"It's not good. There is a canyon ahead. There are monsters in it. The horse was dragged down." One morning, Wu Gen was roasting a small beast he had caught. Two Xiang soldiers and heavy cavalry who went out to explore the road He ran back in a panic.
Considering how many more days we have to walk ahead, it would be best to be able to supplement along the way. Although these beasts may be contaminated by the mist, with the Gu Yuan Dan in hand, it is not impossible for them to eat.
What surprised Wu Gen was that Zhao Ling, a nobleman who had lived in luxury and lived in luxury since childhood, actually gnawed rough animal meat with everyone without any discomfort. He had to sigh that this woman was indeed someone who did great things.
Xiang Qi greeted him, "What's wrong?"
Nowadays, the number of people in the convoy has decreased. When sending people to investigate and patrol, they broke the original organization and mixed the remaining Xiang troops and heavy cavalry. Sometimes even strangers have to perform such tasks.
The heavy rider lost his helmet and his face turned pale. "Five miles away from here, there is a canyon. I don't know how long it is. It is filled with black mist. The two of us were looking for a road by the canyon, and suddenly a multi-handed monster jumped out. Pull the horse away."
"It's good that everyone is fine, but there is a way around it." Xiang Qi also felt that the matter was a bit troublesome. The officer in charge was still recovering from his injuries in the car. He was responsible for the daily dispatching, from eating, drinking, and defecating to marching and reconnaissance. As soon as I worried about it, I turned my pretty face into a pretty yellow face.
"The two of us haven't fully investigated yet. Because the incident happened suddenly, we hurried back to report it."
Xiang Qi was silent for a moment, comforted the two of them, got up and went to the carriage to report to Zhao Ling. Soon, Zhao Ling's oral instructions came. Each group of four people in the convoy was led by a strong person, and scouts were sent out in groups to explore the road along the canyon. When encountering a monster, don't be too eager to fight, but avoid it first.
At this time, twelve people were scattered out, and the manpower was suddenly stretched. Wu Gen, Commander Chen and two other Xiang troops were divided into a group and were also sent out.
Along the way, the four of them were speechless. Commander Chen had been a little depressed these days. He never spoke a word and just did his job well.
A black line appeared on the horizon ahead. I don’t know how many miles long this black line was. It should be the canyon mentioned.
The four of them rushed to the edge of the canyon carefully, and couldn't help but gasped. This was not a canyon, it was just a huge sinkhole. At a glance, even the other side of the canyon is hazy.
Ten feet below the ground, a thin layer of mist floated in the valley, making it unclear how deep the valley bottom was.
The valley walls on both sides are very steep, with some tung oil-like black slime sticking to them from time to time. There are a few scattered trees with dark leaves, and the patterns on them are like eyes, which looks quite strange.
"What should we do? It's such a big canyon. There are no dangers below. How can the people and horses pass through?" Commander Chen looked helpless and turned to look at Wu Gen. "Why don't we go forward and see if we can The way around.”
The other party's temper has been much calmer in the past two days. Wu Gen is a soft-spoken person, so he didn't embarrass the other party too much, so he nodded in agreement.
The three of them walked along the canyon for more than twenty miles, but still did not find the end of the canyon.
"It's strange, there is less black fog here." Commander Chen suddenly stopped his horse, walked to the edge of the canyon and leaned over to watch.
When Wu Gen heard this, he also got off his horse and walked over to take a look. Sure enough, a piece of black mist suddenly sunk in here. It was obvious that there was a cave or something like that below.
While he was looking at it, suddenly, someone kicked him in the back. Caught off guard, Wu Gen fell into the valley. In a hurry, he reached out and grabbed a small tree on the valley wall.
Looking up again, Commander Chen appeared at the top of the valley and said with a ferocious smile: "Boy, I made you crazy. Today I finally felt a sigh of relief."
Wu Gen looked around. He saw that the valley wall was steep, and there was a layer of black moss on it. It was difficult to jump up. He turned around and said coldly: "Chen, you dare to kill your colleagues? I just quarreled with you." "Excuse me." In fact, I already understood in my heart that since the other party dared to take action, he would definitely not spare me, so there was no need to be embarrassed and beg for mercy.
"Colleague? Haha, boy, it's only your fault for offending someone who shouldn't be offended. I also followed orders. You did what happened to Mr. Qin, right? Do you really think that others can't find out?
The young master sent a message saying that he lost two of his capable men because of you and must take your life. I thought I would deal with you on the way, but I never thought that the noble man would really value you. The pretty face is so easy to use, and there are women to protect you wherever you go. " Commander Chen clicked his tongue.
So, Wu Gen suddenly realized that Xueyong probably never returned to Qin Guan, and the news that he was alive must have spread to the capital.
"Is there no room for negotiation? At worst, I won't go back to Dingyuan City and I will just leave from now on." Wu Gen tried.
"What do you think?" Commander Chen looked at Wu Gen jokingly and reached out to take down the bow and arrow.
Seeing the opponent taking an arrow and aiming it at him, Wu Gen glanced at the mist-shrouded valley bottom and said coldly: "You will die."
"Really, you still keep talking even when you are about to die." Commander Chen released the arrow in his hand and saw Wu Gen ducking towards the black mist below. Wherever the person passed, a big hole was made in the thick black fog.
"Haha, if I can't throw you to death, the mist will poison you to death." Commander Chen nodded with satisfaction and said to another Xiang soldier: "Throw his horse down as well, and when he gets back, he will take the people with him." The horses were all taken away by monsters.”
The other two people worked together to drive the horse off, and after waiting for a while, they left with peace of mind when they saw that there was no movement in the valley.
Wu Gen slowly opened his eyes, feeling a sharp pain all over his body, but he still held the broken knife tightly in his hand.
When Commander Chen fired his arrow, Wu Gen had already pulled out his broken knife and inserted the blade into the valley wall, trying to slow down his fall.
Although Black Mist was not afraid, the bottom of the valley was extremely deep. It rolled and crashed, but it was difficult to stop the castration. Suddenly, a horse fell from above and hit the top of his head. The man and the horse rolled down sadly, and he fainted immediately.
I looked around and saw it was dark, making it difficult to see anything ten steps away. Looking up, there was black mist above my head, and there was no skylight. After limping for a few steps, Wu Gen slipped and almost fell.
I reached out and picked it up, and saw that it was a lichen-like plant. This plant is wet and looks like a pile of rotten meat in your hands, which is quite disgusting.
Shaking off the "rotten meat" in his hands, he took a few tentative steps when a bright light flickered in the dark fog, rising and falling. It looked very eye-catching in the dim environment.
Wu Gen took a few steps and the light quickly disappeared. He jumped up and reached out to grab it, and a bright spot was caught in his hand.
"Hey." Wu Gen called out softly. It turned out that the bright spot was a flying insect, about the size of a finger, but its mouthparts were very sharp. Unexpectedly, Wu Gen was bitten on the palm of his hand.
Just as he was about to crush it to death, Wu Gen was startled when something black jumped out from under his feet. He quickly avoided it and walked forward using the light of the flying insect.
After walking for more than ten steps, a horse corpse appeared in front of him, with a dense layer of rats lying on the body, and a deformed monster that was snatching horse meat.
The monster has six or seven arms and bulges on its body. There is a human head on the front of the body. The head has two ears that are more than half a foot long. The mouth is huge, occupying almost half of the face.
The monster was eating raw meat, with blood dripping from its mouth, and its sharp teeth were covered with debris. Hearing the noise, the monster raised its head and roared from its throat, like a wild wolf guarding its food.
Wu Gen took a step back, indicating that he had no ill intentions. The monster knocked away a few gnawing rats with one hand, picked up the horse corpse and ran towards the depths of the thick fog.
With the horse corpse on his back, the monster was still running very fast. Wu Gen endured the pain and caught up with him. This monster doesn't seem to be completely sane. In this strange environment, it is impossible to find a way out from its mouth.
Gradually, the fog in front became thinner, and the ground became more tidy. It was obvious that someone was taking care of it regularly. At this point, the monster grabbed the rock with its arms and climbed up one side of the valley wall.
Looking up, Wu Gen couldn't help but open his mouth.
There are holes one after another on the stone wall, layer by layer, like a honeycomb. There is a faint light at the entrance of some holes, which is the shining flying insects tied together to serve as lanterns.
Wu Gen walked carefully, and when he passed a cave entrance, he looked inside.
A humanoid monster crawled out, so called humanoid. This person is like a worm, with a round body, his legs have been fused into one body, and only thin sections of his hands are left.
Seeing Wu Gen, the monster made a high-pitched cry and crawled out with difficulty.
Crash, clatter, and along with the cries, movements began to appear in the caves on both sides of the valley walls.
An unforgettable scene for Wu Gen appeared. Various monsters walked out of the cave, roaring and staring at Wu Gen in the valley.
These monsters had different shapes, some had two heads, some were shaped like octopuses, and some had heads as big as buckets. Looking around, Wu Gen felt extremely cold. Maybe he had died and had come to hell.
There are so many monsters that it is impossible to defeat them by fighting. Why not run? Looking at the densely packed monsters all around, plus the physical injuries, where can you escape to?
Looking at the broken knife in his hand, Wu Gen suddenly had the urge to commit suicide.
Monsters climbed down from the stone wall one after another and surrounded Wu Gen. Some monsters are eager to pounce on them.
Wu Gen waved his knife, and the monsters shrank in fear, but they refused to move away.
While the two sides were confronting each other, several more people climbed down from the cave at a higher place. Compared to monsters, these people are obviously more humanoid, at least they have all the facial features and limbs.
An old man with a wrinkled face and a stern face walked over, and the monsters made way for him. Wu Gen looked at the other party warily, not knowing what the visitor meant.
"Guest, where are you coming from?" the old man said word by word with a strange accent.
Wu Gen breathed a sigh of relief. He finally met someone he could communicate with, and he seemed to be relatively friendly.
"I am a native of Zhao. I was killed by a traitor and thrown into the valley. I dare you to ask here..." Wu Gen pointed to the strange "people" around him with some embarrassment.
The old man turned around and let out a long roar, and the monsters dispersed and returned to their respective caves. In a blink of an eye, only four people, including the old man, were left in the field.
The four of them looked around Wu Gen and from time to time stretched out their hands like chicken claws to lift up his clothes and look at his body.
"It's weird, he didn't get poisoned." The old man had a strange look on his face, staring at Wu Gen as if he was seeing a monster.
"What do you mean, father-in-law?" Wu Gen was a little confused.
"Guest, please come with me and talk in the cave." The old man pointed to a cave high up and took the lead in climbing up the valley wall.
Looking at his skinny appearance, Wu Gen was really worried that he would fall if he lost his grip. However, the old man looked thin, but his hands were quite strong. He climbed up as neatly as an ape. When he encountered some large protruding rocks, he stepped over them with a slight swing of his arms, and occasionally helped Wu Gen, who was injured.
During the climb, Wu Gen looked at the caves he passed. There are only some messy debris in the caves, and some caves are empty, obviously the owner has passed away.
The higher he went, the more human-like the monsters in the cave became. In this way, after climbing a hundred feet, a large cave appeared above the head, which was enough to accommodate dozens of people. The old man stopped here, entered the cave and sat down.
Following his gesture, Wu Gen walked into the cave together. Compared to other caves, this cave is quite neat. There are some glowing flying insects hanging on the wall, making it not very dark inside.
"We are soldiers." As soon as he sat down, the old man got straight to the point.
"Guardians?" Wu Gen was a little surprised. Are all the monsters here guards?
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