Chapter Seventy-Six: A Surprise Meal
While slowly admiring the magic of building the stone tomb, the judge said:
"I still think it's very strange, Ye Zilan, the person who built this stone tomb, has a level of technology far beyond us now, why are the enemies we met along the way, except for those people in Tucheng, all of them are barbaric and ignorant, and there is no civilization?"
Ye Zilan said: "How do I know, but maybe the monsters here are not the race that built the stone tombs in the early days. ”
He Mingjiao said: "The barbarian orcs, who have not been civilized until now, have also built the magnificent king's tomb under the command of the monsters they summoned, and the orcs still have no way to inherit the legacy left to them by the monsters. ”
"Judging from the time of history, the civil war that only took place after the orcs sealed off their king and demons, and when they left Beechcraft and arrived here, the stone tomb already existed, and it is unlikely that it was brought by the demon who controlled the orcs. ”
Ye Zilan said: "And the ruins that appear here, except for the stone tomb itself, there is no trace of the existence of civilization, it should not be a simple thing to make all this disappear so completely." ”
The inquisitor rubbed his chin and said, "It's true that the monster He Ming described is a creature of the Dark World, but according to him, they have already killed it in the Beechcraft Mine. And the degree of overlap in the dark worlds here is by no means recent. ”
He Ming suddenly said, "Could it be that there is more than one monster of that kind?" Ancient civilizations that built stone tombs were also destroyed because of them? If that's the case, the problem is too serious! ”
Ye Zilan said: "If there is one, there will be a second, who knows, aren't we exploring, what clues should be obtained by going down to the lower layer." Even if there is such a terrible enemy, we must face it. ”
As they spoke, they had already walked through the long passage, and the fourth layer of the stone tomb was imprinted in their eyes.
The chaotic environment and the messy plants, although they are all ferns, are countless times more numerous than the third-tier species, and they are all over every corner. Both the walls and the ceiling are overgrown with ferns the size of various shrubs, and there are hornflies and moths everywhere, and the moths and bats appear and disappear in the various plants.
Although they hadn't seen the scorpion snake yet, the creeping plants from time to time told them that something must be lurking there.
The humidity and temperature of this layer are even more comfortable, it can be believed that just the humidity in the air is enough for these shade-loving dark plants to live, and the temperature reminds He Ming of the Viper Valley that can be cultivated in all seasons, if the dark attribute here is removed, those who have been assimilated by the darkness will have no problem treating this place as a pure land at all.
It's just that this environment is not the moment they feel now, the clumps of plants and hornflies make it impossible for them to take a step, and this indoor environment is impossible to burn all the plants here.
However, what the interrogator saw was really different from the others, he walked into the jungle of ferns, carefully observed it for a while, and then looked for a few plants with relatively soft leaves, and folded a large handful of shoots.
He Ming noticed that there was indeed some darkness on him, and those moths and bats did not directly attack him.
"Hey, look at these plants, soft and juicy, full of fragrance, the taste must be good, come and take a bite."
Although He Ming has been walking for so long, he really feels a little hungry, but he doesn't have the courage to try these things that have been folded off, especially knowing what the nutrients for the growth of these things are.
Seeing He Ming's face turn blue and he took a few steps back, the judge showed a wicked smile, and then took a bite of it himself like a deer, and chewed it on his own.
Under the watchful eyes of Ye Zilan, He Ming and the Divine Beast, this guy took several bites, revealing an extremely intoxicated expression.
It's also strange to say, eating these plants of unknown origin, the face and state of the guard can be directly seen to have changed a lot faster, and after a while, the fatigue caused by his previous talisman making has completely disappeared.
Ye Zilan said: "Okay, how is the situation?" ”
The guard tilted his neck and said, "The ecological cycle that these plants participate in is not much different from the plants outside, although they grow on the dark energy in the air, but the ingredients are very healthy. I've processed it a little and it's a very good food. ”
Ye Zilan said: "If you are sure that there is no problem, you can do it, we don't have much dry food with us, and it is best to have substitutes." ”
The interrogator smiled mysteriously: "These are not just substitutes for dry food, hehehe." ”
No matter what the interrogator said He Ming was very uncomfortable, but after listening to these conversations, he didn't want to delay too much, and just as he was about to help the interrogator collect more of that kind of young leaves, Ye Zilan grabbed him.
He immediately realized that he didn't have the kind of shadow affinity that he had to propose, and that the location of the plants he collected was enough to alarm the moths and shadow creatures, but the animals didn't see it. So the three of them honestly waited there for the inquisitor to finish his work.
The Guardian was not completely unafraid of the monsters, he seemed to move carefully through the plants, and after a long time of repeated fumbling for a long time, he finally collected a large number of young leaves of the fern.
Then he slowly chanted the incantation, and the air suddenly became fresher, and the position of the interrogator was as if he had walked into the nature of late spring, and the green breath came to his nose, and He Ming was almost intoxicated by this breath.
Then the guard divided the plants among the three of them, and said while chewing the leaves raw: "These plants themselves are no problem to eat, but just now I purified the substances other than their natural breath, you can enjoy them more confidently, hehe." ”
Seeing that Ye Zilan ate this kind of thing without saying a word, his expression did not change, and He Ming was not easy to resist anymore, he grabbed a large handful and pinched it, feeling that it belonged to the softer branches and leaves, and then closed his eyes, stuffed a big mouthful into his mouth, and chewed it violently.
After a while, with a pop, a large mouthful of branches and leaves spewed out, and the two people and one beast had been preparing for a long time, and they all avoided it, and they were not sprayed by He Ming.
This kind of thing smells fragrant, the taste is slightly bitter and spicy, not particularly unpalatable, and at the same time contains a pungent taste similar to mint, which is no problem to gnaw little by little, but like He Ming, he stuffed a big mouthful and chewed it violently, and the smell of nasal flushing instantly filled the entire throat, and it was definitely going to be squirted.
Seeing Ye Zilan smiling, and the interrogator rolling on the ground with a wild smile, He Ming was bitter in his heart, but this time he also knew something about this plant, and he also learned from them, and slowly gnawed on these plants in small bites, and the juicy branches and leaves quickly quenched his thirst.
At the beginning, it was slightly bitter and spicy, but with the habit of taste, the bad taste disappeared, and the mouth was full of cool taste, and I gradually felt a very beautiful sweetness in the fragrance, and even the fatigue on my body was swept away.
The more he ate, the more comfortable he felt, and slowly He Ming ate more and more, and he didn't even feel flushed, and when the physical strength consumed by the hard work all the way felt completely recovered, he reached out again and found that he had eaten all the large amount of grass.
Raising his head and finding that the interrogator was standing and looking at him like a monster, He Ming realized that his appearance must be ugly, and heard the guy say: "Little brother, you like to eat grass so much, I said earlier, I'll help you pull more of it, make you so unhappy, how embarrassed you are." ”
He Ming's face turned red, scratched his head and said, "No, I ...... I'm actually quite full! ”
These juicy and cool branches and leaves are very thirst-quenching and produce a good feeling of satiety, and He Ming really ate too much because he was so attentive to the taste of these things that he found that his stomach was already full and uncomfortable.
Glancing at the others again, Ye Zilan only ate the most delicate parts of these branches and leaves, and the guards also left most of the thicker branches, only He Ming gnawed them all like cow chewing peonies.
Then he saw that the divine beast also lay down on all fours, and gnawed all the remaining branches and leaves on the ground. He Ming wanted to ask if such a fierce beast was actually a vegetarian, but he swallowed his words stiffly.
Then the interrogator was among them, and he burned a piece of talisman paper with words, and a gust of choking smoke covered them all, including the black maggots behind Ye Zilan. After a long time the smoke slowly cleared, and the interrogator said lazily:
"Okay, now you are all integrated into the breath of this ecosystem, this is the principle of Taoist stealth, and the natural creatures of this ecosystem will treat you as your kind."
He Ming was unconsciously worried that if he integrated into the darkness like this, he would also be affected by those who were assimilated by the darkness in Tucheng, but it was already like this, and he was relieved, it was not a bad thing to be able to maintain the effect of the stealth technique for a long time.
He asked, "Then we can safely pass through these strange clusters of plants?" ”
The Inquisitor squinted at him, "Do you think you can run around ignoring the beasts in the outside world?" Why do you have such an out-of-the-box idea? Now we won't be found as long as we don't actively provoke the creatures here, but stay a little further away from the moths, because they are suspicious of everything. ”
Then he added, "By the way, if we're targeted by the Moth, you'd better kill it quickly." If we use a spell, we're going to alarm the other creatures here, you know? ”
He Ming nodded slightly, and made up his mind that he would never speak if he had nothing to do.
So everyone began to get up and move forward, that is, in the bushes, the one leading the way in front was still the judge and his divine beast, and now everyone, including the divine beast, was dark, and it was indeed very suitable for this environment.