Chapter 161 The "Heart" of the Vines
"Try diving into the water." Xu Xin suggested.
Xu Xin had no good way to kill these bugs, so he could only let him dive into the water to hide.
He just felt that these flying insects were difficult to deal with, so he blew them up with the flowers at the beginning. Now it seems that this is indeed the best choice.
Wang Lei: "I know! Ah ah, I am so far away from the creek now!"
Xu Xin shook his head and continued walking out of the cave.
A few hundred meters away, Xu Xin saw that the entrance to the cave was blocked by the collapsed ground. It was the three explosive arrows just now that shook the soil at the entrance.
But it doesn't matter, it's all soft soil. Silver King and Mimi dug away the soil blocking the road in a few times, and one person and four animals appeared in the sun again.
Xu Xin turned on the wolf and headed towards the nearest of the remaining two caves, which was the cave he and Coco discovered.
Perhaps because they inhaled a lot of red mist in the cave, Silver King Mimi and Ah Fu were obviously more excited and active than before they entered. It seems that the effect of this red mist on mutated beasts is not only to enhance their strength.
There were signs on the map, and the distance between the two caves was only a few hundred meters, so they arrived in just a few dozen seconds.
Turning over and getting off the wolf, Xu Xin looked around the hole again, squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, but still didn't find anything different.
Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, so let’s go straight down.
Before going down, he took another look at the information in [Explorer]. Wang Lei didn't speak anymore, but Wen Guixin did.
"I just came out of a cave. There was no heart inside, nor was it the flower you mentioned. Instead, there was a mutated beast like a pangolin, as big as a wild boar."
Are there mutant beasts again?
"Did you kill it?" Xu Xin asked.
Wen Guixin: "No, this beast knows how to drill holes. It spotted me from a long way away and burrowed directly into the ground. I ran forward and found that it had drilled very deep. I was in this hole. I didn’t get anything, but I didn’t encounter any danger.”
A mutated beast that can burrow?
Xu Xin: "Is the hole it drills very big?"
Wen Guixin: "Hmm...less than one meter in diameter?"
It still runs away when it sees people. It seems to be a low-level mutant beast. If Xu Xin can encounter it, she can try to use the mutant beast contract to tame it. Mutated beasts that can dig holes are rare, so they should be of great use.
One person and four beasts continued to form a formation and entered the cave in front of them.
The entire cave wall is still composed of dry light red contaminated soil. With the experience last time, Mimi, who was walking in front, was no longer so cautious, but relaxed her pace and started to move forward quickly.
After advancing about a few hundred meters, Xu Xin noticed something strange.
"Huh?" He felt like he heard something, but he couldn't hear it clearly.
Continuing forward, the faint voice gradually became clearer in my ears.
"Plop..."
His eyes grew wider and he listened carefully.
"Thump...thump..."
Xu Xin's face showed a hint of joy.
It's the sound of heart beating!
It seems that this is the cave!
"Be careful, that big guy is deep in this cave!" Xu Xin reminded Mimi and Ah Fu in front.
The two beasts barked twice in response, Mimi's steps became cautious, and Silver King also walked to Xu Xin's side to protect him.
Xu Xin has been paying attention to the map. Their current location is very close to the tree house, and it even overlaps with those dense red light spots.
Now, above their heads are those blood-thorn vines that can regenerate infinitely!
"Plop! Plop!"
The sound of a beating heart became increasingly apparent, almost identical to the sound heard in the video.
And there is a corner three or four meters in front of them, and this heart is on the other side of the corner. Mimi walked forward to the corner and stopped.
Xu Xin held the crossbow, stepped forward in two steps, and looked at the other side of the corner.
"Hey!" Coco on her shoulder exclaimed in a low voice.
"Huh..."
Xu Xin exhaled, clenched his fists, and showed a slightly scared and excited smile on his face.
It was another underground space like a hall, with vines growing randomly everywhere.
In addition to the blood-thorn vines and blood-striped vines, there are also some ordinary vines without any patterns, which are messily intertwined with the mutant vines, forming a sphere as a whole.
And the center of the sphere, wrapped in it, is what Xu Xin has been looking for, the huge beating piece of meat, the blood-red "heart" that has been providing energy to the blood-thorn vines on the ground!
This heart is extremely huge, reaching a height of six or seven meters, and the vines wrapped around it are three layers inside and three outside, reaching a height of nearly ten meters.
The entire underground space was filled with this vine ball. The nearest vine was only five or six meters away from the corner where Xu Xin was.
However, something different is that although this "heart" is beating constantly, it does not emit the brighter red light in Ji Chaoyang's video, nor does it flicker with the beating. Similarly, the surrounding The vines are also dull.
In addition, there is no red mist flower. Although there is always a faint strange fragrance floating in the cave, there is no red mist. Silver King Mimi has not been strengthened, and the blood patterns on her body have not glowed red. The entire cave is still the same. It was pitch black.
The intertwined vines are different from those swaying in the wind on the ground. They are in a completely still state. If it weren't for the fact that most of their branches have patterns or blood thorns, Xu Xin would even think that they are very ordinary plants. .
Only the piece of red flesh in the middle was beating slowly and rhythmically, making the sound of "thump, thump" heartbeat.
In this dark and airtight environment, the beating sound seemed extremely heavy. Every beat seemed to make Xu Xin's heart skip a beat, and he even felt like his head was starting to feel dizzy.
The sound of this heart beating can actually affect him. His mental power has not yet increased in time!
It suddenly occurred to him that he had not eaten strawberries (blue) in the tree house.
Strawberries can remove all negative effects and maintain emotional stability for half an hour.
Xu Xin actually didn't really want to use blue-grade strawberries. After all, this thing was too similar to something and felt addictive.
But now he couldn't worry about so much. He quickly took out a strawberry from his backpack and ate it. In an instant, his dazed mind became much clearer, and his slightly nervous and excited mood also calmed down.
Xu Xin took the four beasts back outside the corner and ate all the blue-level fruits again to ensure that all the buffs on him were there.
"嘤......"
Xu Xin felt that Coco's body was a little stiff on her shoulders.
It was very wary of the heart in front of it. Now their position is directly below the tree house. This piece of meat like a heart is what has scared Coco for a whole day.
Based on the distance they just walked, they are now about three to four hundred meters underground.
"You guys, stay here and don't move. I'll go in and take a look first." Xu Xin put Coco on his shoulders onto Silver King's back and whispered to the four beasts.
The whole interior cannot be seen at the entrance of the cave, so he needs to enter it and observe it carefully with his enhanced eyes, so as not to let Mimi enter the test first, otherwise it will be bad if it touches this heart.
All four beasts responded with a slight cry.
Xu Xin did not dare to act rashly. It was after meeting this heart that Ji Chaoyang suddenly lost contact on the way back. Although his name had not faded, he must have been in danger.
Gently, step by step, following the rhythm of his heart, Xu Xin stepped into an underground space, and the entire space was completely presented to him.
He noticed the difference immediately.
After walking several hundred meters into the cave, the walls of the cave were composed of contaminated soil, but the soil in all directions in this space was very ordinary soil, not even green grade, but white grade barren soil.
It seems that the heart and these vines have not contaminated the soil below the tree house.
The heart is about six or seven meters high and is surrounded by three layers of messy vines. The layers of vines surrounding the heart are about three to four meters thick. If you want to use spears and explosive crossbow bolts to directly It is impossible to attack them, as they will only be obscured by vines.
However, Xu Xin also has another weapon.
Burning arrow!
There are so many vines, if you use burning arrows, they will burn a large area! Since it's not on the ground, it won't cause bush fires, so it's perfect!
Xu Xin had made forty flaming arrows before, and now they were all in his backpack. Forty sticks are completely enough.
Of course, there are disadvantages. Burning will consume a lot of oxygen and produce thick fog. After igniting these vines, he needs to run outside immediately. If he continues to stay underground, he will only suffocate to death.
That’s it!
Xu Xin slowly backed away.
Suddenly, the heart protected by layers of vines lit up with a blood-red light!
Xu Xin's pupils shrank.
"Hey!" Coco's anxious cry came from behind. The meaning of the cry was obvious. It was telling him to get out of there quickly. Danger is coming!
Resisting the urge to raise his hand and shoot an arrow, Xu Xin quickly returned to the corner, hiding in a relatively safe place and looking towards his heart.
The frequency of the beating has obviously accelerated, and the blood-red light on the heart begins to flicker with the beating!
As the heart beats, the vines around the heart began to glow red, and the patterned blood thorns on the body began to twist.
This scene is completely consistent with the scene in the video! The red light shone throughout the underground space, completely dyeing the surrounding area blood red, making people shudder.
"Hiss - that's..."
In addition to the blood-striped and blood-thorned vines, there are also some ordinary vines in this space. Under Xu Xin's gaze, patterns and bloody thorns began to grow!
These vines actually transformed into mutated vines with the beating of the heart!
"Hey!" Coco's cry was full of anxiety.
Danger! Very dangerous! (End of chapter)