The volume of the black mud was only twice the size of the cockroaches. It appeared suddenly and acted strangely. Like a black hole, it swallowed the cockroaches at a super fast speed. However, the volume of the black mud did not increase.
What was even more strange was that the more than 10,000 cockroaches could clearly notice the existence of Law and the others at once, but they turned a blind eye to the black mud swallowing their companions.
It was as if the black mud had completely cut off its sense of existence, or it was an invisible existence in the eyes of the cockroaches.
The black mud was like a big eater that could never be satisfied. Its speed of swallowing cockroaches gradually increased, and it could swallow two cockroaches in a second.
On the crisscrossing branches of the bloody tree, Law, Biscay, Dongba, and Bruna shifted their attention from the surroundings to the black mud.
No one spoke, and they were stunned.
No one knew what the black mud was, so they could only watch.
The night came, and the silver light covered the earth.
Looking down at the black tide of cockroaches below, holes were being dug out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
More than an hour later, the cockroaches were swallowed alive by the black mud. Until the last cockroach was left, the cockroach still did not respond. The strange phenomenon was chilling.
After the black mud swallowed the last cockroach, its viscous body turned into a shadow that covered the ground. With a speed comparable to the speed of light, it moved in the direction it came from. In the blink of an eye, it was extremely far away and finally disappeared into the horizon.
"Gulp."
The sound of swallowing was heard on the bloody tree's branches. In this extremely silent environment, there was no wind.
Such an exaggerated number of big cockroaches disappeared just like that, and the way they were swallowed was so incredible. Dongba felt that if he could call the police, he would have called the police ten thousand times by now.
What the hell was that!?
Even if Dongba came into contact with telekinesis, he still couldn't imagine what the black mud was.
"It really is the Dark Continent that can keep the president and the others out." Biscay pursed his lips, and there was a shadow in the depths of his eyes. They had just landed on the coastline and already encountered such a strange existence. He didn't know what else he would encounter later.
Law didn't answer. He looked at the direction where the black mud turned into a shadow and left at the speed of light. His eyes flickered slightly, and he was silent.
In the world of telekinesis users, there would be a strongest person in every era.
Many years ago, Nitro had been the strongest in that era. Moreover, he had brought along two companions with him who were at the very top. The three of them had knocked on the door to the Darkness Continent, but in the end, they couldn't even cross the threshold.
Most importantly, Nitro and the others had been pushed back by an extremely huge ecosystem. For example, the Rock Island Crabs lying on the shoreline. However, the black mud they saw today was more like a [Disaster] defined by humans heading to the Darkness Continent.
Humans had officially entered the Darkness Continent many times before, but they had been completely defeated by the five great calamities. They didn't even manage to bring back the miraculous [Hope].
The Five Great Disasters are as follows.
An unknown sphere that guarded the Mysterious Ancient Ruins, a weapon of gold and silver ingots.
It was a demonic creature that could infect killing intent, the double-tailed snake Hell's Bells.
It was the Zobai Disease, an undying disease that cheated hope and plunged people into endless despair.
Equal exchange of happiness and life, Nurturing Beast Papu.
Desire Dependent Being, Gas Life Body, Ai.
In addition to these five disasters, there was also the non-living "Hollow" encountered in the underground ruins of Demon Island, plus the black mud that was very likely to be one of the disasters in front of them. There were seven known disasters.
If they headed inland, they didn't know how many disasters were waiting for them, not to mention the exaggeratedly huge ecosystem.
Moreover, where the black mud was, what kind of wonderful [Hope] would exist?
"It should be safe here for the time being." Law suppressed his overflowing thoughts, turned back to look at the human footprints on the solidified resin, and walked slowly.
Biscay followed after seeing this, and the two surrounded the footprints left by bare feet.
There were a total of 36 pairs of footprints, overlapping back and forth. It was very messy, and they couldn't judge the order, but at least they could distinguish the sizes of the footprints. Conservatively speaking, there were at least three different people who left the footprints.
Dongba looked at Law and Biscay who were studying the footprints found, and silently spread out the detection wave of the future. This place was really too dangerous for him. If he wasn't always vigilant, he might die inexplicably in the next second.
The experience along the way, as well as the black mud that swallowed tens of thousands of cockroaches, everything settled in Dongba's mind, fermenting and fermenting.
Law didn't notice Dongba's mentality of stirring the mud, and carefully observed the footprints on the resin.
It was not so much to find any details that could prove that these were human footprints, as to find a detail that could prove that these were not human footprints.
Subconsciously, Law didn't think that there would be human settlements in the Dark Continent, but these footprints …
Bruna leaned on Law's shoulder and quietly watched the expressionless Law.
The Bruna family was naturally sensitive to emotional changes. At such a close distance, coupled with the established communication channel with Law, Bruna could feel the entanglement in Law's heart.
"Biscay, do you think there will be human settlements here?" Law suddenly looked at Biscay beside him.
"If the Dark Continent is so dangerous everywhere, it will be extremely difficult for humans to survive and establish a stronghold." Biscay didn't answer directly, but explained indirectly.
"But here is a suitable place for humans to establish a stronghold." Law looked at Biscay and patted the branches under his feet.
Biscay raised his eyelids, looked at the blood trees around, and whispered: "What do you mean?"
"On the tree." Law's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light, and said in a deep voice: "And, those cockroaches climbing up from the ground don't seem to want to touch the blood trees."
The tree they were on, regardless of height or diameter, could only be said to be below the horizon. Around them, and further away, there were taller and thicker giant trees.
If the potential threat of this barren land was the cockroaches from the ground, and the cockroaches didn't want to get close to the blood trees, then the tree was the best place to establish a residence.
More importantly, this was the coastline, which should be the place with the lowest level of danger in the Dark Continent.
Biscay pinched her chin lightly. She felt that Law's guess was tenable. The terrain here was flat and vast, and there were so many giant trees. Maybe there really were humans living in the trees.
Just as the two reached an agreement, pomegranate-colored resin oozed out of the crisscrossing branches, like small worms, wriggling and moving to the canopy above.
The resin was a slightly viscous liquid, translucent and pale red, but it emitted a faint light.
After they oozed out, they spontaneously moved to the flat canopy, solidifying into red glossy balls on the many leaves, as big as a human fist.
Several people on the tree looked at this scene in amazement, raised their eyes and looked around, only to see many other blood trees blooming on the flat canopy like cherry blossoms.
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