alien island

Zhang Yao saw that the purple mist, which looked very evil in color, was slowly spreading from the forest. Although they wandered around the island for several days, they had always seen these purple mist from a distance. Fog, but today, it is the first time to encounter these fogs head-on. Does this mean that they are already going deep into the center of the island?

Turning to look at Pei Yan next to him, he was frowning, with an uncomfortable expression on his face, Zhang Yao couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"This fog smells bad." Pei Yan, whose nose has always been more sensitive than ordinary people, could clearly smell an uncomfortable smell from the fog. The thicker the fog, the stronger the smell inside, which disturbed It made his nose very uncomfortable.

"Smell?" After sniffing, Zhang Yao didn't smell any other special smell, and asked the two little ghosts beside him, and there was no uncomfortable reaction. It seemed that only Pei Yan could smell it.

"Well, it smells uncomfortable." Covering his nose with his hands, Pei Yan's entire expression unconsciously wrinkled.

Thinking of Pei Yan's more sensitive nose than ordinary people, he can smell things that ordinary people can't smell. Although this is usually an advantage, but at this time it also highlights the disadvantages of having a too sensitive nose.Only Pei Yan could smell the bad smell, so I don't know how it would affect him.Moreover, the four of them must continue to move towards the direction where the fog emerges, so what should they do now?

In order to avoid those unpleasant smells in the mist, Pei Yan had already hid his whole body behind Zhang Yao, buried his head directly on Zhang Yao's back, tried to smell the scents he liked on Zhang Yao, and went to Counteracts the smell in the mist.

Zhang Yao didn't want his back to be stuck by a big person all the time, and kept rubbing his head on his back. After thinking about it, Zhang Yao took yesterday's bag from the simple bag he was half carrying Wan Wan pulled out a piece of clothing that was under the cover, rolled it into strips, and dragged Pei Yan over from behind him.

Stretching out his arms, he rolled up the clothes in his hands and tied them to Pei Yan's mouth and nose.After tying the knot on the back of his head, Zhang Yao smoothly pulled up the hoodie hat Pei Yan was wearing and put it on his head. Now Pei Yan's entire head is tightly wrapped, only a pair of light brown The eyes are on the outside, and other parts including the mouth and nose are covered by clothes.

Satisfied looking at Pei Yan who was almost tied up into a mummy shape by himself, Zhang Yao asked him: "How is it? Do you feel better now?" They are all wrapped up like this, no matter how you say it can block the smell or something. During the day, it is so tightly wrapped, the heat is a little bit hot.

Smelling the clothes wrapped around his mouth and nose, the smell left by Zhang Yao still remained on it. It turned out that the unpleasant smell that was turbid in the mist was indeed blocked a lot. Pei Yan nodded, feeling better Started much better.

"Okay, since there's nothing wrong with it, let's go quickly." He bumped Pei Yan's back with his elbow, and Zhang Yao signaled that everyone could continue to leave.

Hearing Zhang Yao's words, Ke Yiqiao and Xiang Chen, who were standing aside trying to dry their shoes soaked in river water, quickly put the shoes back on their feet and lifted the shoes on the ground. Luggage and things, quickly followed in the footsteps of Zhang Yao and Pei Yan.

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The further you go in the depths of the forest, the thicker the purple mist surrounding you becomes, and the color becomes darker, almost turning into a deep purple mist, and you can hardly see anything within a few meters away. thing.Pei Yan lifted up the clothes that Zhang Yao had wrapped around his face, so as to block the invasion of the thick and unpleasant fog.

The four of them moved forward almost gropingly, taking every step very carefully. After all, everyone's field of vision has become very narrow now, and accidents may happen if they are not careful.

After walking for a few hours without knowing it, the dense jungles on both sides began to gradually disappear. The trees that could be encountered every time I walked for a while began to decrease and disappear, and the weeds and leaves under my feet gradually disappeared. revealing their original ground color.The color of the land also gradually deepened from the dark red soil at the beginning, and there were more and more stones in the mud. Slowly, the stones replaced the soil, and the surface of the ground under the feet became hard. of stones.

"Hula———————" A gust of wind suddenly blew from the front, blowing away the purple mist that blocked their sight, and the scene that had been blocked by the thick fog in front of the four people became Suddenly it became clear.

She squinted her eyes and raised her hands to block the strong wind blowing in front of her and the dust mixed inside, until the wind gradually subsided, Ke Yiqiao lowered her arm that was blocking her eyes.As the fog blows away and reveals the environment ahead, she can't help but marvel: "Wow, these trees... are so beautiful."

Even Xiang Chen couldn't say anything to refute at this time. Although the things he saw these days were already strange enough, the scenes that appeared in front of him still surprised people.

In front of the four of them was a large area of ​​densely growing white trees, with snow-white trunks and dense branches, as clean and pure as freshly fallen snow, and the surface of the bark seemed to be covered with a layer of reflective light. The powder, under the refraction of the light, glistens.But the ground they grow on is an extremely dark land, and the strong contrast between white and black sets off the white appearance of these trees.

The growth of these trees is absolutely weird. There is not a leaf growing on the branches, and they are all bare trunks. On this island where plants grow extremely lush, such trees without leaves are extremely rare.Coupled with their snowy white color, there is an illusion of winter trees, as if they have lost their leaves because of the severe cold.

However, the weather and temperature on this island are absolutely impossible to have winter, and there are abnormally bare trees, which makes people have the visual difference of chaotic seasons.

"These trees are real." Following behind Zhang Yao and Pei Yan and approaching these snow-white trees, Ke Yiqiao curiously stretched out his hand and touched the surface of the trunk, because these uniform and peculiar colors made people She always felt that these trees were a bit fake.But when she really touched the bark with her hands, she realized that these trees were real... The feeling of touch completely told her that these were living plants, and they grew into this strange appearance.

"I don't think anyone will come here to plant fake trees out of boredom. The plants on this island really get weirder as they grow longer." Zhang Yao sighed, lowered his head to avoid a white branch blocking the way, and asked casually Pei Yan: "Have you seen these trees?" I don't know if there are any problems with these trees, Zhang Yao thinks it's more reassuring to ask clearly.

"I've never seen this tree before." Pei Yan's range of activities on the island was not very narrow, and he encountered many familiar animals and plants along the way.But it was the first time he encountered these white leafless trees, and he had never seen them before.

"I haven't seen it before... Then we should be more careful." The four of them are not familiar with the environment here, so they need to be more vigilant.Zhang Yao looked left and right, paying attention to any small movements nearby, and continued walking forward, when there was a loud sound of "crack-crack!" behind the trees, Zhang Yao turned his head and found that it was Xiang Chen. The boy was facing a white leafless tree, pulling its branches vigorously, and he didn't know what he was doing upside down.

"Hey, what are you doing there?" The mist that was just blown away by the strong wind is slowly gathering back, maybe the surroundings will become blurred in the next moment, if you really get lost here, Zhang Yao is not in charge of finding someone.

"I see that there are fruits in these branches." Xiang Chen noticed just now that these white branches are extremely thick.Moreover, the lower sides of the branches are uneven, and they are not very smooth.Curiously, he leaned over and took a closer look, and was surprised to find that there was a long narrow slit under the branches, and there seemed to be something wrapped in the slit.

So he couldn't help stretching out his hands, poking his fingers into the gaps between the branches, and breaking them apart forcefully to the left and right. A strong fruity aroma immediately flowed out from inside, which smelled very sweet and delicious, making people feel happy. Mouthwatering taste.

This scent aroused the appetite buried in Xiang Chen's stomach. He hadn't eaten any food that satisfied him in the past few days, either eating those strange-smelling fruits or eating meat without any seasoning. The fruity aroma made him very satisfied, and he immediately had the urge to feast on it.

The fruits are neatly wrapped inside the branches, like peas. Several fruits are arranged in rows, shaped like olives, bright red in color, and look very delicious and attractive.

He couldn't wait to pull out a plump red fruit from the broken branch, and held it in his hand, it was just the right size.Holding it, Xiang Chen swayed in the direction where Zhang Yao and the others were standing, a little proud that he was able to discover the existence of food before others.

"There are still fruits growing in this branch?" Zhang Yao also lifted up the branch of another white tree next to him in doubt, and found a gap from the bottom of the branch, and opened it to the two sides, revealing several pieces of fruit inside. A bright red fruit that smells delicious.

"This fruit looks like it can be eaten." Xiang Chen concluded that the fruit exuding a delicious flavor was still bright red.

"That's not necessarily...Pei Yan, what do you think of this fruit?" Zhang Yao can believe that the food Pei Yan brings is edible because he has learned and practiced it from those animals that have lived in the wild for so long. The experience of living in the world for so long.But now the red fruit grown from the white tree they encountered was a type of plant that Pei Yan had never been in contact with before. Zhang Yao naturally had to ask more clearly, not everything can be eaten indiscriminately.

"..." Pei Yan took the fruit and inspected it up and down. Although it smelled really attractive, but also because of this, Pei Yan's vigilance rose instead, shaking his head, Pei Yan felt that this fruit was not very safe.

"What? How could it be impossible to eat?!"

Seeing that Pei Yan shook his head and denied the fruit he found, although Xiang Chen was a little afraid of Pei Yan in his heart, he still couldn't help the dissatisfaction in his heart and questioned.Guessing in his heart, could it be that Pei Yan was unwilling to let him find the food first, so he said this on purpose?Hmph, who said you can't eat it? Xiang Chen thought about it, raised his hand holding the fruit, and said loudly to the other three people: "If you are afraid, don't eat it. I will eat it by myself. Don't be greedy when the time comes." follow me."

"Well, it's better not to eat recklessly." Since Brother Pei Yan said he was not sure, it's better not to take risks recklessly, Ke Yiqiao approached, trying to persuade Xiang Chen not to take risks casually.

As soon as Xiang Chen turned his head, his dissatisfaction and anger raged in his body. He quickly wiped the fruit on his clothes, and then wanted to send it to his mouth.

"Hey! Child, you can't eat that fruit!"

The voices that did not belong to Zhang Yao and Pei Yan, nor Ke Yiqiao were speaking, but the voice from the fifth person, suddenly came from the surrounding white forest that had been quiet from the beginning.