Restricted area grave keeper

Chapter 222

In the withered forest, Bai Mo turned a blind eye to the miserable corpse, but just stared at the twisting black branch with a look of thought in his eyes.

"It's a bit strange that the branches of Qiu Kazuki will go hunting outside the restricted area..."

He was a little puzzled, he wanted to know that every branch of Qiu Kazuki was connected to the main trunk, the main trunk could not move, and was rooted in the restricted area.

The fact that this branch can come here either means that its length has reached an unbelievable level, or it means that after a long period of evolution, the branch of Qiu Kazuki can already survive without the body.

He observed it carefully, but saw that the branch was not long, and looked more like it grew from this ordinary dead tree, which was quite strange.

But no matter what the possibility is, this change is enough to explain a problem, that is, after a long period of time, everything in the restricted area is also changing, and it is developing in an unknown and uncontrollable direction.

He said to Zhang Tao: "Qiu Kazuki's branches will not change their positions easily after they determine the hunting place. You can remind others to pay more attention to the top of their heads recently, and it is best to take a different path."

Zhang Tao glanced at the miserable dead body hanging in mid-air, and said worriedly, "Can't we get rid of it?"

"Of course." Bai Mo nodded slightly, and said calmly, "——if you have that ability."

Seeing Zhang Tao's hopeful eyes, he shook his head slightly, "Don't count on me, I'm no better than you now, and I can't deal with this thing. But my suggestion to you is, don't die if you can live well."

The meaning is self-evident.

Zhang Tao's expression froze: "Is this thing so powerful?"

"You have to know that most of the dangers in the dark forest come from seeking a tree. Each tree trunk can probably reach the level of a D+ level transcendent, and the branches are D level. They are faster than bullets and can easily pierce through your body. head."

Zhang Tao quickly covered his head: "How about using a gun?"

"Do you have a gun?" Bai Mo asked curiously.

"I don't have one, but I heard that there are people in the gathering place."

"If it's just an ordinary pistol, then I still recommend it before, don't send it to death."

Zhang Tao was a little embarrassed, and then he seemed to have a sudden understanding, and said: "Use fire, can you use fire to burn it?"

Bai Mo glanced at it: "As I said, this thing has a deep connection with Yanhua. You should understand the characteristics of Yanhuo."

Zhang Tao: "..."

After a moment of silence, he wondered: "But if it continues to kill people..."

"That's why I suggest you change your path in the future."

Bai Mo interrupted him, shook his head and said, "Qiu Kazuki is said to have a territory, as long as he doesn't come here to die, there is actually no problem."

"Besides, having this thing is not all bad. Didn't someone just say that someone wanted to shoot Rouzhu? If it is used properly, this branch may be your 'guard'."

Guard... guard?
Hearing this, Zhang Tao suddenly opened his eyes wide, looking extremely shocked.

He was not only shocked by what Bai Mo said, but also shocked that the other party had paid attention to his previous conversation with Wu Fan, and was even thinking about how to solve Rou Zhu's problem.

He could tell that although Bai Mo looked easy to talk to, his temperament was actually rather cold, and he would always give people an indescribable sense of alienation, as if he was not interested in anything, but he did not expect to be concerned about the safety of their siblings.

"Then... how to do this?"

"Don't worry, you have to wait until it's hungry."

Zhang Tao was stunned for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and finally only choked out a sentence: "Brother Bai, you know so many things."

In fact, what he really wanted to say was, are you serious...

Bai Mo corrected: "It's not too much, I can only say it's not too much."

Zhang Tao smiled wryly.

"But...normally speaking, people like you, Brother Bai, shouldn't be reduced to the buffer zone, right?"

After a brief silence, he finally asked the question in his heart.

"What is 'degradation'?"

Bai Mo smiled, "Whether my feet are a safe zone, a buffer zone, or even a restricted area, they are all part of my feet, and there is no difference in essence—"

"The difference is the people."

He raised his hand and patted Zhang Tao's shoulder, and said seriously, "As long as you are strong enough, there is no such thing as a restricted area in the world, because you can go anywhere, even if it is a restricted area, it can be your shelter."

After finishing speaking, he walked directly under the black branches under Zhang Tao's astonished eyes.

I don't know if it was an illusion, Zhang Tao noticed that when Bai Mo passed by, the black branch on the dead tree was obviously lifted up, as if a person instinctively retreated after being frightened.

What this means is... doesn't Bai Wu feel that the buffer zone is dangerous at all?
Zhang Tao quickly came to his senses, but he didn't dare to walk under the branches like Bai Mo did. Instead, he quickly changed direction and hurriedly followed Bai Mo, walking towards home together.

The forest fell silent.

The black branches remained motionless until they sensed the danger of leaving. They split and cracked from the tips, forming a four-petal "mouth" with jagged teeth, devouring the dry corpse bit by bit from the inside to the outside.

The only sound left in the forest is the sound of chewing.

……

When Zhang Tao and the two returned to their residence, Zhang Rouzhu was busy in the kitchen.

In addition to the dangers brought by the expansion of the restricted area, it also brings many new changes to the buffer zone, such as novel plants.

Many plants will actively hurt people, but there are also some plants that can be used for medicine or food, and more are poisonous.

Since each buffer zone is formed by the expansion and intersection of different forbidden zones, and is affected by the forbidden zones, the plants growing in different buffer zones are also different.

These plants are all kinds of strange things, which are very different from conventional cognition, and there is no reference basis, so most plants can only be distinguished by personal understanding.

Zhang Rouzhu doesn't go out much on weekdays, and stays in the kitchen most of the time to study the effects of these plants.

But firstly, she has no professional knowledge, and secondly, she doesn't have relevant equipment, so she is doing research, rather than fiddling with her to pass the time.

"Dong dong dong."

Hearing the knock on the door, Zhang Rouzhu immediately became vigilant, quickly picked up the fire stick on one side, and carefully approached the door.

The next second, the door was suddenly opened, she was startled, and almost swung the stick out.

Seeing that it was Zhang Tao, Zhang Rouzhu heaved a sigh of relief, threw away the fire stick, and asked in confusion, "Brother, why did you come back so early today?"

You must know that Zhang Tao would not come back until around six o'clock in the past, because the robots in Hansheng Mine would distribute the rewards according to the amount of mining, so Zhang Tao worked extra hard every time, just to make more money.

Facing the suspicious Zhang Rouzhu, Zhang Tao didn't hold anything back, and told his sister everything that happened in the Hansheng mine, and also told the other party what Wu Fan said.

After listening, Zhang Rouzhu frowned slightly, and said in doubt: "Although I have been going out more frequently recently, they are always near the gathering place, and I have always been away from the direction of the Hansheng Mine. How could people from the Hansheng Mine notice me? ?”

After hearing this, Zhang Tao thought about it carefully, and was taken aback for a moment.

That's right, this gathering place is some distance away from the Hansheng Mine, and there's nothing good around here. Given the pissing nature of the people in the Hansheng Mine gathering place, how could it be thankless to come here to check it out?

But if they hadn't visited, how would they know about Rou Zhu's information?
"Have any strangers been in the gathering place lately?" he asked.

"I haven't seen it."

Zhang Rouzhu shook his head firmly, "If you have to say it, Brother Baiwu should be the most lively face in the gathering place."

"Since they haven't seen you before, how could they know about you...Could it be that Xiaofan is lying to me?" Zhang Tao frowned.

Zhang Rouzhu shook her head: "No, it's not good for him, he has no reason to lie to you."

"Is that what someone else mentioned to them?"

"do not know."

"Forget it." After a while, Zhang Tao shook his head and said, "Since you can't figure it out, then you might as well forget about it. Anyway, you should be careful recently."

After thinking for a while, he continued: "By the way, the small road at the gathering place that he often walks is no longer usable. There is a branch-like forbidden creature on the road, which is quite dangerous. Li Yang died in the hands of that thing."

Zhang Rouzhu opened his mouth, and after a while, a sigh sounded in the room.

"yes."

The relationship between their brother and sister and Li Yang is not bad, they live not too far away, and they still have contacts on weekdays. Although she has long been used to the fact that people die every now and then, she still can't restrain the sadness in her heart.

"In short, you must pay attention when you go out in the future. I am going to see if other people are there, and tell them the news as soon as possible." Zhang Tao reminded again.

"Okay, you pay attention to safety."

Zhang Tao put down the photo stone and cotton coat, greeted Bai Mo again, and left in a hurry.

Only Bai Mo and Zhang Rouzhu were left in the kitchen.

"Your body should not have fully recovered, right? Go to the house and rest. I'll cook right away."

It was Zhang Rouzhu who broke the silence first.

She has already learned about Bai Mo's unusualness from Zhang Tao, but like Zhang Tao, she also has no intention of asking the other party's identity.

"What are you going to do, bibimbap with energy bars?"

Bai Mo couldn't help asking when she saw that she was forcefully breaking off the long object in her hand.

"That... now the only energy bar at home can be used as a staple food, and the taste is really bad, don't mind..."

Zhang Rouzhu felt a little embarrassed, and comforted her, "But don't worry, it won't be long before the gates of Wuji City will be opened, and we can go to get the rice, just hold on."

"I don't mind the taste or anything."

Bai Mo found a place to wash and change his hands, then walked towards her, took the energy bar from her hand, broke the energy bar into fine pieces without much effort, and put it into a bowl.

The two were silent, not knowing what to say for a while.

After a while, Bai Mo suddenly looked at the strange plants on the ground, and said, "Most of these things are poisonous, but that vine as thick as an arm is a good thing and can be eaten."

Zhang Rouzhu stared wide-eyed, looked at the brightly colored vine, and said with disbelief: "Are you sure? This thing has thorns. I was stabbed. The wound is still a little numb."

Bai Mo frowned: "Let me see the wound."

The girl glanced at him, but she didn't feel shy, she just lifted up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white forearms.

There was a small red hole on her forearm, surrounded by purple plaques, which seemed to be bruises, and looked quite scary.

Seeing this evening, Zhang Rouzhu's expression suddenly changed, because it was obviously not that serious before, it was just a little itchy, so she didn't take it seriously.

She became a little flustered, and the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help asking: "What should I do, am I poisoned?"

"It is indeed poisoned, but you will be fine if you eat the vines."

Bai Mo said, "This thing is called a hand vine. Its thorns are indeed poisonous, and they are not very harmful. They just make people weak and weak. As long as they are exposed to high temperatures, they will become soft, and they can be detoxified after eating."

"Hand vines?" Zhang Rouzhu asked suspiciously: "Are you telling the truth? Why do I feel that you are talking nonsense, as if you are trying to trick me into eating this thing..."

"Then look at the root of the vine, does it look like a palm?"

"I haven't dug out the roots, where can I look?" Zhang Rouzhu said angrily.

"Then there's no way, believe it or not."

Bai Mo shrugged, "This thing tastes very good, and you can recall, isn't the quantity of this thing relatively rare?"

Zhang Rouzhu was taken aback, and thought about it carefully, it seemed to be true, she wandered around outside, saw a lot of other plants, but it seemed that she only found this vine——

Could it be that this thing is more precious?

"Yes."

Bai Mo seemed to see what she was thinking, and said, "Based on your understanding, the hand vine should also be considered a rare treasure. Its stinging toxin will make the body of the creature weaker and weaker, but after eating it, it will become weaker and weaker." Can strengthen the body."

"Qizhen?" Zhang Rouzhu's eyes lit up, "Isn't it possible to sell it for money?"

Bai Mo didn't expect that the other party would think of selling money all of a sudden, and asked, "Oh? Who are you going to sell to?"

"We have a market in this buffer zone every month. At that time, there will be a lot of people trading. Our spells and energy bars are all bought there. We can also sell things tomorrow—if This vine is really a rare word."

At the end, Zhang Rouzhu's tone was a little uncertain.

"However, this thing is colorful and almost poisonous. People who say it can strengthen the body may not believe it."

Seeing that she didn't believe her, Bai Mo didn't explain too much, and asked, "How long have you been stabbed?"

"One hour, what's the matter?" Zhang Rou didn't know why.

"After another two hours at most, you won't be able to move your left hand. If you don't believe me, you can wait and see if I'm right."

"it is good."

Although Zhang Rouzhu knew that the other party might not be lying, she still said a little unconvinced.

Two hours passed quickly.

As soon as Zhang Tao got home, he smelled a smell that he had never smelled in the kitchen.

However, when he entered the room, he found that it was Bai Mo who was cooking, skillfully cooking a colorful vine, and he was taken aback for a moment.

The reason why Zhang Rouzhu was not cooking was because one of her hands... could no longer move.

What Bai Mo said was true.

Before cooking, Bai Mo squeezed out the toxin from the vines in his hand, stored it in a small bottle, and handed it to Zhang Rouzhu.

In his words, as long as this thing is poured into water, even an extraordinary person will become weak after drinking it, and it may be used for self-defense in the future.

Of course, it can also become a commodity for trade.

(End of this chapter)