Chapter Seventy-One, Beyond the Giant Vine
Qi Xue's eyes suddenly reddened, and even her breathing was a little short, staring at me in disbelief: "We have done so much for you, and even saved your life several times, and you repay us like this?" ”
I burst out laughing and said, "That's enough! If it weren't for you, how would I have ended up in this field? If it weren't for you, I would be living an ordinary life like ordinary people right now, all thanks to you! ”
Qi Xue lowered her head, and only after a long time did she raise her head to look at me, her eyes glistening with tears, and said: "Although that bullet didn't kill you and escaped to death, your fate is already doomed to your own choice." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoI admit that we lied to you, even held you hostage, but none of us have any ill will towards you. ”
Mengzi also sighed, and said leisurely: "What Qi Xue said is true, among us, no matter who we are, we are trying our best to protect you, even if we lose our lives, we will not hesitate to do so." It is true that we have selfish intentions, but there is no doubt that we protect you. ”
"I don't want to go back, I don't want to ...... with those people" I held my head, fidgety and incoherent.
Qi Xue walked over, looked at me with those black grape-like eyes, pondered for a long time, bit her lip, and said, "I said that I would accompany you to find all the antidotes." Even if you don't want to go back, or even don't want to believe it, I'll go down with you, no matter what greets us. ”
I leaned against a vine, my mind was in chaos, but I knew very well in my heart that I would never be able to avoid this matter, since I couldn't hide from it, it was better to face it calmly, so many people were going to the soup about it, why should I retreat. Just now I didn't promise Qi Xue and them to return the same way, as long as it was because I had a vague hunch that the so-called Skeleton Temple was just a disguise, a trap, and the crystal skull was probably not in the Skeleton Temple.
Qi Xue and I took a few steps forward, and found that Mengzi did not follow, and turned our heads to look, only to see him squatting in place, without moving a single step. I smiled at him and said, "Mengzi, do you think that place is very comfortable and plan to sleep there?" ”
Mengzi was stunned.
"Come on! Don't you want to join us? I continued.
Mengzi smiled and said, "I thought you were ......"
"I know what you're worried about? According to Pan Ye's ability, the Skeleton Temple can't trap them yet. I interrupted him, "Let's find the Crystal Skull first." ”
Mengzi and Qi Xue both looked at me suspiciously, I couldn't explain my premonition to them, they were about to say something, but I stretched out my hand to stop them, because a huge vacuole appeared not far in front of me, like a balloon filled with water hanging at the end of a vine, and a person was curled up inside. The person inside is as if he is asleep, reminiscent of a fetus still in the womb.
"He's alive." Qi Xue muttered.
"You see, above and below, there's more." Mengzi also said.
Above and below us, we can see blue vacuoles, spiraling up and down to where we can't see, relying on this gigantic vine for the nutrients it needs, and for tens of thousands of years, it remains unharmed.
"Do you know what is the longest-lived species on Earth?" I asked.
Mengzi replied without hesitation: "Turtle, the thousand-year-old king and eighty-thousand-year-old turtle." ”
"No, it's a turtle." Qi Xue retorted.
"None of them are right." I said, "The oldest turtle known today is over 500 years old. However, it is not the longest-lived species. There is a spinosa pine tree in California, USA, which has lived for more than 5,000 years, which means that it has existed since the beginning of our Red Mountain culture. Plants tend to live the longest when conditions are right, so it's no surprise that this giant vine has survived to this point. ”
"You're saying that they're taking advantage of the longevity of plants to provide these nutrients and keep them dormant for tens of thousands of years, which is unbelievable." Qi Xue said.
I let out a breath of cloudiness and said, "It wouldn't be a good thing if they woke up, so we had to find the Crystal Skull before they woke up." ”
"There's a house over there."
We followed the hope of the fierce son, and saw a building like a castle tower among the vines. We came around and found that it was nothing more than the bracket of a bridge, to which a silver-white drawbridge was connected, and here was the edge of the giant vines, with the occasional few vines protruding, but only a handful.
The other side of the suspension bridge is submerged in the white vast clouds, I don't know where it leads, but you can faintly hear the rumbling sound of the water, and even see a rainbow between the clouds, it is incredible that the rainbow in front of you is white, but it is composed of different shades of white progressively, seven different kinds of white casting rainbows, its beauty is not inferior to the seven-color rainbow, and even more than that, and the surrounding clouds and mist are integrated, complement each other, and make the scenery in front of you incomparably magnificent, like a dream.
Looking up, you can still see the huge skull temple, which is supported by giant vines, it seems to be crumbling, but in fact, it is as stable as Mount Tai, suspended in the clouds, majestic and solemn, but it is always difficult to erase the evil spirit in it. It's hard to imagine that people at that time would worship the one-eyed image.