The cowherd boy did not control himself, and was instantly sucked into the hollow heart of the tree, leaving behind the hat he wore on his head.

When he woke up, the sight in front of him made him shudder.

A wide and loose passage was in it, leaving behind a trail of undried dirt, on which a large footprint had been tread. There are eight passages in it, in all directions. And there was a stench of domestic animals in it, which stopped him.

He saw passages leading to the unknown darkness, and the sound of water was coming from inside, ticking down. When I looked up, I saw a solid stone wall with no holes.

His face turned pale.

He thought for a moment and said, "It's so dark here, it's definitely been a long time since anyone has been here. Besides, how am I going to get out when I come in?"

"It's just that this footprint is a little intimidating, I have to be careful. ”

Of the eight directions, he chose the one on the right, and he must not be able to wait silently again.

There was an extraordinary silence in the passage, and the roots of the grass and trees he grasped in his hands, which were already dying at this time, spit out all the water. He felt that he could do something, but in order to find his way out, he insisted on touching the wall and walking out.

After walking for a long time, there was an oil lamp here, like an everlasting lamp buried in a coffin.

His body trembled, and he remembered the story about the grave.

He was a little alarmist, but categorically dismissed this idea and said, "There is nothing weird, I just came to find something." If it's fate, I can find more here. Sell a little more money. ”

He put away the sprout and walked on.

In the scene before him, he saw another oil lamp, the oil in the oil lamp had burned out, but it was still shining. He held his breath and continued on his way. The light in the oil lamp always resembles a naughty child, following his figure on his way, and then carrying his shadow with every step.

He looked back and saw that the lamp had continued to move where it had been.

As he turned his head, the lamp floated and fell silent behind him.

He jerked his head back, and the oil lamp appeared right in front of him, startling the cowherd. He turned and ran forward, and the oil lamp behind him followed him until another wide space a few dozen meters away.

Here is another peculiarity, it is overgrown with flowers and plants, but under the flowers, there is no soil cultivation, just hanging in the air.

There were a lot of shiny foreign objects inside, all of which he had never seen before, as if they were human, slanting the head of the flower, like a person poking his head into thinking when he was puzzled. This kind of behavior made the cowherd boys feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and they were thinking about what kind of creature this intruder was.

At this moment, a large flower head floated out and stood in front of her, and then all the small flower heads were suspended in the air, and then carefully looked at the unknown creature.

The cowherd boy muttered, "What kind of creature is this, I have never seen it." ”

He watched as the big flower head slowly approached his side, and finally made a stop in his sleeve.

The cowherd boy saw the intention of the big flower head, and said, "Are you also here to find the whereabouts of the roots of this plant?"

He was most afraid that the big flower head would open its petals and swallow the cowherd whole into his belly, so that he had already fantasized about the ending several times in his mind, and in this way, he had to hand over the roots of the grass and trees in his sleeve.

The big flower head shook his head at the group of small flower heads behind him, and he opened his petals, revealing two circles of closed sharp thorns inside, like teeth devouring prey. It swallowed the root of the plant and shook its own stem.

The cowherd swallowed.

The big flower head opened its sharp mouth again and pointed it at the cowherd.

Suddenly, a light came out from behind. The big flower head retreated, and immediately closed its petals, wrapped in a ball. The small flower heads in the back immediately surrounded them, forming a protective posture.

The oil lamp slowly rose behind the cowherd, hanging above his head.

The light that emanated from it was what the flower heads feared the most, and the oil lamp hovered forward violently, and the flower head hid in the darkness in a corner.

When the cowherd boy saw the flower head without roots, he was still thinking in his heart.

"It's possible that this flower head has lost its roots, and this flower root is one of the grass roots I am looking for. ”

He had always wondered about it. The oil lamp hanging above his head followed him like this, and he exhaled a breath of relief, and his heart was still somewhat steady. But in this darkness, he was still a little timid, not because he was afraid of these unknown foreign objects, but because he had been looking for his way home, but he had stopped here.

A group of flower heads appeared in front of him again, and these flower heads were the same as just now, and when he saw the light above the head of the cowherd boy, he hid tightly in the darkness, sensing the departure of the lamp.

The cowherd boy knew that these flower heads were most afraid of the oil lamp.

He walked around as fast as he could, looking for a path that he hadn't walked in the depths.

I kept walking in the direction of the road just now, and occasionally I saw some creatures with different breaths, all of them were afraid of the lights.

This light is like an early morning torch, which can illuminate their way forward and make him feel warm inside.

When he turned the passage, he saw a patch of soft earth, in which only flower roots were planted, and there were no flower heads.

The cowherd boy muttered, "It seems that I guessed correctly. This is indeed their roots. ”

"It's just to separate them so that they can't suck the nutrients from the dirt, so how do they survive? Just levitate in the air, wait for someone to come and devour them? It's a little too frightening. ”

He shook his head.

He was very excited.

With so many roots, he could sell them for a lot of money, and if he could, he could take his father out of here, and he would no longer be a cowherd.

He took a bag from his sleeve and spread it out.

He dragged out a lot of grass and tree roots, and took three handfuls all the way, and he was still a little greedy in his heart, but he stopped the desire in his heart. He could see that there were still many "eyes" staring at him in the darkness behind him, watching his every move.

Then he sighed and said, "No, these are enough." You can't be too greedy. ”

He packed his baggage, hugged it in his arms, and continued to walk into the darkness.

In the darkness, a faint vapor hit, and the oil lamp above his head flew in front of him.

He stopped slowly, and saw a huge stone sculpture in the shape of a mouse, with a pointed beak, round ears, and a fat belly, looking into the distance.

He walked over to it, and his black stone eyes turned green.

The cowherd boy was startled.