Chapter 156 "Heart"
Xu Xin immediately replied: "What did you find? Have you been outside during this time?"
Ji Chaoyang made a direct video call and he got through immediately.
"Speak down, are you in the tree house?"
The voice on the other side was very low, as if he didn't want to be heard.
The video was very dark and he could barely see anything, but he could hear Ji Chaoyang's heartbeat, pounding.
"Here, where are you? Are there dangers around you?" Xu Xin also lowered his voice.
What's going on? The heartbeat is so loud.
"There is no danger at the moment, but..." Ji Chaoyang's voice was full of solemnity, "If the big guy not far in front of me is alarmed, it will be a big deal."
"Big guy?" Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat.
"That's right." Ji Chaoyang's voice became even lower.
Ji Chaoyang took a few steps forward and turned the camera to focus in front of him.
Seeing the scene in the video, Xu Xin's pupils immediately contracted and she took a breath of cold air.
A huge cave occupies the entire screen, at least ten meters high.
In this cave, countless mutant vines grow wantonly, hanging on the cave wall, growing diagonally, and even crawling on the ground. They seem chaotic, but they form a spherical shape as a whole.
And wrapped in this vine ball is a huge blood-red flesh ball that is five or six meters high! This meat ball is like a heart, beating continuously!
It turned out that the pounding heartbeat he just heard was not from Ji Chaoyang, but from this "big heart"!
Is this some kind of Cthulhu monster? Just looking at it makes people's sanity drop drastically!
As for why the video suddenly stopped being dark, that's because the huge heart, as well as the blood lines and blood thorns on the vines surrounding it, are emitting a blood-red light, and with every beat of the heart , the red light will flash.
The mutated vines swayed with the flow of the mist in the red mist. The blood streaks and blood thorns on the vines were also shining with blood-red light, which was very similar to what was before them.
At this time, the flickering red light on the vines and "heart" made the entire cave look extremely eerie and terrifying.
The blood streaks light up, which means that the strength has been enhanced. What makes these vines' blood streaks and blood thorns light up is the "big heart" in the middle!
He thought of Coco's warning to him.
Near the tree house, there is a big monster that is different from vines. That monster is very dangerous.
Is it...this kind of monster?
"Where are you? In a cave underground?" Xu Xin asked.
If there is such a big monster on the ground, his map will definitely mark the location of the monster. For monsters on the ground, his map is still very useful.
The truth is, there is no mark on the map either, it could only be underground.
"That's right, it's in a cave, and the entrance to the cave is only a few hundred meters away from the tree house." Ji Chaoyang retracted the camera, and the screen fell into darkness again.
Ji Chaoyang suddenly hung up the video, leaving Xu Xin stunned.
"It's inconvenient to speak. I started the video just to show you this monster. Let's just type."
"Are you still with that heart?"
"No, I'm leaving. It's too depressing there. I'm afraid something will happen."
"So, how many hundred meters have you left the tree house?" Xu Xin asked, "When did you go out?"
"This is a long story. Do you remember what I told you this morning that my random ability today is enhanced hearing?"
"...You heard this heartbeat sound, so you went out to find the source of the sound." Xu Xin understood.
"That's right, after acquiring this ability, this kind of heart-beating sound has been ringing from the direction not far from the tree house. The slow and powerful thumping sound makes me very concerned about what this sound is. What came out?
So I was armed and ready to go and see where the sound was coming from. ”
The heartbeat coming from the ground can be heard from hundreds of meters away. It seems that this hearing enhancement is also a strong increase.
"I just read what you said in the group, and my method is similar to yours.
After I cleared away all the mutated vines under the tree house to ensure the temporary safety of the tree house, I cleared a path in the direction of the sound that sounded like a beating heart. About thirty meters away from the tree house, there were no more vines on the ground. drilled out. ”
"There are only vines within thirty meters of the tree house?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask. He just cleared the vines under the tree house and did not continue walking outside.
"Yes, it's thirty meters away. It's not much different from the usual tree house protection zone." Ji Chaoyang explained, "It's basically safe. So I let go and followed the sound and kept searching, and finally came to In front of a cave a few hundred meters away.”
"Cave?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask again, "Is it the kind of cave that appears in the reserve?"
Is it the kind of bottomless cave in a salt mine or at the bottom of a lake in a hilly resource area?
"The appearance is basically the same. It is a large hole about two meters in diameter, and there is a faint fragrance floating out. The difference is that this hole is not bottomless, but is diagonally downward, towards the tree house. The sound is Coming from the cave.
I struggled for a long time and finally decided to go ahead.
Follow the hole forward to the end, and you will see the scene you just saw. It actually scared me a lot. ”
Ji Chaoyang only told his experience very briefly, but Xu Xin still felt the huge danger contained in it.
A heart wrapped in countless mutated vines emits a dark red light, and with its constant beating, it affects the surrounding vines, strengthening their abilities.
Could it be that this heart is the culprit controlling these vines? If this is the case, destroying this heart may be the key to winning this treehouse defense battle!
"I'm afraid you can't come back now. The tree house is surrounded by blood-thorn vines. Have you tried attacking the heart?" Xu Xin asked.
There was no reply for a long time.
Um? What's going on?
"Are you still there?" Xu Xin asked tentatively again, but still no one responded.
...I'm afraid something happened over there.
Xu Xin took a breath, walked to the window and looked out. The blood-thorn vines outside the window were distributed under and around the tree house. The furthest blood-thorn vines were only about thirty meters away from the tree house. .
It seems that although the tree house's protective ability is weakened, those underground mutated plants are not spread throughout the protected area. Mutated vines will only appear in the area around the tree house.
However, just because it's safer to stay away from the treehouse doesn't mean leaving the treehouse is a good choice. This event is called the Treehouse Defense War. Protecting the treehouse is the most important thing. What's the use of just surviving.
The mysterious voice said more than once that the treehouse must not be abandoned, so even if the area outside the treehouse is safe, they, the survivors, must fight to defend the treehouse.
Looking at the dense thorny vines around him, Xu Xin also felt his scalp numb. A thirty-meter range sounds small, but a thirty-meter radius covers an area of 2,800 square meters, which is enough to cover the area of twenty-eight treehouses. Therefore, the treehouse is completely surrounded by bloodthorn vines. .
It is very difficult to break through the siege of these blood-thorn vines and rush out.
Xu Xin shared the news he got from Ji Chaoyang to everyone among the explorers.
Of course, he didn't say anything about random amplification skills. This kind of skill is more suitable as a surprise weapon and is not suitable to be exposed to others. So he just said that Ji Chaoyang wanted to go out to explore and found a monster.
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Oh my God! Boss Ji, this is too bold! Now that the tree house's protective ability has weakened, you still dare to run outside the tree house to explore!"
Qi Xuefei: "He was a little reckless this time. What if the tree house is attacked by something after leaving? Fortunately, the vines did not attack this time."
Wen Guixin: "...Heart? These vines keep growing repeatedly. Is it related to that heart?"
Xu Xin thought so too.
He asked Wen Guixin: "So there are more vines under your tree now?"
If that was the case, then he couldn't attack the vines.
"Oh, they're dead."
Xu Xin: "?"
Qin Yunlong: "?"
Wang Lei: "???"
Li Wenxi: "Huh?"
"Oh, I just used your way to help you test them out, and then used my way to solve them all."
Xu Xin: "I...so how did you solve it?"
Wen Guixin: "If an earthworm is broken off, it will turn into two. So how do you kill one earthworm? My method is not applicable to you, and it can't help you much, so in the beginning I just I will choose to test it out for you.”
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Don't you have any super powers?"
Wen Guixin: "Why, sister Xue Fei is allowed to have special abilities, but not me?"
Li Wenxi: "Wow, sister Guixin is so strong!"
In the group, everyone tacitly did not mention this matter again. Everyone has their own little secret in their hearts.
Xu Xin began to think about how he was going to kill the vines.
Killing an earthworm is actually very simple. Just expose it in the sun and it will dry in a few minutes, or simply crush it completely.
The former method can be achieved with burning arrows, which burn the blood-thorn vines.
But this group of vines is right under the tree house. Wouldn't it be possible to use flaming arrows to directly set fire to the tree house? Moreover, the range of the vines is thirty meters, and they have already penetrated deep into the jungle. Setting the vines on fire is no different from setting the entire jungle on fire. It is purely seeking death.
So Wen Guixin entered the vine group and became unparalleled?
Xu Xin was a little envious of such combat power. Compared with hers, his creator authority was a bit lacking in stamina, and he didn't know when he would be able to unlock the next level.
He looked out the window again. The vines did not make any move to attack the tree house, but were just swaying in the wind.
"Huh?" Xu Xin's eyes narrowed.
Something is wrong with these blood-thorned vines.
He discovered that the blood thorns at the roots of these vines suddenly began to glow with red light. With his enhanced vision, he could see that the red light gradually climbed upward very slowly.
These red lights are the same as those in Ji Chaoyang's video, flickering on and off, just like the rhythm of the heart, beating continuously.
Sure enough, these vines are indeed related to the big heart! Underground near his tree house is also a "heart" responsible for providing energy to the vines!
Look at the speed at which the flickering red light is rising. Soon, all the blood thorns on all the blood thorn vines will light up! By then, it's hard to say what these fully strengthened blood-thorn vines will do.
No, he can no longer sit back and wait for death. He wants to go out and destroy the culprit that caused all this!
Perhaps, as long as that heart is destroyed, this tree house defense battle will be successful!
Suddenly, a red light shined behind him. Xu Xin, who was already very sensitive to red light, was startled and instantly turned his head to look in the direction of the red light.
Fortunately, it was Silver King and Mimi who glowed red.
They were still lying on the ground at this time, but the blood lines on their bodies began to emit a strong light.
Xu Xin's face showed joy, and her originally worried heart was slightly relieved.
Is this... is evolution going to be successful?
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