Chapter 55: The Demon Feast
However, soon, the excitement of achieving Yuxu was replaced by a sense of urgency and crisis, and the improvement of strength made Yan Zheng understand more and more that there was a huge gap between him and the Qingxu monk, and the two fairies who played Luo Qin between the palms were not comparable to a monk like him who had just arrived in Yuxu, and if he wanted to escape from the hands of the two, he had to be more cautious.
When he fell into the abyss just now, Yan Zheng didn't have time to observe, just took a cursory look at the situation around him, and now no one bothered him for the time being, Yan Zheng finally had the opportunity to carefully check the surrounding environment, so as to study how to leave, Yan Zheng only remembered that not long after the red-clothed fairy appeared, the ground under their feet suddenly collapsed, and then they fell into the abyss, but where exactly they fell, he can't be sure now, the space in front of him is very vast, but it is not like it is artificially excavated, It seems to have been shaped by some kind of natural force.
Yan Zheng approached the wall in front of him, the thick trees and broken armor blades were gilded with strange colors by the light emitted by the crystals on the side, he stretched out his hand and stroked it, and there was a strange touch in his palm, these things used to make up the wall were not very tightly combined, and it could even be said that they were very loose, but Yan Zheng was nervous at the time and did not notice this.
With the promotion of the Jade Void, Yan Zheng has a divine sense, although it is not as good as Luo Ting, which can cover a vast area of several kilometers around, but there is no problem with more than ten meters around himself, the most important thing is that after having the divine sense, Yan Zheng's insight has increased exponentially, and the details that were originally imperceptible can now be clearly displayed in front of him, if there is no divine sense to help, he will naturally not be able to detect the strangeness of the wall in front of him.
Yan Zheng secretly pressed towards the wall in front of him, and as expected, under Yan Zheng's powerful power, the crystals, trees, and armor blades that were combined gradually cracked apart, revealing the real wall behind him, which showed a strange metallic luster, not made of rock, but like the product of bronze and gold smelting.
Although Yan Zheng doesn't know much about metal, but as an architectural designer, he is still very familiar with commonly used building materials, Yan Zheng bent his finger and tried to tap a few times, the wall came from a dull echo, estimated thickness is not small, the metal wall in front of him reminded him of those mysterious research facilities that were hidden in the mountains in the movie, but such a thing should not have appeared here.
Yan Zheng gave up the idea of testing the strength of the wall in front of him, if he hit it with all his might, not to mention whether the wall could withstand it, just from the loud noise and the vibration that might be triggered, it was very likely to attract the attention of the two fairies, he didn't dare to take the risk now, besides, it was useless to study the material of the wall, what Yan Zheng needed to find now was a way out of the abyss.
Yan Zheng relied on the memory just now to return to the cave hall where he met the two fairies just now, the couch was still in the center of the cave hall, and there was no one on it, it seemed that the two fairies were not here at this time, there were several tunnels on the side of the cave hall, I don't know where it leads, Yan Zheng walked to the tunnel and looked into it, part of the tunnel was pitch black, I didn't know what I would encounter after entering, and there was a light from some of the tunnels, accompanied by a gust of breeze, there should be air circulation.
Yan Zheng thought for a moment, and chose a tunnel with light to drill into, the existence of wind means that these tunnels are connected to the outside world, even if the tunnel selected is not correct, then you can go back and try other tunnels, as long as the general direction is not wrong, even if you encounter more forks, there is a high probability that you can find a way out.
At first, the tunnel was still relatively narrow, and Yan Zheng could only crawl in it, the bottom of the tunnel was uneven, and the sharp gravel scratched blood marks on Yan Zheng's body, making his crawling speed slow down a lot, and after I don't know how long he climbed, the tunnel gradually became open, barely allowing Yan Zheng to no longer lie on the ground, but it was only limited to bending over and groping forward, and after walking for a while, the height of the tunnel was enough for Yan Zheng to stand up and walk normally.
Somehow, compared to when he first drilled into the hole, the light in front of him gradually dimmed, and it seemed that the light source had been affected in some way, but now he had gone far into the depths, and even if there were some changes, it would take a lot of time to return the way he came, Yan Zheng decided to go out of the tunnel and make another judgment, if necessary, he could also turn back.
After walking forward for a while, Yan Zheng walked out of the tunnel, and what appeared in front of him was a small cave, the inside of the cave was very dim, and after waiting for a while, Yan Zheng saw the surrounding environment clearly, this cave was made of white rocks, and there were several budding stalactites growing on the ground, and there was a tunnel on the other side of the cave, from which a strange light was revealed, and it seemed that the light source was not here, but deeper.
Yan Zheng felt that something was wrong, he had thought that the tunnel with wind and light led to the upper level of the abyss, but from the moment he entered the tunnel, he lost his judgment of the direction, and could only continue to move along the tunnel, now it seems that this tunnel did not lead him to the surface, but has been guiding him to the deeper part of the abyss.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the cave wall and grabbed towards Yan Zheng, Yan Zheng's divine sense had already issued a warning in advance, he quickly retreated, using his hand as a blade, turned around and cut off the arm that attacked him, the arm was broken, and then fell to the ground, the owner of the arm did not let out a scream, as if the lost arm did not belong to him.
Yan Zheng looked to the other side, next to the tunnel, there was a person who described withered, his entire body was embedded in the cave wall, only the remaining half of his arm was still exposed, maybe the adjective was not accurate, this was simply a skeleton wrapped in a layer of skin.
Yan Zheng was a little puzzled, looking at the clothes, this person should be the Luo family entourage who came with Luo Qin to arrest him just now, but what happened to him? Why did you become like this now?
When the man saw Yan Zheng's face clearly, he suddenly became excited, and he tried to stretch out the remaining half of his arm towards Yan Zheng, struggling to say something, but his shriveled throat could only make him make a "hiss" sound of unknown meaning.
Yan Zheng understood that this person was not trying to attack him, but wanted to get his attention and convey some kind of message to him, Yan Zheng walked up to the man and leaned over to him, wanting to hear what he was saying.
"Wrong, all wrong! We fundamentally ...... No, come to ...... Here, it's a demon...... The banquet, the banquet, has just begun! ”
The staccato words seemed to drain all the man's strength, and his breathing became weaker, and the air he inhaled had leaked out of his broken lungs.
"Kill, kill, kill...... I, please. ”
He struggled to say the last words to Yan Zheng, and then he could no longer make any sound, and Yan Zheng put his hand over his head and slapped it hard, ending his pain.
After listening to the man's words before he died, and then thinking back to the broken armor and blades that made up the walls, as well as the red runes that made him feel uncomfortable, Yan Zheng felt a chill, if he expected it to be correct, not only these people, but many more people fell into this abyss, and judging from the style and rust of those armors, this abyss did not know how long it had existed and how many lives it devoured.
Yan Zheng stabilized his mind and walked into the tunnel on the other side of the cave, at the end of the tunnel was a huge natural shaft, the sunlight from the outside world shone in from the mouth of the well, illuminating a huge cloud disk in the center of the shaft, the cloud disk was surrounded by countless miserable white bones, the time passed was too long, it was impossible to tell whether the arrival belonged to a demon beast or a human, some of the bones were amazingly large, the ribs alone had the height of a city gate, I don't know how huge the original demon beast should be.
"The skeleton is like a mountain, the bones are like a forest, the human hair is turned into felt pieces, the human skin and flesh are rotten into mud and dust, the human tendons are wrapped around the trees, the dry is scorched and bright like silver, it is really a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, it really smells fishy and smelly, the little demon in the east, takes the living people and chops the meat, splashes demons in the west, and cooks the human flesh freshly, if it is not for the Monkey King so heroic, the second ordinary man will not be able to enter his door."
This scene can only be compared with the description of Lion Camel Ridge in "Journey to the West", but Yan Zheng is not Sun Dasheng, Rao is his mind is firm, walking through the corpse mountain and sea of blood, but in the face of the scene in front of him, he still feels that his feet are weak, and he feels a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
The man was right, they weren't supposed to be here, it was a feast for demons.
Dressed in red and white, bathed in the warm sunshine, two fairies fluttered in, and they landed lightly in the clouds, as if they had come to this feast.
The fairy in white did not care about the image, lazily lying on the wide cloud disk, her white and flawless skirt was stained red by thick blood, presumably she had just completed a massacre, the fairy in white frowned slightly, and there was some displeasure in her words, "People really still don't like hunting, the blood spilled from their bodies is dirty and smelly, even if they are cleaned, it smells of the whole body, sister, let's change places, I promise you, I will obediently go hunting with you in another place." ”
"Nope." This time, the fairy in red did not pamper her, but refused bluntly, "The index is above all else, if we can't complete it in time, we can't even go back home, you are right before, the land here is very barren, and the consumption of the exchangeable place is not low, if you can't get to a rich place, it will only outweigh the gains." ”
The fairy in white took off her skirt, revealing a thrilling curve, wrapping around the body of the fairy in red like a beautiful snake, and crushing her on the cloud disk, the fairy in red tried to struggle a few times, but after some hunting, she was far more tired than the fairy in white, unable to resist her strength, and could only let her go up and down.
"Take it easy, sister." The fairy in white exhaled, "I'll help you, you just need to throw me to those people again." ”