Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 201 Unexpected Discovery (4000)

Where is the response of "Yunyang" here?

It was clearly the strange sound that this strange tree made when it was burned. This should be related to its wooden structure and the sap flowing out of it, which is an easy-to-understand phenomenon.

Many things make sounds when burned, and the sounds vary.

It's like a kettle filled with water will go "whoosh", dry wood will make a "crack" sound, and even corpses will make some weird throat noises when they are cremated...

The reasons for the formation of such sounds are different. Although Wu Liang can't explain the reasons one by one, he will not easily regard it as a sneaky thing.

And the sound made by this strange tree right now is quite close to the pronunciation of its "name".

"yun—yang—yun—yang—"

In the raging fire, the strange tree is still making strange sounds...

Wu Liang thought suddenly.

Is it because of this that the name "Yunyang" comes from?

And just now Yu Ji responded to the rumor that only "Yunyang" is the only one, and the saying that everything will be fine for those who meet it, could it also come from this?

When people get close to "Yunyang", they are already destined to be controlled by its subtle means, and eventually become its fertilizer.

If you want to be saved, you have to burn it with a fire.

In the process of burning it, you will hear this unique sound from it, and it is the same. People who meet "Yunyang" will be fine.

From this, it is speculated that the ancient books that Yu Ji has read may have an earlier version.

In the earlier version, people have discovered the escape method when encountering "Yunyang" accidentally - burning.

It's just that as "Yunyang" becomes less and less rare, this kind of strange tree is gradually forgotten by people, and the ancient books that have been handed down have been passed down for several times, and the more they are passed down, the more mysterious and terrifying they become. people.

Gradually.

The sound of burning the strange tree became a kind of "spiritual ghost" response in people's mouth.

"Yunyang" has thus become the name of this strange tree. Of course, it is also possible that people called it that way a long time ago. After all, human history has long had the custom of naming a certain species or a certain thing by sound.

As for what "Yunyang" relies on to control human beings and turn them into walking dead...

At this moment, Wu Liang is also more inclined to release some kind of chemical substance similar to "alkaloids" instead of parasitizing spores.

Because "Yunyang" finally responded, which means that they have a high probability that "everything will be fine", and if it is spore parasitism, fungal seeds have been buried in their bodies now, and they may have begun to develop. Even if "Yunyang" was burned down, he still couldn't escape death.

At the same time, Yang Wanli and the soldier were hopeless.

"Wow-wow-!"

Yang Wanli and the soldier suddenly yelled in extreme pain at this moment, and at the same time rushed towards Wu Liang and the others even more crazily.

However, their target seems to be no longer Wu Liang and the others, but the raging fire on "Yunyang".

have to say.

"Yunyang"'s reaction was indeed much slower than imagined, and it was not until now that this "pain" was passed on to Yang Wanli and the soldier.

A plant without a brain after all...

It's a pity that the fire is already burning strong enough, without any tools, even if Yang Wanli and the soldier rushed to it, it would be nothing more than moths to the flame.

"Dian Wei, can you find a way to control Yang Wanli and this soldier first?"

There was a raging fire behind him, at this moment Wu Liangcai finally pulled out, turned around and came to Dian Wei and said.

"These two are going crazy at the moment, and their strength is much stronger than usual, and they are not afraid of pain or life and death. Even Wei may not be able to control the two of them by himself."

Dian Wei repelled the two of them again, and turned to Wu Liang and said.

"You try to suppress them, the three of us are here to help you!"

Wu Liang said immediately.

"Since that's the case, Wei knocked the two of them to the ground first, and then Young Master, Miss Bai, and Yu Ji took the opportunity to swarm up and suppress the two of them, making them unable to move."

Dian Wei replied.

"good!"

Wu Liang nodded.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Dian Wei didn't talk nonsense, seeing Yang Wanli and the soldier charging up again, he immediately used a clean kick to sweep the two people to the ground in an instant.

Then Dian Wei jumped up again, one knee and one person, and pressed the two of them face down under him.

"on!"

Seeing this situation, Wu Liang also gave a soft shout.

Immediately, the three of them rushed up together, trying their best to hold down the limbs of Yang Wanli and the soldier who kept thrashing and struggling.

Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji's strength is slightly weaker, so it is not so easy to hold them firmly together, but Wu Liang is not a benevolent woman, so he immediately taught them to tie them up with ropes first, and then use their feet to hold them together. Stepping on it, I finally managed to hold it down with my weight.

Anyway, these two guys don't know pain at the moment.

Besides, even if they suffer a little because of this, it is better than dying.

"call--"

Temporarily controlling these two people, Wu Liang finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but then thought of something, and carefully reminded: "Don't take it lightly, you need to be careful of them using the bone shrinking skill to escape."

In fact, Wu Liang still cared a lot about the "bone shrinking skill" that Yang Wanli and this soldier had shown before.

He was very sure that Yang Wanli and this soldier did not have such miraculous kung fu at all before being "bewitched by evil spirits". They suddenly appeared after "bewitched by evil spirits", and when they fled overnight and prepared to become fertilizer for strange trees.

So Wu Liang had reason to be suspicious.

It suddenly appeared that "Bone Shrinking Skill" has an inseparable relationship with "Bewitched Evil".

In other words, it is very possible that the strange tree has quietly transformed the bodies of Yang Wanli and the soldier after a few days of influence while making these two people "bewitched"?
As for the purpose...

Previously Wu Liang believed that the "Bone Shrinking Technique" was a means by the strange tree to ensure that the two of them would come to deliver fertilizer on time, but now Wu Liang had another guess: could this be the method of digestion by the strange tree in advance?
Like a "web-spinning spider".

Most web-spinning spiders never eat the body of their prey directly, but first inject a special "digestive enzyme" into the carcass of the prey, which can make the insect stunned, convulse, and die Liquefaction, the spider eats by sucking after liquefaction.

And judging from the relatively recent corpses in the roots of the strange tree, it seems that the strange tree does not have the habit of waiting for these corpses to gradually rot like ordinary plants, and then slowly absorbing the nutrients left by the rotten corpses.

Those human corpses that merged with him, except for some that had been turned into dry bones due to the age, all the rest left intact skin...

That is to say, none of the corpses absorbed by it have undergone the process of decay.

This is almost impossible to achieve in this environment of underground secret passages. Wu Liang dared to bet that any corpses placed here, even in winter, would not be able to be stored for too long.

Based on this inference, perhaps another inference can be drawn.

The "evil" in Yang Wanli and the soldier may also have the function of "digestive enzymes" similar to spiders. It can not only control them, but also change their bodies, making them non-perishable and easily absorbed by strange trees. fertilizer.

And that "bone shrinkage skill" is just one of the side effects.

If so...

Thinking of this, Wu Liang was not sure what would happen to Yang Wanli and that soldier in the end, and even had a little worry about his situation with Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji.

……

The raging fire burned for three full hours before the fire finally gradually became smaller.

"Praise!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, the strange tree that had been burned into charcoal suddenly collapsed, revealing a large hole several meters in diameter at the top of the secret underground passage.

Most of the branches at the upper end of the strange tree extended out of the secret underground passage through this big hole.

According to the location of the underground secret passage, it can be inferred that this should be the ruins of the ancient city of Qidu, and it is located in the southern half of the ruins of the ancient city of Qidu.

Thanks to the existence of this big hole last night, the massive smoke and carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide gases produced when the strange tree was burned were discharged.

Otherwise, Wu Liang and others would have been forced to withdraw from the underground secret passage to save their lives.

As the wreckage of the strange tree fell, a ray of sunshine that was not bright in the winter morning came in, and at the same time brought in the unique cold of the winter morning.

After not sleeping all night, and being blown gently by the cold wind, everyone unconsciously tightened their clothes.

At this moment.

Yang Wanli and the soldier slept soundly, and could even hear their even snoring... They fell asleep suddenly more than an hour ago, when the part of the strange tree hidden in the underground tunnel was almost burned out, The fire had already spread to the branches above the hole.

I don't know if these two guys will wake up, and if there will be any changes after waking up.

"You three are so dirty, stay away from me."

Taking a deep breath of fresh and cold air, Wu Liang turned his head to see Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji, and immediately said with disgust.

At this moment, their whole bodies were covered with black ashes that floated up when the strange tree burned, an even and solid layer, as if they had just been dug out of the coal pile, even the white sputum was the same.

"If you despise us, where are you going?"

Bai Jingjing was displeased, and immediately rushed over to wipe Wu Liang's face with her dirty hands.

"It's not big or small, it's against you!"

Wu Liang didn't show any weakness either, immediately pushed Bai Jingjing to the ground, forced her to smear three lines of black on each side of her left and right cheeks while Bai Jingjing begged for forgiveness.

"Hehehe... If you don't play anymore, you will bully others."

Bai Jingjing fought back, and the two quickly had a quarrel.

The old boy Yu Ji finally couldn't stand it any longer. He deliberately shook his head and sighed, "Oh, young people have good energy. They still have the strength to flirt after a night of sleepless nights. It's really incomparable, incomparable..."

"..."

Only then did Bai Jingjing feel that something was inappropriate, she quickly escaped from Wu Liang's clutches, and hid aside with a red neck and said nothing.

"Old man, if you want to be jealous, just tell me that there are many widows in the group of refugees I recruited in Chenliu. If you are really young, I will find you a good child later, and make your life more complete. "

Wu Liang had a thick skin, so naturally he didn't care too much, and by the way, he even sneered at Ji.

"Nonsense! The old man is devoted to the Tao..."

Yu Ji was about to start his own cliché immediately.

"Okay, okay, I see, you old man has always kept himself clean, and I'm afraid that if you hurt your vitality, I can hear cocoons in my ears."

Wu Liang waved his hands with a smile, turned around and glanced at Yang Wanli and the soldiers who were sleeping, and when he looked at the remains of the strange tree burning, his expression became serious, and he said seriously: "At this moment, Yang Wanli and this brother have not woken up yet, so We can't take it lightly, we need to verify it again."

"How does the young master plan to verify?"

Yu Ji asked puzzled.

Bai Jingjing and Dian Wei also looked at Wu Liang.

"do not know."

Wu Liang shook his head.

"..."

The three of them were speechless for a moment. I don't know what you mean?

"However, if we are idle now, we are also idle. We can check this strange tree first, and then check to see if there is anything hidden in this underground secret passage. There may be unexpected discoveries."

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, then said again.

At this moment, although no open flames can be seen on the wreckage of "Yunyang", there is still a part of it that is emitting white smoke, indicating that there are still some embers in the wreckage.

It can be seen from the broken and collapsed trunk that the trunk of "Yunyang" is actually hollow, somewhat similar to an old plane tree.

So Wu Liang took Dian Wei to explore from "Yunyang".

So the two came to the trunk of "Yunyang", cleaned up some of the surrounding debris, and finally came to the hollow "Yunyang".

The hollow part inside "Yunyang" is quite spacious, it is actually a cylindrical space with a diameter of about 3 meters, Wu Liang and the two entered it without feeling crowded at all.

At this moment, the ground of this cylindrical space of about 3 meters is also covered with black gray ashes left over from burning.

Wu Liang stepped on it vigorously, and found that the ground under the ashes was quite hard and very flat, and it was likely to be paved with bricks and stones like the entire underground secret passage.

Could it be that "Yunyang" doesn't need soil at all to grow, and it can take root in any place, even a place made of bricks and stones?

Wu Liang found it incredible.

Such a big tree, and I don't know how many years it has lived, even if it has special "survival skills", doesn't it need soil at all?
"Dian Wei, give me the engineer shovel."

Wu Liang immediately took an engineering shovel from Dian Wei, and quickly cleaned up the ashes under his feet, wanting to find out.

result.

"Chong!"

After cleaning it up a few times, Wu Liang went down with the shovel, and a crisp sound came from below.

The sapper shovel obviously shoveled down hard objects!

It seems to be the sound of metal colliding, and listening to this sound, there is a feeling that the bottom is hollow, and even a faint echo can be heard...

(End of this chapter)