27.
Mingyue tugged at my clothes: "These people were petrified by the Sand Worm King, and the Sand Worm King must be around here." ”
We don't know much about Mingyue's words yet.
"These are not statues, these are petrified people. She was almost arguing, "Zijun is right, no one would carve such a stone statue." ”
"Let's go, I think this place is weird, too. "I said I didn't want to participate in this mission in the first place.
"What about you, Zhao Pu," Tingxiong asked.
"Go" Zhao Pu replied very directly.
However, Zijun hugged the statue of the "elder brother" as if he was enchanted. No matter how much we dissuade her, she won't leave. Tingxiong had no choice but to carry the statue, I pulled Zijun, and the five of us ran towards the main hall. But when we arrived at the main hall, the cries of the sand worm king attracted many small sand worms, which crowded the main hall, and when they saw a few of us, they all pounced. We had to be lucky, but the sandworms seemed to be unkillable, and they kept coming in through the entrance of the main hall. If this goes on for a long time, he will die of exhaustion. So we moved the throne, blocked the vents, and retreated back into the hallway.
As soon as I returned to the hallway, the uncomfortable sound rippled like a lake in waves.
"Since you can't go, let's go in and take a look," Zhao Pu said.
"Inside is the Sandworm King," Mingyue warned.
"I support Zhao Pu, no one has ever seen the Sand Worm King. Moreover, we are already in danger. "I think it's the only chance to escape right now.
"Wait a minute," Zhao said.
"What's wrong," I asked.
He pointed at Zijun, "With her current mental state, it will only drag us down, or stay here, Tingxiong, you take care of her." ”
"Okay," Tingxiong nodded.
"No, it's more dangerous to stay here," Mingyue said, "those sandworms will rush in at any time." Let me give it a try. Maybe we can save her. ”
Mingyue said that the person who fell for the ghost-eyed wolf wind, the stronger the obsession in his heart, the deeper the poisoning. Zijun's longing for her brother makes it impossible for her to wake up from witchcraft.
"I use the water technique, but I'm afraid of hurting her, which of you can control her internal force well and protect her heart. ”
Tingxiong and Zhao Pu both pointed at me.
After Mingyue performed Qingshui, Zijun was much more awake. But still depressed. We told her that her brother had died. She said that maybe kill the Sandworm King and the petrification on her brother would be unraveled. I say, this is only a myth and a legend.
"Aren't you going down to find the Sandworm King, don't you try?" she suddenly grimaced. We are all very happy that Zijun has returned to his former appearance.
So the five of them ran towards the place where the Sandworm King screamed.
Walking down is a circle of stairs, like a spring. Half an hour later, we arrived at an open space the size of half a football field. Under the illumination of the flashlight, we saw a "sand worm king" who was completely black and the body size was no different from that of ordinary sandworms. It screamed in the middle of a swamp, a sound as thin as a fingernail scraping through glass. We found that it could not move its body, that it was a swamp beneath its feet, that its limbs were trapped by the swamp, and that it was unusually angry, struggling, and roaring at us.
"Is this the King of Sandworms?" I asked, darker than normal sandworms.
"I don't know, but it shouldn't be bad. "Mingyue's knowledge of the Sand Worm King comes from an ancient scroll, and there is no portrait in the ancient scroll.
"I've seen something good," Tingxiong pointed to the sandworm's belly.
His flashlight shone on a stone tablet about 40 centimeters high and 30 centimeters wide, the whole stele was pitch black, and there were four big characters written on it: "Northern Pluto God Tablet".
We hugged each other happily, but then we thought about how we were in prison and how to get out.
Mingyue thinks that the reason why the Sandworm King can't move must be related to the stone tablet. It is known that sandworms are very afraid of water. When exposed to water, the body solidifies, like air-dried soil, and when it moves, it shatters.
"In other words, if we take the stele, we will let the Sand Worm King go. I said.
"It's not that simple, it's going to kill us," Tingxiong said.
"Why don't we kill it first?" I said.
"Can you kill it?" Mingyue said.
Her words irritated the three of us. We looked at each other and jumped up.
We beat it up because it couldn't move. To our surprise, however, it healed so quickly. When we returned to our original place, the king of the sandworms continued to roar intact as if to laugh at us.
So we beat it up again, and then after a longer breath, the king of the sandworms stopped roaring and crouched on the ground and yawned.
"This bastard," Tingxiong scolded.
"There is nothing strange in the world," Zhao Pu sighed.
The two girls actually laughed, covering their mouths with their hands.
"I don't think this thing can be killed. I said, "Or we'll snatch it away." ”
"The stele snatched the sandworm and ate us. When I came, my grandfather told me to protect you. Or think of another way. ”
This woman's three words are enough to protect us.
"I think Zhao Pu is right" Tingxiong has always been smart, except when it comes to finding a girlfriend.
We all looked to him.
"Think about it, this stone tablet can release water, and water can control sandworms. Now we are surrounded inside and out. If you go out, you will die, and you will not be able to kill it here. If you don't take the stele and use the water released by the stele to control the sandworms, there may be a glimmer of hope. Tingxiong explained.
"What if the stele doesn't release water from our hands? "I think it's best to think things through.
"You can't wait to die here" Zijun has always been decisive, "I agree with Tingxiong's statement. ”
"What about Zhao Pu," I asked him. Zhao Pu glanced at everyone and nodded. I looked at Mingyue again. Mingyue sighed
"You have the say."
So the three of us slashed together to attract the attention of the Sandworm King. Zijun tied the stone tablet with a floating cloud veil, and pulled it out of the swamp with Mingyue.
The moment the stele was pulled out, the Sand Worm King was like a mad dog that had been unchained, and he didn't fight back from his previous beating and scolding, and pounced on the three of us. Our attacks are ineffective against it, and it punches to the flesh. Mingyue and Zijun were already running towards the stairs with the stone plaque. Zhao Pu told us to go first, and he made a move, rolling up a mud wall in the swamp to block the view of the Sand Worm King. Then follow us. We ran up, the king of the sandworms in hot pursuit.
The king of sandworms is afraid of stone monuments and always keeps a distance of more than ten meters. At the end of the stone staircase, the three of us worked together to shatter the stone staircase, but the sand worm king had an amazing bounce power, jumped more than ten meters high, and the four pin-like nails were nailed into the wall, and actually ran up on the wall.
Ten minutes later, we arrived in the hallway, and Zijun said that the water released by the stone tablet might bring her brother back from the dead. Mingyue warns her that there is also a possibility that her brother will melt into a puddle of soft mud, and even the stone statue will not be saved. Zijun has always been decisive, but he is very melancholy on his brother's issue and is stunned.
We hope that Zijun can make a decision as soon as possible at this difficult juncture, and she has always done so, but now there is no reply.
I thought I'd be waiting.
The small sandworms outside the hallway had already bitten through the stone dragon chair and rushed inside. The little sandworm didn't seem to be afraid of the stone monument, like a bunch of marching ants, swooping down on us. At this critical juncture. The Sandworm King saw the opportunity and pounced on Tingxiong and Zijun, who were walking at the end. Fortunately, Zhao Pu reacted extremely quickly, picked up the stone stele, and reflexively blocked the way of the Sandworm King. The Sandworm King flinched back on all fours, roaring angrily but not daring to come closer.
But just when Zhao Pu used a stone tablet to block the Sandworm King, a very regrettable thing happened. The stele accidentally scratched the statue of Zijun's brother. The statue is like a molten asphalt, turning into a soft mud.
"What are you doing!" Zijun's voice was very high, and it was the first time he had seen her so angry.
"I'm sorry" Zhao Pu said very calmly, he was calm about everything.
Zijun picked up the soft clay and tried to rebuild the statue, but it was always in vain.
Mingyue stroked her back and told her: People can't be resurrected after death. Zijun cried like a newlywed bride who lost her husband. Finally, he grabbed a handful of ooze, emptied the clutter from his wallet, and put the ooze inside.
We are unfortunate and lucky. Zhao Pu held the stele in front. When the sandworm gets close to the stone monument, it turns into mud and falls to the ground and shatters into dust.
We rushed out of the main hall and closed the stone door. Close together. Hide within the protective range of the stele.
But when we returned to the main hall, we found that the door was locked.
"It's over, I can't get out" Tingxiong gasped and laughed at himself.
"One level is more difficult than the other," I also had to sigh.
Mingyue observed the four walls of the palace, hoping to gain something, but always frowned.
Tingxiong pondered: "If the sandworms can come in, why can't we go out. ”
"You mean go out the way the sandworms came in. But it's dangerous. "Mingyue said, I began to gradually understand Mingyue's character, she always had too many worries.
"Don't we have a stone monument? ”
"I agree with the Pavilion Bear. "I don't think I'll be able to get out anyway.
So we looked for traces of underground sandworms, but fortunately, they were numerous and obvious.
Finally we saw the sun in a small cave. For the first time, I felt that the scorching sun was cute. When we got to the ground, we looked at each other and smiled, leaning against the stone monument to breathe. It was like a nightmare.