Chapter 1778 The Snake in the Atrium
"Do you think there is danger inside?" Bing Zhixie gently stroked its mane and said with a faint smile: "It is inevitable that there is danger, otherwise I would not come here. It’s here. You can go back, you don’t have to follow me anymore.”
Pegasus didn’t want to leave, and bit his clothes with his lips, trying to persuade him to leave.
Bing Zhixie touched its neck again, pushed it away, turned and walked towards the mountain road. The Pegasus kept neighing behind it until Bing Zhixie disappeared into the mist, then it reluctantly turned around and left.
Perhaps as the deceased in the stone pavilion said, some people are destined to walk on the edge of death and danger. And that's who he is.
The long and narrow mountain road, the uneven bridge deck, whether the bridge is solid or suspended, the snake-eye lamp standing opposite indicates the direction of progress in the mist.
It is not peaceful here. The bugs in the mountains are noisy. Some of them scream sharply, and some of them make weird sounds that are annoying. Bing Zhixie walked in the middle of the road, taking every step carefully, being wary of traps that might appear at any time under her feet or on both sides, and of any magical beasts that might suddenly fall from the sky.
Suddenly footsteps were heard, and Bing Zhixie stopped moving forward.
"Hey, you...are you in front?" Kun tried her best to suppress the sound that came through the wet and cold fog. She wanted to shout loudly, but she was afraid of disturbing anything.
"I'm here." Bing Zhixie replied in a low voice, because Kun was already very close. Kun, who was used to lurking and hunting in dense forests, stepped on the ground with a pair of fleshy feet and made a very small sound.
Kun was startled when he heard the response. As soon as he stopped, he realized that he was very close to Bing Zhixie and almost bumped into him. The night and the fog made it impossible for her to see very far even with a lantern. In comparison, the snake pupil lights on the pillars are very penetrating.
"Why are you here?" Bing Zhixie asked.
Kun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I saw Pegasus coming back, but I didn't see you. I thought something happened to you." She added: "I'll go with you. I can help if there is danger. You. This is a major matter for our Qianling tribe. I can't just ignore it."
Bing Zhixie did not refuse. This is indeed the Qianling tribe's own business. He came here to take care of this irrelevant matter, firstly by accident, secondly out of curiosity, and mostly because of the seduction of the black cat.
The long bridge in the mountain gorge is actually not very long. It just took a while to walk slowly and carefully. When we reached the end of the bridge, we didn't encounter anything risky at all. But just because of this, Bing Zhixie felt that this place was very dangerous. Pegasus' perception has always been relatively keen, and he himself felt an unknown atmosphere from the air. This is an intuitive, experienced feeling.
After crossing the Snake Lamp Bridge, the water vapor became much lighter. The light of the spar lamps could shine for about ten meters around. The terrain became open and the range seemed to be very large. Fire light floated on Bing Zhixie's palm, which was used not only for illumination but also to dispel moisture. The moment the fire in his palm ignited, he heard a strange sound.
The sound came from a long distance away, maybe hundreds of meters or even further. The sound was neither loud nor obvious, just a squeaking sound, like the sound of something rubbing together, or the sound of something screaming.
"Did you hear it?" Kun apparently also heard the short sound coming from the distance.
Bing Zhixie asked her: "Can you hear what the sound was?"
Kun shook his head: "The sound was too short, I didn't hear it clearly."
Bing Zhixie said: "Could it be the sound made by a snake?"
Kun thought about it and was not sure. There was a short section of stone steps ahead. Bing Zhixie stepped down with the firelight in his hands strengthened. The surroundings were extremely empty and the ground was very flat sand.
Kun held the sword in his backhand and guarded it at his waist, ready to use the blade at any time. His amber eyes stared at the left and right, always observing any movement around him.
Bing Zhixie divided the flames floating in the palm of his hand into two groups and shot them to the left and right. The fireworks flew a hundred meters and then bloomed, flashing with intense light.
Kun took a breath: "This place is so big~!"
The flames that bloomed just now did not reach the boundary. Calculated based on the size of the previous circle area, the scope here will not be small.
Bing Zhixie did not continue to fire out the flames to test further, because just when the fireworks disappeared, the strange sound from before appeared again. This time, it was clearly audible because the sound came from many directions.
“The sound of a snake! It’s the sound a snake makes when it moves on the ground.” Kun, who grew up here, is very good at distinguishing species by listening to sounds. She said in horror: "Oh my god, we are surrounded by snakes, all huge snakes! Is this a snake cave?"
There are many snakes in the Feiyun area. The book records that the body is larger than the average house. The thick Titanoboa is also seen here from time to time.
"It is indeed a snake." Bingzhi said evilly.
Everything here indicates the existence of snakes, from the stone pavilion to the Snake Lantern Bridge. The danger here must be a terrible snake.
Seeing that she was a little scared, Bing Zhixie said to her: "Calm down, there are not many snakes. The sound just came from eight directions. If it is eight Titanoboa, don't worry too much." At first, he was worried that there would be a giant earthly python, Jörmungandr, here, but after hearing the sound, he felt more at ease. It was impossible for eight giant earthly pythons to exist here at the same time.
With further exploration, the surrounding outline gradually emerged. This is a rectangular space, surrounded by a huge artificially repaired wall. There are corridors and columns under the huge wall, and there are some door openings on the wall. . These look like huge buildings where giants live, or like rectangular prisons completely enclosed by high walls.
"No, it's not a prison, it's the atrium." This thought flashed through his mind, and Bing Zhixie's face became serious.
‘Snake of the Midgard’, this is another nickname of Jörmungandr, the worldly python. It is arranged in the form of an atrium, which seems to be deliberately foreshadowing something.
"Are there really eight giant pythons here?" Bing Zhixie didn't believe his idea. He has seen the shape of the earthly python before. Although the space in this place is very large, it is not enough to support the survival of eight earthly pythons. He dismissed the idea, thinking that no matter what was here, it must be a snake, and an extraordinary giant snake.
Kun said anxiously: "The snakes are still waking up. They should have been sleeping for a long time. What should we do now?" At this point, she had no idea. She could only hope that Bing Zhixie would come and get it whether to retreat or stay. idea.
I will definitely not retreat. I came here to break the curse and solve the mystery here. If you leave at this time, the 'curse' suffered by the Qianling tribe will still exist. Besides, can you leave if you want to?
The water mist that had become thinner after arriving here has become thicker now, because we are in a cold mountain and the surrounding air is chilly. Bing Zhixie understood that the water vapor here was caused by the awakening of the giant snake, including the previous fog under the bridge. It must be the vibration caused by the opening of the mechanism that disturbed the sleeping giant snake here.
(End of this chapter)