Chapter 5: Ruins

The three of them finished eating a crocodile catfish, Li Kai threw the leftover fish bones into the water, and saw a black shadow flashing under the water, he raised his eyebrows, fortunately they left the water. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, the trees are not 100% safe, and the ubiquitous vampire mosquitoes and flies constantly harass them. In the swampy area, the most terrifying thing is not the ferocious monsters, but the various germs that are invisible to the naked eye. Mosquitoes are capable of transmitting malaria, while flies can infect wounds. Both can kill a person.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of mosquitoes and flies, it is almost impossible to get a good rest.

"That's why I hate swamps the most!" Li Kai muttered while chasing mosquitoes, "Not only are they full of traps, but they are also harassed by all kinds of insects." Damn, it's never over! ”

"It would be nice if Sun Cheng was here, his insect repellent doesn't smell good, but the effect is really good." Simon said, scratching the itch on his body.

Ansu, who was the least attacked by mosquitoes and flies of the three, sat indifferently on the branch and carefully surveyed the woods. The woods stretch forward with no end in sight. They decided to rest here before setting off. The sun shines through the dense canopy, and the stars are calm and cozy. If you ignore those mosquitoes and flies.

Li Kai finally couldn't bear it anymore and jumped into the water, digging the mud at the bottom of the water and smearing it on his bare skin, and Simon jumped down as well. By the time the two of them came up again, they had become two wet clay figurines. The mud smelled of decay, and they gritted their teeth to avoid continuing to bite the mosquitoes.

"Captain, aren't you going to mess with it? There are too many mosquitoes. Li Kai said, the mud on his face slid down at the same time, and he hurriedly reached out to support it.

"No, I don't recruit mosquitoes." An Su said indifferently.

The murderous reputation of Captain "......" has spread to the insect world?

When the mud dried, it left a brown mud shell on their bodies, which did serve to deter mosquito bites. Simon and Li Kai could finally squint for a while.

The woods seemed endless, and walking in the trees was much more difficult than walking on the ground, but it was safer than walking in the water. As soon as you enter the depths of the woods, everything looks the same, with Ansu leading the way, Simon and Li Kai following behind, breaking some branches or making a mark at intervals to prevent getting lost. Along the way, the ground is not full of water, and occasionally small patches of dead branches and leaves are exposed.

They had walked for more than ten hours since the end of their last break, and they still hadn't seen the end of the woods.

"Captain, we can't be lost, will we?" Li Kai wiped the sweat on his forehead, his arm hung down heavily, there were too many branches to climb, and his current arm was sore and soft, and he could barely lift it. Simon leaned against a relatively long branch, his chest heaving and panting.

"Nope." Ansu looked around and replied quietly. She glanced at Simon and Li Kai's tired faces, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Do you regret following me in the future?" If you stay at the base in the Great Snow Mountain, you will live better. ”

"Captain, you're not afraid of hardship, we're afraid of a bird?" Li Kai leaned back on a thick branch, exhaled a long breath of turbidity, raised his head to look at the fine sunlight leaking from the canopy, and squinted his eyes, "Besides, it is also my wish to find them." ”

Simon nodded on the side, maybe they will spend their whole lives on the road to find them, but some bonds can never be broken.

Ansu looked firmly ahead, she would not abandon any of them.

The end of the night is the day, the end of life is death, and nothing can be endless. After walking in the right direction for about a day, they finally saw a different view, a ruins that were half-submerged in water. Huge stones and pillars are scattered messily all over the place, and you can vaguely see the magnificent scene of the past. Some of the rocks are pale when washed away by rain all year round, while others are completely covered with green plants, and only a rough shape can be discerned. The various stone statues are also dilapidated, and they cannot be seen in their original appearance.

Li Kai lightly jumped onto a raised stone, and rubbed the soles of his feet against the surface of the stone that had been slightly hot under the sun.

"This planet doesn't look simple." In the Great Snow Mountain, there is technology that is not inferior to that of the Federation, and another civilization has emerged here. High-tech and primitive feats coexist so abruptly and harmoniously that they are even more interested in the alien past.

Simon also jumped on a stone and touched the pattern on the pillar, which was no longer visible, "Maybe the old guys from the archaeological institute will like it better." ”

Ansu stared at a shattered statue with a massive square pedestal at the bottom, almost submerged in water, and the upper part of the statue was badly damaged, leaving only a part of it that was in contact with the base, twisted like the trunks of those trees they had passed by. The water here is very clear, and the sunlight can shine directly on the bottom of the water, showing most of the things underneath, except for some dead branches and leaves and stones falling from the statues, although not very complete, but most of them are cylindrical in shape and have some texture on them. Ansu's head spun rapidly, and he pieced together the stone statue in his mind, and obtained a twisted and hovering stone statue, but unfortunately he didn't see the head of the stone statue.

It's back to nature.

"Captain, come over here!" Li Kai beckoned to An Su.

When An Su arrived, Li Kai was already spread out on the ground in a large shape. It was an abandoned round marble platform, surrounded by a circle of round pillars, which had been broken to the point of being left intact, and only two were still standing. It's rare that this platform hasn't been flooded.

Ansu's attention was not on this marble platform, but was attracted by the plants next to it. She jumped onto the platform and leaned over to observe the aquatic plant with its long, narrow leaves. Its long, narrow leaves are sword-shaped, pointing straight to the sky, and in the middle of the leaves, there are also some cylindrical brown flowers. Ansu tore off a leaf and sniffed it, the crisp aroma hitting her nose.

"This is calamus." Ansu said that it is an aquatic plant with mosquito repellent effect.

"Really?" Li Kai got up from the ground at once, rushed to An Su's side, picked a leaf and looked through it repeatedly. Then he raised his head, his brows tangled together. "Captain, this looks a lot like it, but ......," he flipped the blade over and held it up in front of Ansu, "the back of the blade is red. ”

"Well, because it grows on different planets." An Su turned the blade in his hand and glanced at Li Kai, "If you don't try it, will it have the same function?" ”

Li Kai is even more entangled, what if it is poisonous? (To be continued.) )