"Pioneer of the road, please!"
Chen Ziyan smiled helplessly and made a 'please' gesture.
This fat man really makes people laugh and cry sometimes.
Because there is no ready-made road here, Wang Kaixuan relied entirely on overcoming obstacles to open a passage, so the speed of travel was also greatly reduced.
And because of what Chen Ziyan said just now, everyone was paying attention to their surroundings along the way to see if there was a suitable place to camp, which made it even harder to speed up.
But what they didn't expect was that the structure of the insect valley actually became wider and wider as they went inward.
wide, and as you go deeper, the crowded trees gradually turn into rattan plants, and even the mountain walls on both sides change from vines into various small plants, giving people a sense of being in a colorful and fragrant place. Feeling like a hanging garden.
It's a pity that the terrain here is restricted, which makes the competition for survival extremely fierce. There is nothing at the bottom of the valley where they are, but the higher they go up, the more intense it gets.
In order to get more light, all kinds of sun-facing plants are trying their best to grow upward. In this case, the lighting situation at the bottom of the valley can be imagined.
"Ha...ha..." After walking in the humid and hot valley for a while, Wang Kaixuan couldn't help but gasped and said: "Let's take a rest first. It was fine in the front, but I don't know about this section now. What’s going on? It’s so green that my eyes are dazzled.”
Now that they have arrived in the Worm Valley, the surrounding vegetation has changed again. There is no trace of color as far as the eye can see, which makes people feel dazzled.
Chen Ziyan did not refuse his proposal: "Then let's take a rest first, but it's best not to touch the things here."
Considering that Wang Kaixuan has been responsible for opening the road and his physical exertion is far greater than that of others, it is reasonable to take a rest.
As for the subsequent reminder, it is naturally to nip it in the bud.
Although they carry insect repellent sachets with them, and he himself has a domain weapon with him, which can effectively drive away poisonous insects and beasts nearby, no one knows whether the vegetation here is poisonous, so it is better to avoid unnecessary contact.
After stopping, Hu Bayi glanced at the poisonous mosquitoes lingering in the jungle not far away, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's a good thing that I have a repellent sachet nearby, otherwise these things are the most difficult to deal with." .”
Having had experience in jungle survival, he knew very well that in such a dark and humid place, these jungle vampires were the most difficult to deal with.
In particular, these venomous mosquitoes move in groups. If they attack people regardless of life or death, they will really kill them.
Hearing this, Shirley Yang said: "Actually, the mosquitoes here are pretty good, the size is not exaggerated, and the toxicity is not that violent. I have encountered a poisonous mosquito in the Amazon before, and that is the real blood-sucking devil. Not to mention the many germs it carries, the poison itself is enough to be fatal."
"Yes, if there is no way to restrain this thing, sometimes it can really kill you." Hu Bayi nodded with deep understanding.
He has personally seen cases of people losing their lives due to poisonous mosquito bites.
"Hey, by the way, I heard someone said that garlic can repel mosquitoes. Is this true?" At this moment, Wang Kaixuan suddenly asked.
Chen Ziyan answered him: "This is a way, but it cannot be completely expelled."
He also knew this method. Rubbing the juice of garlic or airplane grass on the body could indeed prevent mosquito bites to a large extent, but it was not as effective as the insect repellent sachet.
Shirley Yang also knew about this and said: "This is just like the vampires in European legends. They are also blood-sucking creatures, but they are also afraid of garlic. Their weaknesses are exactly the same."
Hearing Shirley Yang mention vampires, Chen Ziyan suddenly asked: "Since we mentioned vampires, do you know why we don't have such things here?"
Wang Kaixuan was the first to respond: "Why not? It's just that the names are different. Aren't those blood-sucking rice dumplings vampires?"
Chen Ziyan shook his head gently: "Fat man, you are wrong. Zongzi are zongzi. Although some zongzi also suck blood, they have nothing to do with vampires."
Hu Bayi felt as if he had seen the answer somewhere, but his memory was too blurry due to the passage of time, so he couldn't remember the specific answer at the moment.
After Shirley Yang and Ding Sitian thought for a while, they both shook their heads gently at Chen Ziyan.
Obviously, they failed to think of the answer.
Seeing this, Chen Zi recited a passage in a slow voice: "It is recorded in the Western Classics of Hai Nei that there is a ghost in Xiling. It looks like a human, with red eyes and fangs. It lies dormant day and night and likes to eat human blood. Eating it can prolong life." !”
When Chen Ziyan said the last word, everyone looked blank.
They thought about it a lot, but they really didn't expect such an answer.
"I'm sorry we don't have vampires here, is it because we ate all these things?" Wang Kaixuan said in disbelief.
Forgive him for his lack of knowledge, but this is the first time he has heard of such a thing.
His subconscious licking of lips when he was talking could easily lead to misunderstanding.
For example, it will make people mistakenly think that he also wants to try it.
Hu Bayi smiled bitterly, but didn't say much.
No wonder it felt familiar to him, as if he had seen it somewhere before. It turned out to be recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
He naturally knew this book, but he didn't remember some of the irrelevant content very well, so he didn't think of it right away.
However, Hu Bayi knew that this was probably not Chen Ziyan's nonsense, because according to his understanding of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it was quite consistent with the style of that book.
After all, as we all know, the Book of Mountains and Seas is also called the Ancient Ingredients Record, and there is basically nothing in it that cannot be eaten.
Shirley Yang, on the other hand, found it a bit difficult to accept this. After successfully understanding the meaning of Chen Ziyan's words, she frowned and said, "This is really unbelievable. You must know that vampires are humanoid creatures!"
Chen Ziyan agreed with her view.
If it is a beast-shaped creature, then it is eaten, but vampires are human-shaped, and in many cases they are even similar to humans, which makes it difficult to accept it.
But at this moment, Wang Kaixuan suddenly said: "I think we have to understand our ancestors. They had never seen any foreigners before, and maybe they regarded vampires as something similar to monkeys. "
Although this is a bit rude, it is surprisingly reasonable.
If vampires really originated in the West, then what the ancients encountered at that time was most likely migrating. In this case, it is not surprising that the ancients regarded them as a strange animal.
In such a situation, the two parties are likely to conflict for various reasons, and it is understandable that they would like to try novel species ideas afterwards.
After all, the weirder things in Shan Hai Jing were put into his mouth.
After thinking of some related scenes, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but feel a chill and quickly dismissed the unwanted thoughts from his mind.
This picture is so sexual!
He has a rather bland taste and cannot accept it.
The others also had similar expressions. While deliberately not thinking about this, they cast an angry look at Wang Kaixuan, the culprit.
This guy really doesn’t want to open any pot!
After Wang Kaixuan finished speaking, he also felt that his words were a bit inappropriate. At this moment, seeing everyone looking at him, he subconsciously shrank his neck.
Although he is usually very courageous, he does not want to offend the public.
But he immediately thought that it seemed that Chen Ziyan started this topic.
If you really want to blame him, he, the fat man, is not the first one!
But after taking a sneak peek at Chen Ziyan, Wang Kaixuan felt that the most important thing between brothers was loyalty. Since everyone had already misunderstood him, there was no point in saying more at this time. It was better to let everyone continue to misunderstand like this.
He, Wang Kaixuan, dared to promise God that he did not think so because when he glanced at Chen Ziyan, he caught the other person's warning and threatening gaze.
Not only Wang Kaixuan thought of this, but Chen Ziyan, who was involved, naturally also thought of it.
So when their eyes met, he gave Wang Kaixuan a veiled look, and then gestured to Hu Bayi.
Then, under the tacit banter between the three of them, the crooked building completely went astray, which finally put an end to the problem.
After taking a short rest, everyone continued to move deeper into the Worm Valley.
As they continued to go deeper, they saw more traces of human beings along the way, and from time to time they could see some collapsed stone statues, stone figures and other objects.
It can be seen from these scattered Shinto stone carvings that the basic system of King Xian's tomb is the same as that of other royal tombs. Shinto was specially built in front of the tomb for future generations to go to Minglou to worship and worship.
"King Xian may not have thought that not long after his death, his territorial subjects, including his hometown of the ancient Dian Kingdom, would be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty. This also led to him spending a lot of manpower and material resources and racking his brains to build the royal palace. The mausoleum can only be sealed in the dust in the depths of this deep valley." Looking at these stone carvings, Hu Bayi said with some sadness.
Wang Kaixuan answered: "What you said is wrong. Aren't there still warm-hearted young people like us in the new era who come to visit us despite all the hardships and dangers?"
Hu Bayi heard this and said to himself, "Everyone knows what you are doing, so what the hell are you talking about visiting?"
But he didn't say this, because strictly speaking, everyone was the same, and there was no reason for the boss to make things difficult for the second child.
After continuing to walk for three or four hours, they came to a dilapidated ruins. Not surprisingly, this was the legendary first embankment wall.
But now all that is left of the so-called embankment wall is a rammed earth stone platform no more than three meters wide and two meters high. It is still covered with overgrown weeds. It does not look like a city wall at all, but more like a city wall. A green mound.
The ruins of the ruins were mixed among the green fields of the deep valley. If they hadn't been careful enough, they might have passed by them.
In order to further confirm that this was the embankment wall, Hu Bayi stepped forward and swept it twice with an engineering shovel, trying to clear away the weeds and green moss on it so that he could see it more clearly.
But I didn't expect that this sweep would not matter, but hundreds of small tree lizards the size of fingers would emerge from the cracks in the ruins.
The body surface of these little guys is green. If you don't look at the blood-red eyes and tongues, they are exactly the same as the surrounding plants.
So many tree lizards popped out, startling everyone. The two closest ones, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan, subconsciously picked up the things in their hands and slapped them, and directly swatted many small tree lizards into pieces. meat pie.
Upon seeing this, Chen Ziyan quickly stepped forward and held the two of them down, saying, "Okay, these little guys don't hurt anyone, so there's no need to fight with them."
This thing is probably at the bottom of the food chain in the valley, so there is no need to pay too much attention to it, and the strong smell of blood is likely to cause unnecessary trouble.
"Look!"
Chen Ziyan had just comforted the two of them when he turned his head and heard Shirley Yang's voice.
Following Shirley Yang's line of sight, Chen Ziyan discovered the problem immediately. The escape route of these little tree lizards was very strange.
It stands to reason that for someone to flee in panic under such circumstances, their course of action must be extremely confusing.
But the actual result was that, centered on their location, almost all the little tree lizards fled towards the outside of the valley. The remaining ones climbed up the rock walls on both sides, but none of them went towards the valley. Go deep into the valley.
It was as if there was some terrifying existence inside, which made these creatures living in the valley dare not take a step beyond the realm of possibility.
Ding Sitian thought for a while and said: "This gives me the feeling...as if the depths of the valley are a place of death. The perception of animals is far more sensitive than that of humans. I think it must be very dangerous here."
Hu Bayi climbed onto the rammed earth stone platform in front of him, stood on it and looked into the valley, hoping to observe the situation inside.
Wang Kaixuan guessed: "Could it be the poisonous miasma here?"
He felt that to be able to make animals so afraid, they must be the type that ignores all relatives and attacks indiscriminately.
Chen Ziyan recalled for a while, and felt that it was almost time to arrive, so he said: "What the fat man said is very possible. Looking at the situation here, we know that there are already very few insects. It is estimated that the animals inside will be even rarer, or even non-existent." Maybe, this means that it is likely to be the area where the poisonous miasma is located. I think for the sake of safety, we should ensure safety on the next road."
He didn't say anything about being prepared at any time. Faced with this situation, Chen Ziyan preferred to take preventive measures in advance.
After all, no matter how thorough the preparations are in advance, it may not be too late to face unexpected situations.
No one has any objection to this. Although everyone is not afraid of death, who would not cherish their own life.
So after Chen Ziyan finished speaking, everyone checked their protection again.
After the inspection was completed, several people looked at Hu Bayi who was standing on the stone platform.
As the Feng Shui expert in the team, he took the initiative to take on the role of guide at this time.
So I still have to listen to his opinion on what to do next.
"Everyone, follow me and go this way next."
Feeling the gazes of the people behind him, Hu Bayi retracted his gaze from the distance, took out his compass and made some calculations, then called on everyone to head towards the left side of the remaining wall.
(End of chapter)
