After confirming that they could not take the air route, the five people walked into the dense forest next to the beach.
Tianma Xingkong opened the way at the front, followed closely by Uncle Good-for-nothing, followed by Honghu, Feng Bujue and Young Master Jibu. The group of people braved thorns and obstacles and walked slowly towards the center of the island.
The first step of the main mission is time-limited, which is a good thing. From this, it can be inferred that the "Temple of Faith" is not very far from the players' starting point, at least in theory... three hours
It can definitely be reached within.
"Is it possible... that the temple is close to the coastline? In fact, we don't need to go deep into the island at all. We can find it just by walking along the beach." After walking for a while, Master Atobe had a sudden idea and asked.
.
"Yes." Feng Bujue replied with a smile, "But... if that's really the case, a new problem will arise..." He turned his head and said, "When we are on the beach, should we go left, or should we go left?
What about going to the right?"
"Well..." Atobe was a little confused by the question. After hesitating for two seconds, he replied, "Are you trying to make excuses?"
"No." Before Feng Bujue could answer, Honghu said first, "Brother Crazy is right, there is essentially no difference between going left, right or entering the island." He paused when he said this.
After a while, he stretched out his hand and scratched his neck, "Firstly, we don't have a map, and secondly, we haven't received any hints. We are just lucking out wherever we go."
Brother Jue took over the conversation and said: "However, based on experience and common sense, the probability of the temple being on the island is higher than on the beach." He pointed to Tianma Xingkong ahead, "Brother Xiao Ma's first reaction was earlier.
"I am also entering the island, so...I will..." His words stopped abruptly here.
The next second, Feng Bujue's expression changed and he shouted, "Don't move!"
The others didn't know who he was talking about, and all four of them stopped at once.
"Honghu, don't move." Feng Bujue answered in a firm and steady voice.
"What's wrong?" Honghu responded nervously. At this moment, he was like a sculpture, his body almost completely still. Only his lips were spitting out words.
"There is something on the back of your neck." When Feng Bujue said this, he had already stepped forward and stood behind Honghu.
The other three people knew that it had nothing to do with them, so they breathed a sigh of relief and turned their gazes over.
"Hmm...it's quite strange..." Feng Bujue was about to reach out, but stopped again.
"What exactly is it?" Honghu still remained calm. At this moment, he had realized that there was a reason why his neck was itchy.
"It should be a leech..." Feng Bujue continued.
"Listen to your tone... you're not an ordinary locust," Honghu said.
"Yes." Feng Bujue said, "Because I can't see it..."
"What do you mean?" Honghu asked again.
"I can see that the wound on your neck is crawling and oozing blood..." Feng Bujue replied, "But I can't see the thing that is sucking your blood..." He leaned a little closer, "I just
Judging from the shape of the wound... I guess it's a locust."
"No...it's definitely not transparent..." Honghu denied it himself, "If the leech is transparent, then when my blood enters its body, its outline will be revealed."
"And the thing in front of us has sucked in the blood, but has not appeared." Feng Bujue continued Honghu's words, "Well... let's call it a ghost locust."
"Is it time to come up with a name now?" Honghu replied quickly.
Obviously, Honghu was a little anxious. That's how people are. Some things don't feel special when you don't know them. But after you know them... they feel like a thorn in your back or a fish bone in your throat.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it right away." Feng Bujue said, then he tilted his head and used his nose to smell the back of Honghu's neck, "Well, the smell is slightly fishy, it's definitely a locust."
"Hey... what are you doing... are you going to eat it as food?" Jibu asked, squinting at Brother Jue. To be honest, if Feng Bujue really ate that "ghost leech", Jibu would also
Wouldn't be too surprised.
"Just checking again." Brother Jue continued, "What if it's something else?" As he spoke, he took out the [Composite Anti-Gravity Ejector] from his bag, "If it's a leech... it wouldn't be easy to peel it off by force.
If it is not done properly, its mouthparts may break off under the skin, which may cause infection.”
Buzz——
With the sound of the catapult starting up, the wound on the back of Honghu's neck was loosened, and then blood flowed down his skin, indicating that the leech had been peeled off from his neck.
"Use this kind of gravity device to do it, and there won't be any similar problems." Feng Bujue picked up the catapult and glanced at Honghu's wound, "Well... Judging from your wound, this one is very big.
, it’s a lump when curled up, and maybe ten centimeters long when unfolded.”
"Huh...I was careless too." Honghu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly covered the wound with his hand to stop the bleeding. "I just felt a little itchy and didn't pay attention to the survival value at all." He paused for two seconds, "Fortunately...the loss is not bad.
It’s not big, it only dropped 7% in total...I just don’t know how long this thing has been bothering me.”
"The problem hasn't been solved yet." Feng Bujue said with a strange expression, "I thought about it again... Since this locust can interact with us on a physical level, it doesn't seem accurate to call it a 'ghost'
ah."
"Are you still worried about the name?" Atobe said, "It's not important at all."
"He is not obsessed with the name." Honghu adjusted his glasses and continued, "but he is obsessed with the nature of this creature." He thought for a few seconds and came up with an idea, "Could it be... it is based on
Does the surrounding environment change the color of the body surface?"
"Chameleon?" Tianma Xingkong listened for a long time before finally interjecting.
"Much more powerful than the chameleon (chameleon's scientific name)." Feng Bujue continued. He raised his arm and aimed the catapult at a nearby tree trunk (the compound catapult can activate the suction, floating and lighting functions at the same time)
, "Look, there should be a leech sucking in front of my catapult now, but it is in the light beam, and its shadow is not reflected on the tree trunk. This shows that... it either distorts the surrounding light, or directly interferes with it.
our vision.”
"This is not surprising." Honghu continued, "The background of this script is obviously in the main universe of the game, which means...a magical setting. Therefore, it is normal for creatures that cannot be explained by common sense to appear."
"Hmm..." Feng Bujue thought about it for a moment and asked, "Uncle Good-for-nothing, can you see this leech?"
"You can't see it under the light, and you can't see it even with sunglasses on..." Feng Bujue said, and then raised his eyes to look at the swan, "It sticks to the surface of 37 degrees Celsius and is invisible, and it is at a normal temperature of 15 degrees Celsius.
It doesn't even show up..." He added, "Do any of you have a device or skill that can emit infrared rays?"
"You guys have so many things to do." Although Honghu was complaining, he already put his hand into his bag and started to take out things. "You have to make this invisible thing appear? Isn't it?
Is it a leech? It has been removed now. Just throw it aside. Wasting time on such a trivial matter may become a hidden danger in the near future."
After complaining, the props were taken out. Honghu raised an oval-shaped metal object and pressed a switch. The object immediately unfolded, revealing a curtain of light.
In an instant, everything around him was enveloped in infrared radiation.
"Fuck!" At this second, except for Brother Jue, everyone's fright level suddenly soared.
Under the illumination of infrared rays, the players finally saw the leech, and in addition... they also saw thousands of its kind.
At this moment, the players are surrounded by a sea of invisible locusts... The canopy above their heads, the mud under their feet, the tree trunks beside them, the grass, and the rocks... almost everywhere is covered with this kind of creature.
, including a lot of them on the clothes of the five of them.
"Fortunately, our clothes are relatively tight and there is not much exposed skin." Feng Bujue said calmly, "And these locusts move very slowly. It takes a long time to move a little distance."
He looked at Honghu, "As for Brother Glasses, you seem to be unlucky..." He raised the catapult in his hand and gently shook the leech that had been sucked up, "This...
...80% of it happened to fall on the back of your neck when it fell from the branch."
"Why are you talking and laughing?" Atobe looked at the things on his body and was going crazy. He didn't dare to pat them with his hands, so he could only shout in panic, "What should we do now!"
"There's no need to do anything special..." Feng Bujue flicked the locust off the catapult, then looked around and said, "Look at the density... we don't have to rush to clean it up.
Those things that have already stuck to the body will stick to a lot anyway after just a few steps." He shrugged, "Why don't we just keep moving forward and clean up after we reach a place where there are no more locusts."
"Hey... what if the woods in front are like this? What if all the woods on this island are full of these creatures?" Atobe asked.
"Then we can consider... how to make this kind of invisible leech into emergency food." Feng Bujue tilted his head and thought.
"Anyway... let's leave quickly." Tianma Xingkong's face became ugly at this time, "I have trypophobia..." It seems that the hero also has a fear.
"Okay, let's move on." Feng Bujue answered in a relaxed tone.
Honghu took a deep breath and shook his head: "Brother Crazy, there is one thing I have to admire about you... You are really mentally tough."
"Yes, how can a normal person be so nonchalant after knowing what's going on around him..." Atobe responded.
"Ha..." Feng Bujue smiled jokingly, "If you are really that scared, why not sing a little song to distract your attention? Come on, sing with me..." He opened his mouth and said, "Brother Xiao Ma,
With your legs facing west, lead the good-for-nothing uncle and follow the three of you."
