At this critical moment, I took out the dagger from my back and stabbed the flower stem hard.
I only heard a faint roar, and the piranha plant was cut off at the waist by me, and it fell straight to the ground.
But Xu Jinxiu and the others were not so lucky, and were swallowed half of their bodies by a piranha.
By the time I reacted, Xu Jinxiu had already begun to struggle.
I quickly took out my pistol and fired at the flower stems. Two shots shattered the flower stems, and Xu Jinxiu was saved.
At this time, Xu Jinxiu had regained her consciousness because of what happened just now.
He sat slumped on the ground, looking at me in fear.
After rescuing Liu Siyuan and the others one after another, the group left here in a hurry.
"Brother Chen, thanks to you this time."
Liu Bao covered his face that was swollen by Liu Siyuan, and ran towards the perimeter behind me.
I have to say that this underground jungle is more dangerous than we imagined.
I shook my head. This time we can only be considered lucky. If we were a few minutes later, we probably wouldn't be able to get out.
When a group of us walked forward for a certain distance, I never saw the person hanging from the tree that the old man said.
That the mysterious old man could actually say this means that there must be something weird in this place.
At this time, Chen Wei suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Wei was holding a map in his hand. When he suddenly stopped, we all panicked.
Xu Jinxiu glanced at me weakly, and I shook my head and walked towards Chen Wei.
"Are we going in the wrong direction? Logically speaking, we should exit through the underground jungle. What will we see in front of us?"
Chen Wei looked at the ruins of the village that appeared in front of us with a puzzled look on his face.
I looked at the surrounding environment and suddenly realized that this place was very similar to the place where I lived when I was a child.
Is this my imagination? But others can also see it.
"Maybe this village is not marked on the map. Our current general direction of travel is correct."
I comforted Chen Wei, but I was even more confused in my heart. Could it be that the person the old man said fell on the tree was in this village?
With doubts in our hearts, we rushed towards the village.
However, as soon as I entered the village, a cold wind blew through me, making me feel cold all over.
Looking at it, the entire village seemed to have been destroyed by war, with ruins everywhere.
I frowned, always feeling something weird there.
I looked around and saw that the whole village was dead silent and it looked like it was completely abandoned.
"Let's go, we should reach the exit through this village."
Even though I said this, I had no idea in my heart.
I always felt that this village was too quiet, as if it was the night before a rainstorm.
As we approached the other end of the village, we saw a crooked-neck tree.
And just as the old man said, there is indeed a person hanging on the tree with a crooked neck.
But what surprised us was that the man seemed to have just died and was still wearing the red groom's clothes from when he got married.
Xu Jinxiu and I looked at each other. Logically speaking, a person who had just died should not appear in this place.
I was about to step forward, but Chen Wei held me back.
"We'd better not go to this place."
As soon as I took two steps, Chen Wei grabbed me.
There was something wrong with the look on his face, and he was obviously very taboo about such a situation.
But I have already promised the old man. If I don’t go, I don’t know what is waiting for us.
But I can guarantee that if we break our promise, we will definitely encounter consequences that we cannot afford.
Looking at Chen Wei's determined look, I hesitated.
After all, someone paid for us to come here this time. If he didn't allow it, I couldn't do it without permission.
"There is no road in front of us. After leaving this village, there is a cliff. There is no way around. If we move the body, there may be a chance of survival."
At this time Xu Jinxiu stood up and spoke,
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Wei let go of my arm.
I took a deep breath and approached the corpse. I originally wanted to put the corpse down, but the moment I stretched out my hand, the corpse opened its eyes.
When I saw the appearance of this corpse clearly, my eyes suddenly widened.
This corpse actually looks exactly like me!
"Xu Jinxiu!"
I turned around and called Xu Jinxiu.
Xu Jinxiu was stunned for a moment, looking at the corpse with shock on his face.
Everyone looked at the corpse and then at me, and they were a little confused for a moment.
"Brother Chen, do you think it was you who was hanged there?"
Liu Bao's eyes widened, looking at the person who looked exactly like me, and he swallowed unconsciously.
I smiled bitterly and bravely picked up the body and placed it on the ground.
Looking at the person on the ground who looks exactly like me, it feels like I am taking care of my own funeral.
I raised my head and glanced at Xu Jinxiu and the others. They also frowned and looked at me with strange eyes.
"Brother Chen, don't you think this is a bit uncomfortable?"
Dalian said, after all, this kind of thing is indeed a bit unacceptable.
I shook my head with a wry smile, there was nothing I could do about it.
But fortunately, I didn't feel any danger, and I just took a look at the Feng Shui trend. Although this place is in an underground space, the yin energy is relatively strong.
But fortunately there is no danger.
After I arranged the bodies as the old man said, a magical scene appeared.
The man's soul actually stood up from the corpse, and looked directly at me with two eyes, which gave me a creepy feeling.
Everyone is holding their breath and not daring to take a breath. Can you imagine that a person who looks exactly like you has died, and his soul is looking directly at you.
I only felt a chill on my back, but luckily the guy didn't have an attack.
Instead, he waved to us, turned around and walked towards the foot of the mountain wall.
I let out a deep breath, winked at Chen Wei and the others, and then they all followed.
The soul stopped when it reached the foot of the mountain, and a pool of water appeared in front of us. The water was very clear and should have been formed by the underground river flowing here.
The soul was just pointing to the pool of water, and made some gestures with his hands. It probably meant that he could get out by jumping into the pool of water.
We looked at each other in disbelief, but the soul didn't pay any attention to it. After saying that, he turned around and walked towards his body.
"Would you like to jump down and have a look?"
Chen Wei looked at me. There were no markings on the map in his hand.
But according to the path, after coming out of the underground jungle and walking straight ahead, you will reach the real no man's land.
"Okay, you guys wait for me up here, and I'll go down and take a look."
Anyway, there is no way out now. If we go back, we will definitely miss the mark and gain nothing.
It's better to take a gamble. I feel that all this is destined.
It was as if the old man knew I was coming here.
After that, I put down all the equipment I had on me and jumped in.
"You guys wait up there. If I don't come back in half an hour, you'll find another way out."
After giving them the final explanation, I dived directly into the water.
But what surprised me was that the moment I sank into the water, the scene in the pool surprised me.
This pool is not deep, only about ten meters.
But looking to the other side, you can see sunlight pouring down.
I couldn't wait to swim over there, but I didn't expect that this pool of water was actually connected to both sides. Without the guidance of that soul, no one would have thought that there was a way out here.
I swam along this passage, and the further I went, the more excited I became.
Finally seeing the end, I climbed ashore excitedly.
But when I saw the scene on the shore, I was dumbfounded.
In front of me, there was nothing but yellow sand and rock walls.
This place was much quieter and lifeless than the places we had passed before.
Who would put some treasure in this?
I vaguely felt like this was a pit, specifically for those people to jump into.
But I have no choice. All this is done by Chen Wei. Our role is to guide the way, and the rest of the things are not up to us.
I turned around and told them the news, and the group swam over with confidence.
"This place is too weird, how about we go back."
Liu Bao asked with a worried look on his face. There was a lot of yellow sand in front of him, and the sun was so fierce. Some people might have died in the desert before they found the treasure.
"What are you afraid of? Wealth can be found in danger. Since you have chosen this place, you should move forward bravely."
Chen Wei rejected Liu Bao's idea in one sentence.
"Brother Chen, don't forget, this is not a trivial matter."
"Shut up!"
Xu Jinxiu glared at Liu Bao fiercely, and then he calmed down.
When I looked at Chen Wei, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I didn't know what the goal was that could make him so determined.
"The water we carry is almost the same now. Let's use the water in this pool to fill it, otherwise there won't be enough on the road."
I looked at the desert area in front of me. The large amount of water prepared for us was almost gone now. There was a water source here that could just replenish it.
After hearing what I said, Dalian's mute boyfriend took down the kettle he was carrying without saying a word and poured the water from the pool into it.
"Why do you believe Brother Chen's words so much? What if someone poisons you inside?"
Hearing Liu Bao's words, I really wanted to kick him down.
This pool of water is a flowing water source no matter what. Who would poison it here if there is nothing wrong?
