Chapter 10: The White Bones Under the Blood Vine

Mrs. Zhuang didn't sleep well all night.

Although Mrs. Zhuang insisted on exercising, skiing and hunting, it was all a pastime, whether it was staying in a comfortable hotel or a tent carefully arranged by the servants, she could get exquisite food and a good night's sleep, but only since joining the expedition, whether it was assembling or training, and then camping on the first day, she has constantly brushed down her lower limit of "discomfort".

Last night, she was in a daze, she couldn't say that she was asleep, she couldn't say that she wasn't asleep, anyway, it was just the night, the expedition's marching bed was too narrow, the mattress was too thin, the alloy bed skeleton made her back ache, and the unique moisture in the forest almost blocked her breathing.

She couldn't understand the explorers who could sleep on a thin cushion, which led her to think that the cushion was more comfortable than a folding bed, when in fact she tried it and immediately felt that the forest floor was clearly different from the wooden floor of the yoga studio.

Since you can't sleep well, you should wake up early. In fact, it is just right that it is naturally impossible for the explorers who are on the expedition to sleep until three poles in the morning, and Mrs. Zhuang just caught up.

Standing at the door of the tent, Mrs. Zhuang yawned, but her eyes widened at the gossip of a scene.

A large snake crawled out of Jun's tent lazily.

"I just think there's something wrong with you." Mrs. Zhuang's discomfort suddenly flew most of the way, and the power of gossip was in full swing.

Before she could come forward to gossip about Kekexi, another equally lazy rabbit came out of the tent, this time it was Meiya.

"And this kind of operation." Mrs. Zhuang's jaw almost fell to the ground, and her brain kept making up for evil, "This taste is too heavy." ”

To be fair, Mrs. Chong is not racist, and in fact she has had mutant boyfriends and same-sex friends in her previous forty years of life, but she really hasn't done that yet.

But when she saw her beautiful teeth, Mrs. Zhuang remembered another thing.

Explorers and scientists had assistants and porters, but there were no servants, and Mrs. Zhuang was used to being served, and it was a little unaccustomed to not having anyone around to call her. However, it is not proper to bring servants in the expedition, if it is Mrs. Zhuang who forms a team by herself, it is okay, and now it is a joint expedition, and she is only one of the shareholders.

But Mrs. Zhuang is a shrewd woman after all, she decided to recruit part-time jobs in the expedition, who knows that it is also difficult to take a circle of photos, first, the people in the expedition team are either explorers or scientists, they are all people with a good face, as for the hired workers, the tree elf tribe has never had the concept of servitude, the people of the steel city-state are politically opposed to slavery, and the people of the Ark Alliance do not mind making some extra money, but they regard human dignity as very important, and no matter how small things have to be contracted, it is not worth it. Seeing beautiful teeth today, Mrs. Zhuang felt that the problem was solved.

The rabbit people are petite, so they are engaged in the service industry many times, and the rabbit butler is a fashionable and practical choice.

In fact, at the beginning, Mrs. Zhuang wanted to fight the idea of the rabbit man, but the rabbit man served as the outpost of the expedition team, and the work was heavy, who could bear to take up the rabbit man's precious rest time?

But now, Mrs. Zhuang couldn't care so much, stepped forward to stop Meiya, greeted her good morning first, and then said her thoughts.

Meiya shook her ears and said, "If there is extra money to make, it's not impossible, we rabbit people like money very much." But I have a master, I can't help you, and only one of my subordinates is a woman, and if she doesn't want to, we can't force her. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "Actually, I just want someone to talk to me in the tent at night, and it doesn't matter whether it is male or female. Others can do the same. He said politely, but he thought in his heart: "The female rabbit is petite and cute, and she is a man's pet." The small toothpick of the male rabbit man......"

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhuang suddenly felt a burst of fear: Didn't I only love Lin Cong? How did you remember these crazy words again? Has my love changed?

Before she set out, Mei Ya told Mrs. Zhuang about hiring a servant, and the subordinates were very enthusiastic - this was because the rabbit people were actually much more durable than people thought.

But Meiya felt that although the more people who served Mrs. Zhuang when she saw her state, the better, and when there were many people, everyone's burden would be relatively smaller, but the whole team would inevitably leave a mouthful of tongues in the past, so she made a master and chose two rabbits, a man and a woman, for Mrs. Zhuang.

The two picked bunnies jumped happily - one more income. The three who weren't selected were a little depressed, and Meiya comforted: "It doesn't matter, it's very tiring to explore anyway, and I recognize Ah Jun as the master, and I don't get paid." ”

It's okay not to explain, this explanation, the rabbit people said angrily: "Who doesn't know that his entire belongings have been given to you, and he is gentle with you, you have a good home." ”

The airship contained everyone's tents and other equipment, and the foot detachment set off again. After two hours of progress, and then a pause for a short break, Mrs. Zhuang began to enjoy her first service.

These rabbits have only received two kinds of training in school since they were young, one is to fight, and the other is to serve people; So they were very professional, so that Mrs. Zhuang felt a little comfort in the tired journey, and when she was happy, she gave the two rabbits a salary increase.

Since yesterday, Ah Jun has insisted on arranging his own affairs, and Meiya will not let him interfere if he wants to. When he saw that there were two more people around Mrs. Zhuang to serve, he didn't say anything directly, but before setting off again, he quietly said to Meiya: "Your burden is heavy, pay attention to conserving your strength, I am reluctant to let you work more...... It's not just about you, it's about the safety of the whole expedition. ”

Meiya nodded and said, "Well, so I only arranged two people, so I can rotate when it doesn't work." It's just that according to the rules of the rabbit people, I always feel that there are shortcomings when I go on a business trip and don't make some extra money. ”

Ah Jun sighed: "The rabbit people have this kind of rule, which means that your race has suffered too much in the past years, so that it lacks a sense of security." ”

Meiya said: "But Meiya feels very happy now, thank you." She said as she stood on tiptoe and hugged Jun's waist. Ah Jun had lived with her for a while, so he naturally knew her little habits, so he picked her up, let her little mouth gently "peck" on his cheek, and put her down again.

The expedition continued to move forward, and Ah Jun found that Mrs. Zhuang always wanted to come over to talk to him, and Ah Jun didn't want to mix in anything else when he was working, so he ignored him, but Mrs. Zhuang insisted on it, and finally found a suitable opportunity, and whispered to Ah Jun: "I am looking for a servant to actually want someone to talk to before going to bed at night, and in terms of physical strength, I can take good care of myself." ”

This passage gave Ah Jun a new understanding of Mrs. Zhuang - this is not only a rich woman, but also has a very high emotional intelligence, very good at being a person, in such a short time, it is impossible for what she said with Meiya to reach her ears, this woman is obviously very good at observing words and feelings, and looking at the occasion.

So Ah Jun said: "Since you have said so, use it carefully, fortunately, this time we have airship support, and we can evacuate at any time." But personally, I would like to see all the people on the expedition focus on the expedition itself. Adventure is no more fun than hunting, it can really kill people. ”

Mrs. Zhuang nodded in approval and said, "You are an expert in this area, I listen to you." ”

At this point, the two reached an agreement, but just as the two were about to end the negotiation with a few relaxing words, news suddenly came from the front - a white skeleton was found.

Ah Jun immediately ordered the whole team to stop advancing and enter a state of alert, and the Naga immediately accelerated their progress and opened a passage to communicate with the rabbit forward.

So with the addition of Kekexi, the three Nagas opened their arms, like three cutting machines, and cut down the vines and trees that stood in the way, and soon opened a road. Ah Jun followed with a young botanist, a tree elf.

The corpse had been completely ossified, but there were still some black patches on the bones, which Jun deduced from experience to be remnants of blood clots.

Bai Gu leaned against a big tree, there were no obvious signs of struggle, but what made Ah Jun feel weird was this big tree.

This big tree is very thick, but not tall, only about five or six meters, the shape is a bit like a long radish, on the top of the head of a few dry branches, a few dark purple leaves are sparsely drooping, but the main trunk like a radish is not as smooth as the radish skin, but the cortex is mottled, and there are a few vines the thickness of a child's arm, these vines are a bit like thin-skinned water vines, through the thin teng skin, you can see the thick juice slowly squirming, very disgusting.

In addition, there were a few tendrils of roots on the tree, which fluttered in the forest breeze, but it looked completely dry.

"Do you want to take a sample?" Meiya leaned over and said. Several of her subordinates were already eager to try, and if Jun hadn't announced in advance that they should not touch anything suspicious in the forest, they would have done it a long time ago. Although the rabbit people are pure, their curiosity is like that of a child.

"Wait a minute." Ah Jun said, called the tree spirit behind him and asked, "I think it's a bit like a blood vine, what do you think?" ”

Ah Jun has only seen a specimen of blood vine in the museum, and the size is only a palm long, according to the introduction: blood vine is a special case of evolution in plants, and it can actively capture small insects and other creatures to supplement nutrition.

The Dryad said: "It looks very similar, but the evolution of the blood vine is because the place where it is produced is too barren, so it catches insects as a necessary supplement, but such a large one, and it is produced in the forest, it must be treated with caution, and I need protective clothing and assistants." ”

Jun immediately called the airship and Major Mussen, and before long, two Dryad warriors arrived at the scene with protective suits. And Mrs. Zhuang heard that she had found the white bones, and she also rushed over, and Ah Jun saw it and asked her to stay away and see.

The tree elves put on protective clothing and wanted to move the bones first, but they were horrified to find that the back of the bones, leaning on the side of the tree, had been implanted with countless dense roots, and the white bones had become very crisp, it seemed that these roots not only sucked up the flesh and blood of the white bones, but also did not let go of the last calcium.