In mid-air, Si Sheng's figure flashed and reappeared behind the silver-haired young man.
Xu Sili was sitting on the Shadow Leopard, playing 'Germinal' to heal the soldiers who were in danger. His long hair fluttered in the wind, and even his back was moving.
Si Sheng hovered behind him, silently guarding and watching him. He did not disturb him, only using the sound element to carefully listen to the flute music.
After the song ended, Xu Sili stopped.
"Did you save everyone?" He turned to look at Si Sheng.
Si Sheng nodded. "I did not disappoint."
Xu Sili touched his cheek and smiled. "Let's go find Sirene."
Jiu Yue swung its tail and looked down at the forest below. Suddenly, as if it felt something, Jiu Yue narrowed its eyes and looked into the depths of the forest.
At the same time, Si Sheng looked over and frowned.
Xu Sili followed his gaze but did not see anything. He could not help but ask, "Brother Sheng, what's wrong?"
Si Sheng retracted his gaze.
Looking at the young man's puzzled expression, he reached out and tucked his hair behind his ear. He then held his hand. "Ali, haven't you always wanted to explore the ruins again?"
Xu Sili's eyes lit up. He looked into the depths of the forest again. "You're saying that there are new ruins there?"
Si Sheng nodded. "And there's something special about it."
Xu Sili could not help but want to try.
However, he was more cautious this time. Last time at the trial ground in the Asmo Mountains, he and Si Sheng had almost encountered danger in the illusion. Although they had a fortuitous encounter in the end, they could not be so lucky every time.
"Wait, I'll check first."
Xu Sili used [Insight] on the forest below. He then opened the interface of the future forum and searched in the forum.
Siassa Forest.
Soon, he found the relevant posts, but strangely, there was no information about the Siassa Trial Ground or the Siassa Ruins.
This meant that the ruins had not been discovered by the players.
However …
"Demoness?"
Xu Sili blinked.
Xu Sili couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw the keywords that appeared when the map of the Siassar Jungle was mentioned in the forum post.
Demon? Was this a new ancient race?
She shouldn't be the kind of demon from the Huaxia civilization in his impression, right? After all, strictly speaking, September and Cha Mo were such fairies.
Xu Sili's interest was piqued, and he began to browse carefully.
Si Sheng sat behind him and hugged him. The two of them sat on the back of the Shadow Leopard and slowly flew into the depths of the forest.
Their speed was very slow, giving Xu Sili enough time to browse through all the posts.
In fact, there weren't many posts about the Siassar Jungle. Most of them appeared between the third and fourth year of the open beta.
At that time, the future players had finally explored beyond the original borders of Roland. Of course, it was only an exploration, and not a full-scale conquest.
The first player who discovered the Siassar Jungle took a picture of a creature that had never been seen before.
Xu Sili looked at the picture taken by the player.
The picture was not clear. According to the player, he took a screenshot from a recorded video.
A giant purple-black tree could be vaguely seen in the background. It should be the mutated plant that Si Sheng had just dealt with. In the picture, most of it was occupied by a black vine.
At the tip of the black vine, a figure with transparent wings could be vaguely seen. It emitted a faint fluorescent light, and it was particularly conspicuous in the dark picture.
However, it was too vague.
Because this was a screenshot of the video and then the result was continuously enlarged, the fine lines on the black vines could be seen clearly.
But maybe it was a problem with the focus. The figure at the tip of the vine was not clear.
In terms of scale, this small figure with thin transparent wings was definitely not more than 20 centimeters long.
Xu Sili couldn't help but think of the fairy tales. The most typical one was probably Peter Pan?
He couldn't remember clearly.
Xu Sili shook his head and continued reading the information provided by the player.
"This is the clearest picture I've taken from the video," the player wrote.
"It was too fast. I couldn't see it clearly."
"When I wanted to chase it, I was targeted by that giant tree. You don't know how fast that vine is! I'm a Wind Elementalist. I couldn't even fly. I was entangled and then dragged into the tree hole to be eaten … "
From the player's description, it could be determined that the giant tree in the picture was the one that Si Sheng had killed.
Xu Sili also learned the name of this giant tree from other posts related to the Siassar Jungle.
Shrieking Dryad.
When the body was damaged, this giant tree would release ultrasonic waves. Not only was it very aggressive, but it could also add a variety of debuffs.
Because of this post, players who were curious about this new species of dryads kept coming to the Siassar Jungle to adventure. However, almost no one was as lucky as the first player.
After all, the Siassar Jungle was too dangerous for players. They had to avoid all kinds of elite monsters and bosses while searching for NPCs with unknown coordinates.
Those who could find them were definitely very lucky.
Later on, a leader of a mercenary group couldn't stand it and formed a thousand-man group. After countless corpse runs, they finally toppled one of the giant trees.
However, after toppling this giant tree, the players didn't continue.
The benefits were too low. After toppling the giant tree boss, other than the giant tree itself which could be used as a material, there were no good drops.
The large mercenary groups gradually gave up on this map. Only a small number of players would use various stealth skills to explore the Siassar Jungle.
However, in the next two to three years, players still couldn't find any trace of the dryads, let alone a nest.
Slowly, the dryads of the Siassar Jungle became a legend. Even the players who filmed it at the beginning couldn't help but doubt themselves.
Ai Xue Star was so big and there were so many places to play and adventure. Gradually, players forgot about this difficult bone to chew.
Later on, when there were battleships and mechas, they finally launched a bombing raid on this jungle.
Of course, in addition to this jungle, there were countless maps that were destroyed by the players' mechas and battleships. Compared to clearing monsters in single combat, this was undoubtedly much more efficient.
However, this kind of bombing …
Xu Sili felt that even if there were dryads, they would have been killed by the players' bombs.
After browsing the last post, Xu Sili closed the Future Forum and looked into the depths of the jungle again.
In other words, the ruins of the Siassar Jungle had never been discovered.
There might be dryads in the ruins.
Xu Sili's interest in the ruins grew.
"Let's go and take a look," he said to Si Sheng.
Si Sheng nodded. Under his command, the Shadow Leopard began to speed up. In the blink of an eye, they were deep into the jungle.
The Siassar Jungle was filled with all kinds of mutated plants. Their branches, leaves, and trunks were mostly purplish black. Their appearance was very uncomfortable.
Xu Sili did not feel anything when he was in the sky. However, when he was deep into the jungle, the eerie environment made his hair stand on end.
Fortunately, Si Sheng and the Shadow Leopard were there.
"Are there really dryads living here?" He looked at the plants. It was hard to imagine that other than powerful interstellar beasts, there would be any living thing that could live here.
Si Sheng did not answer. Instead, it was Ninth Moon who spoke, "Your Majesty, did you sense it too?"
"Huh?"
Xu Sili was stunned. He could not help but ask, "Ninth Moon, can you sense where the dryads are?"
The Shadow Leopard denied, "I can only vaguely sense the presence of the dryads. They are very good at hiding. Also … I feel that this jungle is a little strange."
Hearing this, Xu Sili looked around again.
The eerie jungle was filled with a terrifying aura. He asked, "What's strange?"
Ninth Moon paused and said softly, "I don't know …"
Xu Sili was speechless.
That was as good as not saying anything.
He did not dwell on the jungle anymore. After all, this place made him feel uncomfortable everywhere.
Fortunately, they had Si Sheng's Passerby Halo. They could fly safely and did not have to worry about being attacked by the giant trees. Otherwise, they would not have been so successful.
"Let's go take a look at the ruins first." Xu Sili said, "Ninth Moon, tell me about the dryads. What kind of race are they?"
The Shadow Leopard thought for a moment and said, "They are pure magic creatures. They are born from the elements. When they reach the end of their lives, they will disappear from the world, leaving nothing behind."
Xu Sili pondered over his words. "Don't they reproduce?"
"Usually not."
The Shadow Leopard said softly, "But they are not a very popular race."
"Why?"
"Because they are very mischievous and like to play pranks. Because they are good at hiding, they can always disappear without a trace. It is impossible to find them."
Ninth Moon seemed to recall some unpleasant memories. He frowned and continued, "However, they still know their limits. They will only occasionally play some harmless jokes."
"Also …"
He paused for a moment before continuing, "Those who are successfully pranked will usually gain good luck for a period of time. So, some races are quite fond of them."
Wow, luck buff?
Xu Sili was a little surprised. This buff was quite good. If the players knew about it, they would probably want to be pranked by the dryads regardless of the cost.
"Then, wouldn't there be people who capture the dryads and get them to provide them with good luck?"
The Shadow Leopard shook his head. "Only those who they want to prank from the bottom of their hearts will gain good luck."
"I think … the dryads like you, so they will prank you?"
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