Chapter 48 Lycoris Flower, Flower of the Other Shore
This is a stone bridge connecting the two sides of the river.
It looks like an arch bridge. The bridge body is made of stones and is dark green in color. The whole bridge is natural and exquisitely crafted.
This bridge connects the two sides of the river and spans several hundred meters. At first glance, it gives people an inexplicable sense of grandeur. I don’t know if it was Su Mu’s illusion, but he always felt a little eerie.
After Su Mu approached, he looked at the stone bridge carefully. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. Su Mu was amazed by this kind of construction technique.
He stretched out his right hand, and the moment his palm touched the stone surface of the bridge, a strong cold feeling spread along his palm throughout Su Mu's body, making him shiver uncontrollably. It was just a moment. Instantly, goosebumps appeared all over my body.
Seeing this, Su Mu quickly put down his right hand.
This feeling of coldness is not the ordinary coldness of the body, but the coldness that reaches the soul and makes the soul feel trembling.
This place is deserted, there is no one, and the only living people he has seen are those who cross the river in boats.
So, who built this bridge?
The function of the bridge is to connect the two sides and serve as a transportation function.
Is it possible that there is a family on the other side of the river?
With this doubt in mind, Su Mu walked onto the stone bridge.
As soon as he took the first step on the stone bridge, he noticed something was wrong. There were dense black dots moving on the bridge.
After squatting down, I discovered that there were countless little ants crossing the stone bridge.
Su Mu stretched out his index finger and placed his fingertips on the bridge. The ants crossing the bridge instantly froze in place and did not take a detour. They were stopped by Su Mu's index finger.
Ant is a two-dimensional creature. Friends who have played with ants as children know that as long as you take a pen and draw a circle for the ant, it will not be able to get out of the circle.
Because in the world of ants, there are only flat surfaces.
Su Mu picked up his index finger, and the ants continued to cross the bridge.
When you stand up and look at the ants crossing the bridge, they appear to be a mess. But if you lower your head and observe carefully, you will find that the ants are all lined up, not running around or crawling around, and are very orderly.
Su Mu is no longer a child, and it is impossible to continue studying ants here.
He stood up and walked towards the stone bridge.
Every step you take, a large number of ants will be trampled to death. However, these ants seem not to be afraid of death. Even if they are trampled to death, the ants behind them will continue to move forward.
Su Mu was just walking normally. If these ants were trampled to death, they could only be regarded as blocking the road.
He has seen dog lovers and cat lovers, but he has not heard of ant lovers yet.
In this way, Su Mu quickly reached the highest point of the stone arch bridge, stood on the highest point of the bridge, and looked towards the other side.
I discovered that there were no households on the other side. So what role would this bridge play?
Of course, this is not something worth delving into.
Maybe many years ago, there were families and people living here. They may have moved. It is not surprising that a stone bridge is left behind.
However, there are really many ants on this bridge!
Su Mu, who didn't find anything unusual, just felt a lack of interest and walked off the stone bridge.
I don’t know why, this bridge is not long. I just walked a few hundred meters and I feel a little tired.
Su Mu sat down on a pebble and took a rest.
After sitting down, I started to observe these ants crossing the bridge.
He discovered that these endless ants crawled out of the river. After climbing onto the river bank, they continued to climb up the stone bridge.
Ants living in water?
Big water ant?
However, this world is a fantasy world, and ants living in the water are normal.
Could it be Bao Ant? ?
Su Mu's eyes lit up, he stood up, waved his hand and caught an ant.
After putting it in the palm of his hand and looking at it carefully, he found that the ant was an ordinary ant. He put it in his mouth and chewed it lightly. Suddenly, a putrid smell filled the air in his mouth.
Su Mu quickly vomited it out.
md!
It tastes so bad!
You can tell from the smell that this is not a treasure ant.
Forget it’s not a treasure ant, why does it taste so smelly?
This kind of smell is not an ordinary smell, it is like the smell of a rotting corpse that has been dead for several days.
After resting, Su Mu was ready to go home.
At this time, after walking a few steps, he found a red flower growing on the river bank next to the stone bridge.
Seeing this, Su Mu's eyes lit up.
Any baby?
When I took a closer look, I realized that it was a Lycoris flower, and I lost interest in it.
What did you think it was?
Lycoris flower, also called Lycoris red flower, has red petals and a funnel-shaped perianth, like a spreading thin-leaf lotus. It likes to grow in moist and moist rock crevices by streams.
This kind of flower is actually very common in Su Mu's hometown.
However, it is worth mentioning that there is also a folk legend about this Lycoris flower, which is mysterious.
Lycoris flower is also known as "Biangan flower".
Legend has it that it is a flower that blooms in heaven, blooms in July of the lunar calendar, is longer than summer, and blooms in autumn.
Su Mu once heard an old man make up that Flower of the Other Side was a flower that voluntarily threw itself into hell. It was sent back by the demons, but it still lingered on the road to hell. The demons couldn't bear it, so they agreed to let her bloom on this road and leave. A guide and comfort for the souls in the human world.
Su Mu is not interested in these mysterious legends. His biggest memory of Lycoris is that it has very important medicinal value. Galantamine can be extracted from the rhizomes of Lycoris and can be used to treat polio.
Why is Su Mu so familiar with flowers?
This is because Su Mu in his previous life took an elective course called "Botany" when he was in college, and he also did a lot of research on some flowers.
Actually, I mainly want to learn the language of flowers.
For example, the flower language of roses represents passionate love, so it is suitable to be given to lovers who are passionately in love.
The flower language of carnations is maternal love and gratitude, so it is suitable to be given to mothers.
Speaking of this, Su Mu has to talk about a very special kind of flower - the steel ball flower.
The flower language of the steel ball flower is tolerance and wealth.
This flower language was told to me by a roommate in my university dormitory. It is said that he later fell in love with a rich woman and reached the pinnacle of his life.
I later went to guard the reservoir, but now that I have traveled through time, I am the best in the dormitory, right? ?
Su Mu walked to the red Lycoris flowers and looked at them carefully.
I found that these red Lycoris flowers were different from the ones I was familiar with in my previous life. These petals were not purely red, but also had a little bit of purple.
Moreover, as soon as you get close, you can smell a strange fragrance.
When he smelled this fragrance, Su Mu suddenly woke up.
Could it be a treasure?
If you are in doubt, try it first and then talk!
Just like that, Su Mu picked off a petal and put it into his mouth.
(End of this chapter)