Watching the circus people walking away slowly, either pushing carts or riding on the backs of elephants.
Lu Xin stood quietly behind and watched them. He saw the elephant's back, the flatbed pulled by Hercules, the magician performing magic and his assistant, the two-headed beauty performing singing and dancing, the dwarf collecting money, the graceful girl dancing with the snake, and even a snake-necked beauty who gently stretched out her head in a cage covered with black cloth on the flatbed, all smiling at him.
They slowly waved their hands and disappeared from sight..
For a moment, a strange feeling filled Lu Xin's chest, and he couldn't take his eyes back for a long time.
After a long time, Lu Xin opened the ticket seal and found that there was indeed no time written on the ticket.
But there is a name for the show, called "The Last Performance".
This is a show that the audience doesn't know when or when to go see.
But thinking of the way these people left just now, Lu Xin suddenly felt a strong expectation.
As if some spiritual level had been touched, he had a vague hunch that this might be a very exciting performance.
"From a safety perspective, this ticket should be thrown away."
Dr. An's voice reminded Lu Xin. She looked at the circus's retreating figure and said softly to Lu Xin: "Because no one knows what this ticket will bring. Things handed over by ability users often have some weird effects."
"But it doesn't matter if you want to stay."
"After all, the other party gave it to you out of gratitude. If you really want to throw it away, it would be a bit of a letdown to others."
"Besides, although this group of people is strange, I don't feel any hostility."
"..."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded and smiled, "Yes."
As he spoke, he stuffed the ticket into the inner pocket of his clothes.
He lives his life very well and rarely throws anything away.
Furthermore, this was a rare luxury for him, so he also felt that the other party's gratitude was very important and was not willing to throw it away.
As for any weird effects or anything else, Lu Xin didn't think about it.
The only thing I need to be wary of is some sudden pollution or hidden influence.
If you keep something like this by your side at any time, it will be difficult for you to have any effect on yourself.
In other words, it should be too afraid to work.
"Let's go, we still have a long way to go."
Dr. An looked at him putting away the tickets, smiled, and didn't say much.
In fact, everyone in their investigation team has discovered some weird and mysterious points, but the circus is going in a different direction from theirs, and they look like outsiders, so they have no intention of discussing the other party as a focus.
After all, going to the old address of Research Institute is the most important thing.
"Besides, the deeper we go, the more careful we have to be."
While leading the way into the depths of the dense forest, Dr. An warned everyone, "We are now within the taboo line."
"I don't know how many investigation teams sent by Research Institute have disappeared within this line. It can be determined that there must be some kind of mysterious power in this area, which can cause people to disappear suddenly, and even the last news cannot be transmitted to the outside."
"And we are almost destined to encounter this kind of power."
"..."
"Ahem, in such a gloomy place, it's even scarier to say this..."
Lu Xin couldn't help but curse in his heart, walking silently among the group of people and entering the dense forest surrounding the plain.
When they entered the dense forest, the wandering tribe and the circus also went in different directions.
The surrounding suddenly became quiet.
This dense forest was very dark, and the tall tree crowns blocked the sunlight above their heads, making them seem to be walking slowly in a dark cage.
There was almost no sound of animals, only each other's breathing and the crisp sound of breaking dead branches.
Looking at the map, there are still dozens of kilometers to go from now to the old site of Research Institute.
It stands to reason that this Research Institute already existed before Crimson Moon incident, so of course there will be smooth roads to pass through.
However, after the disaster, Research Institute has moved away en masse. There has been no one here all year round, and the roads have not been maintained and have been damaged for a long time. There are also mudslides and occasional earthquakes, etc., which have broken bridges and blocked the mountain passes, making it even more difficult to travel.
Therefore, Dr. An chose this route.
Through the dense forest on the relatively gentle slope to the north of the Sleeping Mountains, go directly to the old site of Research Institute.
Because it is mostly downhill and basically in a straight line, it will be closer and more convenient.
Because of Dr. An's reminder and the disappearance of investigators many times before, everyone's minds have been tense.
There were often long periods of silence between each other.
Even Dr. An, who usually talks a lot and would feel uncomfortable unless others rolled their eyes, doesn't talk much anymore.
I would only stop to check the equipment every half hour or so of traveling.
This jungle really does not disappoint.
After traveling for the first half hour, Dr. An discovered that there was no signal at all.
Even when she started recording the investigation diary with a voice recorder, she would find a lot of chaotic electrical sounds in her voice.
The sound will also appear distorted and stretched when replayed.
Therefore, she had to switch to a notebook to record manually, and then sealed it in a small black box.
Lu Xin estimated that she should have prepared this so that future generations could find her records if she died.
After traveling for the second and a half hour, when they were tested, they found that the mental radiation detectors they carried at all times had lost their effectiveness, because the large amount of strong mental radiation caused all the detectors to flash red lights.
This has lost its warning effect.
What is certain is that the area where they are located is filled with strong spiritual radiation.
"It's strange..."
Dr. An stopped again and wrote softly in her notebook. She chanted aloud while writing.
It seems that this is also regarded as an intelligence sharing for Lu Xin and others.
At the same time, it also allows people to listen and find out in time whether there are any problems in what she recorded:
"It is difficult for such strong spiritual radiation to appear in an empty and uninhabited place. Even if it does exist, it will dissipate."
"But here, spiritual radiation exists in large quantities, and it has existed for an unknown period of time."
"It has been confirmed that there is no way to enter the abyss here, and there is no Mental Monster that can be clearly sensed around."
"The unexplained but extremely high concentration of spiritual radiation may be a way to unlock forbidden secrets..."
"You need to be careful, you may have hallucinations due to mental radiation, or you may be misled..."
"..."
"..."
After recording, Lu Xin and others set off again.
Listening to Dr. An's words, Lu Xin suddenly thought of a problem. No one in their group was wearing protective clothing.
This may be because wearing protective clothing makes it difficult to move in the dense forest.
But from another angle, it seems to indicate that everyone in this investigation team is not simple?
Shaking his head slightly, he didn't say anything more and just followed honestly.
After all, this level of mental radiation had little effect on him, and instead he felt quite comfortable.
Like a fish back in the water?
The spiritual radiation that spreads everywhere is like a gentle and quiet thread.
I can pass through them gently without disturbing any sleeping insects, or I can pull them over...
... That scene should be wonderful, right?
Lu Xin thought silently, letting his thoughts fly during this silent and difficult journey.
"Oops..."
Suddenly, a slightly shrill voice startled Lu Xin who was immersed in his imagination.
Everyone was slightly startled. Dr. An and Lu Xin turned around and looked up in the direction of the sound.
The silent girl who was walking in the middle of the team turned her head slightly.
"People..."
"There are dead people here..."
"..."
The one who made this exclamation was none other than Master Li. He was lightly tapping his feet in a very feminine manner, while stepping back and pointing forward with an ugly face. His face was already a little blue with fright, and his body was about to fall due to panic.
Behind him, two other researchers immediately came forward to help her.
But when the two people were about to support him, they suddenly looked at each other. They both felt embarrassed and retracted their hands at the same time.
So Master Li fell directly to the ground, breaking dead branches all over the ground.
But at this time, no one was worried about how his butt fell, and they followed his gaze nervously.
Where he was pointing, there was a black thing that looked like the corpse of a child.
Everyone's heart trembled suddenly, they became wary, and when they looked again, they suddenly discovered:
It wasn't really a dead body, but a huge, rotten fruit.
The fruit is made from an unknown tree. The skin is black and uneven. The markings and protrusions on the skin vaguely form a human face with a smile. In this gloomy environment, it is indeed easy to mistake it for a human at a glance.
"What kind of plant is this?"
"Why do you look so human?"
"Did it be made by someone, or did it grow like this naturally?"
"..."
Wei Wei calmed down, and everyone began to discuss with some fear, with doubts in their voices.
"It's not man-made, it's just how it looks."
Dr. An approached, looked at it for a while, and whispered, "As for the attributes, I can't guess it yet."
"Oh, after Crimson Moon incident, a lot of mutated things appeared in the wilderness."
"It's not just people or animals, there are many plants as well."
"Especially since this place is under a high concentration of spiritual radiation all year round, it would not be surprising no matter what changes occur..."
"..."
"I think I know what kind of tree this fruit is from..."
At this moment, the voice of Lu Xin rang softly from a place behind them.
Everyone hurriedly turned around and followed his gaze upwards, and couldn't help but tremble violently in their hearts at the same time.
Above their heads, twenty or thirty meters high, and under the treetops, black, round fruits were hanging down one after another. Each one was like the one on the ground, with a strange face growing on the surface, watching them faintly.
The huge dense forest is so dense that I don't know how many trees have fallen down.
I don't know where it started, but there was already such a fruit. Along the way, I watched them quietly.
"Hehehe..."
Faint laughter came from all directions in the dense forest.
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