Chapter 111: The Tribe in the Forest

After experiencing the great battle of Katzga, Lin Lei’s body energy dropped to a dangerous level, less than 20 Energy Levels, which was very close to the basic energy line needed to maintain his body.

The Forbidden Domain was not like the Galaxy, which was filled with free energy everywhere; here, apart from the light energy that could be absorbed, there was nothing, and even that light energy was very scarce in the dark forest.

In order to recover his body energy quickly, Lin Lei had to run up to the tree canopy once again, lying quietly on a branch, swaying with the wind.

There was no stellar light source in the Forbidden Domain; all the visible light was emitted by the World Tree, and the color of the spectrum leaned towards pale green, making the entire Forbidden Domain look like a flawless piece of jade, exceptionally beautiful.

Although the space was not dark, a faint dark halo still appeared around Lin Lei, which was the result of a large amount of light energy being absorbed by him.

However, this light energy was also very limited, and Lin Lei’s body Energy Level rose very slowly, less than 5 Energy Levels per hour, far unlike in the Galaxy, where he was like soaking in an ocean of energy, with his body energy simply inexhaustible.

Lin Lei spent nearly thirteen hours sunbathing on the canopy before he barely recovered his body energy completely.

He did not have many thoughts now; as soon as he got down from the tree, he walked towards the direction of the Pan-dimensional Creature.

Since this power ful entity could save him from the War Fortress Main Gun, surely he would not just leave him here indefinitely; he would eventually contact him.

It was just that Lin Lei could not figure out the timing of this contact; he did not understand the Pan-dimensional Creature’s concept of time and space, perhaps to them, a dozen years was but an instant. If that were the case, Lin Lei would have a long wait.

Actually, the scenery in this forest was not bad; although there were giant trees everywhere, the shapes of these trees were rarely identical, and their branches were all connected in the air, separating the entire forest into two layers.

One layer was on the ground, and the other was in mid-air; the developed branch and leaf systems of these giant trees were enough to allow people to reach any place they wanted to go.

Most of these trees grew fruits; even if someone stayed in the trees for a lifetime, they would be guaranteed food and drink.

Looking at this bountiful great forest, Lin Lei felt a bit envious of the creatures living here.

Along the way, he encountered many strange creatures; they were all very friendly, or perhaps they just ignored Lin Lei, and even when Lin Lei accidentally stepped on the tail of a lizard-like animal, it did not get angry, but just looked back and bared its teeth at him, and seeing Lin Lei lift his foot immediately, it walked away without looking back.

Lin Lei walked for a long time but surprisingly did not see a single carnivorous animal; the ecological food chain here was extremely simple, just from plants to herbivores.

Logically speaking, in this situation, herbivores should have lost control and their numbers should have grown wildly, but what Lin Lei saw was not such a scene.

Who knows, perhaps there still existed some other control mechanism here, or maybe the reproductive ability of these herbivores was not strong.

But soon, this forest gave Lin Lei another savage explanation; a javelin suddenly shot towards him from behind a tree.

This attack came without warning, and the speed and power of the javelin were terrifyingly abnormal; the javelin broke through the air silently, but stirred up a terrifying gale behind it.

According to Lin Lei’s estimation, the person who could launch such an attack had a body Energy Level of at least forty!

With Lin Lei’s current reaction speed, this kind of attack was no longer in his eyes; he moved his feet lightly and adjusted his body angle slightly, and the javelin whizzed past him.

The intended target of the javelin was not his head or other fatal parts of a living being, but Lin Lei’s leg; it seemed this attacker did not want Lin Lei’s life, perhaps just wanted to capture him.

At this moment, Lin Lei also saw the attacker’s appearance clearly; she flashed out from behind the tree, looking at the composed Lin Lei with a face full of vigilance.

The characteristics of this attacker were very obvious, pointed ears, silver hair, crimson eyes, exactly the same as Mo Fei whom Lin Lei met on the Leite spaceship!

Only from external characteristics, this attacker should be a female; she was fully 1.8 meters tall, carrying a giant bow on her back, and holding several javelins in her hand, her style was very fierce, just like the temperament of an Amazon warrior.

“Outsider, state your purpose here!” The female warrior spoke; although the language she spoke was one Lin Lei had never heard before, Lin Lei’s high-speed calculation instinct had already understood her meaning from her various body languages.

Lin Lei was very puzzled, an outsider? This Forbidden Domain was so vast, on what basis did this female warrior confirm that he was an outsider?

The female warrior provided too little language information, and Lin Lei could not yet summarize the rules of her language from it, so he could only use the System’s mind communication skill to speak to her directly.

“I am very puzzled, how do you determine that I am an outsider?”

Obviously, the female warrior was frightened; she suddenly looked around, clutching the javelin in her hand tightly, searching for the speaker hidden she knew not where.

But her efforts were destined to be in vain; after tossing about for a few minutes, she turned back to look at Lin Lei opposite her with a nervous expression; since there was no enemy, then the one who made the sound just now could only be the man opposite her.

But what puzzled her most was that this man’s mouth did not move at all, he just looked at her actions with a smile in his eyes.

This made her expression seem even more tense, and her steps also retreated slightly; obviously, she felt unable to understand everything about Lin Lei, or perhaps in her imagination, Lin Lei had already become a mysterious and evil terrifying existence.

Lin Lei certainly saw through the female warrior’s psychology, and he did not make any further moves to provoke her, but continued this mind communication.

“I have no malice, I just strayed into this place by mistake. Everything here is extremely strange to me, and I need help.”

For a stranger he met for the first time and who posed no threat, Lin Lei did not hide anything or beat around the bush, but directly stated his needs; he indeed needed help. He needed to understand the specific situation here, and no one understood these things better than the natives of the Forbidden Domain.

Sure enough, Lin Lei’s actions and words made this native of the Forbidden Domain relax a little; she lowered the javelin held high in her hand and said somewhat hesitantly: “You are unfathomable in my eyes, and I cannot determine whether you will cause harm to our tribe.”

The implication was that she could help Lin Lei, but she still had concerns about him.

Her expression and words made Lin Lei let out a sigh of relief; this female warrior was very rational, and for things she did not understand, she did not blindly adopt an attitude of fear and denial, which meant there was a turning point in the matter.

“Understanding the unknown requires a process and also requires taking certain risks, and these require courage to overcome. Warrior, do you lack courage?”

Lin Lei spoke in the female warrior’s mind with a peaceful and gentle tone, trying his best to reduce her psychological defenses.

The female warrior’s mind was not complicated; hearing Lin Lei say this, she immediately straightened her body and said loudly: “I certainly do not lack courage. You can follow me back to the tribe, but before that, you must swear an oath to the Deity that you will never harm my clansmen!”

Deity? Lin Lei was puzzled, but he saw the female warrior opposite him looking at him with burning eyes, giving the impression that if he did not swear, everything was off.

If there was a Deity in this Forbidden Domain, then it had to be the World Tree.

“I hereby swear to the distant Deity that I will return greater kindness to anyone who treats me with goodwill!”

Even Lin Lei did not dare to swear carelessly in this kingdom of Pan-dimensional Creatures, so he only made such a contractual oath.

The female warrior heard Lin Lei’s oath, and her heart was mostly relieved; a smile even appeared on her face: “My name is Mona, and I am a Ranger of our tribe. You can follow me now. Walk on the trees, and beware of the traps between the branches.”

Mona inserted the javelin in her hand back into the sheath on her back and took the lead in climbing up the tree; her movements were very agile, and after darting back and forth between several trees a few times, she reached a branch hundreds of meters high; once up there, she even provocatively waved her hand at Lin Lei.

Lin Lei smiled and did not show off his own skills, but honestly climbed up along the tree trunk, neither fast nor slow.

The branches of these giant trees hundreds of meters high were as thick as an elephant’s waist, and they extended in all directions; walking on them was like being in a castle in the air, very peculiar.

“We spend most of our lives on the trees; everything we need is here, houses, food, clothes, these respectable tree friends will provide to us,” Mona gently stroked the tree branch beside her and said softly.

Lin Lei sighed: “You are very lucky to have these loyal friends.”

He flicked the branches with his finger but heard a crisp echo like metal; one could see how high the fiber strength of these trees was, and looking at the giant bow and javelin behind Mona, Lin Lei could clearly imagine their power.

To be able to support such huge trees, the strength of their body structure must be far beyond steel.

“Follow me closely, outsider, do not underestimate the traps set by our Rangers, they can make you suffer greatly,” Mona walked a stretch ahead, looked back to see Lin Lei in deep thought, and shouted loudly.

Lin Lei responded and immediately followed closely behind.