In the following time, everyone thoroughly saw the horror of the Forest of Steel.
Just like its name, this passage is a secret forest made entirely of steel. There are countless dangers hidden in invisible corners, such as creeping walls, sharp metal nets, and bronze arms protruding from the ground...
In just less than a kilometer's journey, everyone was covered in paint, even Zhang Meng had some scars on his face.
...Only the man in front is still unscathed.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a shrill scream sounded in the passage. Bai Mo turned his head slightly and saw a man suddenly falling into the flowing metal ground on the road he had just walked. His legs were stuck in it and he was completely unable to move. .
"Save me! Save me!"
The thin man kept struggling in the metal quagmire, but the consequence of this was that it became more difficult to escape. As he struggled, the metal quagmire gradually solidified, like a pair of iron hands that continued to increase in strength, squeezing his body fiercely. Legs.
"ah!"
The man let out an even more miserable scream. Under such a huge force, his leg bones seemed to be crushed inch by inch. The body of a C-level transcendent could withstand most bullets, but it was still difficult to bear such pain. .
"Relax your body and pass your hand to me!"
At this moment, Zhang Meng's face was as dark as water, and he suddenly grabbed the thin man's hand with force.
"Pull me up! No, no, no... don't use so much force! My legs are going to be torn off!" the man screamed.
Seeing the thin man's posture, the short-haired woman on the side couldn't help but worry: "Is there a way to cut the ground?"
"Cut it open...where do you think this is?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the charming woman behind her sneered, "This is the Forest of Steel. Many metals are hard to see today, and the hardness is beyond imagination. What can we use to cut it open?"
"What should we do?"
"In my opinion, just saw off this guy's legs." The charming woman thought for a moment and chuckled.
"You bitch, are you kidding me!"
The thin man in the metal quagmire obviously heard her words, and suddenly let out a roar and glared at the charming woman fiercely.
"If you want to die like this, just pretend I didn't say it." The charming woman shook her head.
And as if to confirm her words, the man's body suddenly sank a little, and almost half of his lower body was submerged in the ground, as if he wanted to completely merge with the ground.
"Don't... don't!"
The skinny man's expression changed drastically. He kept looking at everyone and said in a pleading tone: "Save me, please save me!"
Zhang Meng's expression changed slightly, he took out a tactical dagger from his waist, suddenly exerted force, and tentatively thrust it into the ground where the man was submerged.
However, instead of cutting the ground with this blow, the entire dagger melted instantly, and all the metal parts quickly merged into the ground like water droplets flowing into a river.
A cold wind blew through the passage.
"ah!"
The thin man suddenly screamed, his face became extremely distorted due to pain, and bright red blood spurted out, and then was absorbed by the ground.
Everyone's expressions changed, and they saw two neat huge wounds suddenly appeared on the man's legs, as if they had been cut by a sharp instrument, revealing the stark white bones.
"What's going on?"
The short-haired woman was startled by this scene, took a few steps back, and asked with a horrified look on her face.
"I don't know, it feels like someone cut my leg with a knife - please, get me out! For the sake of our relationship!"
The thin man had tears in his eyes, his eyes full of despair.
"Oh? Do you mean a sexual relationship?" The charming woman smiled disdainfully, with no intention of rescuing her.
Zhang Mengran turned around, glared at her coldly, then looked at the thin man, and said with a serious face: "For now, we can only use Li Youji's method to saw off your legs."
"No, absolutely not, I will become a useless person!" The skinny man's face changed drastically, and he shook his head crazily, "Please, think of a new way!"
"Yeah……"
The charming woman - Li Youji in Zhang Meng's mouth said with a half-smile, "If we drag it on any longer, I'm afraid your entire lower body will be submerged into the ground, and by then you will no longer be a useless person, but a complete dead person."
."
Her eyes were cold.
"Can……"
The thin man had tears in his eyes and wanted to say something else. However, Zhang Meng did not give him another chance. At some point, he took out a military dagger again and swung it with lightning speed.
Everyone felt a cold light flash before their eyes, but Zhang Meng did not move. The next second, they saw the thin man's legs and body completely separated, and blood flowed all over the floor. They were suddenly shocked.
Perhaps it was because the knife was so fast that the pain was delayed for a few seconds. It was not until three seconds passed that the thin man let out a scream of extremely painful pain.
"ah--"
"Pull him out, help him stop the bleeding, and...stop his mouth."
Zhang Meng frowned and gave the order as if he couldn't hear the man's scream.
The man and two women behind him did not dare to say anything and quickly did as they were told.
Only Li Youji remained indifferent, silently looking ahead, and happened to be looking at Bai Mo who was paying attention to them not far away.
As she watched, she suddenly smiled seductively, but Bai Mo, who was opposite him, obviously didn't like this, and turned his head expressionlessly and continued to move forward.
"This guy..."
Zhang Meng looked at Li Youji and said solemnly, "We clearly followed his route of action. Why was it that he was fine when he walked this road, but we happened to be in danger?"
"Who knows, maybe we have bad luck."
Li Youji looked at Bai Mo's back and chuckled, "Anyway, we have to be more cautious in the future - the Forest of Steel doesn't seem to be as scary as I thought. As long as we follow the man in front closely, maybe we really have a chance."
Opportunity to get out of here.”
"But our mission is to prevent him from leaving here. Once he succeeds, we won't be able to get out alive."
"Of course I know that."
Li Youji smiled softly, but had no intention of explaining. He walked forward and said, "Take that useless man with you...but don't let him die."
Zhang Meng took a deep look at her and quickly followed her. The man and two women behind him looked at each other and quickly followed with the thin man who only had half life left.
No one noticed that behind them, the two broken legs sunk into the ground slowly sank, and disappeared without a trace soon after. The ground quickly returned to normal, glowing with the unique cold light of metal, without any trace of it.
Metal swamp feel.
…
Ta, da, da.
Following the sound of footsteps, a figure walked from the passage.
"Sure enough, this place is also the masterpiece of those guys..."
After a series of previous tests, Bai Mo quickly confirmed his suspicion——
The so-called Forest of Steel is not a creation of Boundless City, but the work of a group of crazy people from a long time ago. In other words, the Forest of Steel is actually the researcher Bai Mo saw in the passage through the art of eating outside.
A creation of its time.
According to his understanding, the creations of these guys often have an obvious characteristic - that is, they leave no room for anything.
They will never leave anything similar to a "back door", and even the makers themselves will not get any convenience from their research results. As long as they are used for killing, there will never be any chance of them keeping their hands.
The same is true for trials. There is absolutely no possibility of letting anyone off because of differences between individuals.
These creations are an extension of their cold will. They only exist to obtain specific results. They are highly rational and emotionless like machines, and will only execute according to pre-designed programs.
——The Forest of Steel is undoubtedly such an existence.
but……
Although those crazy guys would not deliberately leave some backdoors for Bai Mo, a certain guy would definitely do this, and it was precisely because he was aware of this that Bai Mo had a clear understanding of his situation.
I am also becoming more and more curious about the Forest of Steel.
"This passage..."
While he was thinking, a sound suddenly came from behind Bai Mo, and he saw the three couples from before quickly following him. The one walking in the front was a charming woman with heavy makeup.
"I said, that handsome guy in front of you, do you want to cooperate?" Li Youji shouted loudly.
Bai Mo glanced back at her, showing no interest in talking.
However, the moment he turned back, a flying knife suddenly passed by his neck, hit the metal wall in front of him, and instantly twisted into a ball.
A strand of hair slipped quietly.
Bai Mo turned back indifferently, his eyes locked on the muscular man in the crowd.
"Do you want to die?"
The surrounding temperature dropped sharply.
Zhang Meng looked at him calmly: "I know very well that with your skill, this blow cannot hurt you."
"This is no reason for you to attack me."
Bai Mo turned around.
Just when the two of them were at war with each other, Li Youji suddenly came out to smooth things over and said: "We are all grasshoppers on a rope now, so it's better not to fight in the nest."
"Who is the grasshopper on the same rope as this guy? If he hadn't deliberately tricked us just now, how could I have lost a pair of legs!"
Before Zhang Meng could speak, a thin man on the young man's back yelled with a curse on his face.
Li Youji's smile turned cold and she turned to look at him: "Can you stop talking so much?"
"Smelly bitch, it's not the one who lost her leg... ah!"
The man looked vicious, but before he could finish speaking, he let out a painful scream the next second.
A long silver needle was nailed to his right arm, completely penetrating the entire arm.
"It seems that apart from the legs, you don't even want these hands..." Li Youji smiled charmingly.
Everyone felt chilled, and Zhang Meng even took a deep look at Li Youji - the opponent had just shot very fast, and the speed and power of the flying needle were not inferior to his own flying knife.
Li Youji looked at the thin man with disgust and said disdainfully: "Incompetent man, originally the only thing in your body that could satisfy me was your mouth, but now..."
She looked at the young man carrying this guy on his back and said, "Can you please not let me hear his voice again?"
The young man nodded frantically.
Li Youji nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Bai Mo again, and said softly: "I'm sorry, handsome man, can you talk to us about cooperation?"
"No need." Bai Mo turned around to leave.
“Do you know why the more people who enter the Forest of Steel, the harder it becomes to leave?”
Li Youji's voice sounded behind him.
Bai Mo didn't look back and had no intention of stopping.
"This is because... when passing through the last door, all challengers need to press their hands on the scanner together before the door will open - that is to say, seven of us must reach the finish line at the same time to open the last door."
Li Youji smiled and said, "It is worth mentioning that that door cannot be destroyed by violence."
Bai Mo paused and looked back at her.
The expressions of the rest of the people changed slightly, and they all saw Li Youji. They had no idea that there was such a rule in the Forest of Steel.
In that case...how did this guy know?
Li Youji didn't care about the looks of these people, he just looked at Bai Mo with a smile: "What, don't you believe it?"
"No, I believe it."
Bai Mo sighed in his heart. With the temperament of those guys, it was not surprising at all that they could design such passages and rules.
Li Youji's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but smile: "You are surprisingly easy to talk to. I thought you would have to spend more time..."
Bai Mo interrupted her and said calmly: "Time is limited, let's go."
Li Youji felt helpless and followed silently.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, and when they saw Zhang Meng agreed, they followed him one after another.
Bai Mo walked alone at the front. He didn't ask these guys about their purpose, nor did he think about killing them. To him, he just ignored the worthless things.
Of course, if these guys want to play tricks on him, he won't hold anything back.
Perhaps there really is a door ahead that requires all challengers to press their fingerprints to open, but this does not mean that everyone must reach the finish line alive——
Bai Mo doesn't know the Forest of Steel, but he knows the nature of those crazy guys very well.
To be precise, it is to understand the "design philosophy" of those guys.
At this moment, Bai Mo's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he felt as if his right foot had stepped on something.
At the same time, everyone behind him also heard a very clear voice——
"Card."
"Stop!"
Zhang Meng's expression changed and he quickly raised his hand to stop everyone.
"What is that sound?" someone asked in panic.
Zhang Meng's eyes narrowed slightly: "If it were outside, my judgment is that he may have stepped on an old-fashioned landmine... But here, I dare not draw a conclusion easily."
The Forest of Steel has a unique set of rules. The metal here can not only form wires and creeping walls, but also turn into a terrifying metal swamp, which seems to have vitality and cannot be judged by common sense.
"Did you hear that, that handsome guy in front, don't move yet, otherwise it might be dangerous!" Li Youji reminded loudly.
"But standing there like this is not an option... Zhang Meng, according to your experience, how do you get out if you step on a landmine?" the short-haired woman said worriedly.
"this……"
Zhang Meng was about to speak, but his expression suddenly changed.
I saw Bai Mo in front of me, as if he didn't take their words seriously at all, and suddenly raised his right foot.
