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The place where the small yellow dots are clustered on the electronic screen is where Nanjiang and the others are standing now, in the middle of a straight passage.

The length of the passage is about 70 meters, the width is between three and four meters, and there are curved openings visible to the naked eye at both ends.The pavement is paved with special concrete material, has a slight slope, but is very smooth.The rock walls on both sides are mostly rocks, a kind of hard yellow-white rock unique to Pine Tree Cliff, with sharp edges and corners, and there are no gaps between the rock walls-at least there is no gap that can hide a grown man.

Several people looked up together, and the dark cave roof was also a piece of hard rock. Some places supported steel structures, and some places exposed the unpolished edges and corners of the rock.

This secret passage was opened from the rocky mountain.Maybe some special methods of monsters were also adopted at that time, but the amount of work is still not to be underestimated.

The lampposts of the flashlight fit together tacitly, and began to move clockwise on the roof of the cave. Ming Xia was not very familiar with their coordination. His lampposts moved either fast or slowly. It's just out of tune with them.Of course no one laughed at him.

Just as he was holding up the flashlight and following the light of the large army, out of the corner of his eye he suddenly caught a glimpse of something outside the circle of light, as if something had moved.

Ming Xia hurriedly chased after him with a flashlight, and the thing in the darkness really moved again.

This time everyone noticed.

The beam of light moved over together, and before they could see it clearly, they found a tentacle-like thing stretched out of the beam of light, whipping past their heads like a whip, and slapped it on the rock wall.Immediately afterwards, the thing retracted quickly, changed its angle, and pulled it out again.

All this happened in a very short time, everyone hurriedly dodged, only Tang Xun was swept by the tentacles on his thigh because he wanted to protect the instrument, and almost fell down.

After the tentacle hit, it was quickly retracted.

At the same time, a damp, muddy smell permeated the dark passage.

At this time, not only Tang Xun, who was whipped, but also everyone else realized that the thing that suddenly appeared was actually a tree root.

There were two rocks right above Ming Xia's head, and he watched helplessly as a few flattened pieces of paper emerged from the gap between the rocks, thin and slender, wriggling.

They nimbly drilled in from the narrow gaps between the rocks, and after touching the air, they quickly absorbed water like dry noodles being dropped into the water, and turned into a tough whip.

Further up the beam of light, near the top of the cave, a group of messy roots curled into a huge ball of wool, and something was still struggling desperately in the ball of wool.

"Zhong Ning is there!"

The light was focused on the top of the ball of wool, where it could be clearly seen that there were four or five roots binding Zhong Ning and hanging him up.

Nan Jianguo broke his gun and broke off the tree roots that bound Zhong Ning, leaving only one for him to hang down.

The roots fell to the ground, twisting back and forth like living things, and the turquoise juice spilled all over the ground.There was a slightly bitter and astringent plant smell in the dark passage, it wasn't unpleasant, but it made people feel nervous for no reason.

Zhong Ning grabbed the last tree root and jumped to the ground, grabbed the root with his backhand, yanked it down fiercely, and forcibly pulled it down from the top of the cave.

The root writhed in his hand like a snake, and the juice splashed all over him.

"Damn it," the good old Zhong Ning spitting on the ground fiercely, "Gagged my mouth and tied my legs and feet, so I can't move at all."

Before the words fell, a slight rustling sound came from a high place.

As soon as Nan Jiang said, "speed up..." Then there was a sound of brushing, and a large pile of twisted roots spread out in mid-air, like a giant umbrella that suddenly opened.Countless wriggling roots under the umbrella spread out and extended towards all directions of the passage, enveloping them all at once.

When Ming Xia saw Zhong Ning just now, he took out his own dagger, but this happened so suddenly that he didn't even react, his hands and feet were bound.

What's more terrible is that a soil-stained root directly crossed his neck, pulled back hard, and almost broke his neck.

Ming Xia finally knew why an expert like Zhong Ning was tied up without calling the police.This feeling is not like meeting a dryad, it is obviously a deep sea octopus.

There are no suction cups on the roots, but each tree root has countless tiny burrs. These burrs cannot penetrate the training clothes in a short time, but they can easily penetrate the exposed skin.

Ming Xia could feel the tiny spikes wriggling on the surface of the skin, and then began to drill in hard.Blood oozed from the wound, which was quickly sucked dry by the roots.

The blood seemed to excite the roots, the tingling sensation on the surface of the skin soon became numb, and the fear in Ming Xia's heart doubled.

Ming Xia shook his wrist with difficulty, and used the dagger to cut the tree roots tied to his wrist.The roots were cut open by the sharp blade, and the sticky juice splashed all over his hands.But soon a new root twisted around, putting a new patch where he was struggling.

The roots around his neck became tighter and tighter, Ming Xia couldn't breathe, and his eyes began to bloom.

The dryad made a cage out of its own roots, locked them in, and drained their blood and energy bit by bit.

If you can't break free, they will all become the fertilizer that nourishes the deep soil.

The huge cage shook violently, and all the tentacles loosened at the same time.

Ming Xia took a hard breath, seeing a mess of roots and hairs in front of her eyes.They shrink and twist in the beam of light dangling from the flashlight, just about to move.

Ming Xia cut off the tree roots tied to his wrist again, and took his left hand out of the bundle with the help of the sticky juice.Then he took the dagger with his backhand, fumbled and continued to cut the tree roots tied to his right hand.

The big net made of tree roots shook again.

This time, Ming Xia noticed something dripping down from the top of his head, and the smell of sticky and slightly astringent tree sap came from his nose.

All the roots that bound him twitched.

Below Ming Xia, a person fell to the ground with a plop.He rolled very quickly, out of the tree root's attack range.

The heel of the tree twisted crazily, and the tied up person also swayed, Ming Xia even felt that his calf had touched another person's body.

Then another escaped from the siege.

Ming Xia heard a dense sound, like beating a carpet, a bit muffled, but with a strange rhythm.

The tree roots shrunk violently, and the long tentacles wrapped around its prey and pulled it upwards quickly.Ming Xia finally freed his right hand, took the dagger from his left hand, and cut open the roots wrapped around his chest and waist.

In the next second, the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and the dagger flew out of his hand.

Ming Xia felt his body dangling back and forth in mid-air, and it took him a few seconds to realize that his two legs were still tied up by tree roots, and he was hanging upside down by tree roots.

Ming Xia was slapped against the rock wall by the shaking tree roots, making her dizzy.

In the next second, his body sank suddenly, and he fell headfirst.A figure rushed towards him quickly, hugged his body and rolled twice on the ground, hitting the icy rock wall together.

Ming Xia leaned against his chest with her eyes closed, feeling her whole body was falling apart, she didn't even have the strength to lift her little finger.He wanted to say thank you to Nanjiang, but he didn't know if he said it or not.

Nan Jiang helped him to rest on the rock wall, and got up to join in the encirclement and suppression of tree roots.

There is no doubt that tree roots are sentient.When the bullet is fired, it will have an obvious reaction, it will shrink in pain, it will retreat, and it will counterattack even more frantically.However, the hot weapon still caused a certain degree of damage to it, at least its broken roots would not grow back in a short time.

Maybe it was because he realized that he was already at a disadvantage.The tree root gave up its prey, twisted the few remaining roots, and shrank back along the gap between the rocks.

The last few people who fell were seriously injured.Lin Su held his breath, his face turned blue.Li Youran gave her first aid for a long time before saving her.

The rest of the people had skin injuries, and the exposed skin was the same as Ming Xia's. The burrs on the roots pierced into the skin and sucked blood, leaving scars of purple-red scars on the surface of the skin, evenly distributed. Spots of purple-black blood.After the numbness wears off, the tiny punctures start to burn.

Li Youran found a few ointments for them from Lin Su's medicine box. She didn't know if it was suitable for their symptoms, but it did feel a little comfortable after applying it.At least it doesn't hurt that much.

Nan Jiang glanced at the team members whom he described as embarrassing, and apologized softly, "It's my fault. I thought this road 'Group Six' had never been officially opened, and it would be relatively safe. Unexpectedly... "

He couldn't speak any more.

In fact, he should have thought about it long ago. The roots of the Beauty Pine extend in all directions on the pine cliff. How could it be possible to hide the movement in and out of the mountains?

After all, Nanjiang was used to being calm, and he felt sorry for his decision-making mistakes, but what he was most concerned about was what to do next.

"I suggest, take the emergency exit and leave the secret passage." Nan Jiang said: "The reason why I chose this road is to guard against the Beauty Pine. Since I can't guard against it now, then I simply go out generously."

Tang Xun nodded in agreement, "I agree."

"I also agree." Li Youran said: "Beauty Pine has already found us. We failed this time, and there will definitely be a next time. There is not enough space in the secret passage, so we will suffer if we do something."

Nan Jiang's gaze swept over Ming Xia, and Ming Xia's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he regarded himself as his comrade in arms.

"I also agree." Ming Xia smiled slightly, "I don't think the captain made a mistake in his decision-making. Under the conditions at the time, there was nothing wrong with choosing this path."

Nan Jiang took a deep look at him.

Ming Xia looked a little embarrassed by him, lowered his head to touch his pockets, and suddenly jumped up from the ground, "Where's Qingqiu?!"