Chapter 102: The Ancient Tree

"Let's go, Nika, Bamble, come in with me to investigate." Zhou Yu picked up the quiver from the ground and touched the cat's waist forward.

"Great, great, the sun has set. Now in the forest, if there is an ambush, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with. Borada grabbed him.

"It doesn't matter, the night is just the right time to cover up. If they enter the forest during the day, they are more like fat on a cutting board, and now they are blind and we are blind. Zhou Yu patted Borada's arm.

"Then, I'll go with you." As he spoke, the lame Bolada picked up a spear from the ground and looked at Zhou Yu expectantly. Smang, who had just finished dinner, also came over and pointed to the dense forest with his finger, apparently not wanting to stay in the camp.

"Okay, then you two are in the middle. I opened the way, and Bamble broke off. Remember, if you are in danger, follow my command, let you evacuate, and let me run. Who is slow to deal with military justice, I made it clear or not? ”

"Got it!"

A group of five people walked into the depths of the dense forest by squirming through the night. Saurasia has a temperate climate, with little difference between day and night. But as soon as he entered the dense forest, Zhou Yu had an ominous premonition, his hand touched the trunks of the giant trees were cold and piercing, and the moss on the stones was even frozen ballast, and it was ten degrees lower than outside.

Visibility in the forest was extremely low, and with the obscuration of tree trunks and weeds, a few people could only see five or six meters away. The deeper they went, the thicker and taller the weeds became, and they even had to be chopped with swords to make a way out.

"Hmmm! Whoa! "The sound of some kind of animal coming from the front, it should be quite large. Zhou Yu made a careful gesture to the person behind him, holding the sword of atonement in his hand, pointing the tip of the sword forward, stepping on one step and then following with the other foot. At this time, you must not be careless, otherwise it is very likely to fall into the way of others.

As I walked, there were some subtle lights in front of me, fluttering and flickering, bright and dark, and the stars were like fireflies on the grassland. Slightly closer, even an even wheezing sound was heard.

"Look, my lord, it's our scout." After splitting the dense grass, Bamble pasted it up from behind, pointing to the two soldiers hanging from the tree in front of him. The two scouts were supposed to be alive, and the sound of breathing was coming from their mouths. But at this time, his eyes were closed, as if he had lost consciousness.

Zhou Yu followed Bamble's fingers and saw that the two of them were tied up by the vines hanging down from the tree and hung in the air. The bright light of the stars was indeed a kind of worm, and it flew in groups the size of rice grains, illuminating the surrounding green and faint.

"Let them down!" Zhou Yu whispered to Bamble. This boy monkey generally climbed up from the trunk of the giant tree, climbed to the branch in three or five strokes, stood upside down with his two legs, pulled out the dagger and cut the vine hard.

While Bambul was engrossed in rescuing the scouts, two vines as thick as a baby's arms hung down from the canopy of the tree that covered the sky and the sun above, like two giant pythons, silently approaching Bambul's back.

Unable to speak, Sman's eyesight was unusually good, and he was the first to spot the two serpentine vines, whining upwards, and then waving them vigorously at Bambur with his hands crossed. Seeing that the mute was abnormal, Zhou Yu and Nika also squinted in the direction he was pointing, and they were startled.

"Smallβ€”" Before the word "heart" could be spoken, two vines snapped together, shooting out randomly like lightning. One strangled Bumble's neck with lightning speed, and the other came out from his right armpit to his left shoulder, and the loach wrapped around him several times, locking Bumble's hands tightly, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

His throat was choked, and the kid couldn't breathe for a while, let alone call for help. Without weapons in his hands, he was unable to fight back, and Bamble hung there in a posture of being slaughtered, kicking and kicking his feet in the air. But because of the lack of oxygen, the range of action is getting smaller and smaller.

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhou Yu glanced at Nika, and the two of them pulled the bowstring at the same time, and an arrow swished out. Most of the Governor was not good at archery, and his ear that grazed Bambur flew by, so frightened that the boy closed his eyes. Bolada looked at the Metropolitan in surprise, do you want to kill him or save him? Zhou Yu also knew that he was a little unhelpful, so he shrugged his shoulders and bowed back.

Nika was a good walker, and she shot the arrow with an unbiased snap, hitting the vine that strangled Bambur's neck. The people under the tree cheered in their hearts, thinking that this kid was saved. The vine did not break off after being struck by the arrow, but trembled as if it had been stabbed by a human hand, let go of Bamble's neck, turned the vine and snapped the arrow, and danced down twice with teeth and claws, and then retracted into the canopy.

This tree is too evil, isn't it, how can it be like a living thing? Not only can vines be used to attack passing people and animals, but they can even save themselves and retreat after being in distress. Is this a living tree? Zhou Yu muttered in his heart, and suddenly thought of the five things painted by the dumb man.

"Sman, is that betrayal lie you drew a lesson tree?" He pulled the mute to his side and asked him with concern. Smoken nodded firmly.

"Is that so?" Zhou Yu pointed at Bamble with the long sword in his hand, at this time, the confinement on the kid's neck was gone, he could breathe smoothly, and he was panting heavily, but the armpit had not been removed, and the whole person was still held in the air. Nika circled under the tree, with arrows in her hands looking for the way the vine was coming from, and the second arrow was seven inches long, and too far forward could injure Bamble.

Flame looked at the ancient tree, lowered his head and shook it gently, with an uncertain expression.

With a whoosh, Nika shot the second vine, which shrank back in pain, and Bamble suddenly lost the strength to lift himself and fell straight to the ground. With a thud, the weeds under the tree were knocked down. Fortunately, there are these cattails buffered, otherwise even if he doesn't die, it will be enough for this kid to drink a pot.

The giant tree was shot with two arrows, and he was really angry. While the four of them were going to pull Bamble, hundreds of vines hung down densely on the huge canopy at the same time, like countless octopuses stretching out their claws at the same time and grabbing at several people. The Metropolitan Governor heard a crackling sound in his head, and when he looked up, he screamed. Where is this vine, it is simply a plague of pythons, countless and dense fears!

What to do, entangled in these vines, as long as they are gently torn in all directions, several people will be torn to pieces. Between the lightning and flint, Zhou Yu suddenly thought of a big exclamation mark at this location on the map, marked with three words: Pachuya!

"Pa-Chu-Ya-" At this time, I can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and there is no good way. Zhou Yu closed his eyes, kicked his legs, and gathered all his strength to shout these three words towards the top of his head.

The vines that had already pounced in front of several people froze, as if the mad dogs that rushed out were suddenly caught by a dog chain, and the most recent ones even stuck to the tip of Zhou Yu's nose, Nika's eyelashes, and Bamble's crotch. Zhou Yu looked carefully at the inch of vines in front of him, they were actually hollow, and the terminal was like a big mouth with no other facial features, and when he opened it, he could even see the dense teeth inside and some kind of liquid flowing down, which might be saliva.

"Pachuya!" Zhou Yu was afraid that Gu Shu didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it very clearly. The living vines that had been fixed shrank back and disappeared in less than ten seconds, and the entire ground and air were back to normal.

Several people raised their heads and searched left and right, but there was nothing, as if they had hallucinated just now. The oops, as Barmle was lying on the ground, rubbed his buttocks, reminding you that it was not a hallucination.

"What do you mean by Pachuya?" Nika was still holding a bow and arrow in her hand and aimed it at the top of her head, frowning and asking Zhou Yu.

"I don't know, just shouting scares them away. Hush! Don't show your stuffing when you're quiet. Zhou Yu stretched out his index finger and gestured on her cherry mouth, since this ancient tree is alive and can understand words, you must be careful when talking to each other, otherwise let it know that it is actually the three words shouted by a blind cat when it encounters a dead mouse, and it will not swallow a few lives alive.

"Look, look!" Bolada, who was close to the trunk of the tree, beckoned several people to come closer. Zhou Yu took a closer look, and the trunk of the tree, which was ten meters in diameter, had cracked a gap that could only accommodate one person to pass sideways, and it was black inside, but a trace of fluorescence seeped out.

"Did you have this just now?" Zhou Yu asked a few people suspiciously.

"Didn't pay attention!"

"It doesn't seem like so! It seems to have appeared after the vines were removed! ”

"I'll go in, you'll wait for me outside!" Zhou Yu pulled away Bolada who blocked the gap.

"Beware of deception!" Nika raised her eyebrows, this place is too evil, and her worries are not unreasonable. If the door to life is closed after walking in, there may be no chance of escaping in this life.

"Worried about me?" Zhou Yu asked her with a grin, completely ignoring the feelings of the two marriage-aged men and an ED patient next to him.

"Don't be poor, when is it? If you want to come in, I'll go in with you! ”

"Okay, then let's be a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate!"

"What kind of mess, you can't get in?" On the contrary, it was the girl's turn to be anxious.

The two of them tightened their sleeves and clothes, put down their quivers, drew daggers, and slipped through the cracks in the trees. The space here is so small that the bow and arrow can't be used. If you are in distress, it is really good to use some short weapons. However, looking at the thunderous scene just now, if the ancient tree was powerful, it might not give them any chance. The Governor thought too much.

As soon as the two entered, the crack in the tree slowly closed under the stunned gaze of the three of them, and the bark was so tight that not even a needle could be inserted.

"Your Excellency!" Bolada struggled to hold the bark with his hands.

"Lord Deputy Commander!" Bambur drew his dagger and stabbed it at the trunk of the tree, the tip of which stopped before it was half an inch, and the end was extremely hard.

The mute also stood there whining and dancing. What happened, could it be that the Governor and Nika were "eaten" by the tree?

Nika and Zhou Yu, who entered the trunk of the tree, found that the inside was much brighter than the outside, all because of the insects that glowed green. The inside of the trunk was completely empty, and a dozen vines hung down from above, most of them half a meter high from the ground. Other than that, it's empty.

"Do you want to climb up?" Zhou Yu glanced up, but he couldn't see his head at all. If you climb it with a rope alone, I am afraid that I will lose my strength and fall to my death.

Nika held out her hand to stop him from continuing, and she looked around the dozen vines twice, carefully scribbling something on the palm of the other with the fingers of one hand.

"What? Isn't that an angle? What's the matter, you brought a catapult chair? "The characteristic of the Grand Governor is that he can laugh no matter how dangerous the moment.

"Remember Gubaka?" Nika said lightly.

What is Gubacca, what is Gubacca? The Grand Governor closed his eyes and searched in his mind. Oh, by the way, it's that weird trap formation outside the wheel of fate. Could it be that the vines here are also used in the Guba Ka formation? Zhou Yu showed an expression of disbelief.

"You remember. Yes, this is also a dobaka! Nika walked under a vine, looked up at it, and reached out to tug hard. The vine snapped from the top with a click, and the ten-meter-long vine stalk fell to the ground with a bang, startling Zhou Yu into a cold sweat. Good guy, it's good that I came in with this Nizi, otherwise I would have climbed up one by one, and wouldn't have fallen halfway?

"Come on, this one!" Nika came over a vine and handed the tip to Zhou Yu. He grabbed the other one and wrapped it around his waist twice. The Metropolitan Governor learned to wrap around the waist-turning dragon with her, and he wanted to reach out and pull it to see if it was reliable, but what almost scared him to death was that the vine immediately contracted as soon as it was forced, and the Metropolitan Governor, who was pulling his hands and feet in the air, also bounced upward.

it, what about the four horses? Elevators, elevators in ancient times? He looked down to see that Nika was also in another "elevator" and was chasing after her. This thing is too evil, if you don't die in this catastrophe, you must buy yourself personal accident insurance when you go back, pick the most expensive one, and buy ten copies!

After about ten seconds, the upward force of the vine gradually decreased, and Zhou Yu felt that he gradually slowed down, until he stopped motionless, and the dense branches on his head crossed together, and he untied the vine and climbed the branches upward. The bus arrived, and it seemed that the rest of the way could only be left on the legs. He pulled Nika behind him, making sure she was always behind him, climbing up with her hands and feet.

After climbing a few steps, Zhou Yu, who leaned out, found that his feet were solid. It turned out to be a simple floor made of crisscrossed tree branches, and it was very sturdy. He looked around, and this should be the highest point of the ancient tree, a small tree house. The house was empty, with no people or animal shadows.

"Pachuya was you called?" A voice came coldly from the front.

"Who? Where is it? The Governor took out the dagger from his bosom and measured it nervously. Nika also leaned silently behind him, and the two of them assumed a watcha back fighting pose.

"I asked you if Pachuya was called by you!" The voice was even colder.

"So what?" The Metropolitan Governor thought to himself that this person should have no intention of killing himself, otherwise he would have done it just now, or now he could kill the killer in the dark, since there is a way to live.

"Well, that's it. I haven't been here for hundreds of years, and I'm really lucky! The voice was getting closer and closer, and Zhou Yu felt that it was coming from in front of him, but there was nothing! Why is it so evil?

"Here, below!" Zhou Yu followed the sound, and it turned out that in front of his feet, an animal the size of a rabbit was sitting there, looking up at the two.

What, a rabbit or a raccoon? Zhou Yu's face was squeezed into a bitter melon, and he scratched his scalp in disbelief, looking at the strange creature carefully. It is about forty centimeters long, with short legs, short tail, and brown fur, which does look like a rabbit. But looking at its head made Zhou Yu negate his own judgment, the facial features on the animal's head were very prominent, the huge two ears were fanning, the eyes were dripping, and the most surprising thing was that it had a nose that was almost as long as its own body.

Isn't this an elephant's head? A rabbit with an elephant's head?