At first glance, this bird looks like a crane, but on closer inspection, it is not exactly like it, its white feathers are not pure white, but white with a faint cyan, and the skin under the feathers is a faint blood color. In addition, this strange bird has a special smell on its body, a fishy smell.

The live birds were kept in captivity, and the dead birds were used for dissection.

"Its muscles are very strong, how can the blood be this color."

"Be careful, it may carry healing bacteria and viruses on its body, and its blood may be poisonous."

After examination, they did find a terrible germ on the body of this strange bird, which has a strong ability to cause disease. And the soldiers patrolling outside Fanghu Island began to appear, and one after another soldiers fell.

An inexplicable high fever, bleeding from internal organs, and a special pathogenic bacterium were detected in their bodies. They were infected by strange birds.

In a secret base, Lu Xunxian looked at the photo uploaded on the monitor, which was the kind of strange bird.

"This, isn't this a crane?"

"It's not a crane, it looks like a crane at first glance, but if you look closely, it's different from a crane."

"I did see cranes on that fairy island, and there were quite a few of them." Lu Xunxian said.

The appearance of these strange crane-shaped birds brought with them the terrible pathogenic bacteria that caused many warriors to fall ill and fall, but nothing else.

Lu Xunxian didn't offer any valuable help.

The wind and rain on the sea showed no signs of stopping, and the fog on Fanghuxian Island became even thicker.

The next morning, the wind and rain suddenly stopped, and the fog around Fanghu Island suddenly became much thinner. The island, which used to be very vague, can now be seen very clearly.

"Hurry up, the island is revealing its true face!"

The island is not small, with two peaks on it, like a dragon's back.

"Electromagnetic interference has also been reduced a lot."

"Send someone up!"

Previously, due to clouds and fog, and electromagnetic interference, it was not possible to use the flight equipment to get closer. There are many reefs on the outskirts of the island, which makes it impossible for larger ships to get close to them, so they have to send small boats to get there.

Now that the electromagnetic interference is much smaller, we can try to send a helicopter over.

Hula-la, the helicopter took off and headed straight for the island with heavily armed warriors.

On the island, halfway up a mountain peak, you can faintly see as if a person is standing there, as if staring at the plane in the sky.

Somewhere deep in the Empire, after a strong earthquake, an area that had been covered with clouds and mist all year round suddenly dispersed, and a crack opened in the ground, and it looked like a large mouth open from the sky.

There was blue-black smoke wafting out of the cracks, which could be seen from a long distance.

Because it was located deep in the mountains, this abnormal place was not discovered by a medicine picker until two days later, and it was reported to the above.

The local secret service bureau immediately arranged for people to take a plane into the mountains to investigate, and immediately transmitted the footage back to the rear.

"The mountain collapsed, the earth cracked, is it an earthquake?"

"What's the matter with the blue-black smoke, is there volcanic activity underground?"

"From what we know, there is no volcano in that place."

"You see, the plants near the crack are clearly withering and withering."

"Is it because the smoke is poisonous?"

The plane circled around twice, then slowly lowered its altitude, and soon a member of the team descended into the jungle, ready to inspect the crack up close.

Not long after going down, there was a bang, and there was a gunshot.

"Monsters, there are monsters!"

There were some panicked voices coming from the radio communication channels.

"Air support, request air support."

"Roger, receiving, where are you, what does the monster look like, I don't see any trace of the monster."

The pilot of the helicopter hovered in mid-air, but saw no sign of the so-called monster.

Ah, screams coming from the radio headsets. The personnel who then went down to explore lost contact.

On the same day, a second team entered the forest a kilometer away from the rift to search for their missing companions.

"Captain, there's blood here."

They found bloodstains in the jungle, bullet casings, and broken clothes.

"Look here!" A warrior pointed to a nearby tree trunk, which had a strange scratch on it.

"Claws? There are also signs of corrosion. ”

The search team continued and soon found a fallen gun on the ground, still stained with blood and a deformed barrel.

"Such a strong force, be careful."

With a bang, the small drone took off and searched through the jungle, while the team maintained a defensive battle formation, carefully guarded.

Soon, the drone had a harvest, and they rushed over to find a large pool of blood on the ground, some minced meat, and the wild grass on the ground was corroded by something.

"It looks like a dismemberment site." One of the fighters said softly.

"He was eaten." The captain looked down and looked at it carefully.

"Look here." He pointed to the grass on the ground.

"Footprints?!"

"Wherever this monster walks, it leaves this corrosive footprint."

"This looks like the soles of human feet!"

"yes!" The captain looked up.

Now they are in big trouble, and it is getting dark. Camping in such a jungle can be very dangerous, especially if they have to deal with unknown monsters.

"Let's go to the rift first." After a little thought, the captain decided to go to the rift first, and then evacuate with the others. Can't spend the night in this jungle, it's too dangerous.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they came to the side of the crack, which was more than three hundred meters long, nearly ten meters wide at its widest point, and less than two meters at the narrowest point.

Standing on the edge of the crack and looking down, there is no bottom. Blue-black smoke kept coming out of the ground.

Tick tick, beep tick, siren sound.

"This smoke is poisonous."

Although the team of them all wore gas masks. But there is no guarantee that it is foolproof.

"Retreat!"

The captain took pictures and took samples of the soil and plants near the cracks, and immediately ordered everyone to retreat. Suddenly, the captain made a defensive gesture. The surrounding warriors immediately raised their guns and stood on guard in battle formation.

"What sound?" Just now the captain heard a strange voice. They waited for about five minutes, but found nothing.

"Retreat!"

The captain made a gesture, and the group immediately retreated. They did not retreat quickly.

Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed out of the forest.

Da Da Da, the fire snake swallowed, the bullets poured, three automatic rifles, dozens of bullets hit the monster, and the monster screamed and fell to the ground.

After confirming that there was no movement, they cautiously moved forward and saw a strange monster in the middle of the wild grass.

Human-like, it has strange scales on its blue-black body and sharp claws on the ends of its fingers and toes.

"Take pictures, call for air support, take the body away."

Soon the helicopter flew in and took the group and the corpse of the monster away.

When it was getting dark, a bird suddenly flew up in the woods, as if frightened in some way.

At one of the bases, researchers are studying the monster that has been brought around the rift.

"From the point of view of body structure, he is more than ninety-five percent similar to humans, the scales on the surface of his body should have mutated due to long-term survival in a special environment, and his eyes, which are obviously different from our human eyes, are more adapted to the low-light environment, and there is a toxic substance in his blood."

"Well, Dr. Chen, can you be more concise?"

"To put it simply, they should be humans, or mutated humans."

"Mutated humans? Humans from underground?"

This humanoid monster comes from the cracks underground, and it's uncertain how many there are, but they certainly can't be left unattended.

Soon the troops were pulled out into the jungle, and in addition to searching for monsters, they also had to escort a group of scientific researchers to the vicinity of the crack for sampling and analysis, and also had to choose a suitable location to prepare for the construction of a military base nearby.

The troops were attacked by monsters in the process of action, these monsters are very powerful, a slap can slap people out of the air several meters away, and the skin outside the body is also very hard, one or two shots on the body have no effect at all.

They are also very fast, causing a lot of damage to the team, but fortunately they are limited in number. They reached the vicinity of the crack without any danger, and the work began immediately.

Thousands of miles away on Yuxiao Mountain,

The campfire was burning, and on top of it was an iron kettle, gurgling hot. The water is boiling, lift it up, make a cup of tea,

Wang An held a book of Taoist treasures in his hand and read it carefully.

A gust of mountain breeze blew in through the window, with a hint of coolness.

Crackling, raindrops fell, smashing on the leaves, and the raindrops falling from the sky were fine and dense, like cow's hair.

The first rain of spring,

Hearing the sound of rain, Wang An put down the Daozang in his hand, looked up at the window, looked at the rain outside, his gaze drifted far away, and his whole person seemed to float out through the window, floating to the mountain outside, in mid-air, against the rain to the sky.

Click, spring thunder rolling,

Wang An's body trembled slightly.

He raised his hand, palm up, and a wisp of wind and rain outside merged into a line, passed through the window, floated in, landed above his palm, swirled, and then floated out again.

"It's raining!"

Until nightfall, the rain did not stop.

The next day, when I opened the door, the air outside suddenly became much fresher.

"The vitality in this mountain seems to be a little richer after being watered by this spring rain."

Wang An felt the changes in the mountains. If trees were emotional, they should be happy right now.

The mountain peach tree not far from the wooden house was already full of young leaves and full of life.

In the mountain village, outside the old house, Li Xinzhu stopped a person, an old man wearing a washed white robe and gray hair.

"This layman, such a vigorous blood!" The old man looked at Li Xinzhu and exclaimed.

"What are the old people doing here?"

"When I passed through this place, I was thirsty, and I begged for a bowl of water to drink." The old man said with a smile.

"Give." Li Xinzhu directly handed over a bottle of mineral water.

"Thank you." The old man smiled and took the mineral water, unscrewed the lid and took a sip.

"Well, it's a little cold, is it hot, you're old, and your stomach is not good?"

"Yes, follow me."

Li Xinzhu took the old man to his place and gave him a bowl of hot water.

"Thank you." Lao Dao took the water and took a sip. "Well, it's still mountain spring water. How can I thank you for drinking your bowl of water? ”

"No thanks." Li Xinzhu waved his hand.

"Otherwise, I'll do the math for you." The old man said with a smile.

"Fortune telling, what can an old man count?"

"What do you want to know?"

"When will I become an immortal?"

"Huh?" The old man's hand, which had just been raised, hung in midair.

The young man laughed.

"This is difficult, isn't it, then change it, when can I fly?" Li Xinzhu pointed to the sky. The old man coughed twice.

"If you can't figure it out, then please."

"Young man, you have a great opportunity, but there is also a great calamity." The old man said.

"Go out and turn left and walk slowly."

The old man went out and walked in the direction of the old house, but was stopped by Li Xinzhu after taking a few steps.

"Is there anything else the young man does?"

"What are you doing there?"

"Well, I'm going to meet the man in the old mansion."

"Why?" Li Xinzhu stared at the old man.

"I'm a little hungry, so I'm looking for something to eat."

"Whatever you want to eat, I have it at home." Li Xinzhu said, Lao Dao smiled.

"Hey, the layman looks at me like a thief?"

"From the entrance of the village to here, dozens of families have passed here, and you just came here to beg for water?"

After hearing this, the old man was silent for a while, "I want to see Wang An." ”

Sure enough, Ken told the truth, Li Xinzhu said in his heart after hearing this.

"He's not here."

"Then he's on Yuxiao Mountain?" The old man then asked.

"What is the old man looking for him?"

"Ask him some questions."

"He's not a guest."

The old man nodded after hearing this, "Thank you for the water, excuse me." With that, he turned and left the village.

"Strange old man." Li Xinzhu looked at the back of the old man leaving and said softly.

After noon, a guest came down from Yuxiao Mountain, the old man who had gone to the mountain village in the morning.

"The momentum is majestic, the spirit is extraordinary, but it is a treasure land." He said after looking at the Yuxiao Mountain in front of him.

Then he went up the mountain, an old man of seventy years old, walking alone in the mountains, he did not look fast, but in a short time he walked a long way in the mountains.

"Someone went up the mountain?"

In the wooden house, Wang An sensed the old man who was going up the mountain.

"Oops, it's finally up!" The old man looked at the wooden house not far away and breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)