Lily's exclamation in front of her immediately made everyone rush forward, and Hao Ren instantly thought of the kind of underground tentacles that the huskies and bats encountered when they were investigating information last night, and he chuckled in his heart: sure enough, the cave under the blood lake is connected to the roots of the twisted woodland!
With this in mind, he ran to the front with his shield fully propped up, ready for a fierce battle and cover the retreat of the others: according to Vivien and Lily, those tentacles would attack foreign enemies on their own initiative!
But when he ran to Lily's side, he realized that there was no enemy in front of him."
This is ......"
The bearded man followed closely behind Hao Ren, Rao used his concentration as an ascetic, and he still shook from the bottom of his heart when he saw the spectacular scene in front of him, "Could it be that this is the underground part of the legendary twisted woodland?"
Is this cave connected to them?
”At the end of the cave was a huge cavern, slightly smaller than the one where there was a waterhole before, but still staggeringly large.And the most shocking thing in the cave is the countless behemoth roots that poke down from the rock formations above!
The massive roots, as smallest as a meter in diameter, meandered out of the rock formations above the cavern and grew freely in the air, crisscrossing and curving to form a web of thorns.This "large net" covers almost three-quarters of the roof of the cave, so that only the original rock formations can be faintly seen through the cracks in these roots.A large number of roots grow irregularly, with a small number of them hanging down to the ground and even digging deep into the earth of the cave, while a large number of roots cling to the walls of the cave and gradually spreading and merging into the rocks that appear to be extremely hard.The entire upper part of the cave was covered with these huge tree roots, and Hao Ren glanced up and felt an indescribable majesty and grandeur from those behemoth black roots—and of course, the psychological pressure that rushed to his face, almost terrifying.“…… This is the true body of the twisted woodland......"
Hao Ren muttered to himself, despite all his previous conjectures, he still didn't expect to see the underground part of this ancient plant so thrilling, "This should be only a small part......
Maybe this whole underground cavern system is used to house these roots!
”The bearded face trembled a few times, and finally he could only put his hands on his chest and whispered: "Goddess mercy......"
The young monk next to him thought even more: "It doesn't matter, these are all made by the goddess, according to the sacred scriptures, all the goddess creations are brothers and sisters with us, and the twisted woodland is the oldest sacred creature, we believe in piety, and we should be safe and sound here." ”Becky's tears were about to fall: "Goddess......
You've made the eldest brother too ugly......"
So the four ascetics immediately glared angrily at the mercenary girl who had no way to talk."
It doesn't seem like they're going to move," Lily calmed down at this time, the experience of being chased by the tentacles last night made her very frightened just now, and now as soon as she calmed down, she immediately stood up straight and pretended to be an expert, "Well, it seems that there are many kinds of tentacles, and probably the tentacles buried deep in the depths will not move." ”Vivian glanced at her: "Don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, the hair is still blowing, you go down the hair first." ”Lily flicked her tail, not mentioning her "big tail is good" theory this time, but ran up to the cave to get a closer look at the tendrils."
Why don't the roots move here?"
Hao Ren was thinking about this seriously, and he looked at Vivien, "Are you sure this is the kind of thing you encountered last night?"
Could it be that last night you didn't encounter roots at all?
”"These are indeed the things," Vivien was sure, and she pulled out the fragments of the sample she had taken from her bosom, "You can compare them." ”After the comparison, the results were conclusive, and these behemoth roots in front of them were the tentacles that bats had fought with the huskies for 300 rounds last night, but these in the cave obviously had different functions, they would not move."
The life forms of the twisted woodland have transcended plants in the ordinary sense," the group walked cautiously through the cavern occupied by the roots, and Vivien analyzed thoughtfully as she walked, "Probably its roots are divided into many kinds, some are used for exploration, some are used for absorbing nutrients, and some can even be used for combat, and the one I met with the big dog last night should be the one in charge of exploration." ”"You've had any of these roots?"
It was only then that the bearded man noticed what Vivien meant.Hao Ren then talked about all the information they had explored last night, and so far they had only told Obfra about these things, but the bearded four belonged to "their own people" more than Obla, so it was more natural for them to tell them this."
Heresy!?"
The four dervishes reacted even more when they heard about the heresy, and the older nuns even gritted their teeth, "And they also slandered the teachings of the goddess, and even created a false god themselves!?"
”"And even a fool can see that it's an evil god," Hao Ren spread his hand, "even if faith aside, you can't let those dangerous guys jump down, the giant brains they summoned are extremely dangerous, and the whole religious ritual is also crazy, I will take care of it." ”Elson glanced at Hao Ren and felt that his words were a bit exaggerated, an ordinary mercenary leader could even say so arrogantly in front of the four ascetic masters that he was in charge of heresy, but the bearded ones didn't think so, they knew Hao Ren's identity, so they just nodded indifferently when they heard this: "That's best, I'm glad to see that you have this heart, but it's better to let 'us' solve this matter, it's a problem 'here'." ”He deliberately strengthened the tone of the words "we" and "this side", apparently even though he had been forced to take off the hukou of the dream plane like Betsy, he still regarded this place as his first hometown in his bones."
Of course, we have already reported this to Field Marshal Oprah, and soon the Rector will know that the next step should be a large-scale hunt for heretics.Those evil.
The cultists' rituals are very cruel, requiring a lot of flesh and blood, and they will also summon monsters, which are not difficult to detect as long as you are careful when hunting. ”The bearded man nodded, and suddenly his face was worried: "It's just that I didn't expect that there would be corruptors within the Kingdom Knights and the Church......
The depravity is shocking, and I really don't know how long they have been secretly developing, and the Dictor of Gerton is afraid that he will have to bear a great deal of responsibility for this. ”The bearded man sighed with emotion, but Hao Ren was not familiar with Gerton, so he didn't reply, but continued to walk towards the opposite side of the cave.At the same time, he asked the data terminal in his mind: "Where are we now?"
”The data terminal immediately sent an image to Hao Ren's mind: "I just left the range of the Blood Lake, and I haven't entered the Twisted Woodland area yet, and the roots we encountered are only a small part of the Twisted Woodland. ”Sure enough, the truly massive part of the twisted woodland was underground, and its body had penetrated deep into the Blood Lake, so Hao Ren was completely sure that if the Dragonspine Mountains had the opportunity in the future, they might be able to explore the Dragonspine Mountains through this channel......
Hao Ren thought so, and easily asked the data terminal to record the spatial coordinates of this cave.The old werewolf Elson has been on high alert since entering this giant cavern, whether as a former mercenary or as a current soldier, he has maintained the most malicious speculation about any strange place: "Be vigilant, it is said that a group of dwarven miners dug too deep in the mountains and accidentally dug up a twisted root of the woodland, and they all went crazy - according to the blood lady's guess, these roots are multi-functional, beware of the roots that have the ability to release nerve poison or produce mental attacks." ”The female members of the team beware of tentacle monsters-Hao Ren silently added this sentence in his heart, but he was very suspicious of who was afraid of whom if this group of girls in his team who were tougher than the other really encountered tentacle monsters......
Even the little mermaid who is sleeping in her carry-on space right now is not necessarily afraid of these roots, at least mentally: Doudou will 100% treat this place as a fairytale fortress filled with the aroma of food, like a candy house......
Hao Ren walked forward while thinking nonsense, and when he was about to leave the cave occupied by huge roots, a strange feeling suddenly hit him, making him shiver all over his body.It was as if an invisible snoop came from all directions, and there were countless pairs of eyes staring at you, fleeting, but unusually clear.Hao Ren looked around in horror, he vaguely remembered that he had felt this way the first time he walked in the twisted woodland.Could it be these roots?!
They're thinking?!
(To be continued.) )