This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

 “Sword Wind…Shigure…”

Mu You silently recited the two new terms in the text.

The effects of these two natural disasters are quite scary, but Mu You has never experienced them, so he has no real sense of them at this time.

 The bigger problem for him now is that the soul-inducing lamp is gone.

This means that he cannot die on the next journey, otherwise he will be teleported back to the entrance on the second floor and start all over again.

 “Just try to be careful...”

Mu You shook his head. Except for the two natural disasters, there was no strategy for the third level written on this spar, indicating that the three ancestors of the Fool had probably all died while exploring the third level. Everything that follows He can only rely on himself to explore.

“Let’s wander around the periphery first, look for the relics left by the mechanic, and see if we can reinforce the Black Angel…”

Mu You silently calculated the action plan in his heart. According to the failure rate of Black Angel's parts, he can still persist at this level, but it is hard to say whether it can still be used normally at the next level. A replacement must be found as soon as possible.

 After clearing his thoughts, Mu You was about to control the character and set off.

 An unexpected prompt suddenly popped up.

　　【The airflow in the air suddenly became turbulent, and a whistling sound of strong wind came from far away from the depths of the forest, as if there were thousands of troops galloping...】

"got windy?"

 Muyou felt a little sad in his heart.

He had just finished reading the introduction of the two natural disasters, and then the wind started blowing... It couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

 【The whistling sound in the forest is coming in the blink of an eye...】

　　【A strong wind suddenly passed over your cheek, leaving an undetectable line of blood on your face...】

　　【More and more strong winds are coming from all directions. You only feel pain in your cheeks. You subconsciously reach out to cover it, but you feel that your arms are also beginning to sting sharply. 】

　　【Looking down, you discovered that the back of your hands and arms were stabbed by several crystal fragments as thin as needles. They penetrated deeply into your flesh and blood, and blood flowed out...】

 “emmm…”

 Mu You now completely confirmed that it was really the legendary ‘Feng of Swords’.

 Without any time to think, he hurriedly ordered the characters to escape.

　　…Dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and the wind was howling in the jungle, carrying a large number of tiny crystals in the wind. 】

　　【These crystal stones are as sharp as blades, flying around, easily breaking the tranquility of the forest...】

　　【You pulled out the spikes on your arm, but more and larger crystal spikes immediately came at you, quickly piercing your exposed skin until your flesh was bloody...】

[With a clanking sound, Silver Angel's wings rolled up and covered your body, helping you block most of the damage. However, there were still many places that could not be protected and were penetrated by tiny crystal needles. …]

　　【Under the protection of the black angel, you huddled your body into a ball as much as possible to avoid being swept away by the strong wind, set off to escape, and found a low-lying shelter nearby...】

[However, you are surrounded by loose vegetation, and you soon find that there is nowhere to hide, because these winds do not come from a fixed direction, but from all directions. No matter where you hide, these blade-like crystals are like It's like it has eyes, chasing after you, constantly breaking into the gaps in the Black Angel's armor, and piercing your clothes and skin...]

　　【You feel burning pain all over your body, and blood drops drip down from the wound, quickly staining your clothes red...】

 “It’s really amazing…”

Now Mu You has personally experienced the power of this natural disaster. No wonder a storm caused the expedition team of the Fool Ancestor to run out of ammunition and food.

Fortunately, the text of the Crystal Stone mentions countermeasures: after encountering the sword wind, you must look for the dead quit wood. The surface of the dead quit wood will become fragile and can be destroyed, while the interior of the quit wood is hollow. Yes, you only need to dig a hole on the surface of the dead wood, get in, and then block the hole to get a safe shelter temporarily.

  【“Fifty meters away from the left front, a dry Jieyi tree was found.”】

　　【Ava's prompt sounded in time, and you hurriedly followed its instructions, and sure enough you saw a dead tree. 】

Comparing with the thick and round Jiemu around it, the diameter of this Jiemu has obviously shrunk a lot, and its surface has become wrinkled and covered with dry and cracked bark. 】

　　【You quickly walk to the bottom of the Jiemu, wave the Hell Blade in your hand, bring up weak sword energy, and hit the dry bark of the tree. 】

A series of chop marks were formed on the tree trunk. Amidst the flying wood chips, a hole was quickly opened in the tree trunk, revealing the hollow tree cavity space inside. 】

　　　【Regardless of the consumption, you swing the knife harder, and soon the gap is expanded to a size that can be passed by one person. 】

　　【You move a piece of black rock crystal from nearby, drill it into the tree hole, and then block the entrance with the black crystal stone. 】

　　【The murderous wind of howling ghosts and wolves in the outside world has finally been temporarily isolated by you. 】

　　【You are safe! 】

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little lucky that he had obtained the divine right to kill gods. Otherwise, he would not have been able to cut a gap in the Jiemu so quickly with ordinary means.

The ancestors of the Fools probably died like this before. After they slowly dug out the tree holes, people would almost die in the wind of the sword.

  【In a safe space, you have time to observe the surrounding environment. 】

[The area inside this tree hole is about tens of square meters. There are some small soft-bodied animals clinging to the inner wall of the tree trunk. There are also some white flying insects in the upper space, buzzing and making mosquito-like sounds. They are all the same as you. Small animals hiding in for shelter. 】

[You look up and see that the tree hole extends upwards for thousands of meters, but the top is not covered by the tree crown. It is directly exposed to the air like a chimney. The reason why there is no strong wind pouring in from the top of the tree is because the tree is tall enough. , the top of the tree is higher than the range of Daofeng. 】

“It looks like it won’t be over for a while…”

 According to the previous text, the sword wind will last for more than five hours, during which time no one can go out.

Muyou was about to hang up and take a rest. Unexpectedly, Ava's prompt popped up again.

“Warning, the same type of pulse signal is detected, continuously coming from an area three kilometers away from the right front.”]

“Oh?” Mu You was overjoyed, saying that he was lucky. He had just found the shelter, and then found the mechanic’s signal position, which was a double happiness.

 The result was not as expected, Ava's next words made him unable to laugh.

  【"This signal is continuing to move and is about to leave the sensing range. Do you want to track it immediately?"]

　　　　???”

Mu You was at a loss, what the **** was going on? Shouldn't this signal be carved on the moonstone in the moonwell?

 Is the mechanic still alive?

 Or is it that the moon stone was obtained by someone else?

Mu You couldn't be sure for a moment. He shouldn't have gone out at this time, at least until the wind of swords stopped.

However, the thing is on the move. If you don’t look for it now, you will probably pass it by...

The red text is still flashing, and there is no time to hesitate at this time. Muyou thought for a moment and made a decisive decision: go find it!

 There is no way, Jie Lin is too big, and if you miss it once, you may miss it for life.

　　【You push away the rock outside the tree hole, get out of the hole, and face the wind of the knife again...】

 Next, Mu You braved the wind of the sword and began to search for the signal along Ava's guidance.

The corpses of various small animals can be seen everywhere along the road. Most of them died after being penetrated by crystal thorns before they could escape.

The scope of the sword wind covers the entire ring forest, wreaking havoc in all directions and angles. Except for those large animals with rough skin and thick flesh, ordinary creatures exposed to the air will never be able to withstand this kind of damage.

 At this time, most of the small animals either have the ability to dig and hide deep in underground caves, or they have the ability to fly and can fly above the canopy of the Jiemu tree to avoid the scope of the sword wind.

 But there are still many small and medium-sized creatures that, like humans, have neither the ability to burrow nor the ability to fly. Mu You is curious about how these creatures usually survive the sword wind.

　　【The sword wind seems to be more violent than before, the sharp crystal fragments are constantly cutting your skin, and the blood is flowing, and your life is declining at a speed visible to the naked eye...】

Mu You glanced at the panel. In this harsh environment, he would die if he was exposed to the air for more than ten minutes.

 Fortunately, the location of the signal was not too far away. After Mu You went out and ran against the wind, the distance of three thousand meters was reached in the blink of an eye.

[You see a giant snail tens of meters long lying in the forest ahead. The body of this snail is transparent, like a wriggling jelly. It is crawling slowly in the wind of knives. The hard carapace on its back It defended it from all incoming crystal thorns from high altitude. 】

A large number of small animals came from all directions and gathered in front of the giant snail, seeming to want to hide inside it. 】

  【The snail does not reject anyone who comes, and opens its mouth to form a soft passage leading directly to the abdominal cavity. The small animals line up, climb into the snail's mouth in an orderly manner, and take refuge in its abdominal cavity space...】

[According to Ava's guidance, the pulse signal came from the belly of this snail. Are you going to search? 】

“…” Mu You’s expression was strange. The signal was actually in the snail’s belly. And judging from the situation, this snail seemed to have become a refuge for these small animals in the wind of swords… Mu You vaguely understood what was going on.

"yes."

　　【You quickly approached the giant snail, followed the small animals around you, and stepped into the snail's mouth. 】

 These small native animals all dare to get into the snail's belly so directly, indicating that this snail is probably a harmless creature.

　　　【Stepping through the soft and slippery esophagus, you finally come to the snail's belly. 】

This is a spacious and warm biological belly. At this moment, a large number of small creatures have gathered in the space. They have temporarily put aside their fighting and predatory behaviors at the level of the external biological chain, clinging to each other, staying close together for warmth and rest. 】

Mu You didn’t expect that there were such ‘holy mother’ animals in the Ring Forest. They selflessly used their bodies as shelters to protect small animals from wind and rain during natural disasters.

On Earth, this behavior of attracting other animals into the body is generally done in order to eat these animals while the environment changes. As soon as the outside creatures come in, they will be digested by the strong stomach acid.

 But this is not the case with this snail. Its belly does not secrete any dangerous substances, it simply provides a safe space.

Moreover, because there are all kinds of small animals coming in, many of them have sharp teeth and claws, they walk on the fragile flesh of the snail, unknowingly causing many wounds to its internal organs that are difficult to heal.

So Mu You is very curious about the purpose of this snail. Would he rather endure his own injury than accept and protect other species? In normal biological evolution, this kind of completely 'altruistic' behavior should not theoretically occur.

Leave aside this, entering the snail's body at this moment, Mu You immediately followed Ava's guidance and found the source of the pulse signal—a white large-billed duck.

Looking at the text description, this duck looks a bit like a pelican, and the signal is transmitted from its belly.

　　【You walked up to Big Mouth Duck and took out the Healing Blade. 】

　　【The big-billed duck shivered in fear when he saw the shining blade in your hand, and hurriedly tried to escape, but you held him down forcibly. 】

　　【Amidst the screams of the big-billed duck, you cut open its belly with a healing blade, groped around inside, and quickly found a piece of bluestone. 】

  【You obtained the ‘Moon Stone with Information’*1. 】

  【As the bluestone is taken out, the incision of the big-billed duck heals automatically. The scream of the big-billed duck suddenly stopped. He glanced blankly at his intact belly, then raised his head and looked at you with a fearful look. He hurriedly fled to the other end of the abdominal cavity and hid himself in a bunch of small animals. among. 】

　　【You connect the bluestone to the mechanical heart, and a recording automatically plays in your mind. 】

  【"My research has made progress!" The excited voice of the machinist was first heard in the recording. 】

["In the third level, I encountered a creature called the 'Red Sky Ape'. When this ape reaches adulthood, it will grow a layer of detachable fur on its body. This fur has many functions, such as waterproofing, warmth and shock absorption." With this function, not only can you wear it yourself, but you can also use it to protect your own cubs after giving birth."]

"This moment inspired me: my design of armor has always been towards a stronger and more versatile armor, but an overly strong armor often means it is bloated, heavy and clumsy."]

["What we really need right now is a lightweight and compact armor, like the Red Sky Ape, a special armor that can be directly covered on the human body's skin like a layer of clothing without affecting a person's movements. At the same time, it also possesses defense and resistance comparable to the skin of our ancestors!”]

"As long as we can make this kind of armor that is like personal clothing, we can definitely save my people and avoid the parasitism of that kind of ghost!"]

"I have a strong hunch that this is the right direction! This kind of armor is likely to be the final form of mechanics. I will continue to research along this direction and look forward to my results..."]

The recording paused for a moment, and after dozens of seconds, a supplementary voice recording popped up again.

["Oh, by the way, I have buried three combat mechas under this moon well. They are all temporarily modified using local materials in Jie Lin. The time is limited and the functions are relatively rough, but they should be enough to protect you when you walk through the third and fourth places. layer."】

"Well…"

Mu You was a little speechless. You buried the armor under the moon well. However, the moon stones used as transmitters have been taken away by animals. They have been transferred to many hands. They must have been completely different from their original positions. They have lost their position. , where should he go to find it?

　　　【Amidst the raging wind, the giant snail is still crawling hard against the wind, sheltering animals in distress along the road. 】

  【More and more small animals squeeze into the snail's belly, and the abdominal cavity quickly becomes crowded. 】

　　　【You suddenly heard a painful howl coming from above your head. 】

Looking up, through the snail’s transparent body, you can directly see the outer black carapace of the snail, which is being bombarded by densely packed crystal spines. 】

  【Not all crystal spines will be bounced off by the carapace. As the wind gets stronger, the crystal thorns carried by the wind become larger and larger. Occasionally, there will be some large sharp crystal thorns, like javelins, which penetrate deeply into the carapace with huge kinetic energy, and even pierce the carapace. Directly into the snail's body. 】

　　【Soon, the giant snail's carapace was pricked like a hedgehog, and the snail screamed more and more frequently. 】

　　【Through the snail's transparent body tissue, you find that under the stimulation of these crystal spines, the snail actually begins to slowly ovulate. 】

Transparent eggs the size of marbles are constantly rolling down into the snail’s abdomen. Every time an egg falls, it will be quickly picked up by a small animal and carefully protected in its arms. 】

  【As the eggs are discharged, you notice that the snail's vitality seems to be running out quickly...】

 “Ovulation?”

Mu You was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he understood the purpose of this snail in taking in small animals.

This kind of giant snail actually relies on the stimulation of the knife wind to ovulate, so it deliberately crawls around in the knife wind. After ovulation, its body will die soon. At that time, small animals will need to help transport these ovulated eggs to places suitable for survival in the forest, and then hatch again into new babies. snail.

In short, this is a symbiotic relationship: the snail helps the small animals survive the knife wind, and the small animals help it hatch its offspring and take care of its offspring until they grow up until they become new giant snails, which will be used for future generations. More small animals provide shelter from the wind and rain. (End of chapter)