Dragon's Origin

Chapter 70: The Terrifying Thousand Severance Ground - END

Wang Sheng's mouth and nose guard was rigid, with a space in the middle for a removable filter layer. There were two small ports on the side to connect to two compressed air bladders, ensuring Wang Sheng could breathe normally underwater.

The filter layer was filled with activated carbon. The original was a carefully crafted filter layer made by modern industry, with excellent filtration. However, it had been used for several days in the Thousand Severance Ground, and the filtering effect was long gone.

The filter layer Wang Sheng was currently using was made by himself in Shanglin City and Linchuan City. Activated carbon wasn't some high-end technology, Wang Sheng could easily make it, just not as pure and efficient as industrially prepared ones. This manifested in the usage effect, meaning the usage time was not as long as the original, at most only half the time.

But having a filtering effect was better than nothing. Wang Sheng had made dozens of such filter layers, enough for him to use when encountering such situations.

When Wang Sheng could smell the ubiquitous rotten stench of the forest through the filter and the outer layer of linen, he knew it was time to change the filter.

He had changed it twice along the way, and this would be the third time. Wang Sheng had used two just in this jungle, one could imagine what kind of gas Tang Ao and the others were breathing normally.

Tang Ao and the others didn't feel there was a big problem. The smell in this jungle was a bit strong, a bit more stinky, but what good smell could you expect from a centuries-old forest? After so many years of accumulated rotten leaves and the like, it would be strange if it smelled good.

Weren't the jungles they had walked through in the Thousand Severance Ground before all similar in smell? There was nothing strange about this. If there was anything different, it was that there was more fog in this jungle, making it more difficult to track the traces left by Wang Sheng. They had to keep their eyes peeled. Otherwise, if they weren't careful, they would end up on a side road.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng didn't go too far. Although Tang Ao couldn't see Wang Sheng's figure, he could hear Wang Sheng's movements from hundreds of meters away. However, this also required him to concentrate his mind, because sometimes the breaking of branches wasn't necessarily Wang Sheng's doing, it might be some demon beast.

In this way, Tang Ao controlled the general direction, and the other three fourth-level experts obediently listened to Tang Ao's command, searching for traces left by Wang Sheng on the ground and in the trees, while also carefully guarding their surroundings, preventing any suddenly appearing demon beasts, extremely nervous.

Being so nervous, some things would naturally be ignored. For example, the stench emanating from the jungle.

Human sense of smell is adaptable. No matter how smelly a place is, you will naturally adapt to it after smelling it for a long time. This is the reason for "being in a room full of orchids for a long time and not smelling their fragrance, being in a market full of abalone for a long time and not smelling its stench."

Now Tang Ao and the others had already adapted to the stench in the jungle. At first, they felt disgusted, but they didn't care after walking far. Everyone's mind was still focused on how to keep up with Wang Sheng and not let him escape.

When Wang Sheng was circling around in this jungle, big and small, and changed the sixth activated carbon filter layer, Wang Sheng finally felt a bit of qi deficiency. He was panting, his head was slightly dizzy, and he felt as uncomfortable as if he had low blood sugar.

After swallowing a detoxification pill he got from Lu Wenhou at Yu Baozhai, Wang Sheng felt a little better. It must be said that the last business deal with Lu Wenhou was quite good. This guy Lu Wenhou looks effeminate, but he gave good things.

This kind of non-targeted detoxification pill that has some effect on most poisonous gases, although not specifically researched for miasma, can work for some of it.

Even Wang Sheng, breathing through a layer of linen filter and an activated carbon filter for so long, felt so uncomfortable and needed to take a detoxification pill, one can imagine how Tang Ao and the four following behind him felt.

Even if Tang Ao and the others didn't pay attention to these smells, their bodies' reactions had clearly told them that they were poisoned. They were all experts, and they had experienced more than one or two battles. They could figure out whether they were poisoned or not, and they could guess how they were poisoned. Besides miasma, there was no other possibility.

This white fog was clearly poisonous miasma. It was ridiculous that they followed Wang Sheng into this miasma jungle without knowing anything. Fortunately, their cultivation was high enough, and the toxicity of the miasma wasn't strong, so they could rely on their spiritual energy to support themselves for a long time.

If they were outside, this little miasma poison wouldn't be a problem at all. Any one of them could easily find many detoxification pills to remove the poison. But the problem was that in order to resist diarrhea before, everyone had taken out the detoxification pills and soaked them in water to drink, so where were there any left?

The ridiculous thing was that everyone, including Tang Ao, still had a detoxification pill secretly hidden. They had secretly hoarded them, unexpectedly they came in handy here.

Everyone actually discovered that others were secretly taking detoxification pills, but no one said anything. In this matter, they were all selfish.

Now the only thing everyone was thankful for was that Wang Sheng didn't lead them on a dangerous path. They didn't encounter any powerful demon beasts along the way, otherwise, once they needed to fight, they would have no chance of survival. Of course, now the only thing everyone was looking forward to was the end of this jungle, so they could get out and stop breathing this poisonous miasma.

The jungle was very large. Wang Sheng was in front, and Tang Ao and the four were behind. Everyone was only hundreds of meters away from each other. They walked for a full day and night without leaving this jungle.

But at this time, Tang Ao and the others could no longer hold on. Everyone had secretly hidden a detoxification pill and had already taken it. Covering their mouths and noses with thick layers of cloth couldn't stop the miasma. The four of them were getting weaker and weaker.

Finally, a fourth-level expert no longer had the strength. He walked blankly, and suddenly his feet softened, and he collapsed directly to the ground.

Hearing the sound of his companion falling to the ground, Tang Ao and the three didn't even bother to turn their heads. Everyone knew that companion was doomed, and they couldn't save him. In fact, they couldn't even take care of themselves, so how could they care about others?

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With the first, there was the second, and the third. Tang Ao, after all, had the highest cultivation and supported himself for the longest time. The remaining two fourth-level experts had fallen one after another, but Tang Ao was still desperately holding on.

However, at this point, Tang Ao couldn't support himself anymore. His eyes were flashing, and everything he saw had multiple shadows. Every step he took was like an old woman with bound feet, injured, and suffering from arthritis. His steps were staggering, and his feet were almost dragging instead of stepping.

Finally, Tang Ao couldn't bear his own weight, and he collapsed softly on the ground, unable to climb up again.

Lying on the ground, smelling the already familiar stench, Tang Ao looked at the sky, mostly blocked by the canopy, and sighed.

Footsteps came from not far away, very steady. Tang Ao looked in the direction of the sound, and vaguely saw a colorful, heavily layered figure, it was Wang Sheng, the one he was tracking.