Blue Star

"It's strange, it's raining heavily ahead, how come it's gone here?"

Dauporin stretched his hand out of the magnetic field full of water molecules, and the rainstorm indeed stopped at the moment they were about to step into the swamp.

Looking back, the place where I came from was still washed by heavy rain, and the weather became dry and rainless just two steps away.It is as if an invisible air wall has been built between the shrubs and the swamp, half of which is lush green and half brown and withered.

The temperature in the swamp is not low, and the surrounding heat can be clearly felt after approaching.The muddy and stinking swamp was steaming, and near the center there were many bubbling and gurgling sounds from overheating.

The closer to the edge of the swamp, the less life there is. The land on the shore seems to have been eroded by corrosive crystals, but the concentration is not as strong as the magnetic field of the crystals.

The speed of darkness was at least 10 minutes faster than the previous few days, and they had to cross this muddy area before there was no light at all.

Dao Porling pinched his nose, "Why don't we start tomorrow? I think the empty cliff just now is quite suitable for camping."

"This place is not far enough from the tribe. Those bats will find us soon after eating the corpses." Gu Li approached and threw a branch into the swamp. Corroded white smoke rose from the branch in the blink of an eye. The smell of the swamp is so strong that it can cover up the smell on us, and it is difficult for bats to catch up as long as they pass through here."

He has observed other places around, either too high cliffs, or dead ends, and the swamp is currently the only route leading to the third Goddess Pillar.

Mimir kicked the ground, and used a wooden stick to dig out some severely deformed utensils from the mud, including a military kettle and a lot of thick iron pieces similar to metal.

These things don't look like they were used, but because of the severe deformation, they can't see the original style.

He picked up a few pieces and wiped them on the clothes. After looking at the bright place for a while, he said, "Is this an ornament? Why are there so many patterns and numbers on it?"

Dao Porling took the iron plate that Mimir handed him, put on his glasses and took out the magnifying glass in his robe. After a long time, he frowned and said, "It seems to be something used by the ancestors 200 years ago."

"Cargo shell?" Mimir was very curious, "Why is the cargo shell so small 200 years ago? This amount is not enough to buy two apples."

Dao Porling is not very sure, after all, the history of the ancestors left very little in the town, but the archaeological team did dig up similar things more than ten years ago.The size and pattern are also very uniform, as if they were smelted by some kind of machine, and the material is not like ordinary iron or copper.

Gu Li took a rough look around the swamp and found many broken mechanical parts.Perhaps the ancestors did not have a large block of swamps when they passed this road, and these components that can corrode animals and plants were formed only later, otherwise the area of ​​shrubs withered and abandoned would not be so small.

He got up and patted the dust in his hands, and asked Daoporing who was observing seriously: "How many fluorites do we have?"

Dao Porling took back the mechanical glasses, opened the backpack to look through it, and took out a few crystals the size of eggs.The color is not as bright as the fluorite in the town, and there are cracks in many places, so it is not an ideal magnetic field crystal ore.

In the Boom Boom tribe, crystal ores are scarce, and the only large and complete one is the "goddess heart" that monsters are gradually adapting to.

Something is better than nothing.Gu Li took the low-quality fluorite from Dao Porling's hand, plus the good ones in his hand, there are six in total.A floating transport ship must be inlaid with at least [-] to [-] pieces in order to fly regardless of weight. If the number is too small, it means that their teams have to move separately.

He drove the ring into the heavy rain a few steps away, condensed the magnetic field into a long sword, and swung it to chop down a tree trunk the size of a small boat.Time was running out, so he didn't modify the outline of the tree trunk too much, and split it in two after draining the water, which was a simple means of transportation.

He embedded the fluorite into the smooth side of the trunk, and then tightened his five fingers, allowing the entire trunk with the weight of three adults to float half a meter above the ground.

Daoporing packed his backpack and asked, "Are you really planning to cross the swamp? There is no end to this swamp, and I don't know if I can reach the other side before dark. If I can't, it will be hard to spend the night on this tree trunk. "

"Ah."

A small whirlwind of water molecules was condensed in the palm of Gu Li's left hand, and he pushed hard to suspend the floating tree trunk on the shore close to the swamp.

"The amount of fluorite is too small, so we split into two teams. It will take at least three or four hours for the bats to chase them over. Dauporin is building a defensive circle around here. Mimir will follow you. If necessary, the weapons in your hands can resist for a while. .Xijia and Iris will follow me first, and I will come back to pick you up when we find a place where we can dock."

When Mimir heard that the most reliable person in the team was going to leave first, he panicked and said, "How long will you be going? What if you don't come back all night..." Thinking of all the unreliability when fighting side by side with Dao Porling, "No Let Iris stay?"

The disgusted Daoporing held his backpack and was about to place defensive crystal mines around, he got up and said, "What do you mean! I can shoot your broken gun with my feet, why are you so timid."

"Where did you shoot! You broke the mechanism of my crossbow gun with your toes, and I have been repairing it for a long time!" Mi Mir looked disgusted. After a while, I'm afraid I can only use my bare hands.

Gu Li chuckled lightly: "Dao Porling joined the army when he was young, so he can protect you."

After closing his words, he commanded Xijia and Iris to go up to the floating tree trunk.

The elders had already spoken, and Mimir couldn't say anything more.Seeing the three of them sitting on the tree trunk and leaving, he couldn't help asking Dao Porling: "Did you really join the army when you were young?"

Daoporing snorted coldly, "Everyone in Keerqi has to join the army, but I was very talented when I was young, and the army allowed me to only train my talent magnetic field."

"..."

On the floating tree trunk, Gu Li sat at the front, Iris was at the end, and Xi Jia was caught between the two big men and dared not move at all.In order to reduce the burden on the fluorite, the distance between the tree trunks is not long, and the sitting area is also small.

She couldn't sit with legs apart like Iris and Gu Li, and it was inconvenient to wear a skirt, so she had to sit sideways and try to keep her body balanced.

The tree trunk is suspended at a height of one meter above the swamp, perhaps because the fluorite is too low-quality, and it is not stable when moving.

Gu Li's left hand is surrounded by water molecules, echoing the magnetic field of the fluorite at the bottom of the tree trunk.Occasionally, there are inferior fluorites that cannot keep up with the frequency, so he can only stop moving forward, and continue after the magnetic field stabilizes.

"You can grab me." Gu Li said to Xi Jia who was behind him.

Although in the tribe, Xijia graciously let the man enter her residence and heal her wounds, but when it was time to contact her, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed, especially because the person who protected her was a cold-blooded wizard who abandoned the tribe and grandma.

"I won't save you if you fall."

Xijia squeezed her fingers tightly, struggled for a moment, and then reluctantly grabbed the corner of Gu Li's clothes.

Grabbing it is the same as not catching it. If there is an accident, this strength will not help anything.Just when Gu Li was about to remind him again, a pair of stronger hands hugged his waist.

Iris held Xijia in his arms to protect him, put his hands around Gu Li's waist, stretched forward and clasped his fingers.Xijia covered her chest with her hands and grabbed Iris's arm to protect her. Although she was awkward being so close together, she felt unexpectedly safe.

In contrast, Gu Li, who was hugged by the waist, became stiff.Iris' palms were clasped on his stomach, which reminded him of the intemperance of the two last night.

He looked down at the slender fingers on his waist, then avoided his eyes and said, "You don't have to be so tight."

Iris's mind was not on this, and instead of relaxing obediently, he hugged Gu Li even tighter as if he was afraid that something would happen to Gu Li.He frowned and looked around, there seemed to be something dangerous lurking in the bubbling warm swamp.

"Gu Li, on the right." He reminded aloud.

Gu Li looked to the right, and there were dead branches as tall as a person growing in the swamp.Although there is no vitality, it is not like other plants that are affected by corrosion and shrink after entering the swamp.

The branches are dark red in color, standing upright in the swamp of unknown depth, floating slightly with the gurgling bubbles on the surface.

"It seems to be alive." Xijia looked at it for a while. Although she didn't know what kind of plant it was, she could feel the vitality in this seemingly withered plant.

"Sit still." Gu Li withdrew his gaze and accelerated the movement of water molecules at his fingertips to drive the trunk forward.

His gift is to drive all magnetic fields and to sense all magnetic fields, but because of this, the magnetic frequencies emitted by all plants and animals are equally strong to him.Especially after being far away from the town, his magnetic field induction became more and more chaotic, and in many cases it was even impossible to determine whether the frequency of the surrounding magnetic field was good or bad.

Just like now, whether it's above the clouds above his head or the swamp under the tree trunk, the frequency of danger almost occupies his whole body's cell perception, and it is impossible to determine the specific location of the danger emanating to him.

The floating tree trunk left the center of the swamp. Iris looked back at the dead branch just now, and soon saw that dead branch sinking, as if being pulled by something.

The area of ​​the swamp was not as large as imagined, and it took about an hour and a half to see the opposite bank where we could land.It's just that the shrubs here are extremely sparse, and the temperature is so high that it almost dries up the swamp near the shore.

Gu Li landed first, and reached out to help Xijia, who was being protected by Iris in his arms.However, Xijia avoided his care and landed on the tree trunk with both hands.

Although she knew that Gu Li could not be blamed for the tribe's demise, she just couldn't control her resentment.

Iris followed closely behind, stood firmly and pulled Gu Li's arm to protect him behind him.

Just where Gu Li was standing just now, a dozen or so white worms that looked like rice grains emerged from the cracked yellow mud.

There are bright red stripes growing on the snow-white insect skin, and it is obviously soft, but there is a row of red bone spurs of different heights growing on the spine.There is a tumor on the tip of the thorn that is covered with flowing fluid, and when stimulated, it emits a red light that resembles magma.

Gu Li drove the dry magnetic field to try to drain these mutated worms, but he didn't think that they were not affected in any way except for the glowing spines.

The worms are small in size, only about half of an adult's finger. They look like cubs that have just been born, and they have no lethality.

A dozen baby worms were afraid of Iris, and after avoiding a few people, they jumped back to the crevice in the yellow mud.

Gu Li found a relatively safe place, placed defensive crystal mines around Iris and Xijia, and said: "Iris, protect Xijia."

Iris grabbed Gu Li's wrist tightly and refused to let go, his expression didn't look very good.

Gu Li had no choice but to think that this fish was about to be discarded by him, so he comforted him: "I'll be back soon, don't go out of the defensive circle." The head rewarded the merman's lips, "Wait for me here."