Chapter 436: Caught in a vine
Before, ten kilometers away, he had not felt how strong this vine bundle was.
But now looking at it so close, the vine is nearly a hundred meters thick!
Extremely spectacular!
However, the vine bundles are not all hundreds of meters thick from top to bottom.
He looked up to the sky.
Directly above it is the remnant hole that emits bright light in the sky.
The part of the vine bundle that comes out of the gap is not as thick as the part in front of you.
The upper half of the entire vine bundle is relatively thin, only about ten meters in diameter.
But two to three hundred meters close to the ground, the vine bundles gradually thickened like branches and leaves, forming a half-open umbrella shape. They were inserted into the ground directly below, covering a diameter of about a hundred meters. The circular area was shrouded.
On the map, his current location is exactly under the snow-capped mountains formation.
It was already certain that the bright gap above his head was actually underneath the snow-capped mountain formation.
It seems that he made the right choice to travel a long way here.
This thick bundle of vines must have something to do with the way back to the ground.
He came down from the position above his head. If he wanted to go back, he would naturally have to go back from there.
At this time, his position was still hundreds of meters away from the thick vine bundles. Looking around, he could not see anything noteworthy on the vine bundles.
He raised his feet and walked towards the hundred-meter-diameter vine bundle.
"Hey!" Coco pushed his breastplate in his arms and stopped his actions.
"What's wrong, Coco?" Xu Xin asked with some confusion.
"Hey..." Coco looked at the vine bundle, jumped out of Xu Xin's arms with her calves, stepped on the ground, and then looked back at him, "Hey!"
Coco's intention was obviously to let him follow it.
Could it be said that there is still danger within the range of more than 100 meters in front?
However, it is indeed a bit weird.
On the road he just walked, there were powerful giant beasts at regular intervals, and giant bugs were everywhere. You could see many of them at a glance.
But here, in front of me, in this area near the vine bundles, there are no giant beasts or insects.
Not to mention giant beasts and bugs, there are not even vines,
Empty!
Flat land!
Perhaps, it is because of some danger that other creatures will not come here.
Or perhaps, all the creatures that came have disappeared.
"Keke, let's not go in yet. Let's go around and take a look." Xu Xin decided to go around in a relatively safe place on the outside to see what's special about this vine bundle.
The hundred-meter-thick vine bundle is only half the diameter of the giant peak. You must first go around it to observe it.
"Hey!" Coco nodded her little head and crawled back into his arms.
While walking around the vine bundles and observing, Xu Xin looked in the direction of the other five vine bundles.
The end points of the remaining five vine bundles diagonally downward are the resting places for others.
Will he be the first to arrive?
Logically speaking, Zhao Xiaochuan and Wen Guixin should be stronger than him in this aspect.
Zhao Xiaochuan could simply make himself invisible and just walk over. No monster would be able to spot him anyway.
Wen Guixin has the ability to control the herd of beasts, and her physical abilities are also very strong. As long as she avoids the giant beasts that have no interest in them, she can even find a few bugs to help bring her here.
Ji Chaoyang and Wang Lei were similar to him and had no ability in this area.
The most miserable person should be Lou Fei'er. Her situation should be similar to that of Silver King. Once her aura is exposed, she is likely to be surrounded by a large number of giant beasts.
Fortunately, although I couldn't contact her, judging from the watch, her name was still bright.
As long as she's still alive, it means she still has a way.
"Huh?" Xu Xin stopped.
Because, he saw a small gap in the vine bundle.
A narrow gap only big enough for one person to pass through.
He has turned more than half a circle, and almost all the vines are just entangled and entangled. Let alone the gaps that people can pass through, there are not even gaps that Coco can pass through.
Except for this gap in front of me.
Although people can only enter sideways, it is still an entrance!
He did not enter in a hurry, but completed a circle around the vine bundle. After confirming that there was only one gap in the entire thick vine bundle, he returned to the position where he saw the gap.
"Keke, lead the way, take me into that gap." Xu Xin rubbed Keke's ears.
"Hey!" Coco jumped out of his arms, stepped on the ground, looked back at Xu Xin, and then walked forward cautiously.
So careful?
What dangers are there in this area?
Looking at Coco, it looked like he was detecting mines.
There aren't really any landmines, right?
Thinking this, Xu Xin immediately followed Coco.
Wherever Coco stepped, he would also step.
Coco walked forward more than ten meters, stood up, and turned her little head.
"嘤!"
It barked, no longer walking straight forward, but bypassed the area in front, took two steps to the right, then looked back at Xu Xin, "Hey!"
Meaning let him follow it.
This really feels like a minesweeper.
"Keke, is there something in front of you?" Xu Xin followed Keke and asked curiously.
"Huh...?" Coco shook her little head as she walked away, indicating that she didn't know.
Well, it might just be sensing danger.
Xu Xin resisted the urge to take out something from her backpack and throw it in front to test it out, and continued walking after Coco.
It’s better not to seek death.
Coco drew an arc on the ground, bypassing a large area within ten meters, and then continued walking towards the vine bundle.
This time, it didn't go around anymore, and walked straight over with Xu Xin, until it reached the gap where people could enter sideways.
"Hey!" Coco climbed up his legs and onto his shoulders again.
Xu Xin looked into the gap.
There are some narrow passages inside, but because the vines are messy, the passages have become twists and turns. You can only see the road for about five or six meters, and you can't see it further forward.
"Is there no danger inside?" Xu Xin asked Keke.
Coco also put her little head on his shoulder to look inside. When she heard his question, she immediately shook her little head: "Hey."
What it means is, it can't be felt.
Xu Xin nodded.
Even with his enhanced hearing, he couldn't hear any sounds in the gaps or among the vine bundles.
It was very quiet inside, as if nothing existed.
He raised his head and looked at the sky. The light here was slightly dazzling.
He turned around and looked around again to make sure that no giant beasts were approaching, nor did he see his companions. He breathed out and decided to enter.
Get into this incredibly thick bunch of vines.
Without wasting any more time, he immediately entered the gap sideways.
The gap was so narrow that Xu Xin could only walk against the vine wall.
Fortunately, the walls are made up of smooth ordinary vines, not mutant vines, and they don't have any barbs, which makes it a lot easier.
"Hey!" It can be seen that Xu Xin chose to enter, and immediately jumped off his shoulders and walked in front of him.
Just like in the dungeon maze before, its small body can move forward at will in this small gap.
"Coco, be careful."
"嘤!"
Coco responded, then rushed forward and disappeared.
Xu Xin's hearing is now very strong and she can hear its position, so she doesn't worry about it having problems.
Moreover, this little guy's sense of crisis is much stronger than him.
He groped his way forward.
The surrounding vines were all ordinary vines, very smooth to the touch, and also had a touch of heat, which surprised him.
This vine is actually still hot!
"嘤!"
At this time, Coco's cry came from the front, and Xu Xin quickened his pace.
"This is..."
What he saw was very different from what he had imagined.
Before coming in, he thought there would be a big space in the vine bundle, but now...
He seemed to be in the middle of the vine bundle, but here...
It's actually just a very small, narrow place.
Probably only, two square meters?
That's right, a space of only two square meters.
Looking up, the height is quite high. I don’t know how many meters it goes up.
Here, there seems to be a hollow center of the vine bundle.
He thought about the vine bundle being hollow, but this hollow...
It’s a little too thin!
"Hey!" Keke scratched the ground here with his little paws and looked up at Xu Xin.
"...You want me to dig up this place?" Xu Xin raised an eyebrow.
"Hey!" Coco nodded her little head.
Is it actually digging...
He initially thought that he would explore the inside of this vine bundle and maybe even climb up, but he didn't expect that he would still have to dig down?
We are obviously already in the underground world, do we still want to continue...
But he still believed in Coco. Moreover, the place was surrounded by vine walls, and there was nothing else he could do except dig down.
Xu Xin took out a steel shovel and dug into the ground.
Then...
"Qiang!"
Before digging twice, he heard the sound of the steel shovel colliding with metal.
Metal door again?
Without saying a word, Xu Xin removed the thin layer of light red contaminated soil on top.
Under the soil, there is a metal platform buried.
That's right, it's not a door with a handle, but a smooth metal surface less than one square meter.
He dug around again, and there was dirt all around.
By the way, this smooth metal surface looks familiar...
He squatted down and reached out to touch the metal surface.
[Survivor Gravity Mechanism: Survivors can trigger the mechanism by standing on it. 】
Good guy, it is indeed a gravity mechanism!
However, the introduction did not say what this mechanism will trigger.
Xu Xin picked up Coco, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped on it.
"Click!"
There was a crisp sound under the feet, and then the mechanism under the feet began to slowly sink.
Then, the speed of descent suddenly accelerated!
Xu Xin's expression changed, and just as she was about to kick her feet and jump up, there was a "bang" sound, and the mechanism had stopped.
And he has already fallen below the ground of the underground world!
He looked up and saw that the mechanism had fallen not far away, only about five meters.
He can easily jump up to this height now.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Xu Xin began to look around.
In front of him is a passage.
A square passage made of metal, almost three meters high and wide.
And on both sides of the passage, unexpectedly...
It’s a door with iron bars!
That's right, this place looks like a prison corridor! (End of chapter)