Southwest of the Vine Tribe is the direction of the Great Swamp, which is also the direction of the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
The Great Swamp is vast and boundless. Even the Mountain Tortoise Tribe only occupies a small corner. Furthermore, mountain turtles prefer to be quiet and do not like to move, so their range of activities is not large.
But the Teng tribe is different. As the Teng tribe continues to grow and acquires two subordinate tribes, their hunting range is constantly expanding.
For example, in the Great Swamp, in addition to the territory of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, the hunting team of the Vine Tribe has opened up several hunting routes.
Of course, there are risks as well. For example, this time a hunting team opened up a new route. Although they had a good harvest of prey, all of it was stolen, and even their weapons were lost.
Three days later, a large number of cavalry from the Teng tribe appeared in front of a forest near the Great Swamp.
Jiang Xuan sat on the back of the Black Wind Rhinoceros Crescent, holding a bronze spear, and stopped in front of the forest.
Next to Jiang Xuan, on the back of another black wind rhino, the tourist who was in charge of leading the way hid behind a warrior of the Teng tribe and pointed to the forest ahead tremblingly and said, "It's... right here."
Jiang Xuan looked at the forest in front of him. This forest was very primitive and looked no different from other forests.
But Jiang Xuan noticed that there was a thin layer of mist covering the forest and he also keenly smelled a rotten smell.
“Plop!”
At this moment, a soldier who was responsible for exploring the way ahead suddenly fell off his mount, and everyone was shocked.
"I'll go get him back!"
Gou Teng rushed over on the Black Wind Rhinoceros without hesitation. After running to the warrior, he carried him on the rhinoceros's back and then immediately ran back to the team.
"Step back first!"
At Jiang Xuan's command, everyone retreated to the back, many with expressions of fear on their faces.
The scouting soldier did not suffer any obvious attack, but suddenly fell down while walking. This situation was really terrible.
The warriors of the tribe can deal with ferocious beasts with ease, but they are most afraid of this kind of unknown and mysterious danger.
After retreating about five hundred meters, Jiang Xuan immediately asked Gou Teng to check the condition of the pathfinder.
The soldier's breathing was steady and there didn't seem to be anything unusual, as if he was asleep.
Jiang Xuan said: "Give him some antidote."
"yes!"
Uncaria immediately took out a small ceramic bottle with a cork, opened the cork, and poured the medicine inside into the soldier's mouth.
“Cough cough cough…”
The medicine had a strong odor and a pungent taste. The soldier quickly opened his eyes and started coughing continuously.
Uncaria gave him some more water and then asked, "What happened just now?"
The soldier said blankly: "I don't know either. I was walking and suddenly felt dizzy and then fell down."
Jiang Xuan asked: "Think carefully, before you fell unconscious, were you attacked by anything, or did you smell any special smell?"
The soldier thought carefully, but after a long time, the expression on his face was still blank, because he didn't notice that he was attacked or smell any strange smell.
"how so."
Jiang Xuan frowned. Is this place really that weird?
The others were also helpless, and when they looked towards the forest, their eyes became even more fearful.
The enemies in the open are not scary. The scariest thing is the danger that is completely invisible and imperceptible.
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "You stay where you are. I'll go over and take a look myself."
"Chief, no, it's too dangerous. Let me go."
Gou Teng hurriedly stopped Jiang Xuan, because Jiang Xuan was too important to the Teng tribe and absolutely no accidents could happen to him.
Jiang Xuan raised his arm and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine with the protection of the Vine God."
Gou Teng and others finally felt relieved when they saw the green vines wrapped around Jiang Xuan's arm. They almost forgot that this time they came out under the protection of the Vine God.
"Then be careful, Chief."
"rest assured."
Jiang Xuan patted Uncaria's shoulder, then turned over and sat on Crescent Moon's back, walking towards the mysterious forest.
Everyone looked at his back, their hearts jolted, and they subconsciously clenched their weapons with their hands.
Soon, Jiang Xuan was getting closer and closer to the forest.
All the muscles in his body were tense, and he was always aware of possible dangers around him.
When he walked past the place where the soldier had just fallen, he still didn't sense any danger, only a faint smell of decay in the air.
He was somewhat puzzled. Why did the soldier faint when he came here, but nothing happened to him? "Buzz buzz buzz..."
Just then, a small black fly flew over from not far away and tried to land on Jiang Xuan.
In the primeval forest, various mosquitoes, flies and flying insects are very common because this environment is so suitable for their survival.
Jiang Xuan didn't care and just waved his hand, trying to drive it away.
But the little fly was very persistent and kept flying around Jiang Xuan, making Jiang Xuan feel annoyed.
He continued walking a short distance forward, but unexpectedly, there were more and more of these small black flies, flying around Jiang Xuan and Yueya. The "buzzing" sound alone made people very uncomfortable.
Jiang Xuan kept waving his hands to drive them away, but the effect was quite mediocre.
At this moment, a small fly found an opportunity to approach the back of Jiang Xuan's neck and landed.
Then, it lay on the back of Jiang Xuan's neck, and its sharp mouthparts pierced into Jiang Xuan's skin without hesitation.
“Bang!”
Jiang Xuan felt as if he was bitten by a mosquito, so he slapped the fly that was about to suck his blood to death.
However, he soon felt his head beginning to feel dizzy, his eyelids kept drooping, and he was becoming extremely sleepy.
He finally realized something was wrong.
“Buzz!”
At the critical moment, the divine vine on Jiang Xuan's arm lit up, and a gentle divine power was injected into Jiang Xuan's body, which lifted his spirits and immediately got rid of his drowsy state.
“There’s something wrong with these flies!”
After what happened just now, Jiang Xuan finally realized that these little flies were not ordinary flies.
Ordinary flies do not sting people like mosquitoes, and once bitten by these flies, the mind will become dizzy and eventually fall into a deep sleep.
Jiang Xuan immediately took out a finely woven bark bag, and then quickly put the few small flies that were still flying in front of him into the bark bag.
"Yueya, go back."
Jiang Xuan shouted, and Yueya immediately took Jiang Xuan and ran back, leaving the forest and those strange flies.
When the hunting team saw Jiang Xuan return safely, they finally felt relieved. At the same time, Gou Teng and others also noticed the bark woven bag in Jiang Xuan's hand.
Could it be that the leader caught something? Jiang Xuan ignored those curious eyes. He went straight to the soldier who had just fainted and asked him.
"Before you passed out, did you feel like you were bitten by a bug?"
The soldier thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."
The tribesmen often traveled around the forest, and being bitten by mosquitoes was common, so he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, nor did he realize that his drowsiness was related to the tiny flies.
Jiang Xuan flattened the woven bag, then pinched a small fly and said, "Look, have you been bitten by this kind of fly?"
The soldier stared at the fly for a while and found that this small fly actually had a needle-shaped mouthpart, which was thicker than that of an ordinary mosquito.
He thought about it carefully, then nodded and said, "Yes, before I passed out, there were a few small flies flying around me, and then I was bitten."
Jiang Xuan then asked the other members of the hunting team, "When your prey and weapons were stolen that night, did you see these little flies? Or were you bitten by flies?"
The warriors of the hunting team began to recall, and soon some of them remembered.
“I saw it!”
"I saw that, too."
"Yes, there were a lot of little flies that day. I thought it was strange."
"I was bitten and woke up with a bump on my arm."
…
The warriors of the hunting team spoke up one after another. After Jiang Xuan's reminder, they finally realized that there were too many flies that night and something was wrong.
After listening to this, Jiang Xuan said with certainty: "That's right, it's these little flies that bite that have caused the creatures near this forest to fall into a coma! It's also these little flies that have caused all the members of your hunting team to fall into a coma!"
When this statement was made, everyone found it a little absurd.
A powerful hunting team with hundreds of warriors actually fell into the hands of these tiny flies?
But this is the fact, these inconspicuous and strange little flies have the ability to quickly make the creatures they bite fall into sleep.
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