Xiaolan stared at the ant colonies that continued to emerge from the black water and said, "There must be an exit under the water."
"But...how can ants swim from the water?"
Right.
Xiaolan lowered her upper body, almost lying on the water, staring at the pool of water.
A faint fishy smell flooded into the nose.
The water surface was still calm, not like flowing water, but like a pool of mist.
"Is this really water?" Xiaolan said to herself.
Dark, fishy and sweet, as if dead.
"Actually, I don't know." The old man moved over and squatted slowly by the pool. "The first time I touched this place, I was bitten hard by the little guy just as I was about to take a step here. Although it was nothing. A special reaction, but I guess it was the little guy trying to stop me, so I thought maybe it didn’t want me to fall into the water.”
Xiaolan listened patiently to the old man's words, nodded slightly, thought about it, and stretched out his hand towards the water.
"Hiss—" the human-faced spider made a strange buzzing sound.
Soon, a black shadow flew over from the old man's feet and landed directly on Xiaolan's outstretched hand.
The human-faced spider stood on Xiaolan's hand, waving its front legs, as if to warn Xiaolan something.
"You see," the old man smiled, "That's it."
Xiaolan brought the human-faced spider to her eyes.
"What do you mean, little guy?" Xiaolan bit her lip, "Don't you let me touch this black water?"
The human-faced spider opens its mouthparts as if threatening.
Xiaolan shook her head, put down this hand, raised the other hand, and made a gesture to reach into the black water.
"hiss!--"
"Ah!" Xiaolan quickly retracted her right hand that was bitten by the human-faced spider.
After biting Xiaolan's tiger's mouth, the human-faced spider jumped off Xiaolan's hand and ignored her.
"Did it bite you?" The old man came over quickly, "It still hurts a little, but don't worry, it's not a big problem."
But Xiaolan felt that she had a big problem.
Visible to the naked eye, where he was bitten by the human-faced spider, there was a little black mark slowly seeping into Xiaolan's skin, and a numb and warm feeling began to spread within his body. After the warmth, his limbs began to swell and ache gradually. , as if the blood vessels are about to burst out of the body.
"I...I..." Xiaolan covered her arms. After a while, her legs and feet became weak, and she sat weakly on the ground.
The smile on the old man's face faded little by little.
"What?...No way..."
Stars kept appearing in Xiaolan's eyes, and her body swayed.
While the old man was groping for Xiaolan's body, the human-faced spider crawled behind Xiaolan and raised its claws towards her heels.
It was almost like... driving her away.
Xiaolan had lost the ability to guess the meaning behind this behavior. Various shapes of Venus continued to occupy her sight. Finally, amidst the anxious questioning of the old man, Xiaolan's vision completely went dark and she plunged into the pool.
No sound of water.
There was only the cold mist coming towards my face.
Xiaolan was like a ball dropped into the ink, quickly disappearing into the black water.
Xiaolan felt it.
Under the black water, Xiaolan suddenly opened her eyes.
This place is not water at all, but a kind of solid black mist. The special buoyancy of this mist slightly lifts Xiaolan, and a slight tingling sensation penetrates into Xiaolan's body along with the mist.
However, the pain just now was actually much better.
The pain and numbness suddenly disappeared, Xiaolan woke up, and in the mist, she tried her best to open her eyes.
Can see clearly.
Xiaolan's sight penetrated the ink-colored mist and looked around.
The old man put his head out and shouted something, but was blocked by the human-faced spider and finally retracted his upper body.
Turning her eyes, Xiaolan saw the row of moving ants.
Under the mist, the ants moved very slowly, and their walking posture was very strange. They were almost twitching while walking. The queue underwater was obviously thicker than above the water. From time to time, a few ants would twitch while walking. , died on the march.
Xiaolan understood.
This mist is poisonous.
When the human-faced spider bites itself, it is fighting poison with poison.
When the old man was about to step into the mist, the man-faced spider bit her in order to prepare her with toxins against the poisonous gas in advance. But not long ago, the man-faced spider bit her and she was cured by chance. The old man's eyes had antibodies in her body, so she had no reaction to the spider venom. The old man mistook this as a kind reminder, so he gave up the plan to touch the mist.
Therefore, this exit has been temporarily put on hold.
I see.
Insects are the masters here, and they know everything.
Xiaolan thanked the smart spider and looked at the end of the ant queue.
This depression is much larger than expected, and the ant queue spreads and twists and turns, walking through various rocks.
Xiaolan walked slowly.
***
As soon as Lu Qianqian finished speaking, behind her, a pair of green eyes suddenly appeared and then disappeared.
"Ah!" Jasmine let out a short scream.
When Lu Qianqian turned his head away, those green eyes were gone.
Another pair of green eyes appeared behind Merry.
Another pair.
Another pair...
"There is definitely more than one." Lu Qianqian raised the spike and stood back to back with the two of them. The three of them were alert to the eyes that kept appearing.
Jasmine looked around, "Why can't I see yellow eyes?"
At this time, a black shadow flew toward Meili's face.
Meili was extremely nervous, so he raised the wooden stick in his hand very quickly and struck at the black shadow. With a snap, a black snake fell limply to the ground.
"This one also has yellow eyes." Meili glanced quickly at the ground and said.
The surrounding green eyes flashed faster and more, almost dazzlingly.
In an instant, three black snakes flew toward Jasmine's head from three directions at the same time.
All have yellow eyes.
Jasmine swung the wooden stick with one hand and knocked away the nearest one. She raised her left hand and directly caught the second black snake's seven inches. The black snake was almost in front of Jasmine, spitting its core into Jasmine's eyes. Jasmine simply used the second black snake as a whip and swung it hard at the third snake. The two snakes circled together and flew out together.
After this blow, the flashing speed of the green eyes slowed down.
After a few seconds, the green eyes completely disappeared.
"What's going on now?" Merry asked.
Jasmine flexed her wrist and said, "I think this move may have failed and I need to change it."
Lu Qianqian also nodded.
The night wind blew through the ruins, making a whining sound. The wind blew through their sweat-soaked clothes, and the three of them couldn't help but shiver.
Silence returned to the surroundings.
"Have you noticed that these snakes are different from other snakes in that they don't come towards our necks?" Jasmine took a deep breath. "They seem to be attacking our eyes."
"Eye?"
"Um."
silence.
"Be careful no matter what." Lu Qianqian concluded.
There was dead silence again.
In the distance, a long and sad voice seemed to blend in with the night wind and spread into their ears.
"Did you...hear anything?" Jasmine frowned.
The three of them held their breath.
"Woo..."
"Woooo..."
"Help……"
"Help...wuwu...help..."
