Laws of the Other World

Jin Zhuyuan swayed past it, and his face turned pale when the scene was close in front of him.

"Concentrate and prepare to land!" Zhou Yu's shout brought him back to his senses.

The height of the three of them dropped, and they were getting farther and farther away from the lake where the aquatic dragon lived, and they gradually disappeared.

They landed on the tree. Zhou Yu lowered his head to observe the ground conditions and then landed. Wu Yun also followed. The two of them stood back to back and drew their guns.

The only rookie of their team, Jin Zhuyuan, also landed, and he immediately came to Zhou Yu and Wu Yun's side, forming a triangle formation.

Wu Yun glanced at the locator on his wrist.All researchers will have a positioning device on their ankles, and the signal sent out will be received by the locator, and the location of the researcher who goes out can be determined.

The locator showed that the two researchers were not far away.

Wu Yun made a gesture, and the newcomers followed Wu Yun with their guns. Zhou Yu kept his back against them, guarding their backs.

In front is a patch of old trees, their roots grow out of the ground, intertwined.

Wu Yun stopped in his tracks, and the newcomer beside him wanted to step forward, but Wu Yun stopped him.

"Be careful, those are not ordinary trees."

All plants without animal nerves are classified as Class E creatures, which are the safest creatures.

Jin Zhuyuan turned his face sideways, and saw that a researcher's body had been penetrated and taken into the twisted roots of the tree in front of him.He has become the nourishment of that tree.

"My God..." Jin Zhuyuan showed a surprised expression.

This is not the first time Zhou Yu has seen such a situation. The last time he and Mo Ye were in the primeval forest, they also saw a vine that used the scent of fruit to attract prey, and then entangled the prey to absorb nutrients.

His body didn't tremble in the slightest.

"How...how can we get him out?"

Wu Yun shook his head: "Impossible...I can't save him anymore..."

The researcher seemed to have heard their conversation, opened his eyes slightly, and there was a desire in his eyes, and his lips opened and closed.

"What is he talking about?" Kim Joo-won asked.

"He was saying 'please kill me'." Wu Yun replied.

He was in pain, every second was torture.

Wu Yun raised his gun, and no one stopped him.But it wasn't the researcher he hit, it was the tree.

With a "bang--", the bullet sank into the tree trunk, and the neurotoxin began to spread.The tree withered quickly, split through the middle and fell with a crash.

Zhou Yu took a step aside, and the tree fell beside him.

Wu Yun came under the broken tree root, and the pained expression of the researcher gradually became peaceful due to the infiltration of the neurotoxin.

Wu Yun saw that he was still holding the sampler in his hand, so he took it out, sealed it and put it in his backpack, and then took off his research recorder from his wrist.

"Is he finished?" Zhou Yu asked.

The end means that the researcher is dead or not.In this world, death is sometimes a relief.

"Yeah." Wu Yun nodded.

He walked towards Zhou Yu, looked at the locator on his wrist while walking and said, "It is estimated that the other researcher will not be much better."

At this moment, Zhou Yu suddenly pulled the trigger, and the bullet hit Wu Yun's shoulder. Wu Yun quickly dodged it, and the newcomers kept firing their guns, which was especially loud in the dead and silent virgin forest.

Wu Yun turned his head and saw the dead researcher standing up staggeringly. His eyes were out of focus, and his eyeballs suddenly turned white. His limbs damaged by tree roots were hanging there, and he was about to step towards Wu Yun step by step. .

"What's going on? Our bullets can't kill him!"

Jin Zhuyuan stepped back step by step, he had already emptied the magazine.

The researcher came in front of him, and opened his mouth to bite him. From his mouth, it seemed that the roots of some kind of plants could be seen.

At this time Zhou Yu took out the dagger from his waist, flew out, and stuck it right in his head.

Jin Zhuyuan has never seen such a scene: "This... is this a zombie?"

Wu Yun pulled him back: "It's not a zombie... He was parasitic before he was captured by the roots of the ancient tree."

They looked down and saw something extending into the soil under the researcher's feet.

"We hit him, but not the parasite inside him."

Wu Yun aimed at his feet, and before he had time to shoot, something suddenly grew out of the muzzle of his head, cracked his skull, and rushed to the sky.

"It's mistletoe!"

As the voice fell, the mistletoe fell to the side because there was no tree to cling to.

Zhou Yu shot without hesitation.Mistletoe withers and rots quickly.

The newcomer let out a breath.

Wu Yun raised his chin: "Let's go?"

"Let's go."

"There is another researcher who wants to see people in life and corpses in death." Zhou Yu continued to move forward holding the gun.

Along the way, they saw many ancient trees.These ancient trees seemed quiet, but Zhou Yu seemed to hear their breathing.

At the root of an ancient tree, Zhou Yu saw some fragments of camouflage uniforms, which must have been left by the guards who had previously protected the two researchers.These ancient trees have attack power, but they are so silent now, they are waiting.

Once Zhou Yu and the others went deep into it, they would launch an attack, leaving Zhou Yu and the others with no chance to escape.

They seem to be the watchmen of this land, firmly protecting something.

Zhou Yu looked at Wu Yun, Wu Yun nodded.The three of them took out the breathing filter and put it on their mouth and nose. Wu Yun took out a grenade-like thing and threw it high into the sky.

The grenade made a whining sound, and the pale yellow gas quickly spewed out in all directions, spreading in the air.

The trees were about to move, and the roots were slowly pulled up from the soil, as if they were dying to attack them.

Zhou Yu and Wu Yun were very calm, but Jin Zhuyuan was a little nervous.Now he no longer had the original pride, Wu Yun has experience, Zhou Yu has instant judgment, he must keep up with their pace to survive.

The effect of the nerve anesthetic was strongest within 10 minutes, and the reactions of those trees gradually stopped.This was specially prepared by the researchers before Wu Yun left for the mission.

It seems that the people who came here before did not expect such a situation.

In the Nibelungen, everyone lives on the experience of others.And these experiences often cost their lives.

Wu Yun made a "forward" gesture.

According to the direction of the locator, they came to a cave.

"Ha... Do you think he was dragged in by dangerous creatures, or because he was afraid to hide?" Wu Yun raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Yu turned on the strong flashlight to shine in.

This hole is very deep, and the light from the flashlight shines directly for more than ten meters without a bottom.

"Are we really going down?" Jin Zhuyuan looked at Zhou Yu and Wu Yun.

In just a few minutes, from the helicopter being attacked by the aquatic dragon, to the ancient trees that prey on living creatures, and the mistletoe growing from the human body, before he had time to take a breath, he had to fight again. Are you in danger?

"Did Song Zhi say why you sent researchers here?" Zhou Yu asked.Having reached this point, Zhou Yu must figure out what they are facing.

"Because there is an A-level creature growing here - Elpis. It has biological nerves, can even think, and respond to the external environment. According to the prediction of the research department, there is a fruit of Elpis here that is about to ripen .They came to fetch the fruit." Wu Yun replied.

"Besides the two researchers, how many guards are there?" Zhou Yu asked.

He dislikes this kind of unclear task the most.

"A guard of 12 people." Wu Yun frowned, "This is a lot of people, but no one has contacted the base. They should all be attacked by ancient trees. The ancient tree we saw just now is Earl The guardian of Pease. There are two kinds of fruits of Elpis. One kind of seed will be brought nearby by special animals living around Elpis, and will grow into the ancient tree we have seen when it falls into the soil , once they grow, they will launch a fatal attack on all creatures that try to invade the territory of Elpis. And another seed, the seed that Elpis bears only once in 1000 years, will reproduce Elpis descendants. When the young tree grows up, it absorbs all the nutrients of the old tree, and the old tree dies."

"So they came to get the most special fruit?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Yes." Wu Yun looked at the newcomer, "Hey, you stay outside the cave, just in case."

"Wait, what if the Guardians come to attack me?"

"You just shoot." Wu Yun said very simply, "Or you go down with us?"

Looking at the cave with no light at all, Jin Zhuyuan nodded after hesitating for a few seconds and said, "Okay, then I will stay outside."

Zhou Yu and Wu Yun nodded, and they turned on the strong flashlight and went inside.

"Are you afraid?" Wu Yun asked aloud.

"What do you think is in the hole?"

They are still in the range where the sun can barely reach.

"Elpis is inside." Wu Yun said, "But have you ever heard of trees growing in caves?"

"Here in the Nibelung, anything is possible."

When the darkness completely submerged them, Zhou Yu couldn't even see Wu Yun who was closest to him.

The road under your feet is bumpy, and if you step on something like a plant root at any time, you will fall if you are not careful.

In the darkness, Zhou Yu said: "Because we haven't approached the core of this cave, can you tell me why you must complete this task?"

Wu Yun's footsteps stopped.

"Isn't this what we should accomplish? It's a matter of being entrusted to be loyal to others. Juli Group pays, and we work hard. Whatever they want, we will find it." Wu Yun's voice was faint in the darkness. A bit of a cool taste.

"Really? Is there any mission higher than life? We are about to enter a very dangerous situation now. In fact, you could have just gone back and told Juli Group that all the researchers and guards were killed by the guardians of Elpis Even if we are dead, even we can’t get close to Elpis. There are only three of us, and even if we can’t do something with a twelve-man guard, Song Zhi can’t blame us. Unless Song Zhi I gave you a death order, and for some reason, you must carry out this death order." Zhou Yu analyzed calmly.

"...I do have a reason to complete the task. What I said in the helicopter today was my nonsense, because I am not used to telling others what belongs to me."

"What you bear will not become my burden just because you tell me."

Wu Yun chuckled lightly: "Zhou Yu, that's why I like you. You are direct, straightforward, and occasionally tell the truth that hurts people. My wife has never messed with anyone. On the contrary, our relationship is very strong. Well. She was in a car accident when she was eight months pregnant, she died, and the doctor saved the baby through an emergency cesarean operation... It was a daughter. Just like you spared no effort to protect Zhou Qing, my daughter is also my everything. But she When I was eight years old, I was diagnosed with lupus erythematosus, and then..."

"Then Juli Group found you." Zhou Yu continued to walk forward.

"Zhou Yu, if you encounter danger, don't worry about me withdrawing immediately." Wu Yun said.

"I will not do meaningless things. If I try hard, you will die. Of course I will not waste my life."

"...you really hurt people." Wu Yun's voice sounded aggrieved but with a smile.

"You just said that you like my straightforward and hurtful truth."

They went all the way forward, and Wu Yun's locator showed that the missing researcher was still more than 100 meters ahead.

"Isn't this cave too deep?" Wu Yun murmured.

"It's not so much a cave as it is a tunnel leading somewhere."

Wu Yun was about to continue to move forward, but was grabbed by Zhou Yu: "Be careful!"

As soon as the flashlight was shining, Wu Yun realized that there was a vertically downward pothole in front of him.

The gravel fell down, making a crackling echo.

If you fall from this height, if you don't die, then you are not a human being.

"Are you still going?" Wu Yun asked for Zhou Yu's opinion.After all, Zhou Yu can quit right now.

This task is too dangerous.From a rational point of view, Zhou Yu knew that he should withdraw and should stop Wu Yun.

But deep in his mind was an inexplicable desire.

The darker and bottomless the place, the more secrets there are worth exploring.

And that secret seemed to be scratching Zhou Yu's heart.

"Go down and have a look." Zhou Yu took out the rope.

Because they glide down wearing wing suits, they don't carry much equipment.

"If the length of the rope is not enough to reach the bottom, we will give up the mission and go back." Wu Yun knew why Zhou Yu chose to continue the mission.

Having fixed the rope, they slowly descended.

Zhou Yu pinned the flashlight on his shoulder and adjusted the light.

As they descended, they could see traces on the cave.

Zhou Yu put his palm on top of it. Although he didn't understand geology, he had a feeling that this cave was not formed naturally, as if it was dug by something.

When they reached the bottom of the rope, Zhou Yu shone the flashlight down and found that they had reached the bottom.

"Is this height just right?" Wu Yun was a little puzzled.

They looked up subconsciously, and found that there were many bright lights where they came down.

Wu Yun became nervous. When they came down, there was nothing!

"What creature is that?"

"It's the eyes." Zhou Yu replied, "Do you still remember what Elpis relied on to spread its seeds?"

"People from the scientific research team said it was some kind of small creature."

"It's probably these creatures."

Their eyes glowed blue in the dark, with a hint of enchantment and gloom.

"There is a feeling of being calculated. It seems that they deliberately waited until we came down here..."

As soon as Wu Yun's words fell, the ropes they fixed above the cave were untied and fell down.

"Damn—" Wu Yun really wanted to take out his gun and invite them to eat bullets.

"Let's move on." Zhou Yu put the fallen rope away at his waist.

"Aren't you afraid? This is a trap." Wu Yun asked curiously.

"Song Zhi said that the Nibelungen is a place with a strict hierarchy. If there are no S-level creatures in this area, then Elpis, who is an A-level creature, rules this ecosystem. What I said right?"

"Theoretically so. So?"

"So whether it's the 'guardian' outside the cave, or these small creatures that spread the seeds for Elpis, they all bow down to Elpis. Elpis is a creature with thinking nerves, it must have passed Somehow to control these creatures, right?"

"I heard people from the scientific research team say that it seems to be the case. So we have to be careful, Elpis is likely to control us in some way." Wu Yun became worried.

Their execution of this task was indeed too sloppy, and they failed to figure out many things.But why didn't the people in the scientific research department use them as experimental guinea pigs to test Elpis?

"If Elpis ordered these creatures to kill all humans who invaded its domain, what do you think those small creatures would do?"

"...and when we're halfway down the rope, untie the rope. Then you and I will fall to our deaths."

"But they didn't untie the rope until we came down. Their purpose is not to kill us, but to prevent us from going back. Their ruler, Elpis, may really want to see us." Zhou Yu's The footsteps also calmed down a lot.

Wu Yun was stunned for two seconds. Sometimes he really had to work hard to keep up with Zhou Yu's thinking.

It seems absurd and conjectural, but it often proves him right.

"I think you and Nibelungen are very destined." Wu Yun said.

"What fate?" Zhou Yu's flashlight found another hole at the bottom of the cave, and that hole was just high enough for him and Wu Yun to walk in.

This kind of coincidence made Zhou Yu feel that they were not like intruders to Elpis, but more like carefully invited guests.

"You know the way of thinking of the creatures here very well." Wu Yun also found the entrance, and made a gesture of "enter or not" to Zhou Yu.

Now that they wanted to go back the same way, those creatures guarding the entrance of the cave would definitely not agree, so they could only bite the bullet and go on.

Wu Yun was about to step forward, but Zhou Yu stepped forward.

Zhou Yu held the pistol in his right hand, held the flashlight in his left hand and placed it on top of the pistol, and walked forward.

The distance was not long, and he could see a light blue light glowing from the entrance of the cave.

Zhou Yu's expression was sombre. If there was any danger, he hoped that Wu Yun would still have time to leave.

Wu Yun understood Zhou Yu's plan, so he just said in a low voice: "I can die, but you must not die."

Zhou Yu's fingers tightened slightly, and he suddenly thought of his vice-captain Chen Chong, the young Zhao Cheng, and the faces that no longer existed.

After this journey, Wu Yun's status in his heart is not inferior to that of Chen Chong.

Last time, he didn't protect well, this time he must guard.

When he walked to the entrance of the cave, his pupils dilated instantly when the sight in front of him suddenly opened up.

No one thought that there would be such a vast space underground!

Right in the center of this space is a giant tree that grows upwards in a spiral shape, its branches and leaves almost covering the entire ceiling of the cave.The trunk and branches are translucent, and he can see blood vessels flowing inside, intertwined, and some more slender nerve-like networks.

The leaves at the bottom of it are huge, and attached to the leaves are the blue light fireflies that Zhou Yu had seen in the video!Zhou Yu still remembered how the researcher in the video died tragically under this seemingly beautiful creature.

This tree also has some huge white flowers, which are not as attractive or too enchanting as the flowers of those dangerous creatures. The flowers of Elpis are simple and elegant, with the leisurely temperament of lily of the valley, and A bit of magnolia.But in the heart of those white flowers, the sword bone butterfly lives.

And among the branches and leaves, Zhou Yu could still see the devil vine hovering like a giant python.

Devil vines are dangerous to ordinary creatures.Even a thousand-year-old tree entangled by devil vines will be sucked dry quickly, but it is obvious that this Elpis tree has no tendency to be exhausted at all.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yu knew that these dangerous creatures were all raised by Elpis.

They absorb the nutrients of Elpis, and at the same time protect Elpis.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Zhou Yu motionless, Wu Yun walked up to Zhou Yu's side and took a look. He was also stunned, "My God, is this a whole underground ecosystem?"

And on the side of this Elpis tree, you can see an underground pool of water. There is a stream of water flowing quietly along the cave wall, but the pool of water does not overflow, indicating that the water at the bottom of the pool leads to another place. .And this pool of water may be the source of moisture for Elpis.

The pool trembled for a while, and a young El Niño aquatic dragon jumped out of the water, which made Wu Yun back subconsciously in shock.

In such a closed place, if they were attacked by an El Niño aquatic dragon, they would surely die.

This space is too big, and this tree is too big, it is impossible to estimate how long it has existed.