A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 232 - 194: River of Oblivion, Newbie Forest_2

Chapter 232: Chapter 194: River of Oblivion, Newbie Forest_2

Meng Ting couldn’t help but scold, "Sister Zhou, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Zhurou laughed and quickly said, "Just kidding. Look, here they come." She pointed at Su Yu and the others in the distance, swiftly changing the subject.

In the distance, Su Yu and his team arrived at the shore of the giant lava lake, where Ma Ziye and the others were anxiously waiting. Shangguan Wan had woken up during the wait, and upon learning of her sister’s death, she had cried relentlessly and then fainted again. Zhang Zhongmou wore a helpless and bitter smile, not knowing how to console her.

Su Yu briefly explained what had happened, then told everyone to prepare to head to the crystal pile in the center.

Seventeen of them then began their journey towards the central crystal pile. The crystal pile was large enough to accommodate hundreds of people, so adding another dozen or so was naturally not a problem.

Su Yu, Fang Jiong, Xu Ruyun, and a few Fourth-Level Order members took on the role of protectors, while Zhang Zhongmou carried the unconscious Shangguan Wan on his back. Those who were at the Second or Third Level were fine, but the Zero-Level and First-Level members were too slow. They couldn’t make the jumps between some of the further rock piles, so Su Yu and Fang Jiong had to carry them across themselves.

This slowed down their progress. After much hassle, they finally reached the crystal pile.

This time, the giant lava lake was very quiet. No Magma Fire Demons surfaced to obstruct their path, which saved them a lot of trouble. Xu Ruyun, however, seemed a bit regretful, as he had missed an opportunity to kill monsters and absorb energy.

By the time they arrived at the crystal pile, a large pit had been dug in the middle of it. The Dragon Kid, who had grown larger, was surrounded by plenty of crystal blocks. Meng Ting and the others had stopped digging and were standing off to the side, apparently waiting for them.

"Everyone, come here and stand a bit closer," Meng Ting beckoned to them.

Su Yu walked over and asked, "How do we leave?"

"Dragon Kid can now transport everyone and these crystal blocks all at once. Just make sure to remind Ada not to use her powers, or it will cause interference. If that happens, you’ll all end up back in the forest where you came from," Meng Ting explained hurriedly.

"Alright." Su Yu nodded in understanding. He lightly patted Ada and said, "Did you hear that?"

"Got it." Ada leisurely stretched her waist and then lay on Su Yu’s back, hanging her little head down as if she had fallen asleep.

At this moment, everyone huddled closely to the enlarged Dragon Kid. Ma Ziye and the others curiously observed the Dragon Kid, marveling at its transformation.

"Alright, let’s get started. We have enough energy crystals to last us a long time. Let’s go!" Meng Ting said with a laugh, as the Dragon Kid at the center let out a roar.

Suddenly, streaks of red Dragon Flame emitted from its body, quickly spreading out and enveloping everyone and the energy crystals. Indeed, as Su Yu noticed, the Dragon Flame didn’t harm them in any way. No wonder Meng Ting had said that the Category Five Lifeforms’ combined attack skills were only effective against monsters or humans who had no partners.

As the Dragon Flame spread out, a massive circular pit formed, taking everyone and the large number of crystal blocks down with it. Su Yu silently nodded to himself. It was the "Heavenly Pit" once again. Evidently, these Category Five Lifeforms possessed the ability to summon the "Heavenly Pit" and use it to travel between worlds. This was now confirmed.

Soon, everything in their sight turned a fiery red. Everyone, the Dragon Kid, and all the crystal blocks disappeared into the "Heavenly Pit." Then the pit slowly returned to its original state, with everyone and the Dragon Kid nowhere to be seen.

When the red light in their sight finally faded and their vision returned, they found themselves not under the fiery red sky anymore. They no longer felt the irritating heat. Instead, they appeared in a valley surrounded by sloping hills, strange pine trees, and piles of rocks covered with green vines.

They had all appeared in this valley along with the enlarged Dragon Kid and the heap of fiery red crystal blocks.

Once the Dragon Flame receded, Dragon Kid shrank back to its original size with a swoosh. It hopped onto Meng Ting’s shoulder, and with an excited look on its face, it said, scratching its chin with its small paw, "Tingting, how was that? My ability has greatly improved, hasn’t it? This time, I’ve transported us back quite close to our village."

"Hmm, you have indeed improved," Meng Ting also laughed, patting its little head, then said to Zhang Huaqin, "Huaqin, you go first, let someone else carry these crystal blocks."

Zhang Huaqin nodded his somewhat pale head, not uttering a word, and turned to run off.

Su Yu asked, "Meng Ting, where is your village?" He only saw tall trees and mountains all around, somewhat similar to the forest where they had been, but the landscape was not quite the same.

Meng Ting smiled and said, "If you follow this valley, we only need to walk another five or six miles to reach our village. We are very familiar with this area within a dozen or so miles radius. So, as soon as we saw this valley, we knew where we were."

Su Yu hummed in response while Ada rolled his eyes towards the sky, saying, "A difference of five or six miles? And you’re still proud of such a big error...sigh." He shook his head, looking utterly disappointed.

The Dragon Kid’s face reddened, and he said angrily, "What about you? Is your teleportation perfectly accurate?"

"Of course, this is a basic ability of us noble Category 5 Lifeforms." Ada said loftily, exuding a dignity that left Dragon Kid momentarily speechless, which was mainly due to his lack of immunity to the opposite gender.

"Everyone, let’s go," Meng Ting signaled them. Within a radius of ten kilometers, they were basically in their own territory, so upon reaching here, they relaxed.

Zi Yu glanced at the pile of crystal blocks and said, "I’ll stay here and watch."

Meng Ting nodded, and Meng Jun, who was standing nearby, picked up Ling Feng’s corpse from the ground. Su Yu and the others followed, leaving the valley.

At this moment, Ma Ziye, Qin Jiagui, Zhang Zhongmou and other also heard that Meng Ting and her group have a small village nearby, they felt both excited and curious. While they had been wandering in the forest for a long time, they had suspected that there might be inhabited areas somewhere, but had never seen one in person.

After leaving the valley, they saw a large river in the distance. This river, like a surging dragon, was so vast that they couldn’t see its beginning or end. It broke through the remote landscape and the forest, winding around, its grandeur was shocking.

Su Yu and others looked awestruck. Even though they were far away, they could still sense the grandeur of the river.

Meng Ting looked back at the expression on Su Yu’s face, smiled sweetly and said, "That river, we call it the ’River of Oblivion.’ No one knows where it starts or ends but... do you know what that forest across the ’River of Oblivion’ is?"

Upon hearing her question, Su Yu pondered, "Could it be... the forest we used to live in?"

Meng Ting laughed softly, "Yes, Dragon Kid told me that the ’River of Oblivion’ is ring-shaped, and the forest in its center is where the humans brought by the ’Heavenly Pit’ first fall. It’s called the ’Heavenly Pit Forest,’ but we now refer to it as the ’Newbie Forest.’ Haha... Generally, once you reach around the Fourth Order there, you leave."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu, Qin Jiagui, Zhang Zhongmou, Ma Ziye and the others couldn’t help but gaze at the large river and the colossal forest on the other side that looked like a green ocean. Their hearts filled with indescribable astonishment and awe.

So, the forest they had been wandering in all this time was actually surrounded by a large ring-shaped river called the "River of Oblivion." They had wandered inside for more than ten days but had never seen any sign of the "River of Oblivion." The enormity of that forest was beyond their imagination.

"Newbie Forest, huh?" Su Yu gave a faint smile. He wondered whether they, a group of people who had just left the forest, had now finally moved beyond the level of newcomers.

"The forest seems quite large. We’ve walked for so many days, and it seems like we still haven’t reached the end," Zhang Zhongmou couldn’t help saying.

"For an ordinary person, it would probably take a year or two to trek across that ’Newbie Forest,’" Meng Ting said, "but for a Black Iron Warrior of Fourth Order or even Fifth level or above, their speed enhances ten to twenty times more. It would be much easier for them to cross the ’Newbie Forest.’" (To be continued. If you want to know what happened next, please log on to www.qidian.com. There are more Chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)