No matter how the Emerald Forest is named "Emerald", the word "forest" is not deceptive after all.
At the beginning, there were just a few sparse large trees scattered irregularly on the road that the girl and Duan Qing walked on. But as the tracking gradually deepened, the surrounding trees gradually became taller and more closely distributed. The tree trunks
It also became thicker and thicker. After walking for a few miles, some trees even turned into towering giant trees with several people hugging each other. Occasionally, I looked up and the sky was gradually blocked by the tender green of the branches and leaves. But as time went by,
As the adventure deepens, they slowly turn into dark green - the result of which it is difficult for light to penetrate. If someone is an expert at tree climbing and chooses to climb up one of the big trees, he may be lucky enough to see the magnificent green.
ocean.
It is a sea of trees.
When I first entered the forest, I could occasionally walk with a few players, but at this point, I rarely saw other people. And in this deserted environment, the girl still maintained a happy look.
Walking forward, like a deer returning to nature.
The brisk pace, the way she looked left and right, the bamboo basket she carried behind her back, and the bouncing golden ponytail on top of the bamboo basket - the girl did not put on the hood on her burqa at this time, and she just kept walking in the dense forest.
Walking through.
Then he tripped on something and fell to the ground with a plop.
After this section of the journey, Duan Qing could also notice that the girl was moving very fast. Judging from her familiar movements and smooth progress, it seemed that this was not her first time here. And this also made Duan Qing follow her.
It became very strenuous. After all, this was his first time in this forest, and he was still a novice. But at this time, when he saw the "skilled worker" in front of him falling to the ground, Duan Qing, who was walking behind, couldn't help laughing.
When he came out, the idiom "extreme joy brings sorrow" was quite accurate when applied to the girl here and now, so he responded with "gloating over misfortune".
The bamboo basket behind her rolled to the side, and the girl slowly sat up with her legs bent, rubbing her forehead and whining in pain. She sat on the ground and looked around, looking back and forth a few times.
, and finally looked at Duan Qing, who was following behind and laughing.
"What are you laughing laughing!"
The girl may have noticed that there was such a player following her, but she thought she was a passerby in the forest, so she didn't pay attention. Now that the passerby was "laughing" at her, she naturally fought back.
"At first glance, he is not a good person! He seems to have been following me just now. He really has some intentions towards this girl..."
Near noon, the golden color of the sun shines on the green of the ocean of trees, and then leaks through the gaps in the woods. After being blocked by the green leaves, it forms mottled images, which are imprinted on the tree trunks, shrubs, and fallen leaves.
There was also a breeze blowing over Duan Qing and the girl, and the image was still swaying with the breeze. A rustling sound came from the head, just like the forest was laughing at these two people.
In fact, when you look up close, you can see that the girl is very beautiful, but her slightly red and swollen forehead after being bumped slightly ruined her image. Duan Qing looked at the cute face rubbing her forehead and flattening her mouth, and put away her smile.
He walked forward openly and extended his hand to the girl.
"I'm sorry..." Duan Qing said, "Can you stand up?"
"Humph...I'm not that weak..."
The girl still looked angry. Duan Qing recalled that every time he saw her, he seemed to see her angry look, which felt like a coincidence. But then again...this angry look is quite nice.
of.
However, the girl did not hold the outstretched hand and stood up on her own.
"Seeing that you still have some conscience, I will let you go this time, this...Uncle Qingshan." The girl wrinkled her nose, maybe it was a wound, and she grinned again.
Duan Qing on the other side had a dark look on his face.
Uncle? I am only twenty-five this year...
"Do I look that old? This... friend Mengzhu?"
"You're definitely older than me anyway...there's nothing wrong with calling you uncle..."
The girl picked up the bamboo basket she had just dropped from the ground, carried it behind her back, then turned around and shook her arm at Duan Qing.
"Goodbye, uncle! And don't follow me anymore..."
Duan Qing saw the girl's pouty expression before leaving. After thinking about it, he stepped forward and shouted to Mengzhu: "Hey, where did you pick those mushrooms from..."
"Why are you asking this?"
The girl who had taken a few steps turned back and asked, but this time there was a strange emotion in her eyes.
Duan Qing stepped forward again. He put on an approachable expression, but his words were not very approachable: "It seems that you are very vigilant... Could it be that you had discovered that I was following you just now?"
, has always cared about me very much but pretended not to show up, so he fell to the ground..."
His voice gradually changed, and finally turned into something like talking to himself. Correspondingly, the expression of the girl named Mengzhu gradually became solemn: "Who are you?"
"Hey, do I look like a bad guy? I just want to...find some clues for the mission..."
"Isn't he the Wuji Illusion God?"
The girl stared at Duan Qing, suddenly shouted, and then what she saw was... a face that was frightened by the loud noise.
"Hey, is he really a passerby..."
The girl was depressed again. She turned her head away with a look on her face, ignored Duan Qing and wanted to leave.
"Hey, I'm not done yet..." Duan Qing wanted to stop her again.
"Jungle mushrooms are something that can be found everywhere in the Emerald Forest. It's just that players have picked more. Now they need to go deeper to see some..."
The girl moved forward without looking back. Although her voice was clearly audible, it was getting further and further away: "So these are stupid questions you are asking. It's weird if you don't make people suspicious..."
It was only at this moment that Duan Qing understood what the problem was, but apart from a little helplessness, he didn't care. He continued to follow the girl. Although his voice was a little higher, his tone was still casual: "How can you blame me?
, I haven’t played this game for a few days, and the level is only level 6..."
"Level 6?" The girl stopped again and turned around, but this time, she was truly surprised: "Level 6, you will enter the Emerald Forest?"
She tilted her head and looked at Duan Qing for a while, and then began to persuade with helplessness: "Uncle, the outside world is very dangerous, you should go back quickly..."
"Looking at your kind face, I guess you haven't been played by games..."
"What are you doing? Looking down on me?" Duan Qing smiled.
"Do you know about the Emerald Forest? The monsters here are all..."
Mengzhu's words slowly trailed off.
I don’t know since when, the forest became quiet, but at this moment, there was a rustling sound in the bushes deep in front. In the gaps between the trees, a black shadow was gradually expanding, and the whistling sound was also heard.
As the giant shadow approaches, it becomes increasingly clear and audible.
"No, no, no, it can't be..." Mengzhu started to stutter in her cautious voice: "How, how, how is it possible..."
Obviously aware that something was wrong, Duan Qing did not say anything, but no matter what he felt or his self-perception, it was impossible for him to panic: "What's wrong?"
"I just feel like...there haven't been any monsters along the way..."
The words she muttered to herself gradually became steady. The girl looked at Duan Qing for a while, then bit her lip as if she had decided something. She suddenly turned around, dropped the bamboo basket, and then her body relaxed.
, as if taking a deep breath.
She squatted slightly in the direction of the black figure, took out a dagger from her waist, and assumed a fighting posture: "You...run."
"Huh?" After a long while, Duan Qing pointed to his nose, but naturally Mengzhu couldn't see this action.
"That should be a wild boar, we can't beat it..."
"Wild boar? Why..."
"how could I know!"
The girl interrupted the newcomer's "ignorant" endless questions, her suddenly amplified voice revealing anxiety and hopelessness. Behind her, Duan Qing could even feel her body trembling: "Unless someone deliberately attracts us, we are now
It is impossible for a monster of this level to appear in this place..."
"Let's go! You're still a newbie, don't stay here and hold yourself back..."
"Hey, do I look that weak?"
"Let's go!"
Mengzhu's voice became more and more anxious, and her words became faster and faster: "I should be able to hold off for a while by myself. You run first, and then I will choose a direction. This should..."
"If I remember correctly, I seem to have seen you dragging the carcass of a wild boar in the village..."
"It's not just me...are you really not here to cause trouble, uncle!? You really don't know or..." Didn't notice the hidden information in Duan Qing's words, Mengzhu
Her voice rose again, then she remembered something, and lowered her head helplessly: "Yes, of course you don't know, you are still a novice..." She slumped her shoulders, and then she braced herself again.
In front of the two of them, the image of the black figure gradually became clearer as it approached. Duan Qing had seen that image when he first entered the game. It was a wild boar that had been enlarged.
But it has to be said that any creature that is enlarged to a certain extent cannot be underestimated in its power, especially the wild boar's stiff mane and sky-high tusks, which now look very intimidating.
With the official appearance of the wild boar, Mengzhu gradually calmed down. She still did not look back and said in the direction of the wild boar: "This monster has a lot of blood, and I don't have suitable weapons or sufficient preparations...
..You wouldn’t encounter it in a place like this, so someone must have lured it here..."
The wild boar snorted a puff of air from its nose, which was its horn of attack, and then began to run towards this side. The sound of the girl gritting her teeth was drowned in the increasingly louder footsteps on the ground.
"This is the...trouble I caused, I'm really sorry."
As soon as he finished speaking, the purple figure suddenly rushed forward. The figure was so fast that the golden ponytail was pulled into a straight line in the air. The delicate figure shrank quickly in Duan Qing's eyes and moved away, leaving only her shouting.
The last two words uttered: "Run!"
The sunlight among the trees, the mottled tree shadows, and the one or two figures shining in the light and approaching quickly... Maybe the sun was blocked by clouds or trees for a moment, and in this section.
In Qing's suddenly dark vision, the delicate figures that were supposed to collide suddenly paused.
The girl suddenly changed direction the moment the wild boar was about to hit her, and dodged to one side.
The huge figure stopped with great difficulty, and began to look left and right, as if it fell into a brief daze because of the loss of the target. And on the left rear that it could not see, the delicate figure made a few turns and jumped to the side of the wild boar.
In the dim light, the delicate figure waved her right hand, and the metal reflection flashed in the air.
As the blood spattered, the wild boar let out a scream, and there were some bloodshot eyes in its eyes. It suddenly pushed its injured right hind leg backwards, and then didn't care whether it hit the one who jumped away.
The agile prey turns around and makes a sweeping sweep towards the rear.
The fangs almost drew a complete circle, and the huge figure drove the surrounding air, blowing a strong wind. The girl jumped back in the strong wind, pulled away a certain distance, and then walked slowly in one direction.
.From the perspective of Duan Qing who was behind, she probably needed some breathing space to recover her almost exhausted physical strength.
The continuous attacks failed to hit the small figure, and the wild boar seemed to become more angry. Amidst the trembling of the earth, it stamped its feet on the spot, and then... let out an angry howl!
In the explosion of air, invisible air pressure rushed towards the face. Perhaps he did not expect that this giant monster would have such a move. The girl who was closer was once again forced to take a few steps back. And as the distance gradually widened
, the wild boar launched a second round of attacks.
It starts to charge.
Mengzhu retreated backwards, but the speed of retreat was obviously not as fast as the wild boar's forward movement, so she had to increase her speed slowly. In the process, she tried to change the direction, but the wild boar also kept adjusting as it rushed forward.
It's going on, and it's getting faster and faster.
The shrubs were crushed under the hooves, and the fallen leaves were rolled up. The two arcs drawn by one, one, and two figures in the forest slowly overlapped, and then finally converged at the huge tree chosen by the girl.
on the trunk of a tree.
boom!
The entire forest seemed to be shaking. Amidst the deafening impact, the giant tree was shaken violently. Among the fallen leaves, large and small wood chips were flying in the air, shining with golden light in the mottled light and shadow. That
Amidst the creaking and groaning sounds of a big tree, the wild boar pulled out the tusks that had penetrated the trunk of the tree. Then it suddenly stood upright, paused in the air with its two thick front legs, and then fell heavily!
The golden ponytail flew around in the bushes, and stood upright with the figure that Mengzhu had just climbed up. Then he was knocked back again by the wild boar's shock. After a few steps, he fell to the ground. He wanted to step forward to fight
The intention of attacking the wild boar's head was also in vain. Holding the dagger tightly in her right hand, the girl struggled to stand up again, planning to find a new big tree as an opportunity to create a gap next time. In front of her eyes,
The wild figure suddenly enlarged.
The giant wild boar jumped up!
Dust was flying next to the big tree just now, and the wild boar flew over with movements completely inconsistent with its fat body, and fell in the direction of Mengzhu. In an instant, Mengzhu only had time to hold the dagger across his chest, hastily
The scene was like trying to block a flying boulder with a branch.
The branch broke as expected, but it still protected its owner. The fangs did not pierce Mengzhu's body, but the huge force knocked the delicate body away. After landing on the ground, it rolled several times, and finally hit
He stopped at a tree.
She felt severe pain all over her body, especially the back where she finally hit the tree. She felt like her bones were about to break. She lay on the ground and tried to get up again, but she couldn't even move a finger - after the huge blow just now, she felt like her bones were about to break.
She felt as if this body was no longer hers. Although it was a rare and precious experience in a virtual game, the girl at this time had no such feeling at all.
It seems... I can't beat him... Forget it, just die...
Rotating, separating, distorting, and then reuniting, Mengzhu tried his best to blink his eyes. He just calmed down from the dizzy vision just now and saw clearly the picture in front of him - it was a picture of mottled tree shadows flying in the air.
The leaves, the towering tree standing on one side, and the figure of the uncle standing on the other side formed a contradictory scene.
"The reaction is good, and you also know how to jump up to relieve your strength, otherwise the dagger will not be able to save you..." Duan Qing stood next to the girl, and then slowly squatted down.
With incredible emotion in his eyes, Mengzhu asked with difficulty: "You... ahem... why are you... still here..."
"I can tell. This wild boar is indeed rough-skinned and thick-blooded. Ordinary attacks may have no effect. As for why you didn't run away...can you still stand up now?"
"Ahem... If you don't leave... behind your heart..."
"Okay, okay, I understand, save your energy." Duan Qing shook his head, and the shadow gradually expanded behind him, which was a sign that the wild boar was approaching.
"Because you are so kind and take care of me, I reluctantly recognize you as a good person. So, how could I do such an unmanly thing as leaving you alone and running away..."
"I still want a hero to save the beauty! Do you think this is a romantic drama, cough cough cough..." As if she was so angry that she regained consciousness, the girl vomited out a whole sentence, and then fell down again. Apparently,
In this situation, she couldn't see any hope: "Repay the man...you think...you can beat me..."
"Of course I can't beat you," Duan Qing said, "I mean... we can still run together."
He picked up Mengzhu's body and ran wildly amidst the angry howling of the giant beast.
This chapter has been completed!