"Did you know that there's something called 'pitcher plant'?" I asked her.

"Nepenthes?"

"Well, it's a grass that preys on insects. The lower part of the grass is a sac, elongated, slightly bulging underneath......" I said, gesturing with my hand in the air to show the girl, "yes, like TT!" I shouted.

After listening to this, the girl gave me a fierce look.

"Anyway, that's about it, you know......"

"I know what it looks like, so let's get to the point."

"Nepenthes specializes in insects, also known as 'cordyceps'. It uses a sweet nectar secreted by itself to lure voracious insects into its sacs, such as flies...... Once inside, the flies will be covered with honey, and the walls of the sac will be smooth, and the flies will no longer be able to climb out. Some pitcher plants even contain a large amount of psychedelic agents in their honey, and insects will faint immediately after ingesting them. The pitcher plant then secretes an acidic liquid that slowly corrodes the flies and digests them to provide them with nutrients. ”

"Wait," the girl looked at me with a grim face, "you mean ......?" ”

"That's right, we fell into an oversized pitcher plant." I patted her on the shoulder, "We're the flies." ”

As I spoke, I pointed to the darkness, "Look, that big patch of slime is the nectar secreted by the pitcher plant." And the reason why you are delirious is also because of the influence of the psychedelic agent in the honey. The big rat just now must be the same prey as us, this grass. It's just that it has only fallen off for a short time, and it hasn't been digested yet. I've even found the carcasses of other beasts in the slime, but only the skeletons remain. If I'm right, we'll be here for a long time, and we'll probably be like that. ”

"Help-help--" Before I finished speaking, I saw the girl suddenly get up, use a megaphone with both hands, and shout at the entrance of the cave, "Lao Meng-Dadong-Rong's family-come and save us-"

I'm grass, I'm shocked! The heart said that this is the long-lost dolphin sound on the rivers and lakes!

My eardrums were about to be pierced, so I hurriedly covered my ears and ran for my life.

"Hear no--someone--help--strong. Adultery-indecent acts--hooligans-"

"I'm grass, don't shout!" I said angrily.

"Old Meng-actually--I didn't tell you something-" the girl howled somewhere, "your son-actually--not you-"

Phew!

Suddenly, a vine fell from the sky.

I was stunned when I saw it, and my heart said Damn, this can be okay?

I hurriedly pounced on it and looked up, only to see a figure dangling at the entrance of the cave, waving at us. Then, I looked at the girl with great admiration.

"By the way, what did you just say happened to Lao Meng's son?" I asked, with a twinkle in my eyes.

"It's your business."

The girl glared at me, grabbed the vine with both hands, jumped up gently, and slowly climbed up the cave wall.

I followed her example.

Because of the injuries on my shoulders and arms, I had to climb very hard, and the walls of the cave were slippery, and I almost slipped several times.

Using the last bit of instinct, I finally managed to climb to the entrance of the cave. The moment they dragged me out and I fell to the ground, I almost fainted.

My eyes were white, everything seemed to be spinning, my arms were unconscious, I was panting and couldn't move.

"He's hurt, you guys show him...... Jing Baiyang! Jing Baiyang! The girl's voice rang in my ears. Then I felt someone carry me on my back. After that, I didn't know anything......

When I woke up, I found myself lying on Dadong's back. And Xiao Rong is carrying a mole man on his back.

It was already dark, and the group was on their way at night. In a daze, I saw that all around me seemed to be a dense forest, with towering branches and no end in sight. I don't know which direction we're going or where we're at.

"Let me go." I said to Dadong.

"Yo, the young master is awake!" Dadong snorted, "I said, you kid is really good, you sleep for most of the day." ”

"I'm sorry," I rubbed my eyes, "you let me down, I can go." ”

"Come on, look at your little pale face, you can lie down for a while." Dadong glanced at me with his spare eyes and said.

"Where have we been?" I asked.

"It's out of town."

"Really?!" I shouted excitedly, almost falling off Dadong's back.

"Don't be happy, although we are out of Xuanyuan City, our current situation is more dangerous."

When he said this, I suddenly became nervous and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Dadong began to speak. He said that after they had bandaged my wounds at the camp, they decided to leave immediately, so they packed up and carried me and the man on their backs. I walked all the way from the road pointed out by the girl, and after a long time, I came to a street and alley. The alleys were lined with ordinary buildings, and nothing out of the ordinary happened. They continued down the alley, and after walking for a long time, they came across the city walls. They were overjoyed, and thought they could go out, but when they ran to the city wall, they found that it was a dead end, and there was no way on either side.

Dadong said that he was depressed at the time, thinking that if he turned back again, he didn't know how long it would be delayed. was discussing countermeasures, and at this time, Xiao Rong suddenly saw a big tree seven or eight stories high at the foot of the city wall. The big thick roots were coiled on the ground, and there seemed to be something hidden in the inside of the roots, but the roots wrapped the thing so tightly that they didn't know what was inside. So Dadong asked Xiao Rong to use an "iron fist" and smashed the thick roots of the telephone pole with one punch.

Dadong said as he shook his head and sighed at how powerful Xiao Rong's fist was. I said you don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk about what's next.

He said that after the roots of the tree were broken, they saw a secret door in the ground. When the secret door is opened, there is a large bottomless hole underneath, and along with the door and the deep hole is a flight of stairs. Although they were a little hesitant, in the end, Dadong and they still went down the stairs.

The cave was pitch black, shining with a flashlight, and it was as spacious as a football field, so deep that you couldn't see your head. After walking a few steps, they suddenly heard a strange sound, and when they looked up, the roots of the big tree at the secret door above their heads were actually alive, and the rattan and roots were like giant pythons.

Dadong said that they were frightened at the time, and they didn't expect the tree to move. They felt that things were not going well, and wanted Xiao Rong to break the roots of the tree and turn them back, but suddenly they heard the sound of Suo Suo outside.

Xiao Rong immediately told them not to move, saying that the voice was a large group of flying snake cubs!

"I'm grass!" I couldn't help but curse.

At that point, Dadong said, they had no choice but to continue walking through the cave. But fortunately, the girl said that the direction was right. After walking for so long, they should have been out of town by now.

"Wait!" Hearing this, I exclaimed, "You mean, we're walking in a hole in the ground now?" I was taken aback and hurriedly asked Dadong to put me down.

I was dazed before, and I didn't take it seriously, I always thought that it was getting dark, and the surroundings would be so dark. Now that Dadong said this, I immediately realized that something was wrong, so I hurriedly took the flashlight from Dadong's hand and shone it around...... I immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

I saw that what was in front of me was indeed a huge hole in the ground. The dome is semicircular, the walls are all made of adobe, about the width of a football field, and the depth is unfathomable, so there is absolutely no problem holding a National Day parade in it.

Countless stout roots run through the cave from the top and extend deeper into the ground. The innumerable fibrous roots of the plant, like branches, grow freely in the hole.

There is neither groundwater nor any stone pillars to support it, and it is hard to believe that such a structure can be maintained for many years without collapsing, but how did the ancients do it?

But it was useless to think about it now, so I sweated and said, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as we can get out of the city, it's a good thing, it means that we are getting closer and closer to our destination." ”

Who knew that Dadong sneered, shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily, I have an impression of this place, I've been here before, I tell you, the things behind it are terrifying, a hundred times more terrifying than those in the city!" I don't know if I will have the life to go back in the end. ”

As soon as I heard it, I was not happy, and my heart said why is this guy so unpleasant! When he said that, did he want me to kill myself by drinking a bomb on the spot or something? I gave a "tsk", ignored him, and looked around again. Seeing the girl and Xiaorong who were gradually moving away, I suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, what about that 'who'?"

I looked back and forth, and saw that there was no short man.

"You mean that idiot?" Dadong said, shaking his head, "You still dare to say that he was killed by you at that time, don't you know?" ”

"Huh?!"

When I heard this, I was immediately frightened. Dadong pointed at me and laughed.

"Fool you, silly boy. He ran. ”

"Ran away?"

"Well, we were busy trying to find a way to save you and Xiao Jiu, and when we rescued you, we found that he was gone. I don't know when I ran away. I looked around the area, but I didn't see anyone. ”

"That's ......"

I sighed, thinking that I could only help him so much, and that I should be at ease.