The strange vine swept in, the others in the road had retreated to the depths, Li Huan and Fan Tong were the closest to Han Daring, seeing Han Daring being besieged by the tree vine, Li Huan left Fan Tong who covered his face, and the only son waved a short shovel to help him.

But Li Huan was not as close as the strange vine, and the strange vine was in a hurry, and when Li Huan stepped forward, he was already able to catch Han Daring.

Han Da'er saw that the cave had lost the light of other people's flashlights, and it became dark, but it was still bright in front of him, and his eyes swept away the water moon lantern left by Mei Ruohong and Ye Ling. He was in a hurry and kicked the water moon lantern away.

The water moon lantern flew towards the strange vine, and was swept away by the strange vine, and immediately "waved" and was shattered. All the kerosene in the lantern was sprinkled on the vines of the trees, and the flame of the wick that had not yet been extinguished burned instantly.

Han Da'er hurriedly twisted the handle of the knife, cut off the strange vine wrapped around Lu Mo's knife, and pulled the knife out. With his feet on the ground, he leaped backwards. Several ups and downs had already fallen out of the reach of the vines, and only then did they stand still.

At this time, Li Huan also stood beside him, and the people who ran to the depths of the road saw the sudden brightness behind them, and they couldn't help but stop and turn around and take a closer look.

I don't know why this man-hunting vine is so flammable, it's just a layer of kerosene and fire, but in an instant, it has spread the flame to all the connected strange vines!

In an instant, the corridor fell into a sea of fire, and the flames burned, causing the temperature in the corridor to rise, the heat wave was churning, and everyone was even suffocating for breath!

The flames rose, and everyone saw the roof of the cave clearly.

I saw that the top of the road was fourteen or fifteen meters from the ground, and there was a huge crack on the top of the cave above, revealing a lot of soil, a thick vine that was burning, enough for three people to hug each other, and many roots and whiskers were crawling all over the top of the cave, like human blood. Dozens of vines of varying thickness all grow on this huge vine root.

At this time, all the vine branches and roots were engulfed in flames, and these trapping vines were like those who felt pain, constantly twisting and curling, and a few tree vines seemed to be furious, with flames all over their bodies, and rushed towards Han Da'er and a few people. It's just that everyone has fled beyond the attack range of the tree vines, and the tree vines with flames like strange snakes and giant pythons can only keep rolling towards the void weakly, but they can never hurt anyone.

After a while, the vines stopped moving, and the light of the fire dimmed. The hallway was filled with the smell of burnt wood, and it was not as bright as it was just now.

Ye Lingdao:

"Big brother, you just said that this strange vine is called a trapping vine? Is it said that this strange vine specializes in preying on people for food? There are such strange plants in the world! ”

Han Daring said:

"The mantrap vine can catch blood food like a spirit snake as a sustenance. It doesn't just mean that people are fed, and it doesn't matter if it feeds on blood, such as Venus flytrap and the like! ”

Mei Ruohong had a lump in her heart and said:

"As far as I know, this man-trapping vine is not a product of our country, and it was first discovered on the African continent by Western explorers in the last century, and this plant is not very tall, how can there be such a plant deep underground, and it can grow so huge?"

Wang Weihan said:

"Maybe it's not unique to Africa! Looking at the crack in the roof of the cave, it seems that this man-trapping vine was originally in the soil layer, but it just grew out of the crack by accident! ”

Han Daring said:

"I'm afraid it's not accidental!"

Everyone was attracted by Han Da'er's words, and only listened to him continue:

"In fact, this man-trapping vine has brought back the seeds of this plant from overseas as early as when Zheng He went to the West, but after returning to Middle-earth, the cultivation of this plant has undergone a mutation, and the man-trapping vine has grown as thick as a bowl, and can be heard and moved to attack people and animals.

When caught by the vine, the barb on the vine will pierce the body of the prey, release digestive juices, melt the prey's internal organs, and finally suck it to become its own sustenance. Zheng He saw that this plant was too fierce, so he burned the vines and sealed the seeds.

But as far as I know, when the Jigu Temple was rebuilt later, the original underground palace was rebuilt under the Bell Pavilion, and a secret room was built to collect the mirror core of the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror. As soon as someone approaches, they will be caught by the human vine. ”

Han Dada'er knew all he knew was from listening to Gou Shao's story about the past, and he also added the analysis of Gou Shao's master Luo Tianhe.

At this moment, after everyone listened to Han Daring's story, Wang Weihan asked:

"This is a bit unreasonable, Yuanqiao Xianjing and Wuzhongzi Kingdom are far earlier than the Ming Dynasty more than 2,000 years, how can it be possible to find the man-hunting vines planted by the Ming Dynasty in such ruins?"

Han Daring said:

"Legend has it that Yao Guangxiao, a black-clothed monk beside Emperor Yongle, once found a path to the Nine Hidden Abacus City of the Endless Kingdom, and the core of this Qiao Xian Mirror was brought out by him.

I think that this Yongdao may be an ancient relic that was dug two thousand years ago, but the green jade gate and this man-hunting vine should have been set up in the Ming Dynasty to block the passage. In order to prevent outsiders from entering the ruins, looking for the Endless Kingdom and the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror!

The vines penetrate into the soil layer at the top of the cave and have either been dormant for hundreds of years, or they feed on gophers and other creatures in the soil. The people who came down before us, after entering the Yongdao, did not wake up the trapper vine very much, and one of them also became the first meal of the trapper vine in hundreds of years! ”

Looking at the trapping vine that had been burned to charcoal, everyone also felt that Han Da'er's analysis was very reasonable.

Mei Ruohong said:

"If this is really the Nine Shadows Abacus City of the Endless Country, then why is it that only the core of the Yuanqiao Immortal Mirror has been taken out of the ground.

Although science and technology are developed today, many educated people no longer believe in the theory of immortality, but in ancient times, those emperors who were centralized in their hands did not want to live forever.

If you really find such a legendary ruin, not to mention whether ordinary people believe it or not, a mirror will have the power of an artifact, how could the emperor let this opportunity to become an immortal just seal this place tightly? ”

Han Daring said:

"What you mean is that this place is probably extremely dangerous, and if you close the corridor, you just don't want anyone to open it again."

Mei Ruohong didn't answer, just nodded slightly.

At this time, after listening to Mei Ruohong's words, everyone couldn't help but worry about the road ahead, Fan Tong had the intention of returning home even earlier, but Wang Weihan must continue to move forward to find out.

Wang Weihan said:

"Brother Han, don't force everyone, I'm very grateful that you can bring me here, let me go the next way! You take everyone back the way you came, and wait for me at the entrance of the cave! ”

Han Dada'er said:

"Actually, I'm getting more and more interested in this ruin, and since I agreed to come with you, I can't let you venture alone!"

Since Han Daring also insisted on continuing, Mei Ruohong, Ye Ling, Chen Feiyang and Li Huan naturally had to follow along, only Fan Tong covered the injuries on his face and muttered in his mouth:

"Now that we've broken the phase, I'm afraid we'll all have to return to our positions if we go any further! Damn it! This time I have a scar on my face! ”

Li Huan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, glared at Fan Tongyi and scolded:

"You're not going to say a nice thing!"

Chen Feiyang also said:

"If you break your appearance, it won't delay you to find a daughter-in-law, we are quite a big person, from my master's point of view, you are still a generation older than me, can you not be so cowardly!"

Fan Tong said angrily:

"You're awesome! You go first! ”

Mei Ruohong saw that Wang Weihan and Fan Tong were injured in the fight with the trapper vine just now, so he took out medicine and gauze from his bag and helped the two of them bandage. When disinfected with alcohol, Wang Weihan could still endure the pain, but Fan Tong screamed like a pig killing race.

Han Daring checked the corridor to make sure that there were no other ambush mechanisms, so he asked everyone to rest again, and after a fight, everyone was already with crooked armor, and some people had a lot of equipment in their backpacks scattered all over the ground. Everyone drank some water, and only Fan Tong, although he shouted that he was not hungry, cooked two cans of canned food.

Just when everyone was regrouping and getting ready to go, Ye Ling had suffered internal injuries before, although he had already taken the pills given by Han Daring, but he also felt that his physical strength had not fully recovered, so he stretched out his hand to help on the wall when he got up, but just like this, he seemed to touch some traces on the stone wall of Yongdao, as if he had carved it with a tool.

Ye Ling held a flashlight to shine on the notches on the wall, and saw that each of the notches was the size of a fist, and the shape was peculiarly curved, not ornamental, but it was not an unknown text like the fairy urn, but it was crooked and slanted, and the carving was very shallow.

Ye Ling didn't read much, and he couldn't see what kind of words were engraved, so he said busily:

"Big brother, come and see, what's going on at this moment?"

Han Daring went over and looked at the wall, but found that these notches were not vertical, but horizontal, as if they were foreign characters.

At this time, Mei Ruohong and Wang Weihan also came over to take a look, and Mei Ruohong suddenly said:

"This ...... It seems to be in Italian! ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Mei Ruohong say this.

Chen Feiyang said:

"Could it be that there are foreigners in the group that came down in front of you?"

Han Daring said:

"Even though it's deep underground, the air is very smooth and there is always a gentle breeze. Look at the inscription on this stone wall, the edge is seriously weathered, and the carving traces are hundreds of years old, and it can never be new! ”

Wang Weihan said:

"Have Italians been here before?"

Ye Ling hurriedly asked:

"Sister Mei, do you understand what it means?"

Mei Ruohong Road:

"When I was studying abroad, I had an Italian classmate who taught me some!"

She looked at it for a long time, and as she looked at it, she frowned and said:

"These words are a little strange, I don't understand them!"

Han Daring said:

"Didn't you learn some? Can't understand any of this? ”

Mei Ruohong Road:

"I mean, this Italian is a little bit different from what I'm learning, just like we modern people look at the old texts, and some of the grammar is different from what it is now.

"Can you tell what it means?"

Han Daring asked.

Mei Ruohong Road:

This is to the effect of...... The front is very dangerous, and you must not continue to move forward...... Wait a minute...... There's also a signed abbreviation, which seems to be ......! ”

Wang Weihan stepped forward, touched the Italian engraved on the wall with his hand, and then said:

"I think that although these inscriptions are not as long as the excavation time of this road, they should be longer than the Qingyumen! As Brother Han said, although it is underground, the ventilation environment is not bad, and the weathering degree of the wall is much older than the lettering, and finally the Qingyu Gate. ”

Han Daring said:

"The hardness of green jade is very high, and it should not be affected by weathering, but the person who carved the words on the wall of the Yongdao must have wasted a lot of effort, so the Italian text on the wall is crooked and messy, and the nicks are very shallow!"

王威汉 says:

"There must have been a foreigner coming down before, this should be a warning message when he leaves!"

Fan Tong immediately got off the donkey and said busily:

"If you want me to say, we should go back the way we came! Isn't this a warning slogan? ”

After he finished saying this, no one paid attention to it, and when he saw that no one answered, he could only sit on the floor angrily, take out a baked cake from his pocket and munch on it.

Han Da'er wondered in his heart what kind of person this name was written on, and couldn't help muttering out loud.

Mei Ruohong Road:

"Italian, it's still an ancient, could it be Marco Polo!"

She spoke with some disdain, as if she didn't believe in this inference herself!

Wang Weihan looked a little excited and said:

"That's right, that's right! Maybe it's really Marco Polo's engraving! ”

Chen Feiyang asked:

"Who is Marco Polo?"

Wang Weihan said:

Marco Polo, an Italian, came to China in 1275 A.D., at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and became friends with Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty. I have traveled in China for 17 years and have been to many ancient cities in China. Legend has it that he even found Shambhala! ”

Chen Feiyang said again:

"Shambhala? What is Shambhala? ”

Wang Weihan said:

"Shambhala is a Tibetan word that means Shangri-La, and when I went to Tibet to collect old wax and old beads, I once met a colleague who said that he had a statue of Buddha brought out of Shambhala in his hand."

Han Da'er continued:

"When I used to read books, I read some claims that refute the authenticity of Marco Polo's travels, and some people say that Shambhala is actually just a spiritual realm, a spiritual realm that can only be reached by receiving the Kalachakra empowerment. There is no such thing as Shambhala. ”

Wang Weihan said:

Indeed, there are many people who do not believe that Marco Polo has ever been to China, and even think that his travels are all fragments from the mouths of some oriental travelers, plus his fantasies!

However, there are many more who believe in the authenticity of Marco Polo's travels. Legend has it that when Marco Polo traveled in China, the place in Tianjin was still called Haijin Town, and later in his dictation and Rustyqian's "Oriental Experience", Haijin Town was called "Heavenly City"!

Some people say that the heavenly city he is referring to is not Tianjin Wei, but a lost ancient city! Later, he also chiseled the scene he had seen into a mural, but this mural was accidentally found by Yao Guangxiao, and only then did he discover the Immortal Mirror of the Endless National Cooperation, which confirmed the Italian carvings on the wall! ”

"Come and have a look!"

When several people were discussing, they suddenly heard Ye Ling's voice coming from a distance in front of them, and then they realized that she had taken the lead alone and walked towards the front of the road.

Hearing this, everyone followed closely and walked to the depths of the corridor. Walking not far, but saw a wide stone room in front of him, Ye Ling was standing in the stone room, holding a flashlight to the ground, only to see a big hole in the ground, the hole is a stone steps obliquely downward, the stone steps zigzag down, the light is limited, but there is no end in sight......