No one answered him. Silence after silence, there is no trace of anything alive here.
"Old, Old Bai, it is better for us to do less than to do more..."
"You want to leave?" Bai Ya asked Qi Huan, "Can you leave? The snake demon deceived us into a place like this. How can he not be completely sure that we can escape easily?"
If the problem was to be discovered, it should have been discovered long ago. It is better to say that it is because they trust the monster too much. Although this kind of trust is passive, they have no other choice in the unfamiliar wilderness.
Liu Shenghan touched Mingming's back and found the thread. She held it in her hand and looked at it repeatedly, then weighed it, but she couldn't feel the slightest weight. She frowned, looking embarrassed, then straightened it and said to the others:
"Can you see this thread?"
They all looked between her hands. There was nothing there. But Liu Shenghan knew that he was indeed holding on to a strong thread. Everyone shook their heads, and Mingming followed suit.
She hesitated and said: "Earth spider...? If it is a thread condensed by demon power, you should be able to see it."
"Unless his spells are far superior to ours." Qi Huan also frowned, "I think it's better not to conflict with him. In comparison, running away is more difficult..."
Having said that, before they knew it, black mist was already filling the air around them. The stars and moon in the sky were gone, and any scene was covered by the darkness that had become thicker at some point. In this hazy blackness, strange light sources flashed from time to time, probably erratic will-o'-the-wisps. Four people and a child were very close to each other.
"It's a miasma barrier." Liu Shenghan said, "It's too late. It's probably difficult to get out."
"But even if we find out early, we will still be trapped, right?"
This kid Mingming is really sharp-tongued and specializes in telling the truth that people don't want to hear. Not only does he have a sharp mouth, he also has sharp eyes. After walking a few steps, he suddenly pointed to a dark corner and asked loudly: "What is that?"
They saw nothing, but cautiously walked over to take a look in case there was an ambush. As I got closer, I realized that there was indeed something there. Next to it was a tree with a yellow-brown thing hanging from the branch. I don’t know whether it is its original color or the phosphorus that flashes from time to time. These phosphorus fires are like bubbles in water, emerging and bursting suddenly.
Jun Aoyan touched the thing with the back of the knife. It was only connected to the branch at one point, and when it was touched, it swayed around. This thing is like a cocoon, covered with sparse threads, as if dirty cloth strips have rotted. Overall, there are some rugged bulges, wrinkles and dust. What is it? They couldn't tell the difference after looking at it for a long time. Instead, they were a little irritated by the flickering will-o'-the-wisp.
Mingming is relatively short, so he can see the bottom of the hanging object without lowering his head. Its shape is close to a sphere, but it is not that regular. There are two concave pits on the surface, and there is a strange angle at the upper end. Mingming boldly stretched out her hand and poked it twice, easily breaking through the dry and crisp surface. Nothing special came out, it was just empty inside. Whatever this is, it must be very light.
Mingming took out a piece of blue ore from somewhere, formed a circle with her index finger and thumb, and held it inside. The other fingers were raised like flowers. He held the ore to his eye, looked through it at the hanging object, and looked up and down.
"Oh! This is a person!"
"What are you doing?"
Qi Huan didn't know what he was being naughty about, but his heart felt cold just listening to his words. Suddenly noticing something in his hand, Qi Huan was stunned and turned to look at Bai Ya.
"Where is Lamb?"
Bai Ya suddenly stared at the little boy and no longer looked at the ball. Lan Bo was originally on him, but instead of groping for its previous position, he kept his eyes on the ore in Mingming's hand for a while, and suddenly picked him up. It was as if he were catching a chicken, and he lifted it up easily.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh -"
"Tell me when you took it away."
"Just, just now..." Mingming struggled in panic, "Oh, I will return it to you. I just borrowed it to play with out of curiosity, just for a moment! I saw a little blue thing shining on you, You are so fierce, you won’t necessarily show it to me if I ask you, so..."
"So you steal?" Jun Aoyan frowned and scolded him, "Why are your hands and feet so unclean at a young age? You are a thief if you don't ask for it. Didn't anyone teach you?"
"No!" This tone sounded like he was quibbling, and Mingming didn't mean it that way. He hurriedly defended himself, "I know it's not good to steal things. I've stolen many times and been beaten. But, but I used to I haven’t paid it back yet, this is my real plan…”
Liu Shenghan sighed softly and stepped forward to persuade.
"Okay, don't criticize a child harshly. You also know that no one has taught this child well, and he should not be blamed for being so naughty. Just ask him to return the things to you. Next time, don't do it again. "
Mingming nodded obediently, not sure if she meant it sincerely. He stretched out his hand, and Bai Ya caught the Lan Po he let go with one hand, and then let go of the other hand, letting the kid fall to the ground. But he is quite concerned about the "usage" of Cai Lan Amber. He also picked up the blue amber, closed one eye tightly, and used the other eye to look through it to observe the surrounding environment.
He suddenly took away the amber, was stunned for a moment, then moved it back, put it in front of his eyes, and looked up and down at the thing that Mingming called a human being. The others didn't know what he was doing and just looked at him strangely. Then, Bai Ya held the blue gem again, slowly turning it in a circle, and then slowly took it off.
"What's wrong? How old are you? What are you playing with?"
Qi Huan grabbed it and took a look.
"I go!"
This time he was so shocked that he almost dropped the amber, and his hands turned to each other, as if they were holding a hot coal. Bai Ya quickly snatched it back with quick eyes and hands. What Qi Huan saw should be the same scenery as what Bai Ya and Mingming saw. Through the refraction of light from the "water bladder" in the middle and the surrounding clear parts, the nearby scene instantly changed in his eyes, and the entire field of vision became much clearer. Although it was not as bright as the day, he could see something everywhere. They seemed to be emitting a faint light and had clear outlines. Take what's in front of you - it's really a person.
Was.
There was something wrapped around his body, but now it was completely dehydrated and turned into a mummy, and it shriveled up. The man must have died a long time ago. His arms were folded into a horrible shape in the "cocoon", and the arm bones and sternum were broken. It was probably when he was escaping that he was wrapped tightly, and when he tried to break free, it became tighter and tighter. His mouth grew so large that his jaw nearly dislocated. But judging from the shape, the force he received was not only the external squeeze, but also the internal contraction. After all, it is impossible to become what it is now just based on the external force point. He seemed to have been restrained first and then drained dry, leaving only a skin and a broken skeleton - the internal organs inside were probably dissolved, because many bones were also destroyed.
This amber allowed them to see it all clearly, as if it were completely unfolded and laid out in front of people's eyes.
And there are many corpses like this, scattered everywhere. Some are incomplete, not even wrapped, just scattered there messily, as if they have experienced a blood-red carnival. All places that may have been bloodstains in the past are filled with white-blue when looking through the blue amber, showing the shape of spreading, dripping or sputtering.
Mingming, isn't that child afraid? Qi Huan glanced at him in surprise. No matter what, at least they knew one of the uses of amber. But for now, this feature does not help improve the current situation. Liu Shenghan had a rough guess. When Jun Aoyan asked him what was going on, he simply said that the thing was "very useful."
Bai Ya relied on this thing to take the lead in exploring the dark boundary, and the others followed. Occasionally, a few eight-legged shadows flitted around, like wandering ghosts. They try to ignore it so as not to consume unnecessary energy. Even though there was no wind now, the air was frighteningly cold. Jun Aoyan kept holding Mingming's arm to prevent the little guy from running around again and running into some den of thieves.
After walking for a long time, in such dead silence, an accident happened.
Bai Ya froze for a moment. He reacted quickly and suddenly leaned forward and threw the scimitar. Others didn't know what happened yet, but they just felt that his movements were too sudden. Qi Huan looked over from the side and found that one of his knives and the blue amber were missing. The knife was thrown, could it be that Lan Bo disappeared out of thin air? Before he had time to think about it, the black blade whirled again, and the handle of the knife was pushed back into Bai Ya's hand with a snap.
Where's the blue amber? Where's the blue amber? ?
Using a certain point in front as the light source, it bloomed and cracked, and the haze in the entire area was dispelled. But when the darkness recedes, it is still darkness, only the sky and the moon can be seen again. It was still late at night, but the creator of the barrier finally chose to show up.
The so-called light source is nothing more than the original appearance of the night, not even the light emitted by Blue Pearl. They watched helplessly as something they had worked so hard and almost lost their lives to get appeared in the hands of another person they had never met.
——In the hands of an unknown monster.
This time, the eight-legged shadow was even larger, probably the largest body. When they could see more clearly, they realized that it was indeed a living monster, but it was motionless, like a sculpture, and it was still holding the amber that had been hooked by the thread. He was sitting on a chair-shaped object with his legs crossed, looking strangely calm. Except for the limbs on his back, the symbol of inhumanity has an extremely unnatural blue-grey skin. Under his short hair, there are purple indigo eyes on an expressionless face, and there is a star under the left corner of his stiff, relief-like lips. mole. Suddenly the shadow of a little spider flashed across his face, but was it real? It wasn't three-dimensional, just moving from one part of his skin to another.
Is this the monster Yan?
"Again."
No matter who he is, even if he is the King of Heaven, if something is stolen from him, he must return it politely - even though it was something he snatched from somewhere else before.
The monster remained motionless.
