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Chapter 14 Dangerous (first update, 5000 words)
"Purple crystal, what exactly is it? And what is that shadow with the meaning of evil invasion? The disappearance of the alienation point is related to it?"

Xu Qing couldn't figure it out. While he was pondering the analysis, the figures of Team Lei and others came back from him one after another. Everyone looked at him as they passed by.

Xu Qing put his mind away, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

Whatever that is, it doesn't matter at the moment.

After resting, it was his turn to continue shooting.

Xu Qing stood up and wiped the iron stick on his body to make the cold light shine again, then he rushed out the moment Shi Shi walked by.

The speed was so fast that he was close to the chasing wolves in an instant.

The sounds of fighting and screams mixed together, like a baptism for a young man.

Yu Shenshen survived with his eyes open, and survived the rain of blood. In the afterglow of the setting sun, his sharpness was gradually honed!
This time, he lasted longer.

And time also slowly passed under the continuous retreat and rotation resistance of the Thunder team.

The setting sun disappeared, the bright moon hung high, and night fell in the restricted area, but the sound of fighting continued.

Until... when their exhaustion reached the limit, Bai Dan had been eaten, and the concentration of heterogeneity in their bodies was approaching the critical point of alienation, dawn came.

The wolves finally started to retreat.

As the morning sun fell, the last black-scaled wolf in the jungle of the forbidden zone gave them a weary look, then disappeared into the distance, and the surroundings slowly became quiet.

Everyone's body was covered with thick blood plasma, lying on the ground at this moment, panting.

Xu Qing was no exception. Even with the recovery of the purple crystal, the mental tension still made him exhausted.

"Finally...survived." Luan Ya at the side murmured, struggled to get up, looked at Xu Qing, and spoke softly.

"Thank you."

The barbarian was also out of breath, and stretched out his thumb to Xu Qing.

In this night's fight, Xu Qing's shots and time surpassed Team Lei and Shizi. It can even be said that without him, some of them would have been alienated before the wolves had dispersed.

Only Xu Qing, who lay there looking at the sky, was tired but also had deep doubts in his heart.

During this night's battle, the speed at which he accumulated heterogeneity in his body was obviously much slower than before.

He even had a feeling that his own heterogeneity was disappearing by itself every moment.

While everyone was resting, Team Lei rubbed the center of his brows, his serious eyes swept over Cross and the others, and he spoke hoarsely.

"This incident can't be accidental. The continuous pursuit of the black-scaled wolves seems more like something is attracting them. Therefore, you take out the foreign objects you have obtained during this period of time. Let's check it carefully. I doubt it. ...is man-made."

Following Team Lei's opening, Shiji and the others were convinced, so they checked by themselves and took out the foreign objects.

Xu Qing's heart skipped a beat. When he was considering whether it was because of the piece of iron in Ma Si's belongings, Luan Ya at the side suddenly let out an exclamation and pointed at the barbarian ghost.

Among the items that the barbarian took out was a wooden box.

The wooden box was broken, and seemed to be corroding continuously, and there was a faint smell coming out. Because the smell in the forest in the restricted area was mixed, it was difficult to distinguish it unless you smell it carefully.

"Why did this thing corrode by itself?" Man Gui was surprised.

Team Lei immediately stepped forward, picked up the wooden box, and handed it to Luan Ya. Luan Ya sniffed it carefully, and nodded with an ugly expression.

"How did you get this thing?" Team Lei looked at the ghost.

"I bought it at the camp stall the day I came back. It contained insect repellent powder..." the ghost scratched his head.

"It's made from the feces of butterfly rabbits. It will ignite itself when it encounters external stimuli, and it can attract scale creatures... Black-scaled wolves are also a type of scale creature."

Luan Ya looked at the barbarian and spoke slowly.

The brute stays there.

The surrounding atmosphere also froze all of a sudden, and Xu Qing also narrowed his eyes.

After a long while, Team Lei shook his head.

"The barbarian was deceived. One can imagine who can set such a trap for us in the camp."

"Blood Shadow Squad!" Cross said coldly.

"The Blood Shadow Squad is so arranged, it's hard to say that there is no backup, and we are not in a good state at the moment..." Luan Ya hesitated.

"So, what do you think, should we continue to go to the picking place to complete the task, or just evacuate?" Team Lei looked up into the distance and spoke slowly.

Xu Qing mused, but didn't speak.

The others also looked at each other, and finally crossed their mouths with difficulty.

"Captain, this place is not very far from our picking point, and everyone has lost too much this time, if you return empty-handed..."

Lei Dui was silent, and swept over Man Gui and Luan Ya, the former bowed his head guiltily, while the latter sighed softly after a long while with unwilling eyes.

"Continue to move forward, collect as soon as possible when you reach the picking point, and then everyone disperses on different roads, departs separately, and meets at the camp."

The Lei team made a final decision, and after a simple repair, everyone moved forward again in the forbidden jungle.

On the way, Xu Qing approached Luan Ya, took out the amber he got from Fat Shan, and asked what it was.

After seeing the amber, Luan Ya was startled, took it to inspect it carefully, and told Xu Qing that it was the poisonous tail of the ghost-faced scorpion.

This scorpion is poisonous, but it is not indestructible, and has good medicinal properties. After being poisoned, it can explode its potential in an instant, but it cannot last.

Xu Qingming realized, thanked him, and put it away.

Afterwards, everyone remained vigilant, and while closely observing the surroundings, they shuttled forward at high speed.

It's just that they were more silent all the way this time than before.

Perhaps because of the appearance of the black scale wolf yesterday, most of the other ferocious beasts in this area were dispersed.

So along the way, the Thunder team didn't encounter any danger, so after two hours, they finally arrived at the junction between the outer and deep areas of the restricted area.

The landform here is not just a jungle, there are also some hills and streams, but the streams are black and cannot be drunk.

And in a place with dense jungle, there is a trail hidden, and there is a cave at the end, which is actually a small canyon.

When Xu Qing and the others walked into the canyon, what caught his eyes seemed to be another world.

The top here is covered by thick vines growing all around, like a roof, the sunlight cannot fully fall into it, and there are no big trees in it, and there are flowers and plants everywhere.

Fist-sized flowers of various colors filled the canyon, accompanied by many grasses emitting blue crystal light.

Each plant has seven leaves.

The light they emit is like stars, making the quiet canyon seem to turn into a quiet starry sky, which has a very unique beauty.

Here is the picking point that the Thunder team once discovered, and every such picking point is top secret and the foundation of the team's survival.

After arriving here, because picking required special techniques, they didn't let Xu Qing participate, but dispersed and picked by themselves, which was faster and less wasted.

Xu Qing paid attention to their tactics, and did not join in forcefully, but sat cross-legged and muttered silently.

After yesterday's battle, he found that his cultivation seemed to have improved a lot through continuous training, and now he has reached the critical point of breakthrough.

In order to have a better ability to survive in the coming crisis, Xu Qing didn't waste time, even in the restricted area, he still operated the Sea Mountain Art in his body to absorb the spiritual energy from all around.

With the emergence of spiritual energy, a wind blew up in the canyon.

Team Lei looked at Xu Qing and did not try to stop him. He knew very well that there was a great possibility of being ambushed on the way home.At this time, the growth of strength is the guarantee of survival.

Not long after, as they were picking, Xu Qing's body gradually heard thumping sounds.

Bursts of dirt overflowed from the sweat pores of his body, melting the plasma outside, and when fused with the dirt, the flesh and blood of his whole body was also rapidly absorbing spiritual energy, being nourished and becoming stronger.

Until the sound became stronger and stronger, and when it reached the limit, it stopped suddenly, and a roar came from Xu Qing's mind.

The blood vessels in his whole body swelled suddenly under the skin, and the flesh and blood were filled with spiritual energy at this moment, as if it contained more amazing power and speed than before.

All these turned into a sharp breath, permeating his body, and the spiritual energy fluctuations outside his body also spread in all directions.

Sea Mountain Jue, the third floor.

Xu Qing lowered his head slowly and opened his eyes.

No one could see the fleeting purple light in his eyes, but there was no joy of breakthrough in his eyes, but was replaced by deep doubts.

What he looked down at was the motley shadows of himself under the scattered sunlight.

When he was practicing just now, he obviously felt that something was wrong. The spiritual energy absorbed by him, after being separated by the sea mountain formula, the pure part nourished the whole body.

And the alien... didn't flow into his arm to form a point of alienation, but... flowed into his own shadow.

It was like a shadow, swallowing that part of the heterogeneity.

After a while, Xu Qing raised his head and suppressed all doubts in his heart.

He looked at Team Lei and the others who were about to finish picking, and looked far away, following the end of the canyon to the depths of the jungle.

Faintly, he could see that there seemed to be some buildings far ahead, as if temples were connected together, silent in time, filled with an ancient atmosphere.

"That is a building left over from an unknown era. It is also the farthest limit that we scavengers can go. It cannot be surpassed, but if you encounter danger nearby, you can also go there to hide."

Team Lei, who finished picking his share, came to Xu Qing's side, followed his gaze to the temple group, and spoke slowly.

"Boundary?" Xu Qing nodded.

"That's right, some people say that in that era, the reason for the formation of this forbidden area was because the gods looked at these temples, and there were also scavengers who explored in the past. There was nothing there, except for a special kind of small stone that appeared from time to time. "

Team Lei took out part of the picked horse chestnuts and put them in another leather bag.

"Why is it special?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

"Grind it into powder and sprinkle it on the scars that haven't been formed for a long time. It can remove the scars without leaving any traces, but it's useless to us scavengers, but occasionally some big people need it." After finishing speaking, Team Lei looked at Cross and others.

At this moment, the cross, the wild ghost, and the luanya were all picked. Under the arrangement of Team Lei, everyone took out a part and put them in the leather bag that Team Lei was holding.

Finally, after dividing the seven-leaf clover into five parts, Team Lei handed over the fifth leather bag to Xu Qing.

"It's yours."

"From now on, everyone will disperse and leave, break up into parts, and be alone, so that it is not easy to be discovered. Although there is a certain danger, the probability of going out is greater. On the contrary, if we act together, the target is obvious and it is easier to be locked. And our The state is not suitable now, if you are trapped, it is difficult to survive."

After Team Lei finished speaking, he looked at Xu Qing and gave him another map.

"My child, my goal is too big. It must be the focus of Blood Shadow's attention. And as the captain, I have to cover for you. Go out and return to the camp as soon as possible to wait for me."

Team Lei spoke in a deep voice, walked out of the canyon under the silent gaze of other teammates, and disappeared in a flash.

Xu Qing wanted to say something, but before he could say it, Team Lei had already left.

Cross patted Xu Qing on the shoulder and left as well.

In the end, Mangui and Luanya each told him about their experiences in detail, and left in a hurry.

Xu Qing looked at them silently, put the seven-leaf clover away, and looked back at the temples in the distance.

After a while, Xu Qing turned around, took a deep breath, and galloped towards the entrance of the canyon. After reaching the third level of body training, his speed was obviously faster than before, and he disappeared at the entrance in an instant.

In the jungle of the restricted area, Xu Qing was like a nimble ape, constantly shuttling back and forth. He did not follow the path he came from before, but detoured according to the map marks.

Based on the experience he learned on the way here, he differentiated the crisis, and encountered a few strange beasts occasionally, and he solved them smoothly.

At the same time, he also paid attention to his own shadow in the sun many times, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

He has tried it, whether it is absorbing spiritual energy or taking a big breath, the heterogeneity contained in all things, after entering his body, it is the same as what he felt when he broke through before, slowly pouring into the shadow!
In retrospect, this matter began to appear after the purple crystal emitted a cold current.

Until he reached the third level of the Sea Mountain Art, it became more and more obvious.

His own shadow seemed to have mutated after the purple crystal swept away the shadow of the black-scaled wolf.

This strangeness made Xu Qing narrow his eyes slowly.

He rolled up the sleeve of his left arm and looked. There was only one alienation point on his arm, and it was very faint at the moment. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to see the trace.

According to this kind of development, the heterogeneity in his body will become less and less until it reaches the level of purity and perfection.

And this kind of perfection...Xu Qing had seen it on the Sea Mountain Bamboo Slips, only those with extremely noble status in the origin of the human race in the Wanggu Continent can enjoy it.

"Does the purple crystal work?" Xu Qing murmured, squatting on a branch, staring at the sky in a daze.

After a long time, he touched the place where the purple crystal was buried on his chest, and was silent for a moment. When he raised his head, he suppressed all doubts in his heart, his figure flickered, and he went into the jungle to continue walking.

Although the heterogeneity no longer poses a threat to him for the time being, it is just one of the many dangers in the restricted area. On the way afterwards, Xu Qing still encountered some crises.

For example, at this moment, he saw two alienated bears whose aura surpassed Team Lei's.

There is actually a huge colorful spider lying on the back of this kind of bear. Countless silk threads come out from the spider's abdomen and penetrate into the bear's body, as if it is manipulating it.

The two violent bears lost control of themselves while running.

The trees were directly crushed by them, and if they encountered other strange beasts blocking them, they would be torn in half directly, the cruelty was extremely obvious.

If it wasn't for the fact that they were chasing a red tiger and didn't pay attention to Xu Qing, and Xu Qing ran away immediately, it would have been extremely dangerous.

And the danger from the restricted area is not only that.

An hour later, Xu Qing was in a canopy of a tree, and when he carefully looked around, he saw the creature drawn by the teacher who taught in the slums from a distance, but it seemed that the other party should not be in the jungle.

It was a jellyfish whose whole body exuded ice-cold, and whose body was as huge as a mountain.

It emits a faint light all over its body, floating in the mid-air above the restricted area.

With the sunlight penetrating through the translucent body, one can see that there are countless corpses of alien beasts that are corroding inside.

A large number of tentacles fluttered, and each tentacle was covered with strange eyes, but most of these eyes were closed and did not open.

At this moment, it is leisurely flying towards the depths of the restricted area. The forest below is frozen in an instant, and all existences cannot escape the cold disaster.

The aura on it was so strong that it surpassed Xu Qing's. In Xu Qing's feelings, even the two bears were extremely vulnerable in front of this jellyfish.

Even just looking at it from a distance at this moment, Xu Qing's body stiffened, and a strong crisis emerged from the depths of his soul.

It wasn't until the jellyfish disappeared that Xu Qing let out a breath, and looked at the frozen jungle area in the distance like a straight line spreading deep into the depths.

"If the direction of the jellyfish is from me..." Xu Qing took a breath.

He understands that in this perilous forbidden jungle, he has some advantages over others because his heterogeneity can be absorbed by the shadow.

But this advantage now only allows him to stay in the penalty area longer.

Unless one day, I become stronger, at that time, this advantage will be infinitely magnified.

When Xu Qing left after a while, he became more cautious in the restricted area.

In this way, time passed, and soon the setting sun was about to set, leaving only Hui Ying to shine.

More roars gradually came from the jungle. Xu Qing, who was galloping inside, silently estimated the location of the map, knowing that if he traveled overnight, he should be able to get out of the restricted area before dawn.

And just as he pondered whether he wanted to walk at night, suddenly, there was a roar from the distant jungle, accompanied by almost shrill screams, the voice was very familiar.

"Savage ghost?" Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and recognized the voice.

He immediately jumped up and approached cautiously. His thin figure was nimble and hidden in the jungle, making it difficult to be spotted.

So not long after, he came to the place where the roar was heard, hid in a tree canopy, and saw six or seven corpses below, one of them... was a wild ghost!
His whole body was black and blue, obviously alienated, his body was separated, and his death was extremely miserable.

The huge stainless steel shields were also split into two pieces, one big and one small, and the maces were also scattered beside them, stained with blood.

Obviously, he tried his best during his lifetime, and died with his opponent in the alienation.

Xu Qing was silent, feeling desolate in his heart, and saw not far away, the Lei Squad who was being besieged by five people, his whole body was turning green, and he was getting weaker and was about to alienate!
At this scene, Xu Qing's pupils were closed, and the iron sign in his hand was tightly held, and the murderous intent in his eyes erupted instantly.

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