The valley behind the pine forest had no name, and in this inaccessible snowfield, the range of human movement was greatly reduced, and the most sophisticated hunter only dared to leave a hut in the pine forest, and no daring adventurer would walk through the entire jungle dominated by wolves and brown bears and give a name to a lifeless valley - so Hao Ren simply called this valley the Valley of Death.The pine forest borders the valley with a forest of diseased trees, and the withered and twisted vegetation seems to warn the reckless adventurer not to approach this place easily, and beyond the forest of diseased trees, an open valley can be seen.The valley itself is not large, it is roughly triangular in shape, with two low, bare stone mountains rising on either side of the valley and gradually merging together in the distance, so that the valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, so that crossing the pine forest is the only shortcut to the valley.The valley was lifeless, with no vegetation in sight, and the bare landscape stretched from the rocky hills on either side to the valley below, with only vast expanses of snow as far as the eye could see, and the occasional black stone peeking out of the snow and the remains of tree trunks that had withered and died for an unknown number of years: dead trees were preserved longer than elsewhere in this icy environment.Hao Ren stood at the edge of the woods and looked into the distance, trying to find any possible identification in the bare valley, but he saw nothing but a dead field.Will Vivien sleep in this isolated place of death?
Combined with the news from the wolves and the abnormal ecological environment of this place, this possibility is indeed quite high."
Hiss-" the husky girl inhaled beside Hao Ren, with a little nervousness on her face, "I have a feeling that I am about to embark on a big adventure, I have never done such a thing when I am so old......
Whew......
A little nervous, a little nervous......
"It seems that she is strong when she is weak, and cowardice when she is strong, and she has really had it since more than half a century ago.""
There should be an energy field in the valley that can continuously reduce life force, or something like a curse......
It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you just relax anyway," Hao Ren glanced at the husky spirit beside him who seemed to be facing a great enemy, "That thing is fatal to ordinary animals, but it has no effect on you and me, especially you......
You're alive and strong. ”"Really?"
Lily glanced at Hao Ren in surprise, "You guy is so powerful!"
I still know so much!
”"That's right, I know a lot," Hao Ren smiled and walked forward first, "Come with me, you pay attention to the smell around you." ”The snow creaked under his feet, and apart from the occasional sound of stepping on the snow, there was hardly a sound in the vast valley, and in this clear and windless weather, there was not even a hint of wind here.Hao Renshen walked in the valley with one shallow foot, feeling as if he was walking in a still white world, and everything in heaven and earth became vast and empty.Lily, who was on this adventure for the first time, followed him with a nervous face, and the still immature "werewolf girl" pricked up her ears to listen to all the subtle movements around her, while constantly shrugging her nose, honestly playing the role of a search dog.Hao Ren stopped, and in front of him lay a skeleton that belonged to some large herbivore, mostly covered in snow, and the exposed parts could be seen as fragile and decaying bones.In this place of extreme cold and lack of scavengers, it may take many years for a corpse to become such a "clean" set of bones, how long has this victim been lying here?
Half a century?
Hao Ren bent down to examine the condition of the skeleton, trying to restore the cause of its death, while Lily muttered beside her: "Isn't it said that animals dare not enter this valley, how can there still be people who die inside?"
”"It's all sane and normal if you don't dare to go in, but after so many years, there is always a bit of an accident, isn't it?"
Hao Ren pursed his lips, "Maybe he was chased by some enemy and ran in in a panic, either he was hungry and fainted and wanted to come in to find food, or he was simply brain pumped - anyway, as long as he entered the valley area, he would get lost, and then he would never be able to get out again." ”"How did this die?"
Lily watched curiously as Hao Ren was inspecting the corpse, and felt that this job was quite professional: this girl's identification of large bones was always only good or bad, and the more advanced fields were completely blind.Hao Ren stood up: "There are a lot of black corruption marks on the bones, which look like they have been poisoned, and there are also some twisted and deformed by high-temperature boiling......
I suspect it's blood boiling.Give this to you, wear it around your neck, and it will protect you. ”As he spoke, he took out a life support collar from his personal space and handed it over, although the official function of this thing is to help the user survive in extreme environments such as space, it also has basic protection functions, which is quite useful for the old Lily, who is currently inexperienced against Lily.Lily took the collar and put it around her neck under Hao Ren's guidance, which felt quite appropriate: "You have so many strange things......
What is the phenomenon of blood boiling?
”"Blood boils, my friend is an expert at manipulating blood, and she may subconsciously release her power when she sleeps, so the creatures around her sleeping place may inexplicably boil blood and die.But don't be afraid, the collar I gave you can resist blood boiling. ”Lily broke out in a cold sweat from the first half of Hao Ren's words, but calmed down a little when she heard the second half of the sentence, and then she suddenly sniffled and turned her face to look in a certain direction.Hao Ren immediately noticed this: "What's wrong?
”"Smell......
I seem to smell it," Lily said, pointing to the depths of the valley, "and it floated out of that place." ”"Hurry up and check it out!
Maybe it's it!
”Lily's good nose lived up to her expectations, and she found the clue so smoothly, and Hao Ren followed her guidance, and soon found a hollow entrance to the rock wall of the valley: it was from this place that the smell wafted out.Hao Ren looked around and confirmed that the hollow cave in front of him was a naturally formed cave, it was actually quite secretive, not only was it covered by huge rocks, but the angle was also hidden in the shadow formed by the staggered mountain walls, if it weren't for Lily, he would probably have to go around the whole mountain to see this hole.Hao Ren stood at the entrance and looked inside, there was only darkness in the cave, a faint gust of air was blowing out of the cave, and the temperature seemed to be a few points lower than the ice and snow outside, which made him shiver for a while."
That's where your friend sleeps?"
Lily poked her head out and looked inside and muttered, "Wow - the conditions are so hard, and I don't have a good place to sleep, and our village kennel is better than here." ”"She's always been in tough conditions."
Hao Ren was also facing Vivian's sleeping place for the first time, and his curiosity about it was not much weaker than that of the husky girl, so he put aside this sentence and walked towards the cave, and Lily hesitated for two or three seconds behind, and finally curiosity overcame the nervousness and followed.The first section of the cave was extremely narrow, and Hao Ren needed to turn sideways to barely enter, but after going deep for a few meters, it quickly opened up, and finally became a cave more than ten meters wide, and then ......
And then there was no road.Hao Ren blinked, and quickly adapted to the dark environment inside, he saw that the cave was open and flat, but there was no trace of artificial axe chisel, the cave wall hung icicles for an unknown number of years, and the snowflakes blown in from the entrance formed an extremely slippery ice surface in the first half of the cave, and there were no forks or entrances and exits here, and the situation in the entire cave was clear at a glance."
Hey—anyone!"
While Hao Ren was still carefully observing the environment, Lily suddenly shouted loudly, and the reckless husky shouted loudly while looking around: "Wake up, wake up!"
Don't-sleep-la!
Your friend is here to wake you up!!
Don't-sleep......
By the way, Hao Ren, what's your friend's name?
”Hao Ren was startled by the sudden movement of the other party, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Her name is Vivian - don't call it that!"
When I say 'sleep', I don't mean the same as sleep as you understand it!
You can't wake up if you call her that!
”"Oh, how did she sleep then?"
Lily shook her nose as she spoke, "Where the hell did she sleep?"
How come I can't see people when I smell them?
”"Maybe this is her means of preventing herself from being disturbed......"
Hao Ren frowned and said while observing carefully, and at the same time quickly reasoned in his heart: depending on the situation, Vivian has not woken up from her slumber, but Lily can already smell the leaking breath, which means that the seal of this place has begun to loosen, maybe Vivian's deep sleep has also come to an end, and then he has two choices, either find the other party and wake up directly, or simply wait here and wait for Vivian to sleep and wake up naturally.The latter was an easy idea, but it wasn't a good idea, because he didn't know how long Vivien was going to sleep—this "waking up" was also relative to the total length of time she had slept for at least half a century, what if she was going to sleep for another three or five years?
Are you just waiting here?
Hao Ren just thought of this, but his eyes were suddenly attracted by a strange place in the corner of the cave.It was a small dark red trace."
What's this?"
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Lily also followed Hao Ren to notice the marks."
Leta Rune, a symbol with magical power," Hao Ren was completely convinced that this was indeed Vivien's sealing place this time, and he even saw the other party's handwriting from the Naleta Rune, and immediately couldn't help but get excited, "She left it......
That's what she left behind!
”"Magic?
Sounds like an old cow," Lily exclaimed, "and what are these symbols for?"
”"If that's right......
This is supposed to be what Vivien used to protect herself when she was asleep......
Tsk, no one can break the seal of the 'Countess of the Red Moon' for anyone else, but it's too simple for me. ”His magic immunity constitution is perfect for cracking Vivien's blood magic!
Thinking of this, he directly put his hand on those blood runes that contained great power.