The short knife slid through the soft mud for a while, and suddenly there was a thud, and as soon as I exerted my arms, my body that was being pulled stopped. I could feel it as a dagger stuck between the bottom of the water and the roots below you.

I grasped the hilt of the knife with one hand and the root with the other, and I was in a stalemate with what was entangled in my foot.

I used one foot to kick the other ankle, hoping to break free from it, but it was so tight that I didn't do it. It had a lot of strength, even if I could hold on to him, but I still had to use all my strength, and I had to raise my head from time to time and lift my head out of the water to breathe, it was really painful, I could clearly feel my physical strength was draining quickly, and if I continued like this, I knew that I might not last long.

I took advantage of the opportunity to go to the water again to breathe and shouted, "Help! Then he sank into the water again.

But just as I was about to raise my head and shout again, a figure rushed to my feet, and I clearly saw a flash of the knife, and then my ankle was loosened, and I quickly jumped up from the water, wiped my face, and gasped for breath.

I saw that Wenmo was still searching for the location I had just found, and it was obvious that he had saved me just now.

At this time, Lantern Xiao and Anado also rushed over, "Zhuo Ran, are you okay?" ”

I looked at my already soaked body and shook my head. Then he turned his head and looked at Wen Mo, who was also soaking wet: "Wen Mo, thank you!" ”

Wen Mo nodded and pointed to my feet, "What the hell attacked you?" ”

I just remembered, and hurriedly raised my foot, and they immediately looked down at the Lantern Festival, and found that there was a piece of green rattan-like thing tied to my ankle that had been cut off, but if I looked closely, it seemed to be somewhat different from our common tree vines, and the surface of the thing on my ankle seemed to be smoother.

Lantern Xiao leaned over and looked at it, "What is this?" Green mustard is fine! ”

I glanced at him, "What kind of eyes do you have, this is obviously a plant!" ”

"Plants?" Anador also leaned over to take a look, "This is indeed a bit like a sea breeze vine, but there are still many differences in it." ”

Lantern Xiao reached out and took this strange piece of plant off my ankle. He took it in his hand and looked at it, "But what the hell is this thing?" ”

Wen Mo next to him also reached out and took it, looked at it carefully, and then put it under his nose and sniffed it. We all looked at him expectantly. However, Wen Mo did not speak, but jumped high, and with the help of the short knife in his hand, he hugged the trunk and climbed up. Soon he grabbed a rattan from the tree and pulled it down with a forceful pull.

Wen Mo took the half of the rattan that had just been taken off the tree in his hand, "This is the Sea Breeze Vine." And this," he said, holding up the stick that had been wrapped around my foot, "it's definitely not a sea breeze vine, it's supposed to be called a ghost vine flower." ”

"Flowers?" We cried out in surprise. Lantern Xiao said: "Boss, do you mean this one, ah, no, a flower that grows in water?" This flower grows slender enough! ”

Wen Mo shook his head, raised the rattan in his hand that was originally tied to my ankle, and said, "This thing is actually the ghost vine, which is part of the ghost vine flower. ”

I nodded, and said to Wen Mo, "Boss, what is this ghost vine flower you are talking about?" ”

Wen Mo said: "In this ghost vine flower is an extremely ancient variety, long before the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this plant was called tiger stalk, and later in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was renamed the ghost vine flower. This plant is an active predatory creature, so be careful. ”

"I see." Although this plant is now a threat to us, it does not prevent me from sincerely sighing at the wonder of nature, "like the principle of Venus flytrap." ”

Wenmo listened to my analogy, "The principle is similar, but the way is different. ”

Anado's face was full of surprise when she heard this, "I've lived here for so long, I've never heard of such a magical thing in it." ”

Lantern Xiao snorted coldly, "Okay, don't praise it, it's really not good, let's find this ghost vine flower, just root it and destroy it!" After Lantern Xiao finished speaking, he looked at me and Anadot, I shrugged my shoulders indifferently, I don't know anything about this thing, so I don't know if Lantern Xiao's statement is feasible.

Seeing that we didn't react, Lantern Xiao turned her gaze to Wenmo again. Ke Wenmo didn't notice Lantern Xiao, but turned his gaze to the end of the swamp. Seeing that Wen Mo ignored himself for a long time, Lantern Xiao had no choice but to ask, "Hey, boss, what do you think of my proposal just now?" ”

Wen Mo still looked ahead, "I'm afraid it's not that easy." ”

"But," Lantern Xiao wanted to say something. But I felt that since Wen Mo said so, then what he said was not easy, it must be very difficult, so I stopped Lantern Xiao, "Forget it, I don't think we should make any extraneous branches, or get out of this swamp as soon as possible," I looked at the water under my feet that became very turbid, "Here, we are too passive." ”

"The enemy is dark and I am clear, where are we not passive!" Saying that, Lantern Xiao sighed, "Okay, then let's go!" Lest that flower come back! ”

Although the roots of the trees under the water were very uneven, there was no risk of sinking into them, so we increased the speed of the journey. The Lantern Festival reminds us to pay attention to the fluctuations of the surrounding water surface, and if there is any abnormal movement under the water, it will generally manifest itself on the water surface.

Walking in the water is very laborious, and there is a lot of silt at the bottom of the water, although people can't get into it, but it is still common for people to get their feet stuck in it. Therefore, the physical exertion is huge. After a while, I was already running out of breath, and after a little more I had to stop and rest.

I saw a tree next to me, and there were a lot of sea breeze vines hanging down from it, and I was too tired to push these vines aside, so I leaned on it and rested on the trunk.

But I had just breathed a few breaths when I suddenly felt something crawling in my back, and I shuddered, and immediately jumped away, turning to look at the trunk. Unexpectedly, I saw that one of the sea breeze vines on the root of the tree was twitching upward.

When I took a closer look, I saw that this "sea breeze vine" looked exactly like the one that was wrapped around my ankle just now.

I was immediately taken aback, this was not a sea breeze vine at all, this was a ghost vine mixed in the middle of the sea breeze vine! Seeing that it was about to retreat to the tree, I reached out and grabbed the ghost vine in a hurry, and at the same time shouted, "There is a situation! ”

This ghost vine seems to be grabbed by me, it seems to be stimulated, and it instantly rolled up my wrist, I took this opportunity, immediately used both arms to exert force, the body sank down, and made a jack fall, hoping to pull this ghost vine, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful, after we got along with each other and pulled and stalemate for a few times, it violently lifted me up.

Seeing my body being pulled up, it was almost like a re-enactment of the scene just now, except that the place where I was tied was changed from feet to hands, from water to trees, and I was still being pulled around. I scolded in my heart, did this thing use me as gym equipment, it was too wretched.

Luckily, I was still holding the short knife in my other hand, and I thrust it up with all my might, swinging the knife and slashing through the oni vine wrapped around my wrist. I fell from the tree in an instant, but fortunately, at this time, they arrived and helped me.

Lantern Xiao helped me and asked, "How are you?" You okay? ”

I rubbed my strained shoulder and shook my head.

Anador saw the oni vine still wrapped around my wrist, "Did you meet that thing again?" ”

I looked at my wrist and nodded with a wry smile, "Am I a black physique?" After speaking, I subconsciously glanced at Wen Mo, but found that his expression became very serious, and I couldn't help but feel a twitch in my heart, generally Wen Mo showed this expression as a sign that something was going to happen.

I immediately asked nervously, "Wenmo, is there something wrong?" ”

Wen Mo frowned slightly, "This ghost vine flower is much bigger than I imagined, I'm afraid this forest is its hunting range!" ”

"Hunting range?" I used to boast that I had learned biology well, but hearing Wenmo's remarks today, it simply overturned my understanding of biology. For the first time today, I've heard that plants still have a hunting range!

Wen Mo nodded, "Although the ghost vine growing on the ghost vine flower grows very slowly, as long as it does not break and wither, it can almost be said to grow indefinitely. This flower has an extremely long lifespan because it can constantly absorb various nutrients and constantly metabolize. A hundred-year-old ghost vine flower can grow almost a hundred meters long, a thousand-year-old ghost vine is at least more than eight hundred meters, and if it is a thousand-year-old ghost vine, it is estimated that it can reach more than three kilometers. ”

Wen Mo's words made us dumbfounded, and I thought for a moment and said: "In other words, the ghost vine on the ghost vine flower is lying in ambush around us, and we are now in its encirclement?" ”

"That's right!" How I wish I had heard such a categorical answer.

"Holy!" Lantern Xiao scolded, "Then what are you waiting for?" Run! Which direction are we heading? ”

I thought for a moment and said, "To be on the safe side, we'd better back off and then get around it beyond the range it can attack." ”

"Bypass?" Lantern Xiao didn't seem to agree with my thoughts, "The boss said just now, this strange flower's attack range is three kilometers, do we have to go around three kilometers?" Hey, no," Lantern Xiao said halfway through realizing that his statement didn't seem to be rigorous, so he said to himself: "The radius is three kilometers, so the circumference of this circle is...... Hey, Zhuo Ran, what's the formula for the circumference of that circle? ”