There were fallen tree branches on top of the yellow slope. Withered weeds were blown by the wind, and dust was stirred up by the wind. The yellow soles of Mikel's shoes rubbed against the ground as he raised an eyebrow. "Something's not right. This island is giving me a very strange feeling," he said in a cold voice.
Dai Ou sat on a rock nearby, almost as if he was one with the rock. He looked at Mikel in confusion. "Something's not right? Have we been discovered? "
"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the environment on this island doesn't feel right. The humidity of the soil on the ground, the color of the trees and leaves, and the temperature of the ground all give me a strange feeling." Mikel squatted down and pressed his palms into the ground. Half of his bare arm slowly turned yellow, emitting a faint sense of coldness. "My camouflage doesn't just allow me to hide. It also mimics the temperature and humidity of the surroundings. That's why I can feel a strong sense of coldness pervading this island. The ground beneath my feet is also giving me a strange pulsating feeling, as if it's warning me that this island is alive."
"Alive?" Dai Ou's expression turned serious. He knew that Mikel had the ability of a Zoan Devil Fruit chameleon. He had extraordinary senses, and he didn't suspect that Mikel's senses were wrong. Then, there really was something strange about this island.
Dai Ou looked around. The two of them were in a forest near the beach. There was no one else around, and even the mosquitoes seemed to have disappeared. He lifted his leg and shattered the rock beneath him. Cracks appeared on the ground, and Mikel reached his hand into the cracks. The coldness became even more obvious, spreading from his fingertips to his entire body. Mottled black spots suddenly appeared on his skin, like some sort of damp plaque.
"It's below!" Mikel's pupils shrank. Dai Ou tore open the cracks in the rock violently. As his arms trembled, the gray rock crawled up his arms as if it were alive. It was as if two giant hands were digging into the ground, revealing a hole several meters deep. A layer of wriggling black fungus was exposed to the two of them.
It was cold and sinister. It was alive!
Dai Ou could feel the slight trembling of his fist. His eyes widened as he stared at the pitch black carpet. "What the hell is this?"
Mikel gently placed his fingers on it, and his entire arm began to turn black at a visible rate. He could feel the strange pulse of the fungus, and goosebumps rose on his back. "I don't know what this is, but I can feel that this thing has covered the entire island."
Dai Ou sucked in a cold breath.
Two minutes later, the hole was torn open. Countless thick black threads were threaded through the holes. It was as if the entire underground space had been hollowed out and filled with this fungus carpet. Mikel and Dai Ou looked at each other, then followed the strange holes and drilled into the ground.
"Do you think this place is related to the Marine?" Dai Ou put a hand on Mikel's shoulder. It was pitch black in front of their eyes, and beneath their feet was a bone-chilling dampness.
"Look at those thick black bundles. Don't they look like a bunch of black threads tied together?" Mikel's entire body had turned pitch black, and he blended in perfectly with his surroundings.
"The Marine's Devil Fruit ability is to control black threads!" Dai Ou's heart sank, and his face was so solemn it looked like ink was about to drip out.
As they walked deeper, the air became more and more sinister. In the silence, a huge silhouette was reflected in their trembling eyes.
"What is this?" Dai Ou stared blankly at the broodmother nest that seemed to cover the entire space, and his voice trembled unnaturally. "Is this something the Devil Fruit can do?"
The huge broodmother nest was made up of countless hexagonal holes, and it looked like a giant beehive. Countless black bundles were densely packed together, and it was enough to scare a person with trypophobia to death. Looking into any of the hexagonal holes, there was a bottomless labyrinth of tunnels.
"I estimated the direction and distance we came down from, and right above us should be the base of Navy Branch 153." Mi Ke's heart was also pounding. Just like before, he could sense the aura of a living creature emanating from this enormous creature.
"I don't plan to go in there. I think we should leave this place first." Dai Ou looked towards the interior of the broodmother nest, and he felt a faint chill in his heart. It was as if some kind of sinister gaze was spying on him.
"What you said makes sense!" Mick nodded solemnly. He could feel a strong sense of malice coming from all directions.
In the deathly silence, a strange rustling sound was heard. Mikel and Dai Ou's scalps went numb, and their feet froze as they turned to leave. The black carpet on the ground was like a giant wave that came alive, and within the black waves, a twining branch reached out to grab them.
"Get out of the way!"
The two of them shouted at the same time, and dodged to the side. A terrifying explosion sounded in the air, and a dense black shadow undulated. Mikel felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to his head, and his skin and muscles trembled as if they were about to split open. He was frantically warning himself, but he didn't know how to disguise himself to hide.
The tree branch that had appeared earlier hid itself in the black carpet after missing its target. Compared to his color-changing camouflage, the tree branch was the one that truly hid its murderous intent in the depths of the darkness.
"Where is it?" Dai Ou's entire body was covered in greyish white rock, as if he was wearing a layer of rock armor, and he vigilantly observed his surroundings.
"Above?!"
A clump of tree roots bloomed in the air, and countless twisted branches grew wildly to envelop Dai Ou. At the center of the clump was a sharp branch that looked like a sword.
Dai Ou jerked his head up when he heard this, and his arms shielded his head. Sparks flew in all directions, and rocks exploded in all directions.
Countless branches fell to the ground, and then were swallowed up by the fungal carpet. The sharp branch nailed itself into the rock arm, and with a series of cracking sounds, Dai Ou felt his arms go numb, and then his entire body was sent flying backwards.
The ground behind him cracked open, and a purplish-green tree vine quietly wrapped around him. It looked like an ugly arm made of tree vines and branches. Then, a face made of tree bark was reflected, with two green eyes in the tree's nest-like pupils.
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