Chapter 43: The So-Called "Expansion"
The rock walls were wet, and there was moss in the cracks in the ground. She thought that a place like a cave was not suitable for storing books, because the dampness was heavy and the pages rotted too quickly.
The cave grew deeper and wider, and she even came across an underground river. There was a dead silence around, only the sound of the river flowing, and at this time, she was in her heart, suspecting that King Jin was going to get her here to kill her. After all, this is really a good place to kill people and abandon corpses.
But she immediately laughed at herself, what is so great about her, why should King Jin bother to kill her?
Fortunately, at this time, Cao Dehuan in front of him finally stopped: "It's here." ”
Arrived?
They did arrive at a wide grotto, about half a football field in size, with a ceiling of at least four zhang (thirteen meters) high. But she didn't see any shadows of the bookshelves. "So—" she said uncertainly, "where are the books?"
"The ground is so damp, how can it be possible to directly store ancient books?" Cao Dehuan finished speaking, took two steps forward, picked up a mallet, and tapped the brass bell beside him.
Feng Miaojun found that there was a red line carved on the ground in front of his toes, which was extremely eye-catching, as if it meant a warning. And Cao Dehuan didn't take a single step.
In such an almost enclosed environment, the bell echoed over and over again, shaking the ground beneath her feet.
However, she quickly confirmed that the tremor was not only due to the sonic shock, because the ground directly in front of him suddenly "lifted" up to two feet above the two of them before stopping.
Then, it changes color rapidly.
The stones here are as white as snow because they are isolated from the rest of the world, and they even sparkle because they are mixed with minerals such as quartz and mica. However, the ground in front of Feng Miaojun turned dark green in the blink of an eye, and there were irregular dark red markings on the surface.
She shuddered and took two steps back.
Where is this flat ground, it is clearly a strange-looking monster!
When it lies on the ground, it can actually thin itself into a blanket, it looks like it has no thickness, but it can puff up all over its body when it takes a breath, so that people can see its true face - she understands the true meaning of "self-expansion" for the first time!
The "ground" that the two of them saw earlier was actually the forehead of the monster. It is wide and flat, like a large square shovel, and only when it is lifted can you see the symmetrical arrangement of ten eyes on the left, right, and right. Its limbs are slender and overlapping at its sides, but it has a large round and bulging belly.
This guy looks like a combination of a toad and a flathead shark. Feng Miaojun had never seen this kind of monster in her two lives, and she couldn't help but change color: "What kind of monster is this!" In fact, she suddenly noticed that the monster's four legs seemed to be "growing" on the ground, completely blending with the stone, so it couldn't move forward a bit.
If you stand within the red line, you are very safe.
The little girl didn't scream, and Cao Dehuan was already surprised by her composure: "This is not a monster, but a monster." It's called 'Bloat,' right?"
"Monster?" was a new term for her. Cao Dehuan turned around and said loudly to the monster: "This little girl will go into Yanhailou to read books recently, you recognize her face, don't eat her casually." ”
The monster's eyes looked at her in unison. Feng Miaojun found that it had a deep and long scar on the left side of its face, so it was actually blind in its left eye. She couldn't help but wonder, "What's going on with its eyes?"
"It was attacked when it was a child, and it was dying, but it was selected by Emperor Haoli for treatment and survived. Cao Dehuan uncovered the tightly covered cotton cloth on the basket, took out a large piece of mutton from it and threw it over.
The mutton is the size of her two palms, and it is golden and slightly charred, and it is fragrant. Feng Miaojun smelled it, and always felt that there were some secret ingredients added to the mutton.
The monster was obviously excited, too, and swallowed the meat with one mouth. Its mouth actually grows on its forehead, and it is usually so closed that it can't even see the slits, and I think its usual method of subduing is probably to hide it, and when the prey reaches its forehead, it opens its mouth and lets it fall into a huge mouth full of fangs.
The little eunuch sighed while feeding, "This thing has a very bad mouth, and it only eats six-month-old young sheep." Don't eat for more than a month, don't eat for your head, legs, and tail. Hey, it doesn't eat, it's my turn to take it back for drinking. ”
Feng Miaojun said curiously: "How old is it?" The monster that Emperor Haoli personally raised has lived until now, how old is it......
"'Swell' grows two eyes every 200 years old. ”
This guy has ten eyes, and that's—"a thousand years old!" she snapped. This thing has the same longevity as the turtle.
He fed twelve pieces in a row before he slapped the monster: "Are you satisfied? It's time to work." ”
Feng Miaojun looked at his basket, wondering how there was so much meat hidden in it.
"Expansion" gasped loudly at the sound, as if all the air in his body had been squeezed out again, and his huge body had once again turned into a shriveled carpet clinging to the ground.
Eventually, it opens its mouth wide open and does not move.
Feng Miaojun didn't know why, and pointed to the grotto: "I'm going to walk around it?" Legend has it that many treasures will have gatekeepers, and this one is probably the same, right?
"No, there's nothing over there. Cao Dehuan smiled narrowly, he liked this moment the most, "Welcome to Yanhai Tower." ”
"Wait, wait!" Feng Miaojun's face turned pale and shook his head again and again, "Shouldn't you tell me that Yanhailou is in its mouth!"
"It's not. Feng Miaojun's expression was relieved, but he heard Cao Dehuan continue, "In its belly." ”
“......”
The little eunuch was solemn and urged her: "From the time the 'swelling' mouth is straightened, the Yanhai Building will be open for five hours at most, and if you don't go in, it will also be timed." ”
"How am I going to get out then?"
"It's going to kick you out. 'Expansion' made a contract with the previous king, and he could not indiscriminately devour those who had the right to enter the Yanhai Tower. Cao Dehuan's patience ran out, "Can't you get in?"
It takes too much courage to send yourself into a big mouth that eats people. Feng Miaojun muttered countless times in his heart, "If you don't go crazy, you won't survive", and took two deep breaths, then she stepped forward, closed her eyes, and jumped in.
The monster's mouth snapped shut, and it became an empty flat again.
Cao Dehuan yawned and walked back, deciding to sleep again.
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After a brief period of darkness, the vision changed dramatically.
No longer in the fishy throat of the monster, she found herself in a wonderful place, where she did not know how high the sky was, because the sky was gray and could not be far or near, and how thick the ground was, because the gray and white ground had no cracks, stretching from under her feet to the distance.
--- Military Intelligence Express Line---
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