luo jia shan ju
Chapter 147 Forest of Fireflies 1
"Holy crap..." Fatty blurted out.
In the dark environment ahead, there were green fluorescent dots scattered like tiny fireflies floating in the forest.
But these fluorescent dots were not quite the same as fireflies. These green fluorescent dots simply floated in the air, motionless, while fireflies flew randomly within a certain range and didn't stay in one place.
"What the hell is that?" Fatty asked Rou Yi.
Rou Yi shook her head and replied, "I'm not sure. Earlier, by the campfire, I was keeping watch with that mercenary. We didn't look over here at first, so we didn't notice these little green fluorescent dots at all."
Rou Yi continued, "...Then, I looked up, glanced over here, and noticed that this whole area was full of these dense green fluorescent dots. It was scary."
The area covered with these green fluorescent dots was in the direction they were headed to their destination.
Fatty thought there was something fishy about these green fluorescent dots, so he woke everyone in the camp.
Those who were woken up were still drowsy and didn't know what was happening, looking confused.
Jennifer didn't seem annoyed. She patted her face to wake herself up quickly and followed behind Fatty.
As everyone watched, Fatty picked up a stone and threw it towards the area with the green fluorescent dots.
Everyone else held their breath and focused their attention on the stone in Fatty's hand.
After the stone left Fatty's hand, it flew out without any obstruction, passing through the fluorescent dots, followed by a crisp sound—"thud"—the stone fell to the ground.
Fatty felt uneasy, sensing that something was wrong, so he picked up and threw several more stones in succession.
But each time the result was the same. All the stones passed through the fluorescent dots and landed safely.
It seemed that these fluorescent dots were some kind of natural phenomenon, perhaps some kind of fluorescent reaction.
In the wilderness, natural white phosphorus often spontaneously combusts, flying up like a will-o'-the-wisp, extinguishing after a while, and then igniting again, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. People lacking wilderness exploration experience often mistakenly believe it to be a ghost appearing.
Although Fatty knew about these things, he was still a little apprehensive. He was convinced that these fluorescent dots were not naturally occurring.
At that moment, everyone was frozen in place, not knowing what to do next.
Fatty repeatedly emphasized to everyone that there was something strange about these green fluorescent lights and that they should not approach them, but observe them for a while longer.
Time passed by, and the green fluorescent dots did not undergo any strange changes or show any anomalies.
Moreover, judging from the stones they threw, the fluorescent dots didn't seem to pose any danger.
Several people who had been woken up from their sleep by Fatty were already a little impatient. Fatty's series of actions had failed to prove that the fluorescent dots were dangerous, so they thought Fatty was making a fuss and became impatient.
It was already time for the shift change, and the mercenary who was on watch with Rou Yi was already too sleepy to function. He just wanted to go to sleep, but Fatty didn't seem to want to let everyone go back to sleep.
In order to prove that the danger of the fluorescent dots was just Fatty's overthinking, misjudgment, and imagination, the mercenary ignored Fatty's obstruction and strode towards the green fluorescent dots as if he had been injected with chicken blood. At that moment, he just wanted to end this farce quickly so he could go to sleep.
Fatty wanted to reach out and stop him, but he stepped out first, and Fatty couldn't grab him.
Fatty yelled at him, "It's dangerous, don't get close, stop!"
The mercenary ignored Fatty's warning and even smiled mockingly at Fatty. He walked towards the fluorescent dots with a determined attitude and without fear.
Fatty and the others stood there and quietly watched his "performance."
The mercenary walked to the nearest fluorescent dot and observed it carefully for a while. He felt that the fluorescent dots in front of him were like fluorescent substances arranged in order and suspended in the air.
He picked up a stone and dropped it from above the fluorescent dot. The stone in free fall easily passed through the fluorescent dot and then fell to the ground with a thud. The fluorescent dot was intact and unchanged.
The physical phenomenon of the green fluorescent dots aroused the mercenary's interest, and he curiously touched it with his finger.
He felt like his fingertip felt something, but he couldn't say whether it was cold, hot, or some other sensation.
When no danger occurred, he began to touch the fluorescent dots repeatedly, first with his finger, and then with his whole hand.
Fatty asked from afar, "How is it, are you okay?"
The mercenary, like a victor, turned his head proudly towards Fatty and responded to Fatty in a mocking tone, "It's just ordinary fluorescent material, nothing to make a fuss about."
Seeing that the mercenary was fine, Fatty breathed a sigh of relief. Although Fatty could hear the mercenary's sarcasm, he didn't care as long as the person was safe.
After confirming that it was safe, Fatty walked towards the mercenary and the fluorescent dots because the fluorescence was too strange, and Fatty wanted to know what the origin of this fluorescence was.
Just as Fatty took two steps, the mercenary suddenly shouted like he had gone mad, "Ah...ah...this is..."
At this time, the mercenary's eyes were full of fear, seemingly wanting to escape the fluorescent dots.