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Gensokyo, Bamboo Forest of the Lost...
Within the misty bamboo forest, vitality seemed unable to spread at all, giving it an air of deathly stillness.
For a bamboo forest where entering meant one might never find the way back out, and where it was extremely easy to get lost, presumably no one normally came to visit.
Moreover, there seemed to be no animals in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost either. At least, aside from the howling "whoosh whoosh" of the wind and the rustling of swaying bamboo, virtually no other sounds could be heard there.
How could that not be deathly still?...
Compared to the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, the Magic Forest, which was filled with miasma and spores, at least had mushroom youkai and magicians cultivating and living within it. It was not as lifeless as the Bamboo Forest of the Lost.
At a certain moment, a figure silently appeared in a clearing outside the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. He raised his head and looked toward the forest before him.
"It still looks like a bamboo forest made for courage tests, as always..."
Having come alone to the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, Wu Yan looked at the forest he had visited only seven days ago, yet which felt as though he had not seen it in a long time. That was his first impression.
"Good thing I went to Eientei once before. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare guarantee that I could find my way through it again..."
The reason it was so easy to get lost in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost was that its bamboo grew quickly, while its terrain was also quite peculiar. The two complemented each other, making the forest's environment