Chapter 81: Mutant Plants
Also trapped in the maze are Dong Laiyong and his gang, as well as Liu Qinglong and his gang. However, Qin Xiang'er was not trapped here. When Mao Mao put away the Void Array Bead, this underground passage also showed its original appearance. The passage is not straight, but winds like a labyrinth, turning in less than ten meters, and no matter where you stand, you will never see more than ten meters.
It is also because of this that although these three groups of people are less than 100 meters apart, they have not met. After the maze was lifted, Purple Scale and the others didn't linger too long, and continued to walk deeper.
Without the influence of the maze, I soon came to the end of the passage, which was a very spacious hall.
There are four large pillars in the main hall to support it, but this pillar is not an ordinary pillar, but the trunk of four large trees, the trunk is as thick as a three-person bag, and from the outside, it looks like an ordinary tree trunk outside, and exudes vitality. The only difference is that the bark is dark.
Not only that, but the trunk of the tree is also covered with vines, dense and numerous. The small vines are only the thickness of a finger, while the large vines are as thick as an adult's arm. The vines are even more eerie, their whole body is dark red, like the exposed blood vessels of the tree trunk, and the sparse leaves on the vines are shining with a blood-red luster.
The trunk and vines touch the ground without any cracks. The trunks of these trees seemed to have been cut off out of thin air and moved here, as if they had no roots, but the vitality emanating from them proved that they were not dead. It's like they're out of nowhere.
And on the ground of the main hall, there are some white bones and clothes scattered together. Swords, weapons, etc.
It can be seen from the clothing and weapons of these people. These people are all cultivators. And has been dead for hundreds of years. It seems that people have also entered the ancient tomb. It's just that I don't know if the spirit bead has been taken away.
Purple Scales counted, there are thirteen of these white bones, I don't know what the reason is, these people all died here.
Their bones were scattered everywhere, indicating that they were not trapped and killed, but were attacked and died. The white bones are clean, then it is not poisoning, and every corpse is in good condition. There were no traces of swords passing through or slashing on their bodies, indicating that they were not attacking each other.
Looking at these corpses, Purple Scale really couldn't think of what the cause of their death was.
"This trunk and vine are so weird, I don't know what kind of species, I've never heard of it. Several people looked at it for a long time, but they didn't recognize what kind of plant it was, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but say.
"I haven't heard of this plant being able to survive underground in a cemetery, and it may not survive when it sees light, and it's normal that such a plant is not found. There is another possibility. It is that after some stimulation, the plant has a mutation. It's normal that we don't recognize it. Mao Mao nodded and analyzed seriously.
Although the Blackstone Mountain is overgrown with weeds, there are no particularly large trees. The four big tree pillars here are obviously alive, which means that they are not dead, and their leaves and branches should continue to grow upwards and break through the soil, but there are no plants on the Black Rock Mountain or in the ordinary ancient tombs above.
Purple Scales turned her gaze to the vines again, and felt that what flowed inside the vines really seemed to be blood. These seemingly special and non-aggressive plants give Purple Scale a sense of danger. Especially after passing through the artificial river bottom in the school, the purple scales are a little wary of plants.
And these unheard of plants make people wonder how dangerous they are.
Other than that, there was nothing else in the main hall.
"Let's go find the mechanism first, and find the entrance to the passage as soon as possible. In this kind of cemetery, there is usually a switch to turn on. Leng Changfeng said, stepped directly into the main hall, and began to check.
Mao Mao and Lin Xiaoyu also entered the main hall and began to look for them, and Purple Scales also followed, but they still reminded softly, "Everyone be careful, so many people have died here, which means that there is danger here." ”
Several people glanced at the white bones in the main hall, nodded, and continued to investigate, but they had already raised their vigilance in their hearts, they didn't want to be a member of the white bones.
The hall was empty, the four walls were smooth, as if they had been cut out of a sword, and several people were carefully checking the walls for mechanisms or something, and they all inadvertently avoided the four tree trunk pillars. But after looking for a long time, I didn't find anything, and there wasn't even a scratch on the wall, which was really strange.
I searched for a long time, but there was still no result. A few people looked in the hall again, mainly to see if the mechanism was hidden on the ground. Even the place where the bones were, they looked carefully, but still found nothing.
"Do you think the mechanism will be on these four pillars?" the four gathered together again after searching to no avail, and discussed softly.
"I've looked at all the other places, and I haven't found any mechanism, including which skeletons are underneath, and there is nothing. Only the four trunk pillars remained unchecked. Mao Mao nodded and said.
"I always thought there was something strange about these four trunk pillars, and I didn't want to approach them. But now only these four pillars have not been investigated, so we have to look closely, everyone should be careful!" Purple Scale reminded, he really didn't want to come into contact with these four pillars, but now he had to go.
The four of them walked to one of the pillars. The four trunk pillars are all about the same size and appear to have been cut off from the same tree.
Purple Scales secretly operates True Qi, always ready to deal with unexpected situations. After walking in, I found that the vine leaves have five horns, like maple leaves, and like human palms, and the luster on the leaves is more like it has been soaked in blood. The whole look, I think it's a palm covered with blood, which is very weird.
Purple Scale didn't go directly to the vines, but circled around the pillar of the tree trunk to see if there was anything special.
"Ah......h
I saw a vine wrapped around Lin Xiaoyu's left hand, Lin Xiaoyu had already retreated some distance, away from the trunk pillar, but the vine also stretched out, and there was no intention of letting go at all.
Lin Xiaoyu's spiritual power was drumming in his hands, but at a strange time, the vines seemed to be completely unaffected. And the vines that entangled Lin Xiaoyu's part became more and more crystalline, as if there was blood flowing inside.
"Be careful, this vine is absorbing my spiritual power. Lin Xiaoyu was not in danger of life, but he was suddenly entangled by the vine and was frightened before he screamed, at this time he had stabilized, and wanted to break free from the vine, but found that the spiritual power had no effect on it at all, no matter how much spiritual power was used, it would be absorbed by the vine.
Lin Xiaoyu kept pulling the vine, wanting to tear it off, but found that the vine was extremely tough and powerful, no matter how Lin Xiaoyu pulled it, it had no effect, and it also tied her left hand more and more tightly.
It's a pity that Lin Xiaoyu's weapon is a long whip, not a sharp weapon, and he can't attack the vines at close range. Not only that, but the vines on the trunk of the tree also seemed to have found a target, and began to spread towards Lin Xiaoyu non-stop.
Purple Scale just wanted to help, but just after walking a few steps, on the pillar he checked, there was immediately a vine drawn towards him at a very fast speed, Purple Scale hurriedly dodged, and the vine whipped at the place, kicking up a cloud of dust, which shows the great strength of this force.
After missing a blow, the vines continued to attack the purple scales as if they had eyes, and after Lin Xiaoyu's reminder, the purple scales did not use their hands to catch it, for fear of being entangled by the vines, so they could only keep dodging.
And Leng Changfeng and Mao Mao are much more relaxed. They all have their own weapons, and they are all swords. Mao Mao not only has a mahogany sword to deal with ghosts, but also a long sword made of metal to deal with cultivators.
However, this is only relative to Purple Scale and Lin Xiaoyu, their sharp sword slashed at the vine, leaving only a gap, and it could not cut the vine at once, and the vine healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, which showed the strength of its vitality.
There are more and more vines sticking out, and several people are being attacked more and more, and I really don't know where these vines are growing.
The four trunk pillars were separated into four corners, and after several people dodged the first attack of the vines, they quickly approached the center of the main hall, only the vine that entangled Lin Xiaoyu, no matter how far Lin Xiaoyu walked, the vines could stretch so long.
When the purple scales moved closer to the middle, he picked up a long sword on the ground by the way, and it was more advantageous to use sharp weapons to deal with these vines.
"Xiaoyu, I'll help you!" After a few people got closer, those vines had not yet extended, only the one in Lin Xiaoyu's hand had not been torn off.
Injecting true qi into the long sword, the long sword was immediately covered with a faint blue glow, and in Lin Xiaoyu's surprised gaze, the sword fell in his hand.
Only a soft sound was heard, and the vines broke in response. From the gap in the vine, a lot of dark red liquid immediately flowed out, as if a person had bled out. Lin Xiaoyu hurriedly ripped off the rattan on his arm, because a lot of dark red liquid also flowed out of it.
The vines quickly shrank back as if they were in pain. However, the vines on the pillars of the four trunks wriggled even more wildly.
"Oh no, the vines have blocked the entrance. When a few people gathered in the middle, the vines did not immediately pursue a few people, and at this time, after being reminded by Maomao, they found that during this time, the vines had spread to the entrance when they came, and the entrance was completely invisible, and all that entered the eye was dense, layered vines
Several people's hearts sank, the mechanism had not yet been found, and the entrance was closed, so they couldn't go back the way they came. The vines seemed endless, and if they couldn't find the mechanism in time, it was not impossible to be trapped here.
Several people finally understood how the white bones on the ground were formed. (To be continued......)