"No matter what comes next, we must continue. Take a break, replenish your energy, and then continue on the road."

After a short rest, the group continued on their journey. The road ahead might be even more dangerous than before.

"There's a stream ahead!" Barbara saw the water ahead and happily rushed over. "Be careful, don't walk around." Fern grabbed Barbara's arm.

The group walked to the creek, which shouldn't be considered a river. The river was quite wide, and there was no bridge over it. "How do we get across here?" The purple-gold-eyed demon lay on the river bank and looked at the water: "It looks quite deep!"

Fern walked to the riverside and said, "It's impossible to have a bridge in a place like this. If you want to get across, you either have to swim or row a boat."

Barbara walked forward and said, "Then let's swim over there! If you can't swim, I can take you over there!" Barbara thought about jumping into the river. Before she could move, she was stopped by Fern, "Don't be impulsive." Fern took out a piece of dry food from his bag and threw it into the river. Instantly, many fish jumped out of the river and ate up the dry food in a few bites!

"..." Barbara was stunned, "Why are the teeth of this fish so sharp!"

"These are probably piranhas, so our method of swimming over there is no longer feasible. We can only row over there now. However, looking at the number of piranhas, rowing won't work either. We can only fly over now!"

Fern looked at the fish in the water and said, the Purple-Golden-Eyed Monster looked at everyone and thought, "I can take one person over, but only one." Fern suddenly remembered that the Purple-Golden-Eyed Monster could fly. The more panicked he got, the more confused he became. Fern said, "Then the Purple-Golden-Eyed Monster, please send Barbara over first."

Barbara looked at Fern and said, "No, let's send you over first. You are more important." Fern stroked Barbara's hair and said, "Take combat robot No. 223 over first. I will be there soon. Don't push it back and forth at this time."

Fern looked determined, and Barbara didn't know what to say, so she said, "Okay, I'll go over and wait for you on the other side of the river." Then the purple-gold-eyed demon took Barbara and combat robot No. 223 over there first.

After the purple-gold-eyed demon took Barbara and combat robot No. 223 over, Qingji said, "I will send you here. I won't go with you. I want to spend the rest of my life in the small building." Fern wanted to persuade Qingji, but gave up when he saw Qingji's look, and said, "Okay, I won't force you. Please accept my condolences."

Qingji left without saying anything. The purple-gold-eyed demon sent Barbara and combat robot No. 223 to the other side of the river and flew back. He said to Fern, "Why did Qingji leave?" Fern scooped up river water from a small jar and said, "Qingji went back to the small building."

The purple-gold-eyed monster said regretfully: "Okay, get on my back and I'll take you over." Fern replied calmly: "No hurry, I'll study the water quality first to see why there are piranhas in the river." The purple-gold-eyed monster said disapprovingly: "What's there to study about river water? Aren't they all the same?"

Fern shook his head and said, "It's different. The water quality in each region is different. This kind of piranha should be in the sea. It's already unreasonable for it to appear here. The piranha actually grows so big!" Fern looked at the piranhas in the river and was a little confused.

The purple-gold-eyed demon said, "Then you can study it after you come back from the Dark Forest. It's not safe to leave Barbara and robot No. 223 there." Fern looked at Barbara and combat robot No. 223 on the other side of the river and said, "Okay, let's go over there."

Fern climbed onto the back of the purple-gold eyed monster, and the monster carried Fern across the river. When they just took off, Fern said to the purple-gold eyed monster: "Can you fly higher? This area seems a little strange." When the purple-gold eyed monster heard Fern say to fly higher, it flew up a little more. Fern found that the Dark Forest was like a small island surrounded by the river in the middle. The strange thing was where the river water came from. The river was connected from beginning to end to form a circle.

"Go down." Fern said to the purple-gold-eyed monster, and the purple-gold-eyed monster descended towards Barbara. After Fern stood safely on the ground, the purple-gold-eyed monster turned into its small form again and lay on Fern's shoulder. The purple-gold-eyed monster also saw the terrain of the Dark Forest.

The purple-gold-eyed demon said to Fern worriedly, "Fern, what should we do? This dark forest is full of weirdness and fog. We can't see inside from high altitude. Should we go in?" Barbara looked at Fern's serious expression and didn't dare to disturb him. Fern pondered for a while and said, "We must go in. This is where the power of life is most likely to exist."

The purple-gold-eyed demon looked at Fern's determined expression and knew that they had to enter the Dark Forest, so he became alert all over. Barbara also went into a state of full alert. Fern had no magic power, so he could only let combat robot No. 223 take his place.

"Combat 223, enter combat mode, activate full alert." Fern shouted to Combat Robot 223. After receiving Fern's order, Combat Robot 223 said: "Voice recognition successful, activate combat mode, full alert activated."

After combat robot No. 223 completed the command, Fern said, "We are now entering the outskirts of the Dark Forest. Everyone be careful and don't get separated. There is a lot of fog in there and it will be hard to find you if you get separated." After hearing Fern's words, Barbara and the purple-gold-eyed monster carefully began to follow Fern into the Dark Forest. Combat robot No. 223 followed behind to protect the three of them.

As soon as Fern, the purple-gold-eyed monster, Barbara, and combat robot No. 223 entered the Dark Forest, they were surrounded by white fog. Fern couldn't see where they were, so he could only shout, "Put your hand over here, we'll lead you along so you don't get separated. If you encounter monsters later, you must ensure your own safety first."

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Fortunately, the purple-gold-eyed monster could still sense Fern's movements, so Barbara could only hold Fern's hand and lead Combat Robot No. 223. Barbara held Fern's hand with a slightly red face. The fog was too thick, and he was only focused on the surrounding environment, and did not notice the blush on Barbara's cheeks.