Sick beauty loses horse in thriller game

Chapter 643 No Survivors 39
Inside the deep cave, the darkness was like the frozen night, almost swallowing up all the light.

The faint light of fireflies dances on the moist rock walls, reflecting the stalactites in an orderly manner. They seem like ghosts in ancient legends, covered in silent dust, silently guarding this forgotten corner.

The air was filled with the smell of damp earth and a faint fishy smell. These smells intertwined together, giving people a feeling of primitive and deep terror.

As he walked, Jiang Lai saw the reflection of the water surface deep in the cave.

A pool of water appeared not far ahead.

The pool is bottomless and the water surface is dark as a mirror. Occasionally, unknown small creatures pass by, causing ripples, as if alien creatures under the water are spying on the movements of the outside world.

There are still some plants growing around the pond.

The slender blades of grass swayed gently in the wind, like silent observers, watching any uninvited guests who entered this forbidden area.

From time to time, the sound of dripping water could be heard in the cave, clear and heavy, like an ancient hymn, reverberating in this silent space, stirring up endless echoes.

The darkness inside the cave is very thick, as if every corner is full of unknowns and potential threats, making people dare not go deep into it easily, and can only wander cautiously in the darkness.

Jiang Lai walked a few steps forward and raised his hand to take off the night vision goggles.

The reason she did this was because she saw a small island with an area of ​​less than ten square meters in the center of the water in the cave.

There was a strange tree growing on the island.

The tree was very tall, with densely packed branches and twigs.

Those branches and twigs are not straight, but curved.

Every branch on that tree obviously has its own unique ideas.

They are all long and twist and extend in different directions.

On the big tree, there are clusters of crystal clear green fruits that look like sea grapes.

The fruits are very small and grow very densely.

The bunches of fruits, viewed from afar, were crystal clear and very tempting.

The reason why she took off the night vision goggles so decisively was because the Yujin tree was emitting a soft milky white light all over.

Although it couldn't illuminate the surroundings brightly, it was enough for her to see the road under her feet and everything around her clearly.

Xiao Ai quickly gave a detailed description of the tree and the fruits it bore.

[Yujin Tree]: A deciduous shrub or small tree with many branched stems, a tall plant with many curved branches; leaves that grow opposite each other, with short petioles, and are nearly round in shape; flowers that are small, white, fragrant, and polygonal in shape; fruits that are angular, spherical, and grow in clusters like grapes; flowering period is from May to June; fruiting period is from July to September. It is a rare natural treasure.

[Yujing Fruit]: It is cold in nature and salty in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, cooling blood and calming the nerves. It is used to treat fever, rashes, vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat, chest pain and coughing up blood, mouth ulcers and other diseases.

Jiang Lai thought, could it be that the reason why Shu Hu, one of the strange beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, appeared here is to protect this Yujing tree?

And Fu Qiming said before that he had found a clue... It couldn't be that he was talking about this Yujing tree and the Yujing fruit on it, right?

As she was thinking this, Fu Guangming came over and showed her a board with words on it.

"Let's go around behind that tree and take a look."

Having said that, Fu Qiming winked at Jiang Lai and said, "Just a friendly reminder, no matter what you see later, don't be too surprised!" Jiang Lai twitched his lips and followed Fu Qiming to go behind the tree.

Different from the scene in front of the tree, which was full of vitality, the white light was soft and holy.

Behind the tree, there was another scene, as terrible as hell.

The back of the originally green Yujin tree was actually a strange blood red!
There are also a lot of blood-red fruits hanging on it, emitting a faint blood-red light.

What’s even more terrifying is that there are seven corpses hanging on the back of the tree!

The seven bodies were three men and four women.

Perhaps because they had been hanging here for who knows how long, and because the cave was dark and damp, the corpses had turned into a pile of dry bones with all the flesh and skin rotted away.

Although this scene looks extremely horrifying, Jiang Lai is not a worldly-wise man.

At least, she had seen the half-dead monster tree in the copy of Qingmu Botanical Garden, as well as the green jade trees that seduced women and hung them on them as fertilizer.

Compared to those plants that have become spirits, this Yujin tree is very strange, but it gives her a good feeling.

"Where is the thing you found?" Jiang Lai approached Fu Qiming and whispered in his ear.

"Under the tree."

Fu Qiming answered briefly and pointed in a certain direction.

"There is a stone tablet there."

The last time, when he was exploring here alone, after he found the stone tablet, he was about to go over to check it out, but he unexpectedly alarmed the guardian beast Shu Hu guarding the cave.

Fu Qiming had just said this to Jiang Lai when they heard a hissing sound of a horse neighing suddenly coming from the vicinity of the tree, which was also a blind spot in their current vision.

"coming!"

Fu Qiming said something to Jiang Lai.

Along with the sound, a monster with a horse's body, bird's wings, a human's face and a snake's tail ran out from the blind spot of the two people's vision and let out a neigh.

Three hundred and sixty miles southwest is the mountain called Yan (yān) and Zi (zī). There are many red trees on it. Their leaves are like grains, and their fruits are as big as melons. They are red and black. Eating them can cure hunger and resist fire. There are many turtles on the sunny side and many jades on the shady side. The Tiao River flows out of it and flows westward into the sea. There are many whetstones in it. There is a beast there, which looks like a horse's body and bird's wings, with a human face and a snake's tail. It likes to promote people, and it is called Shuhu.

This is the record about Shu Lake in "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

When Shu Hu found that the man (Fu Qiming) who had been driven away by it before had come back again with a thick face, he couldn't help but get furious. He let out another hiss, then flapped his wings and rushed towards Fu Qiming.

"Advisor Jiang, I'll hold it back, you go check out the stone tablet!"

Seeing that the monster had discovered them and was rushing towards them, Fu Qiming no longer needed to hide.

He simply acted high-profile, drew out a nine-turn thunder-struck peach wood sword, and rushed towards the monster.

Jiang Lai nodded towards Fu Qiming, and taking advantage of the opportunity when Fu Qiming was fighting with the Shuhu, he ran towards the stone tablet.

Unexpectedly, the bird was quite agile and noticed Jiang Lai at once. It flapped its wings and flew towards her.