Chapter 31: Underground

There was a loud bang, and a huge hole opened in the ground, and everything was now toppling with the loud bang.

I fell from the second floor in an instant, and I didn't know where I fell, and there was a roar in my head, but I instinctively pulled the rope in my hand.

The whole palace was like a collapsed building block, and the broken stones kept falling down. I felt that I was going to die here today, and I subconsciously held my head and bowed my body, not wanting to die too ugly. However, at this moment, a huge force suddenly came from the rope in my hand and pulled my body down.

My body slid and I felt like I was rolling into something, and immediately I felt like I was in free fall. I hurriedly opened my eyes and saw that I had fallen into the huge gap in the ground.

At the other end of the rope, Dadong's body was also falling, and the flashlight in his hand kept shaking. My heart is finished, and this time I fell to the core of the earth. I was terrified, gasping for breath, and kept pulling at the sides with my hands, but I couldn't grasp anything. At this moment, my body was padded and fell heavily on something, so that the bones of my whole body were crispy.

Then the body began to fall again, and then fell on something. Now I learned to be smart, and as soon as I grabbed it with my hand, I grabbed the thing, and stabilized my body and didn't fall again.

I hung on it and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to myself, what the hell is this? Why is it so rough to the touch, and it is round, it seems to be a mallet?

I endured the severe pain, knowing that now was not the time to stop and rest, so I turned on the flashlight and saw that what I was holding in my hand seemed to be a part of a plant...... The roots of the tree, to be exact?

Can the roots of this plant grow so deep? But think about it again, in this ancient city of Xuanyuan, are there still few strange things? So it's not uncommon.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and thanks to the appearance of this plant, I was able to save myself from falling to pieces. But then he felt that something was not right, so he hurriedly used a flashlight to shine forward, backward, left and right.

I was dumbfounded.

I saw that in this huge crack in the ground, the roots of this plant were overgrown, some as thick as thighs, and some as silk threads. Criss-crossed, sticking like steel needles into the earth, reaching infinitely deep underground.

What's even more terrifying is that these roots still move! Some of the roots are slowly stretching along the soil, while others are slowly retracting into the soil. They wriggle in the dirt like earthworms, as if they all have life!

I suddenly remembered what Daito had said to me in the bushes - these trees are full of spirit!

I felt that the rope in my hand no longer felt like it was falling, and I knew in my heart that Dadong should have found a place to stay.

I looked around, the circle of the flashlight flickered in the darkness, and not far away, I saw the girl crawling on a thicker tree root. She seemed to faint and hung there motionless.

I was a little worried about her, and I looked around, and not far away I saw several roots that could be settled, so I took a big stride, and then used my hands and feet together, and crawled towards the girl.

"Wake up...... Wake up! I slapped her the door of the head, and she slowly woke up. At first, his eyes were glazed, but it took a long time to come back to his senses.

"Where is this?" The girl looked around.

I replied that we had to find a way to climb up after we fell underground, but there was a big snake waiting for us, and maybe even the exit had collapsed, so it was a headache to climb or not.

The girl asked about the leech man again. I pointed down, and when the girl looked through the light, she saw that they were trying to climb up, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, I suddenly thought of Xiao Rong, and said that kid won't let the stone crush to death, right? I was worried, and suddenly a terrifying touch came from the palm of my hand.

I felt as if the roots of the tree I were holding in my hands were trembling slightly. The sand and gravel began to fall from the sky, and I hurriedly blocked it with my hand, and then shone it high with a flashlight.

The nightmare came true!

Under the light, the human-faced snake squeezed its huge body into the crack in the ground, spitting out a long letter and crawling towards us.

I'm going to him! Can you still make people take a breather? I shook the girl's head and urged, "Quick...... Hurry up and flash, that thing is here again! ”

The girl snorted in annoyance, stretched out her hands, and grabbed the roots of a big tree not far away like performing gymnastics. With her hands in her hands, she shrank and climbed up, and then with one foot, she shuttled between the roots of the tree like a stilt.

"Xiaoyangzi, don't be stunned, climb quickly! The farther away you go, the better! ”

Of course I know how to hide, but I'm obviously not as nimble as a girl. If you can keep not falling from a high place, and you can keep walking forward, you are already Amitabha.

Unlike in the stone chamber, the human-faced snake climbed the wall with surprisingly fast movements. When I looked closely, I saw that the snake's belly had many long, slender claws like birds.

These claws gripped the wall like iron nails, driving the snake's body to crawl forward, like a fat centipede walking on the wall.

I don't know from which angle the human-faced snake will attack, so I can only watch its movements and choose its route. At this time, Dadong also climbed up from the bottom of the gap, he was carrying the mole man on his back, although his physical strength was good, he was now exhausted and panting, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and the tip of his nose.

I found that the girl led the way in front, and there was no discipline at all, she simply chose the easy way to go. If this continues, we will drift further and further away from the original position when we fell, not to mention that this is an underground crack after all, and if we go further, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no dead end.

I was about to shout at the girl, when Dadong in front of me suddenly turned around and pushed me down from the root. My body was crooked, and I fell directly into the darkness, and I fell less than four or five meters, when I saw the claws of the big snake slap on the position I was standing on. Suddenly the dust was splashed, and my eyes were mesmerized.

I immediately understood that Dadong was saving me. But I had fallen dozens of meters deep by this time, and my body kept hitting the roots, and I desperately tried to grab one, but I repeatedly let go, and the rough roots cut my palms into a bloody blur. In the end, I grabbed one desperately and swung it from side to side a few times before I steadied.

I rubbed my eyes and looked up to see that they were on top of them, and they were already the size of broad beans.

The serpent chased them frantically, and the speed of the climb was terrifying. Dadong kept turning around and slashing with a Miao knife, but it could only save a momentary emergency. I had no choice but to keep going. I didn't climb for long, and at this moment, I suddenly felt something in front of me. Hurriedly shining a flashlight, I saw a black military cloth bag tied to the root of a tree half a meter away.

I was taken aback, and saw that the military cloth bag looked rather old, covered with sand, and when I reached out and grabbed it, it almost shattered into pieces.

This shouldn't be Dadong's thing, because in my impression, Dadong and the leech man didn't fall into this position just now, so it's not a girl's......

I don't understand, how could a cloth bag, apparently for human use, end up here?

The touch on my hand told me there seemed to be something in the bag. Before my mind could make a decision, my hand had already opened the cloth bag and rummaged through it.

I saw a plastic bag in the bag, and a piece of paper was wrapped in the bag. I was so curious that I opened the plastic bag and looked at it, but before I could figure out anything, I suddenly heard the voice of Dadong roaring.

"Damn, you still have time to play! Run! ”

When I looked up, I saw the serpent rushing towards me with its mouth wide open. I gasped, stuffed the bag into my pocket, and crawled to the side as hard as I could.

The serpent chased me all the way, and as I ran for my life, I kept pulling the sand down to obscure the snake's eyes.

I felt like I had been beaten with blood, and I didn't know where I got the strength, so I frantically ran through the cracks in the ground, constantly climbing and jumping. I was going around and around in a big circle, and I was about to shake off the serpent, when I was just lifting my foot when I suddenly felt something grab me by the ankle and pull me down.

I looked down, and saw the serpent stretching out a red letter around my ankle, dragging me hard into its big mouth.

His grandmother's, how can he still do this trick?! I cursed in my heart, holding on to the roots of the tree and not letting go. The strength of the snake hyacinth was so great that for a moment, I felt like I was about to be dragged into two knots, but I still said in my heart, I must not let go, I must not let go...... But the house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this moment, the roots of the tree that I had grabbed suddenly shrank into the soil, and my hand slipped, and my body was instantly rolled up by the letter of the big snake.

The serpent was about to swallow me with its mouth wide open, and I struggled to push its letter with my other foot, and it seemed to feel the pain, and with a wave of its tongue, it slammed my whole body against the wall.

At that bump, I only felt dizzy, and before my body could feel the pain, it was another bump......

The serpent seemed intent on killing me first and then feasting on me. I was powerless to struggle, my brain hadn't figured out what was going on, my chest suddenly hurt, and I wanted to cough, but I didn't hold it, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the blood continued to drip down the corners of my mouth.

I heard the leper man shouting, "It's a waste, it's a waste......"