This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

　　…The raindrops continued to fall, beating every inch of the jungle, as if the God of Life was awakening the sleeping life with gentle fingers. Countless burrowing animals emerge from underground hiding places, pushing their newborn babies, insect eggs and unhatched eggs into the rain...]

With the continuous moistening of rain, the eggs began to hatch, and the young birds struggled to get out of their shells and curiously explored this new world. Countless buds sprouted from the soil and treetops, and every creature on the earth was cheering and celebrating this feast of life...]

At this time, Mu You's character was soaked in the rain, but it did not prevent him from enjoying the scenery around him.

I have to admit that this jungle, which seems to be monotonous in color and with few environmental changes, also has its own unique beauty.

　　　【You suddenly heard a rumble in front of you, as if something heavy fell to the ground. 】

　　【You hurriedly went over to check in the rain, and found that the source of the sound was the withered ring tree where you had hidden before. 】

At this moment, the trunk of this dead tree has been filled with dense thorns of sword wind crystals. Thousands of crystals have pierced and stayed on the dead tree. The huge weight made the dead tree overwhelmed and collapsed. 】

[And at the broken root of this withered tree, under the hollow tree stump, you can see a white bud of the tree, which is tenaciously pushing through the dead wood, drilling out of the soil, desperately absorbing sunlight and rain and dew. , the branches and leaves begin to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it will surely grow back into a towering Jie tree soon...]

 Looking at this text describing the rejuvenation of rotten wood, Mu You suddenly had a sense of enlightenment.

　　　Taukaze and Shigure are not meaningless weather disasters. Needless to say, Shigure allows countless new lives in the Ring Forest to be born and grow, and at the same time frees those aging and rigid creatures to complete the handover of the cycle of life.

The sword wind wrapped with mineral crystals is of course fatal to living creatures, but for Jie Mu, this is part of the renewal process, because normal Jie Mu is extremely hard and will not be affected by the sword wind. The influence will only affect the decayed and withered Jieyu. Only by destroying these aging Jieyu with the wind of the sword can the new Jieyu make room for survival.

At the same time, we also took the opportunity of this strong wind to balance the materials in the entire Ring Forest, allowing the pure crystal minerals produced in the depths of the Ring Forest to be spread to the outside, reducing the concentration of divinity in the outer reaches of the Ring Forest as much as possible to maintain the purity of the Ring Forest. .

 Otherwise, if there is no such strong wind as a means of resistance, Jilin will sooner or later be eroded and penetrated by the increasing divine pressure difference from the periphery, until it is completely replaced by the divine system.

In short, these two natural disasters are certainly disasters for humans, but for native species, they are a necessary process to maintain ecological balance and allow the forest to continue to exist.

 The rain of time lasted for about five hours and finally stopped.

　　【After a rain, a large number of snail larvae crawled across the ground, leaving trails of mucus, which were picked up by their respective small animals and carried deep into the forest...】

　　【You also picked up the snail larvae on your body and placed it on the branches and leaves of nearby plants. The snail larvae raised its tentacles to you, thanked you for your help, and then crawled deeper into the branches...】

 When the rain was over, Mu You cut out the panel and took a look.

What makes him more regretful is that an hour ago, the growth of his time seed stopped, and finally stopped at 10.3%. After that, no matter how much it rained, it would not increase by half a point.

“It seems that relying on the rain of time alone, it is the limit that can be raised to this point...”

 Mu You is not sure whether this limit is the limit attached to the divine power of the pocket watch, or the upper limit of Jie Lin's time authority.

If it is the latter, it means that in the tug-of-war between the two world systems for time authority, Jie Lin is obviously at a disadvantage. As the only common rule between the two worlds, 90% of time authority has been occupied by the divine world, and the original world only has The last 10% left...

  Getting back to the subject, the rain has passed and the sky has cleared up. The mental state of the game character seems to have been sublimated and washed along with the storm. All injuries are gone and the physical strength is full.

Mu You didn’t waste any more time and continued on the road, stepping on the slippery and muddy road with the posture of a black angel.

 It took him three days and three nights to finally get out of the third floor.

 The day when the sword storm and rain broke out was equivalent to him staying on the third floor of the Ring Forest for four consecutive days.

It doesn't matter if you spend more time. What really makes Mu You regretful is that he failed to find the Moon Well on the third floor and the relics left by the mechanic.

He has tried his best to expand the walking range, and Ava has also tried hard to detect all the way, but still found nothing. There is no way, the Ring Forest is too vast. Without the positioning of the transmitter, trying to find a specific place is like looking for a needle in a haystack. .

　　【Crossing the jungle ahead, you find that the colors of the jungle ahead change suddenly and become more monotonous, leaving only five colors: black, white, gray, red and blue...】

　　【You are here, the fourth floor of the Ring Forest. 】

 Seeing this prompt, Mu You finally realized what the inconsistency he felt on the third level was, it was the color!

At the third level, the two important basic colors of yellow and green disappear completely and are not mentioned in any text.

On the fourth level, other colors such as purple have also disappeared, and there are only five colors left in the entire world. In addition to the three main colors of the Ring Forest, black, white and gray, only red and blue are left.

 The only two colors are not naturally formed, but are colors given by light.

 Red sun, blue moon.

In other words, without the influence of the sun and the moon, the Ring Forest at this moment would have been completely colorless, just like a photo taken with a black and white camera in the ancient times.

Of course, he only has a textual perspective anyway, and color is not important.

 What matters at this point is the status change.

As you step into the fourth level, a deeper pressure invades your body, and you suddenly feel that the divine power in your body is suppressed and becomes even weaker. 】

  【Warning: Under the current environment, the effects and power of your divine spells, divine power, and divine props have been reduced by more than 99%. 】

  【Warning: More parts of the Black Angel have failed due to the influence of the environment, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened. Please replace parts that adapt to the environment in a timely manner. 】

【Warning: The Fool game is subject to a lot of interference, the efficiency of transporting and assembling items is greatly delayed, the efficiency of text transmission is affected, and all text will be delayed for 8-15 seconds. 】

Three warnings popped up in succession, and Mu You's eyelids jumped a few times.

 The first two steps were okay. The fourth level's suppression of the divine system reached 100%, and the Black Angel was further suppressed. He had expected these two points, so it was not too surprising.

 The main point is the third one: the game text starts to be delayed!

This has a huge impact, because it means that all the information he sees next is what has already happened, and he cannot respond in time.

Of course, the game AI will also react temporarily when encountering situations. For example, you can choose to fight automatically during battle, but the AI ​​is ultimately dull. There is no one behind to control it, and many situations cannot be responded to correctly.

 More importantly, the text delay of 8-15 seconds means that backtracking can no longer be used. After all, the maximum is only ten seconds, and backtracking cannot change the result.

 While he has been repeatedly weakened, the creatures around him continue to grow stronger. Mu You has a vague feeling that his current state may not be able to pass the fourth level.

 Sure enough, along the way, he began to be bullied by various small and medium-sized animals.

At this time, the divine power such as killing gods has completely failed to take effect. Mu You has completely degenerated into an ordinary human being, and the only one he can rely on is the Black Angel.

But Black Angel was also severely suppressed, and all the weapons on his body failed one after another. Except for his own protective power, his attack was already terrible.

Under this situation, even some of the lower-level creatures in the Ring Forest were able to bully him at will. Muyou was entangled by various naughty creatures along the way and made him want to vomit. It was only thanks to the defense of the Black Angel that he could bear the damage. Forced a breakout.

 And this is only the fourth floor, there are three more floors waiting for him. "too difficult…"

At this time, Mu You fully experienced how weak human beings are in the forest environment.

Think about it, in the original wild world, even the giant-sized gods were just lower-level species, not to mention humans from the lower planes, placed in the original world where physical strength is king, they are destined to be the bottom of the bottom. The kind that has no power to restrain a chicken.

 Mu You then walked carefully and arduously on the fourth floor for a day, only covering one-tenth of the distance.

  Luckily, he did not encounter any large creatures during this day. Otherwise, given his current state, he would definitely be dead or alive.

“Warning, an enhanced pulse signal is detected, which is coming from 10,000 meters away from the right front!”]

"Huh?"

Muyou was pleasantly surprised to find the mechanic's signal at this time.

Furthermore, this time it is an ‘enhanced’ signal, with a greatly increased propagation range. Only then can it be captured by Ava, otherwise it would have to be missed.

Without enough time to think about it, Mu You hurriedly controlled the character to go.

This time it is a fixed signal and has not moved, so there are likely to be relics left by the mechanic hidden nearby. Finding these relics, Mu You can modify the Black Angel and get out of the current predicament.

　　【You drive the Black Angel, step through the dense jungle, and rush towards the direction of the signal...】

　　【A black shadow suddenly jumped out from the forest and entangled one of the Black Angel's legs at a tricky angle. 】

　　　　Black Angel was unaware, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. 】

【Ava immediately controlled Black Angel to get up and escape, but more and more vines spread from behind, and soon entangled Black Angel's body tightly. 】

These vines were constantly squirming as if they were alive, naturally avoiding the Black Angel's sword. Circle after circle, the Black Angel was tied into a rice dumpling in the blink of an eye. 】

  【Warning: The joints of Black Angel's body are blocked, out of control, and unable to operate. 】

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

Mu You's heart skipped a beat as he finished speaking.

 At this time, he was stuck inside the Black Angel. The Black Angel couldn't move, so naturally he couldn't get out.

If he were on the third level, he could still use the God-Slaying Divine Power to cut open these vines, but the power of the fourth-level Divine Power was reduced to 0. Even if he wielded the God-Slaying Sword, he could no longer create that kind of sword energy and could only watch. Looking stuck here.

More importantly, this plant spends great efforts to tie up the creatures passing around it. It cannot be just for fun...

 Sure enough, a bright red prompt popped up.

　　【A spiked vine penetrates through the gap of the Black Angel and pierces your back, and a stream of plant poison is injected into your body from the spikes. 】

　　【You suddenly feel dizzy, all strength is lost, and your consciousness is blurred. Under the influence of toxins, the skin and flesh all over your body begin to slowly soften and ulcerate...】

 “Is it over…”

Mu You sighed. Faced with this desperate situation, he was helpless and was ready to return to the soul-inducing lamp on the second floor and start over again.

“This time we must find the mechanic’s relics on the third floor...”

Mu You was thinking silently in his mind.

 But unexpectedly, just when he had given up hope, an unexpected prompt popped up.

You suddenly heard footsteps approaching from a short distance away. You reluctantly opened your eyelids and through the gap in the mecha, you vaguely saw a pair of human feet on the ground in front of you. 】

【The next second, you fell into a coma under the influence of the toxin, but before fainting, you vaguely heard a childish cry: "Brother, there is someone here!"]

　　【Some out-of-tune Star Spirit language echoed, your eyes darkened, and you completely passed out...】

 “The soles of human feet?”

Mu You was stunned.

There are actually humans alive in such a ghost place?

Furthermore, ‘Protoss Language’ was also mentioned later. This ‘human’ speaks Protoss Language…

  Could it be that those foolish ancestors who once pioneered the wasteland were not completely wiped out?

When Mu You entered the fourth floor before, he didn’t see any messages from the Fool’s ancestors nearby, so he naturally thought that the few remaining ancestors had died on the third floor, and no one had reached the fourth floor.

 But at the moment, it seems that some people have really survived and have been surviving in the Ring Forest until now?

　　【While unconscious, you vaguely felt yourself falling to the ground, being lifted up, and being transported to some place in a swaying motion. Then, the mecha was removed piece by piece, and your clothes were stripped off...】

　　【You vaguely heard the voices of men and women talking, and some cool concoction was applied to your whole body...】

　　Mu You's character was unconscious for more than ten hours, and was on the verge of death for a time. However, he seemed to be sent to some place for treatment, and was finally rescued by force.

 It wasn’t until the next day that Mu You’s character finally woke up.

　　【The cool wind blows across your eyes, and you wake up from your deep sleep. When you open your eyes, you see two human faces. 】

[Two children with light blue skin, a man and a woman, are gathering around you and staring at you. Both of them have gray-white paint on their faces and some accessories made of animal teeth and bones on their heads. . 】

"Dad, mom, he's awake, he's awake!" the little girl screamed and ran quickly outside the room. Only the little boy was left, still crossing his arms and looking at you expressionlessly, but with obvious curiosity flashing in his eyes. 】

　　　【You want to sit up, but the severe pain in your body makes you fall back. Only then did you realize that you were in a simple stone house, with a faint scent of herbs floating in the air. And you were lying on the only wooden bed in the house, your body covered with bandages. 】

　　【A pair of adult men and women walk in from the door one after another. You notice that these two people have normal human skin colors - these are two fools! 】

　　【The tall male Fool walks up to you and looks at you with a strange expression. You noticed that he was holding a somewhat familiar mechanical head in his hand—the head of the Black Angel. 】

"It's unbelievable that you actually came here alone with this kind of useless armor...Have the Fools in the outside world developed to this level?" the male Fool said to himself. 】(End of this chapter)