I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 468 On the Open Ground

"It's getting late. I remember there's an open space ahead. Let's take a rest there."

"it is good."

The setting sun cast a layer of red on the thin clouds above the Sky Island. The dim light could no longer pierce the forest, and the road ahead was dark.

Fortunately, before the sun completely set, the two found the open space that Zhou Chao had mentioned.

There were several huge rocks in the middle of the open space, and the green grass on the ground swayed gently in the evening breeze, making it look very peaceful.

"Huh~" Zhou Chao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the open space.

“It seems that the activated pollution here is not serious.”

He walked carefully to the center of the clearing and poked the dirt with the branch.

The soil here has not yet been activated.

"We take turns to keep watch. When the sun rises, we will set out again. The nights here are very dangerous. Some animated creatures only appear at night."

Li Luo nodded, agreed, took out a compressed sleeping bag from his bag, and got in.

Zhou Chao didn't expect Li Luo to be so decisive. After a moment of hesitation, he climbed onto a rock nearby and sat down.

The sun had completely set, and the moonlight slowly illuminated the open space, while the surrounding forest was pitch black, with strange noises audible from time to time.

Zhou Chao looked around vigilantly, not feeling tired at all.

With the help of moonlight, he took out the nameplate in his arms and let the moonlight shine on the characters on the nameplate.

"deserter……"

He muttered silently, then clutched the nameplate tightly.

It was not until strange noises were heard around him again that he stuffed the nameplate back into his pocket.

"behind?"

He quickly turned his head and found that a block appeared behind him.

"I was a little too nervous." Zhou Chao smiled self-deprecatingly.

He waved at the block, but to his surprise, the block flew over.

Seeing this, he quickly retracted his hand.

Being able to reach the fourth level of the abyss, he also knew that he could not touch other people's relics casually, in case it triggered some special abilities.

Thinking of this, he waved at the cube again.

"You go and rest, I'll be there."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chao was stunned.

"Why am I talking to a relic?"

However, the cube seemed not to hear him and flew straight towards him, not stopping until it was over his head.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Chao raised his head and looked at the cube in confusion.

Bang!

Just as he was wondering, a crisp sound suddenly came from his hand.

He looked quickly and found a can of Coke appeared out of thin air on the stone.

Zhou Chao looked at Coke in confusion, then at the cube.

"Thank you." He said awkwardly to the cube and picked up the Coke.

"I haven't had this in a long time." He opened the can of Coke a little clumsily, and thick bubbles immediately came out.

Zhou Chao quickly took off his protective mask and put his mouth close to it.

Under the mask was a pale face, which had lost its color. Deep marks were all over his face, but it was still obvious that it was a young face, not much older than Li Luo's.

Zhou Chao drank Coke awkwardly, it seemed that he had not tasted such food for a long time.

Soon, he drank the entire can of Coke, and turned the entire can upside down, slapping the bottom continuously to let the last drop of liquid drip into his mouth.

"It's so delicious." He was so excited that he stumbled over his words.

Only when the Coke can no longer leaked a drop of liquid did he reluctantly hang the can around his waist.

Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he looked up at the cube.

"What's the price?"

However, the cube ignored him and flew away.

"Huh? No price required?" Zhou Chao stared blankly at the cube going away, feeling a little confused.

"When Li Luo wakes up, I'll have to ask her the price of the cube..." He scratched his head and said to himself.

……

In the middle of the night, Li Luo slowly woke up in his sleeping bag.

She opened her sleepy eyes and looked around for the cube. She didn't feel relieved until she saw the cube floating on the stone.

Li Luo quickly packed up his things and climbed up the rock.

"I've rested, it's your turn."

"So fast?" Zhou Chao still hadn't reacted yet: "Be careful, wake me up immediately if there's any danger."

"clear."

After the two of them finished handing over, Zhou Chao jumped directly into the crevice of the stone and lay down at an angle.

The surroundings fell silent again, and the strange sounds in the forest became more obvious, like something shaking the leaves and the intermittent sounds of the wind.

These strange noises would disappear quickly after they appeared, and would soon appear again in another direction.

However, the open space has always been safe.

"Are you protecting us?"

Li Luo was not as naive as Zhou Chao. She looked at the square on the stone.

The cube was motionless, as if nothing had to do with it, but Li Luo instinctively felt that this night seemed a little too peaceful. In this activated forest filled with pollution, the night should be more terrifying.

Li Luo's guess was correct. At this moment, Mo Ling was indeed dealing with the living creatures in the woods.

……

"These animated trees seem to become more active at night." Mo Ling thought as he initiated a teleportation to the animated trees approaching the open space.

He had already forgotten how many he had killed. Since night fell, the forest seemed to slowly come alive, and many huge trees took heavy steps towards the open space.

"They seem to be chasing something..."

Is there something in this open space?

Mo Ling was wondering why all these big trees were moving towards the open space.

If it was just for the two humans, Li Luo and Zhou Chao, there would not be such a big fuss. There are plenty of moving objects in the forest at night, and they should kill each other in the forest.

Why would you run to an empty space where there is nothing?

Mo Ling carefully explored the open space. There were no treasures under the ground, and the huge rocks were ordinary. He had no idea what the goal of those animated creatures was.

It was not until the second half of the night that Mo Ling discovered the strange things on the big trees.

"Their bark is somewhat black."

Because these big trees have always stayed in the dark forest, Mo Ling has never noticed the changes in them.

It was not until Mo Ling compared the big tree that was teleported into the cube that he discovered these strange black spots on the bark.

"The later it gets, the worse the dark spots will be."

The big tree did not have these black spots when it first appeared at night, but in the second half of the night, these black spots had begun to cover the entire tree, like some kind of mold, slowly corroding the entire tree.

Mo Ling looked at the black leaves and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Could it be that they are not chasing after something...but are running away from something?"

(End of this chapter)