Chapter 323: Human-faced Spider
Getting rid of the control of Nie Wei and other bandits, Zhan Chen could be said to be relieved, but then the question came again, how should they get out?
After several miles along the dark tunnel, there were more than a dozen forks in the road that they had to try to explore, and the result was that there were forks in the road, and it seemed that they would never be able to complete them.
In the end, Zhan Chen simply gave up exploring these forks, and instead chose one of the avenues to go straight and walked for thousands of meters, finally coming to the end of the road, but the result was disappointing, there was nothing but thick rocks.
"Zhan Chen, I don't think it's a way for us to go around here, we have to think of a way, otherwise we will never think about going. Then a man behind him said.
Zhan Chen turned around and looked at him silently, the person who spoke was called Qin Guang. Liu Yi, Qin Guang, and Xia Ying, these were the other three people in their team, and they said to him, "Okay, let's figure out a way together." ”
So the four of them began to ponder. But after a long time of thinking and meditating, Zhan Chen only felt that his mind was getting more and more chaotic, and there was no result, and when he was bored, he couldn't help but raise his head and began to observe the situation in the tunnel aimlessly.
Although it was damp in this tunnel, it was much drier than the places they had just visited, and there were a few poisonous insects, but they were all fifth- and sixth-order shrimp soldiers and crab generals, compared to the eighth-order demon beasts they had encountered in the big cave just now, it was really different from the mud.
There seems to be some pattern in this! A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind, and he finally thought: "Yes, the key factor is 'water'! The water here contains a lot of poisonous substances, which is the food that those poisons love, and it can be seen that where there is more water, there is more food, and when there is more food, there are more poisons, so the tunnels in those places are dug by these poisons, and the more they are dug up, the more likely they are to find a way out!"
However, there is also a very difficult place to do this. That is, according to this analysis, there will inevitably be many poisons in places where there is a way out, and there will be many dangers encountered, and it is likely to be accompanied by high-level demon beasts.
And at present, there are only four people in their team, and they all happen to be only at the level of the middle level of the Martial Emperor, if they encounter a slightly stronger demon beast, needless to say that they can win the battle, it is a big problem whether they can escape smoothly.
Zhan Chen hesitated for a long time before telling his companions his guess, and everyone listened to his analysis, and they were all worried, but Xia Ying, the only woman in the team, reacted first, and said to everyone: "It's not a way for us to stay here, we have to try to find a way out, we can't be afraid of eating because of choking, because of fear of demon beasts." ”
The other three were ashamed when they heard this, but none of them had a woman who could make a decision. So they left the tunnel and continued to explore.
This time, Zhan Chen had a goal, that is, to find a damp place, under his leadership, the road under his feet really became wider and wider, and the road became smoother and smoother, but correspondingly, the demon beasts encountered became more and more powerful, so strong that several people had to work together to defeat it. Fortunately, however, they had not yet encountered an invincible enemy along the way.
However, in this dangerous cave of poison, will good luck always be with you?
Nearly a week has passed in the blink of an eye. In the depths of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave, Zhan Chen stopped for a long time by a stone wall, his eyebrows locked, his companion was puzzled by this, and asked, "Zhan Chen, why don't you leave?"
Zhan Chen said solemnly: "Have you noticed it? The walls here showed an unnatural reddish-purple color, and there were a lot of water droplets on the surface, all of which flowed down. ”
The other three took a closer look, and sure enough, as Zhan Chen said, the walls here were wet, and from time to time water droplets appeared, converging into a thin trickle, rolling down the stone wall to the ground.
"What does this mean?" Liu Yi couldn't help asking.
"I think, Zhan Chen, you mean to say that we are already close to the core area of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave Land. Xia Ying guessed.
Zhan Chen didn't answer her question, but said again: "Don't talk first, and then listen carefully." ”
Xia Ying and the others were curious, calmed down, and listened, in addition to the sound of water droplets falling from the top of their heads, there seemed to be a subtle whimping sound in the cave, looming, indistinct, but it did exist!
Qin Guang was the first to react and shouted, "I know, there is a dark river near here!"
Zhan Chen nodded and said, "Yes, and I suspect that this dark river is not an ordinary river, but a tributary of the Yuan River. ”
"That's right! The Yuanhe River forms a huge network of rivers that spreads all over the entire territory of the Yuanchi, it is very likely!"
"Yes, since the Abyss River passes through here, as long as we find it, we may be able to find our way out!"
"Zhan Chen, you are awesome! The underground river of this abyss river must be connected to the outside world, and we can go out!" This exciting news made several people excited.
At this time, Zhan Chen was extremely calm, and continued to analyze: "However, I estimate that the road ahead will not be too easy to walk, the rock formations here have a high toxin content, and they are close to the water source, I am afraid that there are powerful demon beasts inhabiting it." ”
"Don't worry, Zhan Chen, just now, a few of us joined forces, didn't we kill those poisons cleanly?" Qin Guang said disapprehantly, probably feeling that Zhan Chen was a little worried.
Although Liu Yi and Xia Ying didn't say anything, they obviously didn't take Zhan Chen's warning to heart.
"No, I have to be more careful!" Zhan Chen thought silently, seeing the attitude of his companions only aroused his vigilance even more, the scene of karst beasts wreaking havoc in the cave is still vivid, and now they are even deeper into the dangerous ground, any negligence will lead to a catastrophe.
The four of them began to march again, unlike just now, Liu Yi and the other three all quickened their pace, obviously because they had already learned that the clues to get out were in front of them, but Zhan Chen followed behind them, and they were always looking left and right, observing the situation around them.
Continuing to go deeper, they came to a huge cave again, and this place was similar to the cave they were in distress before, with a radius of more than 100 zhang, and the head was covered with that kind of long stalagmites, the only difference from the previous cave was that the ground was not very flat, covered by large and small stones, and it seemed uneven and staggered.
The loud and turbulent singing of the dark river rolled from the deep cave mouth on the opposite side and continued to enter everyone's ears.
"We're here!" Liu Yi called excitedly, and hurriedly stepped on the rock and rushed to the opposite hole, while Xia Ying and Qin Guang glanced at each other and happily followed.
"Everyone be careful with the top of their heads!" But at this moment, Zhan Chen, who was behind, shouted.
Liu Yi, who rushed to the front, subconsciously raised his head to take a look, and saw a huge transparent wire net above his head rushing towards his hood, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he wanted to avoid it, but unfortunately it was too late!
The silk net floating in the air is almost transparent, and the process of falling is silent, it is difficult to be detected, and by the time Liu Yi found out, the giant net had already fallen above his head, or rather, if it wasn't for Zhan Chen's loud reminder, Liu Yi, who was bent on finding a way out, would probably not have found that he had become the target of the demon beast's attack until this time.
The silk mesh covered Liu Yidi's body, immediately wrapped his entire body, tightly wrapped, Liu Yi struggled desperately, but with the huge strength of Emperor Wu, he couldn't tear off these silk threads, but was wrapped tighter and tighter, and finally was simply wrapped into a "zongzi", completely unable to move.
"Liu Yi, I'm here to help you!" Qin Guang, who was following behind him, saw that Liu Yi was following the path of the demon beast, and immediately pulled out his sword, and was about to rush forward to help him cut those hateful silk threads.
At this moment, a giant arachnid monster descended from the stalagmite bushes that lined the top of the cave. It is two meters high, four meters long, with four pairs of terrifying and hideous long legs, which can reach eight meters in diameter when stretched out, and its whole body is pitch black, like ink, covered with fluff, and on the top of its head there are four pairs of black eyes, each of which is the size of a volleyball, emitting a terrifying light; especially striking is that on its back there are many dark yellow markings, which form a pattern, like a distorted ugly human face, and at its tail there is a slender and transparent silk thread that is almost invisible. But. It's this inconspicuous silk thread, but it can support its entire huge body!
The big demon beast landed in front of Liu Yi, its big black eyes flashed a hint of ecstasy, and it immediately raised its poisonous claw and plunged into Liu Yi's body like lightning, injecting digestive juices.
"Ahh
Then, a horrific scene happened. Liu Yi's originally toned body began to swell and become bloated, like a blessed rich man.
Next, the big spider happily began to suck the "juice" in Liu Yi's body. Seeing that his body was shriveled down again, in the end only a human skin remained, as thin as a blanket!
Seeing this, Qin Guang stood there blankly with the sword in his hand, at a loss, while Xia Ying felt a commotion in her abdomen, so she simply bowed her waist, covered her stomach, and began to retch.
"Why are you still stunned, run away, this is a human-faced spider!" At this time, Zhan Chen shouted loudly, and only then did he wake up the two of them, and finally thought of running away.
After eating a person, the human-faced spider still felt unsatisfied, and in the blink of an eye, it saw that the "delicious" that was so easy to deliver to the door wanted to slip away, so how could it stop? It stretched out its eight long legs, jumped slightly, and the distance of 100 meters was suddenly there, and it actually blocked the exit to return before Zhan Chen and the others.
"Zhan Chen, we can't run away, the human-faced spider is a seventh-order top-level demon beast, we are doomed!" Seeing this, Qin Guang couldn't help but cry out in despair.
Zhan Chen stared at the human-faced spider who was close at hand, a trace of perseverance flashed in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Since you can't escape, then fight with it!"