There was still a loud rumbling sound underground, as if a group of beasts from the abyss were running wildly between the rocks and dirt, Lily lay beside the cave entrance and looked down cautiously, her eyes flashing with a faint light, but in the deep darkness she could only see a vague shadow moving rapidly: "It seems that she didn't catch up......
It doesn't look like it's going to bend. ”With a fluttering sound, Vivien's swarm of bats re-condensed into human form, and she threw a small bat at the entrance of the cave to get closer, and the little bat was there: the huge "tentacles" were still stretching forward, and the rough brown-black skin was flashing at the bottom of the shaft, and Lily's werewolf super vision could not see the details.However, the tentacle didn't seem to sense what was going on above the shaft, and just blindly chased after it, or maybe as Lily said, the thing wouldn't turn.After a few moments, the tentacles finally stopped advancing, and it seemed to have reached the end of the tunnel, and after a moment's hesitation, it began to slowly shrink back, leaving only a slightly expanded, smooth and complete rock tunnel in its path.The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Lily farted.
She sat on the ground and patted her chest with her hand: "It seems to have retreated, scared people to death......"
Then she rubbed her eyes again, and looked at Vivian with a slight complaint: "Your lightning shock is too bright, and the dog's eyes are almost blind." ”Vivien had no idea if Lily's second half of the sentence was an exaggeration or an ordinary statement......
"What the hell is that?"
”Lily sat on the ground for a moment and then quickly got up, patting the dust off her body while looking at Vivien curiously, "Are you well-informed enough to see anything like this?"
”Vivien shook her head: "I haven't seen it, at first glance it looks a bit like an underground creature, maybe the tentacles of some giant creature, but its skin doesn't look like an animal......
It's kind of like a plant, crumpled.It's a pity that the situation was too chaotic at the time to see clearly.But I've got some samples—" she said as she raised her hand to reveal a large lump of black substance, as she had jumped up and had split some of the bats and tore some tissue samples from the surface of the tentacles.Lily immediately leaned in with interest, her eyes sparkling in the light of the two rounds of silver moonlight, and the details of the black tissue were clearly visible in the moonlight: it had a crumpled surface, covered with even cracks like the bark of a cracked tree, and the edges were hard, but generally flexible.Vivien flipped it over, and the two of them saw that the back of the tissue sample had a peculiar pattern, which was quite vegetative."
It looks like a plant, and it smells like it," Lily sniffed, "well, definitely not meat."
What do you think of bats?
”Vivien turned her head to look at the twisted woodland not far away, thoughtful, "......
The Twisted Woodland is said to have a much larger body underground, a mass of roots that spreads into the center of the Blood Lake and deep into the Dragon's Back Mountains......
Depending on the location of this place and the shape of the tentacle just now......
Could it be the number of roots that distort the woodland?!
”Lily suddenly felt furious: "It's not a thing, is it!"
Will the roots of the tree still run and chase people?
”Vivien put away the black substance, turned and walked towards the twisted woodland, "It's just a guess, but the probability is high, this world is not short of strange things.This forest felt strange to me from the beginning, I didn't believe it was just a plant......"
Lily followed Vivien in three or two steps: "What are you going to do?"
You don't plan to dig a pit in the woodland to verify it, do you?
What if you gouge out that tentacle again?
”Vivien shook her head, "Of course I wouldn't take that risk.I just wanted to see if those trees were the same substance as the 'black skin' on my hand. ”She was silent for a moment, and said to Lily as she thought, "Don't you think it's strange?
We assume that the tentacles are the roots of the twisted woodland, but according to local legends, these underground roots are in extremely deep places, and the locals even think that it is just a myth - they have lived in this place for hundreds of thousands of years and have not been attacked by such tentacles, and the only sighting report is that a group of dwarves dug too deep in the mountains to encounter something suspicious of several roots, and there is no conclusive evidence in that report......
"Although Lily has two personalities, her brain is not slow at all:" Are you saying that these tentacles or roots have only recently shifted to the shallow level?
”Vivien nodded solemnly: "The Twisted Woodland has been growing here for 10,000 years, and the tentacles just now—whether it's roots or not—should be quite ancient, but the inhabitants of the Beinz region have never encountered it, which means that the thing has been living deep underground, but the outpost is ready to come to the surface." ”Lily broke out in a cold sweat and goosebumps broke out all over her body: "ShhhThat sounds so terrible!
”"You haven't seen anything more terrifying than this, there are monsters in the mythological era that challenge the three views, and you can't be scared to death until that era?""
Who said that!
You can't underestimate the courage of a werewolf!
I just feel a little nauseous. ”"You are embarrassed to be so bold when you say this, let go of your tail and walk with your tail between your legs......"
The two men drifted away noisily, and not long after they left, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves from the other direction.A group of heavily armed Church Knights and Cleage rode to the ruins of the outpost, a sentry unit that patrolled the perimeter at night.The warriors dismounted outside the camp and cautiously walked into the ruins of the outpost, and someone was talking to the others: "This is the movement from this direction......
"It sounds like it's coming from underground......
Those stone monsters haven't learned to make holes, have they?
”"Goddess mercy, I don't know if the monster will make a hole, your brain must have been punched by someone!"
Suddenly, a sentry shouted in front of him, "There's a tunnel here!"
”The warriors gathered in a hurry, and they discovered the shaft that Lily had left behind.The captain of this small sentry unit thought for a moment beside the shaft, and named two fighters: "Jefferson, Homan, you go down with me. ”In the sky, two cold silver moons still hung high, and the blood-colored red spots on the main moon looked down on the earth like a bloodshot and indifferent eye, looking down on the tiny creatures that crawled stupidly on the earth, until a dark cloud floated and covered the blood-colored eye.The moonlight dimmed, and Hao Ren glanced up at the sky: "The dark clouds are coming, and there may be rain." ”Nangong May was suddenly very happy: "It's raining, it's raining~~" "Shh-" Hao Ren suddenly pressed Nangong May's mouth, "There's a cave ahead." ”Between the stone walls not far ahead, a cave cleverly hidden by the surrounding rocks appeared in front of the two of them.If it weren't for the fact that his observation power had been greatly strengthened, Hao Ren would have almost ignored the inconsistencies in those mountains and rocks just now.Nangong May immediately raised her vigilance, silently slid on the ground, and approached the entrance of the cave with Hao Ren.A cold and slightly fishy strange wind blew intermittently from the cave, and Nangong May subconsciously opened the water mist barrier to block these strange winds: "There is an evil aura inside. ”Hao Ren glanced at the kraken in surprise: "How do you know it's an evil breath?"
”"It's more emotional to say this!"
Nangong May crossed her waist, and then stuck out her tongue, "Okay, genetic, although I'm a kraken, my dad at least gave me a little sixth sense, I don't think it's a good thing." ”Hao Ren shrugged his shoulders and took the lead in the front: "Hurry up, the progress bar is almost untenable." ”The cave was deeper than expected, and what Hao Ren saw after entering was a long cave that stretched out to an unknown extent, with neat and smooth walls on both sides, with obvious traces of artificial excavation.Obviously, he had finally come across a big secret.There are many twists and turns in the cave, but fortunately there are no forks and dark passages that make people headaches, Hao Ren and Nangong May don't know how long they have been walking in it, and suddenly find that a little light appears in front of them.It was just a torch stuck in the rock wall, but the light was enough to prove that someone was inside.
(To be continued.) )