Chapter 367: A Mysterious Record in the History Books
Hearing Xiao Lei's question, we were all taken aback - a cannibalistic plant? We have read in books before, it is said that as soon as you touch this plant, you will be entangled by its vine-like tentacles, and it will struggle more and more tightly, and finally die because you can't get out.
But we have the impression that this plant is only found in tropical rainforests, so how can it appear in our place?
Just when we were full of doubts, we suddenly saw the madman Liuyu say: "It is not a plant at all, but a special animal, this animal lives on vines, and its shape resembles vines, it is not surprising, many animals and insects have this ability - that is, the color and shape of the body are very similar to the surrounding living environment, and even can be integrated, so that it is difficult to be detected by natural predators."
In addition, this animal is extremely rare, and for some reason, it prefers to eat human flesh, and the place where it grows often has three conditions: there are a large number of human corpses; Inaccessible; And there must be a lot of vines. ”
Hearing my cousin say this, we were all very shocked, and when we looked at the vine-like thing, we suddenly felt a chill in our hearts.
The progress of events tonight is also beyond the expectations of Crazy Man Six.
Originally, he used a silver needle to block the Yin veins of the amphibian, so that the amphibian would be desperate to return to the lair, just like a hungry and thirsty person who wants to find a source of water quickly.
In addition, according to various indications, the amphibian man is inextricably linked with the tall blind man, and the amphibian man entering our hotel room is likely to be the conspiracy of the tall blind man, who wants to understand the sound of the flute played by the amphibian man, and destroy all the face worms, so that he can deal with us without scruples.
Therefore, the lair of the amphibian man is most likely also the hiding place of the tall blind.
Maniac Six wanted to find the blind man in this way, but what he didn't expect was that the amphibious man disappeared on the edge of the cliff in such a strange place.
"How did that deformed amphibious man fall? Do you see that? ”
We were a little baffled by the question of Crazy Man Six: How did you fall? Isn't it just that the amphibious man himself kept climbing forward and fell?
After hearing our answer, Maniac Six shook his head and burst out something that shocked us: "That amphibian didn't fall by himself, but was dragged down by that vine-like animal." ”
Hearing Madman Six say this, even Xiao Lei was taken aback, his reaction speed was much faster than that of ordinary people, but even he didn't find this detail, but Madman Six could actually find it!
But what next? Even the madman had no idea, but we were unwilling to give up like this, so we had to retreat to a boulder more than ten meters away from the cliff and sit down, wanting to discuss it carefully and then see if we could come up with another way, and then go back to the hotel if it really didn't work.
By this time the sky had cleared, the moon had come out of the clouds, and the bright moonlight was shining on the mountains, and the suffocating darkness had vanished, which made our mood much lighter.
"Don't be discouraged, even if this operation fails, we have a next time, if it really doesn't work, let's go back and think about it in the long run, evil does not prevail over the good, no matter how powerful the blind man is, I am confident that the victory will eventually belong to us, and this time I can get out of the whole body, it is also a blessing in misfortune, I want to thank Xiao Lei and everyone, otherwise I would have fallen off the cliff just now and fell to pieces."
After everyone sat down on the boulder, the madman six saw that we were depressed and cheered us up.
"Your old man is polite, this time you took the risk, not for yourself", Xiao Lei said very sincerely, "Although we know that there are all kinds of treasures in this mountain, but this vine-like animal, it is the first time to see it, I have never even heard of it before, your old man is well-informed, can you tell us about this thing in detail, everyone also brainstorms, maybe you can find unexpected clues." ”
My cousin felt that what Xiao Lei said was very reasonable, so he cleared his throat and spoke unhurriedly.
It turns out that this vine-like animal has long been recorded in the history books and is called the "vine demon".
During the Warring States Period, the Qin army fought with the Zhao army, defeated the Zhao army in Changping, and buried all the 400,000 Zhao troops who had surrendered alive.
A few decades later, the area was surrounded by a few small villages, but since the neighborhood was inhabited, strange things have happened one after another.
Because of the lush vines in this area, some people come here to cut the vines and feed the cattle.
But the terrible thing is that the people who cut the vines disappeared as soon as they entered this "vine valley", none of them could go back, and even the people who came here to find people were all mysteriously missing, and gradually, the locals all said that in this vine that covered the sky and the sun, there were hidden ghosts that specialized in eating people, as long as it screamed, the people who heard it would be weak and numb, unable to move, and they could only be eaten by the ghosts, and these ghosts were the 400,000 Zhao soldiers who were killed by the pit, because they died too unjustly, too miserably, and the anger was difficult to eliminate, and they became ghosts.
In this way, after decades, no one dares to come here again, and occasionally the bold and unbelieving or unwitting people break into this "vine valley", but they are all there is no return, and this place is like hell.
After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, a general of the Qin army heard about this incident, he was very disapproving, he said that he had killed countless people, but he had never had nightmares, and he was never afraid of any ghosts, so he brought more than 3,000 fierce Qin troops to the "Vine Valley" to raid the ghosts.
This made the local people very excited, thinking that this is good, finally someone dares to help them come out, even if this general can't kill the ghosts, with these more than 3,000 wolf-like soldiers, at least he will definitely be able to retreat with his whole body, not like those who went in before, no one alive or dead.
But they were wrong, after these more than 3,000 Qin soldiers entered the "vine valley", they also disappeared completely quietly, and none of them could come out alive.
Until the Han Dynasty, this mysterious and terrifying "vine valley" actually reached the ears of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which shocked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and hurriedly sent the general Huo Qubing to investigate.
After Huo Qu got sick and arrived at the "Vine Valley", he did not rush into the "Vine Valley" like the general of the Qin State, but first asked the local people about the situation of the "Vine Valley" in detail, and then found a few very famous alchemists, and asked them to destroy the ghosts first, and then let these alchemists enter the "Vine Valley" to explore the way, but these alchemists also disappeared into the "Vine Valley" forever like everyone else, and never came out again.
After these incidents, Huo Qubing didn't dare to go in lightly.
In addition, to Huo Quzhi's surprise, the vines in the "Vine Valley" will not wither and fall leaves even in winter, but can still be lush.
But he came to the "Vine Valley" was the order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he couldn't keep making no progress, and under the repeated urging of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing finally gritted his teeth and ordered five hundred ironclad soldiers to drive the chariot into the "Vine Valley".
These 500 ironclad soldiers are the most elite troops under Huo Quzhi, and when they fought against the Huns, they repeatedly defeated strong enemies, so Huo Qubing wanted them to be the vanguard to explore what was going on in the "Vine Valley".
These killings are like soldiers chopping vegetables, all of them are outlaws, they are not afraid of the sky, the earth, they don't believe in any ghosts or anything like that, Huo Qubing gave an order, they rushed into the "Vine Valley" with a shout, and Huo Qubing led a large group of people and horses, in the edge of the "Vine Valley", observing the movements inside, and some bold people also gathered outside to watch the excitement.
When the more than 500 people rushed in with a shout, there was a terrible scream, as if the soldiers had encountered some attack, and before a stick of incense, the screams, people shouting and neighing of horses disappeared completely, and the "vine valley" suddenly made people feel creepy.
Huo Qubing has fought so many big battles, and he has never seen any tragic scenes, but this is the first time he has encountered such a strange and terrifying situation.
Originally, according to Huo Quai's instructions, half an hour after rushing in, when the horn sounded outside, five soldiers must come out to report the situation inside.
But after half an hour, no matter how the horn was blown, no one came out of the "Valley of the Vines", and all these signs indicated that the five hundred warriors who rushed in like wolves and tigers were probably all dead in an instant.
And those ordinary people who gathered outside to watch the excitement, when they saw this situation, screamed and ran in all directions, desperately running home, and even the soldiers who did not go in were frightened one by one.
For them, no matter how fierce and ferocious the Huns were, it was after all a killing of people and people, although it was also terrifying, but it was far less terrible than the danger in front of them - 500 people died tragically almost instantly, and it is self-evident how terrible this "vine valley" is.
But after all, they are not ordinary people, and there is no order from the Lord, no matter how scared they are, none of them dare to retreat.
In this way, the large army outside waited until it was dark, and no one came out inside, but Huo Qubing did not dare to let people in again.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Huo Qubing didn't dare to stay any longer, so he had to order to withdraw and set up camp dozens of miles away from the "Vine Valley".
That night, Huo Qu was sick and thinking hard about countermeasures.
Through the tragic lesson of the day, Huo Quai's illness only discovered the danger and mystery of the "Vine Valley", which was far beyond his expectations, he racked his brains, but still couldn't think of a way to deal with it.
At dawn, when he was still tossing and turning, he got up and went outside the tent.
It was late autumn, and the north wind was blowing outside, and it was getting stronger and stronger, and the flags and tents in the camp were crackling and crackling in the strong wind.
Suddenly, several lanterns were scraped off the ground and quickly set on fire, and the soldiers standing guard hurriedly ran over and extinguished the fire.
When he saw this scene, Huo Quzhi's heart suddenly moved, he slapped his head excitedly, and suddenly had an idea - thinking hard all night to no avail, but he didn't expect that the scene in front of him made him have an idea in an instant.
As soon as the sky was bright, Huo Qubing gathered his team and came to the edge of the "Vine Valley" again.
At this time, the north wind not only did not stop, but became stronger, which made Huo Qubing very happy, because he wanted to use this strong north wind to burn the vines of the "Vine Valley" with fire.
For fire attack, Huo Qubing is very sure, because he happens to have a general named Croce under him, who is the best at fire attack.
This Croce is a native of the Western Regions, and he has mastered a mysterious fuel recipe that is so powerful that it can burn even on water.
Such a strong north wind, coupled with this mysterious fuel, even the fresh, damp grass and green leaves will burn brightly, no matter what kind of ghosts and monsters, they will definitely be afraid of this raging fire.