Wei San and Liao Runing were still standing by the stream, defending. After Jin Ke had finished distributing the water, she brought them some fruit.
The fruit was small, about the size of a thumb, with a yellow skin that was cracked. When you took a bite, the juice that burst out was all bitter.
Wei San took it first, picked up one, took a bite, and swallowed it.
Her expression was so normal that Liao Runing didn't think much about it. He also picked up a thumb-thick fruit and bit into it: "Ugh!"
Young Master Liao's face was distorted and he grabbed his neck with his hands. He almost fainted. He bent over and spit out the fruit in his mouth, then stood up weakly: "Wei San, why didn't you remind me that something so bitter?!"
"Is it bitter? I think it's so okay." Wei San looked down at the long yellow fruit in his hand and stuffed the remaining half into his mouth.
Jin Ke also picked up one and said, "This is called Shuiyu fruit. It tastes bitter but has high nutritional value. It clears away heat and detoxifies, and is rich in water. Master, it's better to eat something bitter occasionally."
After saying that, he took a bite confidently: "...Grr!"
Jin Ke forced himself not to spit it out, but the extremely bitter and fishy taste lingered on the taste buds on the tip of his tongue, and the bitter water flowed through his throat, causing him to vomit physiologically again.
Master Liao crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows at Jin Ke: "It's not bad to eat something bitter occasionally."
Jin Ke: "Grr--"
Even after swallowing it, the bitter and fishy taste that caused a great impact on the taste buds could not dissipate for a long time.
Jin Ke had been memorizing relevant knowledge about the rainforest for half a month before he came in. He knew that Shuiyu fruit tasted bad, but he never thought that the taste would be so... perverted.
Jin Ke and Liao Runing looked at Wei San who was eating the water jade fruit without changing his expression, and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
"Are your taste buds damaged?" Liao Runing felt a bitter and fishy taste rising to her throat as she watched her eat.
"No." Wei San held half a water jade fruit in his mouth, "It's still within my tolerance range."
This taste is nothing compared to the rotten and smelly smell of the garbage dump.
Jin Ke couldn't eat it, so he put it back and picked out another batch of red fruits: "This one is very sour, it should be better."
Liao Runing only took a small bite this time, and was still startled by the sourness: "What kind of wild fruits are these, the taste is so irritating."
"I can't help it, just bear it." Jin Ke closed his eyes, stuffed the red fruit into his mouth, held his breath and swallowed it quickly, he turned around and walked towards the rest area, his back was trembling.
Master Liao: "..." Maybe he would be knocked down by these wild fruits before the end.
"Do you want to eat it? If not, give it to me." Wei San asked Liao Runing after finishing the fruit in his hand.
Liao Runing couldn't eat it unless he was starving to death. He gave all his fruits to Wei San and took two back: "Give them to Xuanshan later."
When Huo Xuanshan came back from his inspection, Liao Runing waved at him and handed him two fruits: "Xuanshan, this red fruit is very sweet and juicy. But the yellow fruit is a bit bitter and not very delicious."
Huo Xuanshan looked up at him and Wei San, and finally chose the yellow fruit without hesitation and put it in his mouth.
"..."
"Hahaha, I told you that this fruit doesn't taste good, but you still don't believe me." Liao Runing stuffed the red fruit to Huo Xuanshan, "Here, this one is sweet."
Huo Xuanshan swallowed it hard and asked Wei San, "Is this one sweet?"
Wei San neither nodded nor shook his head, "It doesn't taste good."
Hearing her say this, Huo Xuanshan took a bite of the red fruit with half-belief and half-doubt, and it was so sour that he doubted his life.
"I told you that it doesn't taste good." Wei San raised his lips, and he and Liao Runing raised their hands and clapped in the air.
Huo Xuanshan: "..." He could already imagine how difficult the road ahead would be.
The patrol team took turns to rest and replenish their energy. After Huo Xuanshan came over, Liao Runing took another group of people to patrol around.
Wei San stood by the stream and looked across.
The environment on the opposite side was similar to this side, with dense trees and rabbits.
Rabbits?
Wei San turned around and went to find Ying Chenghe: "I want a bow and arrow. There are rabbits on the opposite side. I'll go and shoot a few."
Ying Chenghe: "...wait a minute." It's just an ordinary bow and arrow. He can make it as a craftsman!
"Do you want me to go?" Huo Xuanshan asked.
Wei San shook his head: "I want to move around a bit. You stay here and watch over them."
After Ying Chenghe made the simple bow and arrow, ten minutes had passed. Wei San walked to the stream with the bow and arrow, squinted for a long time, listened to the side for a while, took a few steps back, accelerated and jumped across the stream.
As soon as he stepped on the ground on the opposite side, Wei San looked down and saw that the soil here seemed to be a little softer.
The rustling sound of animals hitting the grass reached Wei San's ears, and she walked straight in one direction.
"Wei San, don't go too far." Jin Ke stood up and shouted from the opposite side.
She raised her hand and made an OK gesture to the back, but she didn't know if the person on the opposite side could see it.
Wei San followed the sound all the way, but she never saw any trace of the rabbit. However, she didn't want to go too far and prepared to turn back.
She couldn't hunt here, so she would look for a chance next time. However, Liao Runing and the others would probably still be hungry.
Wei San turned around quickly and went back. As she was walking, she heard rustling sounds from the left again.
"..."
Is there a rabbit nest here? There are rabbits everywhere.
Wei San didn't think that the sound was made by the same rabbit. It was too fast, so it could only be explained by different rabbits.
She stood there, listened to the side of her ear for a while, and then suddenly drew her bow and shot in a certain direction.
The arrow shot through the air towards a bush, and Wei San clearly heard the sound of it hitting the target.
However, when she walked over, she only saw the bare arrow shot on the ground.
Wei San frowned, bent down and pulled out the arrow. In addition to the arrow head, there were also scratches on the upper part of the arrow body.
She touched it with her fingertips, and this scratch... seemed to have fallen into a thorn bush.
There was clearly nothing on the ground where the arrow hit, so she held the bow and arrow in her hand, lowered her head and stood there.
At this moment, thorns quickly crawled from all directions, and it seemed that they were about to entangle Wei San's feet.
Wei San quickly moved away, stepped on the tree trunk, and finally squatted on a thick branch.
She looked down at the ground. Some of these grass thorns had small flowers on them, and some of them even slowly curled into the shape of rabbits. If Wei San had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have thought that there would be plants pretending to be animals.
So the arrow just now was shot at this kind of thing?
It turned out that there was no rabbit. Wei San stood on the branch and used a branch above her head to swing to another tree.
Just as Wei San swung to the third tree, she suddenly lost her strength and fell directly to the ground.
Countless grass thorns on the ground crawled up, covered Wei San, and entangled him tightly.
Live broadcast of the scene.
Xiang Minghua was stunned when he saw this scene. He didn't understand why Wei San suddenly fell down. This kind of mistake would not even be made by A-level.
The audience was even more confused, and they all looked at the commentators on the stage.
Among the three commentators, Yu Tianhe was from Nanpaxi and knew the rainforest the best.
"This is a psychedelic grass thorn, which is best at turning into a rabbit to confuse prey." Yu Tianhe looked at the live camera of the Damocles Military Academy, "Just now Wei San reached out and touched the arrow body, which was probably stained with the pollen of the psychedelic grass thorn. Once the skin comes into contact with this pollen, it will quickly fall into a state of coma, and even feel happy until death."
In the camera, blood can be seen flowing out of the tightly wrapped psychedelic grass thorn, and the people of the Damocles Military Academy on the other side obviously don't know what happened.
This time even Jie Yuman couldn't sit still.
This thing is not a star beast, but just a plant in the rainforest. Now Wei San has fallen into a coma and hallucination and cannot make any sound at all. The Damocles Military Academy opposite him can hardly notice anything wrong.
"Wei San can't wake up?" Xi Haotian asked,
"She basically can't wake up. Usually, when we encounter this kind of psychedelic grass thorn, we will eat it in advance..." Yu Tianhe paused halfway through his speech, "It depends on her luck."
Xi Haotian asked in surprise, "Why?"
"We in Nanpasi have a detoxification pill, and one of the important ingredients is the water jade fruit they just ate." Yu Tianhe stared at Wei San who was completely covered by the psychedelic grass thorn, "I saw Wei San eat a lot before, maybe she can have some consciousness, but now Wei San is injured, and the pollen of the psychedelic grass thorn has entered her blood in large quantities, so it's hard to say."
Five minutes had passed since Wei San fell down, and the people in the Damocles Military Academy opposite still didn't notice the problem.
The Damocles Military Academy teachers who were broadcasting the event were extremely pale, and Xiang Minghua was sweating from nervousness.
...
After Wei San fell, he was shrouded in a fog, and only felt a slight tingling sensation in his body, which was not obvious, but more like an electric shock.
He felt happier than ever before, and inexplicably happy.
"..." Wu
Chang also didn't find the right engine fluid, and there were still many areas that needed to be improved. What was she happy about?
Wei San was really confused. In her opinion, this kind of happiness from the heart required at least the design of a good mecha.
Wei San frowned, and it seemed as if he saw the Damocles Military Academy winning the championship of the competition.
Championship?
It was indeed worth being happy about.
After being happy for a while, Wei San suddenly realized something was wrong. When did the competition end? They clearly still had... a few more games to go?
Wei San felt that her brain was not working, and she couldn't remember anything. Only happiness remained.
This kind of illusory happiness... was too unreal.
She was competing, clearly still competing.
Wei San suddenly opened her eyes, but had to close them again because of the pain, but at that moment, she knew her situation.
Those weeds were entangled with her.
The dagger was at her waist, but both her hands were tightly entangled by the thorns. Wei San closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suddenly broke free with both hands. He pulled out the dagger at his waist, cut the thorns, and struggled to stand up.
There was a burst of exclamations at the live broadcast site, not only because Wei San suddenly broke free, but also because her whole body, including her face, was strangled with blood marks, and her face was almost invisible.
Xiang Minghua couldn't catch his breath at all. Watching Wei San stumble to his feet, he moved his chair back and turned his back.
If a super 3s-level died at the hands of an ordinary plant, it would be a mockery.
In the camera, Wei San held a dagger in his hand, and the bow and arrow had fallen long ago. He rushed all the way to the opposite stream, but more and more psychedelic grass stems were running towards her.
Wei San: “…” She
was already in pain all over, and she had to run away so desperately. Her mood was not good at all.
Wei San stopped and turned to face the grass thorns that were chasing him from behind. He stabbed a dagger into a tree next to him and cut them off.
The juice in the tree kept flowing to the ground.
Yu Tianhe raised an eyebrow: "She knows the tree next to her."
Sure enough, Wei San squatted down the next second and ignited the juice, or the flammable juice.
The juice was still flowing downhill, carrying fire, flowing towards the grass thorns.
This thing plus fire is the natural enemy of this kind of grass thorns. The flaming juice stained the grass thorns and immediately began to spread rapidly. The grass thorns began to stop attacking and kept rolling on the ground, trying to put out the fire, but it was useless.
Wei San reached out to catch a handful, and threw it hard at the grass thorns that were still running away, and set them on fire the moment he threw them.
Once the sparks landed on the grass thorns, they would ignite quickly.
A fire started on the opposite side, and there was a burnt smell, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the Damocles Military Academy.
Jin Ke immediately stood up and walked to the stream.
"I'll go and take a look." Huo Xuanshan saw Liao Runing rushing back and stopped Jin Ke.
Just as Huo Xuanshan was about to cross the stream, Wei San stumbled out of the forest on the opposite side, with wounds all over his body and face.
The pollen of the psychedelic grass thorns had already entered her blood, and Wei San's eyes began to turn white again, and unreasonable joy once again surged into his heart.