Chapter 104 A Hidden Safe Zone? !

It was not until the fifth month that Lu Yuan pushed aside the bushes and walked up the last high slope.

He suddenly realized that he had walked out of the lush and vast primeval forest that was unimaginably vast.

This is the last high slope, and in the distance is a whole new world! The endless arid land comes into view, both rugged and soft, with magnificent terrain, sparse grasslands and rugged rocks, presenting a shocking natural force.

Only a small amount of green grows tenaciously in the dry land. The most amazing thing is the endless clusters of flowers, in all their colors, that decorate the hillside into a gorgeous scene.

At a glance, the rustling flowers seemed to be hundreds of kilometers long, extending to the end of the horizon.

At the junction of the forest and the arid land, there is a vertical waterfall hanging down, with a width of nearly 300 meters. The momentum is like thousands of horses galloping and charging into battle, and it is also like the slogans shouted by a hundred thousand parade troops.

The rumbling sound hurt my eardrums.

At this moment, the clouds in the sky suddenly split apart. The dark clouds, which were so thick that it was about to rain, suddenly opened up a crack, revealing the clear blue sky, and the sun suddenly poured down.

The water vapor on the flowers sparkled under the sunlight! The whole sea of ​​flowers seemed to come alive! The cloudy day turned into a sunny day in the blink of an eye! Lu Yuan was shocked by this scene of "cloudy to sunny". Perhaps on Earth, you will never see such a magnificent scene of flowers stretching for hundreds of kilometers.

"Ah——" He couldn't help but shout, and the sound spread far and wide.

Even the old cat was a little shocked and tried to shout a few words - this guy is always thinking about elegance and always keeping his identity in mind.

But who doesn’t like a spectacle?

"Hey - I, Old Lu, am here!"

“Ouch—”

Lu Yuan planned to rest here for a few days. After five months of traveling, he was not that tired physically. But most of the journey was boring and stressful. There were bugs everywhere, which made him very irritable.

The old wolf was also exhausted and needed to rest for a few days.

Lu Yuan ran to the downstream of the giant waterfall and took a cold bath. Under the flushing of the river, all his mental fatigue disappeared instantly.

The rumbling sound of the waterfall is like a symphony of nature. Large groups of water droplets leap up in the air, like countless pearls falling into a jade plate, making crisp and pleasant sounds.

Old Wolf still didn't like taking baths, but under Lu Yuan's compulsory request, he still lay in the water and washed his body in ecstasy.

"Have you found a big problem?" The old cat naturally didn't need to wash itself. It jumped onto a big rock and quietly looked at the winding river.

"What's the matter?" After taking a shower, Lu Yuan felt refreshed. He shaved his beard with a knife and trimmed his hair like Tarzan.

The old cat stretched out his paw and said, "Look at this great river, it is majestic and flows into the distance. But do you feel that it is missing a large section?"

"Ah?" Lu Yuan didn't understand what the old cat was saying for a moment.

He looked at it for a long time and also felt it was a bit strange.

The trajectory of the river is not very natural.

In particular, the color of the river water has undergone subtle changes.

The river water upstream is quite clear and can be drunk directly.

For some reason, the color of the river in the middle suddenly changed subtly... It was not very obvious, but it was real.

"Why do you care about this? Do you want me to build a boat and go to my destination along the river?"

Lu Yuan also thought about how to drive a ship.

After all, he was really fed up with the mosquitoes in the forest, and the temptation to not be bitten was still very great.

But the problem is that it takes at least several days to build a simple bamboo raft. And he doesn't have a map of the river, so who knows if the river will deviate from the route after a few dozen kilometers...

So I can only give up.

"No, what I mean is... there may be a hidden 'safe zone' that you think is here!" The old cat jumped down from the stone and drew a circle and a river on the sand with his claws.

"Think about it, part of the space here may be hidden, so there is a strange sign of 'a section of the river is missing'."

"Of course I'm just guessing, I can't guarantee it."

The old cat scratched its head in a cocky manner, making a "crunching" sound, and its eyes glanced at Lu Yuan's face.

It said indifferently: "Even if there is a safe zone here, what does it have to do with you? You should leave as soon as possible!"

Lu Yuan's expression changed slightly and his heart beat faster.

Turning my head to look at the river, the more I looked, the more I felt that what the old cat said made sense.

The "safe zone" is indeed hidden, just like invisibility.

This conclusion was reached by many scientists from the Meda civilization.

Because in long-term observation, no animal has come into contact with the protective light curtain of the "safe zone"!

This is obviously not normal.

From a probability perspective, among the rabbits, mice, birds, and insects that exist everywhere, there will always be one or two that will hit the light curtain and then turn into ashes.

Actually...no.

Therefore, experts from the Meda civilization speculated that the safe zone was likely hidden in the Pangu continent through some kind of space mechanism.

Ordinary creatures can't get close to it! The civilization in the safe zone, with millions or tens of millions of people, needs water and air. Some resources from the outside world can be brought in through "some means", so there will be situations like "a piece of the river is missing" or "the river changes color".

“I see…”

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan rubbed his hands and felt excited.

Maybe aliens can contact humans? "Old cat, you are smart. You figured this out." He patted the fat cat.

The old cat clucked and shook his head, looking very proud: "It's only a 50% chance. I advise you not to be so self-indulgent and invest too much effort in it."

"Maybe people just don't bother to pay attention to you."

What is even more obvious is that the unknown civilization cannot cancel the safe zone just because Lu Yuan is outside...

If there is an alien outside, they just remove the light curtain? That would take a lot of courage.

No normal civilization would do this.

This fact made Lu Yuan scratch his head and feel a little impatient.

He does not have any superpowers that allow him to transcend his "safety zone" and can only hope that the other party will take the initiative to communicate.

I took a deep breath, put on my backpack, and first measured the temperature upstream.

Head downstream to the river.

"The water temperature has a temperature difference of 1-2 degrees..."

I wandered for a long time in the area where the color of the river changed subtly, but couldn't figure out what was going on.

"If there really is a safe zone hidden here, the creatures inside will definitely be able to see me..."

Lu Yuan suddenly had an idea and thought of a good idea.

He crawled into the tent, took out the big metal ball from the storage space, and faced the river.

The metal ball occupies 1 cubic meter of storage space. Although it is completely scrapped, he still carries it with him. There are many precision parts in it that the old cat needs.

Isn’t it useful now?

"If the other party also has a communicator, he will definitely be curious when he sees the one in my hand... and then take the initiative to contact me using the divine skill."

"All humans have divine skills, so this civilization can't possibly not have them."

"I can use the communicator in the other party's hand to contact humans. Then help both parties establish diplomatic relations! Perfect!" Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little excited about his own cleverness.

Of course, he still had a trick up his sleeve. The code of human civilization was not written directly on the ground.

Even though a communicator cannot kill humans, it is not a good thing to rashly expose human information.

He had to first investigate what this unknown civilization was like.

"Lu Yuan, I have no objection to your communication..."

"But I need to remind you that the speed of time in the safe zone is different from here, so their reactions will definitely be slow." Seeing Lu Yuan's expectant look, the old cat couldn't help but pour cold water on him. It has always been the spokesperson for reason, "Unless you are prepared to stay here for several years, they may react."

"Second, I think this place may have some risks."

"Even though it's an arid land, there's still a big river flowing. Wildlife in this area is too scarce...especially the number of large creatures, which is far below average."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Lu Yuan snorted and did not refute.

He admitted that what Lao Mao said was right, but he felt uncomfortable because he acted so pretentious.

"It's impossible for another [Demon] to come."

"Demons are already an upper-middle level disaster... Most disasters should be much weaker than demons, otherwise this world will be uninhabitable." The old cat spoke the truth and it never told lies.

"Then I'm not afraid of anything... I'll kill the monster and complete a civilization milestone."

Old Cat: ...

Actually, Lu Yuan was just in a good mood and wanted to brag a lot.

A disaster is a disaster after all.

No matter how small the vision is, it will become a huge mountain when it falls on a person's head.

But the time at this moment is no longer the first year of the Pangu era.

It is now the fifth year and sixth month.

But there is no need to worry too much.

Pangu Continent is huge, and supernatural phenomena occur frequently. He cannot just take a detour just because there are fewer animals here. Otherwise, he will never reach the city in the sky even if he takes a long detour.

He lit a fire, boiled water, and cooked food, then looked around, carefully examining the surrounding environment with the eyes of a pioneer.

[Sandalwood: A common drought-resistant plant. The alkaloids it contains are toxic, so few animals are willing to eat it. Its flowers are a natural red pigment.]

[Grapewort: A common drought-resistant plant, non-toxic, rich in vitamins. It has a lot of cellulose, so you can't digest it. ]

[Variation: Purslane: A common wild vegetable that can be eaten cold or stir-fried. It can provide nutrients such as protein, thiothreitol and riboflavin to the human body.]

Well, for a while, I didn’t see any strange phenomena, but instead I saw a lot of delicious wild vegetables.

"Old cat, get to work!"

The old cat, who didn't need to eat, went to collect wild vegetables out of despair.

Lu Yuan jumped into the river again and used a spear to catch a few fish in the river, thus securing protein for the day.

His face was filled with rich expressions. He hadn't had a big meal for a long time, so he might as well have a good one.

So he took out a small iron pan from his backpack, put a little oil in it, kneaded some flour, and made a few hand-pulled pancakes. His cooking skills were really good now. The layers of the hand-pulled pancakes were as thin as paper. When you took a bite, you could feel the noodles connecting with each other, which made you unable to stop.

Another pot of fish soup was stewed. The fresh small fish were cut into pieces and cooked with wild vegetables. The soup was thick and the fish meat was chewy.

"We traveled thousands of kilometers just to eat a bite of fish here."

"Comrade, what does fish soup taste like?" asked Old Cat.

"tasty."

"Crunch, crunch!" The old cat kept scratching and its AI started to malfunction again, so Lu Yuan served it a bowl of food. Even though it couldn't eat it, the AI ​​malfunction miraculously disappeared - I have to admit, this guy is really a little sick.

A few groundhogs smelled the aroma of the pancakes and crawled over quietly.

These stupid guys just stared at him blankly, getting closer and closer, without any awareness at all.

Lu Yuan gave them some bread.

Their claws are very flexible, just like human fingers. They grab the bread and stuff it into their mouths, making a "squeaking" sound.

"It turns out that your sound is not 'ah'. The self-media is lying." Lu Yuan likes to feed small animals, although these guys may spread diseases.

The old wolf looked with some boredom at the groundhogs fighting in a rigid manner after they had eaten their fill - now that it was a dog, it had absolutely no interest in hunting these small animals.

"You guys watch outside, I'll take a break."

Lu Yuan returned to his tent. It had been a long time since he had taken a nap.

Put on the "Mask of Leoric". Even though this thing was damaged by fire, it can still greatly amplify your perception.

In a hazy state, it seemed as if a third eye had grown out from the back of my head.

This eye is highly myopic, but it can greatly increase the sixth sense.

Because there are endless dangers in Pangu Continent, he always wears a mask even when sleeping.

Gradually, Lu Yuan fell asleep. For some reason, he fell into a state like a lucid dream.

His consciousness seemed to have left his body, floating above the Pangu Continent, gazing at the vast world that was almost infinite.

Not far away there was a rainbow-like light curtain, blocking his progress... Could it be the so-called safe zone? Lu Yuan couldn't help but stretch out his foot and touch the rainbow.

Nothing happened and he entered the safe zone.

It's like entering a "bubble".

Inside are buildings of an alien civilization, with obelisk-shaped buildings standing on the surface.

In the city square stands a statue of a lizard-like creature.

On the edge of the city are large tracts of farmland planted with unknown plants.

The river that runs through the center of the city is flowing continuously. From this angle, you will find that the river is complete.

No one.

There was no one, just silent and dead things.

"Is this... a dream?"

"What you think about during the day you dream about at night..."

(End of this chapter)