I made myself the protagonist

Chapter 323
"Chongming stay with me, the others go up and prepare to help." In order to prevent accidents, Ling Yun made a decisive decision.

"Okay." Xiaolong and the others climbed up the pit one after another without ink marks.

Tang Yao, who was the first to get out of the pit, began to take out the rope from her bag and throw it to her companions. Seeing that there was movement from the crowd, Shen Tinglan immediately returned to the team.

Su Li grabbed the edge of the pit with both hands, turned over lightly, and got out neatly.

"There are two corpses below." After seeing Shen Tinglan, she told him what she had just discovered.

The deceased was dressed in the same clothes as them, and belonged to the forest survey team; and judging from the degree of decay of the body, the time when the other party was killed should be last night.

"The body of the corpse conforms to the basic characteristics of Asians, and it is absolutely impossible to come from a military team. Therefore, the corpse under the tree is not an NPC, but a player from another base. There is a high probability that it is the team that was sent to the south. The corpse was not immediately removed. The spatial decomposition is probably due to the relationship of this tree."

Su Li frowned: "It's not clear how they were attacked or why they appeared here; but what is certain is that these trees in the forest are indeed strange. I speculate that they will not attack during the day, The two people who were killed had a high probability of leaving the shelter last night, so they were attacked in the woods."

"Damn it. It stinks, I feel like I crawled out of a septic tank!" Zhao Sicheng sniffed his clothes, then showed a painful expression, and brushed the dirt off his body.

The climate here is cold and humid, and the soil is filled with the smell of rotting corpses. The people who have worked under the pit for a long time are sweating, and everyone is dirty and smothered with an indescribable stench.

Su Li obviously also heard Zhao Sicheng's complaints.

Although it is commonplace for players not to take a shower and get dirty during missions, she has long been used to it.But for some reason, after hearing those words, he subconsciously took a few steps back, not wanting Shen Tinglan to smell the strange smell on his body.

"It's okay." Shen Tinglan stepped forward, seeing that she was totally unaware of the dirt on her fair face, she subconsciously stretched out her hand and wiped away the stains for Su Li.

The moment Shen Tinglan's warm fingertips touched his skin, Su Li's body stiffened uncomfortably.

But soon, she covered up the embarrassment, and wiped her cheeks in response to thank you.

Ling Yun and Wei Chongming under the pit quickly tied up the corpse with ropes, and as the corpse was dragged out of the pit by Xiaolong, Ren Yao and others, two dirty backpacks were also thrown up.

Zhao Sicheng checked the backpack and found that the bag was very light, and there were a lot less equipment inside, especially sleeping bags and blankets.

"It is estimated that they did not find a shelter before dark, so they had no choice but to camp in the wild." Seeing the tragic condition of the two corpses, Xiaolong thought with lingering fear. Fortunately, they entered the shelter early yesterday.

"The team in the south may have encountered some troubles, so they delayed their journey."

Ling Yun glanced at the tunnel entrance mark on the map. The distance between the opponent's location and the nearest shelter was less than ten kilometers. The time when the players were teleported to the forest was [-]:[-] pm. before arriving at the shelter.

"There is another possibility."

Ren Yao stood aside with his arms folded, his tone indifferent: "Looking at the physiques of these two people, you can tell that they haven't exercised much, and their physical fitness is too poor to keep up with the large army."

He sneered, and said coldly: "Dare to take the mission lightly, underestimate the danger of the forest and station outside. This kind of performance is definitely a rookie who has just entered the space for a long time."

"No way? The treasure hunt game is so difficult, especially this time, it is marked in the mission that you will lose the ability in the early stage... How can a newcomer be so courageous, dare to sign up?"

Xiaolong was surprised and said: "Besides, in this situation, everyone is in danger. How can senior people be willing to bring them in? That's not shooting yourself in the foot."

"That team is probably full of rookies." Ren Yao is considered to be a veteran who has participated in treasure hunting games more times. He told everyone that such a situation is actually not uncommon.

The harsh conditions of completing [-] missions before leaving is simply endless torture for many newcomers who have just entered the space.

And at this time, the appearance of the treasure hunt game is the step they wished to reach the sky in one step: after all, as long as they can get the S-level evaluation, they can make a wish and leave the space.

After passing the novice assessment and seeing the horror of space, there are indeed many newcomers who will sign up for the treasure hunt with a fluke mentality.

"After all, not everyone has such a good psychological quality and can quickly adapt here. Not everyone is like a fool who joins the game to help others." Ren Yao glanced at Ling Yun.

The scavenger hunt itself is poison laced with honey, with deadly traps hidden beneath the allure.But even so, there are still many people who are happy.

The newcomers hold the mentality of gamblers and think that it is better to go all out and give it a go than to die miserably in the future tasks.

As Xiaolong said, experienced seniors will not lead a group of rookies who are dragging their feet.Therefore, these newcomers often gather together to inquire around, gather enough people, and then form a team to sign up for the competition.

Because of this, every six months, the number of players in the space will be greatly reduced.

Veteran players have long been accustomed to this, and those who participate in the game with the idea of ​​becoming a big fat man with one bite are probably greedy and brainless idiots.

The law of survival in space is survival of the fittest. Anyway, after these people die, other newcomers will be sent in.

"That's why the team in the south is purely an experience baby who came to give away the head."

Zhao Sicheng clicked his tongue and shook his head again and again: "Since this is the case, don't worry about them. No one can stop me from doing my best."

The difficulty of Dark Forest is much higher than the previous two treasure hunts.

Everyone knew very well that without the leadership of experienced people, it was absolutely impossible for such an inexperienced team to reach the heart of the tree alive.

"The problem now is that the trees in this forest won't be able to come and go freely killing people at night."

Wei Chongming's words hit the key point: "Also, we must find the second shelter as soon as possible, and don't forget about the bloody tide and ghosts."

"There is a village twenty kilometers away. If you go fast enough, it should take about four hours to get there." Su Li glanced at the map.There is plenty of time right now, and everyone plans to take this opportunity to study the secret of the Human Face Tree.

Shen Tinglan added his findings. He told everyone that not all trees would attack people.

While everyone was digging a hole just now, he carefully studied the nearby trees and found the difference: only this human face tree seemed to be hollow inside.

Shen Tinglan stroked the trunk of the Human Face Tree, took out a sharp dagger from his pocket, and dug into the trunk.

"Let me do it."

Ling Yun took the knife from his hand, his strength was great, and the trunk itself was a bit rotten, within a short while, the sharp blade opened a gap in the tree.

Ling Yun continued to dig down with the knife, and after uncovering the surrounding bark, a stench filled the air in an instant.

Vaguely, he seemed to hear some rustling movements.

Looking into the tree through the gap, Ling Yun gasped, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, his face was full of astonishment and horror.Seeing that he reacted so strangely, Wei Chongming held his nose and leaned forward, and then burst out a curse word.

In the tree trunk, there suddenly appeared a terrifying human face covered with blue-black meridians and gray pupils.

This is a middle-aged woman in her forties who is almost naked.Her whole body was embedded in the tree, and the second half of her body had already melted into the tree trunk. Her limbs seemed to have been corroded by some liquid, and they had long since disappeared.

She is like an inflated balloon, her abdomen is covered by a large amount of green vegetation, and some unknown strange flowers are blooming under the green leaves.

Under the flowers, there are also dense white whiskers and large red spores.The spores are big and small, tightly packed together, and the surface is covered with wrinkles and protruding flesh grains, which looks like a large area of ​​eczema from a distance.

A tentacle-like flesh-colored plant was stuffed in the woman's mouth.

The plants are connected to the roots of the trees, and the big pool of black water continuously drips down the corner of her mouth, but the slightly undulating chest and the constantly upturned eyelids tell Ling Yun: She is still alive!

(End of this chapter)