Chapter 529: Dormant Creature
"You mean to say...... If we follow the direction of this arrow, we might be able to find any other clues? I frowned, thinking about Zhao Qiqi's words.
Zhao Qiqi shrugged his shoulders and said undeniably: "Maybe, but I have other conjectures." ”
"What do you think?" Zhang Qiang looked at her.
"I can't tell you yet, after all, I'm not too sure. So, let's not talk about it. Zhao Qiqi smiled mysteriously.
When Zhang Qiang heard this, he shrunk his neck stupidly and stopped talking.
I glanced at everyone: "Okay, now that I have found the pattern of these five points." I think we're almost ready to go. The fragments of the central highlands have arrived, that is, there are still four fragments left in the forest of no return. ”
Hearing this, Du Deming looked at the map: "Judging from the map, we are now in the middle of the last two points in the northeast. Then the first place we look for next should be this point marked with the house. ”
Sammy looked at the spot and said, "It should be very close to us, and it will only take about thirty or forty minutes to walk at most." ”
"Without further ado, let's go!" Wang Yi hurriedly said.
Everyone nodded, and picked up their weapons and backpacks.
And just like that, the six of us, along with Sammy and De Luca, set out on the road to find the fragments of the recipe.
The weather was nice today, there was no sun and no rain, so everyone walked on the road and felt very relaxed.
The forest of no return during the day is much more normal than at night.
A few of us walked down the hill in a southwesterly direction, mostly lawns, and we didn't see too many trees.
I was relieved to see this.
Thinking back to those man-eating plants from before, I can't help but get goosebumps.
But when we were still thirty or forty meters away from the foot of the mountain, small bubbles suddenly began to bubble up on the originally calm lawn.
Then, everyone felt that the ground seemed to be much softer than before.
I was about to stop a few other people, but Zhang Qiang spoke first.
"Hey, I feel like the ground is getting a lot softer!"
"Me too!" Du Deming also said.
I hurriedly stabilized my body and looked down at the ground, but at this look, my heart suddenly began to beat wildly.
"What's the matter, my feet seem to be sinking!"
"Really! I can't lift my feet! Situ Cao also found an anomaly.
As I looked, I noticed that everyone's feet were starting to sink into the ground that had suddenly softened.
"How do you think the ground is like a swamp! However, this is obviously a mountainous area, how can there be a swamp? I shouted in surprise as I struggled to get my legs off the ground.
However, it is as if there are invisible hands underneath the ground, and no matter how much we struggle, our feet cannot be moved out of it, but the bigger the movement, the faster it sinks.
At this time, Sammy suddenly roared: "I remember! I'd heard from the other members of the caravan that there were indeed such hills in this area. Some of the slopes are rumored to be not just mountains, but a dormant ancient creature. There is a certain probability that they will suddenly wake up when a person walks by, and then suck the passing animals or people into the ground, and then digest them! ”
"Oh my god, how could there be such a strange creature! I've never heard of it! Zhang Qiang struggled desperately and shouted without tears.
"Stop screaming." I interrupted Zhang Qiang's crying and turned to look at Sammy: "It's not the way to go on like this. Sammy, do you know any way to get us out of this hill and out of here? ”
Sammy rolled his eyes: "Let me think about it first, anyway, don't make too many moves now, and don't just struggle." It seems to say that the harder you struggle, the faster you sink. Give me some time! ”
"Got it!" I nodded immediately.
The others listened to Sammy's words and stopped struggling.
Although it is true that the speed of sinking slows down a lot after we stop, it is not a long-term solution.
As it stands, we'll all be eaten by this damn mountain in the near future!!
Just as half of everyone's calves were already on the ground, Sammy finally spoke.
"I remember! Members of the older generation of the caravan had previously said that although this creature seemed invincible, it had a fatal weakness. ”
"What a weakness! Hurry up! I'm going to be eaten by this strange mountain. ”
Because Zhang Qiang struggled the most fiercely just now, at this time, his body had been engulfed to the waist position.
Looking at Zhang Qiang's pitiful appearance, I only felt funny and pitiful.
"Don't get excited, you still don't listen, you deserve it now!" I said, looking at Sammy again: "What is the weakness, Sammy, tell us quickly!" ”
Sammy nodded: "It's afraid of hot things, like fire and stuff!" That's why it doesn't wake up on sunny days, but it tends to wake up easily on cloudy or rainy days. ”
"I see! This thing is scared of fire! Hey, that's easy to say! When Zhang Qiang heard this, he suddenly came to his senses again.
As he spoke, he pulled out a windproof lighter from his trouser pocket.
When we all saw this, we all found lighters from ourselves.
Lean down slightly and light the flame of the lighter against the ground.
Sure enough, in less than a few seconds, the ground beneath our feet began to shake violently as if it were injured, and the strength of the thing to suck our feet weakened a lot.
Seeing this, we quickly pulled our feet off the ground.
"Run! Run down this hill and we'll be fine! Sammy said as she began to run towards the bottom of the mountain.
Where else do they need her to remind them?
At the moment when their feet left the ground, they didn't care about the mud on their legs, and everyone took a step forward and fled desperately to the bottom.
After a few seconds, we were all standing safe and sound at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone gasped and turned their heads to look at the seemingly calm hillside, but in fact it was hiding danger.
"Don't look at it, let's hurry up!" I collected my thoughts and raised my hand to glance at the time on the survival bracelet: "It's already past two o'clock in the afternoon, I hope to find another fragment before the sun goes down!" ”
Everyone nodded.
So, after a little rest for two minutes, the few of us started to continue moving towards the goal point again.
The next way is through the forest.
I don't know if it's because of the powder prepared by Situ Cao, but we haven't been affected much by those man-eating plants.
Sammy led a few of us in the forest, turning left and right.
After about two hours, we finally walked out of the forest.
Looked around.
Suddenly, I noticed a thatched wooden hut not far from the left front.
Looks like we're already there.