Thousand Mountains Stone Forest
"Linsey, how big do you think this forest is?"
"According to the information I have, it once took someone two months to cross this forest."
"How do their speeds compare to ours?"
"They are all awakened individuals at the sixth Seventh Stage, and there are even some at the Eighth Stage leading the team."
"..."
In the Starshine Forest, Red fell silent as the conversation continued.
Bang! The girl kicked a rock so hard that it broke a branch of a Fir Tree.
Then she started to move her hands and feet listlessly, trying to find something to do, but she didn't know what to do.
"Snort..."
Linsey almost laughed.
In Hong's eyes at that moment, he saw his former self.
Several months after setting out from the Hidden Borderlands.
Linsey was tormented by loneliness and was so bored that she made a virtual friend. When she had nothing to do on the street, she would talk to herself.
The problem with being popular now does not stem from loneliness.
But this boredom with the long and tedious journey was similar to Linsey's own state at the time.
After the Tree Mother and the Dragon Beast's messenger died one after another, the two had no reason to stay in the Starshine Forest.
Then, naturally, the journey resumed.
However, just as Linsey saw in the Expedition Team's notes, the Starshine Forest is a vast area, belonging to a real country, or even an intercontinental region!
On the night the Tree Mother died, a hill even collapsed as a result.
This is an exaggerated change that has truly altered the terrain.
The Tree Spirit and other Devil Beast that inhabited the forest were thrown into turmoil, and chaos almost dominated the atmosphere there.
But now...
Linsey glanced at the number of stones in her bag.
It has been 103 days since they left that battle, but the forest in front of them still seems endless, though it has returned to its ordinary appearance.
If the weather is clear at night, you can climb any tree in the forest and see a bright and dazzling starry sky.
If it weren't for personal experience.
Who could have guessed that the Tree Mother who once ruled this forest had died by a small dagger?
Thinking of this, Linsey shook her head slightly.
He opened the map on the Attribute Panel. After advancing his Willpower Source Material, the maximum detection range of this skill had expanded again.
By judging the terrain and color markings on the image.
Linsey was able to clearly see the terrain ahead.
Two relatively low Mountain Peak sandwich a narrow, deep valley in the middle, forming a winding mountain tunnel.
Its direction is pointing directly east.
Continue along the terrain, without even needing to find your way in the mountains.
A long, mournful cry rang out from the sky.
Linsey looked up and saw an eagle soaring in the sky right above them.
"Eagle... eagle!"
Linsey immediately perked up.
His synthesis formula contains this line—
[1 Bear Heart + 1 Wolf Heart + 1 Eagle Heart + 1 Leopard Heart = Heart of the Beast]
All that's left of the synthetic material is the eagle's heart! "Perfect timing!"
Linsey didn't want to waste any time, so he immediately took out the Iron Horn Great Bow, rubbed the Silent Edge against it, and the activated FPS module began to guide the shooting angle.
"Get it!"
The next second, Linsey released the bowstring, and the arrow shot out instantly.
The eagle soaring in the sky never expected to experience such an undeserved disaster.
Snap! The arrow was so powerful that it pierced right through the eagle's body.
Its lithe figure paused in mid-air, then its wings tilted upwards, and its body fell limply to the ground.
"Is dinner sorted out tonight?"
Red rushed out faster than an eagle fell.
Already bored, she vanished into the forest in a flash, seemingly off to help Linsey retrieve the carcasses of her prey.
"You're faster than a professional hunting dog."
Linsey muttered a complaint and then followed after them.
The eagle crashed in the fork of a birch tree at the bottom of the canyon.
When Linsey took the carcass from Red and began gathering materials, a disappointing result was presented to her.
This eagle is just an ordinary animal and will not produce any high-grade materials.
Linsey reached up and touched it, only managing to extract a piece of bird meat.
Reluctantly, he dug out the eagle's heart. As expected, the result did not meet the requirements for equipment synthesis.
Linsey glanced at the product information.
[Bird of Prey Carcass: Black Eagle]
[A raptor that inhabits the Thousand Mountains Stone Forest, its strength ranges from ordinary wild beasts to the Fifth Stage, making it a relatively common hunter.]
The carcass of an ordinary bird of prey is of very low value.
"Thousand Mountains Stone Forest? Their strength can reach the Fourth Stage?"
Linsey's disappointment was instantly rekindled with hope thanks to this message.
Hong, who witnessed this scene, also understood:
"Have you come up with any new tricks?"
Linsey smiled.
"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Without hesitation, Hong said, "Tell me the good news first."
Linsey: "You think this forest is very boring? It should be over after you cross the two Mountain Peak ahead."
Hong pressed on, "And the bad news?"
Linsey grinned mischievously. "The bad news is, that area is a rocky forest. Not only is the terrain more difficult to traverse than the canyon forest here, but it also covers an area no smaller than this one!"
Hong blinked.
A hint of hesitation in his eyes was quickly replaced by a feeling of complete exhilaration.
She shouted, "Who cares? Two months at the dock won't keep me that bored!"
"Linsey, let's go, let's hurry."
"The forest is so hot and humid, you sleep in it at night and your clothes feel sticky the next morning. I really don't understand how you can stand it?"
Because I have the [Magma Crest].
Wearing this thing to bed at night will passively increase your heat resistance, allowing you to completely ignore this level of stuffiness.
Linsey answered in her heart, but on the surface she just smiled awkwardly, "You know I have a lot of random abilities, and I'm not that afraid of the heat."
The fact is that there is only one [Magma Crest].
If there are extra materials to craft a second one, Linsey wouldn't mind sharing the item.
Unfortunately, there are no Meteor Crater to be found here.
Furthermore, no second Magma Fire Monster contributed a [Blazing Flame Crystal].
"Then let's hurry up and go!"
"You said it yourself, this humid and hot environment is because the air in the forest is humid. I don't think the Stone Forest is like that. I can still tolerate the heat alone!"
Red moved forcefully, grabbing Linsey's wrist and charging forward.
The two sped up and disappeared into the woods, without even disposing of the eagle carcass they had just obtained.
at the same time.
It was on the opposite side of the Mountain Peak in the direction the two were heading.
Because of the death of a Black Eagle, a sharp gaze was cast toward Linsey and Red's location, followed by the sound of countless wings taking flight, echoing among the stone forest.