Chapter 2730
Entering the Swamp
Chapter 2730 Entering the Swamp
Qian Wantong and Qian Ying had no clue in the end, so they could only put the matter aside for the time being and deal with it later. Their main goal now was still to find the treasure.
"Have you dealt with the branches you collected?" Qian Ying asked.
"Everything has been processed." Qian Wantong replied.
Qian Ying nodded, then waved his hand to let Qian Wantong go and take care of other things first. He then came to the grave where his own warrior was buried, looked at the grave, and felt a little indescribable in his heart.
He was already a centenarian, he had experienced all kinds of things, his heart was as hard as a rock. But the dead were his children, and they were also related to him, so every loss was a loss to the family.
They had not gone as far as the previous expedition team when they entered the valley, but they had already lost two people. Originally, according to their expectations, they should have saved some people in the previous dangerous situations.
After all, they had prepared measures to deal with the previous dangers. However, they did not expect that the prepared things would fail halfway, which caught them off guard and caused the loss of two people. If they continued to go on, they did not know how many more people would be lost.
Originally, when I brought my tribesmen here to explore, I was mentally prepared for the possibility of losing manpower, but I did not expect to lose manpower in the wrong place.
The members of other families, watching Qian Ying standing in front of the grave from afar, felt the same way. After coming here to explore, especially after going through several dangers, everyone felt a little sad, thinking that they might be the ones to die next time.
Therefore, if you want to get the treasure, you really need to exchange your life for it.
Especially the Zhou family in the team. Looking at Qian Ying's figure, Zhou Zixing, Zhou Ke, Zhou Mei and others all sighed.
Especially Zhou Ke and Zhou Mei, they thought of everything they encountered in the ancient city of Xiye, it was just a replica. It was also an adventure, it was also a search for treasures, it was also encountering dangers, but the scenes encountered were different.
In Xiye, the Zhou family not only lost three innate masters, but also lost many acquired warriors, which knocked the Zhou family from a super family in the martial arts world to an ordinary family. Fortunately, there is still a congenital master like Zhou Zixing to support them, otherwise they would definitely be an ordinary family in the martial arts world.
If the hostile family knew about the current predicament of the Zhou family and found out all the information about them, they would definitely face the destruction of the family.
Therefore, knowing that there are advanced innate medicinal materials, they can only hold on to them tightly and dare not give up even a little bit.
"Hey! It seems that the Qian family is also fighting hard!" Zhou Zixing said.
"Yes!" Zhou Ke and Zhou Mei nodded in agreement.
"Well! But judging from the loss of manpower in the Qian family and the several dangerous situations here, this place is not an easy place to deal with. Therefore, you two should go and warn the clan members to stay alert at all times and not let their guard down, otherwise, we might be the ones to die." Zhou Zixing said.
Although he was a little worried about this expedition, he also knew that their Zhou family must persevere and must find advanced innate medicinal materials, otherwise, after returning, the Zhou family might fall apart.
As long as this innate master dies, people from other families will come up and tear the Zhou family apart.
It is also the Zhou family’s fault for being too independent in doing things in the past. Not only did they not know how to share many things, they also did many things that offended other martial arts families. This is also the Zhou family’s current predicament.
After watching for a while, Zhou Zixing and others returned to the family team and got busy.
The most leisurely people at the scene were Chen Mo, Ouyang Ruoxi, and a light bulb beside them, Ouyang Nana.
Of course, Chen Mo didn't care about Ouyang Nana, but took out the food from his backpack and shared it with Ouyang Ruoxi, talking in private while eating. Fortunately, the two of them didn't go too far, after all, the Qian family was still in grief, and other family members were also sad, so the two of them just lowered their heads and talked, and they sat next to a tree in a corner, which happened to block part of the view, so as not to attract too many people's covetousness.
However, Chen Mo did not say anything else, but talked about some of the things he had discovered in the foggy air before. In particular, there were some special animals in the foggy land, and he also told Ouyang Ruoxi about them one by one.
Of course, he didn't tell anyone about his secret actions. After all, it's better not to tell others about such things. Besides, Ouyang Ruoxi is his woman, so there's no need to tell others about some secret actions. He just needs to protect her.
In fact, since Chen Mo came to this valley, because his consciousness was suppressed, he had no way to learn more about the valley. Therefore, he could only be more careful and take more precautions along the way. But he always felt that something was wrong here, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
After passing through the foggy area, it was already evening and the sky gradually darkened. Therefore, the Qian family did not decide to continue moving forward, but arranged for everyone to stay here overnight.
Of course, the necessary alerts and duty still need to be arranged. Every family needs to send people to form a temporary night watch team. And three shifts are required. After all, we have to continue to move forward tomorrow, and everyone needs to rest well.
Therefore, the personnel on duty must be rotated three times, and each shift is two and a half hours, so that the personnel on night duty can also get a good rest.
All personnel had sleeping bags, some could sleep and rest, some could meditate and practice. Anyway, it was fine to rest in any way, it was up to personal choice, as long as they rested well. Chen Mo and Ouyang Ruoxi naturally did not lie down to sleep, but meditated and practiced.
However, Chen Mo discovered that when he looked at the sky from the valley, there were no stars. This was strange. On such a cloudless night, there was no moon or stars. What was going on?
Could it be that the sky was not visible because of the fog at night? That's not right. During the day, the sky was cloudless and blue. How could there be fog?
Besides, this is the wilderness, not a small urban climate zone.
In the end, Chen Mo didn't get any results and could only take things one step at a time.
At about six o'clock, the sky began to gradually brighten. There was still no sun, but it just got so bright that Chen Mo was a little surprised.
Everyone started to tidy themselves up, and after eating a little food, they started to prepare to set off.
This time, the Qian family called the leaders of each family over, and after explaining the approximate distance they would travel and some general circumstances, they took the lead and set off.
Originally, Qian Ying was planning to let the Qian family team be behind the entire team, and let a Qian family warrior lead the team. But judging from the foggy land yesterday, it is better for the Qian family to take the lead. After all, if there is any danger, the Qian family can easily shake off the main team and leave alone.
Of course, this cannot be said in front of other family members. It is just to say that the situation behind is different from the foggy land, so today the Qian family will lead the way. Later, each family may need to take turns to lead the way.
Qian Ying also prepared a backup plan to let each family take turns to lead the way. After all, the route they were taking now had been explored by the previous Qian family team, so the people in the Qian family knew all the dangers.
However, if they reach an unexplored area, Qian Ying will naturally arrange for that family to take the lead based on the situation.
In fact, the Qian family only knew about the first section of the valley that had been explored, and they were confused about the rest. What they knew best was the section before the crystal cave, which was recorded in detail in a notebook. But there was no record or explanation of the section after that, just a vague description.
It was because of this that all members of the Qian family's first expedition team died.
The team continued to move forward. After passing the foggy area yesterday, everyone was very careful. This was a completely unfamiliar area, so it was okay to be careful. This time, Chen Mo was the last person in the team again.
When he set out, he stacked up full of BUFFs for himself and Ouyang Ruoxi and used the Vajra Talisman, so that if they encountered any danger, they would be able to resist it in time.
Walking through the dense jungle in the valley, sometimes you can't see the sky when you look up, all you can see are leaves and branches, blocking your view. Sometimes you can see the sky occasionally, and the leaves become sparser. But you can't see the sun, and the environment here is also relatively humid and mild.
After the team walked for more than two hours, they stopped again. The Qian family arranged for someone to come and tell them that there was a dangerous area ahead and everyone needed to be on guard. Also, because there was a swamp area ahead, they had to be careful with their steps, make sure to look carefully at the route the Qian family was taking, and don't walk around randomly.
Also, there are ferocious crocodiles in the swamp, so everyone should be careful.
After the reminder, the team moved forward again.
Sure enough, as we walked forward, the ground under our feet gradually became wet, and when we stepped on it, we felt mud and water. The surrounding plants also began to change. The trees began to turn into banyan trees, fir trees and other trees suitable for growing in swamps. The distance between these trees also widened, and they were no longer as blocked out as when we walked here before.
In addition, some small aquatic animals can be seen from time to time in the swamp, but as for crocodiles, there was not a single one.
As we move forward and go deeper into the swamp, pools of water or small puddles will appear from time to time.
At this moment, when the team was passing a puddle, a black shadow rushed out from the puddle and opened its mouth to bite one of the team members.
The sharp teeth and long mouth showed that it was a crocodile. Moreover, the crocodile that pounced on him was not a Yangtze alligator, but a larger crocodile like a saltwater crocodile.
Fortunately, the entire team was made up of warriors with very quick reactions. When the crocodile pounced on them, they quickly dodged and kicked the crocodile in the chin.
With a "bang", the nearly six-meter-long crocodile was kicked away.
Everyone originally thought that the crocodile might be injured or dead. After all, this warrior was very powerful and was already a high-level acquired warrior. However, they did not expect that the crocodile would land on the ground, splash water, then shake its tail, turn around and swim away.