Chapter 661 It's the smell
"Oh no, we're fooled! fell on Yuan Tiangang's big deal! Chen Ziyang slapped his thigh and reacted.
His action startled the other five people, and the other five people looked at each other, and no one understood what Chen Ziyang meant, why such a sentence suddenly popped up, and they didn't understand what they were doing with Yuan Tiangang.
"These traces on the ground were obviously made by the giant python, and judging from the newness of the soil around these traces, these traces are all new, that is, the giant python should be on this island in the middle of the lake, everyone should be careful." Seeing that several other people didn't understand what they meant, Chen Ziyang hurriedly reminded him.
"What! How is this possible? Wasn't that giant python supposed to eat those Silver Silkworm Gu Kings from the Wood Giant, how could it suddenly run to this island in the middle of the lake? Could it be ...... Are there two pythons like that? Yang Lei asked in disbelief.
"Two are naturally impossible, one of such a big Gu is already precious, I absolutely don't believe that there will be a second giant python. The python didn't stay on the island in the middle of the lake of the wood giant, but after we got into the water, it also left there, arrived here in advance, and was waiting for us.
The python swims much faster in the water than we walk, so it rushed ahead of us and came to this island, just to wait for our arrival, this should be one of the links in the defense mechanism set up by Yuan Tiangang, everyone must be careful. ”
Just as Chen Ziyang finished speaking, some sounds suddenly came from afar, and these sounds sounded like the kind of sound made when someone poured piles of steel pipes on the ground. It is estimated that the giant python knocked down a few more boxes in that direction, and the weapons in the boxes fell out.
Now Chen Ziyang completely understands that whether it is the wood giant or the existence of this giant python, it is completely a chain of organs set up by Yuan Tiangang, the purpose of which is to prevent the treasure he left behind from being stolen by others.
There is a great possibility that in addition to the treasure map that records the location of the treasure, Yuan Tiangang also left a correct way to open the treasure, and only by following this method to obtain the treasure here will the wood giant and this giant python not be alarmed.
But Chen Ziyang and the others didn't know this method, so when the six people found the treasures all over the ground, as well as the golden knife and jade seal left by Yuan Tiangang, their wrong way of opening triggered the mechanism left by Yuan Tiangang, and the wood giant woke up from his slumber.
Things will not be so coincidental, as soon as the golden knife and jade seal appeared, the defense mechanism was activated, so Chen Ziyang realized this at that time, it is very likely that the awakening of the wood giant was because the golden knife and jade seal were taken out.
So later, Chen Ziyang threw the jade seal aside, just to verify this, and in fact, when the jade seal was thrown away, the first thing the wood giant did was to find the jade seal, and then to deal with a few people on the island.
Shangguan Kangning said before that he felt the breath of Gu worms on the Wood Giant's body, and it was very likely that these Gu worms were the key to the Wood Giant's awakening. Maybe there was something special smeared on the jade seal, and the smell emitted by these things was only able to be smelled by Gu worms.
So when the jade seal was taken out of the box, these unique smells came out, and they were smelled by the Gu insects hidden in the body of the wood giant, so these Gu insects slowly woke up, and under the action of these Gu insects, the wood giant also woke up.
Although this is just Chen Ziyang's speculation, he feels that eight or nine is not far from ten, otherwise, how can a wood giant with no eyes and no sense of smell judge the location of the jade seal and a few people? This speculation is reasonable.
Originally, Chen Ziyang's speculation ended here, he thought that the mechanism left by Yuan Tiangang was this wood giant, but later the Gu eggs found by Yang Lei and the three of them in the pit where the wood giant stayed, and the appearance of this giant python, made Chen Ziyang realize that things were not as simple as he imagined, Yuan Tiangang set up a chain plan, and the wood giant was just the most obvious first ring.
It may be because of the particularity of the python-like creature that this python cannot fall into a state similar to hibernation in this warm environment, so the python has been living in the confines of this underground lake for so many years.
The scope of this underground lake is very large, although the six people found three islands in the middle of the lake where the treasures left by Yuan Tiangang were placed, Chen Ziyang felt that the area of the water area they walked through was actually less than one-tenth of the area of the entire underground lake.
The water around the third island is noticeably warmer than the water around the first, so it's likely that the water will be warmer as you continue deeper into this lake.
Snakes, on the other hand, are often very afraid of pungent smells, such as the smell of sulphur in underground lake water. The further you go to the depths of the lake, the stronger the smell of sulfur in the lake water should be.
The smell of sulfur just restricts the python's activity area, so that it can only move on the edge of this lake, and the three islands in the center of the lake that Yuan Tiangang left behind are in the edge area of the lake, which is within the range of this python's long-term activity.
Taking advantage of the natural environmental factors, Yuan Tiangang ensured that the giant python would not be too far away from the treasure he left behind, so that when it was necessary to activate the giant mang, the giant python would come in the shortest possible time.
There are 16 Gu eggs buried under the big pit where the wood giant is hidden, and these Gu eggs contain the Silver Silkworm Gu King, which the giant python loves to eat. After the Wood Giant activated, the floating soil above it would be pushed away, and these Gu eggs were much closer to the ground, and the smell in the Gu eggs could easily be smelled by the giant python.
This is the second part of the chain, and when the Wood Giant is activated, the python will come to the edge of the third island in the middle of the lake, where it quietly waits for the arrival of its prey, waiting for the treasure thieves to descend into the water.
But under the yin and yang, those glowing small fish in the lake exposed the existence of this giant python. This also allowed Chen Ziyang and others to avoid the attack of this giant python dangerously.
And because of the existence of Chen Ziyang's blood that can attract Gu worms, there is a bigger loophole in this link. Chen Ziyang's blood attracted the Silver Silkworm Gu King, causing these Gu worms to fight with the Wood Giant, and a large amount of body fluids from the Silver Silkworm Gu King's body were smeared on the Wood Giant's body, and it was these Silver Silkworm Gu King's body fluids that led the giant python out of the water in advance.
It is very likely that according to Yuan Tiangang's previous design, the wood giant will first drag the person who steals the treasure and let the Gu egg lure the giant python over. It would be best if the Wood Giant could get rid of the treasure thief, but if the Wood Giant didn't completely get rid of the treasure thief, it would be the turn of the Python.
The python must have been hiding quietly underwater, ready to launch a surprise attack when the treasure diggers went into the water.
The speed of the python is very fast, and the speed under the water is estimated to be even more terrifying, and this big guy also has a terrifying size, several elements combined, this python is several times more powerful than the wood giant.
It's no wonder that Shangguan Kangning said before that what was hidden underwater was probably more powerful than the Wood Giant and the Silver Silkworm Gu King combined. Now it seems that Shangguan Kangning's intuition is very accurate.
But the body fluids of those Silver Silkworm Gu Kings were too attractive to the giant python, so that this big guy came out of the water in advance, and he didn't care about attacking the people who stole the treasure, but directly cut off the right leg of the wood giant.
It can be said that Chen Ziyang used his own blood, in addition to causing the infighting between the Silver Silkworm Gu King and the Wood Giant, he also inadvertently solved a bigger crisis.
If the six men had escaped with the treasure like this, then the operation would have been perfect. The first two links of this serial story were inadvertently cracked by Chen Ziyang's own blood. But this serial plan was designed by Yuan Tiangang, and it is not so simple.
Maybe when setting up this defense mechanism, Yuan Tiangang didn't expect that someone's blood could have such a big attraction to Gu worms, but there was one thing he thought of, that is, it was very likely that the person who stole the treasure did not die in the mouth of the giant python underwater, so when Yuan Tiangang designed this chain plan, he also set up a third ring.
Since the jade seal is smeared with a scent that can be captured by the wood giants, why is there no one on the golden sword?
This giant python let its favorite silver silkworm Gu King not eat it, and came to the second island in the middle of the lake one step ahead of the six people, which was very unreasonable. Why didn't this giant python do that before, but let go of the six people and focused on the body fluids of the Silver Silkworm Gu King.
Chen Ziyang instantly thought that there was only one explanation, that is, after a few people left the third island in the middle of the lake, something must have happened to make this giant python transfer the target from the body of the Silver Silkworm Gu King to the six people on his side.
Since he knew that the insect recorded by Yuan Tiangang on the treasure map was the Sun Moon Nose Worm, which had a keen sense of smell that was different from other insects, Chen Ziyang found that in the treasure left by Yuan Tiangang, smell was the key.
This treasure can only be found by smell, and after entering here, it is the smell that awakens the wood giant, and it is the smell that lures the python to it. So after the six people entered the water, there must have been some special smell that stimulated the giant python, and this smell was much more attractive to the giant python than the silver silkworm Gu King.
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Ziyang realized that there must be something wrong with the golden knife!
The two most valuable things in this treasure are the golden knife and the jade seal, or rather, these two things are what Yuan Tiangang really wants to protect, and they are the last thing he wants to be stolen by others.
After the Wood Giant was activated, the people who stole the treasure naturally thought that maybe the Jade Seal had lured the Wood Giant out, so they would throw away the Jade Seal. The Wood Giant's will indeed be led away by the Jade Seal, which will make the treasure thief have a mentality that the Golden Knife is safe and sound.
Now that the jade seal has been lost, the golden knife can't be lost anymore. So the treasure thief will carry this precious golden knife with him, and this golden knife is precisely the key to unlocking the third ring of the chain scheme.
Maybe Yuan Tiangang also smeared something special on the golden knife. This kind of thing didn't have much effect at first, so the python stayed underwater and didn't get attracted to the island in the middle of the lake.
However, once the substance smeared on the golden knife comes into contact with the hot spring lake water, it may exude a smell that attracts pythons, after all, the water around the island in the middle of the lake is very deep, and if you want to leave this treasure spot, the golden knife you carry on your body will definitely get on the water of the lake here.
This smell gave the python a strong indication effect, and directly outlined the escape route of the poachers in the python's mind, so the python went around to the second island in the middle of the lake, where it waited for the arrival of its prey.
Although Chen Ziyang didn't understand why this giant python didn't directly attack his six people underwater, he knew that since Yuan Tiangang was able to design this step, then Yuan Tiangang had strong confidence that the giant python could eliminate the people who fell to dig for treasures, and this giant python was not easy to deal with.
"Boom ......" The boxes in the darkness in the distance kept being lifted high, and the weapons contained in the boxes were scattered from the air, judging from the speed at which these boxes flew up, the giant python was approaching the direction of the six people at a very fast speed.
The defensive mechanism designed by Yuan Tiangang was indeed seamless, and Chen Ziyang knew that it was very likely that the six people on his side had all been contaminated with the special smell emanating from the golden knife when they were walking in the water just now, and the current six people were in the eyes of the giant python, or in the nose, it was no less obvious than the lights in the night.
This battle is inevitable, and I can't imagine that I still have to confront this huge recklessness head-on. Chen Ziyang took out the Xuanming Ancient Sword and placed it in front of him, ready to fight.
When she carved the formation on the wooden giant before, Xu Xiaoyuan contributed her two precious copper coins. Chen Ziyang knew that these two copper coins were the treasures of the Dao Gu of Elimination, so he was still thinking that when the wood giant fell, he must take back the two copper coins and the turtle shell left by Zhang Linfu, and it didn't matter if Jin Huang's magic weapon was taken or not.
But the giant python that killed halfway made it impossible for him to fulfill his idea, so now Xu Xiaoyuan only has that medicine tripod to use.
And Jin Huang is even worse, the magic weapon he took advantage of has already been almost destroyed in the Taoist holy land, although he has made sufficient preparations this time, but a good magic weapon is not so easy to get, and the magic weapon he prepared this time has only reached the level that can be used improvised.
But when he was fighting with the wood giant, Jin Huang's magic weapons were almost consumed, and now he was almost no different from his bare hands.
(End of chapter)