After about a kilometer away from the village, there was no more road, old vines twined around, giant trees stood everywhere, rotting leaves emitted awful stench and the brightness around was largely blocked by dense foliage.
At this position, it felt like number two had entirely merged with the forest, camouflaging himself in the trees and without knowing that he was with them beforehand, Bai Yang wouldn't even know that he was with them.
Number one watched their back with a stick, number three opened a path with a saber as huge as a door and the girl was guarding around Bai Yang, protecting his safety.
Why do I feel like I'm the king of the forest right now?
He thought. Without having to worry about his safety, Bai Yang started looking around, everything was new to him and that was when he realized that more than 90% of the things he saw, he did not recognize!
The curious Bai Yang then moved closer to a mushroom the size of an umbrella, a hand grabbed onto his shoulder and he was pulled about meters back!
"What?"
Bai Yang looked towards the girl and asked.
The girl then hurled a stone up with the tip of her toe and kicked the rock towards the mushroom. As the rock landed on the mushroom, powder burst out and in just a few seconds, everything touched by the powder became all dried up and withered….
Seeing this, instead of feeling scared, Bai Yang's eyes lit up right away!
If I can get my hands on this mushroom powder, I can protect myself next time!
Number one then started making gestures in fear, expressing that this mushroom was even more terrifying than demons!
Uneducated, the mushroom is just right there, it can't even move so how hard would it be to deal with it after I understand how it works? All I gotta do is be careful while harvesting the powder and I can throw the powder at anyone that pisses me off!
Bai Yang thought that they were overreacting so he decided that he would try to collect some when he had the chance!
The atomic bomb was dangerous, but it was still something very much coveted by every country.
Walking away from the mushroom, they started moving deeper into the forest.
Not long later, Bai Yang attempted to lean against a tree to catch his breath, only to be "gently" pulled away by the girl, who stabbed her sword onto the tree.
Ka cha—
A palm-sized hole appeared right away and finger-sized ants started swarming out!
"We'd better take a detour."
Subconsciously moving away from the tree, Bai Yang turned around stiffly and said.
Shua—
An arrow flew away from somewhere further way in the trees and nailed itself right onto the ground beside Bai Yang. The soft soil split apart, and an eight-meter long serpent was rolling around distortedly. Its head was nailed deep into the ground by the arrow!
A drip of cold sweat slowly dripped down from his forehead, if the arrow was a little more to the right, he would've been dead and most importantly, he almost stepped on that serpent….
When can we go back? This forest is not somewhere humans can linger…..
While complaining secretly, Bai Yang was extremely regretful of his decision on entering the forest, but since he was already here, there was no more option but to continue the journey.
An hour later, Bai Yang was on the verge of collapsing. The dangers lurking in this forest was as dangerous as hell, the plants right here couldn't be touched, all sorts of poisonous insects and animals would appear at every corner you wouldn't expect. If the "survivalist experts" weren't here, Bai Yang would think that there was something fishy going with the Goddess of Luck!
Previously, nothing happened when he roamed around the forest for a few hours because that area was already explored by the few barbarians beforehand, after all, he was merely trailing after them.
While resting, the girl made some gestures towards Bai Yang and along with the language he did not understand, the young man got to know that in this forest, not many made it out in one piece from this forest apart from them locals!
This was probably what she meant…..
Every land breeds its own type of people, entering an unfamiliar territory recklessly without a local's guidance would only deliver oneself to dangers, you either make it out by the skin of your teeth or you die trying.
That was Bai Yang's conclusion.
The reason they were able to live in this forest freely was because they were had that precious knowledge and experience passed down from their ancestors' blood and sweat!
While Bai Yang was feeling emotional, the atmosphere intensified all in a sudden. Number three lowered his center of gravity slightly, his saber was in front of him while he took on a pose that made him look like he could pounce like a hunting leopard.. Goose bumps were also all over his neck.
Number one, who was watching their back, also walked forward and placed the long stick in front of himself. His eyes widened and his body shivered slightly. Even number two, who was hidden in the trees, revealed himself, drawing the arrow on his bow and scanned the surroundings in trepidation!
The girl, on the other hand, lifted up the broadsword and pulled Bai Yang back as she retreated slowly in nervousness.
"What?"
Affected by the sudden change of atmosphere, Bai Yang's throat felt dry. He did not sense the incoming danger, but there was no doubt that this was the crisis awareness of these villagers who lived in this forest for centuries.
Before Bai Yang could comprehend what had happened, he lost his balance and his vision turned blurry. When he recovered, he was already on a tree branch that was 30 meters tall away from the ground, he was brought onto the tree by the girl!
How did I get up here?
Bai Yang was a little confused, he couldn't imagine how a girl managed to pull him up to the tree. He was at least a hundred pounds and was lifted up by a girl like a kitten….
Looking at the girl who was now scanning around nervously, Bai Yang felt that his knowledge was altered. Was this the same girl that cried like a kitten in his arms? Was she replaced by another girl with the same look?
A moment later, there were no other thoughts in Bai Yang's mind anymore as all he wanted was the girl to bring him up further up the tree….
Peng peng peng—
Loud noises came from afar, the ground trembled lightly and trees shook vigorously as a massive beast was slowly approaching!
At some point, number one and three were on the trees as well, and just like Bai Yang, they were all looking towards the direction where the beast approached nervously.
The trees were split apart and a gigantic gorilla appeared.
When Bai Yang saw this gorilla, his expression was twisted, wanting to burst out laughing but he was trying to hold himself back…
This was a really really huge gorilla, almost on par with King Kongs in the movies in Bai Yang's impression. Its limbs were so developed that its muscles were filled with explosive strength. All of these, however, were not the reason he wanted to laugh, it was because this gorilla was wearing pants!
This gorilla was truly terrifying, one of its arms alone was larger than the strongest number one's body, but with those pants on, it looked more than just amusing to Bai Yang. He really wanted to laugh but was also too afraid to, so he almost suffered internal injuries as he died trying to hold his laughter back.
Obviously sensing the presence of Bai Yang and the others, the gorilla stopped and looked at them.
A chill was injected to their limbs right away by this stare and they did not doubt that this gorilla wouldn't even need to chew if it decided to eat them all!
But this gorilla gave them a burst of mocking laughter and continued its journey slowly….
Bai Yang was swearing with his little brother, that the expression on the gorilla was a very mocking one, as if it was humiliating them and saying that "they were all garbage!"
He couldn't believe that he was humiliated by an animal, but there was nothing he dared to do…..
As the gorilla finally disappeared from their vision, they all let out a relieved breath. They soon noticed they were all soaked wet in cold sweat.
What the hell, is this a human or a gorilla? Not only did it make such a human-like expression, it even knows how to wear a pants?
After the danger was cleared, Bai Yang's mind was still cloudy; he thought to himself that his understanding of this world was still at zero….
But gorillas are primates, with that huge size, I suppose it's not too absurd that it is able to learn so much?
In the end, Bai Yang could only convince himself with an unreliable explanation….