Chapter 497: Jumo Island (Part 3)

After confirming that they could not take the air route, the five people walked into the dense forest next to the beach.

Tianma Xingkong led the way at the front, followed closely by Uncle Good-for-nothing, followed by Hong Hu, Feng Bujue and Young Master Jibu. The group of people braved thorns and thorns and walked slowly towards the center of the island.

The first step of the main quest is time-limited, which is a good thing. From this, it can be inferred that the "Temple of Faith" is not very far from the players' starting point. At least theoretically... it can be reached within three hours.

"Is it possible... that the temple is close to the coastline? In fact, we don't need to go deep into the island at all. We can find it just by walking along the beach." After walking for a while, Master Atobe suddenly had a whim and asked. .

"Yes." Feng Bujue replied with a smile, "But... if that's really the case, a new problem will arise..." He turned his head and said, "When we are on the beach, should we go left, or should we go left? What about going to the right?”

"Well..." Atobe was a little confused by the question. After hesitating for two seconds, he replied, "Are you trying to make excuses?"

"No." Before Feng Bujue could answer, Honghu jumped in and said, "Brother Crazy is right, there is essentially no difference between going left, right or entering the island." When he said this, he suddenly After a moment, he stretched out his hand and scratched his neck, "Firstly, we don't have a map, and secondly, we haven't received any hints. We are just lucking out wherever we go."

Brother Jue took over the conversation and said: "However, based on experience and common sense, the probability of the temple being on the island is higher than on the seaside." He pointed to Tianma Xingkong in front of him, "Brother Xiao Ma's first reaction before , and also entered the island, so...I will..." His words stopped abruptly here.

The next second, Feng Bujue's expression changed and he shouted, "Don't move!"

The others didn't know who he was talking about, and all four of them stopped at once.

"Honghu. Don't move." Feng Bujue answered in a firm and steady voice.

"What's wrong?" Honghu responded nervously. At this moment, he was like a sculpture, his figure was almost completely still, only his lips were spitting out words.

"There is something on the back of your neck." When Feng Bujue said this, he had already stepped forward and stood behind Honghu.

The other three people knew that it had nothing to do with them, so they breathed a sigh of relief and turned their gazes over.

"Hmm...it's quite strange..." Feng Bujue was about to reach out, but then stopped.

"What exactly is it?" Honghu still remained calm. By now he had realized that there was a reason why his neck was itching.

"It should be a leech..." Feng Bujue continued.

"Listen to your tone...it's not an ordinary locust." Honghu said.

"Yes." Feng Bujue said, "Because I can't see it..."

"What do you mean?" Honghu asked again.

"I can see that the wound on your neck is crawling and oozing blood..." Feng Bujue replied, "But I can't see the thing that is sucking your blood..." He moved closer, "I just Judging from the shape of the wound... I guess it's a locust."

"Transparent leech?" Uncle Good-for-nothing replied.

"No...it's definitely not transparent..." Honghu denied it himself, "If the leech is transparent, then when my blood enters its body, its outline will be revealed."

"And the thing in front of us sucked in the blood, but did not appear." Feng Bujue continued Honghu's words, "Well... let's call it a ghost locust."

"Is it time to come up with a name now?" Honghu replied quickly.

Obviously, Honghu was a little anxious. That's just the way people are, there are some things. When I didn't know, I didn't feel anything special, but after I knew...it felt like a thorn in my back or a fish bone in my throat.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it right away." Feng Bujue said and tilted his head again. He used his nose to smell the back of Honghu's neck and said, "Yes, the smell is slightly fishy. It is indeed a locust."

"Hey...what are you doing...are you going to eat it as food?" Jibu asked, squinting at Brother Jue. To be honest, if Feng Bujue really ate that "ghost leech", Jibu would also Wouldn't be too surprised.

"Just checking again." Brother Jue continued, "What if it's something else?" As he spoke, he took out the [Composite Anti-Gravity Ejector] from his bag, "If it's a leech... it wouldn't be easy to peel it off by force. If the mouthpart breaks off under the skin, it may cause infection.”

Buzz——

With the sound of the catapult starting up, the wound on the back of Honghu's neck was loosened, and then blood flowed down his skin, indicating that the leech had been peeled off from his neck.

"Use this kind of gravity device to do it, and there won't be similar problems." Feng Bujue picked up the catapult and glanced at Honghu's wound, "Well... Judging from your wound, this one is very big. , it’s a lump when curled up, and maybe ten centimeters long when unfolded.”

"Huh...I was careless too." Honghu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly covered the wound with his hand to stop the bleeding. "I just felt a little itchy and didn't pay attention to the survival value at all." He paused for two seconds, "Fortunately...the loss is not bad either. Not big, only 7% off in total...I just don’t know how long this thing has been bothering me.”

"The problem has not been solved yet." Feng Bujue said with a strange expression, "I thought about it again... Since this locust can interact with us on a physical level, it doesn't seem accurate to call it a 'ghost' ah."

"Are you still worried about the name?" Atobe said, "It's not important at all."

"He is not obsessed with the name." Hong Hu adjusted his glasses and continued, "He is obsessed with the nature of this creature." He thought for a few seconds and also expressed a hypothesis, "Could it be... that it changes the color of its body surface according to the surrounding environment?"

"Chameleon?" Tianma Xingkong finally interrupted after listening for a long time.

"It's much more powerful than the Chameleon (the scientific name of the chameleon)." Feng Bujue continued, he raised his arm and aimed the catapult at a nearby tree trunk (the composite catapult can turn on the suction and lighting functions at the same time), "Look, there should be a leech in front of my catapult now, but it is in the light column, and its shadow cannot be reflected on the tree trunk. This means... it either distorts the surrounding light or directly interferes with our vision."

"This is not surprising." Hong Hu continued, "The background of this script is obviously in the main universe of the game, that is to say... a magical setting. Therefore, it is normal for creatures that cannot be explained by common sense to appear."

"Hmm..." Feng Bujue pondered for a moment and asked, "Uncle Wastewood, can you see this leech?"

"No." Uncle Wastewood replied immediately.

"You can't see it under the light, and you can't see it with sunglasses..." Feng Bujue said, and then looked up at Honghu, "It's invisible when it adheres to the surface of 37 degrees Celsius, and it's invisible at room temperature of 15 degrees..." He said again, "Does anyone of you have a device or skill that can emit infrared rays?"

"You guys are really busy." Although Honghu complained, his hand had already reached into the bag and started to take things out, "You have to make this invisible thing appear before you stop? It's just a leech, it's been taken down now, can't you just throw it aside? Wasting time on such a small thing may become a hidden danger in the near future."

After complaining, the props were also taken out. Honghu raised an egg-shaped metal object and pressed the switch. The object immediately unfolded and a light curtain burst out.

In an instant, everything around was shrouded in the radiation range of infrared rays.

"Fuck!" At this moment, except for Brother Jue, everyone's fright value soared suddenly.

Under the irradiation of infrared rays, the players finally saw the leech, and also... saw thousands of its kind.

At this moment, the players were surrounded by a sea of ​​invisible leeches... the treetops above their heads, the mud under their feet, the tree trunks beside them, the bushes, the rocks... almost everywhere was crawling with these creatures, including the clothes of the five of them, which were already attached to a lot.

"Fortunately, our clothes are relatively tight, and there is not much exposed skin." Feng Bujue said calmly, "and the movement speed of these leeches is really slow, and it takes half a day to crawl a little distance." He looked at Honghu, "As for you, brother with glasses, it seems that you are unlucky..." He raised the catapult in his hand and gently shook the leech that was sucked and floated, "This one... most likely fell from the branch and fell on the back of your neck."

"What are you still talking about?" Atobe looked at the things on his body and was almost going crazy. He didn't dare to use He could only shout in panic, "What should I do now!"

"No need to do anything special..." Feng Bujue flicked the leech on the catapult, then looked around and said, "Look at the density... We don't have to rush to clean up the ones that have already stuck on us, anyway, we will get a lot of them after walking a few steps." He shrugged, "Why not keep going forward and clean up when we get to a place without leeches."

"Hey... What if the forest ahead is like this? What if all the forests on this island are full of this creature?" asked Jibe.

"Then we can consider... how to make this invisible leech into emergency food." Feng Bujue tilted his head and thought.

"Anyway... let's go faster." Tianma Xingkong's face became ugly at this time, "I have intensive phobia..." It seems that heroes also have fears.

"Okay, keep going." Feng Bujue continued in a relaxed tone.

Hong Hu took a deep breath and shook his head: "Brother Feng, there is one thing I have to admire about you... You are really mentally strong."

"Yeah, can a normal person be so calm after knowing that the surroundings are in such a situation..." Ji Bu replied.

"Hehe..." Feng Bujue smiled playfully, "If you are really that scared, why not sing a little song to distract your attention? Come on, sing with me..." He opened his mouth and said, "Little Brother Ma, your legs are facing west, leading Uncle Waste Chai, and following the three funny guys."

"Hey! You cursed yourself for the sake of rhyme!" (To be continued...)