Chapter 61 The Wrath of the Rainforest Soul (please vote for me!)
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There is no doubt that Matthew chose to remain friendly.
This is the advantage of having a high affinity with nature. Wherever you go, you can have an intimate and romantic encounter with the local soul of nature.
The soul of the rainforest is also the soul of nature. It does not have an individual individual and will like Ella, but a group will mixed by trillions of creatures in the rainforest.
If he can successfully please it, Matthew's future in the rainforest will be much easier.
It’s just that the current situation is not optimistic. Ella once told him that the soul of the rainforest is particularly violent and violent. Matthew himself can feel this. It is not easy to get along with such a natural soul.
matter.
After the confirmation was completed, a light green progress bar appeared in front of his eyes.
The speed of communication is very slow.
It wasn't until Lao Jitou led the duo to their resting point tonight - a cave house on a cliff outside the rain forest, that this thing barely reached one percent.
"The Soul of the Rainforest is indeed not easy to deal with. It is very defensive against outsiders. According to the current progress, it is estimated that it will take at least dozens of days to open its heart."
Matthew began to wonder if there was a way to speed up communication.
At this time, Luo Lan and Lao Ji Tou had already laid the floor, and the two started arguing about the vigil issue.
"Of course I will keep watch! I am young, strong, energetic, alert, and responsive. Isn't it natural that I am the best candidate for keeping watch?"
"With me here, no one can do anything wrong!"
Luo Lan said carelessly: "You two can have a good sleep first, especially you, Lao Jitou. Most of you sleep better as you get older. When you enter the rainforest, you still need to be energetic to lead the way!"
Lao Jitou silently took out his dry cigarette, tinkered with it a few times, shook his head and said:
"I'll watch the second half of the night, and Matthew will watch the first half of the night. There's no negotiation. Once you're on the road, you have to listen to me."
"What about me?" Luo Lan seemed to feel that he was being slighted, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Old Jitou, are you discriminating against bards? You have to let me play some role, right?"
Lao Jitou thought for a long time and finally said:
"How about you play the flute for everyone!"
Unexpectedly, Luo Lan readily agreed. He took out a dark green flute like a magic trick, put it on his lips, and tried to play it.
Lao Jitou quickly stopped him and said:
"Stop! Playing the flute here, do you want to attract the wyverns or the jackal tribe in the rain forest?"
After speaking, he looked at Luo Lan's confused expression and sighed heavily:
"My fault, I shouldn't have joked with you. I'm sorry, but please have a good rest tonight."
Luo Lan turned the flute in his hand gloomily, as if he had a thousand words in his mind, but he didn't say them out, and finally nodded silently.
After a while, Matthew found Lao Jitou and suggested:
"Old Jitou, you stay on guard for half the night, and my summons will be responsible for the safety of the rest of the night."
As he spoke, he pointed to A Bing next to him.
At this time, A Bing was wrapped in a huge cloak. This cloak was made of reeds. It smelled like the rain forest and was not expensive. Matthew found it in the market and bought it.
Lao Jitou wanted to refuse, but after looking at A Bing for a while, he suddenly changed his mind:
"Okay, but be careful and stay alert at all times."
Matthew nodded and went to lay out his sleeping bag.
"Hey, Matthew, Lao Jitou obviously doesn't trust me, I have to prove it to him!"
Luo Lan, who was leaning against the stone wall, came over in a low voice:
"You know, when I was hunting the sky giants with the cloud elves in Cloud City, I didn't sleep for ten days and ten nights!
On the morning of the eleventh day, I was still full of energy and played a vital role in the battle to capture the sky giant!
No matter which of you keeps vigil tonight, I will not fall asleep.
I'll show that old man what the energy of young people is!"
Seeing his excited look, Matthew asked calmly:
"Is this your first time sleeping outdoors?"
Lorraine thought for a while:
"Absolutely. At least there were luxury carriages before."
Matthew sincerely advised:
"How about you take a short nap first, wait until the middle of the night when everyone is sleepiest, and then wake up to unleash your youthful energy?"
Lorraine yawned:
"You're right, Matthew, then I'll take a nap first."
Early next morning.
The glow of the morning sun hits the cliff and penetrates into the cave house.
Loren was awakened by the sound of birdsong. He rubbed his sleepy eyes contentedly and checked his surroundings, only to find that Matthew and Lao Jitou had woken up and were fully dressed.
"Nice night huh?"
Lorraine greeted them warmly:
"It seems that we were lucky. No one came to disturb us. Well, I originally wanted to get up and keep vigil, but the wind blowing last night told me that everything was peaceful and nothing happened, so I fell asleep again."
Matthew and Lao Jitou looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
At this moment, Loren suddenly noticed a few dull figures behind Matthew.
"Hey, Matthew, why are there four more skeletons around you? Oh, and there are also skeleton dogs!?"
Lorraine asked curiously:
"Are they your summons? Their shapes are really unique!"
Matthew smiled: "Before last night, they were not."
As he spoke, he glanced at the data column.
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"Record: Your summoned soldier killed a plague messenger (LV10), and the plague field's "Element: Fungus" +1.
Your summoned soldier kills a night-walking demon dog, and your XP+1.
Your summoned soldier is going on a killing spree! Your speed of communicating with the soul of the rainforest has been increased!"
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A dozen consecutive kill records were displayed in front of Matthew, and the cold words silently displayed the cruelty of the attack last night.
In fact, Matthew didn't wake up much earlier than Luo Lan, because all these enemies were killed by the soldiers near the cave house.
So he wasn't woken up either.
It is not difficult to see from the time recorded in the battle that except for the two Plaguebringers at the beginning who were killed by soldiers in a sneak attack, the rest were killed by the Sword Dancer head-on.
The whole process only lasted three minutes.
A Bing single-handedly wiped out an entire team composed of plague messengers and night-walking demon dogs!
The key thing is that the battle process was silent, even the most alert Lao Jitou did not react, which shows the strength of the knife dancer.
What surprised Matthew even more was...
After A Bing killed a wave of enemies, his communication speed with the Rainforest Soul increased a lot!
"Is killing the shortcut to gaining the favor of the Rainforest Soul?"
Matthew wrote it down secretly.
At this time, Matthew was also pleased that A Bing had lived up to his training. The level 15 sword dancer who had mastered the shadow realm was not only able to attack and kill, but his frontal combat ability was also not inferior.
In most cases, Ah Bing is already easier to use than Bone Dragon, and more importantly, it is cheaper!
When he thought of the Bone Dragon, Matthew was filled with hatred. After the last war epidemic, Xiao Bo turned around and gave him 3 more soul crystals without giving him the ability to share!
This was not going to work. Matthew decided that after he advanced, he would take A Bing and Xiao Fei to have a good talk.
Matthew's recent performance in soul crystals has not been high. As one of many younger brothers, Xiao Fei should be able to understand the appropriate salary reduction.
If Xiaobo can't understand.
You have to help him understand.
"So, the Plague King's men attacked our camp yesterday, and I didn't know anything about it?"
At this time, Luo Lan opened his innocent eyes and finally reacted.
Old Jitou completely ignored Luo Lan. He frowned alone for a while, and then said to Matthew:
"You have provoked the Plague King? He is not a big shot, but there is a reason why he can survive until now. We must enter the rainforest as soon as possible. If you want to return to Zeshui City next time, it is best to disguise yourself and cover up your presence."
"Without further ado, let's set off!"
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The rainforest roads are muddy and not easy to walk on.
This is still the outskirts. The group of people wore Jango straw sandals and walked on a dirt road that was usually traveled by people. They even walked and stopped, which showed how difficult it would be to go deep into the rainforest.
This is why Matthew chose to summon skeletons instead of zombies after discovering the corpses of Plaguebringer and Nighthound.
The skeleton is light and the steps can barely keep up.
As for zombies, they may get stuck in the mud while walking, which is destined to be a hindrance.
Lao Jitou is indeed an excellent guide.
Along the way, he sometimes walked at the front to identify the direction and guide the route, and sometimes ran behind to deal with the traces of the group.
During this period, he would also take time to introduce some common knowledge about the rainforest, and both Matthew and Lorraine listened attentively——
It can be seen that after last night's "night vigil incident", the poet's exaggerated temperament has restrained a lot. He hardly speaks much and only nods obediently when Lao Jitou looks at him.
The journey was uneventful.
at dusk.
They arrived at a Jango tribe called "Yuka" on the outskirts of the rainforest.
According to Lao Jitou, the leader of the Yuka tribe married the daughter of a noble from Zeshui City, so they had relatively close contact with the outside world.
Within the Jango tribe, the Yuka tribe is undoubtedly a moderate faction, and is even regarded as a traitor by the extreme headhunter tribe.
However, despite this, Matthew and Lorraine still did not have the opportunity to enter a tribal settlement full of rainforest style.
The Jango people are extremely defensive, and even the moderate ones will not allow outsiders to come in for the first time they meet.
So only Lao Jitou was brought to the settlement by an indigenous man named Uka.
Matthew and Loren were squatting under a huge banana tree outside the village and waiting patiently.
Fortunately, Laojitou works very efficiently.
Within a quarter of an hour, he walked out of the settlement with several young and middle-aged natives.
After calling Matthew and Lorraine, they walked east for about two miles, and a piece of open water was vaguely visible in front of them.
This is the Luoding River that runs through half of the rainforest and is also considered the mother river by many Jango people.
There is a pier by the river. There are some indigenous women fetching water and doing laundry, and there are a few children playing nearby.
Seeing outsiders coming, they all looked at Matthew and Lorraine with curious eyes.
At this time, Luo Lan suddenly had an idea and took out some glass beads and a small comb from his snakeskin pocket.
He was very particular about the way he distributed it. He first handed it to the young adults, and then approached the women and children under the permission of Old Jitou.
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"Tip: Your partner Luo Lan distributed gifts to the people of the Yuka tribe. Your friendship with the Yuka tribe will be +1."
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Matthew was stunned, but he didn't expect that he would also benefit from it. Feeling the slightly friendly eyes of those young adults, and looking at Lorraine who quickly became mingled with the children, Matthew thought to himself that this rich man's advantages are indeed
Very prominent.
However, he soon noticed that when Loren and the child were playing around, his eyes were always drifting towards the indigenous women intentionally or unintentionally.
This gave Matthew a secret headache.
Fortunately, Lao Jitou had been chatting with the young adults in native language, and the latter did not notice Luo Lan's wanton eyes from the beginning to the end.
The end.
Lao Jitou came over and took away the reluctant Luo Lan:
"They said you seemed like a good person, so they were willing to lend us a hunting cabin for the night. I wanted to continue on our way, but the Luoding River at night is indeed not as safe as during the day."
So the three of them rested for another night in the hut by the river.
Early next morning.
The young men came as promised. They went to a bush outside the hut, took out four canoes of different sizes, and put them into the river one by one from the dock.
This kind of canoe is made by the Jango people by burning hollow tree cores with fire. Because they rarely use ancient trees, it is of average width and can only accommodate one person.
The three Matthews each sat on one, and the remaining large one was filled with soldiers, four skeleton soldiers transformed from the Plaguebringer, and several skeleton dogs.
Thanks to the skeleton's light body, the undead remained motionless under Matthew's orders, otherwise the ship would have capsized!
The group of people bid farewell to the Yucca tribe and headed straight down the Roding River.
The early section of the Luoding River has open water, good visibility, and a sunny day. The scenery along the way is absolutely beautiful.
Both Matthew and Lorraine experienced the rainforest from the perspective of riding a canoe for the first time, and the latter was so inspired by poetry that he couldn't help but want to play the flute.
But not long after.
After crossing a shallow shoal with gentle flow.
The river began to narrow, a large number of white reeds appeared on both sides, and the river became rapid.
The two of them did not dare to neglect, and followed Lao Jitou's instructions to balance the canoe carefully.
After that, the speed increased significantly.
The scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait recedes as if flying.
Occasionally, you can still see a few Jango people with wary faces in the reed swamps.
But overall, the voyage went smoothly. Except for one time when Luolan accidentally capsized the boat because he was looking at a Jango woman in the reeds, the group safely arrived at the destination of the trip before nightfall - Shattered.
Stone beach.
According to Lao Jitou's introduction, the Luoding River changed its course to the east, heading all the way to the Endless Ocean.
Close to the mouth of the sea is Naga territory, and even the Jango people are unwilling to move there.
They landed on the gravel beach, and the rest of the journey would become a more strenuous walk.
It is worth mentioning that.
There are many alligators near the gravel beach.
These beasts made people nervous, but Lao Jitou told them that it didn't matter and they could just drag the canoe ashore.
The fact is exactly what he said.
When we got close, several alligators came close to Matthew's feet, but they never attacked.
After landing, according to Lao Jitou's instructions, they dragged the canoe to the nearby bushes. Lao Jitou made a few marks and told Matthew that people from the Yuka tribe would come to recover it.
"Why don't these crocodiles attack us? They look hungry."
Lorraine asked curiously.
"It's just a lesson learned over thousands of years."
Lao Jitou said calmly:
"The Jango people are brave and good at fighting, and the adventurers who can go deep into the rainforest all have skills. These alligators are favored by the soul of the rainforest, so they are particularly smart. They know that all creatures that dare to attack humans are dead, so they choose
Keep on living, even if you starve."
"Let's go, boys, there's still a long way to go."
After saying this, Lao Jitou pulled out the short knife inserted in his waist and chopped down a banana leaf that was in the way.
ahead.
On the humus composed of piles of fallen leaves and small insects.
A trail leading deep into the rainforest is faintly visible.
Just as Matthew was about to follow him, he suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart.
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"Warning: The soul of the rainforest is dissatisfied with your cowardly actions. It believes that life lies in killing and blooming. It is disappointed with your performance in entering the rainforest, but it is still attracted by your natural affinity, so it intends to give you
Last chance to prove yourself!
Optional Mission Update: The Wrath of the Rainforest Soul!
Description: In the next ten days, the soul of the rainforest will send out the primitive creatures it favors to attack and harass you continuously. Survival is your only goal.
You can choose to exit the Rainforest to appease the wrath of the Rainforest Soul, but you can no longer gain its recognition thereafter;
You can also choose to accept the challenge head-on and defeat all enemies.
Reward: One-time communication success & wilderness form +1 (you can choose any one of the original creatures sent by the Soul of the Rainforest)"
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Everyone seems to be curious about how I lost the badge with an initial order of over 10,000 yuan. The details are as follows: I mistakenly sent VIP chapter 056 as a public chapter at 7pm on May 31st. Although I deleted it immediately,
I restored it from the recycle bin to a saved manuscript, and then chose to publish it to the VIP chapter in the early morning of June 1st. However, its release time was not updated and stayed at 7pm on May 31st, which directly caused
The starting point and other statistical data system is confused. I have contacted the editor and are currently processing it. I wonder if there is a chance to get my first 10,000 badges back. Oh! Seeing that I am so unlucky, I will order a monthly ticket! Today