Outsiders had no idea what the two talked about specifically. Anyway, after an unpleasant exchange, the big cat Honglin paced in the direction where the crowd was heading, while Brother Niaomao disappeared.
He looked at Hong Lin's departing back, then turned and walked into the deeper part of the thicker fog.
The hunter on the other side led the team quickly. This hunter of [Truth] was very pragmatic. He kept a cold face and didn't say much the whole time. Only when faced with a fork in the road would he frown and mutter to himself softly:
"Left or right?"
After pondering for a moment, he made a choice and led everyone to continue the pursuit.
After following the traces that only hunters could see for a long time, the four people finally found a new clue under a twisted night python tree. This time the clue was no longer a footprint, but a human body!
A body that was torn into pieces and thrown casually under a tree.
The hunter's eyes darkened and he looked around vigilantly.
"This is not right. The wound is very fresh. Be careful around you. The real hunter may not be far away."
Everyone immediately tensed up, and even Cheng Shi secretly held a scalpel in his hand.
It's okay to be a slacker, but you can't be tactless. At least you can't hold your boss back when things are dangerous.
On this point, Master Hunzi is very conscious.
At this time, the big cat also caught up with her. She had not yet transformed back into human form. She turned over the broken body with her front paws, her eyes darkened and she said:
“This man was chewed up and spit out. If we only consider the bite force, the beast or monster that attacked him must be no smaller than me.
There were no easily identifiable traces of saliva or hair at the scene, which was strange. It was impossible to determine the type of attacker based on the chewed corpse alone, but at least it could be confirmed that the unfortunate person who was attacked was a...
Mushroom-footed man."
!!!
Mushroom-footed man?
How could they be mushroom-footed people? How could they appear underground?
Cheng Shi was not the only one who had doubts. Seeing that others were frowning, Hong Lin turned over the corpse and continued to explain:
“Although his feet were gnawed away, here you can still see fungus-like blood vessels in the flesh above his knees.
This is the most recognizable biological feature of the Fungus-Footed People.
And this, half a broken skull, you see the remaining hair is exactly the same as mycelium.
He is indeed a mushroom-footed man, so this trial is very strange. Why would a mushroom-footed man appear in the Forest of Sighs?
Even if this is His test, it is illogical. "
Indeed, this is very strange.
Cheng Shi had some understanding of the Fungus-Footed People. He knew that the Fungus-Footed People were a group that believed in "prosperity" and lived in the rainforest in the southwest of the Island of Hope.
This race of people, like the wood elves, are born to be the most devout believers of [Prosperity]. They look basically the same as humans, and can be roughly distinguished by their hair without looking at their feet, because the hair of the mushroom-footed people is relatively long and looks like hyphae.
But if you could see their feet, their identities would be easy to identify.
As the name suggests, the feet of the mushroom-footed people are not made of flesh and blood, but are mimic human feet composed of countless mycorrhizae piled together. Their legs gradually transition into mycorrhizal clusters of varying thicknesses below the knees. This fungus-shaped foot that grows in the soil not only allows them to walk freely like ordinary humans, but also allows them to send mycorrhizae into the ground at any time to absorb nutrients.
Therefore, the mushroom-footed people are a race that does not need to look for food at all. They only need to "stand at attention" to feed themselves in the fertile soil, or even transform themselves into real fungus strains and sleep while standing.
In a way, they are similar to the twisted night pythons transformed by [Corruption], both of which are two-state creatures.
But the problem is that the mushroom-footed people are too dependent on the rainforest ecology and fertile land, which leads to them almost never traveling far. Even their appearance in other places on the surface seems a little incredible, let alone now appearing underground.
Hong Lin, who knew the Prosperity tribe very well, frowned since he confirmed the identity of the mushroom-footed man.
Cheng Shi knew what she was thinking, or he could guess what everyone was worried about.
Everyone is worried whether this dead mushroom-footed man is the "spark" that is about to go out...
It shouldn't be that unlucky, right?
The beginning is the end?
Isn't 【Destiny】on my side?
Before, he might have believed firmly in his good luck, but now that he has regained his faith in [Fraud]... he is a little unsure.
But no matter what, at least now I am a believer in "Fate" both on the surface and in my heart. I hope that the benefactor will not be as heartless as before.
Cheng Shi thought wildly for a while, and then continued to look at the corpse of the mushroom-footed man.
"Where's Brother Niaomao? Why didn't he come back with you?
He is a believer of [Decay], so he may know more about the creatures in the Sighing Forest, maybe he knows...”
"He doesn't know."
"..." Cheng Shi looked at Hong Lin who directly denied Brother Niao Mao's ability, and thought to himself, "Sister, you wouldn't really kill that person, right?"
Hong Lin sniffed without saying anything and tilted his head to look around.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Cheng Shi pointed at the hand of the mushroom-footed man's corpse.
"What's that in his hand?"
Zuo Qiu leaned over and picked up the thing in the corpse's hand. After studying it for a moment, he said:
"It's a lamp similar to an insect lamp, except the fluorescent insects are replaced with a fluorescent liquid. The light blue fluorescent traces we saw earlier should have leaked from this lamp."
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