Lantern Xiao smiled, "We thought you were gone, where did you go just now?" ”

Wen Mo said: "I went up to take a look just now, and I can pass through from the front." ”

I know that the place we are going to is the location where we saw the cigarette letter yesterday, and the goal is set, and we will leave immediately. At this time, we have unexpectedly discovered that in this area, in addition to us, Second Uncle and Yuan An's team, there is also a force, they are not weak, and they seem to be familiar with the situation here, which makes us feel pressure. In addition, judging from the information on yesterday's cigarette letter, they have already posed a relatively big threat to us. So, we have to get ahead of them and take the initiative.

Along the way, we walked in the canopy of this huge Bodhi gold-leaved banyan tree.

The age of this super banyan tree is not known to be hundreds of years, and its luxuriant foliage is simply breathtaking, and it is an exaggeration to say that we are walking on the ground, but the choice of the route under our feet is indeed relatively easy, but also because of the lush foliage, we have to often climb in the canopy.

However, no matter how big the tree is, it has a boundary, and we finally reached the edge of the canopy of the Bodhi golden-leaved banyan tree.

Wen Mo tied a rope to the trunk of the tree and slid down easily. We followed one after another, coming down from the trees, back to the ground, and standing knee-high in the water. The temperature in the early morning was still relatively low, so I could clearly feel a biting chill from the thigh down, and I thought that if I stayed in this place for a long time, I would definitely get cold legs.

A few of us waded into the water, the bottom of the water was covered with mud, and I was paralyzed when I stepped on it, which made my heart very unsteady, and the experience of nearly dying in the swamp yesterday still makes me feel palpitations. The water is so deep here, and the situation below is even more unclear, and I am worried about a repeat of the tragedy.

So, I opened my mouth and asked Wenmo, "Boss, is it safe for us to walk like this, I was almost swallowed by the swamp under my feet yesterday." "

Wen Mo waved his hand, "No, our current location is a blank area for the time being, there are no trees, and when we walk through here, the trees in front of us are dense, and there are a large number of tree roots under the water surface, and there will be no such rotten quagmire as a low-level swamp." ”

Hearing Wen Mo say this, I was relieved. However, despite this, we still put a little distance between each other, so that if one person encounters an accident, the others will not be implicated and it will be easier to rescue.

We crossed a body of water and entered a forest again. Unlike the single tree of the Bodhi Golden Leaf Banyan just now, this time it is a real forest.

There are a large number of broad-leaved metasequoia growing here, different from the luxuriant of the big banyan tree we lived in just now, the broad-leaved metasequoia branches and leaves here are not very lush, but its trunk is very tall, it looks like at least more than 20 meters, and the diameter at breast height is very thick, I am not good at estimating the specific data, but just as far as a broad-leaved metasequoia around us is concerned, the largest of them, even if the four of us hold hands, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold half of the trunk.

I looked up and saw that between the trunks of the trees, there were many vine-like things, hanging from the branches, and the vines hung long until they plunged into the water under the trees. Although there are many of them, I couldn't find out where they grew for a while, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart.

Seeing that I couldn't stop looking up, Anador asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

I pointed to the tree, "What are those things?" Vines? But I couldn't see where their roots were. ”

Anaduo looked at the tree and smiled, "This thing is called Sea Breeze Vine, which is usually found in the inaccessible mountains, and this plant is aerial rooted, so they generally grow in a humid environment, like here." ”

After listening to Anado's explanation, I nodded, "I see, no wonder I can't find their underground roots." ”

"But," Anador muttered for a moment, and said, "However, the Sea Breeze Vine here is not the same as I've seen before, although I've only seen it once or twice. ”

I said, "Actually, it's not surprising, there are countless types of plants, maybe it's just a rare variety. Anador frowned slightly, but did not speak.

We walked a little further, and this broad-leaved metasequoia forest growing in the swamp was very large. Standing where we were, we still couldn't see the end of this swamp or woods, but according to Wenmo, it shouldn't be too far, and we can only trust him now.

I don't like to walk in such a place, especially in this primitive environment, I always imagine all kinds of dangers hidden under this water, especially since we have encountered them, so I am terrified at every step. Although I felt a little embarrassed myself, I still couldn't help but lean towards the position of the Lantern Festival.

After walking forward for a while, Lantern Xiao walked and walked, suddenly stopped, and said to me with a smile: "Damn, big brother, don't make trouble." ”

I looked at him inexplicably, "You're sick!" ”

Lantern Xiao didn't speak, and continued to walk forward, but he didn't take two steps, and turned to me again and said, "Don't you make trouble?" ”

I was a little dumbfounded, stunned, and said in my heart whether this kid Lantern Xiao was hysterical, "Are you talking to me?" ”

Lantern Xiao shook his hand, "Don't talk nonsense!" Then he kept going.

I felt that something was not right, so I opened up the distance between myself and Lantern Xiao a little, and sure enough, I didn't go far, Lantern Xiao jumped and turned around all of a sudden, "Zhuo Ran, your uncle, it's endless!" ”

But when he saw that I was two meters away from him, he was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Was it you just now?" ”

"What is me?" I looked at Lantern Xiao in surprise, "Your brain is in water?" What the hell is wrong with you? ”

Hearing the voices of the two of us, Wenmo and Anado also walked over, and Anado looked at the two of us, "What are you two making trouble about?" ”

Lantern Xiao looked at me and said, "When I left just now, I felt that someone was always touching my legs. I thought it was Zhuoran. ”

I was anxious all of a sudden, "Lantern Festival, are you crazy, why do I have nothing to do with your legs, I'm not a pervert!" ”

Anador looked at me, then at Lantern Festival, "Could it be that you are delusional?" ”

Lantern Xiao shook her head again and again, "Impossible, impossible!" I felt wrong once, I felt wrong twice, but I can't be all illusions three times. ”

This time, I understood what Lantern Xiao had just said to me three times in a row, "No wonder you kid kept telling me not to make trouble, I didn't tell you the first time, I didn't do it!" ”

"But I thought you were joking with me!"

Wen Mo on the side asked with a somewhat serious expression, "Are you sure something touched you in the water just now?" ”

Lantern Xiao nodded a little nervously, and when she saw Wen Mo's expression, my heart suddenly lifted, "What could it be that touched you just now?" ”

Lantern Xiao shook her head gently, "I don't know." Could it be a snake. ”

Hearing Lantern Xiao say this, I was also a little nervous, I still have some shadows for snakes, and subconsciously took two steps back, but looked at the water under my feet and found that it was actually useless to do so. I could clearly feel that everyone's expressions had changed, and everyone was starting to get a little nervous.

Anador waved at us, "I don't think there's any need to make a fuss, maybe it's just a branch or a stick or something like that's sinking in the water." ”

Although, the situation of Anado, there is indeed a possibility, and I can see from the expressions on everyone's faces that this explanation does not alleviate the tension that pervades us at this time.

"Let's go!" Wen Mo said, then turned around and continued to walk forward, "Everyone be careful, I'm afraid there is something in this water." ”

As we walked, we watched vigilantly at our feet, but the underwater silt here was deposited, and the waves we brought up turned the silt up, and muddied the water in one fell swoop. We can't see what's going on in the clear water.

I followed Wenmo tremblingly down the water for a while, and suddenly, I felt my feet slip, as if I had stepped on something, and at the same time, my trouser legs were hooked.

My heart was immediately startled, and I immediately clenched the short knife in my hand, but when I tried it again with my feet, I found nothing wrong. I just stepped on something hard, like a root or a branch. I wondered if I was too nervous, and I looked around at the other people, all of them on guard, but nothing out of the ordinary seemed to be there.

So I took a deep breath and was about to move on, but just when I wanted to step forward, I suddenly felt a tightness on my ankle, I was instantly a spirit, and my heart sank suddenly.

I was dragged into the water with just a "bang". Something, it wrapped one of my ankles around it, and I was pulled into the water by it, dragging it quickly.

I felt the Lantern Festival screaming and rushing over, but my head was completely submerged in the water, and all I could hear in both ears was a buzzing sound, and I couldn't hear what they were shouting at all on the water.

I kept scratching my hands around, hoping to find a place to borrow my strength, but after grabbing for a long time, I only caught a hand of mud. My body was dragged between the broad-leaved metasequoias, and from time to time I hit the trunks of the trees, sending out bouts of sharp pain.

Fortunately, my short knife was clutched in my hand, and I gritted my teeth, clenched the short knife with both hands, and plunged hard into the mud at the bottom of the water.