"What exactly is the purple crystal? And what is the shadow that means evil invasion? Is the disappearance of the alienation point related to it?"
Xu Qing couldn't figure it out. While he was pondering the analysis, the figures of Captain Lei and others came back one after another from him. Everyone looked at him as they passed by.
Xu Qing put his mind away and a bright light flashed in his eyes.
Whatever it is, it doesn't matter right now.
After repairing, it was his turn to continue taking action.
Xu Qing stood up, wiped the iron stick on his body, and made the cold light shine again. The moment Yu Cross walked by, he rushed out.
He was so fast that he was close to the chasing wolves in an instant.
The sounds of fighting and screams were mixed together, like a baptism for the young man.
Yu Shenling survived with his eyes open and survived the rain of blood. In the scattered afterglow of the sunset, his sharp edge was gradually sharpened!
This time, he persisted longer.
Time also slowly passed due to the continuous retreat and rotational resistance of the Thunder Team.
The setting sun disappeared, the bright moon hung high, and darkness fell in the restricted area, but the sound of fighting continued.
Until...when their exhaustion reached the limit, all the white pills were eaten, and the heterogeneous concentration in the body was approaching the critical point of alienation, dawn arrived.
The wolves finally began to disperse.
As the morning light fell, the last black-scaled wolf in the restricted jungle looked at them tiredly and disappeared into the distance, and the surrounding area gradually became quiet.
Everyone's body was covered with thick plasma and they were lying on the ground, panting.
Xu Qing was no exception. Even with the recovery of the purple crystal, the mental stress still made him exhausted.
"Finally... survived." Luan Ya murmured on the side, struggled to get up, and spoke softly when he looked at Xu Qing.
"Thanks."
The barbarian ghost was also panting and stretched out his thumb at Xu Qing.
In this night's fight, Xu Qing's actions and time surpassed those of Lei Dui and Shi Zi. It can even be said that without him, some of them would have been alienated before the wolves dispersed.
Only Xu Qing was lying there looking at the sky, tired but also filled with deep doubts in his heart.
In this night's battle, the speed of accumulation of heterogeneity in his body was obviously much slower than before.
He even felt as if his alienness was disappearing all by itself.
While everyone was resting, Captain Lei rubbed his brows, glanced at Shizi and the others with a serious look, and spoke hoarsely.
"This can't be an accident. The black-scaled wolves' continuous pursuit is more like something attracting them. So, take out the foreign objects you have acquired during this period and let's check it carefully. I doubt this.
...It was caused by man.”
Following Lei Dui's words, Shizi and others were convinced, so they all checked on their own and took out the foreign objects.
Xu Qing's heart was also pounding. When he was thinking about whether it was the iron piece in Ma Si's relics, Luan Ya on the side suddenly let out an exclamation and pointed towards the wild ghost.
Among the items that the barbarian ghost took out was a wooden box.
The wooden box was broken and seemed to be constantly corroding on its own. There were wisps of faint smell coming out. Since the smell in the forbidden jungle was mixed, it was difficult to tell the difference without smelling it carefully.
"Why did this thing corrode itself?" Barbarian Ghost was surprised.
Captain Lei immediately stepped forward, picked up the wooden box, and handed it to Luan Ya. Luan Ya smelled it carefully and nodded with an ugly expression.
"How did you get this?" Lei Dui looked at Barbarian Ghost.
"I bought it from the stall in the camp the day I came back. It contained insect repellent powder..." Barbarian Ghost scratched his head.
"This is made from the feces of butterfly rabbits. It will ignite itself when exposed to external stimuli and can attract scaly creatures... Black-scaled wolves are also considered a type of scaly creatures."
Luan Ya looked at the barbarian ghost and spoke slowly.
The wild ghosts stay there.
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly solidified, and Xu Qing also narrowed his eyes.
After a long while, Captain Lei shook his head.
"The wild ghosts were deceived. You can imagine who it is that could lay such a trap for us in the camp."
"Blood Shadow Team!" Cross said coldly from the side.
"With such an arrangement of the Blood Shadow Team, it's hard to say that there is no back-up plan, and we are in a bad state at the moment..." Luan Ya said hesitantly.
"So, what do you think, should we continue to go to the picking area to complete the task, or should we just evacuate?" Lei Dui looked up and looked into the distance, and spoke slowly.
Xu Qing looked thoughtful and said nothing.
The others also looked at each other, and finally Cross spoke with difficulty.
"Captain, this is not very far from our picking point, and everyone has suffered too much loss this time. If we return empty-handed..."
Lei Dui was silent and glanced at Barbarian Ghost and Luanya. The former lowered his head in guilt, while the latter looked unwillingly. After a while, he sighed softly.
"Keep moving forward. When you reach the picking point, collect it as soon as possible. Then everyone will disperse on different roads, leave separately, and meet at the camp."
Team Lei made the final decision, and after simple repairs, everyone moved forward again in the restricted jungle.
On the way, Xu Qing approached Luan Ya, took out the amber obtained from Pang Shan, and asked what it was.
After seeing the amber, Luan Ya was startled. He took it and examined it carefully, telling Xu Qing that the object was the poisonous tail of the ghost-faced scorpion.
This scorpion is poisonous, but it is not indestructible and has good medicinal properties. After poisoning, it can explode its potential in an instant, but it cannot last continuously. It needs to be detoxified immediately after the explosion, so most of them are kept by people and are valuable.
Xu Qing understood, thanked him, and put it away.
Afterwards, everyone remained vigilant, observing their surroundings closely while moving forward quickly.
But compared to before, this time they were more silent along the way.
Perhaps due to the appearance of the black-scaled wolf yesterday, most of the other ferocious beasts in this area were dispersed.
So along the way, the Thunder team did not encounter any danger. Just like this, two hours later, they finally arrived at the junction between the outside and the depth of the penalty area.
The landscape here is no longer just a jungle, there are also some hills and streams, but the water in the streams is black and not drinkable.
And in a dense jungle, there is a path hidden, with a cave at the end, which is actually a small canyon.
When Xu Qing and others walked into the canyon, what caught his eyes was like another world.
The top here is covered by thick vines growing all around, like a roof, and the sunlight cannot completely penetrate. There are no big trees inside, and there are flowers and grass everywhere.
Fist-sized flowers of different colors filled the entire canyon, accompanied by many grasses emitting blue crystal light.
Each plant has seven leaves.
The light they emit is like stars, making the quiet canyon seem to turn into a quiet starry sky, giving it a very unique beauty.
Here is the picking point that the Thunder Team once discovered, and every such picking point is top secret and is the foundation for the team's survival.
After arriving here, because picking required special techniques, they did not let Xu Qing participate, but spread out and picked by themselves, which was faster and there was no loss.
Xu Qing paid attention to their tactics and did not forcefully join in. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and vomited silently.
After experiencing yesterday's battle, he found that his cultivation seemed to have improved a lot through continuous training, and now he had reached the critical point of breakthrough.
In order to have better survivability in the next crisis, Xu Qing did not waste time. Even in the restricted area, he still ran the Sea Mountain Art in his body and absorbed the spiritual energy from all around.
With the emergence of spiritual energy, the wind started blowing in the canyon.
Lei Dui looked at Xu Qing and did not stop him. He knew very well that there was a great possibility of being ambushed on the way back. At this time, the increase in strength was the guarantee of survival.
Soon, while they were picking, Xu Qing's body gradually began to make banging sounds.
Waves of dirt overflowed from the sweat pores all over his body, melting the plasma outside. When it merged with the dirt, the flesh and blood in his body also rapidly absorbed spiritual energy, becoming stronger and stronger after being nourished.
Until the sound became stronger and stronger, and after reaching the limit, it suddenly stopped, and a roar came from Xu Qing's mind.
The blood vessels all over his body suddenly swelled under the skin, and his flesh and blood were filled with spiritual energy at this moment, as if he contained more amazing power and speed than before.
All this turned into a sharp aura that filled his body, and the spiritual energy fluctuations outside his body also spread in all directions.
Haishan Jue, third level.
Xu Qing slowly lowered his head and opened his eyes.
No one could see the fleeting purple light in his eyes, but instead of the joy of breakthrough, it was replaced by deep doubts.
What he looked down at was his own mixed shadow in the scattered sunlight.
When he was practicing just now, he obviously felt something was wrong. After the spiritual energy he breathed and absorbed, after being separated by the Haishan Jue, the pure part nourished the whole body.
And the alien... did not flow into his arm to form a point of alienation, but... flowed into his own shadow.
It's like a shadow swallowing up that foreign part.
After a long while, Xu Qing raised his head and suppressed all doubts in his heart.
He looked at the Lei team and others who were about to finish picking, and looked far away, along the end of the canyon, into the depths of the jungle.
Faintly, he could see some buildings far ahead, as if temples were connected together, silent in time and filled with ancient atmosphere.
"That is a building left over from an unknown era. It is also the farthest limit that we scavengers can go. We cannot go beyond it, but if we encounter danger nearby, we can go there to take shelter."
After picking their share, the Lei team came to Xu Qing's side, followed his gaze towards the temples, and spoke slowly.
"Is there a limit?" Xu Qing nodded.
"Yes, some people say that in the past, the reason why this forbidden area was formed was because the gods looked at these temples, and scavengers also explored them in the past. There was nothing there, except for a special kind of small stone that occasionally appeared.
"
The Lei team took out part of the seven-leaf clover they picked and put it in another leather bag.
"Why is it special?" Xu Qing asked curiously.
"Grind it into powder and sprinkle it on the scars that have not been formed for a long time. It can remove the scars without leaving any traces. However, it is useless for us scavengers, but occasionally some big shots need it." After Lei Dui finished speaking, he looked towards
Cross et al.
At this moment, the crosses, wild ghosts and luan fangs have all been picked. Under the arrangement of Team Lei, everyone took out a part and put them in the leather bag held by Team Lei.
Finally, after dividing the seven-leaf clover into five parts, Team Lei handed the fifth leather bag to Xu Qing.
"This is yours. From now on, everyone will disperse and break up into zeros. The probability of getting out will be greater." After Lei Dui finished speaking, he looked at Xu Qing and gave him another map.
"Kid, my goal is too big. I must be the focus of Blood Shadow's attention. As the captain, I have to protect you. You can go back to the camp as soon as possible and wait for me."
Team Lei spoke in a deep voice, walked out of the canyon under the silent gaze of other teammates, and disappeared in a flash.
Xu Qing wanted to say something, but before he could say it, Team Lei had already left.
Cross patted Xu Qing's shoulder and left.
Finally, Man Gui and Luan Ya, each told him their own experiences in detail and left in a hurry.
Xu Qing looked at them silently, put the seven-leaf clover away, and then looked back at the temples in the distance.
After a while, Xu Qing turned around, took a deep breath, and galloped towards the entrance of the canyon. After reaching the third level of body training, his speed was obviously faster than before, and he disappeared at the entrance in an instant.
In the jungle of the restricted area, Xu Qing was like a flexible ape, constantly shuttling back and forth. He did not take the road he came from before, but followed the map marks and took a detour.
Based on the experience he learned on the way here, he differentiated between crises and occasionally encountered a few strange beasts, but he successfully solved them all.
At the same time, he also noticed his own shadow in the sun many times, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
He has already tried it. Whether it is absorbing spiritual energy or taking a big breath, the heterogeneity contained in all things will slowly flow into the shadow after entering his body, just like what he felt when he broke through before!
Looking back, this incident began to occur after the cold current emitted from the purple crystal.
Until his Haishan Jue reached the third level, it became more and more obvious.
His own shadow seemed to have mutated after the purple crystal swept away the shadow of the black-scaled wolf.
This weirdness made Xu Qing slowly narrow his eyes.
He rolled up the sleeve of his left arm and looked at it. There was only one alien spot on his arm. It was very faint at the moment. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to see the trace.
According to this development, the heterogeneity in his body will become less and less until it reaches the level of purity and perfection.
And this kind of perfection...Xu Qing had seen it on the bamboo slips of Haishan Jue. Only those with extremely noble status in the origin of the human race in the Ancient Continent can enjoy it.
"Is the purple crystal useful?" Xu Qing murmured, squatting on a branch and staring at the sky in a daze.
For a long time, he touched the place where the purple crystal was buried in his chest. He was silent for a moment. When he raised his head, he suppressed all the doubts in his heart. With a flicker of his figure, he got into the jungle and continued moving forward.
Although the heterogeneity was no longer a threat to him for the time being, it was just one of the many dangers in the restricted area. Xu Qing still encountered some crises on the way.
For example, at this moment, he saw two alienated bears whose aura surpassed that of Team Thunder.
There is actually a huge colorful spider lying on the back of this kind of bear. Countless silk threads spread out from the spider's abdomen and penetrate into the bear's body, as if it is controlling it.
The two violent bears lost control of themselves while running.
Trees were directly smashed by them, and if they encountered other strange beasts that blocked their way, they were also directly torn in half. Their cruelty was extremely obvious.
If the target they were chasing was not a red tiger and they didn't pay attention to Xu Qing, and Xu Qing ran away immediately, it would have been extremely dangerous.
And the dangers from the restricted area are not just that.
An hour later, Xu Qing stood in a tree crown and cautiously checked his surroundings when he saw a creature from a distance that seemed like it should not appear in the jungle.
It was a jellyfish with a body radiating ice coldness and a body as huge as a mountain peak.
Its whole body emits a faint light, floating in the mid-air above the restricted area.
When the sunlight penetrates the translucent body, you can see that there are countless corroding corpses of alien beasts inside.
A large number of tentacles are swaying, and each tentacle is covered with strange eyes, but most of these eyes are now closed and not opened.
At this moment, it flew leisurely towards the depths of the restricted area. The jungle below was instantly frozen, and all existence could not escape the cold disaster.
The aura on its body was so strong that it surpassed Xu Qing's. In Xu Qing's opinion, even the two violent bears were extremely fragile in front of this jellyfish.
Even just looking at it from a distance at this moment, Xu Qing's body stiffened, and a strong crisis emerged from the depths of his soul.
It wasn't until the jellyfish disappeared that Xu Qing took a breath and looked at the frozen jungle area in the distance with palpitations, like a straight line spreading deep into the depths.
"If the direction of this jellyfish is from me..." Xu Qing took a breath.
He understood that in this dangerous restricted jungle, he had some advantages over others because he was different and could be absorbed by shadows.
But this advantage now only allows him to stay in the penalty area longer.
Unless one day, you become stronger, then this advantage will be infinitely magnified.
When Xu Qing left after a while, he became more cautious in the restricted area.
In this way, time passes, and soon the sunset will set, leaving only the glow.
More roars slowly came from the jungle. Xu Qing, who was galloping inside, silently estimated the location on the map and knew that if he traveled all night, he should be able to get out of the restricted area before dawn.
And just when he was pondering whether to walk at night, suddenly, there was a roar from the jungle in the distance, accompanied by an almost shrill scream, the sound was very familiar.
"Barbarian ghost?" Xu Qing's eyes narrowed and he recognized the voice.
He immediately jumped up and approached cautiously. His thin figure was flexible and hidden in the jungle, making it difficult for others to spot him.
So not long after, he came to the place where the roar came from, hid in a tree canopy, and saw six or seven corpses below, one of which... was a wild ghost!
His whole body was black and blue, he was obviously alienated, his body was separated, and his death was extremely miserable.
The huge stainless steel shield was also split into two pieces, one large and one small. The maces were also scattered nearby, covered in blood.
Obviously, he tried his best during his lifetime, and died together with his opponent in the alienation.
Xu Qing was silent, feeling desolate in his heart. He even saw Lei Team not far away, who was being besieged by five people. His whole body was green, and he was gradually losing strength and approaching alienation!
This scene made Xu Qing's pupils shrink, and he tightly held the iron stick in his hand. The fierce murderous intent in his eyes burst out instantly.
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