Wang Lan felt as if her entire body had disappeared, leaving only a chaotic consciousness and waves of sharp pain in her chest.
As the first victim and the most severely injured in the millipede explosion, Wang Lan was so badly injured that he almost vomited bile. He felt that this was the most serious injury he had ever suffered in any battle or hunt.
The stench of millipedes is truly immense.
Biological weapons are indeed the most deadly!
Despite the stench still irritating Wang Lan's nasal cavity wave after wave, he could only gag intermittently because he couldn't vomit anything up.
After a long time, the stench in the air gradually began to dissipate.
After everyone had vomited enough, their complexions gradually returned to normal.
Ding Taishun and the others kept Wang Lan in mind and, despite their trembling bodies, walked to Wang Lan's side and helped him up.
Wang Lan looked up and was shocked to see faces pale from vomiting, but the concern in their eyes was very obvious. Wang Lan opened his mouth slightly, but immediately closed it. Even though his stomach was empty, the feeling of dry heaving was very uncomfortable. He glared at everyone, kept his mouth tightly shut, and clenched his teeth.
"The centipedes have retreated!"
Sasa was the first to recover. After looking around, he said to everyone, "It seems that the stench of millipede blood has a strong stimulating effect on centipedes."
"They've retreated? They've retreated!" Li Shuo knelt on the ground, his face as pale as paper, his whole body trembling uncontrollably. Seeing that the centipedes were gone, he said excitedly, "Go, go, go quickly! Don't linger here. We're all so weak now, like meat on a chopping board. Any monster or insect could easily kill us. Go, go quickly!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement without any objection.
"Nan Chen, do you still remember the general direction?"
At this moment, Sha Si asked Nan Chen.
Nan Chen's face turned ashen. He was taken aback by the question and asked, "Which direction?"
“We came across a river on our way here,” Sha Si said, pointing at Wang Lan. “Brother Wang needs to take a good bath.”
Everyone then followed Sha Si's finger and looked at Wang Lan. But what they saw next was alarming. Wang Lan was filthy, covered in dark green liquid, and looked absolutely disgusting.
As if subconsciously, everyone swallowed hard.
Then……
"Wow--"
I threw up again...
Nan Chen's body trembled, clearly showing that she was trying her best to suppress the urge to vomit, and she said in a deep voice, "Come with me!"
Under Nan Chen's leadership.
The group walked together, supporting each other as they headed forward.
However, the mysterious forest was shrouded in white mist, making it impossible to find any direction. Although Nan Chen had some recollection of the place, it was still difficult to find. This caused the group to take many detours with Nan Chen. However, perhaps because Wang Lan's stench was too strong, although the group wandered around aimlessly, they did not encounter any monsters or insects that attacked them again. Therefore, the journey was relatively safe.
Nan Chen led the group for a long time when they suddenly heard the faint sound of flowing river water ahead. His usually ashen face lit up with joy, and he urged everyone to quicken their pace.
After crossing a lush meadow, a river came into view.
Everyone was overjoyed.
Ding Taishun and the others helped Wang Lan quicken their pace and arrived at the riverbank.
"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry!"
As Ding Taishun spoke, Wang Lan, who was still in a daze, was thrown into the river by the group.
With a "plop" sound!
Wang Lan fell into the water, immediately creating a huge splash. The icy river water also invigorated Wang Lan. He lay flat in the water, and the river washed away the filth on his body. The originally clear river water then turned dark green.
Only then did the stench truly diminish significantly.
“Everyone should go and wash up,” Sha Si said to Ding Taishun and the others. “You’ve been supporting Brother Wang all the way here, and you’ve gotten quite dirty. Washing up will make you feel better.”
The group nodded in agreement, then walked upstream from Wang Lan and jumped into the river.
Seeing this, Li Shuo also jumped into the river.
The envoy looked down at himself and saw that his robe was clean and did not need to be washed, while the white-armored soldiers had been guarding him the whole time.
Sassi glanced at the Holy Envoy, only to find Zhang Jian walking over. Zhang Jian also looked at the Holy Envoy, then shook his head and whispered to Sassi, "Tsk tsk tsk, not very reliable."
He then glanced at Wang Lan and the others and said, "These guys are quite interesting."
Sha Si smiled slightly, patted Zhang Jian on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Then he called Nan Chen over.
The three stood side by side, and Sha Si said, "Nan Chen, isn't our current position a bit off?"
He looked at the scenery on the other side of the river.
What they saw was a bamboo forest. At a glance, the bamboo stalks were about the thickness of a bowl, not much different from the bamboo before the mutation. However, the white mist in the bamboo forest seemed to be much thicker, which made each bamboo stalk seem to reach straight into the sky.
“Something’s not right,” Nan Chen said. “What we initially saw next to the river was a forest, but now it’s a bamboo grove. However, we can’t tell whether we’re upstream or downstream from our current location.”
"But if we go through this bamboo forest, we'll be close to our encampment, right?"
"I can't guarantee it," Nan Chen said honestly. "Like I said, we can't even distinguish between upstream and downstream, let alone other locations. But one thing is certain."
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