But the question before us now is...how should we proceed?
It seems that this does not involve the issue of Feng Shui pattern and formation, it is simply that there are deeper rock formations underground. Do you want us to dig through the cement floor?
Even if those bodyguards in black carried some fine steel ordnance shovels, they couldn't dig it open!
Lao Cao thought for a while and said.
"There's no need to be so anxious to go deeper underground. Let's find a way first to see what this strange tree is. It can bring out so many evil corpses."
"Xiao Zhao, give me a dagger. Let me cut off a piece of this strange tree, and let's study together to find out what the hell it is."
He took a sharp steel dagger from Zhao Xu and tied it to the front end of the phoenix rope. Throw it forward casually.
Whoosh!
The fine steel dagger flew out of the air, and under the flexible control of the phoenix rope, it accurately stabbed the gap between the tree trunks exposed between the corpses...
But unexpectedly, there was a ding.
The dagger actually bounced back.
I was also startled.
"This strange tree looks soft, but is it so hard? Even the dagger you throw out, Old Cao, and the phoenix rope driving it, can't penetrate it."
Lao Cao took back the phoenix rope.
The tip of the fine steel dagger tied to the front was bent, and the blade was twisted into a wavy shape.
This shows how powerful the flying thorn is and how hard this strange tree is!
"Well, this strange tree is a supernatural thing. Ordinary daggers may not be able to break through it. You have to use something else."
Lao Cao said and looked at Daniel.
"Daniu, please lend me your double blood daggers."
"Okay, Coffinmaker Cao."
Daniel did not hesitate.
He turned his wrist, and a black and red dagger appeared in his palm, and handed it to Lao Cao.
This thing is considered a treasure of a master!
The coffin bearers under the coffin bearers were unable to cultivate Qi sense themselves, so they all took the path of practicing strength and using evil-proofing tools.
After all, he often carries coffins and deals with dead people and corpses every day. The probability of encountering corpse transformation and various evil things is not low.
Dog blood dagger, chicken blood dagger.
These two things are considered the most common offensive evil-repelling weapons used by coffin bearers.
After the Bai family's "blood evil" incident last time, Daniel, as the leader of the four coffin bearers in Lianghe Town, went to Lao Cao to discuss it and came up with double blood daggers!
As the name suggests, it is a dagger that has been smeared with mugwort juice and soaked in black dog blood and rooster blood...
Although it cannot be regarded as a magic weapon, its power cannot be underestimated.
Once when we were carrying a coffin, we encountered a corpse causing trouble and jumped out of the coffin to kill someone. Let Daniel test his double blood dagger.
As a result, the knife easily penetrated the heart and completely eliminated the walking corpse!
As for why you don’t use my magic knife?
Because Lao Cao was a coffin bearer and a paper master, but he didn't know how to make talismans. This magical sword is used in conjunction with the Tao of Talisman. Even Lao Cao's Qi and Phoenix Rope are difficult to control it...
Otherwise, I would definitely hand it over on my own initiative.
Lao Cao tied the two blood daggers to the front end of the phoenix rope, then repeated his old trick and threw it directly towards the strange tree filled with corpses in front of him!
Whoosh...poof!
This time, the double blood daggers pierced directly. The entire blade of the knife penetrated into the tree trunk, leaving only the handle wrapped with a phoenix rope.
"Okay! Brother Cao is awesome!"
Ni Yang couldn't help but applaud.
As Lao Cao shook his wrist slightly, the phoenix rope suddenly straightened and hardened!
Like a slender wooden stick, he controlled the two blood daggers to draw a circle on the tree trunk from a distance of two to three feet. Then he stabbed it with the dagger and pulled it back.
A large mass of gray "wood" was brought out and dropped in front of everyone.
The tree trunk suddenly became empty, with a small amount of sticky gray sap slowly flowing out from the wound...
"Everyone, please come over and take a look, and be careful. This thing is very evil!"
Lao Cao said without touching the pair of blood daggers with his hands.
He and I had a clear understanding of each other, so I directly punched out a piece of talisman paper, which turned into a ball of talisman fire and wrapped around the dagger and burned it for a while. After the temperature dropped, Lao Cao took it off and gave it back to Daniel.
I said with some envy.
"Brother Daniu, when I go back this time, I will also find a way to get a double-blood dagger like yours."
The two dogs next to him immediately started yelling.
"Brother Wu, your magic sword and golden compass are like magical weapons in the eyes of us bitter people. Why do you still need these ordinary evil-proof weapons?"
He hooked his neck with his flat head and winked with a smile.
"You don't understand. I'm tired of eating big fish and meat. I want to eat some sauerkraut and radish."
Only Menghulu was more honest. He looked at us and smiled without saying a word.
I spread my hands helplessly.
"The Magic Sword and the Golden Compass are easy to use, but they consume a lot of Qi, and it's just like playing poker. You can't just play big cards right away? You have to prepare some conventional means."
What's more important is that the sharp dagger combined with internal boxing can produce even greater power!
While we were chatting and laughing, Ni Yang, Yuan Fei, and Xiao Yuan were carefully observing the large group of "tree trunks" on the ground.
Yuan Fei was the first to speak in surprise.
"This... this doesn't seem to be a tree! It doesn't look like wood. It looks more like the broken rhizome of some kind of mushroom."
mushroom?
I frowned and quickly got closer to take a look.
really!
I saw a part that Lao Cao had cut off from this strange tree, and I could see that the internal structure was completely different from that of a normal tree. Instead, it looks like a mushroom stem after being broken off.
Moreover, we can clearly see some fine, fluffy hyphae, which are very similar to those in the bodies of the two corpses we killed before - or can be said to be exactly the same.
"Could it be that this is actually a big mushroom?!"
Yuan Fei took a breath of cold air, raised his head and stared at the strange tree in front of him.
After the initial shock, I calmed down and analyzed in a deep voice.
"It was mentioned in the biology class that mushrooms are a strange kind of fungi. In essence, they are homologous to things like molds. On the other hand, fungi can evolve into various forms, and various mushrooms It’s a harmless edible fungus.”
"Then...perhaps due to some special reasons, or the mixing of supernatural powers, a certain underground fungus has mutated into a huge tree-like form. It may also have the ability to infect living people and turn them into corpses. ability!"
"This can also explain why the survivability of those corpses is stronger than that of the dead corpses we have seen. Because they were originally empty shells and had long been eroded by the hyphae released by this giant fungus."
Bang bang bang!
Ni Yang started to applaud.
"This top student is different. He can explain the strange phenomena we encounter from a scientific perspective."
I was a little helpless and continued.
"Whether from a scientific or metaphysical point of view, this thing is weird and dangerous! Fortunately, we just wore masks because of the rancid smell. Otherwise, this thing might be able to spread tiny spores through the air at close range, and then enter the body and become parasitic. It takes root and forms that kind of hyphae. It eats away at the human body from the inside out."
When I said this, everyone was a little scared.
Especially Zhao Xu and the bodyguards in black, they are ordinary people who know nothing about supernatural things, and they are even more worried about evil things getting into their bodies and parasitizing them.
Just then, suddenly!
Madoka, who was standing on my shoulder, suddenly turned her head to look at the strange tree, seeming to become wary.
"What's wrong, Fat Bird?"
As soon as I finished my inquiry, I heard a strange "puff, puff, puff" sound. I saw that all the corpses that were originally embedded in the trunks of the strange trees began to twist!
Their limbs, which were originally stuck to the trunk of the tree, poked out - you could see dense mycelium on the surface of the limbs connecting to the inside of the "strange tree".
But at this time, they were all broken!
My pupils suddenly shrank, and my heart seemed to skip a beat.
"Are these zombies in this fungus tree...all going to wake up from their slumber?! Could it be that Lao Cao cut off a piece of fungus and triggered some kind of counterattack protection mechanism?"
Many thoughts passed through my mind.
But at this time, there was no time to think about it.
Almost all of the nearly 100 people who remained in Daling Village when it disappeared were "embedded" outside the trunk of this strange fungus tree!
If they all really "awake" and then besiege us crazily, the consequences will be disastrous!
Even if Lao Cao, Yuan Fei, I, and I were to double our cultivation, we would never be able to face such a large number of zombies.
Lao Cao took off the magic weapon from the pole he carried on his back, held it in his hand and shouted.
"Everyone, retreat quickly! This situation is difficult to deal with. Let's get back to the ground safely first and then consider the long term."
Obviously, all the corpses in Daling Village have awakened, which means that our operation this time must be temporarily suspended!
Staying here any longer will lead to death.
But anyway, I have figured out how to enter here. I can definitely come back next time and be more prepared by then.
Bang, bang, bang!
Three muffled sounds in a row.
It was Lao Cao who swung his phoenix stick (pole) and knocked away the first three corpses that rushed out of the fungus tree!
Although he was not young, the muscles on his arms were still bulging, and when he waved the shoulder pole, he was very powerful.
"Old Cao, let me help you!"
I yelled and jumped right into the fray.
He held a piece of talisman paper between his left and right hands at the same time and typed it out.
Hoo, ho!
Two burning fireballs passed through the air, knocking the two zombies who were about to attack Lao Cao from the left and right, and knocked them to the ground. Their bodies were ignited with flames and made a strange scream.
Yuan Fei was not to be outdone.
The ghost torture stick in his hand is also a quite powerful weapon - although it is not as good as Lao Cao's pole, it is no problem to deal with two corpses at the same time.
He hit the corpse directly on the top of his head, and he was frozen in place, temporarily losing the ability to move.
Yuan Fei took the opportunity to turn around and shout.
"Daniu, you take those ordinary people and retreat first! We will catch up later. Brother Ni, come next to me. Let's fight side by side like we did when we were kids."
Daniel hesitated for a moment and nodded vigorously.
He knew that now was not the time to be emotional, not to mention that the few of us were just helping to fend off the zombies for a while and create time to retreat.
It’s not like we’re going to fight to the death with these evil corpses!
It's not as serious as a life and death crisis.
After hearing this, Ni Yang showed a look of embarrassment on his face - he probably also wanted to follow Daniu, Zhao Xu and others to retreat first. But he was stopped directly by Yuan Fei.
In desperation, he could only grit his teeth and run to Yuan Fei's side, and the two stood back to back.
"Brother Yuan, my little life is in your hands."
"Don't say that! You have to be careful yourself. But as long as we let Daniel take the others away, we can turn around and run away. No one wants to fight with so many corpses."
While he was talking, a corpse rushed over. Yuan Fei immediately dodged to the right, and at the same time hit the opponent's head hard with a special [Corpse Hammer] in his left hand.
With a click, half of Zixu's head was broken.
It was empty inside, with only a large number of downy hyphae visible.
Ni Yang immediately opened his mouth and vomited at close range.
call!
A two-meter-long pillar of fire erupted from his mouth.
This is also the signature performance of Gu Cai Juju [Fire Breathing Technique] - if Qi is poured into it, the power will increase, and it will change from a trick to a magic technique!
The pillar of fire rushed directly into the broken skull of the corpse, burning away the mold inside.
This time he was completely dead.
Yuan Fei glanced at Ni Yang, who still had a little fear on his face, and laughed.
"Haha, not bad, Xiao Ni, we work together tacitly. Although your character is not very good, your skills are still good. It's just that you haven't experienced a lot of fighting. Look at the scared look in your eyes."
Ni Yang looked sad.
"Brother Yuan, I just make a living by performing for the rich and powerful in the city. I don't want to deal with these monsters and monsters every day and engage in life-and-death fights."
…
The pressure on Lao Cao and I is even greater!
At this moment, more than a dozen corpses broke free from the fungus tree and rushed towards us. We must stop them all.
"Xiao Wu, be careful. If you can't stop it, retreat!"
"Don't worry, Old Cao, it's okay for now. I'll show you an interesting gadget I recently invented, hehe!"
There was a smile on my face.
At the same time, his hands were already picking out pieces of talisman paper at a speed that could hardly be seen by ordinary people!
