Epoch of Twilight

The night was like water, and the forest was filled with a dense layer of mist.

A group of mutated insects the size of a fist, like fireflies, are hidden in the hazy mist, moving with the movement of the mist, and the light on their bodies changes, attracting countless light-seeking flying insects to approach.

But while they are attracting food, they are also attracting the attention of predators. A colorful creature resembling a toad is quietly hiding in the shadows of the forest, and its purple eyes like light bulbs are staring closely at the glowing ball. The mist, eyes cold and greedy.

Just as it was eager to try, a rush and slight sound came from afar.

At the beginning, the sound was very weak, if there was nothing, but it was only a breath, and it seemed to be close to the ear. The body of "Toad" trembled slightly, and quickly shrank into the shadows. Buried most of his body in the soil, only the layers of colorful pustules on his back were left, constantly swelling and shrinking.

As soon as "Toad" finished all this, the mist was dispersed by the turbulent air, all the "fireflies" scattered and flew, and a vague figure flashed past.

The hurried footsteps became lighter and lighter as the figure moved away, and soon they could no longer be heard.

Five minutes later, "Toad" crawled out of the mud pit. It carefully observed the surrounding situation, and seemed to feel that the terrible monster was far away. , with a haughty look like a king patrolling his own territory.

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Luo Yuan set off in the evening, when the sky was completely dark.

He didn't know how far he was from his goal, he only knew that he had climbed over three mountains, crossed five streams, and crossed the territory of seven powerful mutant beasts that even Luo Yuan had to carefully avoid. Only time can roughly deduce how far he has run.

However, it is meaningless to infer the distance. The steepness of the mountain and the complexity of the road are far beyond his previous imagination. Maybe the straight-line distance is only 100 kilometers, but the specific distance needs to run five or six hundred kilometers, and sometimes it is for safety. Or to avoid trouble, he had to take a detour when passing through the territory of some powerful mutant beasts.

This means that he needs to travel more and take a longer time.

What's more serious is that the direction he is going in is just his own visual observation. Even if he uses the constellations in the night sky instead of the direction coordinates after nightfall, it is only a rough direction, and errors are inevitable!

The so-called loss is worth a thousand miles, and the short distance is okay, maybe the error is not big, but the farther the distance is, the gap will be greatly enlarged, and even in the end, it may be hundreds of kilometers off, which is not impossible.

What's more, he didn't know where the giant bird's old nest was, and the only clues were those huge pebbles, but this clue was too rough. Once the old nest was not nearby, the only thing he could do was wait there , Sitting on the sidelines, which takes a lot of time and energy, and the success rate is extremely low.

Luo Yuan already had some bad premonitions in his heart.

He picked up his pace, and a few minutes later he was at the top of one of the tallest nearby peaks, and came to a halt.

He panted heavily, looked down at his watch, and found that he had been running for nearly three hours without knowing it.

Even with his physique, running for such a long time is already a bit strenuous.

A few minutes later, when he was able to catch his breath, he turned over and jumped onto a boulder nearby, looking into the distance and observing the terrain.

His eyes emit a feline-like faint light in the dark, and his powerful low-light vision, even in the dark, is almost the same as the day!

"Huh!" At this moment, Luo Yuan looked a little surprised.

He found that there seemed to be a huge lake dozens of kilometers ahead. The lake surface was reflecting the sparkling light under the moonlight, and this direction was where he was about to go.

There was a look of joy on his face, maybe that's where the cobblestone came from!

He also encountered several streams on his previous journey, and after countless years of erosion, there were not many cobblestones there, but either the size or the wrong color and material.

The cobblestones dropped by the giant bird weighed about four to five tons each, and were all white in color, similar to limestone. In the streams I encountered before, I had basically never seen similar cobblestones.

He was shocked, and he was not ready to rest anymore. He bent his legs slightly, and at the next moment, his legs suddenly exerted force, and he jumped directly from the boulder. The slope was steep, and the slope was almost seventy degrees. He jumped straight into the air, falling rapidly with gravity.

There are big trees everywhere below, and the branches are intertwined to form a huge network. When he was about to hit the branches, his body froze out of thin air, and there was a short stagnation abruptly. The next moment, his feet stepped on the body vigorously On a branch as thick as the mouth of a bowl, under the huge momentum, the branch broke as soon as it made contact, and the figure had already used this recoil force to leap into the air again.

He jumped over a distance of more than 100 meters, and after jumping more than a dozen times, he had already landed at the foot of the mountain.

In the past three days, his curse has long been broken by his own will. Not only has his will returned to its original state, but his will has faintly improved a step under the tempering of the curse.

Although this kind of progress is not large, it is not reflected in the system data, but it is also a pleasant surprise. With his level of will, every step is extremely difficult, requiring a lot of time and special opportunities, unless precious in exchange for attribute points.

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After running for nearly half an hour, Luo Yuan's speed gradually slowed down.

It is probably because the water source is nearby. The density of mutant beasts here is extremely high, and most of them are powerful. Not to mention the light green mutant beasts are everywhere, but they can be seen from time to time, and there are even some more powerful ones. hidden in it.

The struggle here is extremely fierce, and the piercing screams have never stopped since Luo Yuan entered this area, so that there is always a strong smell of blood here, which makes people faintly sick.

On the way, he even saw with his own eyes that the two giants, which seemed to come out of mythology, were biting and colliding with each other. The fierce battle made the whole ground shake slightly, countless trees collapsed under the impact, and the sticky blood almost stained the earth.

But Luo Yuan didn't dare to take a closer look. The terrifying coercion emitted during the battle almost made him breathless. These two creatures were at least green.

The drought has lasted for seven or eight days. Under the scorching heat, most of the streams along the way have dried up, or are close to drying up. Some small insects and mutant beasts can still survive on dew, but for those large mutant beasts, there is no way to find them. To reach the water source means death.

Every day, there are countless powerful mutant beasts, following the water vapor in the air, rushing here, for the water source and the territory, they will inevitably fight with the "natives" here, and use their fangs and claws to decide who is the right one. The overlord here, and then move on to the next wave of challengers.

The battles here are so fierce and frequent that Luo Yuan feels that the ground along the way is sticky, which makes people feel creepy, but also a little shocking. This place is simply a killing field for mutant beasts, where the weak and the strong are vividly reflected.

No wonder, along the way, there were not many powerful creatures encountered, so most of them ended up here.

Due to the shield of the "Green Hidden Man's Horn", he hardly exudes any aura, and sometimes he has to pass by under the eyes of various powerful mutant creatures, and he has not attracted the attention of any powerful creature.

After all, even if you saw Luo Yuan, in the eyes of those mutated creatures, human beings were really too small, and that "little bit" of meat probably wasn't enough to feed their hunger, and wouldn't attract much interest.

However, Luo Yuan didn't dare to be careless, and he was careful all the way, even if he was vulnerable to light green creatures, he tried to avoid them as much as possible. In this place full of powerful mutant beasts, he avoided fighting as much as possible.

Trembling all the way, after walking for nearly an hour, he finally saw a lake, this lake is very big, maybe because of the fog, Luo Yuan couldn't see the edge at a glance.

At this moment, countless mutated beasts gathered on the beach, queuing up to drink water.

But what surprised Luo Yuan was that the atmosphere here seemed quiet and serene. Although killings did happen from time to time, they were not frequent. They seemed to be keeping restraint. Most of the creatures turned around and left silently after drinking the water, just like before. The woods in the forest seem to be two worlds.

At this time, a light-green mutant beast that was injured in the battle forcefully pushed aside the low-level mutant beast in front with a low growl, and walked tremblingly to the surface of the lake.

Blood trickled down the wounded thigh, soon turning the nearby lake red.

As if attracted by the fresh blood, the lake water gradually rippled slightly. Maybe it was too thirsty, or maybe it didn't care at all. It just took a look at the restless water surface, and then lowered its head and gulped water.

Some of the mutated beasts behind it backed away one after another, away from here, but it still didn't realize it.

Suddenly, a drastic change happened, the lake was violently turbulent, almost at the same time, countless strange fishes about several meters in length, which looked like sea snakes and earthworms, pierced the water surface like a rain of swords, and rushed towards the wound of the mutant beast. Touching the wound, the strange fish twisted violently a few times, then nimbly got in.

These creatures are extremely fast, completely surpassing the visual capture ability of ordinary people. In just an instant, Luo Yuan saw no less than a dozen strange fish burrowing into the wound.

The strange fish was too small for the mutated beast, and what's more, it burrowed into the painful wound itself. The abnormality of its body was not very obvious. It was not until a few seconds later that it felt something was wrong, and it raised its head uneasily.

But it was too late. During this time, Luo Yuan saw hundreds of strange fishes burrowing into its body, and they tried their best to get inside. After a few seconds, bumps gradually appeared on the surface of the skin. Walking around quickly, it makes people's scalp tingle.

The mutant beast started to roar violently, and the strong sound waves seemed to turn into substance, making the water surface seem to be boiling, and the water splashed violently. However, these strange fish obviously had extremely strong vitality, and they returned to normal after only a slight meal.

Even taking advantage of the gap opened by the opponent, dozens of strange fish shot into its wide open mouth, nostrils, ears and any place that could penetrate.

There are more strange fish, densely packed as if forming a shadow, wandering towards here.

At this time, it finally remembered to escape, but it was too late. It only took a step, and felt a sense of weakness. Its body shook a few times, and its huge body fell heavily into the water, splashing a huge spray.

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