"Master, what's going on here?"

At this moment, Su Su also felt that this place was very strange. A normal torch would go out quickly when it burned a stick, but this torch burned to ashes.

"This is an area with abnormally high oxygen levels, just like the situation I encountered with Dante in the sinkhole near the tribe before."

Everyone be careful and stay alert; this place is definitely not as simple as it looks.

I spoke very seriously with Su Su and Dante, saying that high-oxygen areas are not necessarily heaven, but could be our nightmares and hell, a point that Dante and I know all too well.

Top had already climbed up the tree to pick the red berries, but I wasn't sure if they were edible, and I was about to call Top back to stop him.

"Snap!"

Just then, I heard a crisp biting sound beside me. I turned around and found that Dante had picked several fruits at some point and was now holding a bright red fruit in his hand, gnawing on it.

"Hmm...this fruit is really good, sir, you should try some too."

He handed over a few, but Dante's mouth was already full, and he could barely speak.

"Dante, do you recognize the fruit of this plant?"

Seeing Dante eating so calmly, I couldn't help but ask a question.

"I don't recognize it. This is my first time here too."

Dante said it very casually, as if it were nothing.

"Hiss!"

This guy has a really big heart; he dares to pick up and eat wild fruits he doesn't even recognize. I don't know how he's survived all these years.

I watched Dante enjoying his meal, knowing in my heart that what I was doing was somewhat unethical, but I still asked uncertainly in a low voice,

"Dante, how are you feeling now?"

"Um?"

Dante hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"It tastes great, this is delicious, you should try it, sir."

Dante thought I was asking him if the fruit was delicious, so he deliberately took a bite in front of me and showed a satisfied expression.

I looked at Dante speechlessly, then changed my approach.

"Dante, I mean, do you feel any discomfort in your body right now?"

"No, I don't feel uncomfortable at all," Dante said, looking at me very seriously.

Su Su, who had been watching from the side, finally couldn't stand it anymore. She picked up a fruit and said to me,

“Master, I know what you’re worried about, but I think this fruit is not poisonous. Look here.”

As she spoke, Su Su pointed to an irregular dent on the fruit and asked me to examine it.

I looked in the direction Su Su pointed, and there was a long, narrow indentation that was wide on the outside and deep on the inside. It was obvious at a glance that it was a mark made by a bird pecking at it.

It seems that this is the basis for Su Su's claim that it's not poisonous. If it were poisonous, those birds would never have come to eat it.

After realizing it wasn't poisonous, I put the fruit I was holding into my mouth and took a bite.

I found that this fruit had a perfect balance of sweet and sour, and tasted similar to the small apples that are often used as ornamental trees along roadsides in northern China.

When Top came down from the tree, it intended to give Pat some to eat, but Pat wasn't interested in anything other than meat.

Seeing that Pat wasn't interested, Top distributed the fruit he had gathered to the three of us, and then climbed the tree to gather another bunch for himself.

Then I stuffed them all into my backpack; it was my way of carrying them around.

Not only that, Top then stuffed everyone's backpacks full of fruit before stopping, proving that the meal it treated us to earlier wasn't for nothing.

Susu was amused by Top's action and immediately squatted down to gently pinch its monkey face. Top wasn't angry; it just grinned at Susu with an innocent smile.

After eating something and replenishing our sugar levels, we felt more energetic. Sugar can indeed bring a sense of pleasure, and it seems to be true.

I told Susu about the things to be careful about, especially not to wander around unless there are special circumstances.

That would cause the body to deplete its energy very quickly; Dante and I almost starved to death in such a place back then.

We continued our journey through the woods, and to avoid getting lost, I chose to walk closer to the small stream.

This is the only stream that has been discovered nearby, so we can use it as a reference point to return here.

Top seemed excited after entering the room, constantly sniffing the air as if searching for something.

I now even think that Top was so eager to come in because it discovered what it liked to eat, which is why it was so proactive.

And as it turns out, I was right; Top was indeed drawn in by the smell.

The fruit we saw earlier was just one type; the further we went in, the more incredible it seemed.

This place seems to be a fruit orchard, with some fruits besides the usual ones, including some that look like they grow on vines, which we've never seen before.

However, all the fruits here have one thing in common: they are all exceptionally good. Each one is plump and round, clearly the kind of premium fruit that can be sold on the shelves of a fruit shop.

I think this is probably related to the high concentration of oxygen here.

Speaking of high concentrations of oxygen, I can't help but think of the prehistoric fungus, Protozoa, that I encountered in the sinkhole.

Could there be a kind of abnormal oxygen-generating machine like Procyonella here?

Just as I was thinking this, Dante's exclamation came from not far ahead.

"My God! Sir, come and see this! It looks exactly like the strange tree we saw in the sinkhole!"

I leaned closer to take a look, and my pupils suddenly contracted.

It really is Hara Sugimoto, so what they're saying here isn't...

Just then, I heard Top let out a sharp cry. Immediately afterwards, I heard several buzzing sounds, like helicopter engines, flying towards us.

My expression immediately changed drastically; no one knew better than me what was making that sound.

"Oh no! It's a Meganeosaurus! There are Meganeosaurus here too! Dante, you guys need to find somewhere to hide right now. We have to get out of this area as soon as possible, quick!"

The sudden encounter caught us off guard. The giant dragonfly is a king among men in the air, and it usually feeds on giant mosquitoes.

However, these enormous creatures probably wouldn't mind preying on us, who are easier to obtain.

Top knew it was no longer safe ahead and was running towards us at full speed. Pat, on the other hand, was not afraid of these giant dragonflies and was directly fighting one of them in mid-air.

I wanted to call Pat back, but this time Pat seemed determined to fight these giant dragonflies. They were fighting fiercely in the air, rising and falling.

In the end, Pat prevailed, using the giant dragonfly's long tail as a breakthrough point, its claws piercing deep into the gaps in the dragonfly's tail scales.