Chapter 49: The Jellyfish

Zha Ling'er hid behind a tree and eavesdropped on us, and when we found out, I smiled and asked her, "What have you overheard?" ”

Zha Ling'er just wanted to open her mouth to answer, but was stopped by the smoke man's hand, and then the smoke man twisted his head to the side and looked towards the big tree farther away.

I knew that there were still people eavesdropping, and I couldn't help but say: But it's really the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, and there are more than one or two eavesdropping thieves tonight.

It seems that tonight, when we are about to reach our destination, is destined to be a restless night!

The three of us, the smoke man and the seventh master, plan to do the same and outflank the dark ghosts hiding behind the trees again.

As a result, just as they were preparing for action, the camp suddenly exploded, and there was a lot of noise. The four of us hurriedly turned around and ran back to the camp, and saw that in the bright moonlight was in the woods, in mid-air, fluttering and waving a few transparent objects that looked like umbrella-like jellyfish, and were refracted by the moonlight with a little fluorescence, which was very beautiful, like flying elves. Without this fluorescent refraction, these transparent jellyfish would not have been possible at night.

And the teammates who should have been sleeping soundly all held wooden sticks in their hands and kept waving them around. I saw that the night owl was bandaging the wound of his junior brother Kuroko, and the skin on Kuroko's shoulder seemed to have been stripped by a knife, revealing bright red flesh and blood, which made people shudder to watch.

I rushed to the fat man and the monkey who were back-to-back, waving wooden roots, and asked them anxiously, "What's the matter?" ”

The fat man immediately handed the vajra into my hand and said, "The jellyfish floating in the air can eat people." ”

I looked up into the air, and there was a clear jellyfish the size of a basin. It was headed straight above my head so that I could just see underneath the jellyfish's wide leaves. It wasn't a tentacle, but a steel nail. The long, thin fangs are terrifying. Hurriedly waved up with the vajra in his hand, and the transparent nail-toothed jellyfish, the umbrella-like body immediately shrank to the side.

Kuroko's serious injury on the shoulder must have been caused by this strange transparent jellyfish, and I immediately concentrated and looked up into the air alertly. Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me, and hurriedly turned around and found that it was Zhuge Locksmith King. He was whispering behind me, his dagger in his hand that shone with cold light. At this time, I saw a flash of fluorescence behind the head of King Zhuge Locksmith, and hurriedly shouted at him, "Be careful." ”

But at the same time, I found that the dagger in the hand of the king of Zhuge locksmith was aimed at me and stabbed me fiercely. Everything happened at the same time, I didn't have time to dodge, but I was targeted by the fluorescent jellyfish Zhuge Locksmith King. It was even more defenseless to be tightly wrapped around the head by the entire transparent umbrella-like jellyfish.

A qiē happened in the blink of an eye, and I survived the catastrophe, but the Zhuge locksmith king who attacked me sneak attacked. But the fluorescent nail tooth jellyfish stripped off the entire brain melon skin, bloody head, terrifying people can't help but want to vomit.

Zha Ling'er who ran to me. was frightened by the scalpless, bloody Zhuge locksmith king, and screamed "Mom". Almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, I helped Zha Ling'er in time and quickly put her behind me. The monkey and the fat man who were back to back with me, the three of them formed a very tight protective circle, protecting the unarmed Zha Ling'er in the middle.

King Zhuge Locksmith, whose scalp was torn off by a transparent fluorescent jellyfish, fell to the ground suddenly with Zha Ling'er's sudden exclamation. Then the body suddenly began to shrink rapidly, turning into an animal the size of a wild cat. Because the fur on the head is lost, I can't see what it looks like, but it can be inferred that this animal that looks like a wild cat is the raccoon cat spirit that keeps making fun along the way, but I didn't expect it to become the appearance of the king of Zhuge locksmith, and has been lurking under everyone's noses.

I took a few steps forward, trying to get closer to see if the cunning tanuki demon had really lost his breath, in case it played dead and continued to harm people. I didn't expect the treacherous tanuki demon who was scalped, it really didn't breathe, it suddenly jumped up before I got close, opened its bloody mouth, and went straight to bite me.

The tanuki without face, its sharp fangs protruding out of its blood-red lips, and the blood dripping down its bloody jaw, seemed to be more cautious, more than a thousand times more terrifying than the evil ghost.

The fishy wind was blowing, and the vajra in my hand had been raised high, but before I could make a move, the smoke man, who had completely recovered from his injuries, had already slapped the tanuki demon into meat puree with a stick.

The evil, insidious and cunning tanuki demon finally died in Huangquan on this stormy night.

But there are countless fluorescent jellyfish in front of you, looking for opportunities anytime and anywhere. When I saw that the shape was not good, I immediately beckoned everyone to pack their bags and retreat down the mountain.

I wanted to sleep well and nourish my spirits for a good night, but I was completely destroyed by the sudden strange fluorescent jellyfish, and everyone began to retreat towards the bottom of the mountain in agony.

While retreating backwards, everyone used wooden sticks to drive away the fluorescent jellyfish that kept rushing down from mid-air, and always pay attention to the roots of the trees protruding from the ground under their feet, so as not to accidentally trip, it is completely necessary to mobilize all the nerves and cells in the body, not only to hear the six ways, but also to reach the point of seeing all directions, and even from time to time to take care of the teammates next to them, which is completely to mobilize the body function to the extreme.

I was at the bottom of the line, in order to discern the direction of the people who were retreating, so that they would not accidentally fall down the mountain stream and other places in the darkness. I was so busy that when I had no free time, sweat kept dripping down my ears.

Suddenly, I saw a fluorescent jellyfish, which somehow crossed the layers of people in front of me, and quietly floated to the top of Zha Ling'er beside me, preparing to dive and attack.

I hurriedly pulled Zha Ling'er into my arms, but we both fell to the ground and rolled down the hill on the slope together. But it didn't take long for us to fall on a platform together.

It turned out that at the foot of the mountain, there was a smooth platform that protruded outward, with an area of about four or five meters square. The remaining seven members of the team also jumped onto the platform, but they didn't feel crowded. Just after everyone jumped onto the smooth platform, the fluorescent jellyfish floating in mid-air suddenly fled in all directions, as if they were very afraid of the smooth platform.

I thought to myself: maybe these fluorescent trees with nails can only walk through the damp and stuffy woods, and if they encounter a place like a smooth platform without the wind, the seemingly light jellyfish will probably be blown away by the strong wind, so they have to abandon their prey and flee.

I lifted Zha Ling'er up from the stone platform and asked her if she was hurt, she immediately shook her head and asked me with concern, "Brother Sven, is your arm okay?" ”

In the faint moonlight, I saw a little blood oozing from the bandage on my arm, but I didn't feel very pain, so I said to Zha Ling'er, "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

Underneath the smooth platform, it was pitch black and completely invisible, and everyone decided to rest on the platform until dawn and set off until dawn.

Everyone huddled together on the stone platform, not worrying about the jellyfish coming back to sneak attack, and after tossing and turning in the middle of the night, they soon fell asleep.

Early in the morning, the rain and dew were extremely wet, and I was woken up by the seventh master. After getting up, Zha Qiye immediately pointed his finger downwards and motioned for me to see.

I saw that the seventh master looked different, so I immediately looked curiously in the direction of his finger. We found that the smooth platform we were on was only about five stories above the ground below, and it was only because it was so dark at night that it looked like it was bottomless. In front of the foot of the mountain, there is a basin, and in the basin, there is a small village that looks like a deserted village.

In the small villages between the basins, some houses are closely connected, while others are far apart, and the pattern is mostly connected end to end, forming a labyrinth. I saw that there was an entrance to the village, but I didn't see where the exit was.

A sudden feeling of uneasiness welled up in my heart, and I took out the map from my bosom and checked it, and found that the last destination was at the foot of the mountain, in a small village in the basin.

I suddenly remembered something, so I said to Seventh Master: "Actually, yesterday, when I and Ling'er rolled down, in a trance, I seemed to hear a gong sound. I was so distraught that I had tumbled down the hill that I fell the platform, and I was stunned and thought I had misheard. Now it seems that it is very likely that the sound of gongs came from the village below the mountain, which means that there are people living in this village. But who would live in such an isolated mountain forest? ”

At this time, the cigarette man walked to my side, held a cigarette roll, looked at the village at the foot of the mountain with a pair of eagle eyes, and then slowly said three words: "Tomb keeper." ”

The "mausoleum keeper" is the forest keeper who guards the mausoleum for the emperor's generals and dignitaries. Usually there were a large number of people, and the emperor allowed them to settle deep in the mountains with their families, thus forming a small isolated village.

I looked at the map in my hand and said in my heart: Since the tomb here will be guarded by a mausoleum keeper, is it not an ordinary tomb, but a mausoleum?

I remember Master once said that the biggest enemy of the "tomb robbers" is the "tomb keepers", and the former is to steal the artifacts in the mausoleum, and he will spare no effort to steal them. And the latter spent his life defending the mausoleum from destruction.

Therefore, there have been many battles between the two since ancient times, and it can be said that the hatred is as deep as the sea. (To be continued......)