Chapter 486: Black Forest
Holding a piece of cloth in his hand, Su Xiao wiped the Dragon Flash clean and returned the sword to its scabbard, then began to wipe his hands.
Woosung stood awkwardly beside the armored personnel carrier. He wanted to help, but he didn't expect this battle to end so quickly.
— I didn't even have time to put all the power-ups on him, and he already dealt with them. Why are you so weak? Mimi said and glanced at Woosan, not paying much attention to the mutilated corpses. Although she looked very young, she had clearly already seen all the delights of Paradise.
— I'm the main tank, the tank, you know?! Wusang said with embarrassment.
— You're just weak.
— If it wasn't for me, you would already be dead! Woosung said and returned to the driver's seat. — Although I've seen a similar scene before, it still seems a little abnormal to me.
Su Xiao calmly transferred some food and water to the armored personnel carrier.
The reason why he had dealt with these contractors so quickly was because they hadn't expected such a quick counterattack. After they realized that their ambush had failed, they quickly took out a blue-grade bazooka.
They wanted to blow up the armored personnel carrier.
But since the transport was very important in this test, they lost precious seconds and in the end did not have time to destroy the transport.
As for Mimi's power-ups, Su Xiao could tell that they were quite good. Without her reinforcements, he wouldn't have been able to kill these contractors in such a short period of time.
Mimi's value has already been shown in all its glory.
The armored personnel carrier soon drove forward at high speed and stopped only a few hours later right in front of the forest. This forest was very dense and the edges of the trees in this forest did not allow even a small ray of sun to enter this place. More importantly, all the trees, branches, and leaves in this forest were pitch-black.
The Black Forest, the Black Forest, was right in front of them.
— Drive up? Wusang asked and looked at Su Xiao and the others. Even though Mimi was the captain, such decisions had to be decided by everyone present.
— We'll die if we move in there.
Su Xiao decided to give up transportation. He had previously thought about entering the Black Forest with an armored personnel carrier for a long time, but now that he saw the forest with his own eyes, he realized that it was a stupid idea.
Just by being near this forest, Su Xiao felt like he was a giant beast that was lying down and waiting for an outsider to enter it.
— What about the supplies? We'll need to bring a lot of food and water, " Mimi said, and put on a small backpack that contained food and water.
Given her body, the contents of this backpack could easily meet her daily needs for the next couple of days.
— I'll take them, " Barr said, and picked up the huge bag.
Woosung didn't say a word. He was now a tank and naturally couldn't be overweight.
Su Xiao also had no intention of carrying an extra load. If there was a real danger, he would also have to fight in the front ranks along with Woosan.
— I'll go first, " Woosang said, and motioned for the others to follow. Although he was a tank, he didn't have a shield, but he wore a pair of heavy metal gloves on his hands. These gloves were actually quite large and covered his hands all the way down to his forearm.
Woosung didn't need a shield at all, for these two gloves were his shield.
Steam rose from the gloves, and the previously cheerful Woosan disappeared, replaced by a very cautious and serious man.
Su Xiao was a little confused. Why was this place considered the only entrance to the black forest? This place was actually no different from other similar locations.
But as he neared the black forest, Su Xiao understood why this place was considered an entrance. There was a layer of black fog right in the black forest's territory.
This fog was not visible from afar and it could only be seen by approaching the forest territory almost directly.
Su Xiao picked up a branch and threw it towards the black mist.
As soon as it touched the black mist, the branch instantly disintegrated and only a faint dust remained.
Su Xiao frowned. With this black fog, the Black Forest was more like a cage that could only be entered and exited through one door.
The Black Forest was a real cage that contained terrible creatures.
And on the tenth day of the survival test, this black fog will disappear, and what was inside it will come out.
In fact, the black mist that was currently in front of Su Xiao was only the remnants of a once huge and impregnable wall. If Su Xiao had appeared in this place a few months ago, the black fog in this forest would have been like a real huge impregnable wall, making it impossible to see anything in this forest.
But even the so-called "entrance" to the Black Forest was now actually covered by a very thin line of black fog.
— How do we get inside? Su Xiao asked and looked at the Barr. Ian's daughter must have told Barr how they could have gotten inside the forest.
— Just a minute, " Barr said, and took a deep breath, and with it his eyes turned red.
A ray of flame shot out from Barr's mouth, and the flames lingered for a moment, then shot straight into the black mist.
*Bang, bang, bang...*
Very quiet explosions began to be heard in the black fog.
A minute later, a passage appeared right in the middle of the fog.
— Speeding up, we only have a couple dozen seconds! Barr shouted, not looking very good, and immediately rushed forward.
Su Xiao immediately followed, and soon the group entered the black forest.
As soon as they entered, the black fog at the entrance thickened, then returned to its normal state.
After entering the black forest, Su Xiao realized that the trees in this place weren't actually black — they looked like that from a distance, but they were actually just covered in this black fog.
And unlike what he thought of this place earlier, this forest was actually very lively-birds, flowers, small animals... The Black Forest was positively fragrant, and the air in this forest was very fresh and even seemed a little sweet.
Su Xiao took out the processed seed and lightly pinched it. Small emerald green vines immediately sprouted from the seed and stuck to his clothes, causing the mist to immediately recede from his body.
Now he understood why these seeds were considered a ticket to the Black Forest. Without these seeds, even if one didn't die from the local beasts, one would eventually be drained by this black mist.
Looking at the beauty surrounding them, Woosan said with excitement — " This is the black forest?" It's different from what I imagined, " Woosan shook his head and walked forward, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings.
— Don't move! Su Xiao shouted and slowly approached Wusang, after which the dagger slipped out of his sleeve.
— Toxic? Wusang asked without moving, and his eyes were looking directly at his shoulder, or rather at the red beetle. It most likely fell on his shoulder from the tree, but not only did Wusang not feel it — even Su Xiao didn't feel this bug.
It was only by chance that he noticed it.
— It's most likely very poisonous, " Su Xiao said. Along with those words, the dagger sliced the bug apart.
*F-f-f-f~*
Green smoke began to emanate from the dagger's blade. After a few moments the blade became rusty and holes began to appear in it.
— This... Woosung's face didn't bode well. The Black Forest was much more dangerous than he had imagined.
— Let's set up a route, " Su Xiao said and walked away from Wusang.
Barr pulled out a map. "We're here now —" he said, pointing to the edge of the black forest.
— We'll have to cross half of the Black Forest and finally arrive here, " Barr pointed to a spot opposite to where they were now. If they wanted to get there, they would have to walk half of the Black Forest, and the worst part was that their route was a semi-circle.
— Too far away. I only have twelve hours to go there and twelve hours to go back. I won't be able to return in time, given the size of the island, " Woosan's face was drawn, as he only had enough seeds to spend 24 hours in this forest.
— We won't need to come back here. If we do everything right, we'll have half the time we have. I can't give you the exact reason, but it's true, " Barr said without any hesitation.
— This is different from what Ian's daughter told us.
— Heh~, she only dared to stay in the red earth area. In the past, we Ashmen often went to the black forest. Where do you think this map came from? A giant's thick fingers could draw such a beautiful map? If it wasn't for the crisis, they wouldn't have given us this map in exchange for seeds. This card is the result of the blood and sweat of my ancestors. Earlier, it was rumored that Yang's daughter took advantage of it and won the favor of the giants with it... I thought it was just a rumor, but...
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