Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

According to the fat man's description, Zhang Shi led everyone around the dense forest and came to the foot of a mountain. The top of the mountain was blocked by layers of cliffs, and the specific situation above could not be seen clearly for a while.

According to the fat man, there was a small path leading directly to the top of the mountain, where there was a secret realm. It was filled with both danger and opportunity, and was infested with high-level beasts. The necklace he wore, which could fire water arrows, was something he had stumbled upon in that secret realm. If he hadn't brought a scroll to the city that day, he would have died there.

As for the Dragon and Tiger Alliance, they later sent people to explore this place, but no one who went in came out alive.

Zhang Shi guessed that this was probably a gathering place for wild animals, and that it must contain some rare treasures, or at least a high-level treasure chest. Therefore, as soon as he teleported here, he led hundreds of people into the mountains in a mighty procession.

Because of the heavy rain, some weaker beasts had long since stopped moving outside, and the stronger beasts didn't dare to challenge a group of hundreds of people, so they would stay away as soon as they saw the crowd. Therefore, the journey was particularly smooth. After Zhang Shi and his companions found a small path, they slowed down and slowly climbed to the top of the mountain.

For some reason, a faint white mist rose from the top of the mountain, and even the heavy rain could not disperse it, as if it was a space isolated from the world.

Zhang Shi discovered something was wrong, so he took out Lao Duan and slowly approached the thick fog, trying to disperse it, but found that it had no effect at all. This reminded him of his experience in Huojia Village.

"This should be the secret place that the fat man mentioned. Through the thick fog is a primeval forest."

Zhao Feng looked at the white fog and also had doubts in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Shi decided to go in and check. After all, they had more than a hundred people, so if they handled it carefully, there shouldn't be any big problems.

As Zhang Shi's body reached into the white mist, he felt that all his senses were blocked in an instant. The feeling was indescribable, and it only brought him infinite fear and confusion.

Fortunately, this feeling lasted only a moment. After passing through the white mist, a lush greenery opened before him. From time to time, birds chirped from the trees ahead, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and birdsong. There was no heavy rain here, and the sunlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves and fell on Zhang Shi's face, making him feel extremely comfortable.

"Fuck, why is this place so similar to the psychedelic forest?"

Zhao Feng followed closely behind and was also shocked by the scene.

More and more soldiers appeared in the forest through the white fog. Zhang Shi looked at each soldier nervously, silently counting their numbers in his mind.

Finally, when the hundredth soldier appeared in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The fat man didn't describe the secret realm in detail, so Zhang Shi and the others could only explore it on their own. The primeval forest was densely wooded. Zhang Shi formed the team into a long line and walked carefully inside.

Soon, something happened up ahead. The scout in front was hit by a stone, knocking him to the ground. The stone made a crisp sound against the steel armor, evidently with considerable force.

Zhang Shi activated Ding Zhen all the time, and suddenly found a ferocious-looking monkey with a green face and fangs from the dense bushes. He decisively used the Shadow Step to flash behind it and killed it with one knife.

Zhang Shi emerged from the bushes, carrying the ape's corpse. The crowd then realized that the monkey was not only enormous but also incredibly strange. Its nasal bones had prominent protuberances on either side, and the skin above them was a rare turquoise, jarring against its gray fur. Its nose and mouth were red, forming an inverted "D" shape on its face. A tuft of bright yellow hair clung to its chin, giving it a ghostly, ghostly appearance.

"This is a mandrill, why is it so big?"

Zhao Feng recognized the ape's species and approached to fiddle with it. However, Zhang Shi had already wiped its neck, and the mandrill showed no reaction.

"What do you call this thing?"

Zhang Shi was not familiar with the species of this thing, so he asked again. Unexpectedly, a burst of dense howling suddenly came from the jungle ahead. Judging from the sound, there were quite a few of them.

Zhao Feng remembered that this creature was a social animal, so he reacted immediately, picked up the axe, and shouted at the soldiers.

"Everyone be on alert. Kill any threatening species you see."

Sure enough, not far away, a large group of mandrills swung over from the tops of the trees. Each one was much larger than an adult human, and they looked very menacing and intimidating.

"Over here, these things are normally only half a person's height and weigh 50 kilograms. Now these things seem to have mutated, so be careful."

Zhao Feng reminded him and Zhang Shi nodded.

In the forest, cavalry could not play their advantage. These primate beasts were extremely agile. They relied on their advantage of climbing high to look down on the enemy and would not easily give the soldiers a chance to get close. The soldiers' combat position was at a disadvantage. When they found an opportunity, the mandrills would rush forward. If it were not for the protection of fine steel armor, Zhang Shi would probably suffer casualties as soon as the battle started.

In addition, the occasional stone-throwing attacks by the mandrills could also serve as a long-range means, and the soldiers suffered a lot of injuries, which made Zhang Shi very annoyed.

"Teams of ten, with me as the center, spread out and keep a distance from each other. Shoot when the opportunity arises."

Zhang Shi issued a new order, and the soldiers immediately carried it out. For a moment, the woods were filled with the sound of gunfire, which scared all the birds and beasts in the area and scattered.

Although the group of mandrills were agile and ferocious, the bullets were dense and many of them hit the target, leaving behind many corpses of mandrills.

Zhang Shi relied on the mobility of Shadow Step to break into the group of mandrills, killing them one by one, and then refreshed Shadow Step again, as if he was mowing the grass, rapidly reaping the lives of the mandrills.

Zhang Shi's killing spree quickly attracted the attention of the higher-level mandrills. Several larger mandrills appeared, accompanied by a primate monster the size of the Hulk. The Hulk, a mountain of muscle, brimming with explosive power, saw the bodies of his companions on the ground and immediately beat his chest and stamped his feet, charging towards Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi identified the monster and found that it was of exquisite level.

[Mandrill Leader (Green): A refined-level elite monster. After undergoing mutation, its body has been strengthened, with high strength and agility attributes, and it possesses a very high level of intelligence.]

Zhang Shi took a look at the guy's strength and speed attributes of nearly 50 points, and knew that he could not fight it head-on like he did with other ordinary mandrills. He hurriedly activated Shadow Step again, moved behind the ordinary mandrill that was watching the show, and killed it with one knife.

When the baboon leader saw Zhang Shi slip away from him and kill his men, he seemed to be provoked and became furious. He turned around and jumped up, stepped on the tree trunk with both feet to gain leverage, and flew towards Zhang Shi at high speed like a bullet, leaving a pair of footprints on the towering tree, which were deeply embedded in the wood.