Infinite Reincarnation: Survival Begins from Ishimura

Chapter 320 Dark Forest

In 1975, the Cold War between the two camps in the world had reached a fever pitch.

In Poland, a pure white meteor streaked through a forest on the border between the two camps.

At first,

no one paid attention to the blazing white meteor that fell from the sky, until the dense forest began to grow unnaturally wildly, and people living in the dense forest noticed that some supernatural power had infiltrated the land.

When they wanted to leave the forest through Highway 50, the only road to the outside world, they found that the jungle began to prevent everyone from leaving.

A giant tree wall as thick as 50 meters drilled out of the soil, and anyone who wanted to escape from the forest was strangled by the activated tree roots.

They used various means to try to break through the tree wall, cutting with knives and burning with fire.

However, the growth rate of these tree walls far exceeded the speed of destruction, blocking everyone in a giant forest cage with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers.

After the Alliance camp discovered this situation, it sent planes and tanks to attack the tree wall.

However, even the powerful destructive power of modern weapons could not destroy the tree wall at all. The almost endless regeneration ability blocked the power of steel, but instead allowed the forest to continue to expand outward.

(ps: The reason why nuclear weapons were not used was that in the context of the US-Soviet hegemony, neither side dared to destroy the fragile nuclear balance, fearing that it would trigger a global nuclear war.)

In order to investigate the situation inside the forest, the alliance used a lot of manpower and material resources to dig out an underground tunnel that runs through the forest.

Several batches of investigators were sent out, but none of them returned alive.

In July 1983, a team of dozens of investigators entered Tunnel No. 21 and began to go deep into the 1/1 area of the forest.

…

When Mu Xing opened his eyes

The pungent smell of blood mixed with the disgusting stench invaded his nasal cavity.

Everyone was locked in a simple wooden cage.

Around, some "savages" covered in mud and with branches on their heads were busy.

They dragged out a corpse wearing a thick white isolation protective suit, stripped off the protective suit, and began to sharpen their knives to prepare for today's dinner.

Looking up

There were layers of towering trees, with lush branches and leaves blocking the sunlight.

Only a little light was cast from the dense leaves, barely illuminating the dark forest.

This place looked like the camp of this group of savages, with filthy mud and sewage emitting a disgusting smell.

In the "garbage dump" not far away, there were piles of skeletons like a hill.

The camp was surrounded by some strange white mold.

Mu Xing recalled the prompt sound of the survival system in his mind.

This background setting made him feel unfamiliar.

"Divine Seal? Is it there?"

"I'm here, master."

"What world?"

"It should be an RPG hardcore survival adventure game set in the Polish jungle during the Cold War: Dark Forest."

Hearing this name, Mu Xing had a little impression, but not much.

Fortunately, with the general setting and plot recorded in the divine seal, Mu Xing had a preliminary understanding of this place.

As time went by, the other people in the surrounding cages began to wake up.

Counting carefully, there were a total of nine people alive, including himself.

However, two of them were NPCs, and the rest should be survivors.

Mu Xing tentatively used mental power to scan.

He frowned immediately. These survivors... Four of them were ordinary people without any enhancement, a newcomer who had experienced at least two survival worlds, and as for the other one...

When Mu Xing looked at her, the other party turned around and looked at him.

Mu Xing narrowed his eyes and recognized at a glance, isn't this the old lover of the madman? Such a coincidence?

The other party seemed to notice him, and the two of them met eyes, confirmed their respective senior identities, and nodded to each other.

Suddenly

Those savages seemed to be crazy, screaming strangely, holding wooden sticks and wooden spears, and looked at the survivors who woke up in the cages vigilantly.

The newcomer in the cage, who still didn't understand what was happening, screamed like an explosion.

Mu Xing was about to kick the cage to pieces when he suddenly heard the task released by the survival system.

[Guardian Phase 1 Task Release: Newcomer Guide. ]

[Please select a newcomer as your target and protect the newcomer to reach Tunnel No. 21. ]

[If the task is successful, the next phase of the Guardian task will be launched. If the target newcomer dies, the Guardian task will fail. ]

This task does not have an option button, which is obviously a mandatory task.

The scream of the newcomer also aroused the restlessness of the savages.

These savages are called savages, and most of them are villagers who once lived in the dense forest.

The change of environment and the influence of some mushroom spore dust in the forest have made these villagers lose their civilization and reason and become savages who eat raw meat and drink blood.

At the same time, Mu Xing noticed that among these savages, not all of them were old villagers, and there were also a few strange non-human beings.

Mu Xing kicked open the cage, his eyes condensed, and the mental shock turned into a shock wave.

"Ah..."

All the savages covered their heads and screamed. Some savages who couldn't withstand the mental shock had their heads exploded on the spot, like watermelons.

Realizing that he had used too much force, he quickly retracted the mental shock.

Mu Xing didn't expect that after being strengthened by dark gold and the new generation of G virus serum, his mental power had become so strong that a mere mental shock could make a savage with a weak will explode in the head.

This bloody scene completely frightened the newcomers in the cage.

Some were splashed with blood and brain matter, and some fainted on the spot.

Mu Xing grabbed with his right hand

A wild man wearing a strange mask was caught by him. After removing his mask, Mu Xing frowned.

This guy has been completely alienated. His body seems to have turned into a plant. There is a strange round tree block growing on his forehead. His face is distorted and ugly.

Bark grows on his body.

His arms have completely become woody, like entangled tree roots.

Just then

The cage next to him opened.

"Have we met before?" The other party showed some doubts on his face.

Mu Xing thought about it and considered whether to hide his relationship with the madman for the time being to avoid misunderstanding.

"I participated in the survival competition. I also think you look familiar. Oh, I remember that you were with Taoist Qingzhu at that time."

The other party was a little surprised when he heard that Mu Xing had participated in the survival competition.

"Guardian mission?" she asked.

"You too?"

The other party nodded.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Xueyue. What's your name?" Mu Xing said.