Volume 2, Lost in the Sand Sea Chapter 195, Desperate
The black mist was like a wriggling curtain, and Chen Tao's breathing became a little heavy.
Because through the black mist, he actually saw a group of people.
The one at the head is covered in black robes, and it is the great wizard.
Isn't he dead, how can he still be alive?
Beside the Great Wizard was a red-haired witch, as well as Orangk, Hay Morton, and Ah Cheng.
Even, he saw the old cat.
Beside him was a tall altar, and the old cat was squatting alone on the side, alertly watching the people around him, and one hand quietly carving on the stone mountain.
"It's the Forest of the Necrons!"
Chen Tao was shocked, he knew that altar, which was the place where the old cat left his mark.
In the picture, someone walked towards the old cat, who hurriedly stood up and was taken away by the man by the collar.
"Old cat!" Chen Tao exclaimed, but to no avail.
With a movement of his hand, the light of the wolf's tooth flashlight shifted, and the picture in the black fog suddenly changed.
In a trance, another group of people appeared in the light and shadow, and this group of people made Chen Tao's heart flutter.
Chen Tao's eyes widened and he looked at the middle-aged man at the front who was holding a compass to locate him.
Uncle Long!
Looking at that person's demeanor, Chen Tao was 100% sure that he was Uncle Long, not Ye Rong.
After settling down, Chen Tao continued to watch.
In the picture, Uncle Long and the others looked nervous, as if they were being chased by something.
Chen Tao saw Uncle Long's mouth moving, but there was only a picture here, no sound.
Uncle Long and the others shot behind them as they ran, and people kept falling.
Suddenly, a somewhat familiar figure made its way through the crowd and rushed in the opposite direction.
Chen Tao was shocked when he saw it, that person turned out to be Yang Lixuan.
Just as he wanted to continue, the picture became blurry.
Uncle Long actually came here!
But when did he come?
Along the way, Chen Tao had never seen Uncle Long and Yang Lixuan at all, only Ye Rong, who pretended to be Uncle Long.
Could it be that the stone wall in this black hole actually recorded what happened in the Forest of the Dead?
Chen Tao looked at the flashlight in his hand. Perhaps, because of the light, the information was read out again.
He anxiously shook the wolf's tooth flashlight, trying to see what Uncle Long and the others were doing, but the group disappeared.
Between the flickering of light and shadow, only the black demon willows remained.
Wait a minute!
Chen Tao was stunned.
Those ghost willows, how are they alive!
Chen Tao looked at the ghost willows covered with leaves with some uncertainty.
After Tatunaan was buried, these demon willows have been dead for at least a thousand years, how can they still be alive?
Could it be that Uncle Long and they have not crossed?
The picture seems to be fixed, and the surroundings are quiet, except for the ghost willows gently shaking their branches and leaves.
Suddenly, some strangely dressed figures appeared in Chen Tao's sight.
The men were dressed in bronze armor with a simple sword around their waists, and a bronze tiger head mask under their helmets, making it impossible to see their faces.
Chen Tao was a little surprised that this group of people turned out to be dressed as an ancient Han army.
During this time, Chen Tao was accustomed to the robe and coat and leather armor of the Western Regions, and he felt a little abrupt when he saw these Han decorations.
After carefully identifying it, Chen Tao's heart couldn't help but twitch violently.
These people were none other than the mysterious Qin soldiers they saw in Heizigou.
That armor is so special, Chen Tao will never admit it.
At first, all I saw was a corpse, but now, it is a living person!
Could it be that the picture in front of you is from more than 2,000 years ago?
What exactly does this mysterious and eccentric Qin army do?
As he was thinking, a hand suddenly put on his shoulder, and he almost screamed.
"Damn, Liang Shaokai, what are you doing!"
"Why are you stunned?"
The train of thought was interrupted by Liang Shaokai, Chen Tao shook his head, and then looked at the deep hole, those pictures had disappeared, no matter how he shook the flashlight, it was useless.
"What do you say, these holes are up there?"
Hearing Haozi's voice, Chen Tao couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Hole? What hole?
Glancing around, he realized that he didn't know when he had reached the main trunk of the vine.
I hadn't found it in the distance before, but standing here, Chen Tao noticed that there were many cracked holes on these thick vine branches.
Chen Tao walked to the nearest hole, reached out and touched it, and couldn't help frowning.
These large holes are formed by cracks in vine branches, some large and small, and the largest can even be stuffed directly into a jeep.
Chen Tao touched the edge of the tree hole, the crack was very smooth, as if something had been polished, and the dry bark cracks on it were long gone.
"Something is wrong....... Chen Tao was a little apprehensive in his heart, his eyes glanced at it, and suddenly found a few hair-like things on the edge of the tree hole.
"These hairs, so familiar....."
Chen Tao tried his best to think about it, and his face suddenly changed.
"Oh no, there's something here!"
Almost instantly, Chen Tao knew what the owner of those hairs was.
In the Forest of the Dead, there is only one kind of monster that can move here.
Zombie Monkey!
Could this be their lair?
Looking at the hollow branches, Chen Tao couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of spit.
No wonder those zombie monkeys are haunted, and they are all hidden in the branches of this magic willow.
The growth ability of the Demon Willow is extremely terrifying, and it is estimated that the entire Forest of the Dead has been shrouded in its thick vines.
The ghost willows in the Forest of the Dead all grew from this trunk, and what is even more strange is that the trunk of this ghost willow was born in this unfathomable black hole.
These vines are like natural pipes buried in the ground, forming an extremely complex underground network that serves as a natural nest for those zombie monkeys.
Thinking of those difficult zombie monkeys, Chen Tao felt a chill in his heart, how did he run to such a ghost place.
At that time, they were in the Forest of the Dead, and the beads scared off the zombie monkeys, and if Chen Tao guessed correctly, they should have all fled into this black hole.
This black hole is too weird, the man-eating demon ghost willow, the zombie monkey that can't be killed, is it possible that there is really a hell of Yama down here?
Thinking of the various pictures recorded in the mural, Chen Tao muttered a little in his heart.
What is the scene under this black hole?
"Taozi, what are you doing staring down there?" Haozi was a little puzzled.
"I don't know how to tell you, but I seem to see something incredible!" Chen Tao was a little puzzled, could it be that a few of them couldn't see it?
Haozi shook his head in confusion.
"Do you remember that pillar on the cliff below the Valley of Cannibals?" Chen Tao looked at Haozi and said, "The stones below here seem to be somewhat similar to those stone pillars, I don't know why, I actually recorded some things that happened here." ”
"Really?" Haozi was obviously a little skeptical, "I also saw it just now, but there is no hair!" ”
"I don't know how, I did see some very strange images."
Liang Shaokai came up and took a picture below, sniffed and said, "It's not dark, what good things can there be under the girl?" ”
As he spoke, he took out a glow stick from his backpack and folded it up and threw it down.
"Damn, where are you from?" Haozi complained.
"That's it, there's no more." Liang Shaokai replied lightly, but his eyes were staring straight at the black hole.
The glow sticks bounced all the way down the main trunk of the ghost willow, and the turquoise fluorescent light shone on the bark, giving it a dead gray color.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the bouncing glow stick, and their gaze followed the fluorescence into the depths of the black hole until the fluorescence turned into a faint dot and finally disappeared completely.
"It's so deep!" Liang Shaokai smacked his lips, and just wanted to say something, but saw that Chen Tao's face on the side was a little wrong.
"Hey, little brother, you can't do it, a glow stick makes you feel so distressed."
Chen Tao ignored Liang Shaokai, and stared at the black hole below him with his two eyes.
Just now, the fluorescence flashed on the stone wall below, and he saw countless bumps rising on the stone wall, which looked like sarcomas on the back of a toad.
What is that?
Chen Tao was a little surprised, hurriedly rummaged in his backpack for a while, found a cold flame and pulled it and threw it down.
The cold fireworks fell straight into the abyss, and under the flickering light, this time, Chen Tao saw it really.
There are countless zombie monkeys lying on the stone wall, and the light of the cold fireworks shines through, densely packed like a layer of tumor bumps growing on the stone wall.
"I'm Nima, let's go!" Chen Tao's eyes almost didn't fall out, and he turned around and dragged Haozi and Liang Shaokai, who were still looking down at the probe, and retreated.
"What are you doing!"
Liang Shaokai's eyesight was not as good as Chen Tao's, and he didn't notice the danger under the black hole.
"It's full of zombie monkeys underneath, let's go!"
"What!" Haozi's face immediately changed, "This is not in the village in front of the village, where are we going?" ”
Chen Tao was also big for a while, and they followed the footprints of Yan's people, but they never caught up with Yan's speed.
But now I don't have time to think about where Yan and they went.
Chen Tao looked around a little anxiously, his eyes swept over the largest tree hole on the main trunk, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his head.
When they first entered the Forest of the Dead, there were also quite a few holes in the exposed canopy above, although they were not very large, but with the size of several of them, they could still climb out if they were squeezed.
"Mother, that's the only way to go!" Chen Tao gritted his teeth and said to Haozi and the others: "Drill the hole in the tree and climb out!" ”
"Little brother, what are you teasing, isn't this going to be cold for a few brothers?"
"Then you can wait here for Amitabha Buddha to die."
Chen Tao also has no way out, the temple has been blocked, and the river has collapsed, rather than being trapped here and dying, it is better to fight again.
Without thinking about it, Chen Tao burrowed his head into the hole in the tree.
The space in the tree cave was beyond Chen Tao's expectations, after all, this is the main trunk of the ghost willow, and it is very spacious inside, even if it is a large vat, it can be placed, I really don't know if this is natural, dry and cracked, or those zombie monkeys hollowed out.
Although this is the case, Chen Tao also understands that the higher he goes, the narrower the space will be.
"Pick a big drill, this ghost willow has been completely hollowed out!"
There are also several cavities about the size of the hollow at the top, which extend upwards as the vine branches grow.
Chen Tao didn't dare to stop, and climbed into one of the tree holes that looked relatively large.
At the beginning of this section, Chen Tao and the others climbed very hard. His hands and legs were holding on to the inner wall of the tree hole, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he leaned his back against him, kicked his legs stiffly, and quietly gasped for breath with his strength.
There was really no place to go, so I stuck a dagger or shovel into the pole of the tree, and although it was very difficult, I could barely climb up.
The tree hole was very aggrieved, and the mouth and nose were filled with an extremely unpleasant smell, and the few people who smoked it were almost exhausted.
Chen Tao struggled to maintain the balance of his body, and glanced down with his eyes.
The tree hole is extremely steep, and once you get off your hand and fall down, the consequences are unimaginable.
Chen Tao and the others crawled in real pain, but they could only hold on.
Chen Tao didn't know how long he had climbed, the tree hole began to tilt a little, and several people were also relieved, at least the body was no longer as painful as before, as long as it didn't slip, it would definitely be able to continue climbing.
The space here is smaller than when I came in, but it's not too cramped.
"I said Taozi, are you sure those things are down there?"
"It's all on the stone wall below." Chen Tao motioned to Haozi for them to move a little smaller, although those zombie monkeys didn't catch up now, but if they were alarmed, there was really only one way to die!