422 The End of Dusk (2) Deepening
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The vision in front of him immediately made Zhang Xiao’s already alertness rise again, but he couldn’t just stand at the door and go in. After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xiao asked the nightmare to return to his shadow again, and then carefully stepped into this jungle that was unknown in depth step by step.
He went along the straight line, because if nothing unexpected happened, the center of such a place was always a little different.
However, Zhang Xiao soon discovered that this strange jungle was very strange. Logically speaking, it was impossible that no one had come before, but at this time the ground was covered with weeds and there was no trace of someone walking, let alone an obvious path.
This made Zhang Xiao feel lost without going far away.
"Tsk, I just said that I will never get lost again after having this ability."
Zhang Xiao stopped and looked helplessly at the vegetation in front of him that almost completely blocked his vision. Although the three-dimensional picture sensed by the mental power in his mind was much wider, he could not see clearly in the distance.
The three-dimensional picture only lingers within five or six meters around the body, as if there was fog covering it even further.
There is no doubt that he was really lost. Although he had not walked far, he was not even sure whether he was moving forward now, or he had gone around in circles and walked back.
He focused on his mental sensing, hoping to rely on this ability to find the right path again - he was sure that he would go deeper according to the direction he first entered and would definitely find the center of this strange place.
In fact, Zhang Xiao’s so-called mental power sensing, which is his self-deprecating ability to “open maps”, still has some effect. This ability is actually the application of his substitute ability - using nightmare to drive biological emotions and consciousness, "see" everything that creatures perceive.
The trees, flowers and plants in front of him are not stones or steel. Although they do not have a strong sense of self like animals, they are also part of the creatures. They can be influenced by his ability to stand-in nightmare, so he can still "see" some pictures in his mind.
However, because the plants are too weak in self-awareness, these plants have no negative emotions, only the most basic appetite, or the desire to survive, which is very resistant to the ability of nightmare, resulting in him being able to achieve a "picture opening" ability of five or six meters at most.
After all, although nightmare can drive consciousness, its essence is at its core. What he can use most is negative emotions. Only negative emotions can give birth to the fuel of nightmare. Although the desire for survival is indispensable for blood and killing, it is still very pure positive desire and cannot effectively utilize the nightmare.
Of course, it is good to have a cordon of five or six meters, which can improve some protection for Zhang Xiao... Anyway, his actual attack defense is not yet five or six meters - the human-shaped nightmare has no rules to escape the substitute, and it only has a range of only two meters.
Zhang Xiao stood there for a while, relied on his substitute ability to observe for a while, and then he seemed to be the same environment around him, and suddenly he took action again.
He maintained his ability to nightmare and went deeper into the jungle step by step in one direction, which was somewhat different from his previous path.
He didn't walk very quickly, and sometimes he would take a few steps back, but it seemed that he had found the direction again, and his face was not confused.
That's right, Zhang Xiao did find the direction again. He looked at the three-dimensional picture in his mind and raised his gaze to the highest level, flush with the entire jungle.
From that angle, Zhang Xiao could clearly see the ups and downs of the jungle - quite regular ups and downs!
Although I still can't see a very far place, the ups and downs are obvious. The whole jungle is rising little by little, as if it is rising in a certain direction, the taller the trees are.
However, this is not obvious in a secret realm where trees are generally of five or six meters in height, at least this difference cannot be seen clearly on the ground.
With the ability to open the chart, Zhang Xiao could not completely determine the direction, so he could only walk and stop along this trend and constantly correct the direction of his progress.
Of course, he was moving towards a higher direction of the trees. He believed that in this strange place where plants at different latitudes could grow, there must be some mysterious "energy". The taller the trees, the more "energy" the trees there absorbed.
This is not an unfounded statement. It is like the sunny trees are more lush and tall, and the flowers and weeds are denser by the river. It can be seen that the growth of plants is closely related to the growth environment.
Zhang Xiao remained vigilant and continued to go deep carefully. Although the existence of this place is incredible, it should not be too big in logic.
However, soon, he stopped again. This time he was not lost, but he felt that he was almost at the center of this small place; it was not because he encountered any danger, but because he found that something was missing in this place.
There is a lack of sound here!
"Strange, the plants here are so dense. No matter what the reason is, it also means that the soil here is definitely not lacking in moisture, but... why are there no animals here?"
There was not even a slight sound here, without the sound of insects. Except for the sound of Zhang Xiao plucking the leaves and stepping on dead branches when he walked around, there was no other sound.
Not a single trace of it!
Zhang Xiao didn't notice it at first, but he has been careful to get to the present. He is not only guarding against some strange situations, but also worried about the poisonous snakes and venomous insects that rushed out from somewhere.
But at this moment he finally confirmed that it was not his illusion. There was really no sound around him, and it was as clean as if he had done a major worm cleaning.
Although this place is planted with vegetation of trees and vegetation of different dimensions, it gives people the feeling of being a tropical jungle. The vegetation is dense and the water vapor is heavy. In other words, this place is not as angry as many cold areas. Instead, there should be many active creatures, such as small beasts, such as insects, and it is impossible to have nothing.
Even if the wild beasts are restricted by JOJO and others and will not be transported in, insects do not need to be sent in specifically - their eggs will inevitably enter with the entry of land and vegetation.
But the problem now is that Zhang Xiao didn't hear a single insect, and saw it.
He was afraid that he would misread it, so he used the ability of nightmare to communicate the consciousness of the surrounding creatures. This time he focused his attention on the smaller creatures.
However, this is the reality. There are only trees, flowers and plants, and there are really no insects... There are no spiders, no mosquitoes, no earthworms, ants, let alone bigger centipedes and scorpions. It feels like there are not even a worm here, like a dead land.
But looking at the lush green vegetation in front of you, how could this place be a lifeless death?
"What the hell is going on in this place?"
Look at the blue sky and white clouds that are painted in the "sky", and the light in this place comes from nowhere; look at the lush vegetation in front of you, there is no roar of insects in your ears, only Zhang Xiao’s own breathing sound.
Zhang Xiao felt even more uneasy, and his own negative emotions made the nightmare behind him become darker and more real. But just like the first time, after hesitating on the spot for a while, Zhang Xiao chose to grit his teeth and continue to go deeper.
He won't give up here!
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Chapter completed!