This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

　　…The jungle is filled with the smell of moist earth, wrapped in the light aroma of grass and trees. You stepped carefully through the thick black moss beneath your feet, trying not to make a sound. 】

　　　【After crossing the wetland at your feet, you suddenly find that the scenery ahead changes. 】

With the wetland at the feet as the dividing line, the growth density of the trees in front has increased significantly, and the average height has also increased significantly. The colorful light and shadow on the first floor and the monotonous black, white and gray tones in front form a dividing line visible to the naked eye. 】

　　【You are here, the second level of the Ring Forest! 】

"finally reached…"

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. It was already the second day after he ate the insect slough.

 After a whole day and night of arduous trek, he finally walked out of the first layer of jungle.

Ahead is a denser Jiemu forest. Compared with the first layer, the biological colors are scarcer and the light in the forest is dimmer. 】

 You take a deep breath, feel the air of the new environment, and step into the second floor. A moist coolness invades your body through your clothes, and you suddenly feel that the divine power in your body has been suppressed and become even weaker. 】

  【Under the current environment, the effects and power of all your divine spells, divine powers, and divine props have been reduced by more than 80%. 】

"So fast…"

Mu You was shocked. The first level's suppression power was only 70%, but the second level reached 80%. According to this rule, by the fourth level, the divine system's moves would be suppressed to 100%, completely losing their power.

As you step onto the second floor, various black and white creatures appear one after another in the jungle ahead. Looking at you warily, it seems that there is a trend of a biological riot again. 】

  【You grab a handful of worm sloughs from your pocket and eat them. 】

 【Your energy limit has been reduced by 3 points, currently: 212 (-85)】

  【You have gained 3 restricted attribute points, which can be added to other attributes except intelligence. 】

  【You have gained 0.3% of the divine system resistance, and the current total resistance is: 8.5%. 】

  【As the energy in your body changes, the hostility of the creatures in front gradually dissipates, they no longer pay attention to you, and each returns to their own territory. 】

　　【You continue to explore forward across the grass, trying to find a way forward. 】

  【Under a ring tree in front of you, a familiar green lamp emits a faint blue light, which immediately attracts your attention—this is a new soul-inducing lamp. 】

　　【You come under the green lamp, and there is a black crystal stone buried under the lamp. 】

　　【You peel away the soil covering the crystal and find that someone has used some kind of white paint to write several planetary spiritual words on the surface of the crystal. 】

  【"City of Order Forest Survey Team, Team 128, member Hohenloa Cummings, please leave a message here."]

  【“The savages have blocked the passage we came from. We cannot return and are trapped in the ring forest...”】

"The captain communicated with the savages to no avail, and decided to lead the team to open up wasteland deep in the Ring Forest... If the savages' tribe can be found, there may be a chance of returning to their hometown..."]

  【"We made a miscalculation and far underestimated the danger level of Jie Lin, and the team suffered heavy casualties..."】

["We were lucky enough to pick up the 'Jinglin Survival Diary' left by a protoss who called himself 'The Mechanic'. From this broken diary, we learned about the role of insect slough, as well as some of the outer layers of the Ringing Forest." Survival skills, so that the whole army is not wiped out..."]

"Even so, it took us a whole month to cross the first level with difficulty. Nine of the fourteen people in the team were killed, and the captain was accidentally poisoned and died..."]

"The back of the spar is the survival experience in the forest that we have summarized since we opened up the wasteland (only valid for the first and second floors). Newcomers must read it carefully..."]

 Muyou controls the character to turn over the crystal.

As expected, there is a large amount of text densely engraved on the back, all of which are introductions and precautions for various creatures.

These include the use of insect sloughs, as well as some practical survival skills, such as applying the juice of a plant called 'Paper Flower' all over the body's clothing, which can give a person's appearance a natural gray-white color and perfectly integrate into the local ecology. , reduce the sense of abruptness.

At the same time, Mu You finally understood why the hammer-headed rhinoceros attacked him crazily at the beginning: in this forest where black and white are the main colors, color represents strength and status. The brighter the color of the creature, the stronger it is. powerful.

That hammer-headed rhinoceros was the overlord of the first level, so it dared to walk around with all the colorful colors. But Mu You barged in from the outside, and was even more fancy-dressed than the other one, and the colors on his body were even brighter. From the perspective of the hammer-headed rhinoceros, , this is tantamount to provoking its position, so it launches an attack so angrily.

 After reading all the notes, Mu You learned a lot, but at the same time he was speechless.

 With this kind of practical strategy, why not just teleport it back and put it under the soul-inducing lamp on the first floor, but put it here?

 Without a guide, most people who come in will die on the first floor.

 As for people like him who have the strength to forcefully break into the second level, they basically don’t need these strategies anymore.

Mu You was puzzled by the intelligence operations of these Fool ancestors, but fortunately, the explanation was written at the end of the guide.

"We originally planned to build the soul-inducing lamp, teleport back to the entrance on the first floor, and place the guide in a conspicuous place near the soul-inducing lamp..."]

“But it wasn’t until we built the soul lantern that we found out that we couldn’t teleport. The teleportation function of the soul lantern seemed to have been interfered by the ring forest...”]

"oh?"

Mu You was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked the character to light up the soul lamp, and tried teleportation.

Sure enough, it prompted him that the transmission failed and other nearby soul lamps could not be detected.

 “So that’s it…”

Mu You understood instantly. At that time, most of the members of the Fool's Ancestor team were killed or injured, and their future was uncertain. It was impossible for the few remaining people to take huge risks and spend a month running back to the first floor just to let go of this unknown thing. Is there any 'strategy' that anyone can use?

The only way left for them at that time was to continue moving forward. If they could reach the savage tribe, there was still a glimmer of hope, otherwise they were doomed to be annihilated here.

 Having the time to leave this message here on the second floor is already a sign of their collective consciousness.

 At this time, a red prompt suddenly popped up.

  【"Warning, two hundred meters ahead, a large creature is charging towards you..."】

　　【Accompanied by Ava's size, a six-legged lizard with a red head and a blue body quickly passes through the jungle and rushes towards you. 】

 Mu You hurriedly operated his character to prepare to face the enemy.

 He just read the guide, which happened to have a description of this creature.

This creature is called a tentacled lizard crocodile. It is a carnivorous reptile. Its attack method is to entangle the enemy with a large number of tentacles on its head, and then kill the enemy with its bite force.

Although it looks scary, it is actually a medium-level creature on the second level, and its strength is far inferior to that of the hammer-headed rhinoceros.

Mu You subconsciously thought that a medium-level creature would not be too difficult to deal with.

 The result was a slap in the face.

　　【After paying the price of an arm, you were covered in injuries and your life dropped to single digits, and finally defeated this tentacled lizard crocodile with difficulty...】

　　【With the talent of the Vampires, your broken arm begins to grow back at an extremely slow speed...】

 In the Ring Forest, the vampire's recovery ability was also suppressed by more than 80%. Fortunately, it still had an effect, but it was a little slower.

What Mu You really didn't expect was that this lizard, which had weak defense and a single attack method, almost killed him! Mu You quickly realized: It was not how strong this creature was, but that he himself had become weaker.

Whether it was the sudden increase in pressure upon entering the second level or the side effects of reduced energy caused by eating a large amount of insect slough, his strength was greatly weakened compared to the first level when he faced the hammer-headed rhinoceros.

 At the first level, even top creatures like Hammerhead Rhinoceros could be killed by him without any damage, but on the second level, even a medium-sized creature could fight him back and forth...

Mu You originally planned to continue using the god-killing sword to cross the second floor, but now he decisively stopped this idea and honestly found the 'paper flower' and painted his whole body gray-white.

 If you don’t keep a low profile, he might not be able to pass the second floor.

 With the disguise completed, Mu You continued to set off.

After painting his whole body white, there were indeed many fewer creatures curiously paying attention to him along the road. Coupled with the simple guide, it made Mu You's journey much more difficult, and the progress was actually faster than on the first level.

  【“Three thousand meters ahead, a stable pulse signal was received.”】

 When we reached the middle of the second floor, Ava's prompt suddenly popped up.

Mu You was stunned. Three thousand meters away?

Ava’s previous reminders were to approach the target within a few hundred meters before issuing a warning. Now she actually sensed something three thousand meters away...

"According to speculation, the signal may come from a professional positioning instrument, like a signal tower, deliberately attracting us to come closer. There is more than 95% probability that it is an item left by a mechanic. Are you going to track it?"

 Positioning instrument?

 Mu You frowned. What was strange to him was not that he found the mechanic's equipment, but how this instrument could supply energy for a long time without being watched.

 “Track.”

 No matter what, since I found the mechanic’s things, I must go over and check out the situation.

　　【You follow Ava's guidance and follow the direction from which the signal came...】

　　【Through a dense gray-white bush, the terrain ahead suddenly opens up. 】

[A circular open space with a radius of one kilometer appeared in front of it, without any tree growing. In the center of the open space, there was an artificial well. The clear spring flowed in the well, and it was filled with a light blue liquid. Around the mouth of the well, there is a circle of reliefs carved from the new moon to the full moon. 】

　　【According to Ava's guidance, the signal came from the well water. 】

[You are about to step forward to check the well water. A male lion covered with blue and white stripes suddenly jumps out of the forest and blocks the well water. Its two claws throw deep marks on the ground and looks towards you with a fierce look. Stare. 】

"I go…"

Mu You’s eyelids twitched when he saw it.

This creature is also mentioned in the guide. It is called the Moon Lion. Even though it only has two colors, it is the strongest creature on the second level.

This creature has the habit of being diurnal and nocturnal, and its strength will be greatly enhanced under the moonlight. Therefore, it generally only appears at night when there is moonlight. Theoretically, it cannot be seen during the day.

 And now it is noon, and the Moon Lion will actually jump out...

Then there is only one possibility: he broke into the Moon Lion's lair!

　　　Seeing that you haven't left yet, the Moon Lion raised his jaw, let out a low roar, and lowered his forelimbs, which was obviously a precursor to attack. Leave immediately? 】

Mu You was also hesitant at this time.

 With a top-level creature like the Moon Lion, you definitely couldn't beat him with normal attacks.

But he actually has something on his body that can kill Moon Lion: Qilin Arm.

The Qilin Arm is a rare item he has that can still be used normally in the Ring Forest. Moreover, because the energy of the Wind Burial Cannon comes from sunlight, its power will not be suppressed by the Ring Forest. With one shot at full power, there is a chance to directly kill this person. A moon lion.

However, it takes ten days to recharge the Wind Burial Cannon, so the opportunity is precious. There are several more difficult levels to pass later, so Mu You is a little hesitant to use it here.

【Seeing that you still haven't escaped, the Moon Lion was completely angry. He raised his head and let out a deafening roar, breaking the tranquility around him. 】

　　【Before you could react in time, the Moon Lion rushed towards you at the speed of teleportation, its sharp claws shone with cold light, and slapped you with one claw, and you were instantly gutted...】

 “Look back…”

Mu You sighed and made a decision.

　　【Time goes by and you go back to ten seconds ago. 】

Looking at the Moon Lion in front of you who is still confronting you with a fierce look, you silently raise your right hand. On your right arm, a green unicorn arm appears. 】

 【A ball of white light and shadow quickly condensed in front of Qilin's claws...】

　　【Perceiving your intention to attack, the Moon Lion was completely enraged and rushed towards you again at a flash speed. 】

　　【You predicted the Moon Lion's landing point in advance, and before the Moon Lion's attack hit you, the Wind Burial Cannon was fired perfectly, hitting the Moon Lion's abdomen. 】

　　【"Aow..." The strong light of the Wind Burial Cannon erupted, and with a mournful cry, the Moon Lion crashed to the ground. A large hole was torn open in its abdomen, and the flesh and blood organs inside were missing. 】

　　【Moon Lion fell to the ground weakly, looking at you unwillingly, the vitality in his body quickly dissipated, and soon there was no movement...】

  【A cocoon condenses on the surface of the Moon Lion, and a large blue butterfly hatches out in just a few seconds. 】

The butterfly spread its wings and took off, but instead of flying to the depths of the jungle as usual, it floated to a nearby well and submerged into the well water. 】

　　【You hurriedly stepped forward, put away the insect sloughs on the moon lion, and looked into the well water. 】

[In the crystal clear well water, hundreds of large and small blue butterflies were floating and flying freely in the water like swimming fish. It was the existence of these butterflies that dyed the colorless well water into light blue. color. 】

Mu You had been curious before, where did the butterflies formed after the death of these creatures fly? Did they all come to this kind of well water?

[Ava reminds you that signals are still being transmitted from the well. You look into the well again. Through the cover of a large number of butterflies, there are several regular-shaped bluestones scattered under the bottom of the well. The pulse signal is exactly Comes from one of the bluestones. 】

　　　【You put your hand into the well water, trying to find the bluestone from under the well. 】

　　【However, this well water seems to be extremely corrosive. As soon as your fingers are submerged under the water, they are instantly corroded into white bones, and even the finger bones are quickly decomposed by the water...】

 Mu You immediately looked back when he saw something was wrong. It was not easy to become the Moon Lion's lair.

 As he directly touched the well water, the omniscient crystal finally analyzed some information about the well water.

Moonlight slurry: Moonlight energy continuously gathers essence, and the natural liquefied body formed can only be formed in a location with sufficient moonlight in the forest. It condenses one drop per year, and will dissipate quickly if it leaves the original environment. 】

[Moonlight slurry is a sacred object in the eyes of savages. It contains extremely abundant lunar energy. It will automatically gather the moon butterflies flying around. Put non-divine items into the moonlight slurry, and the items will be tempered. , each quality becomes stronger (if an organism directly eats or enters it, any flesh and blood substances will be corroded and disintegrated)]

  【In places where moonlight slurry gathers all year round, there is a chance of forming 'moon stones'. 】

Mu You was stunned after reading the text. This shows that it looks familiar. Isn't this the moonlight version of Sun Serum? (End of chapter)