Since Merri is still familiar with Lao Linli's geography in the entire team, Frodo and others naturally had to choose what he said and everyone would do it.

Regarding this, Frodo couldn't help but regret that he didn't have much curiosity when he lived in the tart land when he was a child and ran to the old forest to explore the situation.

However, at this point, no matter how much regret he regrets, he can't get a regret medicine.

Frodo naturally did not dare to use it as a reference for his simple experience of running around the entrance of Laolin Forest in his childhood, which had no excessive reference value.

As he said, since only Meili, among the group, had experience in entering Laolin and exploring the area near the entrance, then follow his command! Believe in your own partner, this is the characteristic of Frodo's usual work.

Leading the road by Meili, the group left the tunnel entrance and rode a horse to the open valley.

Opposite the valley, there is a less obvious trail leading into the forest.

At first, Frodo thought that the mileage of this trail would be completed soon, but they finally rode on the road and walked 20 miles and bought it before they found that the trail was amazingly long.

The only thing that can still comfort these adventurers who have just entered the mouth of Xiaopang is that if they pass their eyes through the low trunks and branches of the roadside, everyone can still vaguely see the location of the high fence when they come in.

As for the various distorted and weird-looking trees when everyone looks ahead, they give these hobbits a very bad experience to the first time on adventures. Whether the trunks are tall or slender, vertical or skewed, you can always see many tree tumors from the most conspicuous places of their trunks.

If you want to extract some common characteristics for the trees ahead that are ugly and disgusting, Frodo thinks that the bark is covered with sticky moss.

Faced with these twisted and distorted scenery that seemed to destroy others' appetites, everyone turned their heads away from it and looked elsewhere. Only Meili, who was even a little excited when she saw those strange things, couldn't help but frown.

"I said Merri, we all rely on you to lead the way! Hurry up and find the right direction." Frodo quickly reminded. "I think you need to quickly figure out the direction of the fence when you came in, and then use it to confirm the east, west, south and north! After all, if you can't find the right direction, we will be lost in the forest after dark!"

They rode their horses through the woods, carefully avoiding the interlaced roots of the ground.

When we walked here, the surroundings became silent. The extremely strange quiet atmosphere contrasted with the Hobbit travelers who had first entered this place and became extremely irritable.

Even the former gardener Sam, who did not step into wilderness situations such as forests and had almost zero experience in wilderness adventure, knew that getting lost in the mysterious old forest where some strange and magical events had happened in history was almost a sign of destruction.

It is precisely because she is worried that she will not be able to get out that Meili, who is responsible for taking the road, has become extremely bad due to the increasing pressure.

As they went deeper into the forest, the stumps and the trunks beside them became darker and darker in color. In addition to the few trees, the ground of most of the woodlands had become bare, and the gloomy environment had spread to every corner of the surroundings without any concealment.

Apart from the sound of water dropping on the leaves, there was no other movement in the entire forest.

Excessive silence is like a silent and silent poison, quietly eroding the minds of all the Hobbits. Somehow, Frodo even felt a sense of whether they were secretly spying on them.

At first, Frodo thought it was just his own illusion. But when he continued to move forward, he felt something was wrong from the other companions' suspicious expressions. Yes, at this moment, even Sam, who was most careless and optimistic on weekdays, began to look around with a suspicious expression, as if he was worried that he would be attacked by mysterious forces.

As for the most critical matter of finding a way, no progress has been gained so far. After all, Frodo has not seen any trace of the path that Merry mentioned.

"Hey, everyone, I want to ask, is it my illusion? I feel that the trees around me seem to be trying to block our way. The trees in the old forest may really move like Xiaopang said, as Xiaopeng said!" He said his guess, and Pipeng, who was under great mental pressure, couldn't help but shouted: "Hey! Hey! We just had to choose to pass by here because we wanted to avoid the enemy's pursuit. Can you make it convenient for us to pass?!"

Pipin's sudden shouting scared everyone. He shouted in this gloomy old forest, even Frodo would not do anything.

The shout did not receive any response as Pipin expected, and he was not even sure how far his shout had flew in the mist of the forest in the distance. There was no echo or answer in the forest, which only made people feel that everything became more crowded and wary.

"Pipin, stop shouting! Before confirming what creatures there are in the forest, you will only call all the enemies over!" Merry said. "Stop, it will not do anything good for everyone if you do this."

Frodo began to wonder if he could find a path this time, and he decided to step into this terrifying forest if his decision was correct.

Meili was still looking around as hesitantly as he was at the beginning, unable to find the right direction or path. Pipin noticed the other party's expression. "I said Meili, aren't you really bragging? We just entered Lao Lin and haven't walked very far, so you got lost with everyone."

He said. However, Merry whistled at the same time and pointed ahead and said.

"Finished, find the direction!" he said. "It must be because Lao Lin's trees will move, which made me take so much effort to find the right direction. I think the bonfire grassland should be ahead. Strangely, the original path disappeared. You must know that the path was still there when I came last time!"

As they advanced towards the grassland, the sky nearby became brighter and brighter. They then walked out of the woods and came to a round and empty grassland. When they looked up, they were surprised to find that the sky was clear blue. Because, under the obstruction of the dense plants in the forest, they could not even see the disappearance of the fog and the rising sun. However, the sun was not high enough to cross the surrounding plants and shine into the open space.

There are many dull trees growing around the grassland, and strangely, it seems that in order to monopolize all the moisture on this part of the land, there are no traces of weeds around these dense bushes. In addition, there are still several long scratches burning by the shocking flames. This place seems to have been robbed, but compared with the surrounding forests, it has become a beautiful garden that makes people feel much more relaxed.

Although it was a bit strange, it was still called a beautiful natural scenery overall. The Hobbit people's tense mood finally soothed. At the other end of the grass, there was a gap between the iron walls made of old trees, and everyone could clearly see a path deep into the dense forest.

Speaking of which, although its name is the Trail, it is not very narrow for the short and agile Hobbit people. Soon after, Merry led the team into the trail, and they needed to pass through the trail as much as possible through the forest. Although the road was still uneven, they set out much faster this time and were in a much happier mood. Perhaps it was everyone's illusion, but they all felt that the forest seemed to no longer move around, interfering with them and becoming disoriented.

However, after a while, the air in the forest began to become stagnant and hot. The trees on both sides became closer and closer, making them unable to see the scene in the distance again.

In such a peaceful and quiet atmosphere, Frodo's companions felt more than one of them that the crisis might come.

In this silence, the sound of the ponies stepping on the dead leaves and the occasionally blocked by the roots of the tree echoed in the ears of the Hobbits, becoming a torment. Frodo tried to sing and inspire everyone, but as he sang, his voice became more subtle and inaudible.

Whether the sun sets or rises,

The evening glow or the beautiful morning light.

No matter southeast, west, northwest, forests will not end...

Stop the end - When singing the last word, Frodo almost used all his strength to force himself to get rid of the nervous mood.

In fact, not only Frodo felt the influence of some tension and fear, but the other companions did not perform much better. Along the way, everyone almost tacitly chose to keep silent at the same time. Slowly, no one took the initiative to speak again.

Just behind them, a huge dead branch fell from a high place and hit the ground. The gathering of trees seemed to block the road in front of them again.

"Maybe the moving trees heard us singing, so they wanted to express their dissatisfaction with our lyrics in this way!" said Merry. "I said, Frodo, you should stop singing for now. Compared to the cost of falling dead branches, it would be more acceptable not to sing for a while, right?"

Merry still tried hard to show an extremely optimistic look, and even if there were any worries in his heart, it did not show them outside.

The others remained silent. They felt very frustrated. Frodo felt pressured. As the captain of the adventure team who nominally needed to lead the team, he regretted that he agreed to leave the Bucks last night with Merry's insistence on using Lao Lin to leave the Bucks.

In fact, if the situation allows, Frodo even asked everyone to stop and turn around and return to the original path and exit Lao Lin.

But at that moment, things took a new turn. The originally twisted and dense paths became wider. The dark trees retreated to both sides, and everyone could see the wide and straight road in front of them.

Not long after, a tall and bulging green hill appeared in front of everyone. Compared to the plain forest that could not be seen at first glance, Frodo and others seemed to have been looking forward to a completely different natural scenery like the hill for a long time.

As soon as they saw the hill, everyone agreed to climb up and take a look.

The Hobbits climbed up with their horses and came all the way to the top of the hill. They looked around from the top of the mountain. The nearby one was still bright under the sun, but there was still some misty mist floating in the distance. Therefore, the Hobbits could not see the scene in the distance clearly. Almost all the fog in the nearest dissipated, but there was still some thick fog dotted around them. To their south, there was a sank in the forest that seemed very winding, and the thick fog continued to emerge like white smoke.

"Look! I'll say there's no problem in this direction!" Meili pointed to that direction and said, "The Willow River is ahead. A section of the middle of the river in the Willow River will pass through the old forest and finally gather with the Liejiu River downstream. Seeing the Willow River is also a reminder for us. We need to avoid this river and move in the direction we originally planned. The Willow River Valley is said to be the weirdest place in the entire forest. The older generation of the Liejiu Lu family often says that most of the weird creatures in the old forest live there."

Others looked in the direction Merry pointed, but they found nothing because of the thick fog. Outside the valley, the south of the forest was also hidden in the fog.

The high sun at noon made travelers along the way feel even more upset. It is probably already eleven o'clock now, but the morning mist in autumn has not completely dissipated, and everyone's vision is therefore much limited, and it is impossible to accurately collect information about what is happening ahead.

Looking west, they could only see the vague image of the Gaoli at most, and the Liquor River in that direction was even unable to see a trace of it. The north where they held the greatest hope was that even the road called Oriental Avenue, their destination, could not see any shadow. The group seemed to be standing on an isolated island in the sea of ​​trees, surrounded by fog

The terrain in the southeast is very steep, and the hillside seems to continue into the dense forest.

While living in the middle, Frodo and others could not fight against the vast powers naturally formed by nature. Due to hunger, Meili led everyone to find a gentle slope to rest, overlooking the green dense forest, and then shared the lunch treasured in their backpacks.

After enjoying lunch, everyone could only rest and recover their strength while sitting there waiting for the sun to penetrate the thick fog to completely illuminate the view ahead. After sitting there for half an hour, they could finally see the outline of the hills outside the edge of the Dongfang Laolin.
Chapter completed!