Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1143 Tree Vine
The trees were very tall with large canopies, blocking most of the sunlight, making the forest dark and the air extremely stagnant. The ground was littered with the carcasses of wild boars, and the stench of blood was overwhelming.

Or rather, apart from the smell of blood, there was nothing else to smell.

Perhaps the strong smell of blood had scared away the wild beasts around, making it exceptionally quiet, except for the occasional footsteps and heavy breathing of the only active person.

When the Blue and Green Team members cautiously returned to the woods, this was the scene they encountered. It was somewhat eerie.

"You're finally back! Hurry up and collect the crystals, or the smell of blood here will attract even more powerful beasts." Shi Jia had been collecting crystals for almost an hour, and his back ached from exhaustion.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the man return, waved, and sat down on the wild boar beside him.

He weakly pounded his right arm, which was almost numb. Then he pounded his lower back, which was also stiff.

"Huh? What are you standing there for? Get to work!" Shi Jia looked at the group of guys opposite him, who seemed to be frozen in place, with surprise.

"Shi Jia, are you alright?" Lu Tianxue looked him up and down. "Did you chase away those wild boars?"

"They chased you! I waited for more than ten minutes before I came down from the tree." How could Shi Jia possibly admit that?

"Oh, that's good." Lu Tianxue quickly urged everyone to get to work. "By the way, Shi Jia, Cheng Zi was injured by the Turbid Beast. Can you help her purify the turbid energy now? Or you can do it later."

"It's okay, now, Chengzi, come here!" Shi Jia beckoned.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble, junior." Cheng Zi limped over to Shi Jia's side. In just over an hour, her wound had already turned black. But this was not poison, but rather the corrosive effect of turbid energy.

Not only that, Chengzi's face was pale, with a hint of blue.

Shi Jia quickly summoned the sapling, "Sit there!" Before she could even sit down, the sapling's aerial roots had already pierced her wound. Green energy flowed into the wound, while the gray-black turbid energy was drawn out.

Gradually, Orange felt the numbness in her injured thigh subside, and her chilled back warmed up. She felt as if she had been freed from the state of being entangled and wrapped by a spider.

"Phew~ Thank you, junior!" Cheng Zi breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at Shi Jia.

Shi Jia smiled and told the sapling to retract its aerial roots, saying, "Take care of your external injuries yourself; I'm not very good at it."

In fact, the sapling could also heal external injuries, but Shi Jia felt this was a bit too overpowered and didn't intend to reveal it. Besides, this kind of external injury wasn't a big problem for Chengzi, a green-rank spirit mage.

Cheng Zi quickly bandaged her wound and then nimbly went to collect crystals, showing no signs of being injured.

Shi Jiaxin nodded with satisfaction.

With everyone working together, Cheng Zi, Liu Zhan, and Huang Qi were mainly responsible for collecting the crystals, while Lu Tianxue, Chen Yinong, and Dai Yuxuan were responsible for moving the wild boar carcass. It was more troublesome for spirit martial artists to dig for crystals, but spirit painters could simply use their brushes to make the crystals fall off automatically without leaving a trace of blood.

In less than half an hour, the remaining hundreds of crystals were collected, and Shi Jia then took out a basket full of crystals. Hmm, this basket was just drawn.

"This is what I just dug up. Captain, keep it. We'll distribute it after we leave the black zone," Shi Jia said with a smile.

Lu Tianxue nodded and put it into a mustard bag.

"How is everyone doing? If there are no problems, we should continue to explore deeper." Everyone naturally agreed. Although they had just harvested over a thousand crystals, this was only the first day.

Lu Tianxue continued to lead the team as they ventured deeper into the area.

The deeper you go, the fewer grass and vines there are, and the more towering trees there are, firmly blocking out the sky and stingily preventing even a ray of sunlight from reaching the earth.

The trees were covered with moss that didn't like sunlight, mushrooms and wood ear fungus of various colors, and the air was becoming increasingly stuffy, with each breath accompanied by a musty, damp smell.

Lu Tianxue frowned and stopped. "Everyone, take a look at the location."

"Huh? Sister Xue, there's no signal," Huang Qi exclaimed.

"Step back, we may have entered the territory inhabited by blue-tier turbid beasts." Lu Tianxue tried her best to ignore the faint but palpable pressure and calmly spoke to everyone. Without hesitation, everyone quickly turned around and returned the way they came.

"Swish—" Suddenly, the withered leaves on the ground swelled up, and something seemed to pass underneath. Seeing this, the group quickened their pace.

"Rustle—" More and more withered leaves piled up, and everyone's expression changed. Lu Tianxue shouted, "Never mind that, let's go!"

Upon hearing this, the group quickened their pace without stopping.

"欻——"

"careful!"

Lu Tianxue quickly dodged, pulling the people and vehicles behind her aside. "It's a mutated tree! Everyone, don't linger in the fight!"

Even so, it was already difficult for everyone to block the vines' attacks, let alone escape. Shi Jia was protected by the others, only occasionally using his longsword to block the vines that attacked from the gaps. Seeing that everyone's expressions were becoming more and more serious and their movements were becoming more and more sluggish, he no longer hesitated and summoned the sapling.

The moment the sapling appeared, the vines froze for a few seconds, and the group seized the opportunity to break through the vines' encirclement. However, the instant they broke through the encirclement, the vines began to lash out even more frantically.

Knowing the power of the vines, the group didn't wait for them to attack and fled for their lives as soon as they broke through the encirclement.

The people fled in front, with the tree chasing behind. Unbeknownst to them, just as the vines were about to catch up, the aerial roots of the saplings would lash out fiercely at the vines.

The vine immediately retracted, but then relentlessly chased after it again.

The crowd ran frantically, not knowing where to go. After an unknown amount of time, the rustling sound behind them finally disappeared.

"I've shaken them off!" Liu Zhan gasped for breath as he steadied himself against the rock face. Still reeling from the shock, he looked back repeatedly before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Everyone, take a break first." Lu Tianxue looked at her phone with a serious expression. "We've really arrived at the activity area of ​​the Blue-Rank Turbid Beasts this time."

"What?!" Everyone hurriedly looked at the location on their phones. "It's over, it's over! By the grace of the Painting Saint, please don't encounter any blue-tier turbid beasts!" Chen Yinong prayed with his hands clasped together.

Dai Yuxuan gave him a disdainful look. "Stop with this nonsense. You'll end up praying out a blue-tier beast in a minute..."

"Pah! Pah!" Liu Zhan quickly interrupted the two of them as they were casting a spell.

"There shouldn't be any danger around here. Let's rest for a bit." Lu Tianxue had checked the surroundings and found no signs of the turbid beast.

"Okay." Cheng Zi took out food and crystals to replenish everyone's supplies. "Sister Xue, this is for you. Zhan, take it. Xiao Nong, Xiao Yu, don't just stand there. A Qi, take it yourself."

Huang Qi said with dissatisfaction, "Chengzi, you're being too biased! Why do you personally hand them to them while I have to take them myself? That's not fair!"

Cheng Zi rolled her eyes. "So dramatic. The food's right next to you. Do you expect me to feed it to you?"

"Really? Okay, okay!" Huang Qi exclaimed with anticipation.

Cheng Zi was speechless and ignored him. This guy was pushing his luck! "Junior? What are you looking at? Here, this is your share."

"Thank you!" Shi Jia reached out and took it, then put the crystal into his mustard seed bag, stuffed the bread into his mouth, and finally freed his two hands to open the water bottle cap.

But his eyes never left the stone on the ground.

"Junior? What are you looking at?" Cheng Zi swallowed her food and curiously leaned closer.

"It's still unclear, it might be mineral pigments." Shi Jia swallowed the bread in a few bites, then gulped down half a bottle of water. He screwed the cap back on and tossed it back into the mustard bag.

“Mineral pigments? Where?” Chengzi asked in surprise.