Chapter 143 Goodbye Uncle Sam
The "Forest of Ashes" is a forest with seemingly endless scenery, a bit like the Amazon jungle in previous lives, with rich forestry resources and countless strange animals and plants.
There are giant broad-leaved trees with trunks up to a thousand meters high, truly towering into the sky.
But strangely, the leaves of those giant trees are not green, but gray. Looking around, the forest looks like it is covered with a layer of burnt ash, giving people a strong contrast of being dead and yet full of vitality.
The Warcraft Knights did not seem to be from the same tribe. After entering the forest, they dispersed and disappeared into the forest.
Ryan and his four companions were led deep into the forest by the barbarian Udo and his companions to the "Temple Tribe" in the courtyard of the Coleman tribe.
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The snow mastiff ran quickly in the primeval forest.
These originally tall Warcraft mounts now look as tiny as ants when compared to the giant trees.
Ryan also exclaimed in amazement, saying that this forest was a miracle of nature's creation.
Plants and animals are also getting bigger...
There are countless plants that have never been seen in the forest, glowing mushrooms as big as houses, various ferns several meters long, huge colorful flowers... and various strange fruit trees with heavy fruits hanging on them.
The sounds of monkeys, birds, and insects flapping their wings...
The sound of raindrops dripping from the top layer of leaves...
The sun shines through the upper layers of the dense forest, illuminating strands of silver threads...
The deer were foraging leisurely in the grass, and the blue-tailed eagle was perched on a tree trunk to welcome the returning barbarian knight...
There is peace in the forest.
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As soon as he entered the forest, Ryan discovered a very strange phenomenon.
He felt that all the pores in his body opened up involuntarily, as if he had inhaled countless coal-fired exhaust gases in a steel city and suddenly felt the comfort of being in a fresh, oxygen-rich environment.
And, there's something even stranger!
Ryan found that the deeper he went into the forest, the more efficient he felt at absorbing genetic power with "Breath of Thunder", and his fighting spirit increased by at least several times that of the outside.
"There's something wrong with the air here!"
Ryan became more and more certain of his previous guess: the thicker the fog, the higher the efficiency of extraordinary cultivation!
But correspondingly, the toxin is stronger.
It was so strong that even through the gas mask, Ryan felt that the air he inhaled had a slight burning sensation that made his body uncomfortable.
The fog here is deeper than that in the Plague Swamp. It has turned from gray to black, and vaguely looks like a thin layer of black gauze floating in the forest.
Ryan had discovered this problem before.
The population base of the Kerman people is countless times smaller than that of the two great empires of Omahid, but the rate of their top masters is somewhat frighteningly high.
The six elders and one "Great Witch Priest" were at least seven legendary masters. Compared to the total population of their tribe of several hundred thousand, this was a very terrifying ratio.
Hundreds of thousands is less than the population of a medium-sized territory among humans! However, the two empires have hundreds or even thousands of large and medium-sized territories with such a population.
However, so many masters have truly been born.
Moreover, the physical bodies of the Coleman warriors are generally stronger than their human counterparts in the Mechanical City!
It's not just the Coleman people. The animals and plants in the "Forest of Ashes" are all very large. From a biological science perspective that the reason why there is a high probability of top masters among the barbarians may be related to their physique...
But it is more likely to be "environmental factors"!
Now Ryan felt the thick fog in the forest and immediately confirmed this idea.
But he was also curious about why the fog in this "Forest of Ashes" was so much thicker than that in the wasteland outside, and what the black pigment in the fog was...
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As a prisoner, Ryan had no right to choose anything.
But Wu Duo said he would save his life, so he had no reason to panic.
Ryan was just worried about old man Tust. He was already very weak, and after being tied up and bumped around in the Monster Mountain for several days, he was now very depressed.
This trip was a disaster for the old man...
During the two-day trip, Wu Duo also untied Ryan, no longer tying him up like a caterpillar. However, as a prisoner, his hands and feet were still tied symbolically.
Soon, they arrived at the "Temple Tribe", the courtyard of the Coleman tribe in the deepest part of the forest.
This is an empty valley with knife-like cliffs on both sides. A large waterfall with abundant water falls from the sky. The water is misty and the colorful light of a rainbow can be faintly seen.
Without towering trees blocking the view, the view is suddenly clear.
What caught the eye were countless houses of all sizes made of yellow mud, thatch and stone, as well as thousands of black-skinned barbarians coming and going.
This is a very prosperous and large tribe, as lively as a small county town.
It was as peaceful and tranquil as a paradise. There were craftsmen polishing stone tools, weaving ropes, hunters making dried meat after returning from hunting, and old women mending animal skins...
This is no different from ordinary human populations.
Those tall and thin dark-skinned barbarian children were practicing archery and fighting. When they saw Udo and his large group returning, they all came up to greet them with laughter.
The tribe soon erupted in laughter.
"The three elders are back!"
"The invaders must have been defeated..."
"Wow... I brought a lot of loot..."
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Like a victorious army returning to the city, Wu Duo and his men received a warm welcome, and soon all the barbarians could be seen gathering around them on the street.
They took the spoils carried by the monsters, consoled the returning warriors, and cheered.
On the other hand,
The four captives including Ryan were particularly eye-catching.
Here, everyone looked at the "invaders" as if they were dead people. Even the barbarian children who were laughing just now turned around and looked at them with a strong hatred in their eyes, like a poisonous snake crawling on the body, making people shudder.
The elders will go and report to the "Great Witch Priest" about the matter.
It was impossible for Udo to keep Ryan by his side all the time.
As for the treatment of the "captives", Ryan also saw a row of wooden cages next to a small earthen slope in the tribe, in which several disheveled humans were already locked.
It seems that Ryan and his friends are not the only ones who enjoy this treatment.
Ryan and his four companions were locked up.
Wu Duo called over a naked child who looked to be only four or five years old, but was already about one and a half meters tall.
She pointed at Ryan in the cage and said, "Hey! O'Tu, please help me take good care of this prisoner. He is very important. Don't let you and your friends hurt him..."
Naked Child: "Ah? Sister Wuduo, is this invader going to offer sacrifice to the gods? But he looks so weak, he may not be able to beat me..."
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Ryan rolled his eyes as he listened, feeling looked down upon by a little brat.
Wu Duo: "No, this is the person that the 'Witch Priest' wants to see. You are not allowed to hurt him..."
The little brat: "Oh, I see. Don't worry, Sister Wuduo, I will watch him and won't let Abu and the others hurt him..."
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Someone got arrested again?
Sam felt extremely weak.
Oh, they're all dead anyway, so who they catch doesn't matter...
I just want to have a good sleep and hope that I will never wake up.
But those damned barbarians will definitely not let me die. They need the flesh and blood of high-level humans to sacrifice to the evil gods they worship.
While he was in a trance, suddenly, he heard voices.
What a friendly common language! It sounds much better than that damn barbarian language.
What is he talking about?
Forget it, we are all going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter what we say. The guy who was captured a few days ago was also very talkative, but the barbarians stuffed a piece of monster shit into his mouth.
I'm about to die, and I don't want to taste the taste of monster feces.
Eh...that's not right.
It felt like someone was calling my name.
Am I hallucinating?
Sam opened his eyelids weakly at the thought, as if it took all his strength.
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"Uncle Sam...is that you?"
Ryan didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in this barbarian tribe!
Right next to the wooden cage where he was imprisoned, he saw a burly man with a scruffy beard. But no matter his attire or face shape, he still recognized him at a glance. This was Uncle Sam who always had a humble smile on his face and always said that his "martial arts skills were mediocre"!
Sam thought he was dizzy from hunger, but when his vision overlapped, he was sure that the person in the cage next to him was actually somewhat familiar to him.
He found it a little unbelievable and called out tentatively: "Dr. Ryan, is that you? You...how did you get arrested too?"
However, he seemed to have thought of something, and the light in his eyes dimmed instantly. He muttered to himself, "That's not right... These barbarians shouldn't leave anyone alive. I must be hallucinating..."
At this time, Ryan was also surprised and asked: "Uncle Sam, is it really you? How did you get arrested?"
"ah?"
This time, Sam had no doubt that he had heard wrong.
He looked at Ryan in surprise and said, "You... Doctor Ryan, have you reached the fifth level?"
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Ryan didn't know why Sam would ask such a strange question.
Then, Sam shook his head again, obviously thinking this was impossible , and muttered to himself: "It's impossible... If you are not level 5, how could those barbarians leave you alive? How... did you get caught?"
Then, he saw Bazel wearing the [Magic Lock] not far away: "Hey, is that... [White Wolf] Bazel?"
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Ryan felt that Uncle Sam was in a very weak mental state and his speech was completely incoherent.
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After a moment, Uncle Sam was really sure that the young doctor he once knew was also arrested.
And Ryan understood.
After Uncle Sam recovered from his injury, he immediately followed the marks left by Lady Canossa and others, and then encountered a high-level priest in the forest. He was outnumbered and captured.
The reason he was not killed was because his rank was high enough.
Ryan also knew that those who were treated in the wooden cage were at least fifth-level extraordinary people. These were the people left by the Coleman tribe for blood sacrifice to the gods.
That's why Uncle Sam was so surprised that a low-level extraordinary person like Ryan would be caught here alive.
"Mrs. Canossa... and Aunt Susan, were they also captured?"
"When I came, Susan was still alive. But now, she has been killed by these barbarians as a sacrifice to the gods. But President... I heard from Susan that she should not have been captured by the barbarians. They were separated in the battle."
Hearing that the lady was fine for the time being, Ryan felt relieved for some reason.
At least the lady was nice to me, and I didn't want to hear the news that she was murdered.
At this time,
Bazel, who was standing by, was more concerned about his own impending fate, so he interrupted and asked, "That Sam boy...what does offering sacrifice to the gods mean?"
In the eyes of this werewolf who has lived for more than two hundred years, Sam is naturally a "kid".
Sam didn't care about the name. He was going to die sooner or later anyway, so he explained, "Look, do you see that sinkhole over there? Let it bleed and throw it down..."
As he said this, he looked at Basel and sighed slightly. It was a pity for a "legend" to die here.
Hearing this, Bazel and Ryan looked down the small slope at the same time.
At the end of the field of vision, through the woods, you can see an area that looks like a "black hole". It is so dark that it makes people feel like a huge hole has been punctured through space.
The diameter is about several thousand meters and the depth is bottomless.
Looking closely, it was not the pit that was black, but rather a very thick black mist that continued to emanate from the pit.
“Hey… the black gas actually came out from here!”
Moreover, although the vision was blocked by the fog, Ryan immediately determined that the black fog in the forest came from that sinkhole!
This seems to be the source of the black fog in the forest!
