Tomb Raiders

Chapter 37 Leaving the Cave (Inverted V)

When Shen Liaobai was awakened, the vines had already crowded into the cave, covering both sides of the cave's walls in blackness. Some vines were raised high to make an attack, while others were still quietly waiting for an opportunity.Probably because Song Qiancheng used Modao smoothly last time, Wen Hao also asked someone to make a Modao, which is now held by Hanzhang, quickly cutting off the vines that stretched over.

The whole cave was filled with the pungent smell of the liquid secreted by the vines. Those severed vines were still wriggling slowly on the ground, and the juice from the broken parts was scattered everywhere. Even Chu Yuyang frowned and covered his mouth and nose. .

"Run deep..." Hanzhang shouted.

Following the direction Hanzhang pointed out, everyone found that there was actually a tunnel there, but because it was behind a protruding rock wall, they didn't notice it just now.But that entrance is very narrow and difficult to walk through. If you go in, you may have no chance to turn back.

"Where did you come in from?" Shen Liaobai asked.

"It came in from the hole where you fell, but that hole was also sealed by vines," Qin Zhaonan said, "The hive usually has more than one exit. We planned to rest for a while before finding another exit, but we didn't expect them to come after them so quickly. .”

This resting place was originally a shape with two ends tightened. At this time, more and more vines crawled in from the entrance and began to attack. Hanzhang who was blocking the front gradually lost the wind. If he didn't pay attention, his hands were crushed. He was entangled, pulled up by the vines, and was hoisted into the air all of a sudden, Wen Hao and Qin Zhaonan rushed up to help him.

The situation was critical, and there was no room for further hesitation, Chu Yuyang frowned, the blade cut off a large swarm of vines, and said coldly: "Go in." While pulling Shen Liaobai into the passage.

The interior of the corridor is as narrow as the entrance. Shen Liaobai could only stoop and follow behind Chu Yuyang. Skimmed reddish-brown land.

The three people who were fighting also fought and retreated into the corridor. The space of the corridor determined that Hanzhang in the back of the palace had to face the vines that squeezed into the corridor alone, but this space was not too narrow for the vines. In order to hunt down the prey in front of them, vines of different lengths scrambled to squeeze into the tunnel, and could even hear the sound of soil falling at the entrance, and Hanzhang's Mo Dao could not be used at all inside, and Hanzhang was already determined to deal with them More than enough but not enough.

"Did you see the exit?" Qin Zhaonan raised his voice and asked from behind, while cutting off the vines parading from the wall next to the corridor.

A vine passed through the gap between their footsteps and entangled Shen Liaobai's ankle. Shen Liaobai immediately threw forward and bumped into Chu Yuyang. Not only would he be thrown down, but he would also be trampled by the people behind him who were going backwards.

"Persist for a while longer." Chu Yuyang cut off the vines entangled with Shen Liaobai, and replied, "There is light ahead."

Hearing what Chu Yuyang said, the group cheered up. Shen Liaobai also held a dagger to protect himself, so as not to happen again.

The narrow road at the back gradually went upwards, forming a slope. After passing the slope, there was an exit, and the exit was also very narrow. After Chu Yuyang climbed out, he immediately turned around and pulled Shen Liaobai out. He lowered his head and staggered a few steps forward before stopping. He was stunned by the scene before him just after he caught his breath.

In front of him is a fairly open grassland, the grass is full of cave grass, the reason why he was surprised is because the cave grass here is indeed what Qin Zhaonan said, there are people half the size of the body, growing together in clusters , the light gathered by the dots of light makes it as bright as day.

A thin layer of mist formed at night in the mountains, wisps of mist visible to the naked eye floated by the breeze, sticking to the crystal clear dewdrops on the leaves of the cave grass.Shen Liaobai had never seen other trees growing on the grass. They looked like willows, with slender silk ribbons hanging down. Even in the deep winter, they were still green.

And there is a lake not far away, reflecting the blurred moon shadow passing through the mist, and ripples with the breeze, like a fairyland.

The three people who escaped from behind saw this strange scene as soon as they turned around. For a moment, they almost forgot that there were still vines chasing after them, until the vines wrapped around the waists of Wen Hao and Qin Zhaonan and dragged them into the corridor. Qin Zhaonan just came back to his senses, he was holding on to the protruding stones at the entrance of the cave, Hanzhang and the others were about to step forward to rescue them, but they were blocked by other vines and couldn't get away.

"Hold on...can't take it anymore..." Qin Zhaonan almost squeezed out the words through his teeth.

As soon as the words fell, the rock he was holding was unbearable and he forcibly broke it off. The vines quickly dragged Qin Zhaonan into the tunnel.

Chu Yuyang was the closest to him, and he stretched out his hand to hold him, but he was also dragged in by the vines.

Shen Liaobai was so entangled that he couldn't move. He watched Chu Yuyang disappear into the dark corridor, feeling anxious but helpless.

When everyone was at their wit's end, a howl resounded through the valley, like a baby crying, extremely thin, piercing eardrums hurt, but unexpectedly those vines heard the sound, leaving the remaining two people behind, and hurried back into the tunnel.

The sharp sound only sounded once, and then there was no movement again.

Shen Liaobai was startled for a moment, and immediately climbed into the entrance of the cave, and happened to bump into Chu Yuyang who was walking out of the corridor after getting rid of the vines.

"Are you all right?" Shen Liaobai asked while carefully looking at Chu Yuyang.

Chu Yuyang shook his head, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Qin Zhaonan, "Of course something happened." Qin Zhaonan stretched out his injured palm in front of Shen Liaobai, because when he was forcibly dragged into the tunnel, his palm scraped the ground and fell There was a big piece of skin, which was bleeding profusely, "Master Shen, quickly bandage me up."

Wen Hao, who was also pulled in, was fine, stuffed a small bottle of ointment on Shen Liaobai and the gauze, and said, "Master Shen, give Da Lang some medicine, and I'll take care of it at Qin Jun's side."

Qin Zhaonan curled his lips and said, "Wenhao, you always stand by Chu Yuyang's side every time, it's really sad."

Shen Liaobai followed Chu Yuyang to the side, Chu Yuyang rolled up his sleeves, Shen Liaobai saw that Chu Yuyang's hand was also injured, and it was worse than Qin Zhaonan's, the wrist was scratched somehow A large piece was broken, bloody and bloody, with some gravel stuck to it.He tore off a piece of gauze, went to the lake to wet it, carefully cleaned off the dirt on the wound, frowning while wiping, checking Chu Yuyang's face from time to time, for fear of hurting him.

Chu Yuyang half rolled up his sleeves, exposing his white arms, and comparing them with the wrists, Shen Liaobai felt very uncomfortable, and his breath was choked in his throat.

"Uncomfortable?" Chu Yuyang asked looking at his frowning.

Shen Liaobai shook his head, dipped some frozen ointment with his fingertips, put it on his mouth and melted it with his breath, and then lightly applied it to Chu Yuyang's wound, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

The corners of Chu Yuyang's mouth turned up slightly, and he said, "Just now the juice of the vine sticks to my hands, it probably has a paralyzing effect, but I don't feel any pain at all."

Shen Liaobai breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped the remaining gauze around his wound, and said, "When you were dragged in, did you hear that strange crying sound?"

"Well," Chu Yuyang nodded, and said: "I didn't hear it very clearly in the cave, but seeing that the vines are so afraid that they even gave up the prey they got. It's not a simple thing."

"Could it be something like a blood baby again?" Shen Liaobai frowned and asked.

"The voice of the blood baby is not loud." Qin Zhaonan came over again at some point, he seemed to like to stir up trouble when Shen Liaobai and Chu Yuyang were alone, "In my opinion..."

He deliberately dragged on for a long time, until Shen Liaobai asked, then raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Yuyang, and said, "It's a snake."

It turns into a snake, with a human face and a jackal body, with wings growing from its ribs. It screams loudly. It is said that it can attract floods as soon as it opens its mouth.

Shen Liaobai couldn't believe it: "Isn't that the legendary...thing?"

"Well, I haven't seen it before, I only heard about it from the seniors," Qin Zhaonan said, "I don't know why it came into being, but there is still a bit of deification in the folklore. It is said that this thing doesn't like others to step into you." territory."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone bowed their heads in silence for a while, and the muscles around Hanzhang's mouth twitched twice, "That is to say, this place is the territory of the snake, so those vines will retreat."

No one denies this sentence, just out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den at this time is a perfect description for them.

"It's useless to worry, and now we can't confirm whether it is a snake, so we have to be careful." Qin Zhaonan said: "We have no other place to go now, and we haven't rested all night, so let's stay here temporarily .”

For this proposal, Chu Yuyang also agreed, and several people picked up some withered branches and lit a fire to keep warm. Chu Yuyang and Qin Zhaonan kept watch at night, letting Wen Hao and Hanzhang go to rest. Fortunately, the light of the cave grass Enough to illuminate this area for several miles, avoiding many threats that exist in the dark.

Shen Liaobai was lying beside Chu Yuyang. In the cold and wet night, he was hunched over, sleeping very unsteadily. Chu Yuyang approached him, took off his coat and covered him, carefully tucking the gap.

Qin Zhaonan supported his chin with one hand and watched his movements, the light in his slender phoenix eyes twitched a few times, and said with a smile: "We have known each other since we were young, and the number of times we went to the grave together is beyond count. I have never seen you treat me like this did."

Chu Yuyang turned his light-colored pupils to glance at him and said, "If you were born as understanding as Liao Bai, as gentle as water..."

Qin Zhaonan deftly turned the handle of the fan in his hand, his peach blossom eyes were full of affection, "You will treat me like this?"

Chu Yuyang twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly, and said: "No." He paused, and then said: "Besides, don't you have Qingqi?"

"Tsk tsk," Qin Zhaonan said angrily, "Chu Qianyang, are you making fun of me?"

Chu Yuyang narrowed his eyes, looked at Shen Liaobai's peaceful sleeping face, and said, "If you weren't too reckless and tough back then, maybe things wouldn't have come to an end."

"The mountain is poor and the river is full of doubts, there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and there is another village," Qin Zhaonan said with a smile: "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Look at me, I am living a very happy life now, but you must be as reckless as I am, otherwise you will stick to it." Mrs. Shen is such a stubborn scholar, you can't get around it for a while, and you will be delayed for a lifetime."

Chu Yuyang's fingers were still entwined with Shen Liaobai's black hair, he closed his eyes, wondering if he listened to Qin Zhaonan's words.

The author has something to say: The author, Jun Kawen, has finally suffocated a chapter-. -

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