#294 - Chapter 294 Searching on the small island
#294 - Chapter 294 Searching on the small island
"How long will we be searching for the bell with just our eyes?"
Yan Cheng raised his hand cannon and fired at the small stone figure in front of him, instantly blasting it into powder.
"Who knows?"
Song Jiang also dealt with the small stone figure behind him and said:
"This place is full of these small stone figures, attacking us at every turn. Even our forward speed is slow, let alone finding anything."
When they first entered the stone forest, it was very quiet, and they even had time to look for damp places to investigate.
But after walking inside for only ten minutes, a small pebble suddenly shot towards them.
After blocking this shot, Miao Kui was the first to discover the attacker.
It was a natural elemental life form that grew here - a stone figure.
These stone figures are particularly mischievous, and they will shoot stones at any moving creature they encounter.
Although the lethality of these stones is not very high, they have a lot of stones. A large number of stones砸砸砸towards them, which is not only painful but also very annoying.
So they smash one whenever they encounter one, otherwise it will keep chasing them and shooting, which is very annoying.
Yan Cheng smashed another one and complained, "Why are there so many stone figures?"
There are quite a few people in this level two trial, how could so many stone figures be left here?
Miao Kui said:
"The ability of these stone figures is regeneration. Generally speaking, it takes two years for them to revive after being smashed. The academy should have used some method to accelerate their revival time, so there will be a large number of stone figures every time people come here for trials."
"Annoying."
Yan Cheng kicked the stone next to him:
"Old Song, do you have any ideas?"
"I really have one. Let Little White fly us, anyway, most of this place is empty stones. We can come down to check when we encounter damp places."
He was just thinking about this problem.
Bell fruits grow in humid places, and most of the stone forest is dry, empty and without green plants, so they don't need to move forward slowly at all, they just need to look for them in those shady and humid places.
"Good idea, Old Song, you really are a timely rain."
"Come on up ~"
Little White took the initiative to fly out of Song Jiang's pocket and grow bigger.
For it, being stepped on is as comfortable as a massage, so it likes to carry people into the sky. Song Jiang often sleeps on it.
The three of them stepped on it one after another.
"Let's fly ~"
On the other side.
While using his Observation Haki to sense the surroundings, Qi Jing held his sword and was wary of the small mole in front of him.
On the contrary, it was also wary of these two humans. Only half of its body was exposed above the ground, and there were many holes next to it, ready to escape at any time.
Tan Zuoyin squatted on the ground and asked it:
"Have you seen this fruit?"
"Two-legged beast, why can you talk to me?"
"Because I am the same creature as you, just with a different appearance."
"Oh, I haven't seen this fruit. I've been sleeping just now."
Wow, it actually believed it.
"I see, thank you."
"Then I'm going to find something to eat."
This was the tenth animal Tan Zuoyin had found, but none of them had seen the bell fruit.
The main reason is that it is night now, and nocturnal creatures are out and about. They sleep underground or in caves during the day.
A few who didn't have good eyesight were killed by Qi Jing.
"Why aren't there any nocturnal alien beasts!"
Tan Zuoyin was almost tired of asking.
Along the way, only those plants could be asked about the bell fruit, but the plants' brains were really not as good as animals', and their range of activity was very small. Often, dozens of plants had to be asked to get a trace of useful information.
Some even said they had seen it, but they couldn't say where it went, which was really frustrating.
"Staying up late is something that forced workers do. People work at sunrise and rest at sunset, why would they need to stay up late?"
Unless, there are fools who haven't caught any prey from day to night, and can only look for food hungry at night.
Thinking of this, Qi Jing regretfully patted his helmet:
"Could it be that the alien beasts that rushed towards us just now were all hungry from day to night? Damn, I should have spared their lives."
Tan Zuoyin said:
"It's okay, there will definitely be more.
Also, don't blame yourself for everything, blame them for being stupid. It's their fault for not catching any prey all day."
"Hahaha, you can't say that. Fools also have the right to survive. They just don't have any eyesight."
Qi Jing and Tan Zuoyin continued to walk forward.
"There's a small bug here, let's ask it?"
Seeing the strange-looking eight-legged creature that Qi Jing was pointing at, Tan Zuoyin immediately shook her head:
"It looks too ugly, no."
"It is indeed ugly, and scary. Let's ask this tree then."
Moreover, this bug doesn't look like the type to wake up during the day.
"Okay."
They had asked many big trees just now, but those trees didn't seem to be doing anything. They didn't move at all after asking them for a long time, and didn't respond at all.
Do they like to sleep when they get old?
Or are their heads on the high top and they can't hear what's happening under their feet?
However, this tree looks relatively short and should be able to see what's happening on the ground.
"Excuse me, have you seen this fruit?"
"W h a t f r u i t i s i t, o h, t h a t o n e, a h u m a n w a l k e d t h a t w a y w i t h i t j u s t n o w."
This tree's voice is much slower than other plants, but it is also smarter than other plants. It can even recognize their human identity.
However, it said "just now"?
Looking at how slowly it speaks, its "just now" should be longer than humans', it should be the daytime a few hours ago.
"Is it that way?"
Tan Zuoyin noticed that the western branch of the tree moved when it spoke just now.
"Y e s, i t i s t h a t w a y. H u m a n, I w a n t t o r e m i n d y o u t h a t t h e r e i s a b e a r t a l l e r t h a n m e t h e r e, d o n ' t d i e."
"Thank you for the reminder, we'll be fine."
"G o o d l u c k t o y o u."
"Thank you, Tree Bro, see you later."
Their direction of travel was indeed correct, they didn't lose track.
Qi Jing used his Observation Haki to sense ahead and indeed saw a bear that was fatter than this four-meter-tall tree.
"So fat, what does it eat to grow so big?"
There shouldn't be such a fat alien beast in this small forest, where would it get so much food to eat?
"Describe its characteristics, I'll check."
While using his Observation Haki, Qi Jing said:
"Its back is black, its belly is white, it has a barbed horn on its head, and a pouch on its belly like a kangaroo, and its four bear paws have wing membranes, no, they're webbed, is it aquatic?"
"According to this appearance, it should be a Webbed Bear living on a large island in the east, captured here as a guardian beast for natural treasures."
Tan Zuoyin pulled up its information and explained:
"Webbed Bears generally live on land near water, and their main food comes from underwater.
As masters of fishing, Razorhead Fish and Armored Crabs are their common seafood, so they don't have to worry about food, so this kind of bear grows very large."
"Is it easy to kill?"
"Don't just think about killing all day long. Because this kind of bear lives in abundance, it usually doesn't actively attack creatures on the shore. I'll see if I can chat with it for a while, don't be violent as soon as you come up."
Qi Jing nodded:
"Okay, okay."
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