Chapter 40 Climb!
Without saying a word, Xu Xin jumped on the rusty iron ladder and climbed up with all her strength.
That red gas, wasn't it the iron door of the underground passage that he had just opened? The red smoke that gushed out from the iron door was so smelly that it made people question life!
The smoke will float upward and will definitely spread upward along the channel until it fills the entire channel!
He must not be overtaken by this smoke. Whether it is poisonous or not is another matter. He never wants to smell the smell like canned herring in hell!
climb! Climb quickly!
Xu Xin, who had the little panda Coco lying on his shoulders and a golden treasure box on his back, was climbing up like crazy as if on steroids.
Xu Xin, who was carrying the gold treasure box, seemed to be running with a heavy load at this time, but when he thought of the pattern on the treasure box, he finally gritted his teeth and did not throw the gold treasure box down.
He didn't know how long he crawled, but he only knew that his hands and feet were almost numb.
Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and hung on the rusty iron ladder, breathing heavily.
He looked back with horror on his face.
However, what surprised and pleased him was that the red mist did not follow behind him, but far below. Xu Xin, who had night vision, could barely see the faint red below.
The red gas seemed to spread much slower than he thought.
Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on a ladder, and began to rest.
Let's eat something before the red gas comes up.
Xu Xin took out an apple and gnawed it, then gave one to Coco.
Coco also gnawed an apple on his shoulder.
After one of the little pandas had eaten and drank enough, Xu Xin was almost rested.
He felt his body with some surprise. If it had been before, after strenuous exercise, he would never have recovered so quickly. His physical fitness is really different now than before.
Glancing down below, the red mist was slightly closer, but still far away.
But Xu Xin didn't waste time and continued to climb up.
Only by returning to the ground, stepping on the land protected by the tree house, could he feel at ease a little.
Continuing to crawl, Xu Xin maintained her rhythm this time and was no longer as fussy as before, getting closer and closer to the exit step by step.
After climbing for a long time, just when he felt that he was almost at the exit, Coco on his shoulder suddenly screamed, full of anxiety.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin looked back when she saw Coco was in such a hurry.
Then he was shocked!
That flash of red was actually very close to him, only five or six meters away.
What's going on! How could it spread so quickly? !
In just a moment, Xu Xin figured out the principle. It is true that red gas diffuses slowly, but that does not mean that it is released slowly in the room below. As long as the release is accelerated, the concentration of red gas is high, and the air pressure increases, the diffusion will naturally become faster!
"Fuck!" Xu Xin yelled angrily and climbed up faster.
This time he learned the lesson and no longer used all his strength, but still maintained the rhythm. However, the extremely fast speed was still too much for his body, and his breathing gradually began to become disordered.
While crawling, Xu Xin turned around and looked down from time to time. The red color was getting closer and closer to him, and was already only two or three meters away!
"I see the exit!" Xu Xin became excited, no longer caring about the rhythm, and began to climb up with all her strength.
Just before the red mist was about to catch up with him, Xu Xin rushed out of the iron door, then used the last bit of his body's strength to lift the heavy iron cover on the other side and fiercely covered the exit.
"Bang!"
A few wisps of red smoke emerged from the last crack in the iron cover, while the rest was trapped under the iron cover and in the extremely long passage. .
The wisp of red smoke got into Xu Xin's nose.
"Ugh——"
Just a wisp of it made Xu Xin sick. He couldn't believe what would happen if his whole body was soaked in that red smoke.
Sitting at the exit, Xu Xin was breathing heavily. His arms and legs were shaking due to excessive climbing, and his head was a little dizzy.
Coco lay on his lap and looked at him with her head tilted, as if wondering why you are so tired.
"Little thing!" Xu Xin rubbed Coco's head angrily.
After resting for a few minutes, Xu Xin felt that her strength was gradually recovering and stood up.
After walking out of the passage, the sun shone on him. It was already bright outside.
After staying in a relatively dark environment for so long, Xu Xin suddenly saw the light. His eyes couldn't bear it, and he covered the sun with his hands.
After gradually getting used to it, he looked at the ordinary plants on the ground and finally smiled with relief.
The world below was really too depressing, and the consumption and impact on his physical and mental energy never stopped. Having seen the monsters in the underground world, Xu Xin now even feels that the beasts on the ground are so cute.
Surrounding it is still the wasteland left after the yellow flowers withered.
"Go home, go home!" Xu Xin now wanted to go back to the tree house and have a good sleep.
Although his orange (blue) color kept him in a relatively excited state, his physical and mental exhaustion had reached its peak. He didn't want to do anything now, he just wanted to lie in bed and mess around.
From where he was now, it would take about an hour to walk back.
"Hey... when will we have a means of transportation?" Xu Xin thought that there was still an hour to go, and her legs that had just been relieved were aching again.
He looked at the little guy who was sleeping on his shoulder again and shook his head helplessly. Good guy, I'm the mount, right?
There is no other way, I still have to walk back.
It was already the afternoon of the second day. Looking at the sun in the sky, it should be around two o'clock. It happened to be the hottest time. Xu Xin took out the mineral water provided by the novice supplies from his backpack and took two sips of it. He slowly drank like It was like taking a walk towards the tree house.
After he used the bottle of [Special Tree House Root Potion], the tree house's protection range extended for another three kilometers, which was equivalent to four times the area. This range was too large, and it was really powerless to explore it on foot.
Xu Xin opened the map. At this time, there were still only wild beasts in the hills in the northwest of the map. After the tree house's protection range was expanded, those hills would also be included in the protection range.
"The iron armor should be unlocked now. Perhaps, I can try to hunt the beasts there."
After walking for more than an hour, Xu Xin finally returned to the lake. The tree house was on the other side of the lake.
The lake looked very calm at this time, and piranhas could be faintly seen swimming in the middle of the lake.
"Eh? Why do you feel that the piranha has a wider range of activities? Is it an illusion?" Xu Xin frowned. He found that the nearest piranha he could see seemed to be a little closer to the shore than when he walked last night.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Xu Xin comforted herself. He really doesn't have a good way to deal with piranhas now.
Walking around the lake, Xu Xin picked a lot of reeds that could be used to make ropes.
Back under the tree house, Xu Xin took out the bottle of gray potion from his backpack and sprinkled it on the roots of the tree house.
[The roots of the tree house begin to grow again, which lasts for two hours. During this period, the tree house cannot be entered or exited. 】
Xu Xin: "...?"
What does root growth have to do with getting in and out of the tree house?
Looking at the treehouse in front of her with sadness and anger, Xu Xin, who had finally returned after trudging several kilometers, was locked out of her treehouse. (End of chapter)