Chapter 458 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui was shocked and incredulous, covering his mouth and nose tightly. Lin Leyou suppressed a laugh, but quickly sprayed the deodorant on him a few times, and then sprayed it on herself a few times, which eliminated the stench. Of course, she didn't miss the surrounding stones and fences either.
"Okay, the stench is gone now. I didn't expect you to have such a strong reaction to the stench."
Xue Rui removed his hand with some skepticism, and after breathing for a while to make sure the stench was gone, he gradually relaxed his tightly furrowed brows. "This smell is a bit too strong?"
Lin Leyou said, "Isn't this to drive the tiger away? This tiger is quite useful. Hopefully, it can kill a few more people and save us some time. What do you think?"
Xue Rui slowly recovered from the fumes he had just been exposed to. "That's right, but most of those who remain now are people who have the tools. This tiger probably won't be able to get its hands on it."
What he said made a lot of sense, but Lin Leyou didn't think so. Black poison ants didn't seem to exist in the real world, but they did exist in the dungeon. And that tiger from earlier was obviously different from the one in the real world, so it probably brought them some good news.
As it turned out, Lin Leyou's idea was correct. Although the tiger was driven away by the smoke, it did not run too far. After coming out of the lake, it lay on the ground panting heavily, looking like a survivor.
After it recovered, it set its sights on the two people who had cautiously passed through the black ant nest earlier, and these two people were completely unaware that they had been targeted by the tiger.
Therefore, this tiger's ability to hide is really strong. If it weren't for the props, it would be very likely that it wouldn't be discovered. Indeed, the creatures in this mountain forest cannot be judged by the standards of the real world.
Xue Rui noticed that the tiger icon was getting closer to the two separate red dots, and narrowed his eyes slightly. "It seems that this tiger is indeed very useful."
Lin Leyou chuckled, "Now we'll see when they die. And did you notice the eight people who ran away? They probably haven't even recovered from the Black Poison Ants' attack yet, and then the Black Poison Ants came out again. Look at all those dense ant icons."
At this moment, Xue Rui also noticed the small icons representing the ant colony that had appeared around the black ant nest earlier. They were very accurately chasing after the direction in which the eight people had fled.
Xue Rui thought for a moment, then took out his monitoring equipment and sent out several monitoring balls. "Let's take a look."
Eight images appeared on the screen, showing eight people who were unaware that they had been targeted by black ants. They hid in places they thought were safe, but unfortunately, there was no safe place in this forest for those marked by black ant bites unless they left immediately.
However, they would never leave before realizing they had nowhere to escape, especially since they had a mission to complete, and failing to complete the mission would result in a deduction of 100 million points!
Under these circumstances, they could only try to avoid these black ants. If it were daytime, they could easily spot the ant colony, but now it was late at night…
This deep mountain forest is truly fraught with danger. Lin Leyou was still a little scared when he saw this situation, after all, he and Xue Rui were once among these people.
In the dark of night, under the sparse starlight, the shadows of the trees, like a chaotic dance of demons, instilled extreme fear in those who ventured into these deep mountains.
In just one night, nearly ten people have died. Lin Leyou and Xue Rui basically only lost some randomly drawn maps, yet they automatically gained so many good things.
Lin Leyou said, "I always felt that it wasn't just about black ants and tigers. These might just be the first two obstacles. The closer we get to Xiushan Village, the more dangers we'll face."
The two people who were targeted by the tiger last night have both met their demise, giving them a million points. Thinking about it, it's not bad.
As Lin Leyou watched the sun rise in the east, he suddenly felt a little itchy. He looked at the itchy spot and saw several familiar black poisonous ants there.
After a moment of silence, he gently brushed the black ants off his body with a twig. He carefully examined the skin where the ants had crawled and found no red spots, but that didn't mean he hadn't been bitten, because the red spots would soon disappear.
Xue Rui leaned closer for a look. "It's a black ant. Did it bite you?"
Lin Leyou shook his head, "I'm not really sure about that either. I didn't see any bite marks, but..."
Xue Rui frowned. "I have a bad feeling about this. Let's hurry up and go check out Xiushan Village first."
Lin Leyou said, "Before we left, we had a surveillance scout scout check the route first. That way, if there's anything we shouldn't mess with ahead, we can spot it immediately and take a detour."
Xue Rui said, "Following the route marked on the map should be safe."
Although the black ant nest was not far from this route, they walked carefully and did not allow the black ants to attack them.
Lin Leyou had already noticed that these black poisonous ants seemed to only appear in large numbers and on a large scale when someone trampled on their nests.
Xue Rui said, "It's strange. When we came here before, there were definitely no black poisonous ants on this mountaintop. These black poisonous ants look like they climbed up the mountain overnight. Are they targeting us?"
Lin Leyou breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, we can just walk faster."
The two made a quick decision, without even having breakfast, and packed their things to leave. They quickly chose a route to take, which was the one shown on the map.
Instead of erasing their traces, they sometimes deliberately leave inconspicuous marks, and sometimes they deliberately change their routes to leave traces in more dangerous places.
For example, in a sinkhole covered with leaves, the road surface looks no different from the rest of the road, covered with a thick layer of dead leaves. But if you step on it, you will fall directly into this bottomless pit.
In addition to these, they also set up some wild animal nests and a huge wasp nest. Basically, they would take the path wherever it was dangerous and leave some traces there.
In this way, they used their own methods to harm those who came after them, hoping that more of them would die.
They continued this behavior until a ten-meter-wide river appeared in front of them. The river was about ten meters wide, and the water flowed quietly, with some small fish and shrimp visible in it.
Although the river didn't seem dangerous, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui knew from their journey that without the map, they would have suffered a lot and might even have been injured. Now that there was a river blocking their way, they didn't think it was harmless. The calmer the place, the more likely there was a problem.
Lin Leyou said, "The things we encountered before, although they all had their own unique strengths, were still subject to the limitations of nature. Generally speaking, people who are confident enough to come to this dungeon should have a lot of items and points. The small traps we encountered before probably won't be able to deal with truly powerful people."
Xue Rui stared calmly at the small river in front of him. "Brother Lin, do you mean that some kind of ghostly or supernatural things that are beyond the limits of nature will appear later?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "That's right, didn't you notice? The closer we get to Xiushan Village, the easier the route becomes, but the more dangerous it becomes. This river... is a great place to hide traps."
Xue Rui opened the map carefully and zoomed in on the section of river in front of their position. When he finally zoomed in no further, some strange icons appeared in the river. The icons looked a bit distorted, and he couldn't tell what they were with the naked eye.
Lin Leyou clicked on it casually, and some brief instructions appeared next to the icon.
"The wronged souls that have been wandering in the river for hundreds of years dream of finding a substitute so that they can be reincarnated and leave this place."
Xue Rui: "Phew...it's a water ghost. They need to find substitutes to wander in the river in their place so they can be reincarnated."
Lin Leyou said, "I knew it would happen. The journey from here to Xiushan Village accounts for one-fifth of the total route. I estimate that the road ahead will be easy, but the danger level will increase dramatically."
Xue Rui: "The route marked on the map goes directly across this river. Should we just swim across?"
Lin Leyou looked to both sides, but there were no bridges across the river, either upstream or downstream. However, they soon found some ropes tied to trees on the riverbank.
The ropes were completely rotten, leaving only some black fragments, along with some rotten planks on the ground, with only a few black edges remaining.
There should have been a wooden bridge here, but over the decades... that wooden bridge has long since disappeared and no longer exists.
Lin Leyou said, "It seems we'll have to figure out a way to get there ourselves. I wonder if these water ghosts will be active during the day, or should we fly over?"
Xue Rui: "I don't have any props that allow me to fly."
Lin Leyou shrugged. "I don't have any either, so what do we do now? We can only swim across."
Xue Rui suggested, "How about we try using the puppets first?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "We can give it a try."
The puppets were relatively cheap, so Lin Leyou casually bought one and was about to throw it into the river. But at the same time, Xue Rui also took out a puppet. After staring at each other for a while, Lin Leyou threw his puppet out first.
"We'll talk about that later. Anyway, there will be many more places where we can use puppets later."
Xue Rui blinked and nodded, indicating that he had no objection.
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