"Okay, let these ponies go and let them go back to their owners."

Gao Yuan took his luggage, and Bilbo and Thorin followed him, looking at the dark forest in front of them.

Taking the old forest road or detouring through the forest river would waste a lot of time. If they wanted to reach Lonely Mountain before the end of autumn, they were destined to cross this forest.

"Is there no other way we can go?" Bilbo looked timid as he looked at the eerie dark forest in front of him.

As Gao Yuan said, this is a huge obstacle in front of them.

"We have to reach the Lonely Mountain before Turin Day comes. Only then can we find the gate into the Lonely Mountain." Gao Yuan looked at Bilbo, and his eyes made Bilbo feel a little uncomfortable.

He unconsciously touched the Supreme Lord of the Rings in his coat pocket.

He once suspected that Gao Yuan might have already known that his escape from the dark underground lake might not be as simple as he said. He might even know that he had a ring that could make him invisible.

It was not that Gao Yuan wanted to seize the Ring from Bilbo, but that he remembered that night in the Misty Mountains, when he was slaughtering the wargs, he was affected by the Ring, which once made him lose control of his own emotions.

He was under control, so he didn't notice the hidden arrow flying behind him.

This was not the first time that Gao Yuan entered the dark forest. When he first passed through, the dark forest he was in was also filled with thick fog, which would make people fall into a psychedelic state.

Because in order to deal with the invasion of this fog, my spiritual energy has never been able to be restored.

Entering the Dark Forest again, he not only needs to be careful of the invasion of these mists, but also needs to beware of the interference of the Lord of the Rings.

The dwarves put the horse of Beorn, the skin-changer, back, and they continued to move forward in a row, entering the dense forest through an entrance called the Elf Gate.

The entrance to this path is formed by two rows of large trees leaning on each other. It looks more like a secret passage leading to a dark cave.

This passage is very narrow, winding between the woods. In some places, it can only allow one person to pass. As the expedition team goes deeper, the light at the entrance gradually disappears behind them.

There was deathly silence in the surrounding forest. They could only hear their own footsteps. If they stopped, they could even hear everyone's breathing.

The fog shrouded in the forest prevented the members of the expedition from seeing the road ahead. They could only stare at the road under their feet and keep moving forward along this elf path.

From time to time in the team, there would be one or two complaints from the dwarves.

Gao Yuan ignored it. He kept staring at his system panel, always paying attention to the consumption of spiritual energy. The deeper they went into the forest, the faster Gao Yuan felt that his spiritual energy was being consumed. Although the current consumption was

The speed is not as fast as his recovery speed.

When everyone was exhausted from walking in the forest, and the dwarves who had been complaining along the way stopped talking, the members of the expedition finally met the people they met in the original book.

Encountered a stream filled with evil magic.

"You call this a creek?" Bilbo looked at Gao Yuan resentfully.

He pointed with one hand to the fast-flowing river in front of them. Although it didn't look very wide, it was not something they could easily cross.

There was originally a stone bridge built by the elves on this river, but it had collapsed. They had to find a way to cross this fast river.

Gao Yuan spread his hands. He had only seen the movie, and in the movie it was indeed just a creek.

"To me, this is just a stream." As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Yuan rose into the sky and flew to the other side of the stream.

Gao Yuan repeated his old trick again and picked up the dwarves one by one.

But just after he helped the dwarves and flew across the river full of evil magic, he felt that something was not right with the dwarves.

Not long after leaving the river, the dwarves felt more and more tired. They kept complaining, and then began to stagger while walking, and even began to talk nonsense.

In the entire team, only Gao Yuan and Bilbo seemed to be relatively sober. Gao Yuan checked his mental energy value, and unknowingly, one-twentieth of his mental energy value had been consumed.

Bilbo does not have the powerful spiritual energy of Gaoyuan, but he does not seem to be affected by the fog in the dense forest.

Maybe it was at this time that the Hobbit's talent came into play, or maybe he was helped by the Lord of the Rings in his pocket.

Bilbo obviously noticed those swaying dwarves, and he looked at Gao Yuan in confusion.

"This is caused by the fog shrouding the dense forest. We have to get out of this forest as soon as possible. If we get out of the forest, they will be fine," Gao Yuan said.

At this time, many strange sounds came from the forest, like scratching sounds and the sounds of creatures climbing on the trees.

However, neither Gao Yuan nor Bilbo could see what kind of creature was making these strange noises, although Gao Yuan, who was familiar with the plot, knew that these were made by the descendants of Ugoliant who lived in the dark forest.

There are disgusting spider webs everywhere in the forest. These dense and sticky spider webs are very tough and sticky. Once you get caught in them, it will take a lot of effort to break free.

They often extend from one tree to another, or hang from trees on both sides of the road.

However, there were no cobwebs hanging in the middle of the road. They didn't know if this was because some kind of magic had removed them, or if there was some reason they couldn't figure out.

The fog in the dense forest became thicker and thicker, and the consciousness of the dwarves became more blurred. Even Bilbo, who had not been affected before, now felt dizzy.

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Under his leadership, the expedition team has been marching along the right path.

In this dark forest, they had lost their sense of time, and Gao Yuan could only judge whether they were in night or day based on the two different environments: dim and pitch black.

They had been walking in this forest for five days since entering the Elf Gate. It was not because Gao Yuan didn't want to go faster, but because the dwarves were moving slower and slower.

At night he had to tell Bilbo to tie everyone together with ropes to prevent them from getting lost in the forest in the middle of the night.

"Is there no end in this damn forest?" Thorin couldn't bear to stay in this forest anymore. His head had been dizzy these past few days. Today he finally became more awake. "Is there anyone?

We can climb to the top of the tree to see how long it will take us to get out of this forest. I think we can try our luck on the tallest tree!"

Everyone turned their attention to Gao Yuan. Even if their minds were not very clear at this time, they still remembered that Gao Yuan could fly. If someone must climb to the highest branch and stick their head out to check their current location, then

This person, Gao Yuan, couldn't be more suitable.

Gao Yuan nodded. He also wanted to know how far they were from the Woodland Kingdom or out of the Dark Forest, but he was still a little worried about the dwarves, Bilbo and others staying below.
Chapter completed!