Although there were many cypress trees, they couldn't withstand our cutting. Along the way, many cypress trees blocking the road had been cut down to bare trunks.

They only had the desire to attack but lacked the means to do so. A few tender branches, barely longer than a finger, were trembling in the wind. This was the first time they had encountered such a ferocious creature.

"Huh! They finished chopping so quickly?"

Dante exclaimed in surprise, "This guy seems to be really into chopping wood; he clearly hasn't had enough yet."

Then Dante took up his sword and turned back to fell two cypress trees, using them as targets for his anger at being entangled by their kind. Only then did he clap his hands and sheath his sword.

The two cypress trees were felled by Dante, and they were now in despair.

No... bro. We weren't the ones who bothered you before, so why are you treating us differently? What's the meaning of cutting us down? If you want to find someone, go find the tree that's bothering you.

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I've been running around all morning, and I didn't even have time to eat anything before setting off, so I'm really hungry now.

Hunting wild game here seems more difficult than finding lice on a bald man's head.

Fortunately, we still had some dried meat left from the wild animals we hunted earlier, and with the starch-based pancakes we had before, it was a decent meal to have now.

I made the tinderbox when I was in the tribe. It was mainly for Su Su to use to start a fire when cooking.

Having passed through that grove of shrines, it now seems that the temporary fire could still play a significant role.

Soon, the aroma of food wafted over. By then, Top was already sitting by the fire. After returning, it asked Susu for the leather bag. At first, I didn't know what Top wanted a bag for.

Now I finally understand that the leather bag Top carried on his shoulder was filled with potatoes he had carefully selected.

The starch pancakes tasted good too, but Top still preferred the soft and chewy texture of potatoes.

While we were preparing food and starting our meal, Top had already skillfully used a stick to pull out the fragrant potatoes that had been roasting in the embers.

Pat remained lounging in a sandpit, eyes closed, like a free-range chicken. Now it really acted like a hen, even going so far as to create a sandpit for a sand bath.

Pat was the first member of the team to emerge from the cypress grove. After seeing how easily we cut down those moving trees, it flew directly out of the cypress grove and waited for our arrival.

After it came out, it slept and dozed off in a tree. Later, Su Su started a fire to cook. Only then did it come to the ashes, dig a small pit, and take a sand bath in it, just like a hen.

It was mealtime, and Pat wanted to come and get some food. But when he saw that all the food was dry and hard, he became a little disappointed.

This time, however, it didn't refuse the jerky strips Dante offered it. These jerky strips had been soaked in water beforehand to absorb moisture, and after roasting, the dry, hard meat became much softer.

The most crucial point is that the animals in this area are extremely rare. Otherwise, Pat wouldn't have waited patiently for us to come out and have a meal. It would probably have gone to find prey to have a feast by itself.

After we devoured the food, we felt much more refreshed.

It's absolutely true that people need to eat to survive.

After eating and drinking our fill, we rested for a while before deciding to continue our journey. This place wasn't peaceful; it seemed quite easy for us to have fought our way out of a grove of shrubs.

It must be said that the cypress trees there were actually quite strong in nature. They were just unlucky to have encountered us.

That's why we three trained monsters were able to escape. If it were anyone else, or even myself in the past, escaping this cypress forest would have been extremely difficult.

I have half a day left, and I want to leave this eerie area as soon as possible before dark. I don't want to build a shelter near a region full of carnivorous plants at night.

In this world of carnivorous plants that could kill at any moment, would you dare to fall asleep?

Next, we entered a tall forest, drawing on our previous experience.

Before entering, we would poke the tree trunks a few times with our spears to make sure that these tall trees were the real plants before we felt safe to go in.

However, just like the previous area, there wasn't a single chirp or bird call. I knew we probably hadn't yet escaped that eerie zone infested with carnivorous plants.

Otherwise, this excessively quiet environment is really hard to explain.

"Everyone should be careful. We probably haven't gotten out of that eerie area yet. Keep your eyes open; who knows what else might be waiting for us here."

After hearing my words, Su Su and Dante both nodded at the same time. This was indeed not something that could be figured out by common sense, so it was better to be careful.

I walked cautiously behind Top, with Susu and Dante flanking me on either side. Top, ahead of me, had his ears pricked up, hoping to catch any suspicious noises.

However, this time, not a single hair could be seen in the jungle, and Top's methods for detecting wild animals seemed to have completely failed here.

Sparse, thorny bushes, about the height of a person, grew in the jungle. These bushes looked somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen them before.

Just as I was getting a little distracted, Top, who was scouting ahead, let out a scream.

"Squeak, squeak!"

Top had already fallen, and two vines about the thickness of a thumb were wrapped around its ankles. At this moment, the vines were pulling Top quickly toward the thorny bushes not far away.

"Top!"

I yelled, drew my sword, and ran in the direction the vines were moving.

Damn it! We were careless again. We were focused on the trees and didn't pay much attention to where we were stepping.

The vines that entangled Top must be the famous man-catching vines of the Panamanian rainforest!

If a person accidentally touches the vine, it will wrap around them tightly like a python until they are strangled to death in order to obtain the nutrients needed for its own growth.

But now, seeing that it was being pulled towards a thorny thicket, my mind suddenly went blank, and I realized why those thorny bushes felt so familiar.

I think this thing must be the Yanipinda shrub, another carnivorous plant.

The Yanipinda shrub is a plant that grows in the forests of Brazil, with its branches covered in sharp, hooked thorns.

When a person or animal encounters it, the thorny branches will surround and pierce the other party, and a gelatinous liquid will flow from the branches to digest them.

This time, it was actually the man-catching vine and the yanipinda shrub working together.

No wonder there are no animals here; so many famous carnivorous plants gather here, and with their coordinated attacks, it's hard for any animal to escape their clutches.