About the brave man who became a thousand-year-old potato and ended up destroying the world

"Well, as expected, let's go to Swamp Whirlpool City as Mr. Mass said." Mervent also followed, "When should we set off?"

"Let's collect some supplies in two days," Yain said. "We'll eat and rest here tonight. You go out to hunt some prey during the day tomorrow. We'll set off early the day after tomorrow."

53. Look how scared you are for your children!

early morning.

Liu Ji and his party packed up water and food, followed the route map given by Mass, and set foot on the road to Marsh City.

As for the bunch of potato people, Liu Ji thought about what to do with them for a whole day and could only let them follow him temporarily, lined up neatly, acting as his green tail.

Since there is only a hand-drawn map and no GPS positioning, there seems to be no way in this world to determine one's own coordinates by calculating stars. Everyone needs to find the reference object on the map first, and then they can determine the specific direction.

The reference for the mass mark is a giant stone bridge.

According to him, although this swamp is an ordinary swamp with no danger, for ordinary people, an ordinary swamp itself is considered dangerous.

Although the main residents of Swamp Vortex City are Earthwalkers, they still have to do business with other races. Therefore, in the swamps surrounding the city, there are many stone bridges across dangerous swamps, connecting those in this huge swamp area. Want to be on a safe plot of land.

The stone bridge marked by the mass is the first bridge you will encounter when heading towards Swamp City from the desert direction. Seeing it indicates that you will enter an area covered with dense swamps.

but……

When everyone actually spent a whole week to find the bridge mentioned in the mass, what they saw was the ruins of the broken bridge head and a few broken bridge piers that emerged from the swamp and were covered with moss.

"Well...it seems that Mr. Mass is right. He has indeed stayed in the desert for too long." Gironini stood on the bridge with her hands on her hips, looking at the swamp in front of her, and sighed, "This The bridges are in such a state of decay, it’s hard to tell whether the city is still there or not.”

"Well, I hope it's still there. Anyway, we have to go there. Even if we're not here anymore, we still have to find some clues," Yayin said, walking to the broken bridge, whispering a mantra in her mouth, and walking along the broken bridge piers. , a road covered with hoarfrost emerged on the surface of the swamp.

Then, he jumped off the bridge first and walked along the White Frost Road.

Seeing this, Jilunini waved to everyone and jumped off the bridge shortly after.

Mowente took Callidora's hand and held her in his arms. The dragon's wings spread out and he floated down from the bridge gracefully.

Liu Ji and Ao Sa, who were still behind, were caught off guard and showed off their faces.

Liu Ji walked to the bridge, looked at the road below, and then at the pile of potatoes behind him, scratched his head, and thought about a question.

Do you think if these potatoes fell into a swamp, would they grow better, or would they just soak and rot?

And if these potatoes with legs jump into the swamp, can they still move as smoothly as before?

Just when Liu Ji was distressed, he felt a big furry hand pat his shoulder.

When he turned his head, he saw Osa holding his empty basket, pointing inside with a smile and making a "please use" gesture.

Liu Ji was stunned for a moment, then he understood. He secretly sighed at Osa's thoughtfulness, smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up, then turned to the potatoes in the ground and shouted: "Children, come out and come into this box." .”

However, for some reason, the potatoes, who had always been obedient before, seemed to be a little hesitant. Each of them only had half of his head out of the soil, looking at each other and Liu Ji blankly.

From their emotions, Liu Ji felt a hint of uneasiness and resistance.

"Huh? Is it true that potatoes can't go into the swamp?"

Liu Jiru thought, took the frame, patted the frame on the potatoes, and said: "Don't worry, we won't let you go into the swamp. Do you see this frame? Just stay inside."

However, the potatoes still seemed very hesitant. After waiting for a while, they crawled out of the soil one by one and got into the box one by one.

"Hey, don't be so afraid, I won't let you fall," Liu Ji said, putting the basket on his back.

Immediately, he smiled at Osa, signaled that he was ready, and jumped off the bridge like the people before him.

but.

He forgot one thing.

When he transformed into his desert avatar form, he became stronger not only in physical strength, but also in weight.

With a click, the icy surface of the swamp was shattered by him. Half of Liu Ji's body fell directly into the mud. The splashing mud penetrated through the gaps in the baskets, shocking the baskets of potatoes.

Just when Liu Ji was panicking, suddenly, a giant rock hand emerged from the mud behind him, picked him up, and then carried him with a confused face all the way to Ya Yin.

Then, Yayin stretched out her staff, tapped his head lightly, and said with a spell: "Be careful."

"Ah, sorry," Liu Jihan smiled and scratched his head.

Because Liu Ji has been learning mantras while traveling this week, and now he can finally have this most basic phrase conversation smoothly.

Yayin manipulated her giant hand to put Liu Ji on the ground, and whispered: "Follow me."

After that, he led everyone and Osa who had just jumped off, and headed towards the depths of the swamp along the ruins of the ruined ancient bridge.

At this time, a few dozen meters away behind everyone, a small brown bird flew over from a short distance.

The little bird landed on the reeds beside the swamp and pecked at the insects on the reed poles.

Then suddenly, one of the round, fat insects fell from the reed pole and landed on the muddy ground with a thud.

The little bird tilted its head, looked at the little fat insect writhing on the mud, let out a soft cry, and immediately landed on the mud, and quickly pecked the little fat insect.

Then pecked again.

Peck again, pick it up, flick it, throw it to the ground, peck it again, pick it up again, flick it again, raise your head, open your mouth, and swallow it into your stomach.

Well, comfortable.

This was probably the fattest bug it had eaten recently.

The satisfied bird spread its wings and wanted to fly elsewhere to find other food.

However, it found that it could not fly.

Looking down, he saw that there were thin black lines emerging from the swamp soil at some point and burrowing into the skin of its legs.

The little bird was frightened and struggled immediately, but the more she struggled, the more unbearable pain she felt in her legs. The black lines that penetrated the skin seemed to be stuck to its bone marrow. When it struggled, it was painful. of pain.

The pain made the bird panic even more, and its survival instinct made it flap its wings crazily, trying to break free from the restraints of those black lines.

But the fierce struggle not only failed to make it fly, but made it unstable and fell directly to the ground.

It tried to stand up in a panic, but the half of its body that was in contact with the mud felt the same heartbreaking pain as its legs. It could only desperately flap its only wing that was still exposed on the ground.

Then, gradually, even the only wing could no longer move. The eye it exposed on the ground stared unwillingly at the piece of sky it once owned.

Then, countless thin black threads climbed up its body, dragging it bit by bit deeper into the swamp.

Gollum.

A bubble rose to the ground and turned into a small mud puddle with a pop.

54. Only if the backward intelligence of a thousand-year-old otaku can be relied upon is there a ghost.

Liu Ji was a little strange. He wondered if he had been frightened by the splashing mud before. The little potatoes who used to chatter non-stop whenever they got a chance to get out of the ground were always quiet along the way.

"What's wrong in this swamp?" Liu Ji suddenly felt worried in his heart.

but……

Along the way, they didn't seem to see anything unusual except for a lot of mosquitoes.

Mr. Mass also said before that this place was just an ordinary swamp thousands of years ago.

That is, it is a bit disturbing that the bridge has turned into ruins.

About 10 minutes later, everyone crossed the ruins of the long stone bridge and arrived at the first safe spot in the swamp.

It was a stone hill, about the size of a football field. The surface seemed to have been artificially processed and was very flat, but it was covered with moss. Apparently no one had been there for a long time.

Yayin looked at the map, then looked up at the land, frowned and said: "Sure enough, Mr. Mass's information has been out of date for a long time. The map said this was an inn, but now there is not even a foundation left. Down."

"It's not necessarily a matter of time. He once said that the desert was not a desert before," Callidora continued, "This direction leads directly to the desert. I think maybe it's because that side has become a desert." After entering the desert, this road gradually became deserted."

"Well...this explanation is indeed more reasonable," Yayin sighed and looked forward, "It's just that the next road will be difficult..."

According to the instructions on the map, they needed to rent a unique local creature called a bog turtle at the inn for the rest of the way, and rely on the swamp sled pulled by them to continue moving forward.

But now there is not even a bird to be seen on this bare stone hill, let alone a bog turtle.

In the short term, Yayin can continue to use magic to pave the way, but as time goes by, her magic reserves will always be insufficient, and the swamp terrain is unlike other terrains. Even if she wants to use earth magic to temporarily build a foothold, the earth platform will slowly sink.

"It would be great if Snow was here, his summoned beast is suitable for this kind of thing," Jilunini muttered.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll have to find a way to pave the way for Kali," Yayin let out a long sigh, "I'm tired just thinking about it..."

"Where is your little apprentice? Can he help pave the way?" Mowente interjected.

"Him? This..." Yayin hesitated for a while, but still shook her head, "No, he is still learning spells. He knows nothing about the control of magic power and the guidance of magic. This kind of long-term control of magic power output and It’s hard for him to do the output range job well.”

"Really, it's really not that simple," Mowente scratched his head, "Magic is really complicated."

"But, you did remind me that although he can't help pave the road, he may be able to help with other things," Yayin said, "But it's getting late today, so while there are still natural places to stay, we'll start here today Make a fire here and sleep for one night. As for what to do tomorrow, let me think about it."

"Well, it's up to you," Mo Wente agreed, then turned around and asked others to make a fire and set up camp.

At the same time, Liu Ji, who could not understand what everyone was saying, was standing on the bridge pier on this side and looking at the scenery.

The potato boys were still very quiet, hugging each other and shivering. They kept sending Liu Ji an uneasy feeling, which made him feel a little panicked now.

At first, he could convince himself that this was the muddy land that the potato boys instinctively feared, but gradually, he also felt that something was wrong.

There is a certain sound missing from the environment here.

The wind rustles, the branches and leaves rub, the mosquitoes buzz, the mud bubbles burst...

But Liu Ji hadn't heard any more than the chirping of birds and the croaking of frogs since he stepped into the swamp.

Are you surprised that there are no birds or frogs here?

After all, it's a different world, but that doesn't mean it's completely impossible.

But Liu Ji still felt a little nervous. He always felt that there seemed to be something hidden in the dark mud.

While he was staring nervously at the swamp, he suddenly felt something poke his waist.

Liu Ji, who was highly nervous, jumped up in fright. When he turned around, he realized that it was Ya Yin who poked him.

"What's wrong?" Looking at Liu Ji's trembling look, Yayin asked doubtfully, "Is it your first time entering the swamp?"

"Uh, well, first time," Liu Ji nodded.

It was indeed the first time. He had never been to the swamp in his previous life.

"But," Liu Ji scratched his cheek, "the swamp is weird, and you can't hear the birds singing."

After hearing this, Yayin was slightly startled, and then her eyes glanced around, as if she was concentrating on listening to the sounds nearby.

The more she listened, the deeper her frown deepened.

She had been thinking about the road before, but she really didn't realize that she couldn't even hear a bird chirping in the swamp.

Swamps, a breeding ground for mosquitoes, are supposed to be the best places for birds to feed. It's no surprise that there are no birds singing in such a place.

But why?

What is the reason for this situation?

And just when Yayin frowned and thought, suddenly, an exclamation came from the crowd behind them.

"Ossa? Ossa! What's wrong with you! Hey! You walked into the swamp!"

Yayin was suddenly startled. When he turned around, he suddenly found that Osa's entire lower body was trapped in the swamp. At this time, he looked like he was just waking up from a dream. But soon, he also noticed his situation and suddenly revealed A look of horror.

And Jilunini, who had just exclaimed, also had his hands free. He picked up a thick rope used for camping and threw it directly towards Osa.

Ao Sa grabbed the rope and was about to pull it up when he was suddenly struck by the pain in his lower body and grimaced in pain.

He instantly realized that something seemed to be holding him back in the swamp.

Not daring to delay, Osa immediately let out a roar, a layer of golden light flashed across his fur, and his whole body seemed to expand in a full circle.

At the same time, a red light flashed in Jilunini's eyes, and his whole aura changed drastically in an instant, making him look manic and violent.

Then, she growled, pulled the rope suddenly, and pulled Ossa up from the swamp.

However, she was not able to drag Osa directly to the shore, but pulled him out of the swamp.

Everyone also noticed at this moment that countless thin black threads were clinging to Osa's legs, tearing at his flesh.

Those thin threads seemed to be alive, constantly squirming, trying to burrow into Osa's flesh and blood, and then drag him into the dark mire.

At this critical moment, I heard the long sword clang out of its sheath, the dragon wings unfolded, and the sword in Mowente's hand flashed, cutting off the thousands of thin threads in an instant.

"Luni! Pull him up!" Mowente shouted loudly in mid-air.