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  It can be said that Huo Shan's abilities are more formidable than Xu Ruyun's, but Xu Ruyun's combat consciousness is too strong, calm and beyond imagination. His use of surgical knives is extremely skilled, and he can be considered the best among all people. In a real fight, even two Huo Shans combined might not be a match for Xu Ruyun.

  This day passed without incident, and everyone got through safely. By nightfall, the crowd had found a place to rest, but in the second half of the night, a terrifying roar suddenly came from afar.

  The people in the dream suddenly woke up, and a hint of fear appeared on everyone's face. Everyone recognized this voice, which was Ningyan's roar when she was demonized at that time.

  Everyone in the darkness did not speak, looking at each other, listening to the distant roar of a monster from ancient times. Su Yu couldn't help but stand up, he really had an urge to go and take a look, to see what was happening with Ning Xuan now, but was quickly pulled back by Zhang Zhongmou.

  Zhang Zhongmou vaguely guessed his idea.

  Su Yu also had such an impulse, but soon restrained himself.

  "Get me a cigarette." Su Yu said in a low voice.

  "Good." Zhang Zhongmou handed him a cigarette and lit it for him.

  Su Yu took a deep drag on his cigarette, swallowed the smoke into his stomach, and slowly leaned against the tree trunk to sit down. Then he puffed it out from his mouth and nose, watching the smoke he had blown out in silence.

  That night, Ningyuan's roar continued unabated, and another roar seemed to be mixed in, as if fighting with another terrifying monster.

  It wasn't until the second half of the night that the roaring finally stopped.

  Su Yu's face was filled with worry, and she said in a soft voice: "I don't know how Ning Yan is doing, will she be okay?" In the past when they were in school, Su Yu and Ning Yan had a good relationship, but later on, Ning Yan became very strange and distant, which made Su Yu lose contact with her. Now that she knew Ning Yan had another reason for her behavior, Su Yu immediately started worrying about Ning Yan.

  "Let's just forget about her, everyone," Qin Jiagu said in a low voice. "Although... although it's cruel, none of us can help her now. We can only force ourselves to forget her. And judging from Xue Tian and Mo Tian's reactions, Ning Yan must be very special. Maybe... maybe she'll survive well in this forest. Later... if we gain enough power, maybe we can help her..." He couldn't continue speaking after that, because even he himself couldn't convince himself with this reason.

  "Yes, let's not think about it anymore." Su Yu suddenly interrupted.

  Everyone was stunned and looked at him, the Qin family knew that Su Yu liked Ning Yan, among everyone, he should be the one who missed Ning Yan the most.

  Su Yu extinguished the cigarette in her hand by pressing it against the ground, using a lot of force. She said slowly: "We can't help her now, don't think about it anymore. The only thing we should be thinking about is how to live better and become stronger. If we're strong enough, maybe we'll be able to help her... We're really too weak..."

  The last sentence turned into a low murmur, as if he was talking to himself. His hand pressed the cigarette butt hard, his whole body trembling slightly. He hated his own weakness, and at that moment, Ning Yian's terrifying power had indeed made him unable to muster the courage to face it. All of this was because he was too weak... too weak! Strong, I need to be strong! Only with enough strength can I protect those I want to protect, and hold on to the beliefs I want to uphold!

  Never had Su Yu felt such a strong desire for power, the golden blood in his right hand began to simmer slowly. It seemed to sense its master's intentions and slowly released threads of golden silk that flowed through his body, suddenly surging into the "Original Power Necklace" around his neck.

  The pendant seemed to have received some kind of stimulation, and immediately, it wildly absorbed the alien power within Su Yu's body. A thread of the pendant's original power and soul gradually showed signs of awakening.

  Su Yu's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but reach out to grasp the "Original Force Necklace". On it, a faint blue light flickered vaguely, but when she carefully sensed it again, it seemed as if there was nothing to sense.

  "Strange, just now was it an illusion... This feeling, as if something is sleeping inside this necklace, and just now almost woke up..."

  Su Yu was lost in thought.

  No one slept soundly that night until the first light of dawn, when everyone finally fell asleep, but they were soon startled awake again by a group of goblins.

  Three big brothers Lin Bu beasts, each leading fifteen small Lin Bu beasts, dozens of monsters swarmed up like a beehive.

  Everyone jumped up, Qin Jia Gui's right shoulder jerked, a metal circular drum protruded from his shoulder, "Hiss" sound, "Iron Shoulder Flying Bullet" shot out.

  A deafening "boom" shook the air as a missile landed among the group of young Glimmer Beasts, exploding and instantly blowing four of them to smithereens.

  Xu Ruyun didn't say a word and swiftly moved out of the way, her right hand swung out and cut off the throat of a small Linbu beast.

  The little brother Lin Bu beast dropped the wooden stick in his hand, covered his throat and retreated, and soon fell to the ground, convulsing constantly until he died.

  Huò Shān's left hand grasped the canvas bag of treasures, his right hand opened, and strands of strange energy rose and condensed on his palm. Gradually, a coal ball appeared, and then he threw it out heavily.

  The coal ball hit the ground and exploded with a loud "boom", killing one of the small Linbu beasts on the spot, while the other was severely injured and fell to the ground.

  Su Yu continuously drew symbols in the air with her hand, Su Yu blocked in front of her, and as soon as a monster rushed over, she would throw it away with a flick of her wrist. Finally, Su Yu finished drawing the symbol, and a white impact wave shot out.

  With a loud "boom", the large Linbu beast that was locked onto by her let out a frantic cry, and with a crisp "crack" sound, its chest cavity shattered, its back burst open, and its internal organs mixed with bones were sprayed out from its back, dying on the spot.

  Three big Linbu and dozens of small Linbu beasts were quickly settled, and several small Linbu beasts saw that the situation was not good, turned around and escaped, and soon escaped far away. Wang Xiang and Mao Mingzhu and other newcomers wanted to chase after them, but Qin Jiagui said in a low voice: "Don't pursue the poor bandits, the forest is treacherous, don't chase anymore."

  These newcomers were shocked when they heard this, thinking that it was true, and immediately stopped and walked back.

  From yesterday to today, all the monsters I encountered were low-level, except for one Huo Shan who upgraded from zeroth-order to first-order, everyone else didn't upgrade.

  Zhao Shichang exclaimed with joy: "Doesn't this phenomenon indicate that we have already reached the edge of this forest? Generally speaking, the monsters in the depths of the forest are certainly very frightening, while those on the edge are weak and small. I think... perhaps it's because we're about to leave this forest, so yesterday and today, we only encountered these Goblins."

  Many people nodded in agreement, feeling that it was reasonable, and suddenly became excited.

  After eating something, the crowd continued on their way with their belongings. Qin Jiagui had re-identified the direction and let Zhao Shichang carve a cross-shaped mark of "ten" on several prominent tree trunks.

  At intervals they would leave marks on conspicuous tree trunks for future reference.

  Su Yu suggested again that Su Yu should carry Lei Cui on his back, but unexpectedly Su Yu still refused and wanted to carry Lei Cui himself.

  Su Yu was secretly shocked and only then did she understand that Su Yu's determination was so great, beyond her imagination. It seems that once a woman makes up her mind, she can be even more persistent than a man.

  Maybe Zhao Shichang was right, they've only encountered low-level monsters on this road, there are small Goblins, Earth Elementals, the strongest ones being big Goblins at most.

  At first, there were large groups of small Linbu beasts that rushed up to them, but later they encountered those with only a dozen or so small Linbu beasts, which surprisingly fled in disarray as soon as they saw them from afar, and no longer attacked them.

  At first, everyone thought of Zhao Shichang's guess and thought that they might have reached the edge of the forest and would soon leave the forest. However, after walking for half a day, they found that the front was still endless forest, and the excitement in everyone's heart gradually cooled down.

  When Zhao Shichang let out a low whistle and swung the bone knife on his right arm, cutting down a large area of branches in front of him, he made a slight humming sound with his mouth.

  Qin Jiagui, who was following behind him, also let out a soft hiss and stopped.

  Today was already their twelfth day entering the forest, and apart from their school, half a supermarket, and that police station, they finally saw a fourth building.

  Later, Su Yu, Ma Ziyue and Zhang Zhongmou also walked up. Zhao Shichang swung out several knives in a row, cutting down the large branches and shrubs in front of him, allowing Su Yu and others to see the scene in front of them very conveniently.

  The vegetation in this area is extremely dense, with countless green vines entwining the towering trees, among which are unnameable green plants and flowers, and even more blooming strange yellow small flowers, like scattered stars in this green ocean.

  In the midst of this lush, ocean-like vegetation, a large complex of buildings stands tall. At this moment, many green vines have crawled up the outer walls of these buildings, as if they have been here for quite some time.

  The gate of this building is very magnificent. On the marble gate, nine golden characters are written horizontally: "Sz City First People's Hospital".

  At this moment, looking from afar at the building that seems to appear and disappear among the lush vegetation, one can feel an eerie silence, as if there is no longer any living being or creature there.

  "Hospital? It seems like it's been a while since I fell into this forest." Qin Jiagui looked around from afar, murmuring to himself.

  Zhao Shichang stopped swinging his sword and turned around to ask, "What do you think? Should we go in and take a look or just bypass it?"

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