Chapter 305: Prairie Trap
The endless prairie, the green grass, the slight insect chirping in the ears, and the aroma around the tip of the nose...... All of this made the Rakshasa Army feel good for a while. [Ran^Text^Library] If the desert is a furnace that never goes out, here is nephrite, which contains the breath of life. Coming here from the dry environment of the desert, even the iron will of the Rakshasa Army couldn't help but relax.
"Pop" Helian Army's horse whip flicked, making a crisp sound in the air. "What are you doing? Don't let your guard down! Helian Jun's order was as cold as iron, but he did not ask the Rakshasa Army to continue his journey, but ordered, "Rest in place, you must pay attention to your surroundings, the danger in the grass is even more terrifying." ”
Before Helian Jun could finish his words, he saw a green snake suddenly burst out of the grass and bite him straight at his ankle. The green snake spewed out a fishy poisonous mist from its mouth, and its two poisonous fangs flickered with cold light.
"Bang!" Before the green snake approached, a hand reached over, pinched the green snake seven inches like playing, and pinched it casually, the head of the green snake was suddenly pulled off, leaving only the bloody body still writhing on the ground.
Three Misses! Wang Caichi casually wiped a handful on his body and wiped the blood from his hands. After the scorching heat of the desert, his skin also became a little darker, but it was not as dark as the big men behind him, but showed a healthy wheat complexion. In the same way, there is Helian Jun, these two people practice martial arts, so there are many similarities.
The third lady looked at Helian Jun, her eyes were still cold, and her attitude towards Helian Jun was the same as treating everyone else. In fact, in the desert, she had pulled the soldiers of the Rakshasa Army back from the ghost gate several times. Because of this, the soldiers of the Rakshasa Army were relieved of that contempt when they looked at her.
Helian Jun was slightly stunned, only showing a wry smile, the third lady was too proud, and, from the beginning, she and she were just using each other. As for why she came with her, Helian Jun really didn't understand, terrifying, even in the third lady's own heart, he didn't understand.
"As you can see, the poisonous insects and ants in the grass are the least dangerous creatures in it. What's even more terrifying is that there are large and small swamps hidden in the grasslands here, these swamps are flowing under the turf at any time, and if a piece of news is stepped on, they will be swallowed up in an instant. Helian Jun showed up to tell the story of what happened to him.
"The pasture here is still very fertile, and if it weren't for the danger, it would have become a sacred place for the steppe wolf clan to graze. Let the horses rest for a while, and when they get through here, no one can make a mistake! Helian Jun said loudly.
The crowd was divided into small and large groups to boil water for cooking, but fortunately, the grass was very soft and the weather was refreshing and pleasant, and they did not even need to set up tents when they rested at night.
Helian Jun and Hu Erhu analyzed the map in their hands on the side, and they knew that this was the only way for them to get out of the grassland alive. The map shows the closest route out of the steppe, including several extremely dangerous, immobile swamps, one of which happened to be on their way. When you get there, you have to use a raft to move forward, and once you get in, you will immediately sink into it.
"It's a blessing for you, it's flat and there's a constant breeze all year round. If there were no such empty conditions, I am afraid that a miasma would have formed here long ago, and at that time, even if there were thousands of troops and horses, they would not be able to pass. Helian Jun said softly.
Hu Erhu nodded, looking at the endless green in the distance, and couldn't help but shudder. He would rather experience the desert again, at least, the danger in the desert can be seen and touched, unlike here, where it can take your life without a word.
"It's getting late, hurry up and go to sleep, we have to hurry up tomorrow, we don't have much time." Helian Jun frowned, and it probably took them less than half a month to pass through the desert. But this grassland is not so easy to get through.
Nothing was said all night.
When he got up the next day, Helian Jun counted the number of people, and luckily there was no one missing. Helian Jun breathed a sigh of relief, probably because he was on the edge of the grassland, if he went into the depths, he was afraid that every night when he woke up, there would be a few fewer people sleeping under the earth forever.
"Report, sir, a pile of white bones have been found in the grass ahead." Suddenly, a sergeant came to report.
"White bones?" Helian Jun was shocked, "Take me to see it." ”
Helian followed the sergeant to the front, and there were really piles of white bones piled on the grass, at least three or four, most of them only showed a skull and hand bone, and the rest were still hidden underground.
"This is ......" Hu Erhu saw this scene and instantly understood, "This is the people who explored the way earlier?" ”
Everyone was shocked, they all knew that as early as when the Sunset Inn was established, Ji Yunkong sent teams of people to explore the road from time to time. It is these people who have used their lives to discover this path that no one has dared to take for thousands of years. The map in the hands of the Helian army was brought back by the survivors among them.
These people are their "predecessors", and if it were not for the sacrifices of these people, they would have traveled all the way, and they don't know how many detours and how many people died. And these dead people, their souls are shaky, they cannot return to their hometowns, they can only be turned into grass and nourishment, and even the white bones are buried deep in the ground. If it hadn't been turned out today, I don't know how long I would have been wandering here.
Everyone looked at the white bones in front of them, and they didn't know what it was like. There is not only the sad feeling of the dead rabbit and fox in my heart, but also as if there is a flame burning violently.
"Dig them up, and take the ashes home with you." Helian Jun said in a low voice.
Hu Erhu nodded, personally took a few soldiers, and dug them up with scabbards.
However, just as they had just dug two or three times, the ground "boomed" and sank. It was as if a river had been frozen in winter and suddenly cracked, and the solid earth suddenly became sticky, and an irresistible suction pulled them downward.
"Oops!" Hu Erhu has the highest martial arts, so he was naturally the first to react, reaching out and patting on the ground. Suddenly, under the shock of the internal force, the soil was slapped out. Hu Erhu followed this beat, not only swamping himself, but also saving a person beside him.
Helian Jun also reacted immediately, but he didn't dare to reach out to pull, in such a situation, not only could he not save people, but he would also trap himself in it.
Helian Jun reached out and took out his saber from the waist of the soldier next to him, and quickly cut off the legs of the soldier closest to him. The soldier screamed in pain and fainted, but was pulled up by the people next to him and saved his life.
As for the rest, they were not so lucky, and gradually sank under the swamp amid the screams. In a few moments, bubbles bubbled up in the swamp, and then, the earth rolled up, and the ground was completely unrecognizable except for blood stains and some messy grass.