#1968 - Black Swamp

The magic world has many realistic illusions, some of which are real, some of which are fake, some of which can reveal the future, and some of which are just for fun.

It was hard to say what Ya Ling's purpose was, but one thing was certain, the other party was not so easy to deal with. Even the character panel that Li Chengxi saw might have been disguised.

If it weren't for some special magical items helping him, this Ya Ling might be a big shot like Lin Tianci.

In this situation, it would be right for Li Chengxi to keep silent and just focus on saving people.

Alyssa just felt puzzled, but did not dwell on it too deeply. She encountered many strange things in the void, so she might have gotten used to it.

The entire cottage had disappeared, even the fence and vegetable patch outside the house seemed to have melted into the mist, and now there was only a layer of gravel underfoot.

Alyssa took out the detection rod and checked it on the spot. She didn't find any suspicious traces, so she had to continue to move forward according to the established goal.

Although the scanner on the Swan could not accurately scan the internal structure, it marked the direction and approximate location of the high-energy reaction.

Alyssa and the others are now heading towards the nearest high-energy reaction, but there is a problem.

They had to cross a swamp.

The cabin may be an illusion, but the swamp next to the cabin is not. It should be formed by water seeping in from somewhere else. Looking up, I saw thick fog floating on the dark swamp. It really takes some courage to move forward here.

This swamp was originally supposed to be part of the mine, but now it is a mixture of sand, water and mud. When moving forward, you have to test it after every two steps to avoid falling in.

This significantly reduces movement speed.

Li Chengxi came up with an idea, letting Xista walk in front and everyone follow Xista.

Sista is a sea snake and is not afraid of water. Moreover, Sista is heavy enough. If it walks through a place without any problem, there should be no problem for everyone to walk through it.

This brought the speed back to a walking pace, rather than a forward crawl.

A few minutes later, everyone saw signs of life beginning to appear in the soft and wet swamp, some reeds and other plants that often appear in swamps, and occasionally even frogs and slugs.

The deeper you go, the higher the density of these things becomes, and soon all around you are filled with lush plants and the croaking of frogs.

At this time, Sista, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped. Alyssa thought they had discovered a natural trap and waited for Sista to lead them around it. However, the two-headed sea snake shook its head and motioned Alyssa to come over and take a look.

"Sista found the body, and it looked like he had just died."

After hearing what Li Chengxi said, Alyssa also took two quick steps forward.

The body was lying in a patch of rush grass. It looked like a man in his thirties or forties, and was dressed very simply, like a linen shirt woven from swamp plants.

Alyssa kicked and let the body lie prone on the ground.

Several broken arrows were stuck there and blood was all over the ground, but it was not so conspicuous in the dark swamp. The cause of death was most likely excessive blood loss.

"Although the cabin is an illusion, there is probably someone moving around nearby. You should be careful."

Alyssa pulled out the arrow and looked at it. It was a very primitive wrought iron arrow.

"If it's just this level, the armor on my crotch is enough to resist it."

Heavy protective clothing is bulletproof and has a certain resistance to gunpowder weapons and energy weapons, so Alyssa doesn't care much.

"But the problem is, you don't know how someone will shoot the arrow. Have you ever heard of combat techniques?"

"Um... I've heard of it, but is there anyone who knows how to do that now?"

This is the problem of low personal combat power. Alyssa and the others are a bit like the people on Earth. They don’t understand that the arrows in the magic world can really penetrate main battle tanks.

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The magic technology on Alyssa's side is too advanced, and their personal fighting power is seriously low. They have forgotten that a long, long time ago, before warships could fly into the void, there were wizards who could kill an army with a single spell, warriors wielding swords could literally defeat a thousand men at once, arrows shot by rangers could easily pick off the snow on the top of the mountain, and skilled monks could jump off the roof of a building.

——This last one doesn’t count.

In short, be careful.

Li Chengxi doesn't have much adventure experience, but he knows how to watch.

Alyssa also felt that she might have been careless. After all, all the threats she had encountered before could be dealt with by concentrated fire.

He raised his hand and looked at the display on his personal terminal. At the current speed, it would take about an hour to cross the swamp and reach the target location.

During this hour, you may very likely run into the guy who killed the person in front of you.

Alyssa rearranged the formation, making sure everyone was under the cover of others.

But the weirdness of this swamp is not just that someone might jump out and shoot arrows at them.

As they walked, everyone saw a glowing object that looked like a ball of light swaying at the edge of their vision. At first glance, it looked like a person holding a bull's-eye lantern.

But Sista stopped everyone from going over and patted the ground in that direction with his tail. Everyone immediately saw the black soil breaking apart like gel. If they walked in, they would fall to the bottom.

From time to time, everyone could hear screams coming from the depths of the fog. It sounded like a woman was being treated inhumanely, but after the last experience, everyone closed their masks and pretended not to hear it.

In addition, sometimes people can see huge bodies like snakes or crocodiles sliding through the fog, see shadows like vultures appearing above the fog, and sometimes hear someone calling their names.

This was really weird. After everyone closed their masks, they could only communicate through the communication channel. In theory, they should not be able to hear any sounds outside the protective clothing, but the calling voice was like a whisper in the ear, a mixture of joy and sinisterness.

This level of harassment is easy to deal with, as long as we ignore it.

But some of them are just too much to handle.

Sophia suddenly stopped halfway, looked down at her shoe, and reported that a bug had crawled into it.

This also scared Alyssa, and she quickly checked it out, and finally confirmed that it was just Sophia's hallucination.

Sometimes, everyone felt like something was wriggling on their backs, as if a few earthworms were crawling in.

Sometimes, everyone seemed to see their own shadows suddenly separate from themselves and fly to the other side of the swamp, and there were shrill screams from that side, as if some animal had been killed.

These are all illusions that are so realistic that everyone is wearing heavy protective clothing, which is a protective measure specifically for activities in the void.

If there is even the slightest damage, the protective suit will immediately sound an alarm, so there is no chance for bugs to get in.

It's just that kind of illusion that is so real that it's hard to bear.