Chapter 0550 A living body without a breath of life?
There are no living things, no vitality, and the silence is like hell.
So, when Jiang Yue was outside the dense forest earlier, he clearly heard vague sounds. The suppressed sounds could not be an illusion.
So what's the reason?
Jiang Yue leaned lightly against a big tree, stopped, and almost raised his mental power to the extreme.
He didn't believe it. Could it be that there wasn't a single living creature in the entire large circle area with a radius of thirty meters?
Facts once again poured cold water on him.
He radiated all his mental power, not sparing any corner, but still found nothing.
This is a dead land, with no insects, no frogs, no snakes, no rats, no signs of any living creatures.
retreat?
This idea popped into Jiang Yue's mind.
His intuition told him that he could not go any further. Any extra step he took might lead to an abyss waiting for him.
At this moment, Jiang Yue's eyelids suddenly twitched and his ears twitched slightly. Almost at the same time, an inexplicable sense of crisis suddenly arose in his consciousness.
This sense of crisis came inexplicably, so suddenly.
Jiang Yue felt a sound coming from above his head, and his body reacted instinctively. His back hit the tree trunk hard, and with the help of the tree trunk's rebound, Jiang Yue's body was ejected like an arrow.
Almost at the moment Jiang Yue bombed away from the scene, a strange liquid dripped down from the huge tree trunk where he originally stood.
After the liquid hit the ground, it strangely turned into a puddle and quickly spread on the ground.
Looking up again, I saw large areas of thick liquid hanging from the trunk, spreading down the trunk.
What's even weirder is that in the process of spreading, these liquids that look like resin but are not resin are spreading down the tree trunks. But at this moment, there seems to be some force trying to break free from the tree trunks wrapped in this liquid.
This liquid package keeps pushing outwards, pushing out all kinds of strange shapes.
But no matter how hard it pushes outwards, the thick liquid is so tenacious that it will not be broken. As soon as the pushing force disappears, the thick liquid immediately regains its shape and clings to the trunk of the tree again. It looks like
It seems like nothing happened.
Such a strange scene really made Jiang Yue feel a little numb.
At this moment, another big tree beside him made slight movement, and large swaths of viscous liquid quickly gathered along the branches and leaves toward the trunk.
Jiang Yue was dumbfounded. Just when he was surprised, a bulge suddenly popped out of the tree trunk wrapped in the sticky liquid, and quickly expanded outwards, pushing the tough mucus outward, and it turned out to be a thick arm.
Ji spread his fingers and grabbed Jiang Yue face to face.
This happened very suddenly, and he was almost only one foot away from Jiang Yue.
Fortunately, Jiang Yue reacted quickly and quickly slid back, trying to avoid the strange grab.
What Jiang Yue didn't expect was that the arm seemed to be unfettered and quickly grew longer. Wherever Jiang Yue retreated, the arm followed him!
Infinite spread!
This caught Jiang Yue off guard.
Fortunately, Jiang Yue was fast enough and his reaction was quick enough.
Every time the infinitely spreading arms were about to touch him, he could always speed up again and escape.
It wasn't until Jiang Yue made several small circles in succession that the potential of this infinitely spreading arm was finally exhausted. It was almost as straight as a spring, with no potential left to tap. It suddenly relaxed and retracted in a whoosh.
Almost in a breath, the arm retracted into the trunk of the tree, and it was as calm as ever, without any movement. The large piece of mucus quickly swam up the trunk and quickly disappeared into the canopy.
This situation is like a fountain rushing out of the water. No matter how high it sprays, it will eventually fall back to the water and then quickly return to calm.
Unfortunately, there was no time for Jiang Yue to think about it.
He pressed the gourd and raised the ladle. As soon as the slime attack over there retracted, a huge head suddenly appeared here, opened its mouth and bit Jiang Yue's shoulder.
The speed was so fast that Jiang Yue had no room to think.
Thanks to Jiang Yue, anyone with a slower reaction would have been able to bite off half of Jiang Yue's shoulder on the spot with the huge head that suddenly poked out from behind.
Jiang Yue dodged continuously, darting through the trees to avoid attacks that suddenly appeared one after another.
Soon, large swaths of slime continued to appear on the giant trees in the dense forest, constantly mimicking various strange shapes, like monsters emerging from hell. The situation was indescribably weird.
Jiang Yue realized that he had unintentionally stepped into a terrifying trap.
Although he is not sure now, this trap was not directed at him, or it was there in the first place, and he just walked in accidentally.
These consecutive attacks made Jiang Yue learn to behave better.
He was very particular about his position at the moment. The terrain was relatively open and there were no big trees within ten meters of the surrounding area.
There were several trees as thick as thighs, but he knocked them down with a few kicks.
As a result, a relatively open area appeared around him, which also made his field of vision relatively wider. Even if he was attacked from behind, he would at least have plenty of time to react.
He also figured out that the trees with mucus on them were basically the kind of trees that couldn't be hugged with both hands.
There are indeed many such trees in this dense forest, but not every tree is of this thickness.
Moreover, there is a distance between these hugging trees after all, and such large trees cannot be close to each other.
This also unconsciously gave Jiang Yue some room to dodge and maneuver.
If all the trees here could produce this kind of mucus, there would be basically no room for Jiang Yue to move.
Jiang Yue stood there, every cell in his body was on high alert.
At the same time, he carefully observed these strange and constantly changing shapes of mucus, trying to find some clues.
What the hell is all this slime?
He also knows that after the strange invasion, all kinds of strange life forms will appear. Maybe this slime is also some kind of strange life form?
But just looking at the mucus, you really can't tell what kind of creature it looks like, and you can't feel any breath of life.
It is obviously not an animal if it is said to be an animal, nor does it look like a plant.
However, these slimes are constantly swelling in strange shapes, but they are also very personified, simulating the shapes of arms, claws, heads, etc., which are obviously simulating human shapes.
This was somewhat confusing to Jiang Yue.
Could it be that there is some life form hidden in this mucus?
Just because of the function of this mucus, the breath of life is completely covered?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue suddenly felt that this judgment might have some basis.
Logically speaking, slime itself cannot simulate various shapes on its own. It seems that the power of simulation comes from the inside out.
Thinking of Qin Guoao's bottle of spray, couldn't it also cover up the breath of life?
Then these mucus may have the same effect. It can cover up the breath of real life forms and create various weird attack effects through the cover of mucus.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue secretly calmed down.
The thick trees around him were gathering more and more mucus, forming all kinds of strange shapes, ready to move, as if they could jump off the tree trunks at any time, form independent moving bodies, and launch a fatal attack on Jiang Yue.
However, the imagined siege did not come.
I don't know if they are waiting to receive instructions or if they are afraid of Jiang Yue.
All in all, these strange shapes surrounded Jiang Yue, but they never attacked. The previous sporadic and tentative attacks seemed to be just teasing Jiang Yue, not an all-out fight.
This made Jiang Yue feel strange.
Of course, he was not interested in guessing riddles. Since these weird things didn't take the initiative to attack, Jiang Yue naturally couldn't waste them where they were.
Seeing the right opportunity, he planned to retreat from the original road.
However, when his body slid backwards like a swimming fish, the mucus on the giant trees behind him was the first to react.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lines of mucus stretched out like arms, quickly forming a wall like the Thousand-Armed Guanyin on Jiang Yue's retreat, blocking Jiang Yue's path.
Jiang Yue quickly ran to the side, trying to avoid this obstacle.
Then, the slime between the giant trees seems to have a natural tacit understanding, and they can communicate with each other as they wish.
Before Jiang Yue had time to jump out of the encirclement, he blocked the roads on both sides.
Lines of slime lay in front of Jiang Yue, like building fences, leaving Jiang Yue with no way out.
Ahead are streaks of slime, behind are fences made of slime, and upwards are black cloaks of winter trees. God knows what kind of crisis is hidden there.
The only road left for Jiang Yue was underground. Unless Jiang Yue had the ability to escape from the ground, there would really be no way out.
Jiang Yue frowned.
He was a little confused. What did the other party mean by this operation?
Such a large amount of mucus should have formed an absolute numerical suppression on him. If they launched an attack together, it would be extremely difficult for Jiang Yue to parry.
Just when Jiang Yue was confused, there seemed to be a faint sound of footsteps coming from the distance.
The footsteps sounded a bit draggy, and when they stepped on the ground, they sounded a bit lazy, like someone who was woken up from sleep and was reluctant to get up at night.
Anyone?
Someone finally came?
But in the middle of the night, in this strange dense forest, hearing such dragging footsteps not only did not make Jiang Yue feel peaceful, but instead made him feel more terrifying.
Can a normal person appear in this dense forest in the middle of the night?
In such an environment, can a normal person escape from such sloppy footsteps?
They all wish they could keep their steps as light as possible, preferably silently.
The footsteps finally got closer, but Jiang Yue still didn't feel the breath of a living creature approaching.
This made Jiang Yue even more confused and confused.
Isn't this footsteps from a living creature?
Jiang Yue inexplicably remembered the caravan of people in Panshiling and the scene when they returned to the town that night. They were also dragging their feet and in such a strange situation.
However, I was in the town at that time, but now I am in this dead forest, which is undoubtedly more terrifying.
Finally, a figure appeared in Jiang Yue's sight.
Just as Jiang Yue guessed, this figure was stumbling and dragging its steps, and it didn't look like a normal person walking.
Why is it him?
When Jiang Yue could faintly see the outline of the opponent, Jiang Yue was a little stunned on the spot.
This person is actually Zheng Kang!
It was Zheng Kang who he had been searching for just now!
Is he really ambushing here?
But what exactly is this kid playing? Why can't he feel any human breath at all? Is this kid possessed by a ghost?
That’s not right either!
Even if one is possessed by a ghost, the human aura cannot completely disappear.
When Zheng Kang got closer, Jiang Yue discovered it.
Strictly speaking, this silhouette is that of Zheng Kang, but the actual person is completely different.
At first glance, this is indeed a person, but upon closer inspection, this person's outline is blurred and his facial features are abstract. He only vaguely resembles Zheng Kang's body shape and appearance, but he doesn't look like a normal human being at all.
To describe the feeling, it's like a human being has been painted with a layer of paint, and the surface is as smooth as if a layer of gold has been gilded on the surface of the body.
Is this Zheng Kang?
Jiang Yue glanced at the other person's chest, and there was a slight bulge on his chest. It was the pendant hanging on his chest, which was also coated with the same paint at the moment.
When Zheng Kang walked up to him, he seemed to have received some instructions. With a pop, he knelt down in front of Jiang Yue.
This move surprised Jiang Yue.
"Zheng Kang?"
Jiang Yue asked a little uncertainly.
Zheng Kang seemed to have completely lost his sense of self. He knelt down on the ground in a daze, without answering or explaining. He was like a puppet without a soul, kneeling down on the ground, as if repenting or redeeming himself.
At this moment, the mucus on the tree trunks peeled off the trunks one after another, turning into independent subjects, and they knelt down on the spot.
There are hundreds of them in all directions.
Jiang Yue took a closer look and saw that the layer of substance on Zheng Kang's body was exactly the same as the mucus. It was a strange deep purple color and looked like a giant eggplant.
The people kneeling on all sides are also this weird deep purple.
Jiang Yue suddenly remembered something.
Is this really Zheng Kang? And the people kneeling on all sides are the ghosts summoned by Zheng Kang?
Zheng Kang and these ghosts were all trapped by these slimes and became what they are now?
The more Jiang Yue thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible.
But, why do they kneel down to themselves?
What is the force behind all this?
This weird purple color reminded Jiang Yue and made him think of a certain possibility.
The weird giant egg in Qiluo Mountain, the purple giant egg that appeared in Tong Fei Fei’s dream, and the monster that once caused trouble in Yangfan Middle School, aren’t they also this weird purple color?
Could it be...
After all, did you accidentally break into the territory of the purple giant egg?
its not right!
According to the data, the location of the giant egg is far away from the strange rock slope. Otherwise Jiang Yue and the others would not choose to live on this strange rock slope.
The purpose is not to provoke that weird giant egg, not to provoke the giant egg mother body.