Above the gray fog

At noon, everyone ate some simple dry food on the way and then continued on their way.

There were still 40 kilometers away from the destination. Lin Shan looked at his watch and saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. It was almost impossible to get there before the red moon appeared. Everyone had not yet advanced to extraordinary physical strength and was not as good as Lin Shan.

Looks like we have to spend the night in the fog again...

Lin Shan was a little panicked. If he was alone, it would be okay. There were so many people this time, and most of the human pioneers were here. If they were in danger, they would be in trouble... The pioneers died suddenly before they could lead the human race to rise.

This is not a funny joke.

As night fell, with the red moon in the sky, everyone gathered around a campfire and chatted in low voices. We were still fifteen kilometers away from our destination.

"Isn't it said that it's dangerous in the gray fog? I walked all day and didn't see a single ant."

"It's best if there's no danger."

"Isn't there a saying called the calm before the storm?"

"Shut up, don't be so talkative!"

Everyone was talking in low voices, while Lin Shan was leaning against the tree, alert to his surroundings.

The journey was too peaceful, and there wasn't even the roar of wild beasts. It was completely different from the first time he walked in the gray mist.

Lin Shan didn't close his eyes the whole night, his nerves were tense.

Nothing happened all night until dawn.

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief, walked at the front and continued on his way.

Suddenly, he discovered an abnormality, which came from the red lantern in his hand.

The red lantern is trembling!

The parchment proactively gave hints.

Parchment: [He is watching you...Under His gaze, all living and dead people who exist or do not exist will surrender. He will watch the new fire...His gaze runs through the nine...]

The writing stopped abruptly here, and many words in the middle were blurred, as if they had been erased.

The next second.

"Click...".

Lin Shan's mind trembled. The parchment was actually torn. Although it was only a small tear...but this was in his mind!

No one present, including Lin Shan, felt anything unusual. This unknown power was specifically aimed at the weird!

The red lantern trembled in my hand, and the parchment was completely silent in my mind.

The journey was smooth and we arrived at the Purple Soul Flower Forest.

Before entering the flower forest, Lin Shan's heart trembled again. Not far ahead, an old man stared at them quietly. He was still the old man he saw that day, his cold and dead eyes without any emotion.

Fortunately, this time the old man didn't come out to stop them, he just stood there quietly.

"Is it him who is helping us? No, if it is him, there is no need for Red Lantern to be so afraid. The first time Red Lantern fought with the old man, it was back and forth. It has only been a few days since he could not even look at him and make him tremble. "

Zhao Xiaoan saw Lin Shan staring straight ahead and asked, "Lin Shan, what are you looking at?"

"No." Lin Shan came back to his senses and said, "I didn't see anything." Zhao Xiaoan and the others couldn't see the strange old man appearing in the distance because their sight was blocked in the gray fog. It was better not to say it to scare them. At present, it seemed that this strange thing The old man seemed to mean no harm.

Looking there again, I found that the old man had disappeared.

After walking a few hundred meters further, the gray fog gradually dissipated, and a wide river appeared in front of everyone.

"This is probably the forest we just passed through. I didn't expect to come back again."

Zhang Zhonghua said with emotion.

"Those who didn't fold flowers at the beginning have to fold flowers now. Those brothers and sisters who died have folded flowers too early." Wu Wang said with emotion as he looked at the flowers in front of him.

Huang Ying said with a smile: "After half a year, this place is still like a fairyland. The seasons seem to have no impact on this forest."

"Indeed, the leaves on the trees outside are gone, but the trees here are still the same as before."

…

"Stop sighing, let's cross the river." Lin Shan interrupted their useless sighs.

Everyone waded across the river. They were all pseudo-supernatural, and their physical fitness was even better than that of Lin Shan back then. This river was nothing to them.

Lin Shan opened his schoolbag, took out the magic potion that had been prepared inside, and distributed it to everyone, saying: "Eat the flowers first, then drink these two bottles of potion, and just find a place to sit."

"Don't go too deep into this forest, and don't go too far away. This forest is not affected by the gray fog. If someone wakes up first, catch fish from the river to eat." Lin Shan then reminded.

"You want to leave?" Zhao Xiaoan asked.

"Yes, didn't I tell you?" Lin Shan replied.

Zhao Xiaoan said with a smile: "Then you have to come back alive, otherwise we won't be able to go back."

Lin Shan was silent. He couldn't guarantee that he would live. Next, he would walk straight in the gray fog for nearly five thousand miles. This distance was still walking in the gray fog...

Fortunately, there are horses, which can help him shorten this time. If he is lucky, he may be able to come back in a month. If he is unlucky, it is not uncommon for him to not be able to come back.

Lin Shan said seriously: "Try to wait until I come back. If I haven't come back in half a year, you can go on your own. If you are lucky, you may be able to walk back."

"Hey", Zhao Xiaoan sighed softly.

Lin Shan didn't talk to her anymore and sat down next to a tree.

At this time, Zhang Zhonghua, Xia Xuan, Huang Ying, Si Zhennan, and Chao Yuxin were all wrapped in light golden cocoons, leaving only Zhao Xiaoan and Wu Wang who had not yet taken the magic potion.

Zhao Xiaoan glared at Wu Wang and said, "What's your ink mark on? Why don't you drink the medicine quickly!"

Wu Wang curled his lips: "You didn't drink either."

"You take care of me." Zhao Xiaoan fully demonstrated what spicy means: "Hurry up and drink!"

Wu Wang glanced at Zhao Xiaoan meaningfully and said, "I drink, I drink."

As he spoke, he found an open space to sit down and swallowed the Purple Soul Flower in one gulp. When he felt something was wrong with his body, he immediately drank the two bottles of potion in one gulp.

Seeing Wu Wang being wrapped in a golden cocoon, Zhao Xiaoan walked to the tree next to Lin Shan and leaned against it.

"Why don't you drink?" Lin Shan asked.

Zhao Xiaoan asked: "Why don't you leave?"

"I'll leave after you finish drinking."

"I'll drink it after you leave."

"You drink first."

"You go first."

"..."

Lin Shan got up, walked directly towards the river, waded across the river, untied the horse, mounted the horse and went straight out of the flower forest.

Zhao Xiaojing watched quietly until Lin Shan disappeared into the gray mist.

In the gray fog, it was still as quiet as before, but the red lantern no longer trembled at this time.

"It seems that the unknown existence has turned away, but its power is still there..."

Lin Shan planned to use this gap to rush forward with all his strength. The red lantern fell from the sky and was caught in Lin Shan's hand. His sight suddenly returned to 400 meters.

"drive!"

He rode a horse all the way, covering a distance of nearly 100 kilometers in just four hours. During this period, there was still silence in the gray fog and he did not encounter any strange beasts. At this time, the horse under him ran slower and slower. Lin Shan realized It has reached its limit.

He once read a book about horses, which actually recorded a long-distance riding competition held somewhere. The race was 120 kilometers long. In the end, the first person to finish the race was a Mongolian horse. It took 7 hours to complete the race. Many hours.

Find a place with grass to stop. Lin Shan didn't know what kind of grass the horse ate, so he loosened the reins and let him look for something to eat. Weiyi would not take the initiative to attack the beast, so he was safer here than Lin Shan.

Looking at the time on the watch on his hand, he saw that the red moon was about to appear, and he planned to camp here tonight.

He took out the dry food he carried in his bag and calculated the speed in his mind while eating. After subtracting the rest time of the horse, he could travel nearly 200 kilometers in one day without any accidents, which was faster than walking on his own. More than three times the amount, and there was plenty of rest time.