The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although the scene in front of him made Jenkins feel abnormal, he finally chose to rest under this tall tree for the night and continue on the road tomorrow. This was not only because of his danger perception that it was safe here, but also because of the weather. There will be a heavy rain in the jungle tonight.

It is definitely not a pleasant thing to drive in the rainy jungle late at night. This is not only the inconvenience caused by the rain, but also because there are many dangerous insects, plants and animals in the jungle on rainy days. Covered by the heavy rain, it hides in the dark, waiting for the prey to come to its door.

In the forest of Novat continent, if it rains, there will be very little danger, but in the jungle of the New World, in terms of danger, the jungle on a rainy day is much more dangerous than the jungle on a sunny day, and the night is more dangerous than the daytime It is even more dangerous. Most of the companions he has worked with before died in the rainy jungle at night. Although he has the ability to perceive danger, he is not willing to take the risk of walking in the jungle on a rainy night.

With his rich experience, he quickly built a simple thatched hut at a certain distance from the tall trees. Although the most suitable place to build a hut should be under the trees, because the root system of this huge tree is extremely developed, and many upwards The arches are exposed to the ground, and many of them are arched into a cave enough to accommodate a person to live in. Some arched roots are even covered with a layer of dense branches and leaves, which can easily block the falling raindrops. Even the construction is difficult. No need, you can move in directly.

But because of the little worry in his heart, he chose a distance that he thought was relatively safe, and took time and effort to build a not-so-secure hut.

No sooner had he erected the hut than raindrops fell from the dark clouds, pattering on the foliage of the jungle below.

Although there were branches and leaves above the head to block the raindrops, the rain was too heavy, even if there were branches and leaves to block it, it would not help. Soon the jungle under the trees was also covered by rain and mist. It was a vast expanse of whiteness, and the line of sight was five meters away. I can't see anything clearly.

It was precisely because of the rain that Jenkins did not have time to find dry branches for living at night. He could only find some branches nearby to strengthen the hut to avoid being washed away by the rain, and then put on the animal skins and ponchos he made , took out two dry biscuits, ate them with rainwater, and then sat by a big rock in the hut to rest quietly.

For ordinary people, it is impossible to fall asleep in the jungle under the heavy rain. Whether it is the noisy raindrops outside or the rainwater dripping on the body from time to time, it is enough to make a person sleepless, but Jenkins is different. When he was in Novat Continent, he had already learned how to rest in the forest on rainy days. Although the jungle environment in the New Continent was much harsher than the forest in Novat Continent, the method he had learned in front of him was still effective. Not long after entering the resting state, it quickly fell into sleep.

Although Jenkins has already prepared for the cold, whether it is a rain poncho or a thermal and waterproof animal fur coat, he is good equipment for maintaining his body temperature in this severe weather, but the surrounding low temperature is still a bit cold. Contrary to his expectations, not long after nightfall, he felt a chill seep in, making him shiver uncontrollably, and woke up from sleep.

When he opened his eyes, he felt the chill on his body, which made him a little worried. He followed him to look at the heavy rain that still did not stop outside, and there was a little hesitation on his face, but after a moment of hesitation, he still made a decision. After making a decision, he then saw him take out a tin jug from his arms, unscrew the stopper, and took a small sip of the liquid in the jug, a pained expression immediately appeared on his face .

This liquid is a special kind of potion. The formula and production method of the potion are bought from an old hunter at a high price. The potion is brewed with more than a dozen different herbs. It tastes very bitter, but The effect is excellent, just a small sip can warm up the body, and it can also drive away the drowsy mental state and make people's mind very clear.

However, this medicine also has side effects, which can cause some hallucinations in people who drink it, which is why Leo hesitated just now, because hallucinations are basically equivalent to losing the ability to judge danger, and It is very dangerous to lose the ability to judge in the jungle.

After feeling his body warming up, Jenkins began to look around, looking for the phantom caused by side effects. As long as he confirmed the phantom and ignored it, after the effect of the medicine passed, he would be fine. If you are affected by illusions and make wrong judgments and actions, you may put yourself in danger.

In the past, the phantoms produced by Jenkins after using this potion were usually some prey or enemies he had killed before, and he could easily distinguish them, so this time he was also looking for those hidden phantoms.

However, to his surprise, he searched the entire hut and found nothing that might be an illusion. Just when he was puzzled, a new chill came from the entrance of the hut, even though he drank Yao still felt a little cold, so he had to tighten the animal fur coat on his body, and then looked outside the hut.

However, after seeing the scene outside the hut, he was stunned, because he found that it was still pouring rain a moment ago, but now it was snowing, and the places inside the hut that were originally wet by rain began to be visible to the naked eye. The ice froze at a rapid speed, and soon the whole hut became an igloo.

"What's going on?" Jenkins stared at what was happening in front of him, he was stunned, and couldn't help but exclaimed, and doubted: "Could this be an illusion created by the medicine?"

Jenkins has never seen such an illusion, and the old hunter who created this potion has never mentioned this weather illusion, which made him feel fresh, but also a little worried, because his previous experience in fighting illusions may no longer be useful. Come in handy.

However, fortunately, this phantom is so inconsistent that he can easily distinguish it without spending time and energy, because there has never been snow in the New World.

The weather in the New World is usually dominated by humidity and sweltering heat. Sometimes the temperature will drop sharply due to rain at night, making people feel cold. It feels warm, so it has never snowed here, only some snow can be vaguely seen on some extremely high mountain tops, which also makes it easy for him to distinguish that the snow outside and the ice inside the hut are illusions.

Just when Jenkins was thinking about how to deal with the identified phantom, a gust of wind blew in from outside the hut, and the wind brought some snowflakes in from the entrance of the hut and landed on Jenkins' face, making Jenkins feel the coldness of the snowflakes .

Jenkins wiped his face with his hand, felt the melted snow, raised his head silently, touched the unmelted snow, and then put his snow-stained fingers in front of his eyes, watching the slowly melting ice and snow particles on his fingers, There was a surprised expression on his face, and he couldn't help muttering: "Isn't this an illusion? Is it real?"

It’s no wonder that Jenkins has such an idea, because in the past, the phantoms that Jenkins produced due to taking medicine were truly intangible and untouchable phantoms. When he stretched out his hand, his hand passed directly through the phantom, just like passing through the air. The same, will not touch anything, but now it is different, the snowflakes that are obviously impossible to exist can be touched by his hands just like the real ones, and even the snowflakes that fall on his face will melt into snow according to the law Water, this illusion is simply unimaginable, making Jenkins have to doubt his previous judgment.

Just when he was still doubting whether the ice and snow in front of him was real or not, he suddenly felt a rustling sound from the surrounding forest. He was very familiar with this sound. It was a wild animal passing through the dense forest and scraping leaves Hearing the sound on the fur, he immediately took out his weapon, sprinkled some smell-masking powder on his body, and then pulled the poncho over his head to completely cover himself, while he held the weapon in his hand tightly, nervously Looking at the snow outside the hut.

Not long after, he saw several adult horned leopards coming out of the woods, and this scene also made him hold his breath.

Among the jungle beasts that Jenkins encountered, the horned leopard was definitely the most dangerous of all beasts. They were called true hunters, because all the prey they stared at were hard to escape. The leopard in Watt Continent is several times bigger, and it runs like a chariot in the jungle. Even if it doesn't use its most lethal sharp teeth to bite its prey, it is enough to slam into the prey after running fast, including people. Any prey in it will be stunned.

In addition, the most powerful thing about horn-toothed leopards is their fur. This kind of fur has excellent defense power. With the weapons that Jenkins has access to now, including the best muskets, it is difficult to cause damage to horn-toothed leopards. Therefore, in the colony There is a common perception, that is, when encountering a horned leopard, it is useless to flee or resist, the only thing to do is to pray that the horned toothed leopard is full.

Right now, five adult horn-toothed leopards appeared at the same time outside the hut. Jenkins felt that he was doomed. After all, one horn-toothed leopard could not be dealt with, let alone five. Doubt, that is why the horn-toothed leopards appear together according to the habit of living alone, and why his danger perception does not respond when this danger is extremely dangerous.

"Is the horn-toothed leopard an illusion?" Looking at the horn-toothed leopard walking in the snow, Jenkins couldn't help but have a guess in his heart, and felt that the guess might be right, so he wanted to leave the hut to see if the guess was right. Correct, even if it is not correct, leaving the hut will make it easier for him to escape in time when he encounters something later.

But at the moment when he felt that he was about to leave the hut, a sense of danger that had never appeared suddenly appeared, and this time the sense of danger was so strong that he once had the illusion of being stuck in the neck, making him realize that he had Any movement would put him in danger, and he also found that the object that gave him such a strong sense of danger was not the horned leopards, but the huge tree.

Just when Jenkins gave up the idea of ​​leaving the simple thatched hut and returned to the initial state of silence, there was a sudden weak vibration on the ground, and then he saw some sharp tree roots like spears coming out of the ground. It quickly plunged into the bodies of several horn-toothed leopards.

Faced with such an attack, the horn-toothed leopard could not defend at all, and could not even scream, so it died under the spear of tree roots. Following these roots, the horn-toothed leopard was wrapped up and dragged into the ground, while the surrounding The soil churned up by other tree roots filled up the surrounding area, and the falling snowflakes also covered everything up, as if what happened just now was just an illusion.

Witnessing all this, Jenkins' mind went blank, and his already very weak breathing became weaker and weaker under the drive of fear. Even he felt that such a weak breathing was still too loud, and he hated having to take any more breaths.

I don't know if he is not qualified to be a prey as a human being, or his location is outside the hunting area, or the thatched hut he made up fits the tree's aesthetics. Gradually slowing down, but not disappearing.

Afterwards, Jenkins, who was hiding in the hut, saw wild beasts coming out of the jungle and being hunted down by huge trees like sacrifices. These beasts were all large beasts without exception, both herbivorous and some Carnivores, many of them are beasts he has never seen before, and he doesn't know if it is because he feels no danger now, when he sees a beast that he has never seen before, he can't bear it in his mind. What he couldn't help but think of was how much this beast could sell for if he caught it.

Just under his wild thinking, dozens of waves of beasts have already entered the hunting range of the big tree, becoming one of the nutrients for the root system of the big tree, and the time has entered the middle of the night.

At this time, he found that the big tree suddenly changed, the trunk began to emit a slight light, and some small light clusters flew out of the trunk, circling around the trunk, looking very dazzling.

If it wasn't for the scene of the big tree hunting before, Jenkins might have been attracted by the amazing scene in front of him and walked under the big tree at this moment, but now all he has is fear, because years of experience told him that in the In this endless jungle of the New World, the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are.

At this moment, a sound of trampling on leaves suddenly entered his ears. This sound was not the sound of wild beasts trampling on leaves, but more like the sound of humans trampling on leaves. Immediately afterwards, he saw a sound not far away. A young man in a strange hunting suit walked out of the jungle and came under the big tree.