Chapter 109: The Great Split (2)
These mysterious people dressed in black, each carrying a secret box full of thorn metal, these people have a big thorn on their backs, they should be Chu Jingxiang's personal guards, and their ability to control thorn metal is not trivial, I don't know how much thorn metal can be contained in these secret boxes, whether they can fight against magma?
You Youle felt that the attention of entering the basin had a certain feasibility, and did not say much, and continued to follow the expedition, and after walking to the end of the rift valley market, he saw irritating smoke that had been steaming not far away, and a corrosive gas mixed with hot wind rushed in, and then to the valley mouth in the other direction, which led to the basin.
The temperature in the canyon rose rapidly, the expedition team came to the entrance of the basin, adjusted the queue into the basin, the low-lying terrain in the basin was indeed much cooler than the outside, this basin is not very large, and there is indeed no other exit, but there are many strange creatures in the basin, these creatures are like snails, but their size is very large, the smallest is the size of a rhinoceros, and except for the shell, their bodies are the same as magma, they are red.
Seeing that the magma gradually poured into the basin, everyone fled to the depths of the basin, and came to the place where the snails lived, and the empress asked, "What are these?" Does anyone know? ”
Everyone shook their heads, only Youyoule, he had seen this creature in the Dilu Black Market, but it was a small one, the kind that came in a transparent jar, and inadvertently Youyoule saw the label on the jar, called Lava Snail.
"This could be lava snails, I guess they live by devouring lava and resting here after they've eaten their fill. ”
The lava poured in faster than expected, the basin was originally a low-lying area, as the lava flow swallowed the land in the basin, the poisonous insects and beasts in the cracks under the rocks all crawled out, the place in the basin is getting smaller and smaller, looking at the current flow of lava, this basin will be completely submerged.
When the lava poured in, the lava snails had already woken up, and they actually crawled into the magma one after another, and the lava snails came into contact with the magma, and their soft bodies merged with the magma.
"These lava snails can walk in magma, and if we climb on their backs, we should be able to pass through the Great Rift without any problems," Youyu said. ”
The hard shell of a lava snail is somewhat similar to that of a conch, but the shell of a lava snail is more exaggerated than the shell of a conch, because the lava snail feeds on magma, and its shell is extracted from the minerals in the magma.
The empress ordered everyone to ride a lava snail and leave here, the empress and Youyoule stepped on a huge lava snail, this lava snail should be the leader of the snail herd, it was full of physical strength, felt that someone was crawling on it, stretched out its head to test its back, Chu Jingxiang sat in front of Youyoule, saw the lava snail stretching out its crimson tentacles, patted the shell of the lava snail, and said, "Go!" ”
The lava snail seemed to understand human words, lowered its head and silently crawled forward, the magma gradually flooded the entire basin, the body of the lava snail submerged into the shallow magma, and its movement on the ground became smoother, and you could feel it coming to the magma flow, like a fish in the water.
Youyoule hugged Chu Jingxiang in his arms and said, "If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really hard to imagine that there are creatures that can live in magma!" ”
Chu Jingxiang said: "Yes, if there are no lava snails, it is difficult to say whether we can get out of here." ”
Youyou said: "Next time, you must not be so reckless, otherwise we will all die in magma here!" ”
Chu Jingxiang said: "You can rest assured, even if the people of the expedition team are dead, I will not let you have anything to do." ”
Youyou said: "It's not good to say that, you see the basin in front of you, and there are magma flows everywhere in the canyon, how should we go?" ”
Chu Jingxiang touched the lava snail and said, "I want to move on, but I have to listen to this group of snails where to go." ”
The lava snail seems to have sense, out of the mouth of the basin and continues to crawl forward, this lava snail is the leader of the other snails, the leader is in front, and the other snails will naturally follow.
Swimming upstream, the magma became thicker and thicker, and the body of the lava snail shook violently, and there were several abrupt stone pillars on the back of the lava snail. ”
The lava snail continued to move forward, the mountain walls on both sides began to fall, the broken soil and stones began to peel off, and after walking forward, some of the magma in front of it had cooled, forming a layer of black and thick molten substance, but this layer of cooled magma skin was very soft, and people still couldn't walk on it, but it was rich in volcanic debris and various melted mineral crystals, which was delicious for the lava snail.
The canyon in front is not very deep, and the road in the canyon is also very open, the lava snail intends to feed nearby, and the speed of movement has slowed down, and after waiting for a while, seeing that the lava snail still does not plan to continue to move forward, Chu Jingxiang is a little anxious, but it is not easy to shoot it.
Youyule understood the feeding habits of the lava snail and said, "Don't rush it, the lava around here has just cooled down, and the magma layer that cooled before it has become thick and hard, and they can't get out of their mouths." ”
Chu Jingxiang said anxiously: "Do you have to wait for them to finish eating?" ”
Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a strong shaking of the earth, the valley peaks on the left and right collapsed, the magma poured back, the fire juice splashed, and the magma snail was also frightened, and hurriedly retracted its body into the hard shell.
Chu Jingxiang kicked the lava snail twice and shouted, "You thing is too unspiritual, get up and take us to a safe place!" ”
You Youle knew that the snail was timid by nature, and now it was not enough to count on it, there was a collapsed cliff beside him, and the distance was not very far, You Youle jumped over and said, "Chu Jingxiang, come with me!" ”
Chu Jingxiang was also a little dependent on Youyoule at this time, and when she saw him leaving, she immediately jumped off the snail, and the two stood on the fallen cliff and looked at the others, their lava snail was far away from the cliff on this side, and they couldn't jump at all, so they could only wait on the back of the snail.
You Youle looked forward, the cliffs are connected, this cliff collapsed, there is a piece standing in front of it, as long as you climb that piece higher, you should be able to leave along the road to the top of the valley.
was looking up, suddenly two people flew over the cliff, the two people crossed the mountain gap, all the way forward, although this glance did not see clearly, but I knew in my heart that the two people designated it was Nie Xiaosheng and Tangwu, I didn't expect the two of them to be in the canyon next door, and they should also ride a lava snail over, until the earthquake just now did they leave the lava snail and walk up the mountain to escape.