Chapter 1727
Zhao Lu was also considering this for safety reasons. After all, he didn't know what dangers he would encounter next, and he might even be wiped out.
Sending a soldier back now to report the news would at least give the base city a heads-up.
Let the base city know the situation here, so that even if their team was wiped out, the base city could make preparations in advance.
After all, the Firefly Forest was not far from the base city, and it would take at most a few hours to reach it.
"Who is willing to go back to the city and report the abnormal situation here to Commander Wei!"
Zhao Lu looked at the cavalry and asked.
It was a foregone conclusion that there was something wrong with the Firefly Forest, and the faintly rising black air was the best proof.
Now it was just unclear what kind of incident had happened in the depths of the Firefly Forest.
"Captain! I am willing to bring this news back to the base city!"
At this time, an Eternal Army cavalryman stepped out and said.
"Okay! Then the captain will order you to go back to the base city and bring back the news here."
Zhao Lu looked at the soldier.
This task of reporting the news was not simple.
They were now some distance deep into the Firefly Forest. No one could guarantee whether they would encounter any danger on the way back.
"Forget it! Send a few more people back to pass on the message!"
Zhao Lu suddenly felt uneasy.
He looked at the Eternal Army cavalryman, worried that he would encounter some problems on the way.
Finally, after Zhao Lu's careful selection, ten cavalrymen were finally assigned the task of returning to the base city to pass on the message.
"Everyone! I hope you can return to the base city smoothly, and be sure to tell the commander of the guard about the abnormal situation here!"
Zhao Lu said to the ten cavalrymen.
"Yes! I promise to complete the task!"
The ten cavalrymen said solemnly.
"Go! Be careful!"
Zhao Lu gave the order directly.
"Yes!"
The ten cavalrymen no longer hesitated, and rode their war beasts directly, galloping back the way they came.
"Let's go! Continue to explore deeper!"
"On the way to the next, be alert to the surrounding situation, especially those dense bushes!"
Zhao Lu said.
He always felt that there was something terrifying in the depths of the Firefly Forest.
After the ten cavalrymen left the team, they galloped back along the road they came from.
However, they soon discovered that something was wrong. When the team went deep into the Firefly Forest, they only advanced a dozen miles.
But now the ten cavalrymen have walked at least more than twenty miles and still have not left the forest.
"Stop! Something seems to be wrong!"
The cavalrymen at the front quickly tightened the reins to stop the beasts under them.
Seeing this, the cavalrymen behind them tightened the reins and stopped in place.
"What's wrong?"
The soldiers behind asked in confusion.
"How many miles have we run in total?"
The cavalryman said.
"Well! About more than twenty miles! What's wrong?"
Several cavalrymen answered.
"We have only walked a dozen miles into the Firefly Forest, and now we have walked more than 20 miles on the way back, but we have not left the Firefly Forest and returned to the plain outside!"
"Don't you think this is strange?"
The cavalryman walking in the front said.
"Hiss! Do you mean we got lost outside? Deviated from the original direction?"
Soon a cavalryman thought of a possibility.
"Yes! There is such a possibility!"
The cavalryman nodded.
There are towering trees all around, and the routes are complicated. It is normal to get lost in a hurry.
After all, the average height of the trees in the Firefly Forest is about tens of meters.
"What should we do now? The captain has said that we must bring the news back to the base city!"
At this time, a cavalryman said.
"Let's go up to the treetops to see. Even if we deviate from the direction, we should be leaving the forest soon!"
A cavalryman suggested.
"Yes! This method is feasible!"
Several cavalrymen around nodded and approved each other's suggestions.
Then a cavalryman exerted force on his feet, instantly soared into the air, and landed on a branch more than ten meters high.
His body was agile, constantly jumping between branches, and soon entered the dense tree canopy and disappeared from everyone's sight.
The other nine cavalrymen were not in a hurry, and quietly waited for the soldier who was checking the situation.
At this time, the soldier who climbed up the tree soon came to the position of the tree canopy. His head poked out of the dense leaves and looked into the distance.
The endless sea of forests, reflecting the blue sky, was very beautiful.
But at this moment, he had no mood to appreciate this rare beauty, but quickly looked around.
As everyone guessed, they were lost, and at this time they were far away.The plain in the distance was at least seven or eight miles away.
"Huh! Fortunately, nothing serious happened!"
The soldier looked at the plain in the distance and felt relieved.
He was originally worried that the team would be trapped in the forest because of the abnormality in the Firefly Forest.
If that was the case, things would become very tricky.
The soldier continued to observe and planned the route to leave the Firefly Forest.
But in the dark corner that he didn't notice, a dark figure was slowly approaching.
The shadow was like a poisonous snake hidden in the leaves, without making any noise.
In a short moment, the shadow came behind the soldier, less than two meters away.
Roar!
The shadow suddenly attacked, like a sharp arrow from a string, and attacked the soldier's back.
The soldier who was planning the route at this time suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis behind him.
He immediately shifted his body, but was still hit by the shadow.
Tear!
The black shadow flashed by, bringing with it a string of blood beads. It held a bloody arm in its mouth, and its eyes were bloodshot without any emotion.
The monster tore the soldier's arm into pieces in front of him, and then swallowed it into its stomach.
"Ah! Damn! What kind of monster is this!"
The soldier looked at the black monster, and a chill rose in his heart.
The monster was covered with black scales, and its body was similar to that of a python, but six thick limbs grew out of its abdomen.
There were many worm-like things shaking on the surface of the limbs, which looked very disgusting.
The dark saliva kept flowing out of the monster's mouth, dripping on the treetops and emitting black mist.
All the leaves stained by the saliva withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Hiss! The saliva of this monster is actually poisonous!"
The soldier felt hairy again. He was attacked by the monster just now, and his arm was torn off by the other party.
But he was a little confused. The position of the broken arm did not seem to cause much severe pain.
At this time, he hurriedly looked at the broken part and found that the whole broken part was dark, and faintly emitted a faint black gas.
The soldier then realized that he was poisoned by the monster.
He did not dare to hesitate at all, and quickly circulated the energy in his body to wrap around the whole broken part to prevent the black gas from continuing to invade his body.
