Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 739: Mo Jue's Father
"Is this true?" Sanshisan narrowed his eyes and kicked the Mist Tree with the skeleton embedded in it hard. However, the trunk only trembled very slightly due to the impact and did not react at all.
"Does this thing really eat people?" Ivan came forward with great interest and took out a knife from the tool bag on his waist. "Can I peel off a sample and take it back for research?"
"Only when you are alone and shrouded in fog will the horror of this forest gradually become apparent." Mo Jue said with lingering fear, as if some terrible memories were evoked by him.
"Then it seems we are quite safe." Thirty-three patted the solid tree trunk and pulled the safety rope around his waist, "Because we will not be enveloped by the fog, and we will not be left alone."
"If you don't believe it, forget it..." Mo Jue frowned and sighed, "The well-known expedition team also brought fog-dispersing equipment when they entered the depths of the Gray Fog Forest. Each team member also had such a safety rope fixed around their waist, but they still lost two-thirds of their people before escaping from the forest... You know, they only crossed the red line by 400 meters. As for you, if you value your life, I really suggest that you turn back immediately... Unless the Ark sends a fleet to uproot this forest, no one can walk to the bottom of the foggy mountain."
"Well, you have a point." Ke Lan nodded to Mo Jue and turned to look at Sanshisan. "I know you are not afraid of death, but don't rush to set a flag... According to the oral records of the survivors of the expedition team, they did not encounter any battles in the Gray Mist Forest. All the casualties disappeared inexplicably. This forest is indeed very strange."
"Yes, there are 165 pages of detailed records in total, and I have read them all." Ivan agreed, "Many times, I would turn around and find that the companion following me had disappeared. When I asked others, no one noticed when and how that person disappeared... It was like the person suddenly evaporated on the spot while walking, and it disappeared without a sound and would not attract any attention."
"Could they have been teleported away?" Thirty-three proposed a hypothesis. "Just like the spatial layers on 'Aguna Kator', this forest looks like a maze. In fact, on the basis of the physical maze, there is another spatial maze composed of disordered spaces. Those who disappeared were actually teleported to other places by passing through the folded space?"
"Zeluo?" Ke Lan looked at the girl following behind him with a seeking look.
Ze Luo shook his head slightly: "All along the way, at least so far, I haven't found any abnormal signs in the space in the forest."
"It seems that Sanshisan's guess doesn't make sense." Ke Lan turned around, only to find that Mo Jue was staring at him intently.
"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Ke Lan stretched out his hand and rubbed his cheek hard.
"...I've always felt like I've seen your face somewhere before, but I just couldn't remember where it was until your companion mentioned 'Aguna Tor'. Then I remembered...You are the Ke Lan, right? The Ke Lan who found the ancient battleship 'Aguna Tor' in the Molten Mine Area and was appointed as the captain of this battleship by the Ark's top management! You are not official people! You are a group of relic hunters!" Mo Jue said with a little excitement.
"Uh..." Ke Lan was stunned. He did not disguise himself, which meant that he had no intention of hiding his identity. Even the gas mask on his face was completely transparent, so his entire face could be seen clearly.
He wasn't the kind of guy who was stunningly handsome or unforgettablely ugly, so it was normal that the other person didn't recognize him at first sight.
"I'm Ke Lan." He nodded, "But why do you look a little excited... What's going on? Are you my little fan girl?"
"No, that's not the reason." Mo Jue shook her head vigorously. She didn't even care about the teasing in Ke Lan's words. She said incoherently, "You are relic hunters. The reason you entered the Gray Mist Forest is because there is a relic of the Alpha civilization in the core area, right?! Your target is that relic. You are going to find that relic, right?"
"The ruins in the core area of the forest... did you know about the existence of that 'ruin'?" Ke Lan's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "What do you know about that 'ruin'?"
"I... I don't know ..." However, Mo Jue shook his head in disappointment, "I only heard from my father that there is a huge secret buried in the center of the Gray Mist Forest. The reason why he organized the team to explore deeper into the forest again and again was to explore that secret. At that time, 'woodcutters' were just our side job, and also the 'public identity' used to cover up the real purpose of our team... But after my father disappeared, everything ended."
Mo Jue lowered his head and squatted down, seeming to complain as he said, "Speaking of which, my father is really ridiculous. It's already so hard to go 500 meters deep, but he still wants to cross the 50-kilometer restricted area and go to some core area to explore the 'secret' that is not sure whether it is true or false..."
"Ms. Mo Jue, what do you know about your father?" Ke Lan suppressed her inner restlessness, squatted in front of Mo Jue, and asked patiently, "For example, what did he do before? How did he become a 'woodcutter' and how did he know that there was a 'secret' in the center of the Gray Mist Forest... I hope you can tell me all this information. It is very important to me."
"I don't know much about my father." Mo Jue shook his head. "When I was young, I rarely had the opportunity to see him because he was a soldier serving on a warship in the Air Force Fleet... When he retired, I was just an adult. After that, he used his connections in the army to send me to the Air Force Academy. At first, he wanted my younger brother to join the army as well, but my younger brother wanted to be a black market businessman at the time, and ran away from home after a big fight with my father."
"Go on." Ke Lan said gently. Although these things sounded like they had nothing to do with the main point, many times, crucial clues were often hidden in such seemingly insignificant places.
