Chapter 363 (1/2)

On the edge between two dense forests, and in the gra.s.s that was almost as tall as a full grown human being, one or two strange human heads often popped out from the gra.s.s from time to time to watch the movements on the other side of the forest vigilantly.

“Those are Watchers, the one that was killed by the golden armored woman is also one of them. Amongst all the plants, they are the weakest. However, they are also indispensable. The Ruler Of The Forest needs them to monitor everything that happens on the edge of the forest. Although they are the weakest, you can’t underestimate them. They are not the creatures that we can mess around with.” The old man carefully hid the broken spear in his clothes and said quietly.

Chu Yunsheng didn’t pay attention to what the old man was saying. He was still thinking about how to leave this place as soon as possible. However, it seemed like he would have a little bit of trouble avoiding those Watchers.

So he could not help but look at the Watcher that was nearest to him from top to bottom, in attempting to remember all its features.

“Hissss…”

The Watcher immediately noticed that Chu Yunsheng was looking at it. It was making a hissing sound to express its dissatisfaction.

The old man quickly dragged Chu Yunsheng away. He lowered his voice and reminded Chu Yunsheng again, “young man, if you want to survive in this place, the first rule you need to remember is that you shouldn’t look at those plants at any time. They don’t like people staring at them. If they get angry, you will be killed!”

Chu Yunsheng immediately stopped looking at it and pressed down his cap. He speeded up his pace and carried on thinking for a solution.

The hazy s.h.i.+mmer in the sky slowly disappeared, many lamp-like plants began to glow in the forest, some were glowing dim yellow light, some were like light sticks glowing in strange cool colors. Most of the “lamps” were in different shapes and colors, and the light they gave out made the whole night forest look mysterious and wonderful…

“Those are Lamp Plants, they like to be active during the night time. We are also depending on them to give out light during the night. But don’t try to approach them, they will confuse your vision and make you lose yourself. They will make you believe that you have returned to the age of light, and then hide you until you become one of them.” The old man kept explaining everything to Chu Yunsheng. It seemed like he knew everything about this place.

As they walked further, many rows of brown cactus-like plants began to appear in their sight. Different to the plants they saw earlier, those plants had a human head at the bottom of their bodies.

“Those are Thorn Shooter Plants. They are a bunch of dangerous creatures, don’t try to smile in front of them, even if you want to show your friendliness, they will think that you are mocking them. They will shoot many sharp thorns at you!” The old man emphasized.

When they just pa.s.sed rows of Thorn Shooter Plants, they encountered another group of tree-like creatures. On those creatures’ branches, there were many eggplant-like fruits, and of those eggplants-like fruits had a small mouth and sharp teeth. Some of them were half open, some of them were completely closed.

Chu Yunsheng thought that if he was not wrong, those plants must have a human head as well. However, even with his ability, he was surprised that he couldn’t even find their heads.

“Those are Poisonous Eggplants, they always like to hide their heads. They thought that in that way, no one will be able to find out that they are one of those Zhiwu People. But if you dare to try to find out where their heads are, then they will spit poisonous liquid at you. Their deadly liquid could even kill an insect!” The old man’s eyes had a faint of admiration when he said it.

After a group of Poisonous Eggplants, it was an area that was covered with sharp spikes. All the spikes were as tall as a full-grown human being. In the lamp plant’s cool light, those sharp spikes were revealing the deadly sheen.

“This area is Underground Stingers’ territory. We need to keep a distance from them at all times. They like to bury their head in the ground, only revealing their faces, so they could stare into the sky at all times. It is said that they are waiting for the sun to come out, and if anyone dares to block their views, they would use their sharp spikes to stab them.” said the old man.

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With the old man’s help, Chu Yunsheng got to know many new creatures in just one day. There were other Zhiwu People like Vine People, Juanxi People, Fruit Bomb people….

This place had an army of strange plants that had human heads!

It made Chu Yunsheng wonder who had an ability to produce a Plants Empire like this?

From the old man’s tone, it seemed like the ruler of this forest might be a human being.

Of course, whether it was a human being or not, it really had nothing to do with him. He was just a pa.s.serby. Although he was temporarily trapped here, he would eventually get out of here.

He refused to get to know anyone again. He just wanted to carry on his journey alone, and quietly.

However, his fate seemed to want to play a game with him. From the beginning he was dragged into this forest unconsciously, then he got into a strange fight inadvertently, and then he didn’t know why he would follow the old man to this place. Everything was against his will. But everything happened one after another.

Eventually, they arrived at a wall made of many trees densely packed together. What was more shocking was that those three were so big and so tall that they couldn’t even see the top of the tree. According to the old man, the trees in front of them were called Guardians. They had the strongest defense ability amongst all the plants.

“The swarm once pushed all the way here, but they were eventually stopped by those guardians. The swarm had tried everything they could and attacked non-stop for almost a month. All of those guardians lost their branches during the defense at that time. It was because of them, the ruler of the forest had enough time to prepare an army of masked men and initiate a counter-attack.” the old man said respectfully.

“Can I touch them?” Asked a young man who was carrying a big bag on his back, and the bag seemed to be stuffed with many things. He was following the old man and Chu Yunsheng from the beginning, so he also heard everything the old man said.

“Yes, you can, they are the most gentle creatures amongst all the Zhiwu People, they have never harmed anyone before.” the old man suddenly felt a little melancholy as if he suddenly remembered something sad.

The young man jolted, adjusting the seemingly heavy bag on his back and slowly walked forward a few steps. He pressed his hands on the big entangled tree roots, instantly a strange energy fluctuation began to appear around them.

“Oh my G.o.d, this is amazing, this is G.o.d’s work!” The young man was amazed.

His voice was a little loud. The golden armored woman instantly turned around and looked at the young man, the old man, and Chu Yunsheng while her eyebrows were pressed close together.

It was at that moment, the masked man who was guarding the entrance seemed to have activated something. The entangled tree roots began to slowly move away and opened a pa.s.sage for them to pa.s.s through.

Chu Yunsheng followed them to pa.s.s through a pa.s.sage that was made of tree roots. Behind the pa.s.sage was a big open green field with many thatched houses scattering around the places. The place was bustling with people and everyone seemed to be busy doing something.

“All of you, follow me.” The masked man pointed his spear at Chu Yunsheng’s group and said.

“This man has some skills, you may want to consider recruiting him.” One of the men that had fire energy patted the masked man’s shoulder and said while pointing his fingers at Chu Yunsheng.