Chapter 22: The Strange Web

The brilliance of that moment was so bright and dazzling that Shen Shi didn't even react immediately, just stared dumbfounded at the large gorgeous and spectacular white light curtain that suddenly appeared in the black night, this time the night was also like day, everything seemed to be invisible under that brilliant light.

Suddenly, Xiao Hei at his feet let out a low roar, with a little panic, Shen Shi's body shook, and immediately came back to his senses, and a moment later, when his gaze swept over the tall stone pillars around him again, watching them erect and shape as if submerging the ruins of this ancient village, Shen Shi's heart suddenly felt a chill.

A strange and eerie buzzing sound suddenly came from the huge light in the sky, and in the strong light, in the whole large desolate and lifeless ruins, only Shen Shi and the little black pig stood there, which seemed so abrupt and dazzling.

In an instant, the huge light curtain seemed to tremble, and then a large ball of light turned into a silver-white beam of light, flying towards Shen Shi. Shen Shi saw it clearly, it was actually countless palm-sized black insects that he had seen before, surging towards him like a flood.

Shen Shi was taken aback, and immediately turned around and ran, the huge insect swarm in front of him was obviously an unheard of strange species in the Wentian Secret Realm, looking at this majestic sky, Shen Shi didn't even have the mood to fight with the insect swarm for a while. It's just that in this desolate ruin, where will there be a place for him to hide, and when he was in a hurry, Shen Shi suddenly saw Xiao Hei rushing in front of him, but he sped a few steps, and suddenly ran back to the entrance of the cellar just now, and jumped down directly.

Shen Shi's eyes suddenly lit up, and at this moment he flew over, and at the same time, he only heard the strange buzzing sound of the hustle and bustle in the sky, and the brilliant and dazzling light burst out, as if a cool breeze had rushed not far behind him.

Shen Shi screamed, jumped into the cellar, and at the same time reached out and directly grabbed the heavy stone slab that was originally at the entrance, and with a "bang", he covered it with his backhand.

"Bang Bang ......"

In an instant, there was a crashing sound like a raging storm, frantically hitting the extremely heavy stone slab, which was terrifying. And below the cellar, there was darkness again, there was no light, only low gasps rising and falling in the darkness, one was Shen Shi, and the other was Xiao Hei.

They stood in the corridor below the entrance, and looked up at the stone slab above, although it was covered with stone slabs, but no one knew if it would be able to stop those strange and unknown strange insects. However, as time passed, the sound of the impact outside the submission gradually slowed down, began to gradually weaken, and soon fell silent.

Shen Shi listened intently for a while, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, although those strange insects looked extremely powerful, but a single insect didn't seem to have any intelligence, even if it was just a hard stone slab covering the ground in front of them, they didn't seem to have a good way.

It was safe for the time being, and after Shen Shi pondered for a while, he took Xiao Hei back to the cellar. At this moment, there was not the slightest light in the cellar, of course, it was pitch black, and Shen Shi was also worried that if there was any leakage here, it would be bad if he lit the fireball and was discovered by those weird insects outside, so he gave up this idea and sat down at the entrance of the cellar with Xiao Hei.

Thinking back to the day, if I guessed correctly, the strange insects that inhabited the tall stone pillars must be a kind of strange creatures that lurk in the day, so it is better to wait here for the night to pass, if these strange insects disappear when the sun rises tomorrow, then it may be possible to leave this ruin safely.

There was silence in the dark cellar, especially as the strange sounds on the ground above the head faded away, and the underground chamber became quieter and quieter. Shen Shi glanced up at the darkness in front of him, and at the end of the stone room in that direction, there should still be a corpse of the demon clan that had long since died.

Although I knew in my heart that it was a corpse that had been dead for an unknown number of years, it was still not a comfortable thing to think of being in the same room with a skeleton in such an extremely quiet time, and the darkness in front of me obscured everything, and I couldn't see my fingers, and for some reason, it seemed that the originally empty cellar suddenly became a little dangerous.

But fortunately, at this time, a low grunt came from Shen Shi's side, and it was Xiao Hei's voice. It sounded like it had no fear of its surroundings, and was even a little impatient, so it leaned at Shen Shi's feet and rubbed its head against his ankle.

Shen Shi let out a sigh of relief, and for some reason felt a lot more relaxed, reached out and picked up the little pig, gently touched the fur on its back, and said, "Xiao Hei, let's wait here for one night, and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Xiao Hei seemed to raise his head to look at him, maybe the darkness was too thick, or some illusion, Shen Shi felt for a moment that he seemed to see Xiao Hei's two eyes, one was slightly shiny with three-color light, and the other was gray and silent, but soon the darkness came back and covered everything.

Xiao Hei lowered his head again, but put his head on his chest, and then fell asleep so quietly.

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Time passed quietly in silence, and Shen Shi's body suddenly shook, but he woke up from his sleep. At the time he woke up, he was stunned for a moment, a little confused, he was in such a dangerous place, he should have been sleepless, but for some reason, in the silence last night, he actually fell asleep quietly.

Not only him, but also Xiao Hei, until now, he was still lying on the ground beside him, with his head resting on his calves, and he was sleeping loudly.

Is this a good place to sleep...... Shen Shi secretly snorted in his heart, according to the habit he had developed over the years, although he was still in the cellar at the moment, the time to wake up should be in the early morning when the sky was at dawn. Shen Shi shook his head, stood up, and woke up Xiao Hei by the way, the lazy pig looked a little heartless, yawning with his mouth wide open, and listening to the voice, he looked like he hadn't slept enough.

Shen Shi said angrily: "Don't sleep, let's go out and take a peek to see if we can go." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the outside of the corridor, and Xiao Hei listened attentively, and then followed.

Coming back to the entrance of the cellar, Shen Shi was also a little nervous, he grabbed the stone walls on both sides and let Xiao Hei lie on his shoulder, and easily climbed to the entrance stone slab, but did not open it immediately, but hesitated.

Whether those bugs are diurnal creatures or not, I can't be wrong, right?

After a while, he tilted his head slightly and said softly, "Xiao Hei, is there any movement outside?"

Not far above his head was the rough and heavy stone slab, and the little black pig raised his head and sniffed it, as if he had listened attentively for a moment, and then shook his head.

Shen Shi took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, and with the force in his hand, he gently pushed the stone slab open a gap.

A gentle light shone through the cracks, and the fresh air turned into a breeze that blew on the faces of both of them.

It's neither cold nor hot, and it even has a slight moist smell that is rare in the desert.

It was peaceful.

Shen Shi's spirit was lifted, he stretched out his hand and pushed the stone slab away, jumped out of the hole, and sure enough, he saw that the sky was at the beginning of the day, and a round of red sun was slowly poking its head out from the east. The ruins of this village under the morning light seemed to be quiet again, and all the strange insects flying in the sky with silver light were gone, and the yellow sand was long, leaving only a desolation.

Looking up at the tall stone pillars that had become lifeless again, Shen Shi's pupils contracted slightly, but he didn't dare to approach at will, and immediately took Xiao Hei and walked out of the ruins of this abandoned village quickly, and also left this strange stone forest far away, and walked quickly towards the depths of the desert in the other direction.

It wasn't until he was a few miles away from those strange stone pillars that Shen Shi slowed down, and his mood was a little lighter, although his eyes returned to the boring scene of yesterday's undulating yellow sand dunes, but compared to the desolate stone forest and ruins, it was still more reassuring to see this, thinking of this, Shen Shi didn't even feel that there was anything hateful about the sun rising above his head and making the desert hotter and hotter at the same time.

After walking forward for about ten miles, the stone forest ruins behind him had already been left behind him and disappeared into the yellow sand, but in front of him in this direction, Shen Shi suddenly saw a touch of green, looming in the yellow sand in front of him.

"Hmm, is there an oasis here?" Although Shen Shi had not traveled to this kind of desert place in the past, he had also seen some common sense about the desert from the scrolls, and knew that in the hot and huge desert, if there were clear springs and green trees, they would generally become oases, and those were rare paradises of life in the desert.

Thinking of this, Shen Shi's spirit was also a little more uplifted, and he walked towards the faint oasis, no matter what, it looked better than walking in the desert in the middle of nowhere.

It didn't take long for him to approach the green, and sure enough, he saw a forest of green trees in front of him, and through the dense and verdant foliage, he seemed to be able to faintly see that there was a pool of water behind him, which looked like the oasis recorded in the scroll.

After staying in this desolate desert for a long time, when he saw the number of green and verdant at this moment, he suddenly had a pleasing feeling, Shen Shi hurriedly walked towards the woods, and at the same time noticed that the edge of this oasis seemed to be very neat, showing a long straight line, separated from the yellow sand.

When he saw the scene at the edge of the woods, Shen Shi's body paused, and he was a little puzzled, although there was no mention of the edge of this oasis in the previous scrolls, but such a neat edge still seemed a little strange.

After thinking for a while, he walked deeper into the woods, and the faint sound of water came from the pool of water that loomed behind the trees, as if it were a pleasant and moist wind chime.

Shen Shi took two steps forward, and suddenly his eyes froze, but he saw that in several places in this forest, there were actually several large nets that looked like they were woven with thick ropes with yellowish color, knotted between the tall trees, and there were still things on the nets.

On each of the nets, there were at least dozens of strange black bugs, the kind he had seen last night, but now they all seemed to have lost their lives, hanging in the mesh like that.