However, before Ash recovered, the jackal that had been hit before pounced on him again!

The "breaking" shot did not kill it, nor did it even lose its combat ability. Although it was dragging a large piece of bloody intestines under it, it did not affect its speed at all, and it immediately threw the ashes to the ground!

The ashes instantly fell into an extremely unfavorable situation, and they saw sharp teeth, several centimeters long, stained with blood and saliva, bit his neck hard!

With the strength of human body, no part can withstand this bite force, let alone the most fragile neck. Ashes immediately threw away the weapon in his hand and crossed his wrists in front of him, hoping to use the airtight valve on his wrist to block the attack of the beast.

However, the sharp teeth did not fall, and the ashes felt the weight pressing on their body suddenly disappeared. When they looked up, they found that the jackal had been lifted up by Soya. The next second, a large amount of white steam gushed out, and the iron claws that suddenly closed gently crushed its head.

Soya had killed the seven jackals, but not even one of the ashes had been solved.

Although it looks a bit awkward, after considering the difference in combat power between the two sides, Ash didn't feel anything embarrassing...

With one knife, Soya pulled the ashes from the ground.

"Check to see if the protective suit is damaged."

"No...that guy couldn't bite me." Ashes shook his head.

"That's good." Soya said, pulling out two metal tubes from her backpack and throwing one of them to the ashes. "This place is very close to the central area of ​​the black fog, so collect the sample first."

It is very simple to collect black fog samples. You just need to unscrew the tube mouth and then place it in the black fog. The surging fog will pour into the metal tube by itself.

The middle end of the metal tube is made of transparent glass, and you can see the situation inside the tube - the wall of the tube seems to be coated with a layer of coagulant. After entering the metal tube, the black mist quickly turned into many small ink-like droplets, attached to the tube wall.

After collecting two-thirds of the tube liquid, the ashes seal the pipe mouth and the metal tube is closed.

"Is this considered completing the mission?" Ashes asked Soya.

To be honest, he didn't want to stay in this place for a second... He always felt something hidden in the black fog, peeking at him in the dark.

He knew that this might be just his illusion. If there was really any danger, Soya would definitely find it earlier than him - but he had asked Soya before if she felt she was being watched by something, and Soya's answer was very simple.

"No."

"That's just an illusion that you have when you are overly nervous. Adjust your breathing and restore your heart rate to normal. You must calm down and observe all the details around you, and determine what will pose a real threat to you and what will not." Soya said a long sentence to Ash for the first time, and Ash did as she said, but the sense of crisis still did not disappear.

"Keep going." Soya stuffed the metal tube into a pocket and said lightly - the feeling was as if they were not wandering on a commercial street in the imperial capital at this moment.

Is this guy... even more desperate than Margaret? Ashes complained silently in his heart. However, despite his unwillingness in his heart, he could only follow Soya with a sharp tongue. Without Soya, he could not even leave the Black Mist Zone safely with his own ability.

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Twenty minutes later.

"You can't go forward any more. If you want to continue moving forward, we'd better take a detour." Ashes, who were walking behind, stopped and said to Soya.

"Why?" Soya stopped, but did not look back.

"There is a large rift valley in front... The average width of the rift valley is more than 50 meters, the length is hundreds of meters long, and the edge is nearly 100 meters deep. The depth of the hinterland is about twice the edge. The two walls of the rift valley are very steep, and it is difficult to climb up if they accidentally fall down." Ashes explained that this rift valley appeared in the palace area after the day of its arrival. At the same time, it is also recognized by survivors in the isolation area as one of the forbidden areas in the palace area.

Not only because of the steep terrain, there are many powerful beasts living at the bottom of the rift... Of course, there are not none of bold adventurers, but when many people enter the rift and never come out again, few survivors dare to approach here.

After entering the ruins of the palace, the imperial team also cleaned up the Great Rift Valley. But ten years have passed, and it has changed completely. The corpses of countless humans and beasts rot in the rift valley. The soil under the bones became extremely fertile after absorbing these humus, giving birth to a large number of plants... These plants that use flesh and blood as nutrients fill the entire rift valley, making the terrain more complex.

In addition, there is also a news circulating in the isolation area that there are giant trees that can hunt animals deep in the rift valley. The giant trees have thick vines that can entangle the prey and use stings to inject corrosive venom into the prey's body. It doesn't take much, and the inside of the prey will be dissolved into a paste substance, leaving only an empty shell on the surface.

Whether this news is true or false is indecisive, but there are indeed many dangerous plants growing inside the rift valley - just a mutated ramie growing on the edge of its prey, its leaves contain a terrifying toxin. If the skin is accidentally cut by its leaves, the wound will rot and necrotize in no time. If the rotten meat in the wound is not dug out, the necrotization will spread to all parts of the body. At that time, the poisoned person can only wait for the arrival of death in pain.

In addition to mutated ramie, there are grasses that can make powerful hallucinogens, as well as castors that also contain highly toxic... These deadly plants can also be regarded as a wealth for survivors in the isolation area, but even so, survivors only dare to collect on the edge of the rift, and never dare to enter the depths of the rift.

Now this rift valley has been shrouded in black fog, and the level of danger has risen to an unprecedented level.

"But judging by the concentration of the black fog, the center point should be in that rift valley." Soya said.

Of course, Ash also knew that the center point of the black fog was probably inside the Rift Valley, but it was precisely because of this reason that he didn't want to get close to that place at all.
Chapter completed!