Indiana Jones

Chapter 402: Ghostly Vision (05)

The devil's movements were really fast enough, and he had already reached under the big tree trunk. Looking at it from this angle, he could vaguely see something on the tree trunk, but he still couldn't see clearly. I don't know why the direction seemed faint. With red light, although I can't see clearly, I always feel that there seems to be something wrong there.

"Follow up." Lin Feng reminded everyone in a low voice.

After making a big circle, Lin Feng took them through the area controlled by the agency, and got closer to the big tree trunk. This time they finally saw clearly that there was a circle of upward steps on the big tree trunk. From their position Looking at the step-like thing extending into the canopy of the big tree, I can't see how high it is. What is the use of the step?Sightseeing?at this place?The flashlights they saw just now were shaking on these stairs, but they can't see them now. They probably bypassed the other side of the tree. After all, the trunk is too thick for them to make an effective judgment. How thick is it? Could it be possible that people used this ladder to climb into the canopy of the tree?What are they going to do?Explore the secrets in the big tree?Although this big tree is mysterious, it is only because it grows underground, it is too big, and it can emit light. Is there anything worth exploring in the crown of the tree?

"Who knows? But it's necessary to go and see. If the devils are up there, we'll kill them." The fisherman doesn't want to bother thinking about it now. He has to go anyway, so it's better to focus all his attention on On the way to the tree, one must first reach the tree safely before considering the issue of going up.

As they got closer to the big tree, they saw that the faint red light was coming from the trunk, but it was a little strange that not all the trunks gave off that kind of red light, it seemed that only a very narrow one One of them was glowing red, extending all the way up to the crown of the tree. A small part of the crown of the tree seemed to have turned red, but it was too high to see clearly. Only when they got here did they realize that the crown of the tree was closer to the trunk. The higher it is, the lower it gets closer to the extension. It's a bit like that kind of weeping willow, but the size of this tree is a bit beyond the scope of human imagination.

When they got to a place not too far away from the tree trunk, but they could barely see it, a river appeared. There was an arched bridge on the river, and the bridge was full of precious stones and their exquisiteness. The water, but mercury, turned out to be a long river of mercury encircling the entire tree.

"Everyone seal your mouth and nose with a damp cloth, the gas volatile from mercury is highly poisonous." Lin Feng immediately covered his mouth.

"Is this mercury dry? It has been hundreds of thousands of years ago, and it should have evaporated away." The fisherman said, "Perhaps the air is already full of evaporated mercury, and it may have been inhaled since the moment we came in." A large amount of mercury vapor, this time it is the most powerful mechanism, we may have been poisoned, it is really a good design and a good method."

"I hope the measures we have taken are still in time." Si Xuanyi soaked a cloth with water and covered his face, "Many devils we killed along the way had gas masks on them, and our next priority is to snatch these Protect yourself with a gas mask."

"I hope there is time..." Lin Feng looked at Shui Yinhe and wondered what he was thinking.

"Are you sure we've been poisoned?" Zhang Duogua couldn't help asking.

No one paid any attention to him, everyone prepared their own things, although the bridge is not long, but there is no danger, as long as there is an enemy lying in ambush nearby, it is enough for them to drink a pot, even if they don't kill them all Most of them will be killed or injured, so it is better to be cautious.

"Don't worry, I'll pass first. If there's no problem, you can pass." Lin Feng unloaded his belongings, only took a gun and a knife, and carefully touched the bridge. After getting closer, he found that the bridge was soaked in tung oil. It is built of wood, although it has gone through thousands of years, it will not rot and immortal. It rattles under the feet, but the toughness is still there, and there is no danger of collapse. It's just that the rattling sound travels far. If there are enemies nearby, they will definitely be found. The sound would keep ringing at every step. Although the bridge is short, it is thrilling to walk on. Lin Feng was relieved when he finally reached the opposite side. Anyway, at least to say the least, there is no mechanism found on the bridge. , he beckoned to the opposite side and told everyone to follow.

Several people climbed onto the bridge in fear. The bridge groaned horribly for a long time. Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. Only then did they dare to take a step forward. The sound was too harsh. The speed rushed to the opposite side of the bridge. There was an open space in front of the big tree, but it was extremely flat, and it was all paved with bluestone bricks. They could already clearly see the huge tree trunk and the steps above it. Trance is a sky step leading to the sky. When you raise your head, you can’t see the top at a glance. It extends to the canopy of trees that are flickering and dark. From a distance, they can see that the steps are very wide. The slow platform is too far away to see the material at all, but it seems to be wrapped by a rattan-like plant, soaring all the way up, as if it has crossed the height of the world and led to another world
"It's amazing!" Tan Lin even forgot the severe pain in her shoulder after seeing this scene, and was completely shocked by the spectacle.

"It's almost here, work harder." Lin Feng greeted them in front. The footprints on the ground were still very messy, but without exception, they all ran towards the big tree. The strange thing is that these footprints are still mixed with Some traces that they couldn't recognize, Lin Feng said they were from those mummies, if so, the number of these mummies is probably quite a few, but they still don't know why these mummies are here?There is a high possibility that they came chasing the Japanese, but it doesn’t matter to them why the thing came here. The important thing is that they may have to face more dangers. If the thing is really in groups It's really hard for them to deal with it if they appear, but they hope that all the little devils in front have been killed by the mummy.

"I'm afraid there are more than fifteen little devils, but they didn't come in one batch. They have different numbers. I hope they don't get together, otherwise it will be really difficult to deal with." Lin Feng said after searching around. , "Pass through as soon as possible, go under the tree first, this place is too open, the enemy can attack us from any direction."

"I always feel as if something is staring at me." Zhang Daogua said a little fidgeting.

"I've always had this feeling, and I couldn't figure out what was going on at the beginning, as if the thing had been following me, but I couldn't find it anyway." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the tree crown, "Later, I finally found it. Got it, the voyeurism is coming from above, I don't know what that thing is, but it feels very bad to be staring at me all the time."

"Is it a person or something?" Si Xuanyi could actually sense something, but Lin Feng didn't focus on it when he didn't speak.

Several people almost trotted towards the big tree trunk, but when they got close, they found that there was still a wide ditch under the tree, with Leilei's bones underneath.

"The Sacrificial Ditch..." the fisherman frowned, "How many prisoners of war do we need with so many bones?"

"There are also animal bones." Tan Lin looked down and said in a low voice.

"Many bones are mostly human bones, all of which were thrown down after being hacked. Many of them are from different places. It should be the result of many sacrifices." The fisherman said.

"There may still be some craftsmen who built this place back then, and there are tool damage underneath." Lin Feng said, "There is also a bridge over there, and it will be under the tree after it is time to pass."

"There are devils that fell over there." The fisherman illuminated a farther place with a light, and there were indeed several devils lying on the pile of bones in a disorderly manner near the edge of the tree, and their bodies were pierced by those broken bones. , there are holes everywhere.

"It's right...just how did they fall?" Zhang Duogua was a little puzzled, this place is not difficult to find, and it's not too dark. Could it be that these little devils fell down the aisle with their eyes closed?

"Let's go!" Si Xuanyi didn't intend to delay too long because of this mass grave.

On the sacrificial ditch is a stone bridge with a width of about 20 meters. It looks like it was carved out of a whole piece of underground rock, because the rocks on both sides and the bridge body are integrated. They just passed the stone bridge and went to the other side. Those little devils below were not stubble, but something as thick as an earthworm, which they didn't see at all when they were far away. Only when they got closer did they see it clearly. The thing was still slightly numb. The squirming, including dark red surges, seemed to be sucking all the blood out of the devil's corpse...

"What is that?" Zhang Duogua looked numb all over, and he believed that he must be some kind of blood-sucking.

"Go back..." Lin Feng frowned after seeing this scene, "Those little devils definitely didn't want to go down by themselves."

"There's more over there." The fisherman pointed the other way.

They thought they had found the corpse, but when they turned their heads, they found that there were more than a dozen monsters on the opposite side of the pit. They called them monsters because they were the people controlled by the mummy they saw before. , These people who are neither human nor ghost are dragging corpses over and throwing them into the big pit. There are ghosts and their people in the corpses, but the distance is not very close and they can't see clearly. In order to prevent those things from Noticing that they didn't dare to turn on the lights here, they could only roughly see that as soon as the corpses fell on those bones, countless vine-like things drilled out to entangle the corpses, and then got in, and soon these vines became The color changed, and there was a faint red light. They were indeed sucking the blood in the corpse. After throwing the corpse, the monsters retreated, followed the wooden bridge across the Milky Way and returned to the direction of the building complex.

"They are carrying the corpses to support the things below." Si Xuanyi looked at the shriveled corpse of the devil that was quickly eaten below and turned numb.

"What the hell is that?" Tan Lin also felt uncomfortable after reading it.

"Snake, right? Blood-sucking." Zhang Duogua said, he really couldn't think of what else it might be, only that it looked like a snake in appearance.

"It's the root of the big tree..." Lin Feng looked at the uncle behind him, "It's the big tree that ate the blood of these corpses."

"Could it be..." the fisherman slapped his head, as if thinking of something, "No wonder this tree can grow so big, this is not a sacrificial ditch, this is used to fertilize this tree, but what he needs is not fertilizer but blood , This is actually a sorcery that was lost in ancient times, nourishing trees with blood, raising corpses with trees, and hunting with corpses... This is a support system that circulates alone, my God, my God!" At the end he said Almost roaring, "This is not a thousand-year-old candle tree, this is a blood cherry tree... It is an underground blood cherry tree that sucks blood and the essence of the earth's veins."

"I don't understand... How can a tree have living roots?" Zhang Duogua didn't understand why the fisherman became so crazy, but after he finished speaking, he felt that what he said was a bit nonsense. How could he support a tree if the roots were not alive? what about the tree?So he added, "How can the root move around to find something to eat?"

"Have you heard of Cordyceps?" Lin Feng then said, "Actually, this thing is the same as that Cordyceps, except that Cordyceps has seasonal restrictions, but this thing does not. Its roots can move freely, looking for edible blood nearby , but that's all, it can't be the foot of the tree, so the tree can't move, this tree is more rare than the thousand-year-old candle tree, it's an extremely yin thing, it can indeed keep the corpse from decaying, but it can't be moved. It may lead to corpse transformation, those monsters may be corpses transformed from corpses, people back then used the characteristics of this blood cherry tree to create a symbiotic system, so that the big tree and those corpses depend on each other, and each takes what it needs."

"If that king of alcohol is on the top, has he already turned into a dead body?" Tan Lin asked.

"Since people were able to use this big tree, there must be a way to ensure that the person they want to bury will not change." The fisherman said, "If my guess is correct, then the rightful owner should be buried in this big tree. Or on the top of the tree trunk, then it is the best cave for raising corpses, where the Yin Qi is extremely pure."

"My God, I dare not go up, maybe that prince has become a goblin." Zhang Duogua said.

"There must be countless treasures on it. The tombs of princes and princes must have rich burial objects. The little devil must have rushed to the treasures above. If the four things shown in the information are there, it must be on it, and the rare treasures on it. Compared to those emeralds below, they are all rubbish." Lin Feng said, "I'm afraid there are at least a dozen devils above, you can decide whether you can get up." After speaking, he actually packed his things and wanted to leave.

"Where are you going?" Si Xuanyi asked.

"If you don't go up here, you will regret it for the rest of your life. It's good if you don't learn from things." Lin Feng's words are also very reasonable. It is indeed the case. It has reached this point. Who else can resist the temptation to turn around and leave? go?
(End of this chapter)