Wow!
The speed of the mycelial vines was faster than most legs and feet, and they had already caught up with them before they had taken a few steps. Fortunately, the group of people did not go far, and they all ran out of the porch before the mycelium caught up with them.
"Quick, close the door."
Yue Guanchao and Xu Xiake quickly closed the corridor door. At the same time, the other craftsmen also pressed their bodies to block the closed door panel. Then Song Siyuan quickly fastened the chain on the door knocker, wrapped it several times to lock the lock, and finished this After all, everyone felt that they were exhausted from running and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Behind the door panel, mycelium vines kept hitting the door panel. Fortunately, there were chains to imprison the door knocker, and these people were never allowed to succeed. However, the rumbling sound continued to echo, and it still made people feel scared. If they walked a few steps further Road, according to the traveling speed of the mycelium, their chance of escaping is almost zero.
"These hyphae won't break the door, right?"
Yue Erpao looked back at the door panel. The door would be knocked open from time to time, forming a narrow gap. It could be seen that mycelium stretched out of the door panel, constantly smelling the scent of living creatures outside.
Yue Guanchao said: "No, since the door panel is made of stone, its sturdiness can still be guaranteed. However, this seems to be the only corridor to enter the corridor. We have to think about how to kill these hyphae, otherwise, we will never Can’t enter the tunnel.”
What he said is indeed true. The human-faced fungus in the corridor in front of him has probably woken up. These things like flesh and blood. The smell of living creatures means that they are about to look for food. They cannot retreat easily. If these hyphae are not removed, If eliminated, it would be impossible for them to proceed to the next step.
Xu Xiake wiped his sweat: "The key is, how to eliminate these things? They will not die if they don't eat or drink for decades. At most, they will dry up and wither. Generally speaking, such a tolerant character will not die as long as he encounters prey. If you miss it, you must take it to replenish your flesh and blood."
"What's more important is that we don't know what these things are or how many there are. If these are just appetizers, we may be in danger if we enter the corridor."
The words of the little Taoist priest are indeed true to the current situation. The corridor alone is very dangerous. Once they pass through the corridor and enter the belly of the mountain cavity, what is waiting for them may be even more terrifying things. The mountain cavity where Tongshen was that day is destined to not be peaceful.
Song Siyuan took a sip of water, coughed a few times and said: "I have been thinking about what these human dough balls are. Now think about it, aren't these things deformed forms of mycelial flower trees? They are just more aggressive. In fact, It's just an extension of the Heavenly Eye God."
"Extended organs?"
Everyone became curious about this statement.
Song Siyuan's face became serious: "Yes, what we saw most along the way were chimeras of animals and plants. Among them, various types of mycelial flowers and trees accounted for a large part. I always thought that these mycelium Huashu is dead and became like this after being attacked by Tianpu God, which is a kind of punishment for them."
"Looking at it now." Song Siyuan changed the topic: "It's not exactly what I thought. These animals and plants that were influenced by the giant became mycelium flower trees. They did not die, but were manipulated by the giant into puppets. They became giants and extended to all places. The organ in the corner, about this, old lady Wei also said that giants can control everything by sensing everything."
"If you think about it this way, all animals and plants infected and affected by mycelium belong to the giant's receptors. They are responsible for sensing the outside atmosphere, environment, danger, foraging, hunting, and communication. At the same time, they also extend the giant's influence to The little things.”
Yue Guanchao asked curiously: "But why is it mycelium?"
Song Siyuan explained: "The history of mycelium production is longer than the evolutionary history of human beings, almost accompanying the lifespan of the earth. It is the most primitive organism and the beginning of the evolution of all things. This also means that mycelium has extremely strong Adaptable and can parasitize any animal or plant."
Speaking of this, she paused: "According to this logic, the appearance of the human-noodle fungi in this corridor is not to punish the ghosts, but because the giant needs the ghosts to appear in this corridor and transform into such low-level people. Waiting for bloodthirsty creatures.”
"To protect it?" Xu Xiake guessed.
Song Siyuan shook her head: "It does not need the protection of these human dough fungi. These human dough fungi are the giant's eating organs, mainly for hunting and foraging. This tunnel is equivalent to the giant's throat, and all the human dough fungi inside it Tuandu can be regarded as teeth and digestive organs. If this is the case, we will understand where they transported the flesh and blood."
After that, Song Siyuan picked up the torch and approached the mycelium protruding from the crack of the door. After the flame burned, the hyphae instantly withered and stretched into the crack of the door as if it had been burned.
"It seems that burning with fire is useful."
Yue Guanchao looked at the current situation and said: "It does work, but we can't open the door panel. You can't even put a torch into this gap, and you can't burn much mycelium at all. If you open the door and you can't control it, this is really dilemma."
The situation he mentioned was indeed difficult, and everyone was helpless at this time. Song Siyuan stared at the crack in the door for a moment, and then her eyes lit up: "If we can let the fire enter the crack in the door, as long as the fire inside can burn, with the help of The mycelial mucus can completely burn these human dough balls."
Yue Guanchao shook his head and retorted: "Then this is not easy. Even if you really throw the torch in, you won't be able to throw it very far."
"Maybe I have a way." After saying that, Song Siyuan took out the hemp ropes from her backpack and motioned for everyone to look at the ropes.
Yue Guanchao didn't know the situation and asked: "Song Qianjin, you don't want to tie up all these hyphae, do you?"
Song Siyuan knew that everyone didn't understand, so she explained: "I mean, these ropes are very soft and can be stuffed into the crack of the door. As long as there is blood on them, the mycelium will treat the rope as a solid flesh and blood and pull it into the crack of the door. If there is blood on the rope, If there are flammable things, then as long as we light a fire outside, we can introduce the flames into the corridor through the rope, so that we don't have to open the door panel and release the mycelium."
Yue Qingshan pondered her proposal and nodded: "This idea is feasible, it is always safer, but where will the fuel come from?"
After saying that, everyone looked at the pool beside the aisle.
Yue Guanchao said: "Lard and tung oil are both flammable. If they are mixed together, they will probably burn. If we soak the rope in the tung oil, it might make it easier for the rope to slide in."
Song Siyuan nodded, and together with Yue Guanchao, they threw the rope into the pool, and kept stirring it with the engineering shovel they had handy until the rope was full of grease and started to turn dark, and then they pulled the rope out of the pool.
“With fuel, where will the bloody gas come from?”
Song Siyuan picked up the dagger and looked at the tall Yue Guanchao. With just one glance, he had guessed what she meant and quickly took a few steps back: "It's not in this way, and it didn't say it was the blood of a living person. It's the blood of a dead person." The blood is probably useful too, can these animals still taste whether it is new or not?"
Song Siyuan waved her hand: "I'm just scaring you. The outside of the door panel is full of plasma. It can be used even if it dries."
Yue Guanchao understood the idea and walked to the door panels. These door panels were all covered with dried blood. He didn't know how many layers had accumulated. He only had to splash water on the stone slabs, and the old blood stains had already begun to soften. Scarlet blood dripped down. He took advantage of the situation and picked it up. The rope rubbed against the door panel, and soon it was covered in blood. The whole rope was fishy and extremely greasy.
After all this was done, Yue Guanchao was sent to the crack of the door by the rope. The hyphae, which had woken up because of the living creatures, smelled the bloody smell and crawled out of the crack of the door like crazy, and directly pulled the rope end into the crack of the door.
The hemp rope had been soaked with ointment in advance. Under the strong pull of the mycelial vines, it was easily sucked into the crack of the door. It was continuously pulled deeper, and the exposed hemp rope shortened visibly to the naked eye.
Yue Guanchao immediately tied the rope to the pillar. As the rope was completely pulled into the door gap, the originally curved and soft hemp rope tightened instantly. Since the end of the rope was tied to the pillar, the mycelium inside could not be pulled in no matter how hard it was pulled. Half a minute, tighten the rope tighter and tighter.
At this point, it means that the hemp rope has been tightened in the corridor. Yue Guanchao picked up the torch and lit the rope. As the torch approached the oil, the hemp rope was instantly ignited by the oil. The oil ignited and the flame flowed directly along the rope. The door crack.
Boom!
Wow!
This hemp rope is full of grease, which also means that the flames have burned from the rope into the tunnel. In the closed space, every time the tunnel is burned, there is a rumbling sound, rich black gas coming out, and at the same time, there is also a rich smell of burning flesh and blood. The smell of meat wafts out from inside, and you can even hear the weird roar of these human-faced mycelium.
This sound is like a cat meowing or a baby crying in spring. Thousands of sounds are superimposed on each other, making people's scalp numb.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the roar completely dissipated, and even the thick smoke continued to disperse until it completely disappeared.
Yue Guanchao pulled the rope. The hemp rope had been burned to the shape of coke, leaving only the section exposed through the crack of the door. He handed over the dagger filled with the smell of blood. After a long time, no hyphae could be seen sticking out. Only then was he sure. , the human dough ball in the corridor was completely burned to death.
Song Siyuan opened the chain and everyone pushed open the door. The smell inside was really unpleasant, as if it was rotten meat that had been dead for decades and was roasted on fire in an instant. There was no smell of meat at all, leaving only the smell of burnt meat. The smell and the indescribable strange smell.
Even though the smell is very strange, the corridor is indeed much cleaner. When they pushed and pulled the door panel just now, even the blood stains on the door panel were evaporated. This shows that the temperature of the corridor is very high. Such a high temperature is enough to destroy all fungi.
They waited for the smell to dissipate and the temperature to drop before planning to enter the tunnel. At the same time, they also learned a lot wiser, picked up the useless kettle and saved a lot of ointment. In this way, even if they encounter these mycelium again, at least It can also defend itself against resistance.
After doing all this, everyone walked through the porch again and walked into the corridor.
