The item information on the sign clearly showed that someone from the Lost City was standing there...why didn't this uncle know about it?

The other team? The uncle's lost teammates?

By the way, the sign itself is strange, it is already in the outer area of ​​the primeval forest, which means that the person who put up the sign is about to walk out of the mountains.

Does not comply with the copy settings.

In the introduction to the spiritual realm, it is clearly written that the people in the city are trapped, and those who go into the mountains to explore encounter a big crisis. Theoretically, they should not leave the mountains so quickly, otherwise this setting seems useless.

Zhang Yuanqing thought about it, but he didn't stop talking.

"You just said that a human face grew on the tree. It was your missing team member. What happened next?"

The middle-aged man replied:

"We were all terrified at the time. We had never encountered such a situation before. Finally, the captain suggested cutting down the tree to see what was going on."

Aren't you guys courting death... Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself, and sure enough, he heard the middle-aged man say with a look of panic on his face:

"As a result, something happened. As soon as the captain chopped with the axe, the tree trunk began to bleed, just like a person. The human face suddenly opened its eyes and cried out in pain. The sound was so miserable and terrible that I still can't forget it.

"The captain was also frightened and didn't dare to cut any more trees. Just when we were at a loss, the team members in the tree trunk suddenly looked at us with hatred and shouted: Eat you all, eat you all...

"Then, all of a sudden, the trees around us seemed to come alive. Even though there was no wind, the branches moved like hands. We were so scared that we ran away."

Zhang Yuanqing asked, "So, they got separated?" The middle-aged man shook his head:

"That happened later. We didn't even dare to camp that night. We traveled all night. At daybreak, we encountered a group of monkeys."

"monkey?"

"Yes, that's a man-eating monkey." The middle-aged man said in a low voice, with fear mixed with hatred:

"There was a member of the team who failed to escape in time and was eaten by monkeys. I saw it with my own eyes. The beasts rushed over like wolves devouring their prey. My companions and I were separated during the escape."

Zhang Yuanqing stared at the dead branches under the uncle's feet and tried to extract as much information as possible:

"Uncle, what do you know about this forest?" The middle-aged uncle shook his head:

"This forest appeared out of nowhere. I only know that it is very dangerous. Before us, there were also people who tried to climb over this forest and escape from the cage."

"But they never came back. Hopefully they found a way out."

At this point, the middle-aged man said:

"Young man, I'm leaving now. Find your companions and find a way out of the mountain. I also hope you can leave here as soon as possible. Remember, the trees here will eat people, so be careful. They are afraid of knives and fire. When you encounter danger, remember to protect yourself.

"Also, watch out for monkeys!"

After watching the middle-aged man leave and his figure disappear into the depths of the woods, Zhang Yuanqing withdrew his gaze and summarized the conversation just now.

"Outer area, known dangers: trees and monkeys. According to the uncle, the member was confused by the calling sound, so he disappeared and then reappeared in the tree. Does this mean that the calling sound was actually made by the tree?"

"In conclusion: Ignore the shouting to avoid danger, trees are afraid of fire and knives, and if you encounter a monkey, you can only fight it head-on."

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes suddenly lit up.

Can I get points by cutting down or burning trees?

If that's the case, then given the vast area of ​​this primeval forest, he can make a fortune.

"Obviously, that's not right. This is too simple. Maybe not all trees are dangerous. The man-eating tree is hidden in the forest. Only by killing it can you get points..."

Zhang Yuanqing was thinking about it, and suddenly frowned:

"The sign was put up by someone from the Lost City, telling me that I can't use knives and fire in the woods. But the uncle from the Lost City told me that trees are afraid of knives and fire, implying that I can use them to protect myself when necessary. This is contradictory."

In his experience, contradictions mean there is a hidden plot that needs to be explored.

There were too few clues and it was pointless to overthink. Zhang Yuanqing continued to move deeper into the forest, with Blood Rose leading the way ahead. Although it was meaningless to lead the way now that he could no longer use the knife,

But when danger comes, the Blood Rose walking in front can block the knife for him.

After walking like this for half an hour, Zhang Yuanqing heard a burst of dense "squeaking" sounds coming from the left, accompanied by the "rustling" of the wind blowing the treetops.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw the forest shaking continuously. In the distance, he could see nimble monkeys leaping and climbing among the treetops, chasing their prey below.

The prey was running surprisingly fast in the primeval forest with dense bushes and hanging vines, and its speed was not affected by the complex terrain.

The monkeys were leaping on the treetops with incredible agility, but for a moment they were unable to catch up with their prey.

So fast and so agile, is it a wood demon? Zhang Yuanqing didn't see the person, but he had already made a judgment.

Finally, as the rustling sound got closer, he saw a tall, good-looking woman emerging from the bushes on the left.

She was about thirty years old, wearing loose black trousers, a green windbreaker, a bun, and a pair of running shoes.

She has a beautiful and charming oval face, long legs, a plump chest that supports her jacket, and a very slim waist.

After the woman came out of the bushes, the two sides met each other. Her expression suddenly changed. She stopped hastily, staring at Blood Rose and Zhang Yuanqing, and put on a guard posture.

"Hua Ye"

At this time, the monkeys on the treetops followed suit, some of them pounced directly on the oval-faced woman, while others continued to leap on the treetops, reaching above Zhang Yuanqing and Blood Rose's heads, and pounced down aggressively.

They are one meter long, covered with coarse black hair, have a sturdy body, and long, muscular arms.

Fuck, an unexpected disaster... Zhang Yuanqing half turned sideways, bent his upper body, and kicked straight upwards with his right foot.

"Bang!"

The soles of his feet collided heavily with the black-haired monkey's chest, but he felt that the monkey's chest was as tough as leather and as heavy as a rock, but he did not feel the satisfying impact.

He realized that his kick did not cause much damage to the monkey.

Sure enough, the monkey fell to the ground, but immediately got up, supported himself with his arms, and pounced towards him half-jumping and half-running.

Zhang Yuanqing calmly took out the bloodthirsty blade, grasped the tip of the blade, and threw it with all his might.

"puff!"

The bloodthirsty blade turned into silver light and pierced the black-haired monkey's chest.

Thump, thump, thump... Zhang Yuanqing took big strides, leaped up, kicked the hilt of the knife, and sent the 40-centimeter bloodthirsty blade into the monkey's chest.

The black-haired monkey fell to the ground with a thud, its legs trembled a few times, and it soon lost its life.

Although the sign stated that props were not allowed, Zhang Yuanqing believed that as long as he did not use a knife to cut down trees or vines, nothing would happen.

[Ding! You killed a mountain monkey and got 1 point.]

On the other side, Blood Rose grabbed the throat of the monkey that pounced on her with one hand, threw it hard to the ground, then knelt on one knee on its chest and raised her right fist high.

A straight punch down.

Crack...the black-haired monkey's head exploded instantly, and brain tissue and bloody bones splattered everywhere.

[Ding! You killed a mountain monkey and got 1 point.]

The achievements of the Yin corpse will be counted as the master's.

Blood Rose's pupils turned scarlet. She took a light sniff and blood mist rose from the black-haired monkey's body and flowed into her nostrils.

The aura of this corpse suddenly increased and seemed to become even stronger.

“Squeak~”

The monkeys in the tree seemed to be frightened and kept screaming. A few monkeys that were originally going to kill their prey grabbed the branches in panic and barely managed to avoid falling down.

Then, they reached a consensus with a "squeak" scream, retreated in the direction they came from, and soon disappeared into the distance.

More than ten points were lost just like that. I haven't understood this dungeon yet, so I'm not in a hurry to start killing people... Zhang Yuanqing watched the shaking treetops going farther and farther away, and after confirming that the monkey would not come back, he looked at the tall and plump female wood demon.

She looked a little embarrassed, but in fact she was not hurt at all. With the agility of the wood demon, as long as she was not surrounded by monkeys, she would not be in danger.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

The wood demon girl brushed off the dirt on her body and smiled. "It's nothing!"

Zhang Yuanqing, with Wang Tai's face on, pretended to be Fu Qingyang's coolness and replied coldly.

"I'm from the Five Elements Alliance, my Lingjing ID is Peony Fairy. What about you?" she introduced herself.

Peony Fairy? The ID looks familiar... Oh, it's the female colleague who kept licking me during the online meeting... Zhang Yuanqing was stunned at first, and then a little surprised.

He didn't expect that the first spirit walker he met in the killing copy was actually a colleague.

However, directly explaining your background will make you appear to be too careless. Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, but he remained indifferent on the surface:

"Wang Tai!"

"Wang Tai..." Fairy Peony chewed on the name and said sweetly:

"You are the Night Wanderer of Taiyi Sect, right? Wood demons are very sensitive to the breath of life. I know it is a Yin corpse."

As an official member and a saint in reserve, she has sufficient knowledge and experience.

She thought I was from Taiyi Sect, so she revealed her identity? Okay, I take back what I said... Zhang Yuanqing shook his head: "I am a casual cultivator."

There are a total of thirty-eight official members participating in this killing copy. The number is not large. If you pay attention to remember the IDs, you will know that Wang Tai is no longer among them.

If he admitted that he was a member of Taiyi Sect, it would be tantamount to exposing himself. Of course, it didn't matter if he exposed himself.

The Peony Fairy said "Oh", not knowing whether she believed it or not. She hesitated for a moment and invited:

"There are many dangers in this dungeon. The lawful faction should help each other. If you don't mind, can you come with us?"

Without waiting for Zhang Yuanqing to answer, she threw out another condition:

"I plan to go find Yuanshi Tianzun and other colleagues. If you come with me, you will be our companion."

If you knew that I was Yuanshi Tianzun, I wonder what your expression would be! Zhang Yuanqing was thinking this, and said:

"Can!"

Gathering colleagues was one of his goals, and gathering colleagues under the identity of Wang Tai could avoid the schemes of the traitors to a certain extent.

After reaching an agreement, the Peony Fairy said hurriedly:

"We'd better leave quickly. It will be troublesome if those monkeys bring reinforcements."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded, kept a relatively safe distance from the Peony Fairy, walked forward together, and said:

"The fighting power of those monkeys is not very high."

The Peony Fairy said solemnly: "No, that's because you didn't see the Monkey King."

"Monkey King?" Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but turn his head to look at the woman who was almost ten years older than him.

"Yes, it's a white monkey, no, it looks more like a gorilla, about three meters tall, very scary, I suspect it has a weaker level 4 strength." The Peony Fairy looked fearful.

Weak level 4 means stronger than the extraordinary, but slightly weaker than the saint.

This kind of vague combat power only appears in props and dungeon bosses.

On her body, the ghost bride Bai Lan is 4 levels weaker.

The first small boss appeared... Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand to sweep away a few thick vines and said:

"This copy is a little strange. I haven't figured it out yet. Why don't we share information and see if we can find anything?"

Fairy Peony nodded slightly and said:

"After I entered the dungeon, the mission prompted me to start from the outer layer and head towards the middle according to the signboard."

Zhang Yuanqing echoed this:

"It looks like everyone's side quests are the same. Um, what does the sign say?"

The Peony Fairy recalled and talked about the precautions on the sign.

The first three were exactly the same as what Zhang Yuanqing saw, but there was a problem with the fourth one.

"Four: Be careful with animals, especially monkeys." Zhang Yuanqing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure?"

The Peony Fairy was surprised and asked, "Isn't yours?"

"My fourth rule is: if you see other people in the forest, please don't look them in the eye." Zhang Yuanqing told the precautions without hiding anything.

He could not see any trace of lies in the Peony Fairy's micro-expressions, so she probably wasn't lying, otherwise this woman would be a movie queen.

Fairy Peony frowned: "Why is this happening?" Zhang Yuanqing walked forward, alert to his surroundings, and said:

"There are two possibilities. First, the dangers encountered in different areas are different. Your sign warned you to be careful of monkeys, so you encountered monkeys. My sign warned me not to look people in the eye, so I encountered people in the dungeon."

"Second, each signboard gives different precautions. This is a hint that we can use the rules to trick the enemy. Anyone who enters the dungeon has mastered two rules of living in the jungle. These are weapons we can use.

"Of course, judging by the number of people, there shouldn't be that many laws. Many people's laws are repeated. Based on this idea, perhaps collecting all the laws is one of the main themes of this instance."

Fairy Peony's eyes were filled with astonishment. She looked up and down at the young man named Wang Tai and realized something: I have found a treasure.

With such crude and simple information, she was able to analyze so many things. Regardless of whether it was right or not, she didn't have such quick thinking ability anyway.

It can be seen that this young man named Wang Tai is very good at conquering dungeons.

What a talented person.

The Peony Fairy was surprised but also a little disappointed. She thought she could not reach the top geniuses such as Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhao Chenghuang, but she did not expect that a night-wandering god she met by chance would have such outstanding abilities.

There may be many characters like this in the copy.

The Peony Fairy was like a small town test-taker who came to the big city examination room, only to find that everyone here was a high IQ student.

"Oh, right, the reason why I was chased by the monkeys was because I overheard them talking. I have a prop that can understand the language of animals. The monkeys said that humans have entered the forest again, and they can't be allowed to get close..."

"Near what?"

"I didn't hear it clearly. I was soon discovered by the monkeys."

Didn't you hear clearly or didn't want to say it? Can't we get closer to the middle of the forest?... Zhang Yuanqing didn't ask any more questions, but took the initiative to change the subject:

"There should be a fifth point of attention."

His sign had five rules.

Fairy Peony said, "Rule 5. If you see a climber claiming to be from the Lost City, do not talk to him and stay away from him immediately."

As she finished her words, she saw Wang Tai, who was five meters away, suddenly stop in his tracks with a stiff face.

Can't talk to the climbers from the Lost City, stay away immediately? In Zhang Yuanqing's mind, the word "fuck" kept floating back and forth!

At this moment, he felt a chill down his spine and an inexplicable sense of horror in his heart.

Not long ago, he had just had a conversation with an uncle from the "Lost City".

The Peony Fairy was obviously a very smart young woman. Seeing this, she frowned and said, "Have you ever met a mountain climber?"

They chatted for about ten minutes...Zhang Yuanqing nodded with a heavy face and told her about the conversation with the middle-aged man.

The Peony Fairy's expression suddenly changed slightly, and she silently moved a few meters away from him.

This woman! Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched, and he said lightly: "At least I'm fine now, nothing happened."

He does not think that violating the regulations on precautions will lead to his downfall. In the case of unequal information, he will make mistakes and others will also make mistakes.

Based on his understanding of the dungeon, this kind of trap with a high chance of being stepped on often does not cause direct and fatal damage.

Either it will accumulate, or it will require specific conditions to erupt.

If this brought about a fatal crisis, half of the people in the copy would be dead by now.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing stopped and opened the scoreboard.

He first took a look at the total number of people and found that there were only 174 Spirit Realm Walkers left in the copy. Six more people had died since the last time.

It's only been an hour since we entered the dungeon, and almost 10 people have died. The death rate is a bit high... Zhang Yuanqing did not relax even though he had a smooth journey.

One hundred and seventy-four spirit realm travelers were wandering around in the primeval forest. They might meet each other at any time, or they might encounter the boss at any time.

Fairy Peony suddenly stopped and listened attentively. After a few seconds, she looked over and said in a deep voice:

"On our left side, about fifty meters away, there are spirit realm practitioners fighting."

In the forest, the wood sprite's perception is maximized, comparable to the insight of a scout.

Fifty meters? Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said:

"I'll go over and take a look, you and my corpse stay here."

After the Peony Fairy nodded, he began his night walk, carefully avoiding the bushes and dead branches at his feet, as well as the vines hanging from above, and quickly moved to the left.

Half a minute later, Zhang Yuanqing arrived at the battle site silently.

Before he had time to take a closer look at the two fighting parties, he heard a sinister laugh:

"She's a high school girl from an island country. Let's fuck her."

ps: typos will be updated first and corrected later.