In the forest that suddenly appeared, from a distance, extremely tall thorn bushes completely surrounded the gray spire castle in the middle.
Shen Mubai stood on the high stone, looking at the clumps of iron thorns in the distance, which were so sharp and shining with cold light, as if they were driving away all outsiders who wanted to invade.
There is no path leading to the tall buildings entangled with thorns. Occasionally, a few giant pythons reveal their heads, spit out their bright red tongues, and look at the prying people with their golden eyes from time to time.
A crow flew by, its hoarse and shrill cries cut across the dim sky, and then stopped on the dead branches. While combing its feathers, it also looked at the players nearby who came to inquire with its red eyes.
Something was rustling in the black iron thorn bushes, as if danger was hidden within.
Shen Mubai thought of Su Yi's unconscious feet, and his eyes darkened. He always felt that she would not stay there peacefully. Then he glanced at Ye Yan, and he immediately understood and followed Shen Mubai. behind.
As Ye Yan walked, he looked behind him with a pale face. He felt that something was staring at them here. After all, it was not surprising that the copy appeared.
But looking at the calm-looking Shen Mubai in front of him, he quietly grabbed the strap of his backpack, determined that if there was any danger later, he would run faster and not drag the boss back.
But the walking process was a bit boring, so Ye Yan asked softly about Shen Mubai's past: "Brother Shen...Brother Shen, where are you from? Do you have younger siblings in your family? Why did you enter the game?"
Shen Mubai stepped on the weeds blocking the road under his feet. Hearing Ye Yan's question, he began to think about it. But when he had memories, it was in the dungeon. Apart from ghosts with blurred faces, they were players with miserable deaths.
So, he simply replied: "I don't remember."
Ye Yan thought that such a big guy had probably gone through many dungeons and might have forgotten about it a long time ago, but he also thought that he was so powerful that he didn't have enough points to go out, and his hope for his resurrection was a little less.
They soon came to the iron thorn bush, but there was a swamp around it, exuding the smell of blood and an unknown stench. The surrounding air was a little damp, which made people easily think of the weather after a heavy rain.
Shen Mubai looked at the thorn bushes that were blocking the sky and the sun, and suddenly remembered the story of Sleeping Beauty. Inexplicably, he felt like a knight who went through all kinds of hardships to save the princess.
Then he retracted his thoughts, squatted down, and poked the soft soil with the broken branch, feeling that there was an adsorption force underneath pulling the branch downward.
He calmly allowed the branch to sink in little by little, and then suddenly pulled the branch up!
A dirty, skinny hand was pulled up, but the moment it touched the air, it quickly retracted, and at the same time it made a miserable and weird cry.
Ye Yan had been watching his movements from the side. Seeing the scene just now, his heartbeat almost stopped: "Then, what is that? A ghost?"
Shen Mubai dropped the branch on the ground, and his dark pupils looked quietly at the thick trees next to him: "As you can see, there may be more than one underneath."
Ye Yan swallowed hard and looked at the swamp that was as wide as a small lake, feeling a little timid.
But he quickly looked at Shen Mubai who seemed to have already made up his mind: "Then, how should we get there?"
He turned around, his figure standing in the darkness was not obvious, his stern face was half hidden and half illuminated by the faint light.
"Can you climb trees?"
Ye Yan looked at the tree that was taller than both of him and gritted his teeth: "I know a little bit..."
You have to be able to do it if you don't know how, otherwise wouldn't you just have to leave him behind? After all, we can regroup now.
Shen Mubai obviously sensed that he didn't mean what he said, so he kindly tied himself to him with nearby vines, so that even if his feet slipped, she could pull him up.
But if you accidentally fall into a swamp, it will be difficult to save yourself.
Shen Mubai did not have such worries. If the situation was critical, he would still have a dagger.
Then they climbed up the tree with difficulty, but difficulty only described Ye Yan. Shen Mubai quickly climbed to a high place, and even Ye Yan was forced to follow him.
"Are we going to jump over there?"
Seeing that he suddenly stopped moving, Ye Yan breathed a sigh of relief and asked doubtfully at the same time.
Shen Mubai turned his head sideways, his long crow-colored eyelashes were thick and dense, casting a shadow on his cold white face, but what he said shocked Ye Yan: "There is someone."
He immediately looked towards Shen Mubai's line of sight and saw three players riding a wooden boat below, struggling to paddle across.
Ye Yan suspected that they used props, otherwise it would be impossible not to sink: "So do we have to wait for them to go over first?"
Shen Mubai didn't blink: "They can't get through."
Ye Yan didn't ask why, because in the next second, several hands slowly clung to the hull of the ship. One player noticed it and smashed it with a wooden board, but it had no effect except irritating them.
Soon, the boat was scratched and they fell into the swamp in panic.
They all used props to protect themselves in covers, but the covers did not float. Instead, ghosts made of mud surrounded them, as if they were playing with toys, pulling them into the dark abyss bit by bit. inside.
Ye Yan could feel a cold sweat break out from behind, but Shen Mubai had already shifted his gaze and looked at the dead tree opposite.
More and more crows have gathered above.
"They're looking over here."
Ye Yan was stunned by these words, and then saw Shen Mubai take out a lighter and a bottle of... wine from his backpack?
Just as he was about to ask what this was doing, he saw a mass of black crows flying over in front of him, sprinting straight towards them!
But Shen Mubai just lit the lighter very calmly and took another sip of wine without shaking his hands.
Then, when the leading crow flew in front of him, he suddenly spurted out the wine, and the flames immediately rushed towards the crows. The instantly charred corpse fell into the swamp and was slowly swallowed by the soil.
Ye Yan got goosebumps when he looked at this terrible scene.
Just when he was about to ask himself if he wanted to give it a try, the crowd of crows attacked again, and they all attacked Shen Mubai very targetedly, as if they held a grudge.
Ye Yan was a little anxious, and suddenly remembered that crows were afraid of noise, so he hurriedly took out the fireworks bombs from his schoolbag.
At first I thought this thing could be used for lighting, but now it just comes in handy.
He quickly lit the fireworks and counted the time up before shouting to Shen Mubai: "Brother Shen, lower your head!"
Then he threw the fireworks bomb out. The moment it collided with the crowd of crows, it suddenly exploded. The colorful lights and the dark crowd of crows quickly turned into a pile of unknown things and fell down.
Many crows were on fire and couldn't fly even if they wanted to. In the end, they were all pulled down by those weird withered hands.
Seeing the crow fearfully returning to the dead branch, Ye Yan breathed a sigh of relief. His head was covered with sweat, and his hair on his temples was wet and stuck to his cheeks.
Seeing his frightened look, Shen Mubai gave him a rare compliment: "Well done."
Ye Yan came back to his senses and showed a shy smile.
Finally, they crossed the swamp safely along the thick trunks. The moment they landed, the crows in the surrounding trees were startled and flew farther away as if to avoid them.
Ye Yan had a habit of asking what to do next, and then he met a pair of golden eyes. The cold gaze made him freeze in place instantly.
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Su Yi, who was trapped in a high-rise castle, was still sitting on the bed. There was no crutch around him. The table was too far away and the walls were too slippery. There was no support at all.
She wanted to leave here at first, after all, she was like a lamb to be slaughtered here!
But when he saw the overwhelming vines and iron thorns, as well as the pythons surrounding the castle and the blinding fog in the distance, he silently gave up the idea.
If we really want to go out, this mission may be declared a failure directly.
At this time, a giant python slowly poked its head into the window. Its huge yellow eyes were bigger than stone mills, its bright red snake hissed and its black snake scales were like beautiful black gems.
But Su Yi immediately held the pistol in his hand, his eyes cold.
...Oops, she won't become food for this snake, right?
As if he didn't notice her vigilance, the black snake crawled in slowly, its long body almost blocking the light in the room, casting a huge black shadow.
After staring at Su Yi for two or three seconds, the black snake continued to crawl towards her, but Su Yi didn't feel its intention to attack, so she had to endure the repulsion in her bones and wanted to see what it would do.
Then the black snake's tail circled Su Yi, as if she had discovered an unknown treasure, and hid it happily. The snake's head circled around her, spitting out snake letters, but still did not reveal its sharp teeth.
Su Yi confirmed his suspicion and slowly relaxed his body.
Then, she thought of a way to act, so she tentatively reached out to touch the black snake's body.
But her eyes were still fixed on its every move, and she would withdraw her hand if something went wrong.
Not only did the black snake not feel disgusted, but it also moved the snake's head towards it happily, so Su Yi had no choice but to turn her hand and touch its head. It was cold and easy to touch.
She touched it and felt strangely like she was smoothing the fur of a pet... If it could stay obedient like this, it would be very maneuverable in the future.
But what happened next was beyond her expectation. The black snake was very docile, as if he knew her. Not only could he understand her words, but he could also find things for her.
But it seems to have a playful nature, such as giving her snow-white finger bones, delicate quills, skull-shaped bookmarks, and dusty books. The key is that she can't understand them yet.
So the bed was filled with a lot of strange items.
But it felt that if it did well, it would ask Su Yi to reward it. Su Yi, who had nothing, could only look at the little flower outside the window and wrap it around the vine.
So Su Yi made a garland for it, then waved to the black snake, and put the garland on the tip of its thick tail - there was no way, the flowers were too small to make a big garland.
But the black snake was still very happy. The snake's tail was raised high, and it consciously prevented the garland from falling. Then it went out and swam a few times, and brought her a piece of clothing when it came back.
I don't know where it was pulled from, maybe it was a wardrobe in a room in the castle.
Su Yi originally didn't want to change, but Black Snake started to "roll around" and insisted that she accept his gift.
So she had no choice but to put on this dress with a bunch of gems hanging on it - it looked good, but it looked more like a trapped princess.
Just after she changed her clothes, there was the sound of things being broken outside.
somebody is coming.
Su Yi's smile disappeared immediately, and Black Snake also looked outside warily. Snake tail did not forget to carefully place the garland on the bed.
Su Yi touched its snake tail: "Let's go and have a look."
She hoped it was Shen Mubai, but it might not be.
Always be fully prepared.
