Chapter 151 The Second Wooden House
“The Lake Over which the Statue Gazes.”
This is the name given to it unilaterally by Chen Lun, which can be simply called the Lake of Gaze.
Or call it Diao Lake, that’s not impossible.
Anyway, it is just for convenience of description. I believe Maggie will not care about these details.
The temperature of the lake water is very low, like freezing water in the depth of winter. The bottom of the lake was pitch black and it was impossible to see things clearly. Chen Lun was completely relying on guidance to swim towards the deep.
Wow!
He walked through the darkness and emerged from the water.
Water splashed everywhere, and under his wet hair was a handsome and surprised face.
‘This time... came out of a fountain? ’
Chen Lun looked around and found himself in a dilapidated fountain. The ivory white marble material is already full of cracks and has accumulated a lot of water.
Turning around, I found that next to it was the center part of the fountain. On the cylindrical spiral steps, there stood a stone sculpture of a naked child, standing above his head, holding the faucet facing him.
Just saying "come water" can satisfy his face.
"..."
Chen Lun flicked his finger, and the faucet shattered.
He slowly walked out of the fountain as if nothing had happened. The breeze blew by, and the water stains on his body disappeared. The fountain also disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it had never existed.
All that was left was the black soil and some weeds.
Chen Lun withdrew his gaze, not paying too much attention to this, and not intending to waste time. He walked straight to a tree.
The silver cane clicked and turned into a silver sword.
He raised his hand and made a sweeping sweep, cutting the tall tree in half.
Cang——!
Rumble...boom! !
The trees collapsed sideways and hit the ground heavily, raising countless dust and sand.
Chen Lun glanced at the cross-section of the trees and immediately ran in a certain direction. The dexterity that exceeded the 50-point low-order threshold allowed him to run at high speed in the dense forest without crashing into a tree.
His figure is like a flexible fish, swimming through the gray "Sea of Forests".
A loud noise soon came from behind, accompanied by a slight tremor on the ground.
Chen Lun continued to run forward without looking back. He knew that the situation behind him was the same as when he first came to Wonderland and kicked down the big tree.
It was that kind of polluting creature called the "Desolation Giant" that struck at the place where the big tree fell.
This is one of the few fixed phenomena that exists in the fairyland. It was a pattern that Chen Lun figured out during the last two in-depth explorations.
One is that as long as the trees are destroyed, they will be attacked by the "Desolation Giant". The more serious and numerous the damage, the higher the frequency and accuracy of its attacks on the saboteurs.
The reason why Chen Lun decided to cut off a tree was due to another law.
Secondly, there is no reference in the dark forest. The branches and leaves are thick and cover the sky, so it is difficult to identify the direction. However, it can be judged by the growth rings of large trees.
But this judgment is not based on common sense.
According to common sense, the density of annual rings can be distinguished from north to south, with sparse facing south and dense facing north. This is because facing the south and facing the sun, the sunlight is sufficient, so that the trees in this direction are thicker and the annual rings are sparse. Facing north, it is relatively stunted and has dense growth rings.
But this is a fairyland, a place of absurdity and weirdness, and common sense in this world may not apply here...
Therefore, Chen Lun did not use the density of annual rings to judge north and south, but simply used it as a directional guide. The tree ring pattern, sparse in the direction of dense, is like an arrow.
During the first two in-depth explorations, Chen Lun used this "growth ring arrow" to find the small house that resembled a wooden house by the lake.
"Huh..."
He ran some distance away, and the movement behind him decreased until it disappeared.
The specific strength of "Desolation Giant" is unknown, but it will not be lower than [Sequence 6]. During the first two attempts to explore the rules, Chen Lun triggered several reminders of extraordinary knowledge by repeatedly witnessing its giant arm and palm and the strange berries growing on it.
The collection progress of [Natural Faction Sequence 6-Berry Picker] has also increased from 1/10 to 1/4, but that’s the end of it. No matter how Chen Lun observed it after that, it would no longer do any good except detracting from his sanity, and he was too lazy to stare at that ugly palm any longer.
After running like this for more than ten or twenty minutes, Chen Lun suddenly stopped.
In the field of view ahead, between the overlapping shadows of dense trees, the outline of a yellow-brown wooden building in the distance can be faintly seen.
‘Here we are, right here...’
Chen Lun secretly thought, and then became more vigilant.
‘I was here last time and met those polluting creatures...’
He walked forward cautiously.
Suddenly, his face darkened.
Behind a tree not far ahead, black smoke slowly floated out. As the smoke twisted, a dark head poked out from behind the tree.
A pair of red eyes filled with malice and confusion stared straight at Chen Lun.
"He" slowly walked out from behind the tree.
This is a humanoid creature, but it is covered in black smoke and can only be vaguely seen. It is wearing an extremely old farmer's overalls and a straw hat on its head.
He was carrying a logging ax in his hand and was walking towards Chen Lun.
"This kind of polluting creature is called a 'lumberjack', but it doesn't actually cut down the trees in the dark forest. Instead, it only looks at the living creatures and chops them down...cutting down the living creatures as wood."
I just didn't expect that this kind of polluting creature is still wandering here... No, it should be said that it is the special nature of this area. ’
Chen Lun's mind flashed with the information he had seen before with his [Peeping Eyes].
With a flick of his silver cane, it turned into a silver sword.
‘This guy’s strength is about [Sequence 7] level… and he is immune to physical damage, so he is very difficult to deal with, but if this is the only one, you can try to kill him! ’
The last time Chen Lun encountered three "Lumberjacks" at the same time, because it was his first encounter and he didn't quite understand their ability to ignore physical attacks, he suffered some losses and finally retreated temporarily.
This time the situation is naturally different.
bass!
The gloves erupted into flames, dyeing the silver sword orange.
raging--!
Chen Lun exerted force on his feet, and the whole person disappeared on the spot. The fire light drew an arc and fell in front of the woodcutter.
Poof! !
The burning silver sword split the opponent's chest open, and the flames burned the woodcutter's body.
But the other party seemed to have no reaction. He held the wood-cutting ax with both hands and struck Chen Lun hard.
Whoops! !
Black smoke accompanied the afterimage, and an ax fell into the air. Chen Lun had already dodged it.
The woodcutter raised his head and followed Chen Lun's figure with two red eyes. Then he took a step back and hid his whole body behind a big tree.
The next second, it seemed to have traveled through space and walked out directly from behind another tree next to Chen Lun.
Raise the logging ax and strike it down on the head.
Whoops! !
‘It’s this move again, it’s really hard to guard against...! ’
Chen Lun marveled secretly.
The silver sword in his hand turned into a silver shield again, and he raised it to block the blow, making a clang sound.
Immediately, Chen Lun pushed with his hand, and the flame emerged in a spiral shape, hitting the woodcutter's chest hard.
boom! !
The opponent flew backwards, and the extraordinary flames attached to its body and continued to burn.
The injury that Chen Lun had previously caused by slashing it with the silver sword had already been covered by the black smoke emitted by it, and it recovered within a few breaths. Only the black smoke could do nothing to inflict injuries caused by the flames.
The lumberjack's upper body was on fire, but he got up from the ground as if nothing had happened.
Black smoke is constantly emitting from his body. At first glance, it seems to be caused by these extraordinary flames.
It picked up the ax and slashed at a nearby tree.
Immediately afterwards, a strong wind came from Chen Lun's ears.
His [spiritual intuition] conveyed an omen, his neck suddenly twisted, and his head tilted. The next second, the logging ax passed by the side of his face.
call! !
Narrowly escaping one after another!
‘Using trees as node media, you can travel through the body and transmit attacks...? ’
Chen Lun thought to himself.
He was a little surprised that he had never seen the lumberjacks use this method last time.
‘This kind of attack is too difficult to predict...if it weren’t for [spiritual intuition], it would be difficult to dodge. ’
Chen Lun flicked his hand, and the cane returned to its silver sword form.
He took steps forward, ready to rush forward, but saw the woodcutter raised his ax again and slashed at the nearby trees.
Chen Lun was watching the trees around him, paying attention to the ax coming at any time, but he only heard a loud noise.
Crack! !
Chen Lun turned around and looked, his eyes widened.
‘What about the people who agreed not to cut down trees? ! ’
His heart skipped a beat.
Different from the information obtained by the life-seeing eye, the lumberjack actually felled the tree with one axe!
Not only that, it raised the ax high and brought it down again.
But this time, a loud noise came from beside Chen Lun.
Crack! !
A big tree not far away broke in the middle, and then fell down with a rumble.
The woodcutter actually used his ability to cut down the trees around Chen Lun from a distance!
As the big tree fell, a glimmer of light appeared in the sky, but it was quickly blocked again, followed by a huge palm.
He suddenly shot towards Chen Lun!
boom! !
Chen Lun stepped hard and his whole body was ejected deep into the woods.
There was a tremor behind him, gravel flew everywhere, and many blows hit his back, causing some pain.
'The woodcutter deliberately attracted the giant...? ’
Because the trees in the forest were too dense for him to spread his wings and fly, Chen Lun could only run forward towards the wooden house.
In the process, two more clouds of black smoke appeared on both sides.
Two lumberjacks wearing straw hats and dressed as farmers came over carrying axes.
‘It’s the same as last time again! ’
Chen Lun cursed secretly.
He ignored it and rushed towards the cabin.
This time he didn't plan to retreat and chose to go take a look in the wooden house.
The "Desolation Giant" at a high place did not continue to pursue him, but the three woodcutter passed through the trees and walked directly to him, raising their axes and chopping at him.
call! Whoops! !
Chen Lun unfolded his "big snake form" and used his dexterous body to dodge left and right.
While dodging, he also used flames to fight back. Either attach it to the silver cane and hit the lumberjack's torso and arms, or directly shoot out a blast of flames to repel their attack and take a few breaths.
Just fighting and running like this, Chen Lun quickly arrived at the door of the wooden house.
As he got closer, he became more and more certain that this was the lake house...it looked exactly the same in appearance, and even the hangings on the door had not changed.
The three lumberjacks were extremely difficult to deal with. They even took Chen Lun's countless attacks with extraordinary flames, but they still didn't fall. He ran after him with his whole body on fire, swinging his ax tirelessly.
Bang!
Chen Lun opened the door of the wooden house and rushed in.
Phew——
The black smoke behind him immediately dissipated.
Everything was quiet again. Thanks to Xiaosheng for his 500-point reward for supporting the case and Yan Yanyu, and for the reward from Yanzhao BBQ stall and Hey, what does it mean?~
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