"Already arrived?"
The five girls were stunned when they heard this and turned to look out the window. Sure enough, they could see a boundless sea of trees.
"Due to the special nature of this forest, the plane can no longer move forward. We can only send you here; you will have to walk the rest of the way by yourselves."
As the staff member spoke, the plane had already started to land.
It has to be said that the Toriko World possesses a lot of advanced technology.
For example, this plane can fly at supersonic speeds, reaching Mach 10, and can also transform. After slowing down, it converts into a helicopter to achieve reliable vertical take-off and landing.
Even so, the Wul Jungle is full of trees, with almost no open space for landing.
In addition, most of these trees are alive. Just flying above, even slightly lower, carries the risk of being dragged down, so they could only stop at the edge.
After the plane landed, the five girls didn't say much. They took their things and got off the plane.
"Our strength does not allow us to wait for you here. We will come back in the evening. If you have captured the ingredients in advance, you can also use the detector to call us. After receiving the news, we will rush over as soon as possible to pick you up. That's it, goodbye. I wish you all good food luck."
Although this was just the outskirts of the Wul Jungle, there were still many beasts with a capture level of 20 or above. The staff did not dare to stay for long. After a quick explanation, they closed the hatch without waiting for the five women to respond and flew back directly.
"Gone so fast..."
Watching the plane leave, Tiona couldn't help but be speechless.
How could she not tell that the staff member was obviously scared and didn't want to stay here any longer?
"Forget it, don't worry about them, let's leave quickly. It's hard to find the target in such a big sea of trees, so don't waste time."
Tione said, and took the lead to walk towards the Wul Jungle ahead.
Seeing this, the girls quickly followed.
As a result, when they got closer, except for Ais, the faces of Tione and the others changed. Even the usually carefree Tiona reacted similarly.
Because a pile of bones more than ten meters high, belonging to an unknown giant animal, appeared in front of them like a warning sign.
"It seems to be fresh, meaning something more powerful than the owner of these bones has just been eating here, and may not have gone far."
Tione examined it carefully and then analyzed the situation.
At the same time, her expression darkened a little.
In any case, this was not a good sign.
Before entering the forest, receiving such a warning put her in a bad mood.
"No, it won't leave what it ate after eating it."
At this time, Loki, who was walking at the end of the team, suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean?"
"Is that thing still here?"
The expressions of Tiona and the other two changed, and they asked quickly.
Loki shrugged: "It's true that it didn't leave, or in other words, it couldn't leave at all."
"Can't leave?"
When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but look confused.
At this moment, a canine beast more than five meters tall and ten meters long, with a dark green body that almost blended in with the surrounding woods and a mouth full of sharp teeth, suddenly sprang out.
"Ouch!!!"
The ferocious canine beast roared at the five girls, seemingly trying to intimidate them.
But it immediately ignored them, turned around, came to the pile of bones, held its head down, and gnawed on the bones, using its sharp and strong teeth to bite them into pieces and suck the marrow.
Tiona and the other girls were startled, but they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the canine beast didn't pay attention to them.
"Jungle Bone-Eating Dog. A specialized jungle species related to bone-eating dogs. They like to eat bone marrow and have intelligence and habits similar to hyenas. They usually do not actively hunt and make a living by picking up the bones left by others. They are sturdy and relatively docile."
"Capture level is 34. The meat quality is not good, but the bones are very suitable for making soup. After grinding its bones into powder, you can make a bucket of top-quality soup with just one spoonful. In addition, its teeth are also good materials."
Lefiya took the opportunity to take out the food detector and pointed it at the beast, and the machine instantly gave out its information.
"Docile?"
Looking at the sharp teeth and claws on the limbs of the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog, Tiona raised a question.
You call this kind of beast docile?!
"Uh... that's what the information says." Lefiya also felt a bit embarrassed.
This is what the information said. She just read it out. Whether it was reasonable or not was none of her business.
Tione shook her head and said: "This is not our goal, so just ignore it and let's take a detour."
It wasn't the mission target, so there was no need to worry so much. Try not to provoke the other party to avoid trouble.
Tiona and Lefiya nodded.
And just when they were about to go around, the ground under the feet of the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog suddenly cracked open, and plant roots burst out of the ground.
The Jungle Bone-Eating Dog that was eating was unprepared and was instantly entangled. The huge force squeezed hard, and the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog only had time to howl miserably. After screaming, it vomited blood and died on the spot.
Then, the tip of the rhizome penetrated into the body of the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog.
Visible to the naked eye, the corpse quickly shrank, melted, and was absorbed by the rhizome.
In the blink of an eye, the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog's flesh and blood were completely absorbed, leaving only a skeleton, which was discarded on the roadside together with the previous bones.
After the rhizome had done all this, it shrank back and the ground closed up.
It was as if nothing had happened. But the extra set of white bones on the ground confirmed that what just happened was not an illusion.
This forest once again allowed several people to see its terrifying and ferocious primitive ecology in a more intuitive way.
Here, hunters may be lurking anywhere, waiting for their prey to come. The fatal ecological cycle happens all the time.
Anyone who dares to take it lightly will pay the price with their lives and become the nutrients of this forest.
"Whoa!"
Tiona was so frightened that she took a few steps back.
Lefiya even hid behind Loki.
Seeing this, Tione quickly followed Ais and retreated, fearing that she would follow in the footsteps of the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog if she got too close.
"You see, what did I say? That thing is still here all the time."
Loki spread her hands and said calmly.
"If you knew there was something underground, you should have told me earlier!"
"If this Jungle Bone-Eating Dog hadn't appeared out of nowhere, we almost would have walked right into it."
Looking at Loki's calm look, Tione guessed that the other party had already discovered the thing underground, so she couldn't help complaining to her. If the Jungle Bone-Eating Dog hadn't come out halfway just now, they might have gone up to take a look.
In other words, it might be them who would become the relatives among the pile of bones.
Loki shrugged: "I didn't have time to say it just now. Besides, I will definitely not put you in danger. Even if there was no Jungle Bone-Eating Dog, I would have stopped you."
"Okay, don't worry about these unimportant details."
"Aren't we going to take a detour? Let me lead the way. My perception ability has already discovered where the target is."
Hearing this, several people no longer bothered about the details.
"Okay then, you lead the way."