I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 187 The dense forest is dangerous

"This place is very weird..."

The old man who smoked dry cigarettes blew out a smoke ring, looked at the scene in front of him, and murmured.

"Nonsense, this is the land of Ascension. If it's not weird, it's a ghost!" Someone on the side sneered.

"I'm talking about this miasma." The old man smoking the dry cigarette took another sip and said leisurely, "Logically speaking, when miasma occurs in a dense forest, it should spread around and not rise straight into the sky."

"Haha, in the land of Immortal Ascension, no matter what kind of strange phenomena there are, it is not surprising. Rather than this, what we should consider more is how to get through this dense forest, right?"

Lin Chen walked up from the side and smiled slightly.

"That's true. I wonder if my little friend has any method in this dense forest?" the old man asked.

"According to the existing methods, they are nothing more than burning, cutting down, and forcefully breaking in. I don't know what the other side of the door and Mr. Zhang are planning."

Lin Chen chuckled, then turned his attention to one place.

There, Zhang Zhiping and the old Taoist Yunmeng were discussing.

"The family has tried it. Even if the fire oil is the most effective, it will not burn for long and will be extinguished. The miasma and moisture in this dense forest are too strong, and the fire method will not work at all." The old Taoist priest Shen vocal channel.

"If this is the case, the best way is to stay down, cut down the dense forest, and encroach on it step by step. This way the casualties can be minimized, but..." At this point, Zhang Zhiping couldn't help but fell silent.

The loss in this way is small, but the advancement speed is too slow.

Moreover, both the old emperor and the aristocratic families are already trying to break into it regardless of the cost. If they are allowed to enter the land of Ascension first...

Zhang Zhiping lowered his eyes and remembered that he had just learned that the imperial court used blood to pave the way, completely disregarding the life and death of the people, and that the aristocratic family was greedy and invaded the fields. If they were allowed to obtain the magic of the immortal, what would the world be like...

"Let's break through." Zhang Zhiping stared at the old Taoist priest and said in a deep voice, "At this time, we have no other choice."

"...Okay." The old Taoist priest was silent for a moment and finally nodded.

Then, the two directly summoned everyone to discuss a way to force their way in.

Most people want to hide behind the team, so as to reduce the danger of opening the road, ensure their own safety, and can escape in time if something goes wrong.

But if everyone hides in the back, who will be at the front of the line?

Some of them wanted the group of Taoist soldiers coming from the Taoist gate to act as the vanguard, hoping to weaken the power of the Taoist side, but the old Taoist priest refused without hesitation.

After a long period of "friendly" negotiations and more than a dozen heads being killed, everyone finally reached an agreement.

Medicine slaves, Taoist soldiers, some martial arts people and people from the Miao border, wearing light armor, opened the way in front, and the rest followed behind.

As soon as they entered the dense forest, the surrounding light seemed to disappear for a moment, becoming extremely dim, and there was a vague smell of weirdness spreading.

Click, click, click!

The sounds of chopping and trampling are very obvious here.

"This forest is too quiet..." someone in the crowd muttered, which made others feel creepy.

Logically speaking, there should be all kinds of strange animals, birds, beasts, insects, and fish in the jungle. Not to mention all of them, there should be quite a few.

These creatures usually make sounds for finding mates, locating, communicating, etc. Therefore, in a normal forest, there should be a variety of calls.

But the forest in front of them was extremely quiet. Apart from them, there was no sound at all, and it was indescribably permeating.

"Ahhh!"

Just when everyone was being cautious, bursts of screams suddenly broke from behind, completely breaking the silence of the forest.

what's the situation? !

The old Taoist priest in the team's face condensed, and he jumped up completely, turning into an afterimage, and instantly came to the back of the team.

I saw more than a dozen people lying down, their hands weakly grabbing into the air, their expressions seemed to be distorted by fear, and their whole bodies were shaking violently.

How is this going?

The old Taoist priest frowned, walked over, fed an antidote pill to someone, and asked, "What happened?"

However, what he didn't expect was that he didn't respond to the question, but stared at the sky. Then, his whole body trembled violently, and he died tragically on the spot!

Immediately afterwards, the people lying on the ground were silent or screaming one after another. In the end, they all lost their breath with ferocious faces!

"What's going on? Haven't you already taken the detoxification pill? Why are you still dead?"

"The lips and veins are not purple. It doesn't look like he was poisoned. Instead, it looks like he was tortured to death!"

"How is this possible? There are obviously no wounds, and all of them are veterans. How could they be killed in pain?!"

Everyone's expressions changed when they saw this strange scene. Such a unique way of death made them extremely fearful.

The old Taoist priest's face also became very solemn. Although he had been in and out of the dense forest many times, relying on the protection of Innate Qi, he had never suffered such a situation.

He opened the deceased's mouth to observe the situation, but found that the tongue had been bitten off!

"This, this...could it be that there is a ghost in the body?"

Seeing this scene, many people subconsciously took a step back, and among the crowd, a slightly trembling voice came out.

"Are you kidding? How could there be... in this world?" Someone subconsciously wanted to retort, but suddenly remembered that this was the place of Ascension, and his face turned pale.

Could it be that there is really a ghost in this dense forest?

When the old Taoist priest heard this, his hands that were about to turn the corpse over couldn't help but tremble, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

Even though he has achieved Innate, if he really faces this legendary ghost, it's hard to say who will win and who will lose!

"No, retreat quickly..."

Just when the old Taoist priest was about to get up and evacuate, a chuckle came from the side.

"Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world. You are still a ghost." Lin Chen strode directly from the crowd and explained, "They must have been bitten by ants similar to bullet ants."

"Bullet ant?" The old Taoist priest paused when he heard this, "I have been traveling around the world for many years, how come I have never heard of this insect?"

"That's a bug from our hometown. It's normal if you haven't heard of it." Lin Chen said lightly, "I mean, the bug that bites them is very similar to the bug from my hometown in terms of toxin effect. .”

"Once it bites someone, it will be like being chopped with a knife or stabbed by a sword, causing severe pain and even the possibility of death from the pain."

Afterwards, Lin Chen turned the body over and found a small, imperceptible wound on the back of the body's neck.

"The poison of black ants here is much more terrifying than that in our hometown. Just one bite can make people die of pain."

"So they died of pain due to the poison, and this poison is different from our ordinary poisons. There are no obvious traces of exposure, so the death looks strange, but this has nothing to do with ghosts. "

"This..." The old Taoist priest looked at the wound carefully and believed what Lin Chen said, "My little friend is really well-informed."

"It's just that we know each other better." Lin Chen smiled slightly and continued, "Everyone, please walk as fast as you can, be careful not to get close to the bushes, and be careful when getting off the ground..."

boom!

Before Lin Chen finished speaking, people in the team fell down one after another.

"this!"

Many people around him were stunned for a while before they realized what was happening. They backed away one after another, and their expressions became very ugly.

This kind of silent death made almost everyone feel as if a huge stone was pressing on their chests, making them feel unspeakably depressed.

Lin Chen's eyes moved, and he walked over. After a closer look, he found that his body was pale, as if he had lost blood, and he said, "This should be caused by insects similar to blood leeches."

Then, he turned over the body, opened his clothes and took a look. Sure enough, his back was covered with dense, plump and juicy blood leeches.

Their dense numbers and weird shapes make people look pale, and some even vomit directly.

Lin Chen put down the body without changing his expression, then stood up, raised his foot, and stepped heavily on it.

Accompanied by a crackling sound, as if liquid was exploding, dark red blood flowed out from under the body after a while.

"When everyone leaves, please be careful to avoid getting tangled in blood leeches."

After hearing this, everyone quickly touched their bodies. What's more, they opened their pants, looked inside, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Chen didn't pay attention to their actions, but looked into the distance, his eyes moving slightly.

When he came in, he flew in from the air and then burned it with fire. He had never entered the dense forest outside, and he didn't expect that there would be so many troubles in it.

And this is without spiritual energy, otherwise if there is spiritual energy nourishment, I am afraid that the monks will die miserably here.

'But even so, it's still hard to live here. It seems that casualties are inevitable, but it's okay. No one will cherish things that are too easy to obtain...'

Looking at the flustered and nervous people in the venue, Lin Chen looked confused.

And not long after, everyone had to move forward again. After all, they had already reached this point. If they wanted to retreat, no one would agree.

(End of chapter)