Rebirth: Wild Survival

After entering the sea of ​​trees, Lante parted ways with Yamang early on, walking alone in the sea of ​​trees, Lante walked towards one place with a clear goal, and the strange plants around him did not cause him too much trouble, Lante hummed along the way A ditty with a weird melody, the mood looks very good.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lante finally stopped and stood in front of a plant with swollen branches and withered leaves. Lante's expression was surprised with a little admiration.This strange forest located in the sea of ​​trees was lush and full of vitality a few days ago, but now, it is surrounded by black air and looks terrifying.

When the black mist enveloped the entire sea of ​​trees, everything seemed to have changed. However, this strange change did not cause much trouble to Rand. He surrounded the tree closest to him with great interest. The mutated strange tree turned around, and reached out to touch the black mist around the trunk. The black mist felt the approach of Lant's fingers, and climbed up like a living thing. Countless black particles hidden in the mist scrambled. The gathering surged over, wanting to soak into Lante's skin, Lante let the mist coil around his fingertips, and when the mist covered his entire palm, he slightly closed his palms, holding the substantial mist in his hands hands.

At this time, the mist seemed to feel the danger, and it struggled to break away from Lante's grip. Lante couldn't let it go, put his fingers together, and with a little force, the black mist was crushed into powder by him.

Spreading his palms, Rand shook off the powder in his hands. His enthusiasm for the black mist seemed to disappear with the dissipation of the handful of powder. After clapping his hands, Rand turned his attention to the black mist with a lack of interest. Elsewhere, his eyes swept around, but he didn't seem to find what he was looking for, and a trace of impatience flashed across Rand's face.

After an unknown amount of time, a bird with gray feathers and red eyes came out of the black mist. When Lante saw the bird, his expression eased slightly, as if he had finally arrived at the target, and saw the bird circled in the air. Then it landed on Rant's shoulder, tilted his head and wanted to rub Rant's cheek affectionately, but Rant moved away with a look of disgust, "Lead me the way!" Throwing the bird from his shoulder, Rand said indifferently.

If Chris was here at this time, he would definitely recognize this bird at first sight. Not long ago, this bird stayed by his side as the messenger of the evil god, conveying the orders of the evil god to him from time to time.But at this time, the mission of Asuka had changed. I saw that it ignored Rand's indifference, flew to Rand's shoulder again, shook its feathers, and opened its lead gray beak to the maximum. Soon, the low and mysterious A voice came from the bird's beak: "Don't be so impatient, my friend, our common goal is about to be achieved, don't you feel excited about it!" There was a hint of secret madness in the tone of the evil god.

"Achieved?" Rand sneered, and said disdainfully: "Your goal should be almost achieved, but mine is still far from being achieved!"

"No, my friend, don't say that," the voice from Gray Bird's mouth began to become mysterious and distant: "You know, our goal is the same, and it will be achieved soon, and I will get this valley." , and you get what you want.”

"I hope so." Rand shrugged and sighed.Flicking the strange bird off his shoulder again, he ordered: "Hurry up and lead the way, your master can't wait any longer."

The gray bird had returned to normal at this time, circling in the air for a few times with strange calls, and then led Rand to the depths of the dense fog.

The further you go, the thicker the black mist around you, and the lower and lower the visibility. The gray feathers of the flying bird make it almost invisible in the mist, but Rand can always sense its location and always follow closely Behind Gray Bird.

After walking for a while, the breath of living creatures began to be heard in the midair. Lante seemed to look towards a certain place, and a huge flying creature flashed across his line of sight. Although the surrounding visibility was not high, but Lante still vaguely judged from the outline that it was a giant flying bird.

The gray bird flying in front also noticed something, and kept screaming towards the distance, as if it had given some order. The red light in the eyes of the giant flying bird in the distance flashed slightly, and it also signaled to the gray bird, and then spread its wings, followed Rand.

Lante didn't care about the way they communicated. He followed the gray bird silently and walked for a while. When Lante showed an impatient look on his face again, they finally arrived at their destination - the residence of the high priest. wooden house.

Looking at the huge number of strange birds densely gathered in mid-air, Lante didn't look too surprised. He stepped forward, and the strange birds in the air made warning calls to him, and the gray birds flew to Lante. In front of him, a group of strange birds screamed angrily, the sound overwhelmed the singing of the strange birds, all the strange birds seemed to obey it, and when they heard its voice, they dared not provoke Rand again.

Lante ignored their negotiations, and went straight to the place where the strange birds gathered. It was a semi-circular blue mask. The strange birds were obviously very afraid of this mask, and they only screamed strangely outside. He didn't dare to approach, the black mist gathered in the sea of ​​trees was also blocked by the mask, once gathered around the mask, it would be diluted by the mask soon.

Rant looked at the light blue mask, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his face, he stretched out his hand to lightly touch the mask, his finger just touched the surface of the mask, it was immediately bounced off, Rand withdrew his hand without changing his expression , but seeing him spread his five fingers, and spit out a single sound from his mouth, and then, his fingertips began to emit a little blue light, which continued to condense, and finally converged into a dark blue energy ball. The special hand crackled, and it was full of bursting power.Rand pressed the light ball in his palm towards the blue mask. The two completely different forces reacted violently because of mutual repulsion. The light ball in Rand's hand exploded suddenly. Light blue mask, the originally bright mask quickly dimmed, and countless cracks appeared on the surface of the mask.

bump!Accompanied by a soft sound of glass shattering, the light blue mask suddenly shattered and turned into countless dim blue fragments.And the wooden house where the high priest lives, which is protected by the blue mask, is clearly presented in front of Lant and the strange bird.

Looking at the destination of this trip, Rand's expression was inexplicable, but the gray bird beside him couldn't wait any longer, and rushed into the house with a group of strange birds first.As the flock of birds invaded, a group of strong blue light suddenly burst out in the house, the blue light was fleeting, and then, accompanied by sharp screams, the strange birds were ejected from the house.

The gray bird flying in the front was seriously injured. It was surrounded by a mass of blue flames, screaming and circling in the air for several times, but the flames were burning hotter and hotter. Chao Lan, who asked for help from the gray bird, Te Fei came, but Rand avoided him with a look of disgust.In a blink of an eye, the blue flame burned most of its body, and the gray bird wailed in despair, before finally turning into a mass of ashes.

Most of the strange birds that rushed into the house with Asuka were also stained with the blue flame, and circled hopelessly in the air until the blue flame burned their entire bodies.

With the death of the gray bird, a large number of strange birds in the sky lost control and began to become chaotic. Some of them had already started to fly to other areas in the sea of ​​trees by instinct.

Lante ignored the strange birds in chaos and went straight to the wooden house.

Opening the door, Rand scanned the room, and finally found the high priest with a weak face in the corner of the room.

Just cast a powerful attack technique, the high priest seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and looked extremely sluggish. Seeing Lante walking in, the high priest's eyes lit up, and he said anxiously: "The group of strange birds have left What's going on outside? I've been stuck here since just now. The striatum used to communicate has lost its effectiveness, and the connection with the holy tree is getting weaker and weaker. An evil will seems to be encroaching on the body of the holy tree. ..." Because he was too excited, the high priest began to talk to himself. After talking for a long time, the high priest didn't get any response from Lante, so he paused and looked at Lante suspiciously.

Rand's face was hidden in the shadows, and the high priest against the light couldn't see his expression clearly, so Rand said casually in his usual frivolous tone: "Don't worry, that noisy gray bird was taken by you. Get rid of it first, and the flock of birds will be out of control, and they should hunt prey quickly by instinct," said Lante, who seemed to have thought of something funny, and said in a sharp tone, "It's really a stupid creature. It has already been hit by the ice flame and still wants me to save it."

"What are you talking about?" Hearing Lante's weird reply, the high priest asked in surprise.

"It's nothing, I just saw something funny outside the house." Lante replied casually.

"Is that so?" Suppressing the confusion in his heart, the high priest said the most important thing right now, "Help me up quickly, let's go outside together, I need to go to the most holy place, the holy tree Something seems wrong."

Lante didn't reach out to help, but leaned down and looked down at the high priest, "Don't be so impatient, my old friend, your situation looks bad, you should take a rest first." With words of concern in his mouth, Lan Te's hungry expression didn't have the slightest intimacy that an old friend should have.

The high priest looked at Rand with a difficult expression in front of him in astonishment, and the confusion in his heart turned into a horrible guess in the next moment, "It's you! You caused all this today!" The high priest stared at him in disbelief. Lante, with an indifferent face, said angrily, "You are actually working with evil spirits!"

"No, no, my dearest friend, today's situation is not due to me alone. Don't forget, who brought the container of evil spirits to the sea of ​​trees from thousands of miles away, and who is it? , generously agreed to let these containers enter the most holy place?" Leaning forward to look at the high priest, Rant paused and said: "It is you who caused all this today, and that brat from the Yanhu clan, and my brother and I It doesn't matter much!"

Hearing this, the high priest widened his eyes in astonishment, and then fell silent.

Seeing that the high priest was silent, Lante shrugged nonchalantly and said, "Of course, if you want to contribute, I can count as a little help. If I didn't bring a temporary container, I'm afraid the weak will that has just been resurrected It has long since dissipated." Speaking of this, Lante paused: "By the way, you must be very puzzled as to how he came back to life. After all, our family almost tried their best to make this evil spirit regain its will. To the darkness, it is impossible for him to revive himself in such a short time."

Looking at the silent high priest, Lante, who didn't expect a response, opened the topic with great interest: "Speaking of which, the evil spirit's luck was very good. At that time, I just woke up shortly after I felt the power of my fellow clansmen. Breath, I followed that breath and searched all the way. I didn't find the same race, but I saw an unimaginable thing. I saw a malicious soul wandering around in the valley after the avalanche, anxiously looking for the host. The soul exuded His evil spirit is so familiar, I recognized it almost immediately, after all, my clan fought with him before he fell into a deep sleep." Speaking of this, a trace of ridicule flashed in Rand's eyes.

Hearing the words, the high priest seemed to think of something, opened his mouth, but said nothing in the end, but Rand ignored him, and said to himself: "There are no other high-level races in the distant mountains and forests except dragons, so I guess, It should be some inferior ethnic group trying to recall the soul of the evil god through some crappy god-falling rituals to revive the evil god. What a group of whimsical guys! Of course, they almost succeeded, and they gathered blood and bones, and the soul that had been sleeping for a long time was taken Awakened! It's a pity that it was only one step away but it fell short. Without a strong body that matched the strong will of the evil spirit, this ritual failed in the end. And the price they paid for this was the demise of the entire ethnic group, which is really ridiculous and pathetic." Having said that, Rand laughed a few times in a low voice.

"Since this is the case, you should be clear that the evil spirit is our common enemy." The high priest was silent for a long time, then said weakly: "We are both the darlings of the beast god, and we are bathed in the grace of God together. Fighting evil spirits should It is our common mission, how could you betray Lord Beast God and throw yourself into the arms of the evil god!"

"A common enemy?!" Rand sneered, looked at the high priest coldly, and said, "If it wasn't for that damned eye of the storm, if we hadn't been forced to pass through the space-time gap, there would be no relationship between our clan and that evil god." There will be any intersection. Common enemy, eh? Forget it, you fooled the former patriarch, it doesn’t work for me, there is no common enemy, only interests are the most reliable, whether gods or demons, as long as If someone can achieve my goal, I don’t mind making a deal with him! Besides, I’ve already given you a chance, haven’t I? If you had agreed to my request a few days ago, I’m afraid none of this would have happened today!”

"What deal did you make with him!" The high priest said in a panic, ignoring Rand's emotion.

"It's very simple, he needs a strong and strong container capable of carrying his will, and I just need a safe passage to go home. To open the eye of the storm, we must first destroy those obstructive green barriers and the entangled entanglements beneath it. The roots cleared the path, and then I wanted to gain control of the holy tree, so I thought, if the evil spirit occupied the body of the holy tree, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. He got a container that was strong enough, and I also I got my wish, and I was able to lead my clan back to the place where my clan belonged!"

"No..." Shocked by what Lant said, the high priest said with a pale face, "If that evil spirit is allowed to control the holy tree, do you know what will happen?"

"What will happen, let me think about it." Lante lowered his head and pondered for a moment in distress, then said: "Your group will probably perish. Even if you barely survive, you will live in the shadow of evil spirits for the rest of your life. After all , that holy tree is not only a good container, but also produces a lot of delicious fruits every year. I think that evil spirit should not mind giving some fruits to his hungry followers! But, this is different from my What does it matter?" Lante said with a relaxed smile: "by then, we will have left this continent, and I'm afraid we won't be able to convey even a sliver of cheap sympathy to you!"

"You can't do that!" Looking at Rand, the high priest looked very serious: "You really believe what the evil god said? You are not afraid that he will break his original promise after he achieves his goal. The evil god has never Such a beautiful character of honesty and trustworthiness!"

"So the evil ones are always evil, and only you who are the darlings of the beast gods are trustworthy? Huh, what a good way to say it," Lante's tone became extremely cold: "I think, the former patriarch of my clan was pregnant with With such a belief, when seeing the evil god for the first time, he firmly believes that the terrifying eye of time and space is the masterpiece of the other party. Therefore, when the despicable candidate priest points to a direction that he does not even know, he insists that it is there. When the crow's pheasant left, even though he had doubts in his heart, he finally chose to believe! But what did this trust bring to him, and what did it bring to his group?"

Hearing Lant's words, the high priest subconsciously looked away, as if he didn't dare to look at Lant, but Lant firmly grabbed the high priest's collar, forced him to look at him, and said coldly: "Actually, That wind eye has nothing to do with that evil god. In fact, the candidate priest didn’t see the surviving crow’s pheasant leave at all. Hehe, sometimes, not all bad things are done by bad people. A family will also lie for their own benefit!"

"At that time, I was just too scared..." Facing the aggressive Rand, the high priest couldn't bear it.

"Yeah, a large group of powerful high-level fighting races staying in your habitat is really an annoying thing. Even if the other party devotes all their strength to help you resist the invasion of evil gods, they are still an eyesore. , If you can find a reason to lead them elsewhere and never come back, that would be great!" Rand taunted loudly.

Seeing Rand uttering what he thought that day, the high priest finally couldn't maintain his usual composure and became flustered: "What do you know!" The high priest of the tribe also died in the battle, how could I let a group of dangerous guys stay in Sunset Valley, I need to be responsible for the entire tribe!"

"It's all for the group, for the sake of the group, we can do things that violate our usual principles without shame," Rand repeated in a low voice, looking fixedly at the high priest, and said softly: "In that case, You should also agree with what I am doing now, after all, I am also for my own ethnic group!"

Looking at the crazy Lante, the high priest closed his eyes in despair, and said weakly: "You will not succeed! Even if the evil spirit controls the holy tree, you still cannot open the eye of the wind, because you don't know that The most crucial secret word, without it, the power of the holy tree cannot be used at all!"

"That's right! That's true." Rand dragged his voice suddenly, "Because we need a person who can open the passage to the eye of the storm with the secret language, that's why the evil god let the strange birds surround your tree." house, that’s why I came here.” As he spoke, Rand lifted the high priest up and said solemnly: “If it wasn’t for this reason, do you think there is any reason for me to let you live comfortably until now? Woolen cloth?"

"Don't be delusional, I won't tell you that secret language!" The high priest looked at Rand and said firmly.

"It doesn't matter, I have many ways to make you speak," Lante said nonchalantly: "Of course, if you insist on not speaking, I also have a second plan. If I remember correctly, the priest who returned to the sea of ​​trees is an alternative He should have listened to the teachings of the holy tree and mastered all the secret arts. He has a good relationship with that boy Neil, so he shouldn't mind doing us a favor. After all, he will be with his companions and follow me when the time comes. The tribe is going to the island of Dragon's Rest!"

"They won't go with you, they belong to Crete in the Sea of ​​Trees, and the Sunset Valley is their home!" The high priest retorted loudly.

"Really? But in my opinion, they are completely different from the Eucretes in Sunset Valley. They are more like your ancestors. Of course, because of this, as soon as they returned to the tree Hai has been squeezed out, and has long wanted to leave here."

"You're lying!" the high priest flatly denied, his cheeks flushed with excitement.

"It seems that you don't know this, it's really sad, but you don't have to worry at all, after all, when Sunset Valley is no longer a paradise, they will make wise choices in the face of cruel environments, okay, reminiscing about the old days Time is over, let me take you to see your most valued Cretans, they are being chased by giant spiders and hiding everywhere, completely powerless to fight back, that scene is really amazing, I will let you see yours with your own eyes How the clansman died tragically, I think, by then, you should be able to deeply understand how heart-wrenching our clan was when we faced the many clansmen whose bones were buried in the gaps in space!"

After saying that, Rand strode out of the wooden house with the high priest who had already fallen into a stupor.