I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 463: Revitalizing the Forest
"Are you anxious?"

"Of course I'm anxious. It's been half a year, and I've been sleeping in the open air every day. It's hard to find food on this empty island, and I'm attacked by those guys every day..." Zhou Chao complained crazily about the environment on the island, looking indignant.

"Why don't you send a signal then?"

Li Luo looked into the depths of the forest, where the leaves rustled in the breeze.

Hearing Li Luo's question, Zhou Chao smiled awkwardly.

"I can't go in. It's a bit dangerous inside."

"Aren't you very strong?"

"..." Zhou Chao scratched his head. "It's not strong enough. The deeper you go, the more serious the pollution will be. It's not a big deal on the outside, but it's very chaotic inside. Those animated creatures will not rest at all and will attack everywhere. If you are not careful, you will die."

As he spoke, Zhou Chao looked at the block behind Li Luo.

"Are you going to the Beacon?"

"Besides beacons, are there other ways to send signals?" Li Luo asked.

"That's all." Zhou Chao spread his hands.

"Then let's go." Li Luo walked straight into the forest.

"Wait, I'm not ready yet..." Zhou Chao said anxiously.

But Li Luo ignored him and walked straight to the center of the island.

Zhou Chao hesitated for a moment and immediately followed.

"You are really decisive..."

"The animated creatures inside are not like the bush just now. They are all very scary things. As they absorb more activity, they will become more and more intelligent, and even use tactics. They are very difficult to deal with."

Zhou Chao followed behind Li Luo, talking incessantly about his intelligence.

"Those animated creatures who died among themselves are the elite who have survived many battles. I haven't even asked you about your combat skills yet. If you run into danger, remember to retreat in time. I will cover your retreat, but I have another solution..."

Maybe it was because he hadn't talked to anyone for a long time, Zhou Chao kept chattering to Li Luo, not caring whether Li Luo responded or not.

In this way, the two of them slowly walked into the forest.

……

"Activating pollution?"

After learning about what happened on the sky island, Mo Ling has been observing the forest.

After reaching the fourth floor, his field of vision doubled again, and he could see very far.

However, no matter how you look at it, the forest appears to be very normal.

Mo Ling did not find any living objects similar to the previous living fossils and living shrubs, but he saw a lot of animals.

Insects, birds, small mammals...

Although the creatures on the fourth layer of the abyss look a little strange, they can still be distinguished as normal creatures.

“It looks just like a normal forest.”

As we went deeper, we didn't find anything strange except that the vegetation became more lush and the biological communities became more complex.

Mo Ling originally thought that this activated and polluted forest would be full of activated objects, but the actual situation was very different from what he expected.

“The activated pollution has no impact on the normal ecology.”

Not only that, after going deeper into the forest, we also discovered gurgling streams.

The source of the stream seems to be deeper in the forest, and the clear water flows through the woods, nourishing the earth.

"Wait, what is that?"

Mo Ling discovered some strange fragments flowing in the stream.

There were pieces of wood, broken leaves, and some small fragments whose material could not be identified.

"Something seems to have happened upstream." After seeing these fragments, Mo Ling's heart, which had originally been relieved, was lifted up again.

Not only were there fragments, but when Moring lowered his vision into the mud at the bottom of the stream, he saw something even more shocking:
Bone pieces, nails, spare parts...

The skeletons of some large creatures and the remains of what looked like civilized creations sank in the mud and sand. They were extremely hidden and would not have been discovered if Mo Ling had not looked carefully.

"Is there such a thing?"

It is impossible to tell whether the wreckage was made by humans or not. All traces on it have been washed away by time, leaving only rust and decay.

After noticing the debris beneath the mud and sand, Mo Ling suddenly realized that he had been overlooking one place—underground.

Thinking of this, Mo Ling quickly lowered his vision to the ground, and this time, he finally discovered a clue.

"The soil is crawling?"

Just like an earthworm burrowing through the soil, the soil beneath the forest had been twisting slightly, the small clods of earth trembled from time to time, and the mud particles stuck together twitched like living creatures.

The earth is alive...

The place where pollution spreads fastest is underground!

The activated soil has almost occupied this area. If it were not fixed by normal soil and tree roots, this soil would definitely rush out of the ground and attack the normal creatures on the ground.

"No wonder the living fossil we saw earlier was covered in mud. It looked like it crawled out from underground."

When Mo Ling thought of the appearance of the stone before, he realized that he had always ignored the fresh layer of soil on its surface.

There is a difference between the stone dug out from the ground and the stone that has always been on the ground. At that time, Mo Ling's attention was only on the movement of the stone and he ignored this point.

"Is that bush also contaminated by the dirt?"

Although the shrubs are low, their roots are deeply rooted in the ground and are intertwined.

Compared to those tall trees, they seem to be more easily affected.

Beneath the peaceful forest, pollution has been spreading silently.

After entering the forest, Zhou Chao spoke much less.

He held the stone sword tightly, staring at the ground beneath him and Li Luo.

"He should know that the danger comes from the ground."

Zhou Chao's behavior was obviously to guard against sneak attacks from underground. It seemed that he had suffered a lot in the past six months.

"Slow down, walk more lightly, and don't step on those branches." Zhou Chao suddenly said to Li Luo in front of him.

When Li Luo heard the reminder, she immediately slowed down her pace. She also sensed the caution in Zhou Chao's tone.

As they moved forward carefully, they finally arrived at the stream that Mo Ling had seen.

"Stop first and don't get close to that stream." Zhou Chao said seriously.

He even walked straight to the front and raised his hand to block Li Luo's way.

The clear stream flows slowly, and the sound of the water adds a bit of liveliness to the silent forest.

But Zhou Chao was obviously not admiring the beautiful scenery of the stream in the forest.

He squatted down carefully, picked up a stone and threw it into the stream.

The stone hit the wrong side and did not fall into the stream. Instead, it rolled beside the stream and came to a stop.

Zhou Chao took a deep breath and picked up another stone from the ground.

While repeating the previous actions, he explained to Li Luo beside him why he had to be so cautious.

"Activation is easy to spot. Living fossils, living soil, living wood... you can tell at a glance because they don't move."

"But there is one thing that moves naturally, and you can't tell whether it has been activated or not."

"That is - activated water."

(End of this chapter)