Chapter 459 Everything Has Just Begun

Endless terrain.

After this, there is still that...

It stretches endlessly, as if there is no end in sight.

In a sense, this is the natural barrier that humans must face when exploring the Dark Continent.

Standing here, and then experiencing the vastness of this world...

Moyou finally understood why the 149 crossing operations launched by V5 with the power of a great country all ended in failure.

It was not because the army was not elite enough, but because the team of hundreds of thousands of people was too bloated.

The combination of survival supplies and long distances alone was enough to stop the exploration team at the threshold, not to mention the dangers everywhere.

After all, even Dong Fulishi, whose name was only revealed in the original book, took more than a hundred years to completely explore half of the coastline of the Dark Continent.

You know, Dong Fulishi explored alone, and in terms of travel speed, he was definitely not comparable to a large-scale team.

So--

The principle that a pair of chopsticks is difficult to break is obviously not applicable to the Dark Continent.

When Netero went to the Dark Continent, he only brought Jager from the Zoldyck family and Lin Nie, a gourmet hunter from the association.

A small and powerful team is the basic condition for exploring the Dark Continent.

Moyu's team has less than ten people, so there is no need to worry about the speed and efficiency of exploration.

Therefore, even if the endless black hilly area is in sight, it will not affect the mentality at all.

Moreover, on the way, Moyu let one shadow clone go ahead to explore the way, and one shadow clone stayed by his side to transform into a mind space channel at any time. This strategy can greatly reduce the risk on the way of exploration.

Moyu gestured to his teammates to follow, and took the lead to walk up the low sand dunes, and then moved forward at a speed of about 60 kilometers per hour.

The shadow clone responsible for exploring the way in front also maintained a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, and was about one kilometer away from the team.

One kilometer, this is the longest distance that Moyu can guarantee the accuracy of operation.

The team continued to move in the black hilly area in this way. No other plants or animals were seen along the way.

It may be because this black hilly area does not have the conditions for plant survival, so it is unlikely to give birth to a small ecosystem.

It is not surprising that no plants or animals can be seen.

The same is true for the white land they walked on before.

Time passed.

The sun set and night fell.

One day passed just like that.

Although the team always maintained a high-speed movement, the surrounding environment was still a hilly area with a high degree of similarity, giving people a sense of "standing still".

If the will is not strong enough, they may have a mental breakdown after walking for a few days.

At this time, the Twelve Earthly Branches Two-Star Trouble Hunter Saqiu's ability to dredge emotions is needed.

But Moyou and his group do not need it.

Once the shadow world channel is opened, everyone goes in, and their mentality is not affected at all.

This is exactly the meaning of "shelter".

There is no need to be frightened at any time, and you can rest at any time.

As well as sufficient survival supplies stored in the mind space, there is no need to worry about not being able to get out of this harsh environment that is endless.

Everyone had a stress-free meal in the shadow space.

Menqi's cooking skills are as superb as ever, and the taste of the food she cooked can make everyone happy.

It has been almost a week since she came to the Dark Continent, but she has never encountered suitable ingredients, which makes Menqi a little regretful.

She really wants to see what is special about the ingredients in the Dark Continent...

After a short rest in the shadow space, everyone left the shadow space and came to the hills.

Bisji summoned Miss Cookie and asked her to use the "Peach Breath" ability on Moyu.

The white and slender fingers gently stroked and pressed Moyu.

After a set of massage techniques like playing the piano, Moyu fell asleep immediately.

The rest of the team settled around and remained vigilant at all times.

Although they did not encounter any animals, plants, or beings with strange abilities along the way, the team's vigilance level did not decrease, giving enough respect to the Dark Continent.

Mengqi did not participate in the alert mission, but set up a gas stove on the spot, using the ability of "luminous cooking" to help Moyu prepare sandwiches and rice balls.

After these simple foods were baptized by the ability of "luminous cooking", they could help Moyu relieve fatigue to some extent.

Half an hour later.

Moyu woke up on time and was in full condition.

"You go in, I will continue on my way."

The bright moonlight shone on the black earth. Moyu opened a shadow space channel beside him and motioned everyone to go in and rest.

Everyone had no objection.

During this period of time, they crossed the white land in this way, which could be said to be the most efficient.

Mengqi handed the sandwiches and rice balls prepared in advance to Moyu, and then went into the shadow space channel.

Biscuit was the last one to go in.

Before she went in, she looked up at Moyu and said earnestly:

"Moyu, I know you are anxious, but we don't have the capital to 'show off'. When we should stop, we should stop decisively, and when we should slow down, we must not hesitate at all."

"Yes, I know."

Moyu nodded to Bisiji.

Biscuit said nothing more, and jumped into the shadow space channel, disappearing in an instant.

Moyu thought, closed the shadow space channel remotely, and then took back the shadow.

"Okay, let's continue on our way..."

Bathed in the silver light, Moyu looked up at the undulating hills ahead.

He had no way to bet on how much time Hawke had left, so he could only try to find Nitolomi as quickly as possible, so from the moment he landed on the Dark Continent, he decided to maintain the "day and night" travel mode.

And Miss Cookie's ability is the capital for him to practice this mode.

"Rat Bao."

Before leaving, Moyu called Rat Bao's name softly.

Rat Bao immediately changed back to his original form upon hearing the voice, squatting on Moyu's shoulder.

"Jiji!"

It waved its short hands with full of energy.

Moyu couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw this, took out a rice ball and handed it to Rat Bao, then stepped on his feet, and shot forward like lightning.

Keeping a unit of shadows around is to escape danger at any time.

However, due to the fragility of the shadow channel, Moyu needs Shubao to be in place at any time to provide him with an extra layer of protection.

There is no way -

To enjoy the oath effect of the mind ability, you must bear the restriction effect.

But reducing the restriction effect is a basic quality that a powerful mind ability user needs to have.

Moyu thought about letting Shubao use the mind ability to open a channel to a safe area, and then he put the shadow space channel in.

Finally, set up a "God character" with a strengthening effect around the shadow space channel.

Such an operation can basically greatly weaken the restriction effect of the shadow space.

In summary, it is much more practical than the "four-dimensional apartment".

As for the idea of ​​the mind system, Moyu thinks he is still a little capable.

However, he thinks this black hilly area is a bit strange, so he temporarily put aside the idea of ​​combining Shubao's ability and God's ability to reduce the restriction effect of the shadow space.

With the shadow clone exploring the way ahead, Moyu's risk of traveling at night is reduced accordingly.

Moyou didn't stop until the morning light appeared in the sky.

He couldn't be sure how far he had walked, but he should have walked thousands of miles at night.

He looked around in the dim morning light, and all he could see was the unchanging undulating black hills.

There were no landmarks along the way, and if he continued on like this, he would only feel that the road ahead was so long that it made him anxious.

"Huh..."

Moyou let out a long breath of fatigue, and then controlled the shadow to turn into a channel, attached to the ground.

Shubao squatted on Moyou's shoulder, raised his head slightly and yawned, then jumped directly into the shadow channel, responsible for calling out everyone inside.

After a while.

Everyone came out of the shadow space one after another, and looked at the unchanging environment around them, but they didn't react much.

After all, before coming to this black hilly area, they had been walking on the same unchanging white land for nearly a week.

"Moyou, how far have you walked tonight?"

As usual, Kangzai asked curiously while keeping watch around.

Moyou lay on the ground without any scruples, feeling the soft touch from under him, and said casually: "More than 1,500 miles."

"Oh."

Kangzai nodded.

It takes at least 1,500 miles to reach by spaceship in a day and night, but on the Dark Continent, it is just a drizzle.

Menqi moved some supplies from the shadow space and started to cook breakfast for everyone on the spot.

Moyou, lying on the ground, still fell asleep peacefully under Miss Cookie's massage.

When Menqi prepared breakfast, Moyou woke up and was in full condition again.

Soon, everyone finished breakfast and set off directly.

No one knew how long it would take to get out of this black hill, so they could only ensure the travel efficiency at all times.

The team walked day after day for five days.

But the surrounding environment remains unchanged...

"Alas, I finally understand why ancient humans went to such great lengths to set up 'pipelines'."

Near noon, Piyon raised his hand to put a curtain in front of his brow, looked at the seemingly endless black horizon in front of him, and sighed loudly.

First it was the white land, and now it's the black hills.

It's too much of a mental issue...

Not to mention the group of unlucky people who were suddenly sent here by the "pipeline", even if they were sent here without any preparation, they would probably have to cry out to the heavens and the earth for survival supplies, and eventually die of hunger and thirst here.

Piyon felt his scalp tingling just by thinking about it.

"I really want to play with my phone."

She put down her hand and thought gloomily in her heart.

But in order to save her future father-in-law, she waved her little fist in her heart and cheered herself up.

The team stopped for a while.

Moyu didn't need to rest this time, and he stood guard around with the others.

The area Xiaodi was in charge of was in the west, and Shubao needed to charge for a while, so he ran to find Xiaodi.

The man and the mouse wandered around for a while, and then set their sights on a small hill.

"That place seems good."

Xiaodi looked up at the hill.

"Chiji!"

Shubao called out.

"You think so too, little mouse."

"Chiji, chiji!"

"I know, I'll help you charge when we get up there."

"Chi!"

"Then let's go over there."

After a brief barrier-free communication, Xiaodi walked in front and soon walked up the small hill.

Shubao followed closely behind, and after climbing the hill, he hugged Xiaodi's thigh directly.

This is its charging method.

Xiaodi first looked back to confirm the location of her teammates, and then mobilized her mind to focus on her thigh to help Shubao charge.

After doing this, she observed the surrounding environment again.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Xiaodi noticed a faint white crack on the dark ground a few meters away, which should be about two meters long.

If it weren't for the black terrain, such a long and thin white crack would be hard to find.

"After so many days of traveling, I finally saw a different color."

Xiaodi looked at the long and thin crack. Although she was very curious, she did not approach it rashly, and even decisively retreated down the hill, staying away from this white crack that was out of tune with the black hills.

Her sudden action interrupted Shubao's charging.

"Ji?"

Shubao followed Xiaodi's butt and made a puzzled sound.

Xiaodi looked down at her and whispered, "Be good, I'll help you charge later."

"Jiji."

Shubao nodded obediently.

Xiaodi smiled and told Moyu about the white gap she had just found.

"A gap..."

Moyu looked at the hill that Xiaodi pointed to.

"Never mind, we'll set off after lunch."

Based on the principle of less trouble, and the fact that this white gap would not affect the path, Moyu had no intention of exploring it.

In an environment like the Dark Continent, too much curiosity is not a good thing.

So far, they have only walked through the white land and the black hills under their feet.

Both belong to the harsh environment that is not suitable for the survival of animals and plants, so the "risks" encountered along the way are very few.

But Moyu knows...

As long as there is even a forest or grassland on the road ahead, it means that the "danger index" will soar wildly.

At present, everything has just begun.

Hearing Moyu's words, Xiaodi could only suppress his curiosity.

Rumble--

Just then, a dense muffled sound came from a distance.

The sudden movement made everyone present immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and at the same time, they all looked for high places nearby, and then looked in the direction of the sound.

"Huh!?"

Everyone stared, and saw that at the end of the wave-like terrain, there was a red line across the entire horizon that could be accommodated in the field of vision.

"What...?!"

Kang Zai's surprised voice reached everyone's ears.

But no one in the field spoke, and they all stared at the red line in the distance.

Only a few seconds passed, and the thin red line at the end of the terrain became thicker at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then appeared in front of everyone in the form of a tsunami.

But it was--

A torrent composed of countless unknown creatures was rushing towards them at a very fast speed.

"!!!"

As the distance got closer, everyone saw the true face of the red torrent, and felt a sudden chill on their backs.

During the nearly two weeks of travel, the only creature I saw along the way was the giant night watchman.

I had already gotten used to the "biological barrenness" of this land, but I didn't expect that there would be a flood of creatures so numerous that they spanned the entire horizon in my eyes.

Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Or millions?

There was no time to explore this question...

Moyu's pupils shrank, and he was about to combine the power of Shubao's mind to open up a safer shelter underground.

But before he could take action, the change happened again.

Boom!

The soft earth began to shake violently.

"Huh? Earthquake?!"

Moyu was shocked.

It really was raining cats and dogs.