We followed Lao Chen, turned a corner, and a big tree appeared in front of us.

It's hard to describe how tall and big this tree is, but everywhere I look, it's full of leaves, and although it's a cave, I think of the word obscuring the sky.

There seemed to be many lanterns hanging on the trunks of the trees high up, and although there were no luminous creatures in the air, the light of those lanterns illuminated the surroundings.

I saw the lanterns on the trunks of the trees on the heights, as many as the stars.

"Fuso wood!" Doctor Liang next to him said softly.

Fusang wood, I have seen it in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" before, which records that "the leaves are like mulberries, and there are trees, and the tree is two thousand zhang old, and the big one is more than two thousand around." The tree grows in pairs with the same root, and it is more dependent on each other, and it is named Fusang. ”

The branches and leaves in front of us are indeed very similar to mulberry trees, and those moving branches are as soft as mulberry branches, so when they shake, they move the air and make a similar wind sound.

But Fuso is just a legend, no one has ever seen it in reality, let alone heard of it growing underground.

If this is really a hibiscus tree, according to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is two hermaphroditic trees. And the lantern on it, could it be the mulberry of the Fuso wooden knot?

The old man in front of him, carrying a bucket, walked to the trunk of the tree in the distance, and we looked up curiously as we followed.

Fortunately, those moving branches did not take the initiative to attack, but just shook aimlessly, a bit like an old man and an old lady who likes to square dance.

I wonder if this tree is also exercising by shaking its branches, after all, it is too boring to nest in a cave.

As we walked forward, Dr. Liang grabbed me at the front and whispered to us, "Don't get closer, something is wrong." ”

As he spoke, he shone his flashlight on the glowing lantern on the branch of the nearest tree.

When we got closer now, we realized that it wasn't a lantern at all, and it wasn't a mulberry as I thought, but a chrysalis.

Like a silkworm chrysalis, there are layers of white silk threads on the outside.

Dr. Leung removed the light from the flashlight again, and then we noticed that the inside of the chrysalis was glowing, transparent and bright, and there was something in it.

Through the shadow on the chrysalis, I found that the things in it had hands and feet, like a human baby, and moved from time to time, and the whole scene was like a woman when she was pregnant, using B-ultrasound to view the image of a child.

Daoist Mo said softly: "What is inside this chrysalis? ”

Dr. Leung shook his head, but it wasn't a good thing.

Although the chrysalis is far away, it still looks very large, which proves that the things that are bred in it are also quite physical, and a word comes to mind in our minds.

"It could be a mountain ghost." I looked at the chrysalis and said softly, squeezing Zhao Xiaoxue's hand.

I feel a little worried, there are as many chrysalis as many as stars on this tree, which means that there are countless mountain ghosts in the process of breeding.

When the mountain ghosts were designed to be besieged that day, I saw that the mountain ghosts had been badly damaged, and after entering the gates of hell, there was very little trace of them, which made me think that most of the mountain ghosts had died out.

Unexpectedly, they are like fruits, which are nurturing on this big tree.

At this time, Lao Chen Tou had already walked a long way, almost to the main trunk, he put the bucket on the ground, only to see that on the tree, the white silk outside the chrysalis slowly hung down, into the bucket, the nematode was rolled on the white silk, and brought it up.

When I got to the pupae, the nematode burrowed into the pupa by itself, and through the shadow on the pupae, I saw the mountain ghost in the pupa and stretched out my hand and stuffed the nematode into my mouth.

No wonder Lao Chen said that nematodes are fertilizer, and they are feeding mountain ghosts.

I used to think that mountain ghosts were some kind of alienated creatures, but I didn't expect them to be fruited from trees.

Gradually, the nematodes in the bucket were almost gone, and Lao Chen turned around and walked towards us with the bucket.

Seeing him coming, I asked softly, "Finished feeding?" ”

Old Chen squinted his eyes and shook his head, and said, "You forgot what I said, I am now a slave of the mountain god, and the only thing I can and must do in this cave is to feed this tree all day long. ”

I said, "You can't escape, why do you stay here and work as a coolie?" ”

Old Chen Tou shook his head again, and was about to say something, when he suddenly sniffed a few times with his nose and said, "I told you not to come with me, you still come with me, hide quickly, those mountain ghosts are back." ”

But we don't know this place at all, so where is there any place to hide?

Old Chen pointed to the main trunk behind, meaning that we should hide behind the trunk.

Dr. Liang hesitated, she suspected that there was fraud, could it be that Old Chen Tou deliberately fooled us to go there.

But I thought that since Lao Chen knew that I was his heavy son, he shouldn't hurt me, so he took the lead and ran over with Zhao Xiaoxue.

After we ran to the main trunk, we put out all the flashlights in our hands, and then we saw that in the direction from which we came, a few mountain ghosts came in.

They clinged to lanterns and neighed horses, presumably talking.

They walked up to Lao Chen, who hurriedly stood aside respectfully.

The last mountain ghost in the line kicked Lao Chen's head, as if venting his anger.

Lao Chen didn't say a word, got up, carried the bucket, and continued to walk outside, singing the children's song for a while.

I also understand why Lao Chen didn't escape, since he has become a slave of the mountain god, even if he escapes from here, he will also be captured by the mountain ghosts.

When we saw the mountain ghosts coming, we all held our breath, and the mountain ghosts did not notice us, and continued to walk deeper into the cave.

It seems that the deeper cave may be the base camp of these mountain ghosts.

After the mountain ghosts disappeared over there, Dr. Liang said softly, "Let's get out of here quickly, the one on this tree may be the mountain ghosts, and I don't know when it will mature." ”

She used the word ripe, and it seems that she thought like me that the mountain ghosts were the fruit of these trees.

We couldn't stay long, so we turned on our flashlights and prepared to leave.

At this time, in front of the Rat Warrior, a white silk suddenly hung down.

I secretly screamed in my heart, and then the white silk suddenly wrapped around the waist of the Rat Taoist priest, ready to pull it up.

This white silk also treats us as food, ready to feed those chrysalis. The wolf king and Mo Daoist next to him hurriedly grabbed the royal rat Taoist, and the three of them worked together to stop the white silk from pulling up.

Although this white silk is like a yarn, it is tenacious and unstoppable, constantly pulling, and the power is extremely great, and the three of them are pulled upwards together.

I hurriedly swung my bronze sword, and with one sword, I cut off the white thread, and then I was relieved.

Dr. Leung shouted, "Hurry up." ”

We just walked a dozen steps when we suddenly heard a snap behind us.

It was the position where the white silk hung down just now, and I used a flashlight to shine it, only to see that the chrysalis had fallen to the ground.

Could it be that the three of them were pulling together with the chrysalis just now, so that the chrysalis and the trunk of the tree were loosened, and now they have fallen?

Dr. Liang patted me and said, "Don't look at it, let's go." ”

I hurriedly turned around and walked in the direction we were all coming from.

However, there was a sudden snap in front of me, and a chrysalis fell, and then there was a sound around it, and the fruit chrysalis on the tree, as if all ripe at the same time, fell down.

Dr. Liang took us and started running, changing direction from side to side, trying to get out of here quickly.

We heard not only the sound of falling, but also the sound of tearing cloth and the neighing of horses.

As I ran, I looked to the side and saw the chrysalis that had fallen to the ground, and the mountain ghosts inside had already torn open the chrysalis and drilled out, but because of the new life, they couldn't stand up.

After running for a while, we finally got back to the corner, and everyone was out of breath.

At this time, Dr. Liang also let us take a break, she shone the flashlight into the cave, and saw that the ground was full of newborn mountain ghosts, like babies, still toddlers.

The Rat Priest gasped and said, "There are so many mountain ghosts, it's really difficult to deal with in the future." ”

Daoist Mo looked at Doctor Liang and said, "No, let's kill the mountain ghosts now while they can't move, right?" ”

Doctor Liang shook his head and said, "There are so many, how can you kill them all, and they are not lambs to the slaughter, you don't know when, they will suddenly attack you." ”

Another Taoist priest next to him said: "No, let's burn it with fire, this tree is also so evil, let's burn it together." ”

Doctor Liang shook his head and said, "Fire may not be useful to them, Old Chen Tou has been here for so long, he knows more than us, and he may have thought of various methods. Now, let's get out of here. ”

As he spoke, he prepared to take the lead and turn out.

But as soon as he leaned out, Dr. Liang turned around again, and said with a frightened face: "It's not good, there are a large number of mountain ghosts back outside." ”

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