Chapter 66: The Killing Intent in the Dense Forest

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: The Killing Intent in the Dense Forest

His hands began to roam wantonly over Su Qingyue’s slender waist and back.

There was no helping it.

In this over forty-degree Celsius heat, Su Qingyue, an Ice Element beauty radiating Frost Energy, was practically the perfect mobile air conditioner.

Touching her, that thrilling sensation of ice and fire was simply too exhilarating!

Being taken advantage of so openly by Lin Ji, Su Qingyue’s face flushed crimson like a ripe apple. She bit her lower lip tightly but could only let him have his way.

Just as the atmosphere was turning somewhat ambiguous.

Bai Taotao, walking at the very back of the group and having remained silent all this time, suddenly stopped in her tracks.

A flicker of vigilance flashed in her large, adorable eyes.

"Captain brother, wait!"

Bai Taotao lowered her voice, pointing towards the dark, shadowy forest ahead.

"I... I can sense it."

"Ahead... there are so many auras!"

Hearing this, Lin Ji’s arms around the two women tightened instantly. He immediately stopped walking, his gaze turning razor-sharp.

Upon hearing Bai Taotao’s warning, Lin Ji instantly released his hold on the two women, his expression becoming unprecedentedly grave.

Without any hesitation, he swiftly retrieved the Blue Quality [Low-grade Life Detector] from his System Space and put it on over his eyes.

"Activate."

As a flash of blue light passed over his retinas, a holographic radar map instantly unfolded.

The next second, Lin Ji’s pupils contracted sharply.

"This... there are far too many."

Through the detector, he clearly saw that the dark, shadowy jungle ahead was densely packed with red dots representing life!

Some of these red dots were extremely deep in color, indicating their level was not low, with even Level 3 presences among them.

But strangely, the size these red dots displayed on the radar was very small, almost moving close to the ground or clinging to tree trunks.

"It’s a swarm of insects."

Lin Ji took a deep breath and said in a hushed voice.

"Everyone, be careful. This forest is full of insect-type mutated beasts."

Hearing the word "insects," the faces of the women present instantly paled somewhat.

For women, what they often fear most is not the large, ferocious beasts.

Instead, it’s these tiny, hideous-looking, and hard-to-guard-against poisonous insects.

These mutated insect beasts are the most difficult to deal with.

They prefer ambushes and sneak attacks, hiding in the shadows; a moment’s inattention and you could fall victim.

Furthermore, the vast majority of insect-type mutated beasts carry potent toxins. Once bitten or stung, without high-grade antidote potions, the consequences would be unthinkable.

Lin Ji’s mind raced, and he immediately adjusted their tactics.

"Bai Taotao, come here."

He pulled the little lolita to his side.

"Focus. Push your [E-Grade Affinity] talent to its maximum."

"Try to radiate a friendly aura, reduce these insects’ desire to attack us."

Though frightened, Bai Taotao obediently nodded.

She closed her eyes, striving to mobilize the energy within her body.

A faint, intangible wave of energy that felt peaceful and harmonious emanated from her, enveloping the entire team.

Lin Ji kept Bai Taotao close because those clearing the path ahead were the core combatants of the team.

If they lost strength or even members to these venomous insects before encountering the real enemy, the upcoming battle would become impossible to fight.

With the cover of Bai Taotao’s Affinity aura, although a few mutated venomous spiders or centipedes occasionally approached, they were all precisely eliminated by Lin Ji and Gu Yihan, turning into corpses.

The team passed through the outer insect zone without major incident and arrived at the top of a small hill.

Though not tall, this hill was an excellent vantage point within the dense jungle.

"I’ll go up to assess the situation and confirm the exact location of that active volcano."

Lin Ji glanced up at a nearby ancient black tree, dozens of meters tall with a sprawling canopy, and prepared to use Light Body to leap onto it.

"Captain, let me go instead."

Gu Yihan reached out and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"I have the Eagle Eye skill—I can see farther from higher ground."

"You’re the core of the team and can’t afford any mishaps. Leave scouting tasks like this to me."

Lin Ji looked into her determined and concerned eyes, feeling a slight warmth in his heart, and nodded.

"Alright, be careful. Come down immediately if anything seems off."

Just as Gu Yihan turned to climb the ancient tree—

"Sister Gu! Wait!"

Bai Taotao, who had been tightly clutching Lin Ji’s clothes, suddenly let out a sharp cry.

Her face was pale, and her wide eyes were fixed intently on the dense branches of the ancient tree.

"Don’t go up... I can sense it!"

"That tree... holds strong hostility! It’s very dangerous!"

Hearing Bai Taotao’s words, Lin Ji’s heart jolted with alarm.

Without hesitation, he reactivated the life detector, turned its power to maximum, and scanned the ancient tree up and down several times.

But his gaze instantly sharpened.

He absolutely trusted Bai Taotao’s almost instinctive intuition.

This tree likely harbored a terrifying creature with advanced camouflage or Concealment skills—so effective that even the blue life detector couldn’t detect its presence!

"Teacher Shen, wear this."

Lin Ji decisively took off the life detector and tossed it to Shen Manyun behind him.

"You’re responsible for monitoring the surroundings. Alert us immediately if any red dots approach."

Shen Manyun fumbled to catch the detector, her delicate brows furrowing slightly as she looked at the oddly shaped goggles in her hand.

Truthfully, she wasn’t keen on wearing it.

"Captain... I... I’m wearing my prescription glasses."

Shen Manyun adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on her nose, offering an awkward excuse.

"Wearing these Tactical Goggles... isn’t very convenient, and I feel like they’d look strange..."

Just as Lin Ji was about to order her to wear them anyway—

Lin Yurou, who had been silent beside them, suddenly mustered her courage and reached out.

"Captain... I... I’ll wear them."

She carefully took the detector from Shen Manyun’s hands, then looked nervously at Lin Ji, her eyes like those of a puppy afraid of being rejected.

Lin Ji shrugged and said nothing.

Since this girl wanted to prove her worth, he was happy to take it easy.

Seeing that Lin Ji didn’t object, Lin Yurou finally let out a sigh of relief.

She put the life-detecting glasses over her right eye.

"Wow!"

As soon as she turned them on, Lin Yurou couldn’t help but exclaim.

"This thing is amazing! I can see so many glowing red dots around..."

No one paid attention to her astonishment.

At that moment, Lin Ji’s full attention was focused on the enormous black ancient tree.

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