After a few more days in the sanctuary, they were once again out of the control of the humans. Han Sen and Zero found themselves in a fruit forest. The trees there were at least forty meters tall, and they were so wide that it would take a few people to wrap their arms around them.
The trees were filled with black fruits, each the size of a fist. Han Sen cut one open, and he noticed that its shell was very thick. There was some black juice in the center, and it smelled very bad.
They walked for a few hundred miles, but they were still in the fruit forest. They had no idea how big it was.
With the silver fox by their side, no creatures came to bother them. Han Sen saw that Zero was tired, so he set up a tent in the middle of the fruit forest. He planned to rest there for the night.
Han Sen and Zero were barbecuing outside the tent. When the sun went down and the moonlight shone on the fruit forest, they were surprised to see that the black fruits were now shining with a pink light. They opened up layer by layer, and they turned into beautiful pink flowers.
The pungent and unpleasant liquid inside had also disappeared. Instead, the fragrance of flowers filled the air, making people feel relaxed and happy.
"It's beautiful." Zero looked at the endless sea of pink flowers, and she was pleasantly surprised.
"It is beautiful."
Han Sen was surprised, as well. He did not expect the black fruits to not be real fruits. They were just strange flowers.
Moment Queen, who was massaging Han Sen's shoulders, frowned. She looked at the flowers, and she seemed to be thinking of something.
Not long after, the sky was filled with fireflies. Han Sen did not know what kind of creatures they were, but they were collecting the nectar of the flowers like bees.
Strangely, the fireflies did not seem to be afraid of the silver fox. They did not attack Han Sen, either. They just collected the nectar and pollen of the flowers.
Zero reached out her hand and allowed a firefly to land in her palm. The firefly was very obedient, and it crawled around her hand a few times. Then, it flapped its wings and flew away.
Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura to observe the fireflies. They were not very big, and they were the size of ordinary fireflies. They looked like ladybugs, and their bodies glowed. They did not have organs to light up like fireflies.
The fireflies were alive, and that meant they were real creatures. They were not summoned creatures.
But their lifeforces were not very strong. Most of them were as strong as ordinary creatures. There were a few that were as strong as mutant creatures, but not many of them were.
They were not aggressive, either. They flew past Han Sen, and even when they brushed past him, they did not attack.
Groups of fireflies collected the nectar and flew up into the sky. Because there were so many of them, it was like a galaxy was flowing above the orchard. It was a stunning sight.
Although the luminous flowers and fireflies were very beautiful, Zhao Hai got bored after looking at them for a long time. He brought Zero back to the tent to rest. After a good night's sleep, the fireflies disappeared during the day. The flowers also closed up and turned into black fruits.
"I don't know what kind of plant this is, but it's amazing." Han Sen sighed, and then he led Zero and the others on their journey.
The orchard was very big, and after walking for a whole day, they still had not left it. When night came, the fruits turned into flowers again, and the fireflies returned to collect the nectar.
"Weird. Where do these fireflies come from?
There are so many of them. Even if they all return to their nests to rest during the day, there should be a nest somewhere.
We have been walking for over a thousand miles, but we have not seen a single nest. Where do they go during the day? "Han Sen suddenly thought of that.
"Maybe they are hiding in the flowers." Zero tilted her head and thought about it.
"How is that possible?"
Han Sen shook his head. He thought Zero was being too whimsical. Why would fireflies hide in flowers? He had cut open a fruit-like flower before, and there was only a pungent liquid inside.
"We are going to be on our way tonight, anyway. Let's keep walking until dawn and see where the fireflies go," Han Sen said after thinking about it for a moment.
Zero seemed interested in the idea, and she nodded. She looked very excited.
The two of them kept walking. There were flowers and fireflies everywhere, but after looking at them for a long time, they did not think there was anything special about them.
When the sun was about to rise, Han Sen and Zero focused. They stared at the fireflies to see where they were going.
To Han Sen's surprise, when the sun was about to rise, the fireflies flew into the flowers one by one.
The petals of the flowers shrank to quickly form a fist-sized black fruit, which wrapped up the fireflies.
"These fireflies really are hiding inside the flowers!" Han Sen's mouth was wide open.
Han Sen cut open a few more black fruits, but all he saw was a pungent, transparent liquid. He did not see the fireflies.
However, Han Sen had seen a firefly fly into one of the fruits.
"That's strange. Could it be that the pungent liquid is the fireflies at night?
Even if that is the case, they live inside flowers. So, where do they go after collecting the nectar at night? "Han Sen was even more confused.
But this did not affect them, so Han Sen did not think too much about it. He continued to lead Zero and the others on their way.
When noon came, they suddenly saw a very large fruit tree in the fruit forest. From afar, it looked like a small mountain. There were many black fruits hanging from it, but the fruits were much bigger. Each fruit was more than a meter in diameter.
"This can't be considered a rare treasure, right?
How can a rare treasure grow so many fruits? "
Han Sen thought to himself. But he still walked over to the big fruit tree, wanting to take a closer look.
"Don't go over there!" When Han Sen and the others were about to reach the giant fruit tree, they suddenly heard someone shouting not far away.
Turning around, they saw a human woman waving at them anxiously from the fruit forest not far away.
Han Sen was surprised. He did not expect a human to be there. He quickly urged the Golden Howler to go over to the human woman.
"Friend, why did you call us over?"
Han Sen looked at the woman carefully. She was a very dignified girl. He could not tell her age, but she was at most thirty or forty years old. With the lifespan of humans, that was a very young age. She looked no different from a twenty-year-old girl.
"You can't go there. People will die," the woman said in shock.