land. These strange black creatures had no facial features, not even an obvious head. The only thing that could be seen was the two tentacle-like organs that were full of sharp teeth that swayed wildly on the upper half of their bodies when they ran. These things had such a twisted and disgusting appearance that anyone who saw them for the first time could not help but shiver. Now, there were about 20 of these twisted Devilbeasts rushing towards Hao Ren like they were in a supermarket!
Even though Hao Ren was prepared, he was still frightened by these ugly and grotesque creatures. Lily, who was next to him, had goosebumps all over her body. "Oh my god! What are those things?! "
"Those are flesh beasts, monsters that eat anything!" Becky's sword was burning with flames. "Don't let them bite you, their teeth are … Eh?"
It was a tree … Strictly speaking, a giant with the shape of a giant tree.
It was nearly 10 meters tall, like a towering ancient tree with four limbs. Its huge forked roots and two branches were its legs and arms. On the upper part of the giant tree, there was even a vague outline of a face on the furrowed bark. The huge tree giant followed behind the twenty flesh beasts and ran with large strides. It turned out that the heavy footsteps that caused the earth to shake and the mountains to shake were caused by it.
The flesh beasts were just being chased by the giant. But now, these beasts were running for their lives in Hao Ren's direction!
Of course, they did not want to fight them head-on. But just as they were about to leave, they found something very bad: either the tree giant was deliberately driving them away or the flesh beasts did not forget their lunch when they were running, the fiends were actually running straight towards Hao Ren and the rest!
Hao Ren jumped up on the spot. "They're going to attack the guardian tree after the mountain giant? Are they poking at the Night Elves' nest?!"
Becky quickly cast a few simple spells on herself to increase her combat effectiveness. She waved her fiery magic sword and rushed towards the flesh beasts. "Anyway, let's fight first!"
Hao Ren gritted his teeth, fully activated his Steel Membrane Shield and rushed straight at the flesh beast closest to him. "Bastard!"
Although his Taunt could not hold the monster back, he still insisted on shouting 'bastard' before each charge — it gave him a psychological sense of defense.
On the other side, Y 'zaks strode towards the guardian tree that looked the most difficult to deal with.
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