Laws of the Other World

"Where's the position of the researcher?" Zhou Yu didn't seem to be moved by the scene in front of him.

Wu Yun raised his wrist and took a look, changing the angle seemed to be correcting the position.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yu asked.

"According to the distance and direction...he seems to be inside Elpis..." Wu Yun frowned tightly.

Did Elpis swallow the researcher?

Are they food lured here by Elpis?

"Put on the mask." Zhou Yu put on the breathing mask.

Wu Yun immediately understood Zhou Yu's meaning, and he grabbed Zhou Yu's wrist: "Even if the anesthesia bomb is effective for those blue light fireflies or sword bone butterflies, it may not be effective for Elpis!"

"Try it and you will know. Wu Yun, don't forget your daughter. Anyway, it is impossible for us to go back the same way, so why not try it. And I have a hunch that you will get the recorder on the researcher, and Unexpected harvest, go back safely."

"...a premonition of something like this...then do you have a premonition, what will happen to me?" Wu Yun asked with a helpless smile.

Is it dead here?

Or... can I still see my daughter?

"Don't think about the future. The future can change, and the 'after' will come."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yu threw out the only anesthesia grenade he was equipped with.

The grenade exploded in mid-air, and the anesthetic gas scattered.

This is a closed underground space, which is extremely beneficial for the effect of the anesthesia bomb.

Zhou Yu counted the time in his heart: one second, two seconds, three seconds...nine seconds, ten seconds!

The sword bone butterflies attached to the heart of the El Nino flower fell down one after another, followed by those blue light fireflies, like blue rain and fog, the scene was extremely spectacular.

Like the torrent of time, like a massive hallucination.

The ground was quickly covered.

Moreover, this anesthetic is soluble in water. If it is effective for blue light fireflies and sword bone butterflies, it should also be effective for aquatic dragons in the pool, but the effect will not last long.

Zhou Yu made a "forward" gesture.

They have to race against time.

The closer they got to Elpis, the more they could feel the magic of this tree.

As if each thread was a creature of independent thinking, the moment Zhou Yu raised his head and glanced, a sense of devotion surged in his heart inexplicably.

Elpis seemed to be an elder who had seen everything in the world, lowered his eyes, and looked at them with compassion.

At that moment, Zhou Yu's heartbeat seemed to merge with the flow of Elpis' veins.

Wu Yun looked at the locator on his arm and walked towards Elpis step by step.What surprised him was that the researcher was lying under the Elpis tree, neither being hurt by the sword bone butterfly or the blue light firefly, nor was he suffocated by the devil vine.

Wu Yun stretched out his hand to hold his neck and found that his pulse was very steady.

It's almost impossible for this to happen.

Wu Yun could confirm Zhou Yu's conjecture that Elpis let them in here on purpose, and this researcher was the bait!

What exactly is its purpose?

At this moment, the sleepy researcher suddenly opened his eyes, causing Wu Yun to back away in shock.

And he stood up slowly, with a smile on his face that Wu Yun had never seen before.

Calm, composed, and noble.

"Welcome to my world."

The voice was ethereal, echoing in this huge underground world, like stars falling into a cup.

"Who are you! This is not Zhao Xiaoping's voice!"

Although Wu Yun was not familiar with the researcher named Zhao Xiaoping, he had several missions with him.Wu Yun remembered Zhao Xiaoping's voice and demeanor.

But this person is definitely not Zhao Xiaoping!

Zhao Xiaoping looked at Zhou Yu through Wu Yun's shoulder: "Then what about you? Who do you think I am?"

Zhou Yu's expression was much calmer than Wu Yun's.

"You are Elpis." Zhou Yu replied.

Wu Yun was dumbfounded, and then he understood how Elpis controlled these creatures.

Although it can't imitate a human being like an S-level creature, its thinking can enter other creatures and control their behavior.

"Why did you invite us here?" Zhou Yu held his gun in his hand and stared at Zhao Xiaoping coldly, but was ready to shoot Elpis at any time.

Regardless of whether he is doing the same thing as a mantis, he will go all out as long as he can win a chance for Wu Yun.

"Don't be like this, Zhou Yu. The bullets fired by your gun are not powerful enough to penetrate my body." Zhao Xiaoping turned his face sideways, his eyes were full of teasing, more of a detachment above human beings.

Wu Yun sensed the danger, Elpis could read their minds...and it could control himself and Zhou Yu at any time, making them kill each other.

"What do you want? If you treat Wu Yun and me as prey, you don't need to talk so much nonsense with us."

"You should know that as Elpis, the fruit of my offspring will only have one in tens of millions of years. But I gave that fruit to a higher-level creature than me."

Zhao Xiaoping's words surprised both Wu Yun and Zhou Yu.

Creatures of a higher level than Elpis are S-level creatures.

"So I lost the possibility of continuing the bloodline."

Wu Yun subconsciously took a step back.

If Elpis' goal is not to treat them as food, it may also be nutrition for reproduction!

It wants to give birth to life again, so it needs to...

"Let's play a game. In 3 minutes, the anesthetic in the air will wear off. My subjects will wake up. If you climb up fast enough, you will be able to get out of here."

"Climb up?" Wu Yun was completely puzzled.

But Zhao Xiaoping smiled and pointed to the top of his head.

Zhou Yu and Wu Yun looked up together, and the branches and leaves of Erpis moved, as if a ray of sunlight fell on Zhou Yu's face from the gap.

In other words, this huge underground space is not closed.It's just that the branches and leaves of Elpis are too luxuriant, covering the ceiling of the cave!

"We are different from humans who are hypocritical and cunning and always do not keep their promises. Once you make a promise, you will definitely keep it. Time is too boring, give me a little fun. Time is ticking! Be quick, or my children will die going to wake up."

In the next second, Zhou Yu put one end of the rope into the launcher and shot it high.

"Let's go! Wu Yun!" Zhou Yu growled, which woke Wu Yun up.

The two quickly climbed along the rope and went upwards.They climbed desperately.

They were all too small for Elpis, like ants on a tree.

It took almost a minute before they climbed into the branches and leaves of Elpis.

Sweat slipped from the corner of Zhou Yu's forehead. He stepped on the flower of Elpis, jumped up into the air, stepped on the devil vine, and continued upward.

Wu Yun is also very neat, and at this moment they have no time to think about whether Elpis is playing tricks on them or if they are really too boring to take them for fun.

After 2 minutes, they hadn't even reached the middle of Elpis.

But can't give up.

The time of 3 minutes is up, and the sleeping creature is gradually waking up.

And they had just climbed over the middle of Elpis, and they could see the obvious daylight.

Zhou Yu saw countless sword bone butterflies and blue light fireflies flying towards them through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

Time is running out!

Zhou Yuhuang came in front of Wu Yun: "Give me your rope!"

"what?"

"Hold tight!" Zhou Yu finished speaking, tied his own rope with Wu Yun's, tied one end tightly around Wu Yun's waist, and shot the other end at a high branch.

But the metal claw did not dig into the branch, but hung down from the other side.

Zhou Yu grabbed the metal claw, and Wu Yun suddenly understood what he was going to do.

"Zhou Yu! No way!"

"Take care of Zhou Qing for me! Elpis' target is me!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yu jumped down.

"Zhou Yu!" Wu Yun stretched out his hand to grab him, but was pulled upwards by the rope, and watched helplessly as Zhou Yu who jumped down was dragged down by the winding devil vine.

The greater the power of the devil vine, the faster Wu Yun rose.

Zhou Yu opened his eyes wide, watching Wu Yun let go of the rope the moment he grabbed the branch.

"Don't waste my life!" Zhou Yu reminded Wu Yun loudly, and was soon overwhelmed by the branches and leaves of Elpis.

Wu Yun's tears fell vertically and horizontally, and he gritted his teeth, unable to fight back against this more powerful creature.

He regretted that he told Zhou Yu about his daughter, if he hadn't told him, maybe Zhou Yu would never have sacrificed himself to save him.

The sunlight shone on his body. Although there was still a long distance from the top of the cave, under the sunlight, the blue light fireflies would not come.The creature lives only in darkness, and sunlight can crack its body apart.The Sword Bone Butterfly locked its target with fear, and the inhibitor in his body had not been metabolized. As long as Elpis didn't really want his life, he would not be attacked.

Zhou Yu's words "Don't waste my life" kept echoing in Wu Yun's mind. No matter how much he hated him, no matter how much he wanted to jump down to find Zhou Yu, he had to work hard to climb up.

When he finally climbed to the top, he found himself on the edge of a cliff.

He knelt down, put his hands on the ground, and tears kept falling.

He had lost many companions, but Zhou Yu... was the last one he wanted to lose.

He wiped away tears, reorientated, and walked towards the base.

His footsteps were shaky, and all the images from the first time he saw Zhou Yu to this journey were in his mind.

He put his hands over his eyes.

"You bastard! How should I... how should I tell Zhou Qing all this?"

At this moment, Zhou Yu was dragged by the devil vine, and Elpis under him opened his body layer by layer, and Zhou Yu fell into its center.

It was golden liquid, Zhou Yu was not prepared at all, and there was a gurgling sound in his ears, completely drowned out.

His hair was raised in the water, he couldn't breathe, surrounded by things like meridians, they were tightly intertwined, like wine glasses filled with champagne.

It was as if Elpis had opened his mouth and swallowed him, and the liquid was its digestive juices.

Zhou Yuyou moved upwards, the oxygen he had was getting less and less, and he finally reached the critical point, as if being pushed hard by a force, he sank again.

The oxygen consumption was about to reach the limit, he coughed and swallowed a lot of golden liquid.

That liquid was tasteless, but once it entered his body, it was like osmosis, entering his blood, his cells, and the depths of his nerves.

Zhou Yu slapped hard, but couldn't find the point of strength.

His body became heavier and heavier, and he could no longer struggle.

Until the very end, his consciousness seemed to be pulled out of his body, his limbs stretched out, floating in this piece of golden liquid.

"Zhou Yu...Zhou Yu..."

A soft voice sounded, and Zhou Yu slowly opened his eyes.

Am I dead?

am i still breathing

A hand reached into the liquid, Zhou Yu raised his hand subconsciously, and held it.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful force dragged him up, rushed out of the water, and entered a vast and boundless space.

In front of him was a woman in a long white dress.

She is elegant and noble, reminding Zhou Yu of the elf queen in the movie.

"Who are you...where is this place?"

Zhou Yu didn't know if this was his hallucination before he died, or if he was already dead and going to another country.

"I am Elpis who trapped you. I am sorry to invite you to my world in such a way."

Zhou Yu looked into the other person's eyes, she was peaceful, without any attack power, her eyes were even loving.

"Invite me? Why?"

Elpis smiled: "I told you, I have lost the fruit that I have nurtured for thousands of years. It is my child, and I have lost the successor of my blood."

"Yes, you did. So what? You want me to be the nourishment for your next fruit?"

Elpis shook his head.

"The so-called inheritance, in addition to the replication and continuation of genes in your human concept, there is another form, that is thought. You know that we Elpis are rare among plants with brain nerves that can think."

"Yes, I've heard of it."

"I have lived for tens of thousands of years, observing the world. My ancestors passed on to me what they observed, and I would have passed on the memories to my children. But I have lost my children and will soon Toward the end of my life. I must find a living body to receive my memory. This is the inheritance that belongs to us Elpis."

"What? Why did you choose me? There are so many creatures in the Nibelungen! And I'm a human from another world!" Zhou Yu couldn't understand at all.

Elpis smiled, and her smile was detached from the past and the future.

"Because he chose you. It is my greatest honor that you can inherit everything from me."

"'Who is he?"

Elpis walked towards Zhou Yu step by step, her fingers touched both sides of Zhou Yu's head, and she slowly closed her eyes.

"Accepting all this may be a bit painful, but it will be very important for your survival in the Nibelungen."

After finishing speaking, there was no chance for Zhou Yu to refuse or question, some kind of power poured into Zhou Yu's brain like a torrent.

They are impacting and surging like a whirlpool.

Zhou Yu's brain was in severe pain, as if it was splitting open.

"Ah—" he groaned in pain.

Countless fragments flashed in his mind.The origin of all kinds of creatures, how they evolved and how they became extinct, pass by like watching flowers on horseback.

Zhou Yu couldn't breathe, he thought he would die.

The body seemed to be smashed to pieces by this torrent.

"Zhou Yu...you will survive..."

Elpis' voice became farther and farther away, and all the extreme pain dissipated.

Zhou Yu couldn't open his eyes, only knowing that he was sinking continuously.

lose consciousness.

Wu Yun returned to the base by helicopter.

He looked very embarrassed, and when he walked towards Song Zhi's office, other team members passed by and looked at him.

When he walked into Song Zhi's office, the first question he asked was: "Did you get the fruit of Elpis?"

Cold, always on the established track, without the slightest deviation.

For the first time, Wu Yun had the urge to beat up this man.

"No, the elpis says it has no fruit."

"No fruit? How is that possible? We've been observing it for three years! Wait... What do you mean it says it has no fruit?"

"Elpis is a plant with a mind. They cannot mimic other creatures, but their thoughts can enter other creatures. One of the researchers, Zhao Xiaoping, was controlled by its thoughts and became its spokesperson. Zhao Xiaoping said, Its fruit was taken by an S-class creature."

Wu Yun put the recorder he took back from the researcher on Song Zhi's desk.

"Very well, I know you have tried your best. The information you brought back, if true, will be of great significance to the research on A-type creatures like Erpis. You can go back and rest. Although you did not Bring back the fruits of Elpis, but our group will still pay you the full amount of employment money according to the previous agreement."

Song Zhi's answer was like a machine.

"That's it? Don't you know that Zhou Yu is dead?" Wu Yun clenched his fists.

He has never been an impulsive person, and he has long been indifferent to life and death.But at this moment, he really wanted to pull out his gun and blow Song Zhi's head off.

"He is dead. All I can do for him is to send the pension to Professor Zhou and fully support Professor Zhou's research. Maybe before Professor Zhou's life comes to an end, he can find a way to heal himself. And you can What I did was to protect what Zhou Yu wanted to protect. Apart from that, do you think there is any practical significance for me to cry bitterly and not think about eating and drinking?"

Song Zhi looked at Wu Yun coldly, as if he was looking at a naive and unreasonable child.

What he said was completely reasonable, and Wu Yun could not refute it.

"Do you know why you have such a big emotion for me at this moment?" Song Zhi asked again.

"Oh? Why? Can't you see that Mr. Song still has research on psychology?"

"You don't blame our Juli Group for sending you to carry out this mission. Because you knew how dangerous it was before you received the mission, and how likely you were to die. You are only guilty of yourself. Those who gave up their lives to save the other party at that time, Why not you."

Wu used his strength to close his eyes, deep in his heart he knew very well that what Song Zhi said was correct.

"Wu Yun, don't you understand Zhou Yu's character? A person like Zhou Yu has no compassion for others. He will risk his life only for those who are important to him. And he trusts you to spare no effort to protect Zhou Qing. That's why he can save you with confidence. Don't let him down on your trust."

Wu Yun's throat choked badly.

"You can go out now. I will explain to Professor Zhou why Zhou Yu didn't come back for you."

Wu Yun didn't speak, and walked out the door.He leaned against the wall, all of it weighing him down.

How much he wished that Zhou Yu was still alive, they drank beer together in the restaurant and chatted about all the irrelevant things.

Song Zhi in the office connected the intercom: "Is the Alpha team still there? I want you to perform a mission to confirm the cave where Erpis grows. If possible, please look for Zhou Yu's body. Regardless of life or death , I want a definite result."

"Yes, sir."

In the quiet office, Song Zhi clasped his hands together and pressed his eyebrows.

"Why do I feel that you won't just die like this? Show me another miracle, give me another surprise...Zhou Yu..."

At this moment, Zhou Yu opened his eyes wearily.

As the sun was setting, the sunlight slanted from the top of the head and just shone on the pool water at the bottom of the cave.

Zhou Yu breathed heavily, feeling the blood flow from his brain to his fingertips, his fingers trembled slightly, and his thoughts returned at that moment.

Where is this place?

Zhou Yu moved, turned around and lay down, looking at the sky.

What about Elpis?Don't its branches and leaves completely cover the hole?How can you see the sky?

Zhou Yu lowered his head and found himself submerged in clear water from the knee down.

He shook his head, clearly remembering that he was dragged into the golden liquid in the center of Elpis by the devil vine!

Looking around, Zhou Yu saw the branches and leaves belonging to Elpis spreading out at the bottom of the cave, and those nerves that were originally flowing seemed to be dead and lifeless.

All the white flowers are withered.

The leaves also take on a pale color.

Zhou Yu stood up and stepped out of the center filled with liquid.