Wang Wenyuan motioned to Jia Hanji to prepare his weapons and told him in code words: Act when the opportunity arises.

But Jahangi shook his head, presumably because they were attacked by the Cancer, and he lost his weapon in a hurry.

Seeing his reaction like this, Wang Wenyuan couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart, this guy, dropped the chain at a critical moment, it really doesn't make people worry.

At the same time, the woman in red walked up to them.

She is extremely short, at first glance she looks like a teenage girl, but on closer inspection, she looks like a "living" doll, with crystal hair, skin like clotted fat, stunning face, and most importantly, a pair of eyes like cat's eyes, pure with a little cold charm, and a trace of mystery.

He couldn't help but smile, feeling that her appearance was somewhat similar to Gu Yuexi, but there was no murderous aura in her, nor did she have that kind of indescribable majesty.

In this way, she is easier to deal with than the executioner, Wang Wenyuan, who was still nervous just now, saw that the people behind the lights were not as terrifying as he expected, so he relaxed a little.

It's just that before he could catch his breath, the uneasiness in his heart spread again.

The reason for this is that the woman in red walked up to them, not only did not talk to them, but stared at them deadly, coupled with her sad smile and the smell of flowers that messed with people's minds, it really reminded people of some stories about lonely souls and wild ghosts.

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In fact, it is not only Wang Wenyuan and Jia Hanji who regard the woman in red as a lonely ghost, but also Gu Yuexi on the cliff path on the side.

But she didn't act rashly, the world is unpredictable at the moment, if she exposes herself, won't she become a fish on the board and be slaughtered by others?

With this in mind, she slowly crouched down while lowering her breathing rate, carefully observing the wind and grass around her.

Suddenly, she saw the woman in red take out a white tube-like object and pointed at Wang Wenyuan and the others.

In an instant, Wang Wenyuan and Jia Hanji both froze motionlessly, and in the next second, patches of frost appeared on their bodies, and this frost continued to increase, and finally turned into two hard ice lumps.

"Don't look at it, come down." The woman in red turned her head, glanced at her nonchalantly, and said slowly.

Gu Yuexi was a little surprised, she didn't make any movement on it, how did the woman in red find out?

After thinking for a moment, she didn't have an eyebrow, so she had to shoot the boulder on the opposite cliff with her grappling hook gun, and then swing it hard, and then step on the rough rock face, all the way down, to the ground.

"Not bad." The woman in red couldn't help but praise her when she saw her agility.

"Who are you?" Gu Yuexi didn't plan to talk nonsense with her, and went straight to the point.

"Liyuer." The woman in red in front of her not only did not sell her name, but also said her name naturally.

"Gu Yuexi." Gu Yuexi didn't hesitate, thinking, the reason why she was so cheerful was that she wanted to make a deal for herself?

"Yes, if you take me to the Gate of the Otherworld, I will tell you the way out of this underground space." Li Youer seemed to guess what she was thinking, so she spoke with confidence.

"It's a pity that I already know the location of the entrances and exits, and besides, I don't know what the Otherworldly Gate is." As she spoke, she took the opportunity to glance at the two ice lumps and found that they were extremely thick, and Wang Wenyuan's situation did not seem to be optimistic.

"You're interested in the young man?" Li You'er was keenly aware of her wandering eyes and sneered.

"It's none of your business." Gu Yuexi inexplicably felt that this little man was very annoying, but I don't know if it was because Wang Wenyuan was frozen by her, or because of her precious time, she was delayed.

"Haha, there is a time when you beg me." With a little right hand, the surface of the two ice mounds was instantly covered with cracks, and then with a "click", they exploded.

Gu Yuexi snorted coldly at Li You'er, and then walked forward without looking back.

"What a weirdo." Li You'er glared at her fiercely, wondering if this woman didn't take her seriously? Also, why would she care about an ordinary young man?

A quarter of an hour later......

Gu Yuexi stopped on an extremely steep hillside, and according to the hint of the map in his mind: the location of the treasure chest was on the edge of the mountaintop, in an enclosed area.

Since it is an enclosed area, there must be a house or a secret room on the top of this mountain.

Thinking of this, she clenched her long knife and trotted all the way to the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain was bare, and as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but strange rocks.

It's no wonder that there is no sunlight in the underground space all year round, and there is no water source here, so what plant can survive in such a hostile place?

Not to mention, just as Gu Yuexi was about to go to find the so-called "closed space", she really saw a plant, and it was a strange-looking plant.

At first glance, it resembles a cycad, with a thick trunk, broad pinnate leaves, and oval yellow-brown flowers, but unlike ordinary cycads, its trunk and leaves are covered with spikes, which are very similar to the spines on the surface of cacti.

"Hmph, it's blooming in March, full of spikes, but it's the first time I've seen it." She whispered, then walked slowly towards the cycad.

For some reason, she always felt that this cycad was very weird, in addition to the abnormality just now, she also caught a slight sound in the cycad, it seemed to be a person panting, and it seemed to be a leopard roaring in a low voice.

Seeing this, Gu Yuexi hurriedly stopped and squatted down, thinking about what was hidden in this cycad?

Or is this cycad itself problematic?

Sure enough, before she could react, the cycad shook slightly, and then the spikes on its surface flew towards her like arrows off the string.

Seeing this, her face changed, and she subconsciously flashed to the side, dodging most of the spikes, but still a small part was stuck on her windbreaker, fortunately, the spikes were not long and the force was not great, so it did not hurt the flesh and skin.

In the next second, the cycad quickly turned into a green "thorn ball" and smashed towards her like a rolling stone.

In a hurry, Gu Yuexi couldn't dodge, so she had to pick up the grappling hook gun, pointed at the cycad, and pulled the trigger.

As it turned out, her move did work well, only to see the cycad was knocked out by the grabbing hook full of strength, and rolled to the side in a gray manner.

"Hmph, I originally thought that you were proficient in the art of disguise, and you had a sharp thorn in your body, so you must be difficult to deal with, but you are actually a greedy person who is afraid of death." She glared fiercely in the direction where the cycad had disappeared and said with a smile.

But she also had to admit that she was just lucky this time, and if the "thorn ball" was stalking her, she really couldn't do anything about it.

didn't stop, she immediately came to the location where the cycad was just now, after all, there is no house on the top of the mountain, so the closed area where the treasure chest is located can only be a secret room, if the cycad is the "back hand" left by a certain existence, can it be proved that the time left for her is running out?

Soon, Gu Yuexi found a dark hole on the side of a boulder not far away, the entrance of the cave was very narrow, and it would accommodate one person to enter and exit.

For safety, she did not enter immediately, but first explored the path with stones and then observed with lights.

Based on what she observed, she preliminarily determined that the cave was a vertical downward extension, with a distance of about 75-85 meters from the entrance to the bottom, a moist sandy soil at the bottom, and a rough rock face on the cave walls.

For such a long distance, it is obviously not possible to reach the bottom by climbing with bare hands, first of all it is extremely physically demanding. Moreover, it does not allow for accidents in the middle of the road.

So, is there any other effective way to climb without climbing tools?

After a short period of thought, Gu Yuexi finally bet her treasure on her grappling hook gun.

There is a 40-meter-long steel rope with a grappling hook inside the grappling hook, and a concentrated high-pressure gas tank, after pulling the trigger, a small part of the gas in the high-pressure gas tank will eject the steel rope, so that the grappling hook firmly grasps the fixed object, as for the remaining gas in the high-pressure gas tank, it is controlled by the booster button, and its function is to send people into the air.

Gu Yuexi's method is: first fix the grappling hook at the entrance of the hole, then hold the grappling hook gun with both hands, step on the rock wall with both feet and slowly fall, and when it descends to 40 meters, stretch out her legs and kick the cave wall, and then retract the grappling hook for a second shot, and so on, until it falls to the bottom.

After deciding, she did not hesitate to start a bold attempt, after all, in her dictionary, there are no four words "indecisive".

Luckily, although it took a little more energy than expected, she was down to 40 meters away from the cave entrance in less than 2 minutes.

"Next, prepare to retract the grappling hook." She whispered, spreading her body's strength evenly across both legs, making sure she was holding on to the cave wall before pulling the trigger.

With the grappling hook in place, she can now say that she has no protection, and if something happens, the consequences are unimaginable.

But as the saying goes, she is afraid of something, and just as she was about to launch the grappling hook again, she suddenly heard a low roar of a beast from under her body, which was similar to the cry of a yellow-haired monster, but it sounded more oppressive and easy to distract people.

In addition, she felt that foreign objects had climbed onto her boots, and there were many of them.

The sudden change made Gu Yuexi's legs tremble almost reflexively, and at the same time, the timidity in her heart was also devouring her rationality, making her feel a slight sense of dizziness.

"Calm me down." She hurriedly grabbed her fingertips to force herself to compose, and then, looking at the spot, she pulled the trigger on a raised stone diagonally above.

Suddenly, the steel rope with the grappling hook jumped out of the barrel under the pressure of the gas, and then grabbed the so-called "prey" with a dead grip.

Seeing this, Gu Yuexi took a breath, and after a short rest, she was ready to continue descending.

But for some reason, at this moment, her legs and feet became numb, accompanied by intense pain.

Thinking of the "foreign body" she had just felt, she secretly said that something was wrong, and while calming her mind, she scanned the affected area with the residual light of her eyes.

I don't know if I don't know this, but I was startled when I saw it, and what climbed on her lap was actually a dense group of red ants.

In a hurry, Gu Yuexi had to leave her feet off the cave wall, but this also meant that she had to ensure that the distance from the place where she fell to the bottom of the cave was greater than 40 meters, otherwise, she would be 100% killed.