Chapter 1764 Barrier Lake
“This is the emblem of the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group.” Bing Zhixie held an ice knife in his hand and scraped the dirt off the corpse’s coat. Sure enough, there was a dark red iron-blooded emblem: "It is indeed iron-blooded." The deceased should be someone who came to the Blurred Realm a few years ago. Is the Blurred Realm nearby? Hmm... It shouldn't be here. It may be a lone person in distress."
Medical package sealed. It's not very strict. There are some medicines in it, but they are not suitable for use. Bing Zhixie found a portable spar lamp nearby and tried it but it still worked.
With nothing else of value, Kun continued to lead the way.
Gu...Gu GuGu...
Creak, creak, creak...
The forest is both quiet and restless. There are rustling sounds everywhere, not only the sounds made by animals and insects, but also the sounds of growing plants. Pegasus noticed something and made a warning sound. Kun stopped, and suddenly an arthropod more than three meters long appeared in front of him. It was bright pink, with short legs and a long body, and a long and thin spike on its tail. Much like a Hao Peipede.
“It seems to be a centipede.” Bing Zhixie was not sure what kind of insect it was. He had seen many species in this area that were not recorded in books. But such brightly colored bugs are probably highly poisonous.
Pegasus was very afraid of this kind of insect, and did not dare to step forward, and even wanted to retreat. Kun was concentrating on pointing the javelin at the centipede a few meters away, with the intention of hunting it.
Bing Zhixie stopped her: "What are you doing?"
Kun said: "This insect is...very useful. Grandma can use it to make medicine. The body can attract flying dragons, and it is the flying dragon's favorite delicacy."
These words caused the pink centipede to tremble. Note that generally limb insects have poor eyesight, so they probably feel vibrations or smells in the air. Its extraordinarily long tail needle stabbed in silently and invisible, and the needle tip was so small that it was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Thanks to Kun's rich experience in the jungle and Bing Zhixie's extraordinary vision, the two of them reacted at the same time. Kun dodged sideways, and Bing Zhixie formed an ice wall out of thin air to block the stabbing tail needle.
At the same time as the ice wall was erected, he raised his hand and hit the centipede with an ice flower. The centipede's shell was shattered, and poisonous green juice dripped out, but it didn't die. It squeaked under the rotten leaves and slipped away.
Bing Zhixie told her: "We are here to look for the 'fetal demon' now, none of this is important."
Kun remembered the business and became worried again: "Celeste , can we really eliminate the 'fetal demon'?"
Bing Zhixie thought for a while and answered her: "You have to find the 'fetal demon' first to know."
The deeper you go, the more vines hanging on the trees, and some palm-sized monkeys are hanging on the vines. travel between. Occasionally, you can see a few skulls hanging from the trees. Kun said that her tribe has the custom of beheading enemies, and other tribes she has seen also have it. This is their military exploits. The heads that could not be taken away would be tied into strings with rattan and hung on trees, which was equivalent to proclaiming their bravery to the gods.
The terrain here is undulating and very deep. Bing Zhixie still has no clue after walking for several hours. The fog in the forest is always thick, and the light coming through is very dim. This is because the forest is too closed and the humidity is too heavy, so you can only rely on the spar lamps you picked up to move forward.
Through a ravine, Kun led him to find some artificial traces and stone tigers, but the stone tigers here were not black. Bing Zhixie dug up dozens of pieces and found that there were a lot of stone tigers buried in the ground. The stone tigers at the bottom were so black that they were all stained black with a touch of hand. It turned out to be a layer of smoky black stains. The stone tigers here are probably all blackened, but the surface layer has been washed away by time.
After washing his hands, Bing Zhixie picked at his forehead. The two places where the stone tiger was found were far apart. If there were stone tigers in this dense forest, the area might be very large.
Kun ran ahead to explore the road and came back and said: "I am no longer familiar with this place. It is a place I have never been before. In the past, the warriors of my tribe rarely came here and could not walk... So deep."
"Okay, follow me." Bing Zhixie said, "By the way, there is something to eat here. Let's eat something and continue walking." The consumption is very large.
Kun said: "Let's go to the front to find something to eat. It's not safe here."
Bing Zhixie nodded, it is indeed not safe to stay in the ravine. There are vines hanging on the mountain walls on both sides. Countless, some look like vines but are actually snakes. There are also some vines that will suddenly twist when passing by, or slowly and silently wrap around the upper body. These are a type of man-eating plant known as Badrov's ghost vine, or corpse vine for short. They will tie up the beasts passing by them. Once they are tied up by their green and furry vines, they will slowly be tightened and strangled by them, and then they will be corroded and absorbed by the liquid secreted by the burrs on the surface of the vines, little by little. 'Eat' it.
In addition to these man-eating corpse-eating vines and biting venomous snakes, there are also color-changing mantises that specialize in eating snakes and insects, hanging on the vines. In front of him, Bing Zhixie happened to see a color-changing mantis hanging on the mountain wall, disembowelling a snake as thick as an arm, and eating it bit by bit.
Walking along the ravine, we suddenly came to a cliff. The cliff has a drop of nearly 300 meters, and there is a waterfall hanging next to it. It turned out that half of the mountain collapsed due to rainwater subsidence, and a huge barrier lake was formed below. The water of the lake is as clear as crystal. Standing on the edge of the cliff, you can clearly see the bottom of the lake. The sunlight from outside can shine through unobstructed. It is a rare and good place to rest.
Moo moo moo...
Four deep roars came from the lake. Kun pointed down in surprise and said: "Ah, what is that? Look! Look! !”
Four long necks emerged from the lake one after another, making a lot of water noise. A huge hydra is walking in the lake. I don't know if it is catching fish or taking a bath.
“Hybrid lizard, haven’t you seen it?”
Kun shook his head: "This is the first time I have seen such a big monster. It...it must be very scary."
The Feiyun area has always been one of the main producing areas of hydralisks. Unexpectedly Kun has never seen it.
Bing Zhixie said: "No, its character is very gentle, as long as you don't anger it. This hydra has only four heads, and it should have only been an adult for a short time. Come, let's go there." "Go... Where to go?" Before Kun could finish speaking, he was already picked up by his magic and put on horseback.
"Go to the lake to rest." Bing Zhixie stepped down through the air, and the Pegasus flew down. At the same time, it also attracted Duotou Xi's attention, but it only glanced at it and then Slowly and calmly, I swam in the lake.
I picked some green wild fruits and half-ripe raspberries by the lake. Kun went to hunt some wild animals, shot two horned rabbits and dragged back a four-meter-sized injured flying dragon cub. . After peeling off the skin and cleaning the blood, Kun expertly washed the game meat cleanly in just a few minutes. Bing Zhixie released the Moonlight Dragon, not wanting to use up his own energy to support it anymore and letting it find food on its own. The surrounding area is dense and dark, and the sun cannot reach it. However, what affects the silver moonlight dragon is not entirely sunlight, but the time of the sun and moon rotation. As long as it is daytime and the sun is overhead, the Moonlight Dragon will feel uncomfortable, but it will be slightly better without direct sunlight.
The hydra wandered in the lake for more than half an hour, sliding towards them on the water. Kun was a little scared, but Bing Zhixie was not worried. This is a blue-gray multi-headed beast with four majestic heads with its mouth wide open. It looks very scary, but it seems to be coming because of the smell of meat. One of the heads stuck to the side of the campfire and sniffed out the roasted flying dragon. The aroma of meat.
Kun's face was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. He slowly reached out with his left hand to the poisonous javelin placed behind his back. Bing Zhixie reminded: "Don't be nervous, don't hurt it, it usually won't attack you."
The flying dragon meat being roasted is only a part of the cub, and the flying dragon cub is also quite big. Yes, they can't eat so much. Bing Zhixie dragged the remaining flying dragon meat over and threw it into the air, where it was immediately bitten by the hydra. Most of the flying dragon cubs are only enough for it to eat in one bite.
After eating, the other head of the hydra came closer. There was nothing for it to eat this time. After waiting for a long time and finding nothing to eat, it left again, but not too far. It kept wandering near the lake. It seemed that it still couldn't bear the smell of meat.
After finishing the food safely, Kun felt more at ease with the hydra. Bing Zhixie rode on the Pegasus and circled around the barrier lake, and found something in the landslide at the bottom of the lake.
That was only part of a huge human stone statue. It was a huge head, and the lower half of the body was exposed, and the rest was buried in the soil. The carving should be of a male warrior, wearing armor and a helmet. Only his head is almost six meters long and wide. Bing Zhixie couldn't see clearly on the lake, so she jumped into the lake out of curiosity.
The lake is more than 20 meters deep. Because the water is light and clear, the bottom is very bright. He swam to the stone statue and took a look. For such a large stone statue, the carvings on it were very fine. Even the wrinkles on the eyelids and the inner and outer layers of the eyes were clearly shown.
Such fine carvings are very different from the rough stone tigers before, like things from two different eras. He was not a professional archaeologist, so he could not determine the age of these two stone products, but the head of the stone statue in front of him gave people a sense of age, which made him feel that this stone statue was older than the stone tiger. old.
He swam around the head of the stone statue and found something pressing behind the neck of the stone statue. Wiping away the sediment deposited on it, it turned out to be a stone slab, the same as what he saw under the wooden building. He pulled hard, and the stone slab was pressed so tightly that he couldn't pull it out. He couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he had to float up first.
After getting out of the water, Kun was paddling over. She thought something had happened to Bing Zhixie, but she stopped when she saw Bing Zhixie emerge safely. Bing Zhixie thought that Kun would definitely not be able to move such a big stone. He glanced at the water and his eyes fell on the idle hydra.
He picked up Kun and dropped it to the shore, saying: "Kun, go find some vines and we will move the underwater stone statue."
Kun said curiously: "Move it What to do?”
“Don’t ask anymore, just do it. I’ll keep an eye on this hydra and don’t let it run away.” Bing Zhixie fought the Moonlight Dragon while Kun was cutting the cane. A big wild boar is back.
It took some time, Kun dragged back a large number of rattan bundles. Bing Zhixie connected these rattan ropes, twisted them into ropes in the form of braids, and wrapped them around the stone. He tied seven or eight arm-thick rattan ropes in a row, and then he used magic flames to kill the wild boar. It was cooked fiercely until it was half-cooked, and the aroma of meat wafted out. Use the wild boar to lure the hydra to the stone statue, and quickly wrap these long rattan ropes around the hydra's neck and tie them.
By the time all this work was done, more than two hours had passed. After the hydra finished eating the meat, it found itself tied up and began to swim vigorously, dragging up the large stone statue buried deep in the soil and pulling it out bit by bit. The sharp ice magic cut off the eight vines, and the hydra jumped on the water and ran away. Bing Zhixie smiled with satisfaction. After the lake water became slightly clear, he got into the water again and brought up the stone slab.
The slate was very large and broken into many pieces. It took Bing Zhixie and Kun several times to pick up all the slate fragments that could be found in the mud pit. In fact, the stone statue that was pulled out of the earth was not very big, only half of it. The rest of the body was unknown where it went. It might have been washed away to other places during the landslide, or it might have been buried deep underground.
After landing, Bing Zhixie used magic to steam dry his clothes, squatted on the ground with a stone slab and pieced it together. Kun was very curious and came from behind and asked: "What are you doing with this?"
"The pattern on it...is a bit interesting." Bing Zhixie glanced back at her and found that she was standing naked beside him behind.
Kun Dui showed no shame when he appeared naked in front of others and looked at the stone slab played by Bing Zhixie very calmly. In this area, it is not too cold in winter and very hot in summer. Being naked is the most common thing for the people of the Qianling tribe.
Bing Zhixie noticed that one side of Kun's tall breasts was hanging on her shoulder, and she subconsciously moved aside to avoid it. This action was unintentional, but in Kun's eyes, he felt that he had been humiliated. He was so angry that he suddenly raised his javelin and stabbed it hard at Bing Zhixie's side.
Bing Zhixie was startled, stood up and said: "What's wrong with you?"
Kun's eyes seemed to be on fire, and he gritted his teeth and stared at him: "Don't forget, you You are just a despicable man, why should you...please..." She couldn't organize the word 'humiliation' in the common language, so she had to speak in the ethnic language.
Bing Zhixie didn’t understand, but felt her anger.
The more she spoke, the more excited she became, and the more she spoke, the more uncontrollable she became. She looked as fierce as if she wanted to eat someone. Bing Zhixie felt that he must have done something to misunderstand her. Thinking of his actions just now, he could only smile bitterly. If it was because of this that she was angry, there was really nothing Bing Zhixie could do.
In anger, Kun seemed to be violent and wanted to hit someone. She clenched her fists tightly and swung them out with all her strength.
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(End of this chapter)