Junior Leopard's scouting was an eye-opener for Ding Meng. This stone plain was in the middle of the night. No matter how strong everyone's night vision was, the surrounding scenery was completely the same. It was indeed difficult to distinguish the route.
Junior Leopard was running wildly in front. His running posture was very strange. It was not like a person running on two legs. Instead, he was like a wolfhound, exerting force on all four limbs. The route was not straight, sometimes twisting and sometimes turning. His speed was as fast as an arrow. At this time, Liu Cheng could no longer keep up with this group. He could only return the way he came.
Ding Meng naturally would not waste his energy. He drove the Prototype to fly close to the ground. Jun Ling and the others were like leopards on the grassland, running as if they were flying.
"Is the route correct?"
Ding Meng felt that the range of his telekinesis vision was also blocked by this stone plain. He could not detect too far away. Even if it was a thousand meters away, he could only sense if there were signs of life. He could not clearly image it.
Jun Ling was full of confidence. "Don't worry, it's absolutely correct. Junior Leopard relies on his sense of smell. As long as there is any trace of an abnormal smell, he will be able to smell it."
Ding Meng also knew that they were a local race. They were very familiar with every blade of grass and every tree on this planet. Using their sense of smell to open a path was something only a local could do.
Ding Meng's telekinesis vision was strong enough, but no matter how strong it was, it only stopped at the visual level. It could not be distinguished by smell. Therefore, Junior Leopard's ability was something Ding Meng could not envy.
The strength of Jun Ling's group was not reflected in battle. When they truly entered the depths of the Endless Forest, only then did Ding Meng realize how solid this group's foundation was. Junior Leopard ran continuously in front for five hours without any signs of stopping. Moreover, his speed did not decrease. However, Jun Ling and the others were able to keep up. Their breathing was steady and dense. There was not even a trace of panting.
If he could successfully return this time, he had to properly learn these skills from this group. Ding Meng secretly made up his mind.
After running for an unknown period of time, Junior Leopard finally stopped. It seemed that they had arrived at their destination. Ding Meng and the others quickly followed. Looking around, they saw a circular lake with a diameter of 200 meters in front of them.
Rather than calling it a lake, it was better to call it a giant pool. Jun Ling said, "This is not natural!"
Ding Meng nodded. He realized that Jun Ling was very meticulous. The edge of the pool was very smooth, and there were no traces of excavation. It had been excavated by a large machine, but the problem was that no one had been here for decades. Who had dug it out?
"Elephant!" Jun Ling ordered in a deep voice.
The Elephant understood. It took two steps forward and leaped high into the air. While in mid-air, it threw a short spear into the water.
"Pu!"
The short spear plunged into the water, and Jun Ling carefully observed the string of bubbles that emerged from the bottom of the water.
"It's too deep!" Jun Ling judged.
Ding Meng activated his telekinesis vision, but his vision could only reach a depth of 100 meters, and he still could not see the bottom.
Junior Leopard crouched by the pool and stretched his neck to carefully smell the scent of the water. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "Sister Jun, this water is abnormal!
They're much stronger than monsters! "
The abnormality they were referring to was the poison in the water. Stronger than monsters meant more harmful than the blood of devouring monsters. Ordinary origin ability users could not be contaminated by these poisons.
Ding Meng said, "I'll go down and take a look!
You all wait here! "
Jun Ling was not to be outdone. "I'll go with you!
The rest of you stay here and wait for orders! "
Ding Meng hesitated. "This water is very poisonous."
Jun Ling pointed at his neck. "It's fine. I have a protective talisman passed down to me by my ancestors."
"Oh?"
Ding Meng noticed that Jun Ling wore a crescent-shaped pendant around his neck. Looking at the material, it should also be made of bone. Its shape was very similar to the hero's knife, but its volume was much larger.
Ding Meng and the others all had this kind of ornament on their bodies, especially their wrists, shoulders, and ankles. They all wore all kinds of strange ornaments. Ding Meng had seen them before, but to say that this was some sort of protective talisman, he expressed his doubts.
However, he quickly realized that he was wrong. After the Prototype sank into the water, Jun Ling did not hesitate to dive in as well.
A scene that left Ding Meng and Xiao Ai dumbfounded happened. The crescent-shaped pendant on Jun Ling's chest flashed with a purple light. A purple bubble appeared under the water, enveloping his entire body, completely isolating him from the surrounding water. He himself was safe and sound as he dived down with all his might.
"This …" Ding Meng was dumbfounded. He could not explain this phenomenon.
Xiao Ai said, "This is a very strange kind of concentrated energy. It's strange how it can be contained in such a small ornament. Also, this energy fluctuation feels very familiar to me."
Ding Meng was surprised. "You have a sample to compare it with?"
"It's a bit like the so-called god's stone on the island, but also a bit like …" Xiao Ai hesitated.
Ding Meng frowned. "Like what?"
Xiao Ai said quietly, "I can't analyze it. Its composition is not only complex, but also advanced. Back on the Expedition, part of Shenguang Technology's energy fluctuation was similar to this thing."
Ding Meng was also silent. He had experienced the various wonders and powers of Shenguang Technology, but Jun Ling and this group of primitive people actually had this thing, and they even believed that it was some kind of protective amulet passed down by their ancestors.
For a moment, Ding Meng felt that Madison was full of mysteries. There seemed to be some unknown secret hidden here.
Of course, no matter how miraculous Junling's amulet was, it was definitely not as powerful as the First Prototype in terms of kinetic energy. The First Prototype could still travel at high speed in the water, but Junling could not. She was using the breaststroke method to continuously dive, and as the water pressure increased, she had no choice but to slow down.
The purple bubbles, the graceful swimming posture, the brown hair, the bronze skin, the valiant face, and the determined blue eyes of the girl formed a strange classical beauty in this dark underwater world. Even Ding Meng couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Xiao Ai said, "No wonder that Elephant wants to have a child with this woman. He does have some taste."
Jun Ling did not mind Ding Meng staring at her. She swam to Ding Meng's side and gave him a friendly smile to show her gratitude. Ding Meng did not dive down, but waited for her as he flew.
At that moment, there seemed to be a flash of light underwater. The two of them exchanged glances and then sped up.
The light quickly turned into a flickering glimmer. There was clearly something underwater. Soon, the glimmer turned into light, and the light grew brighter and more obvious.
Finally, about thirty meters away from Ding Meng and Xiao Ai, a floating white pupil of light could finally be seen.
This was not an ordinary pupil of energy. It was like a glowing bubble, constantly spreading rings of light in all directions.
These rings of light swept past the Prototype, and Ding Meng felt a sense of trepidation. This was because the rings of light fluctuated between strong and weak. When it was weak, it felt like the aura of those monsters outside. But when it grew stronger, Ding Meng felt the immense pressure he had felt when facing the water droplets. The energy contained in these waves was so rich that he dared say he had never seen it before.
What in the world was this thing?
Inside the pupil of light, there seemed to be countless strands of energy flowing. After a while, a small pterosaur appeared in the pupil of light. This Xiao Long also seemed to be in the form of light energy. Its appearance was very similar to the bat monster they had seen in the canyon. If there was no connection between the two, the two of them would not believe it even if they were killed.
Jun Ling quietly pulled out a sharp short spear from her belt. Her goal was simple and crude. I don't care what you are, I'll kill you first.
But Ding Meng quickly waved at her, at the same time gesturing: Don't act rashly.
Jun Ling thought for a moment, and still put away the short spear. After all, Ding Meng's idea was safer. Although this thing did not give them a sense of extreme danger, it still made them feel apprehensive.
Was it good or evil?
Strong or weak?
Good or bad?
These were all unknown. In the worst case scenario, if you disturbed it and failed to kill it, it would attack you instead. That would be bad.
Ding Meng gestured upwards again. This time, Jun Ling immediately understood and turned to swim upstream.
The current mission was not to find the leader, but to quickly go back and meet up with Feng Jianzhen and the others. Elder Xue should more or less know the situation here.
As soon as the two of them came out of the water, everyone immediately surrounded Jun Ling and pulled her up.
"Sister Jun!" Qinqin and the others were not good with words, but this question undoubtedly showed that they were concerned about the situation underwater.
Jun Ling immediately described the scene to everyone. Little Arrow immediately said, "It's definitely not the forbidden zone!"
"Why is it not the forbidden zone?" Ding Meng descended from the sky.
Little Arrow frowned, as if trying to recall the past. "Although my grandfather has never been to the forbidden zone, my great-grandfathers have been close to it. He said that the entrance to the forbidden zone is like a glowing mirror. Behind the mirror is another world. This mirror seems to be able to fly. One moment it flies to the hillside, the next moment it flies to the grassland, and sometimes it appears on the sea. There is no pattern. It's definitely not the glowing and motionless ball below."
Elephant said, "If that's the case, then the leader is down there?"
"It doesn't look like it!"
Jun Ling shook her head. "If it's really the leader, it shouldn't be in the form of light. It should be in the form of a devouring monster."
"Then what is it?" Everyone felt a headache. After all, Jun Ling's description made them unable to imagine it.
Jun Ling said, "Don't ask anymore. Let's go back now and ask Mr. Feng and Elder Xue. They are knowledgeable and will definitely know the origin of the glowing ball."
"I'm afraid we can't go back now!" Ding Meng suddenly sighed and looked into the depths of the darkness. "We've been exposed!"
The perception of Jun Ling and the others was also quite sharp. After a series of clattering sounds, everyone held their respective weapons in their hands. Their gazes were also in the direction that Ding Meng was looking at. In the darkness of the stone plain, there were faint shadows swaying.
Sure enough, someone had found this place again!