Chapter 498 What did this lead to! (5000 words)
Several people took out their shovels and started digging into the ground.
Then they immediately discovered something unusual about this land.
This place is indeed no ordinary land.
Ordinary land can be excavated very quickly with the advanced tools in their hands.
But the land here...
Digging is just like the earth on the earth, it must be dug shovel by shovel.
The last time this happened, it seemed...
While digging down into a prison in the underworld?
The ground here is very hard, making digging extremely difficult.
"We won't dig out anything weird, right?" Zeng Tao asked as he pushed aside the shoveled soil. "Is it dangerous below the ground? Aren't those mutated vines and the like all coming from the ground?" Was it drilled below? ”
The explorers did not spread the word about the underground world. Although survivors all over the world knew that there was a list of underground world exploration activities, their understanding of the words "underground world" was still based on their previous experiences. Underground mazes, dungeons and the like.
Therefore, Zeng Tao's knowledge of underground dangers only rested on the vines emerging from dangerous areas.
"There are definitely more dangers underground, little Taozi." Lou Fei'er shoveled the shovel into the ground with all her strength and pressed hard, but the soil was not dug out. "Why is this thing so hard!"
Jin Yue couldn't dig it with her hands, so she raised her leg and stepped hard before digging out a piece of hard soil.
Xu Xin didn't feel any resistance. After all, he was holding a purple-level steel shovel in his hand, but they were holding blue-level steel shovels, so it was naturally much harder than him.
"You are too weak!" Zeng Tao glanced at them proudly, "I can just dig it!"
"You two are responsible for taking a look at the surrounding situation." Seeing that Lou Fei'er and Jin Yue were of no use here, Xu Xin said, "See if the situation is the same as here."
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"I know."
"Oh okay."
The two put away the shovels in their hands and began to explore the surroundings.
"Hey!" Coco also ran over after Lou Feier.
"Is that a high-end tool in your hand?" Zeng Tao glanced at the different styles of tools in Xu Xin's hand and said, "Your power should not be greater than the two of them, right?"
"...My strength is still greater."
He takes alchemical potions every day.
Although they are definitely not as good as Zeng Tao and Ma Hongwei, whose strength type is mutated, there is still no problem compared with Lou Fei'er and the others.
Of course, the leg strength is definitely not comparable to Jin Yue.
"Is the tool you have in your hand a high-end tool?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Let me use it. Your efficiency is low enough. Just let me dig it." Zeng Tao stretched out her little hand to Xu Xin, "You can rest."
…that’s fine too.
He handed the purple-grade steel shovel to Zeng Tao.
Then he discovered that Zeng Tao was right.
She was able to dig faster with a purple-grade steel shovel alone than the previous four people.
The solid ground was dug up as easily as tofu under her hands, causing earth and stone fragments to fly.
Soon, the depth of the pit under Zeng Tao's feet reached her waist.
...Do you actually have to dig so deep?
"It's easy to dig below." Zeng Tao threw a shovelful of soil out of the pit, "The soil below is very soft, and..."
"Xu Xin, there's something going on here, come over here!"
At this time, Lou Fei'er's voice came from a place not far away, forty or fifty meters away.
Is there a situation?
"You keep digging, I'll go over and take a look." Xu Xin said immediately, and then asked, "What did you just say?"
"Well..." Zeng Tao murmured in confusion, then shook her head, "It must be my imagination."
"...Speak clearly and don't get any wrong impressions." Xu Xin frowned.
"Oh, it's just... I just felt like I wanted to dig down. It felt like something was attracting me down there." Zeng Tao raised his head and explained, "But that feeling is gone now."
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...what is attracting?
Xu Xin's pupils shrank slightly.
He didn't feel that way.
The difference between Zeng Tao and myself is that she has mutated. Something that can attract mutant creatures is not a good thing.
"Xu Xin? Come here quickly!" Lou Feier was still calling Xu Xin over there.
"Hey!" Coco's voice even came out, "Hey!"
"...I'll go over there for a moment. You're not allowed to dig anymore until I come back."
"Huh? Why?" Zeng Tao was a little confused.
"We'll talk about it when I get back."
Xu Xin ran towards Lou Fei'er. Coco asked him to come over, indicating that he had indeed made a big discovery.
As soon as he passed by, he saw Lou Feier squatting next to a tree and looking at something.
"Hey!" Seeing Xu Xin coming, Coco immediately ran over, climbed on his shoulders, and then pointed her little paws at the bottom of the tree, "Hey!"
"Come on, come on, this seems to be the message Qin Fu left for us!" Lou Fei'er also stood up immediately.
The message Qin Fu left?
Xu Xin was immediately startled and walked up in two steps.
On the ground, on the soil next to the roots of the tree, there were several distorted words left.
The characters look very abstract, as if they were the traces left by a child who just learned to write.
But it is indeed a Chinese character.
【Go quickly, don’t get close to here】
Those are the words.
This...
"...How do you know this is the message left by Qin Fu?" Xu Xin was speechless, "Is Qin Fu's handwriting so ugly?"
"Look here again!" Lou Fei'er grabbed Xu Xin's arm and walked a few meters to the other side, then pointed to the root of another tree and said, "There is one here too."
Xu Xin squatted down and looked at the words written under the tree house.
Same, those same words.
【Go quickly, don’t get close to here】
The font is also distorted and strange, as if...
People who have never studied Chinese will draw the same words according to the appearance of each character.
"There are some here too!"
Lou Fei'er pulled Xu Xin to the foot of several trees. There were writings like this below.
It can be said that most of the trees in this area are like this.
"Although these characters are a bit ugly, they are all Chinese characters." Lou Fei'er expressed her thoughts, "The Chinese characters must be written by us survivors, right? Moreover, these characters are all written under the tree, you Have you forgotten Qin Fu’s ability? Isn’t his ability related to plants?”
"This..."
Xu Xin thought for a moment.
What Lou Feier said makes sense.
What he was sure of was that Qin Fu never left these handwritings for them before he disappeared.
Because at that time, he had been talking to himself.
He suddenly disappeared during the call, and his location was not shown on the map. In other words, he could not have time to do such a thing.
But, if it is really like Lou Feier said, he...
Something like that for trees to do?
Or is it made of something else?
Is this possible?
Xu Xin frowned.
To be honest, he preferred that this thing was written by something else to get them out of here.
But now that Coco has discovered something unusual here, he at least wants to figure out what is going on over there.
"Huh?" Coco, who was lying listlessly on Xu Xin's shoulder, suddenly raised his little head and looked in the direction where Zeng Tao was digging a hole.
At this time, Zeng Tao's cry came over.
"Xu Xin, come here and take a look, here is... ah!"
"Zeng Tao! Ah!" There was also Jin Yue's voice.
! ?
What's wrong? !
"What's wrong with you?"
"What happened?"
But no one responded.
Xu Xin and Lou Feier looked at each other and immediately ran back.
Soon, the two arrived at the location where they were digging a hole.
But...
Zeng Tao and Jin Yue, who had made a sound just now, had completely disappeared.
Only a deeper hole remains.
"What's going on? Where are the two of them?"
Lou Feier lay on the edge of the pit and looked down.
The pit was not dug very deep, about one and a half meters deep.
Below, there is some messy soil that has been excavated.
"...I told her not to dig!" Xu Xin gritted her teeth.
It stands to reason that he has signed a contract with Zeng Tao now. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for her to do anything against her will, so he just went to find Lou Fei'er with peace of mind.
But...
Unexpectedly, Zeng Tao didn't listen to his words and waited obediently!
Sure enough, something happened!
He knew there was nothing good down there!
On the map, the green light spots of Zeng Tao and Jin Yue have disappeared.
Basically the same as Qin Fu before.
Suddenly disappeared, missing in place.
This time, his experience was even stronger. He was only a few dozen meters away just now, and he was gone in the blink of an eye!
"What's wrong?" At this time, Li Wenxi, who had been silent just now, spoke up, "What happened over there?"
Although she didn't speak, she had been listening to what was going on here. Although she didn't understand what they were saying, she didn't interrupt them. She only knows that if there is a situation, she will launch a heavy crossbow to support.
"...Zeng Tao and the others are gone."
"Huh? This..."
Xu Xin also squatted down and looked into the depths of the pit.
In the pothole, there is just soil, nothing else.
Coco also jumped off his shoulder and looked down.
As a result, the claws could not grasp the edge of the pit firmly, and he was about to fall down.
"Hey!" Cocoa screamed immediately.
Then he was pulled up by Xu Xin's tail.
"Don't run around!"
"Hey..." The little guy hid directly behind Xu Xin.
...?
Not quite right.
This pit is only one and a half meters deep. For Coco, this height...
Not as high as his shoulders, right?
It was jumping up and down on my shoulders all day long. How could it be afraid of such a small height?
"Coco, can you feel the danger down there?"
"嘤!"
Xu Xin looked down carefully.
It was too dark in the lush jungle at night. Although he could see at night, he could not clearly perceive colors. It took him a long time to realize...
This soil... is red!
Moreover, it can no longer be regarded as light red, the color is not light!
"This is...polluted soil!"
Lou Fei'er was about to jump in, but Xu Xin reached out to stop her.
"The problem should be the soil below." Xu Xin squinted his eyes and looked down.
Really let them dig something.
Could this soil be capable of eating people?
"What should I do? I... I'll go down and have a look! Find them both!"
Lou Feier was a little panicked.
Two people disappeared right under their noses, and they were two of the people she had the best relationship with since she came to this world. This made her unable to remain calm.
"No." Xu Xin shook his head slowly.
Lou Fei'er suddenly turned her head to look at him: "Do you want to give up on the two of them?"
She stared at Xu Xin.
Compared with when she was captured by Xu Xin, she has really changed a lot.
"This..." In her voice, Li Wenxi didn't know what to say.
She also wanted to get those two people back, but she didn't want Xu Xin and the others to put themselves in danger.
However, since she was not involved in the matter, she had no right to speak, so she could only remain silent.
"Do you want to listen to what you are saying?" Xu Xin shook his head, "Would I do such a thing? What if something goes wrong when we go down?"
"Then... if we don't go down, shall we go back like this? Then you go back and I will go down by myself!"
Lou Feier immediately wanted to jump down.
"No jumping."
"I..." Lou Feier stood at the edge of the pit, clenching her fists, taking a step forward with her legs, and then stepped back.
Then he pursed his lips and looked at Xu Xin.
It seems that the binding force of his contract is still there.
So what happened to Zeng Tao just now?
What was it that affected you?
But Lou Feier was not affected.
Could it be...
"There is something down there, and my map ability tells me that Zeng Taojinyue and Qin Fu are far away from us now, otherwise I would not be able to sense it." Xu Xin said.
"...So what are we going to do?" Lou Feier looked at him and asked.
"It's my turn to take action, right?" Li Wenxi suddenly spoke on the other side of the voice.
"That's right. I will use the explosive crossbow bolt into the dug hole. You can use the control panel to observe the specific location of the explosion. If the explosive crossbow bolt has no effect, you can fire a delayed shot at this location. Explosive heavy crossbow! Ah, not a big killer, just an ordinary one."
The control panel of his tree house has long been updated to purple level, and the observable range has been expanded to a radius of one kilometer. Unfortunately, the jungle has been restored now. The control panel can basically only see the lush tree crowns connected together, not the jungle. What's in it.
But it would be nice to have him as a guide.
Let Li Wenxi use an ordinary explosive heavy crossbow to blow a big hole in the ground.
He wanted to see what was underneath.
"Okay! I know! I'm ready!"
"Are you satisfied with this method?" Xu Xin glanced at Lou Fei'er and asked.
"...Well, that...I'm sorry." Lou Feier lowered her head, then raised her head and took out the crossbow from her backpack, "I'll do it!"
Xu Xin nodded and took a few steps back.
Lou Fei'er pointed the crossbow at the hole Zeng Tao had just dug and immediately pulled the trigger.
"Boom!"
In the pothole, fire burst out, and Lou Fei'er quickly retreated a few meters at the moment of the explosion to avoid being accidentally injured by the explosion.
"Hey..." Coco looked towards the pothole.
"Did you see it?" Xu Xin asked the voice.
"Well, it can be launched at any time." Li Wenxi's voice came.
"There seems to be...nothing happening inside." Lou Fei'er glanced at the inside of the pit and turned around.
Xu Xin also walked over to think about it and take a look.
Indeed, the explosion did blow up everything underneath with black ash from the burnt explosives, but the explosive crossbow was not powerful enough, and there was basically no damage to the crater.
"Then go to the big one. Let's stay away."
Xu Xin and Lou Feier were about twenty meters away.
"Okay Wen Xi, that's it. Let's launch."
"Okay! I'm launching!"
Li Wenxi chose the throwing method. After all, there were too many tree houses blocking the direct shot, and 800 meters was too far away.
As the mechanical sound of the heavy crossbow "clicked", an explosive heavy crossbow flew straight into the sky, drew a perfect parabola in the air, and shot down towards the dug hole!
The heavy crossbow arrow passed through the tree canopy easily, hit the target, and inserted diagonally into the hole!
"Boom!!!"
There was an extremely bright fire and a huge explosion, causing a huge wave of air in the jungle!
Debris was flying through the jungle, and the nearest tree fell!
This time, the pothole definitely exploded!
Xu Xin and Xu Xin immediately wanted to go over and have a look.
"嘤!!"
As soon as she took out her legs, Coco screamed, with fear and anxiety in her voice.
Then, it pushed Xu Xin's face in the opposite direction.
The meaning is obvious!
Let them run and stay away!
Xu Xin immediately understood what Coco meant, her pupils shrank, she grabbed Lou Fei'er who was about to run over and ran in the opposite direction: "Run! There's a situation!"
"Ah? What..." Before Lou Fei'er could finish her words, suddenly, the ground began to tremble!
Moreover, the tremors are getting bigger and bigger!
The two of them ran out for hundreds of meters in one breath.
At this time, the ground was shaking so violently that the two of them even had to hold on to the tree on one side to stand firm!
Xu Xin looked back: "What happened?"
"Ah! Xu Xin, run, run!" Li Wenxi's voice came from the watch, "The ground...one came out of the ground..."
Her words were drowned in the huge sound, like an explosion on the ground!
Then, a huge figure covered the bright moon and stars in the sky!
“————”
The sound that shook the forest made Xu Xin and Lou Feier cover their ears.
"What!" Lou Feier screamed loudly.
"Hey!" Coco buried her little head directly.
In that direction, a giant object dozens of meters high appeared!
The giant gray-white long body has circles of red stripes all over it. A bloody mouth covered with circles of sharp teeth is located at the top of it, facing the direction of the main tree house and opening to the maximum extent. !
insect!
Giant bug!
A giant insect with a terrifying mouth!
There is actually a giant insect underneath!
"Ah! Xu Xin, there are... bugs around...!" Lou Fei'er's hand tightly grasped Xu Xin's arm.
Xu Xin could feel that she was now afraid again!
...Is it class suppression again?
Wait...
This voice...?
All around, the chirping of insects gradually started to sound, then got louder and louder, and got louder and louder!
The sound was so loud that he couldn't even hear clearly what Lou Fei'er was saying with a frightened look on her face, or Ke Ke's screams!
Countless bugs appeared from nowhere and instantly filled the entire jungle!
What did they lead to?
etc! Damn it, Zeng Taojinyue and the others can't be...!
(End of chapter)