Chapter 145
Frightened by the cockscomb snake, several people rested under a towering ancient tree, while Meishuang leaned against the tree and put on her shoes.
There was a subtle sound of falling leaves that seemed to be blown up by the wind, and several people heard it and looked around vigilantly. As usual, I suddenly found that something seemed to be moving under the cover of dead leaves on the ground, and the fallen leaves on the ground then rose slightly upward, and countless small mounds were raised in an instant, as if something was about to break through the ground.
Several people hurriedly gathered together, their backs together, and carefully observed in all directions.
Immediately afterwards, they saw that there were countless marmots hidden under the fallen leaves on the ground, and the small mounds that were raised quickly radiated in the direction in which they had gathered, like a dense spider web surrounding them.
Before everyone came to their senses, they only heard the coachman's brother shouting anxiously, "Not good! Cannibal Tree! โ
Before the words fell, I saw that the tree that Mei Shuang had just leaned on seemed to be alive, and countless green vines suddenly hung down on it, and began to demonstrate to the few people gathered around as if they were alive, and the curved ends swayed back and forth like claw hooks.
As soon as Mei Shuang heard that the cannibal tree came to her senses, she secretly complained in her heart, it was broken! It must have been when she leaned against the tree and put on her shoes that the cannibal tree felt the breath of a living thing.
The vines that swayed from side to side that fell down and the withered vines that broke through the ground instantly intertwined into a dense net, and they pounced on them with teeth and claws.
Several people surrounded Meishuang in the middle, and then waved the tools in their hands and began to chop at the vines. The sticky juice from the cut vines overflowed, giving off an unpleasant smell that fell on the clothes like grease and was difficult to remove.
Although several people fought with knives and cut off countless rattans, once there was movement, more and more rattans stretched out to this side like stress, and only the rattans flew in front of them, except for the plum frost inside, several people were entangled, some were wrapped around the legs, some were wrapped around the arms, and some were wrapped around the waist.
The strength of the rattan is so strong that it tightens immediately like an iron chain as soon as it is wound. The defensive circle that was originally gathered together collapsed in an instant, and a big man like Kato was also wrapped around his ankle and left arm by rattan, and was instantly dragged out a few meters, Shi Jieyu and the coachman brothers simply stood upside down in the air, and the iron fan in An Riyan's hand on the ground was like a whirlwind blade, mercilessly cutting off the rattans one by one, and protecting Meishuang with all his might.
Mei Shuang was not idle, she was defenseless and could only hide left and right, and when she saw the opportunity, she raised her foot and kicked the two tangled vines together, and the tangled vines were instantly twisted together.
Meishuang's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly greeted An Riyan behind her, "Look! โ
An Riyan turned around and saw this scene, and after waving his hand to cut off a tree vine, he threw the broken tree vine hard towards a few tangled vines that swung up, and sure enough, those tree vines were quickly retracted after being touched.
Seeing that it worked, An Riyan hurriedly beckoned to a few people on the tree who were standing upside down, "Quickly cut off the vines and let them kill each other." โ
A few people understood, and struggled to wave their swords in the air, and sure enough, after a while, the vines were tangled together.
Mei Shuang saw that the first bundle of vines had automatically dispersed, and it seemed that the man-eating tree also knew that it was the same kind that was entangled, so she hurriedly beckoned to everyone, "Let's withdraw quickly, they will disperse in a while." โ
Several people hurriedly ran forward after landing on the ground.
I didn't think that Shi Jieyu was stumbling, falling to the ground, her body quickly retreated, and in a few minutes, she had been dragged to the root of a big tree, and inside was a dark tree hole.
Shi Jieyu hurriedly plunged her soft sword into the ground and shouted for help.
Several people looked back and saw that they were actually entangled in their calves by the tangled vines on the ground, and the coachman's brother went over to cut them with a knife aimed at the tree vines. Unexpectedly, this twisted vine is like a tough cowhide, and it is like cutting it on the leather with a knife, but it is constantly chopping.
A few people didn't dare to slack off, and they slashed a few times only to feel the vibration from the tree vines, but it was useless, and Shi Jieyu was dragged into the hole inch by inch.
At the moment, only a few people dragged Shi Jieyu in front of her to prevent her from being dragged into the tree hole, and the other two continued to cut with knives.
Seeing that the vines that were previously entangled had begun to move again, Mei Shuang was anxious, "Could it be that the knife is blunt?" โ
Even Kato and the coachman brothers wondered, what the hell can't be cut down?
Mei Shuangfu was blessed to the heart, and said while holding Shi Jieyu's hand, "Fire! Try it over fire! โ
Cong Yue quickly lit the fire fold, and as soon as he got close to the tangled vine, he saw it stunned, and then let go and retracted into the hole.
Everyone helped Shi Jieyu up with their hands and feet, only to see that Shi Jieyu's calves were already bruised, and her pants were torn, which showed the great strength of the vines.
Everyone didn't care about comforting the frightened Shi Jieyu, and hurriedly ran forward together.
It wasn't until he could no longer see the man-eating tree's fangs and claws like a devilish vine that he stopped to breathe.
This time, everyone learned to be obedient, and they didn't dare to lean on the trees casually, so they only sat down and rested in an open space.
Everyone looked at each other, and it can be described as a wolf bรจi.
Fang just fought with the man-eating tree, and everyone's body fell on the sap of the man-eating tree's vines, and the sap turned into a disgusting yellow-green color when it saw the air, and a lump solidified on the clothes, exuding a pungent smell. And wherever the clothes fell from them, they were burned and corroded, and the cloth became softening.
It's really dirty to look at and smell dirty.
Mei Shuang looked at herself and said with a wry smile, "This is all strong acid, if we are caught, we will have to be slowly corroded in such a liquid, and finally become their nourishment." โ
"We have to find a source of water and wash these things away." An Riyan looked at the dirtiness on his body, and couldn't help frowning, when and where had he never been so dirty.
After these thrilling experiences, everyone realized that they all said that the trip was dangerous, but the danger had just begun.
The sky had already darkened, and when I looked up, I saw the branches and leaves of the towering ancient trees connected, and the last glimmer of light on the horizon was finally hidden in the darkness.
There was silence all around.
The coachman's brothers had already lit a fire, but unfortunately the dampness was too heavy, and the firewood they picked up was not completely dry.
Fortunately, Kato didn't know where to resist a dead tree, which was the solution to the firewood problem.
Several people gathered around the fire, eating dry food, and did not speak.
In the past half a day, Mei Shuang only felt tired after sitting down, looking at the others, although they did not feel that they were unusually tired, but obviously, they were solemn between their eyebrows.
This has not yet reached the so-called treasure land, but has experienced these life and death tests, I really don't know if I really get to that place, how thrilling it will be!
Mei Shuang's heart became more and more bottomless, and she only looked at the red fire.
I don't know what the emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom will think when he sees his letter, it seems that they are sure that she must know that place, otherwise they would not have sent her, but they never thought that how could she, a woman, come to such a dangerous place through such a dangerous situation?
So, even if she had been here, it might not have been a person, so who would she have come with? The one she knew was said to come from Mei Xiang, and Mei Xiang was already insane, so did she become the only one who knew about it? Mei Xiang is already crazy, but who sued Mei Xiang before? Didn't the emperor of the Great Qin State know about this qiฤ? If she was the only person in the know, it would not be an exaggeration for the emperor of the Great Qin State to send her on this trip, but she was afraid that this trip would be so hurried and competing for time with others, and it would be complicated
Mei Shuang pondered, occasionally raising her eyes to look around.
Except for the fire, there was a great mass of darkness around them.
She took a deep breath, it was obvious that they had deviated from the original direction by taking this path, and even the coachman brothers were at a loss for what they encountered.
And the coachman's brother obviously knows that this road is no longer the original road, and he has no opinion, which can only show that the deviation from the original road is tacitly agreed by everyone.
What does this mean?
She had already shown Cong Yue the mark that An Riyan had given her, and Cong Yue seemed to be suspicious.
So, don't look at everyone in front of the fire now with a calm face, occasionally talking a few words, but in fact they are suspicious of each other in their hearts.
At least, An Riyan is suspicious of Shi Jieyu, while Cong Yue will doubt Shi Jieyu and An Riyan and himself, but he is more suspicious of An Riyan.
After all, the life of Yamatai is weird, and it may not have any good intentions.
The thoughts that were constantly cut and sorted out were like a mess, entangled, just like a large cloud of darkness behind him, there was no way out, Meishuang gnawed a few mouthfuls of dry food, and looked at the misty fire in front of her and began to feel sleepy
After eating dry food and drinking water, several people began to look for a place to rest.
An Riyan was just about to get up, when he suddenly felt his shoulders sink, and he saw that Meishuang's originally dozing head was already leaning on his shoulder.
The firelight illuminated Mei Shuang's face, and on her palm-sized face, her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and her long eyelashes cast a fan-like eyeshadow under her eyes.
He remained motionless and gently lowered Meishuang's head into his arms, intending to make her more comfortable, which woke Meishuang awake.
She rubbed her eyes, "What time is it?" โ
When she saw An Riyan in front of her, she suddenly woke up, and it seemed that what jujube cake she ate just now was just a dream of Nan Ke.
The corners of An Riyan's lips curled, "Miss Lin, you are sleepy, this is in the old forest of Qishan." โ
Meishuang got up and patted her buttocks, walked around the fire, and when she saw the coachman's brother coming, she said, "Nothing should happen tonight, right?" โ
Cong Yue said, "I walked around just now, there is no danger for the time being, let's go up the tree and rest." โ
Saying that, the two of them climbed the tree to find a solid place and picked up Meishuang, and after a while, they heard Meishuang ask, "What about Kato and Shi Jieyu?" โ
At first, everyone didn't take it seriously, but after waiting for a while, the two of them hadn't come back, and a few people felt unusual, An Riyan didn't think so, and said, "Since they are together, there will definitely be no big deal, not to mention, the sky is so dark, they may not go away, maybe they will come back in a while." I think even if there is danger, they will signal."