Chapter 186: The Strange Valley
The distance of a hundred meters is not long, but the young ladies are not bragging, this distance is really nothing to them.
After talking for two more minutes, the sisters helped Li Mu to peek out of the water, and after going ashore, Xiao Li hurriedly pulled the cover on his head, and found that he couldn't pull it off.
Shen Zixing came over to help, but with a slight click, the water purification insect quickly shrank and returned to its original appearance, and then it was pinched by Shen Zixing, opened his mouth and swallowed it into his abdomen.
This move was seen by Lin Wan, who was rushing over, and felt angry and funny, Shen Ming'er pouted and said, "Eldest sister, you can also give me one!" ”
Lin Wan took off the insect on her head and threw it to her: "This one is for you!" ”
The little girl caught it and swallowed it happily.
Li Mu didn't have the heart to care about these things, he squatted by the water and washed his hair and face vigorously, scrubbing many times, and then he felt that there was no sour smell on his head.
Everyone went ashore one after another, and after washing, they began to observe the surrounding environment.
This is an underground karst cave, deep and dim, on the stone pillars, on the cave wall, inlaid with pieces of glowing ore, emitting a faint light.
Shen Zixing turned on the flashlight, shone it around, and suddenly pointed in one direction and said, "Brother Mu, there is a stone tablet there with words on it!" ”
Everyone walked over together and came to a stone monument, under the illumination of the flashlight, the four big characters on it were clearly visible, "Dream Valley"
Behind the stele, there is a dark stone crevice that leads to no one else.
Li Mu asked in surprise: "Shouldn't it be the entrance to the gold mine, how is it the Dream Valley, what is this, a mechanism or a spell?" ”
"It's our Shen family's mine protection mechanism, passing through the dream valley is a gold mine, this mechanism is not dangerous, you can go with me." Shen Zixing explained.
"Don't worry, let's discuss it before we go!"
Li Mu stopped the little sister and asked Sister-in-law Hong, "Sister Hong, what do you think?" ”
"The Shen family is the former Shen family, they have a lot of research on formations and mechanisms, and I have heard of this dream valley."
"Our surname is Shen, not Shen!" Shen Zixing corrected.
"Your ancestors' surname is Shen, and when you fled, you changed your surname to Shen, your age is still young, and the older generation didn't have time to tell you about it, when you go back, just ask your elders."
"We won't go back, we will go wherever Brother Mu goes, unless Brother Mu goes back with us!" Shen Zixing immediately said.
Naturally, her sister has the same attitude.
Lin Wan frowned and didn't say anything.
Sister-in-law Hong smiled and continued: "The Dream Valley is actually a phantom array, after ordinary people fall into this array, it is easy to hallucinate, and then they are trapped and die in the phantom array, this array is the treasure of the Shen family, the power is huge, the cost is extremely high, I didn't expect it to be used to protect the mine." ”
"We also have one outside the village, so I have the opportunity to take you to see it." Shen Ming'er said proudly.
Several Lin family members are somewhat embarrassed, they have already seen it, not only have they seen the phantom array of protecting the village, but they have also dug up the ancestral graves of the young ladies, once this matter is discovered by the sisters, I am afraid that the friends will not be able to do it again.
After listening to Sister-in-law's words, Li Mu was relieved, he knew that this kind of phantom array was very friendly to the Shen family, as long as he followed them, he could ensure that nothing went wrong.
Thinking of this, he said to the others: "Then go with them, with them leading the way, this phantom array will not be difficult for us." ”
The two young ladies took the lead, holding flashlights, and the others followed them into the corridor one after another.
The road is rugged and long, and the terrain is undulating, sometimes up and sometimes down, giving people the feeling of walking on a hillside.
After walking for about twenty minutes, a light appeared in front of him, and Shen Zixing shouted, "It's time to get to the entrance of the protective array, you all follow closely!" ”
Li Mu suddenly had a bad feeling, as if there was a vicious place ahead, he didn't know why he had this thought, he just felt that he shouldn't continue to go further.
"Wait a minute, don't..."
Before he could stop the sisters, they had already left the corridor and entered the entrance of the guard, Li Mu secretly scolded his mother, and pulled Lin Wan into the entrance together.
What appeared in front of them was a red valley, red sky, red earth, red stones, and the young ladies stood not far away, looking at the valley in a daze.
Everyone else also entered the guard formation one after another, and Sister-in-law Hong frowned and said, "This so-called Dream Valley feels very bad to me, like a fierce place!" ”
Lin Wan immediately chimed in: "Yes, it's weird to look at here, and I don't feel very good!" ”
Li Mu looked into the distance, and it was empty, except for stones and stones, and there was not a single plant.
Not to mention that there were no plants in the valley, as far as the eye could see, everything was bare, and not even a single hair grew on the ground.
The valley was filled with light mist, and everyone couldn't peep too far, and all they could see were stones, and those stones were also very strange, all of them were blood-red in color, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Li Mu hesitated a little, now there are only two choices, go forward or go back, going forward may encounter danger, and going back is doomed to a dead end.
Let's ask the guide first, Li Mu shouted at Shen Zixing: "Zixing, what are you looking at, to go or not to go?" ”
The sisters ignored him and stood there stunned.
Li Mu walked over and found that they were still looking at the valley, and the expressions on their faces were full of hesitation.
"What's wrong with you?"
"The Guardian has been activated!" Shen Zixing muttered.
Speaking of this, she suddenly woke up and hurriedly said: "Brother Mu, what are you doing when you come in, danger, get out quickly, get out immediately!" ”
As he spoke, he pushed Li Mu back, and then exclaimed: "Brother Mu, the entrance is gone!" ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly turned around to check, and sure enough, the entrance they had just passed through had disappeared, and there was an endless valley behind it, and the valley was full of those strange stones.
He Xiaoyu immediately came to Li Mu's side and said tremblingly: "Senior brother, I'm afraid!" ”
Li Mu patted her on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, always follow me, don't fall behind!" ”
Sister-in-law Hong observed the surroundings, frowned and said, "Uncle, the phantom array has been activated!"
"What the hell is going on, Purple Star, why did it start?" Li Mu forced himself to calm down, and his tone of voice was as calm as possible.
He didn't know what it meant to activate the guard, let alone how dangerous it was, but he knew that they were in trouble again.
"Brother Mu, I don't know what's going on, my sister's identities and I don't work, the guard array has been activated, and we can't get out." Shen Zixing said dejectedly.
Calm down, you must be calm, Li Mu repeatedly warned himself not to say useless words at the moment, complaining and anger do not solve any problems, and thinking calmly is the only way to live.
He hugged Shen Zixing in his arms and said in her ear: "It's okay, there is a big brother, there is a big brother, there is nothing to worry about." ”
"Brother Mu, I'm sorry!" Shen Zixing apologized vigorously, looking at his expression, he was about to cry.
"It's okay, don't worry, let's figure it out together, let me ask you, do you know about this array?"
Shen Zixing nodded and explained to him: "Brother Mu, the Dream Valley is a combination of magic and mechanism, and it is the most powerful treasure of our Shen family, but it is ineffective against the Shen family, even ordinary people can walk through it at will without encountering any danger, who knows..."
"Okay, why did it become like this, don't think about it anymore, big brother asked you, will you crack it, or rather, is there any way you can take us out?"
Shen Zixing shook his head sadly, and said in a low voice: "In order to protect its power, our Shen family has never taught how to crack it, and I don't know how to crack it, listening to my master, there is no way to crack it at all, and even if there is, it has been destroyed by the ancestors." ”
I understand, this is because I am afraid that the clansmen will spread the cracking method, which will make the watchman treasure become garbage, so I simply destroyed the cracking method, only taught how to set up the formation, not how to crack it, and the Shen family is really desperate to do things.
Lin Wan also came over and asked Shen Zixing softly, "Zixing, what will happen after the formation is activated, do you know this situation?" ”
Shen Zixing shook his head and said apologetically: "The same material, the same formation method, but the content of each phantom array is different, no one knows what will happen, but it has a total of three levels, if you successfully break through, you can get out safely." ”
Several people discussed it and agreed that there is no way back now, since they have been forced to this step, they can't help but move forward, and now they have no way to turn back, so let's go in regardless of it!
Li Mu walked in front first, beckoning the others to follow, and the group walked along the valley, looking around as they went.
The visibility here is very low, and there is a substance floating around that is not good, it is fog but not fog, light is not light, and the greasy feeling is like walking into jelly.
Li Mu looked down at those stones, and the more he looked at them, the more frightened he became, and finally said in horror: "My grass, these things are not stones, you take a closer look, what are they?" ”
Everyone else lowered their heads to recognize, and He Xiaoyu suddenly shouted: "Ah! They, they're human heads! ”
Under her reminder, when others went to inspect it again, wasn't it just a human head, although there were no eyes, no nose, no ears, and no mouth, but the outline of the facial features could be vaguely seen.
He Xiaoyu shuddered and asked, "Is this red blood?" ”
Li Mu squatted down to observe, and said in a deep voice: "Yes and no, they have no skin, this is the color of flesh and blood." ”
He Xiaoyu felt very uncomfortable, stepping on these stones, which made her feel like she was about to collapse.
Hongsao stomped on the stone with her foot and comforted her: "Xiaoyu, there is nothing to be afraid of, these are weathered stones, I am not sure what they were before, I only know one thing, they are stones now." ”