Doomsday Totem

Chapter 575 Crisis
After more than ten hours, Iron Slag ran into big trouble.The middle-aged man started to have a fever, and his sanity gradually became blurred.This is a sign of excessive blood loss and inflammation of the wound.Iron Slag didn't have any medical knowledge, so he had no choice but to give the other party a therapeutic injection.

However, after several injections, the condition of middle-aged people still does not improve.His physical fitness was mediocre, and with his age, his fever persisted.In desperation, Iron Slag had no choice but to give up the return voyage and asked the other party to dock the airship on a nearby smaller island.

A few hours later, the middle-aged man fell into a coma completely, speaking indistinctly, and it seemed that he was about to die.Tie Slag grabbed the pendant hanging on his chest, looking a little hesitant.There were three fires of life in it, but he was reluctant to use them.Spending [-] gold coins to save a strange robber is really a waste.

After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth, took out a fire of life, and was about to stab the opponent, but at this moment, he found that the opponent was no longer breathing...

He was dumbfounded now, losing the pilot meant he couldn't drive the airship.However, this is the end of the matter, and it is useless to regret.He quickly calmed down, first looking for the route map and direction indicator, determining his approximate position, and then collecting food and oxygen cylinders.

It is still a day's flight away from the main mining area. If you fly with membrane wings, it will take about three days.When you get there, you should be able to find the mining points of the major forces.

Afterwards, he filled two bottles of oxygen, picked some compressed biscuits, and then used the middle-aged man's corpse to hatch a group of soldier ants, and spread out to investigate the surrounding situation.

After confirming the location of the next island, he immediately spread his membrane wings and flew towards it.Since he can't carry too many things, otherwise he won't be able to fly, so the oxygen and food he can carry on his body are not much, which is only enough to consume for four days.The current situation can be said to be very dangerous.Once the oxygen is exhausted, it will face the fate of suffocation.

In addition, he is still unable to fly for a long time, and he has to stop and rest for a while every two or three hours.

More than two hours later, he flew to an island, folded his membrane wings, and landed.

Here is the fringe area, where a large number of banana plants grow.The leaves are drooping, or green, or red, and the leaf stems are covered with small round holes, spraying out one or two thumb-thick water mist from time to time.

Tie Slag sat down where he was and drank the water.He doesn't know much about this place, so it's better to have one thing less than one thing more. It's better not to get close to these strange plants.

He was in a daze when suddenly a sharp wind blew up behind his head, and he immediately turned his head and turned his body sideways at the same time.

"Snapped!"

In the next second, grass and blades were flying on the ground, and sand and rocks were rolling.Looking sideways, it turned out to be a vine as thick as an arm, dark green in color, shrinking and wriggling like a living thing.

Iron Slag was startled and flew into the air.

"call out!"

In the mist, a black shadow sprang out, like a dancing whip, volleying towards it.Seeing that Tie Slag couldn't dodge, he made a decisive decision, drew his knife and slashed, and a huge force came from the blade of the sword, pushing him to fly backwards.The half of the vine that was cut off by him fell to the ground, writhing and writhing like a dying python.

"Ugh..."

A long cry came from the dense forest, like the sound of a bird and the sound of the wind.After a few breaths, he stabilized his body, flapped his membrane wings, quickly climbed up, and flew away from the island.

A few hours later, the slag landed on the edge of the next island.This time he was more cautious, grabbed the dirt from the ground and threw it around, and sat down to rest after making sure it was safe.

Looking around, here is another scene. There are a large number of water bottle-shaped plants growing, narrow at the top and bottom, wide in the middle, with few leaves but very wide, distributed in sheets on the top of the crown.On the whole, it is like a water bottle with leaves inserted in the mouth of the bottle.

Iron Slag recognized it. This kind of tree is called "water bottle tree". There is a large amount of sap stored in the trunk, which is said to be drinkable and tastes sweet and delicious.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked into the woods, found a larger water bottle tree, drew out his dagger and stabbed in.

"laugh……"

A mist of water sprayed out, carrying a faint sweet fragrance.Immediately afterwards, a thin jet of water sprayed out.

Iron Slag quickly opened his mouth to catch it, the sap was cold and refreshing, like fruit juice frozen for a long time, very delicious.

After drinking for a while, Tie Slag wiped his mouth contentedly, and began to search around again.It is said that a plant called "bread tree" will grow near the water bottle tree.

The bread tree looks like an ordinary apple tree, but if its fruit is baked, it will expand and become larger, and it tastes like cheese bread, which is very delicious.

The dense forest didn't look dangerous, and he wandered around without any trouble.

As we walked, the front suddenly opened up, and the ground showed the color of mud.The flowers and trees in the forest seem to stop growing along an arc.

Flying to a high place and looking, there is a strange big red flower growing in the middle of the open space.

The flower is three to four meters in diameter, the petals are as bright red as fire, and they are so delicate and beautiful that they seem to have a magical power, which makes people want to get closer and observe.

Like a ghost sent by a god, Iron Slag flew over slowly.And when he was still about ten meters away from the flower, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his mind, as if a needle had been stuck in it.He immediately woke up with a start, and quickly retreated as if fleeing.

Nightmare Overlord Flower, one of the scariest dream plants in Qiman's dreams.

According to the analysis of scholars, it can send out a kind of psychic wave to lure creatures to approach, and then use its roots to gradually absorb the nutrients of the prey over a long period of time.Once fascinated by it, even the holy rank might fall, staring blankly at the petals until they become a skeleton.

Recalling the scene just now, Tie Slag was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.If there was no reminder of that trace of source power, he would have died.

Now alone, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he immediately set off and headed for the next island.

For the next 30 hours or so, he buried himself in his journey until he was so sleepy that he landed on the edge of an island and was ready to sleep.

Most of the first bottle of oxygen had been consumed, and he became more and more anxious.Until now, he can only be sure that the direction is roughly correct.If he could not find camp within fifty hours, he would die from lack of oxygen.

Thinking of this, he felt regretful.After going through so many ups and downs, it is really not reconciled to die under a single negligence.

Even though he is in a desperate situation at this moment, he is still a simple person.After sighing, he leaned against the stone and fell asleep.He is the kind of person who is going to be executed tomorrow morning, but can still eat well and sleep soundly tonight.It's no big deal to die anyway.

Wake up to sleep, sleep to wake up, seven or eight hours later, he ate a few compressed biscuits and continued on his way.

A few hours later, he dropped the first oxygen tank and activated the second.

During this period, in order to save oxygen, he tried to inhale every three hours, but at two hours and twenty minutes, he felt dizzy and weak, and almost fell into the sea of ​​eternal sleep.With this lesson learned, he did not dare to try again, and he inhaled oxygen on time every time.

More than 20 hours later, half of the second bottle of oxygen was left, and the irritability in his heart could no longer be described in words.

However, the surrounding area is still a vast expanse of whiteness.He even felt that he had been circling in circles, never leaving the starting point.

Suddenly, he came to a small island.The place here is not big, and you can see the end at a glance. There is a very large banyan tree in the middle, with luxuriant branches and leaves, covering the sun and sky, and casting a large shadow on the ground.The water mist as white as a veil surrounds it, rising slowly and drifting away.Everything in front of me seems to be a mirage, like a dream, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

In this place, the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are.He didn't dare to approach, just resting on the edge of the island.

Not long after sitting down, there was a rustling sound all around, and then the ground seemed to boil like boiling water.He suddenly changed his face, spread his membrane wings, and flew into the air.

"Shhhhhhhhhh!"

The moment it left the ground, countless roots broke through the ground, and one of the longer ones wrapped around his ankle and pulled it down.

Iron Slag immediately pulled out the straight machete, cut it downwards, and cut off the root of the tree.But in the next second, more roots wound up. He just cut off one side, and the other side rolled up again.

He was quickly dragged to the ground, more roots drilled out of the soil, wrapped around him layer by layer, twisted, and dragged towards the big banyan tree.

With his feet in the soil, he used the strength of his waist to break free from the roots wrapped around his hands, swung the machete round, turned around, and swept it out with a single stroke. With a sound of "唰啦", it swept away a large area of ​​roots in front of him.

But the roots on the ground seem to be endless, just cut off one side, and the other side surrounded it again.At the same time, dense roots hang down from the crown of the tree, twisted into several strands, and attacked him.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Iron Slag no longer hesitated, took out a metal pipe from his pocket, and stuck it into his thigh.

In an instant, the purple-red liquid flowed into the blood vessels and pumped into the atrium, bringing endless power.

"Yeah~" A deep sigh came from the deepest part of the chest, with unspeakable madness and joy.

In the whites of the eyes, bloodshots were growing crazily, intersecting and spreading.In an instant, the pupils were covered, like weeping blood.This is a demon stimulant obtained from "Killer Bee" Bill, which can maximize potential and burn life.

He was exuding high fever, and his exposed skin glowed with a strange red light, like a piece of red-hot iron.Once the roots entangled with him touched his skin, they would make a soft "chi chi chi" sound and emit a large amount of water vapor.

"Wow wow wow!"

The next moment, he roared like a beast, and waved the straight machete in his hand, like a destructive whirlwind, twisting the surrounding roots to break layer by layer, and scattered in all directions.

"Cuckoo la la..."

At this time, the big banyan tree not far away suddenly moved, the crown swayed, and the branches cracked.In an instant, the dense roots rushed straight to the iron slag like a tide.

"Shhhhh!"

The sharp sound of sharp blades piercing the air continued, and a large number of broken roots were thrown into the air and fell backward.

Seemingly aware of the strength of the prey, Roots gave up the attack and shrank back.

Under the influence of the stimulant, Iron Slag, who should have been evacuated, was already red-eyed, holding the sword in both hands, chasing the roots and slashing left and right.

In the blink of an eye, he rushed under the banyan tree and slashed at the trunk surrounded by several people, causing the bark and sawdust to fly around.

"Ugh..."

There was a dull hum from above, like a strong wind blowing through a cave, making eardrums ache.I saw his legs flaring up, he rushed up to the crown of the tree, swinging the machete, the branches and leaves fell off one after another.

"Ugh..."

In the center of the canopy, there was another loud noise.He fixed his eyes, locked on the source of the sound, split the roots blocking in front of him, and rushed straight over.

"Shhhhhh!"

As the sound sounded, the branches and leaves swayed and yanked towards the iron slag.But seeing a flash of light, Qi Qi broke.

Tie Slag slashed all the way, like a broken bamboo, the blade in his hand was invincible, and soon reached the center of the tree crown.

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a burst of sound in the depths, similar to the beating of a heartbeat.Splitting the branches and leaves covering the front, a huge tumor appeared in front of my eyes.It is beating rapidly, with veins thick as water pipes all over it, becoming thicker and thinner with the rhythm of contraction and relaxation.

The berserk iron slag stabs straight at the first time, and with a "poof", it reaches the end of the knife handle.

"Ugh..."

The huge wind was deafening, the whole banyan tree swayed violently, and the branches twitched crazily.

Iron Slag couldn't stand still and fell from the tree.In mid-air, he flapped his membrane wings and flew to the side.

"Cuckoo la la..."

With a harsh cracking sound, the huge banyan tree began to shrink.Looking down, the earth and rocks on the ground were rolling, and the tree trunks were sinking chapter by chapter.In less than half a minute, it retracted into the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.In the original place, only a big hole was left.

Tie Slag was so dumbfounded that he forgot to continue attacking.I didn't expect this dream plant to be able to retract into the ground, it's really amazing.

Not long after, a burst of tiredness hit, and the side effects of the demon stimulant came.Tie Slag's eyelids sank, and he almost fell asleep.He quickly pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into his thigh to keep himself awake. At the same time, he unscrewed the oxygen bottle and gasped for oxygen.

About an hour later, he gradually recovered, and then he was shocked to find that the oxygen cylinder was almost bottomed out.

The oxygen that could last for more than 20 hours is now only a few minutes...

(End of this chapter)