He seemed to see a faint flash of forest green flashing among the densely packed branches below, it was so fast that it was like an illusion of a shadow
…
The discovery of Ah Kang and the others made the originally peaceful night tense.
The darkness and silence around them was like the calm before the storm. The three of them looked at each other and tiptoed back to the campfire.
It was unknown when Nan Guo came back, he got into his sleeping bag, his face was rosy, and his previous paleness and sluggishness was gone.
The gaps between his fingernails were filled with brownish-red flower juice, and the corners of his mouth were filled with red flower juice that had not been wiped clean.
Jiang Kun glanced at him without paying attention.
He had seen this man picking up a lot of fruits and fallen flowers before, squeezing out the juice from his hands and pouring it into his mouth. He looked like an addicted maniac.
After sucking a lot of juice like this, Nan Guo’s condition improved obviously, but Jiang Kun was not curious about the juice at all——
Just by looking at Nan Guo’s appearance, one can tell that this thing is like a stimulant. Even if the state can reach the peak, it is also a double-edged sword that can lead to addiction and accidents.
Jiang Kun and the others sat in silence around the campfire, and the scene of the huge snake they had just seen swirled in their minds, like a lingering nightmare.
“Ah, let me tell you, it’s not necessarily bad… so many snakes definitely didn’t shed in just a short while. They might have left long ago.” Jiang Kun broke the silence and looked at Luo Qi and Ah Kang.
Luo Qi was silent for two seconds and then said: “What you said makes sense, but the time for each snake to shed its skin is not fixed. It usually sheds its skin once every one to two months. Do you know when they will come back?”
Jiang Kun: “……”
“You see the snake over there has shed its skin. It is seven to eight meters or more than ten meters long. This is only the length of the snake’s shed. The snake that has shed its skin must be bigger than the snake’s shed…they might actually be able to eat an adult alive.” Luo Qi whispered.
Jiang Kun was silent. The most terrifying thing about snakes is that their bodies will continue to grow until they die, but their epidermis cannot grow with it, so they must be shed again and again.
If the snake sloughs here are all left by the same snake, then he doesn’t know how big this snake will be.
“Do you want to talk to Mr. Ke and the others?” Ah Kang asked in a low voice.
Jiang Kun looked at Lu Liran and Ke Ji, hesitated for a few seconds and then said: “It’s better to let them rest for one night. Just one night won’t delay anything.”
Ah Kang and Luo Qi nodded, and Luo Qi said: “Everyone takes turns keeping vigil tonight, first Ah Kang, then me, and finally Jiang Kun, okay?”
Jiang Kun had no objection and immediately wrapped up his clothes and fell to sleep, seizing every moment.
Ah Kang said: “Don’t worry, I will keep you safe.”
Luo Qi patted Ah Kang on the shoulder: “Call us if you have anything.”
Ah Kang responded and sat beside the bonfire, and soon a steady sound of snoring could be heard nearby.
This place is like a paradise in a fantasy story. Although it is tens of meters deep underground, there are incredible and huge flora growing there, and it also has its own ecological system.
If he hadn’t discovered those snake sloughs, Ah Kang wouldn’t have minded resting here for two more days.
He thought and took a deep breath. The air here had a strange smell. The fruits on the ground were rotten and deposited. It was sweet and smelly. The smell was weird, but it was not nauseating. On the contrary, it was indescribably addictive.
Ah Kang narrowed his eyes and picked up a complete small red fruit on the ground unknowingly. He played with it in the palm of his hand for a long time and then hesitantly brought it to his mouth.
He even saw the professor eating the fresh fruit, so there should be nothing wrong with it, right?
He was thinking to himself, and just as he was about to stuff it into his mouth, a hand suddenly stretched out and slapped it away with a “snap”.
Ah Kang was startled and quickly looked over and saw Luo Qi waking up at some point.
“I…” Ah Kang opened his mouth embarrassedly.
“Want to be like Nan Guo?” Luo Qi looked at him with a stern face, “I have already lost many team members, and I don’t want to add you to the list of reported sacrifices.”
Ah Kang nodded quickly: “I understand.”
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There was no food in their hands. When they woke up early in the morning, they felt their stomachs were extremely empty. They could only drink water to suppress their hunger.
Lu Liran also woke up from a deep night’s sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ke Ji’s chin with some newly grown stubble in hid chin with a clear arc, and his pale thin lips with obvious bite wounds and condensed blood scabs.
“Are you awake?” Ke Ji said, his voice still hoarse as if he hadn’t slept all night.
Lu Liran stood up. The soreness in his muscles was hard to ignore. He hissed slightly and looked at Ke Ji. The memory of last night before he lost consciousness gradually came back——
His face looked a little ugly: “I…”
“It should be the smell and pollen caused by the fermentation of fruits after they rot. There is a problem with your pheromone situation itself, and you are more susceptible to influence and irritation.” Ke Ji interrupted Lu Liran.
He looked at Lu Liran: “After we finish here, we will go back to Solto and do a thorough inspection.”
Lu Liran nodded his head, the medical standard of Desolate Star was like this, otherwise he wouldn’t have delayed until now.
“How do you feel now?” Ke Ji asked warmly.
“I’m okay.” Lu Liran said. He moved a little and felt that his body was very refreshing, without the stickiness of sweat. Ke Ji probably helped him clean up, thinking of this, the tips of Lu Liran’s ears turned red unconsciously.
He cleared his throat and suddenly thought of something: “Then you weren’t affected in any way?”
Ke Ji paused, his steel blue eyes darkened slightly, and he said: “A little affected, but it’s solved.”
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and gently kissed the corner of Lu Liran’s lips, intertwined his fingers, and deepened the kiss: “It’s enough to just enjoy it.”
Lu Liran only felt that the air was getting hot again. Fortunately, the inhibitors and neutralizers still restrained his impulse. He took a deep breath, and the weird smell hit his entrance again. He quickly came to his senses, stood up suddenly, coughed lightly and said: “Get out of this damn place first.”
“Um.”
The two cleaned up on the spot, and Lu Liran opened the live broadcast room and walked towards Jiang Kun.
After the live broadcast ended yesterday, the system settled a total of 7.126 million available popularity values, with a total of 51.318 million available.
[Brother Lu, good morning, Brother Lu!]
[I’ve arrived!]
[I don’t know when Brother Lu will be able to get out of this hole. I feel so depressed]
[I hope Mr. Lu can leave a coordinate QAQ. This place can be ranked as the fourth wonder of Desolate Star!]
[A research institute upstairs?]
[Laughing, this statement can only be made by a certain research institute]
[It’s us QAQ]
[In fact, it can be inferred that the behavior of the anchor after landing is all in the live broadcast. You can still find the direction after reviewing it at the time]
[In fact, it can be deduced based on the behavioral trajectory of the anchor after landing , they’re all in the live broadcast. You can still find their location after reviewing it at the time]
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Hello everyone, to be honest, I can’t remember how many nights we have spent in the Ghost Swamp. The time underground is hard to estimate, so just ignore it.”
“We accidentally walked into a mysterious realm behind the waterfall and discovered many mysterious plants that we had never heard of.” Lu Liran said as he walked towards Jiang Kun.
He also collected some fruits and fallen flowers of Luohan divine grass, and he estimated that his big brother would also be very interested.
“Mr. Lu, Mr. Ke!” When Ah Kang saw Lu Liran and others approaching, he immediately stood up and greeted them excitedly.
Lu Liran raised his eyebrows slightly: “Why such a big reaction? Did you rest well?”
Luo Qi smiled helplessly, shook his head and said: “It can’t be considered bad, we discovered something last night.”
The three of them took Lu Liran and Ke Ji to the place where the snake slough was found last night. It was a little far away from the camp. They didn’t know how Ah Kang walked so far last night.
The distance wasn’t too noticeable during the nighttime search, and it was only after switching to daylight that they realized it was a good two to three hundred meters from the campsite.
Jiang Kun looked at Ah Kang in surprise: “Why are you running so far to pee?”
“…originally, I was peeing, but then I saw there seemed to be light here, so I came over out of curiosity.” Ah Kang scratched his head and said.
“Light?” Luo Qi was confused and asked Jiang Kun, “Did you notice the light when we came here?”
Jiang Kun shook his head and asked Ah Kang: “No. What light did you see?”
“Didn’t I trip and fall later? Then I didn’t see the light when I got up…maybe it was some kind of glowworm, eh.” Ah Kang was dejected. A big piece of skin fell off due to the grinding, curiosity really killed the cat.
Lu Liran frowned, and while Jiang Kun and others were talking, he finally saw the huge layer of snake slough.
He paused in his steps and his pupils shrank severely.
[Holy shit, snakeskin??]
[Oh my god…this snake skin is almost as big as a car, right?!]
[Do you think this snake is bigger, or the one Brother Lu and the others encountered before?]
[It’s hard to say…what if it’s the same one?]
[That would be embarrassing, enemies meeting enemies]
[Bah, bah, don’t be crow-mouthed]
[Brother Lu, run!]
“This snake shouldn’t come back so soon, right?” Jiang Kun looked at Lu Liran with a hint of luck.
Lu Liran glanced at Jiang Kun and pursed his lips: “These snake sloughs looked like they have been shed for a while. How long it will be until the next time it sheds its skin…it’s hard to say.”
“Then we have to get out of here quickly!” Ah Kang’s face turned pale when he heard this, and he said quickly.
“Where do you want to go? This place is so big. There are several cave entrances on half of the mountain wall alone. Which way do you want to go?” Jiang Kun looked at Ah Kang, who was clearly about to lose his temper. He frowned and suddenly slapped the man on the forehead, “Calm down! What are you afraid of!”
Jiang Kun has not forgotten what Lu Liran said to him a long time ago. The cave systems in these underground caves extend in all directions, and the probability of being able to follow the cave entrance to the outside world may be lower than winning the lottery.
If they choose a random path because of panic, they might be trapped in it for life or death.
Ah Kang’s forehead turned red instantly, and he was about to cry without tears: “I’m afraid this is human nature…”
[Kun-zai, you turned into a tiger, who gave you the courage]
[Answer, it’s Brother Lu]
[Brother Lu: ?]
Lu Liran nodded and said: “With all these holes, it’s really hard to tell which way leads out.”
“But there is a clear path now.” He changed the topic and pointed to the end of the camp where they were staying.
Because there is a beam of light from the cave entrance above the head, it looks particularly different in the entire huge and empty dark underground cave, like a ladder to heaven.
Jiang Kun opened his mouth. Those towering giant plants were as high as seven or eight stories high!
“Put away these snake sloughs first.” Lu Liran said to Jiang Kun, “Aren’t you going to be a bounty hunter? If you don’t even know the basics of how to exchange money, I think you’re going to lose money.”
Jiang Kun was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and quickly put all the snake sloughs in the area into his terminal.
His terminal instantly displayed a red full warning.
“How much can these be exchanged for?” Jiang Kun quickly followed Lu Liran and asked in a low voice.
“Go to the Xian family merchant fleet for collection. They should give you a fair price.” Lu Liran said.
Xian Yu in front of the screen was extremely moved, Brother Lu still remembered them!!
[Yes, yes, the Xian Family Merchant Fleet, everyone employed us says we’re good!—— SaltedFish YuYu gifted the anchor 1x Buddha Jumping over the wall]
Jiang Kun heard this and immediately wrote down: “Okay! But, you don’t want it?”
“My terminal can’t accommodate it.” Lu Liran said. His mission conditions prohibited the use of the terminal storage function.
“Then I’ll sell it and share the money with you.” Jiang Kun said immediately, and then grinned at Luo Qi and Ah Kang, “Those who see it have a share, you all have it!”
Luo Qi twitched the corner of his mouth, sometimes he was quite envious of Jiang Kun’s mentality, as if being as high as a ladder was no problem at all.
When the group returned to the camp, Nan Guo had already gotten up. It was unknown if he had just eaten another fruit. His mouth was filled with bright red juice and looked very strange.
He seemed a little excited. When he saw Lu Liran and the others coming back, he grinned: “You are all here. Come on, let me introduce to you. This is the luohan divine grass…”
“No matter what kind of grass it is, it is good grass that I can climb on.” Jiang Kun pushed Nan Guo away. He curled his lips in disgust, looked up and squinted, and asked Lu Liran, “You really want to climb it?”
“The branches are intertwined, and there are many places to stay and climb.” Lu Liran said.
Jiang Kun twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered in a low voice: “In your place, what can’t be solved by climbing.”
Ah Kang heard Jiang Kun’s muttering and thought deeply: “The path Mr. Lu feels that he can take…is different from ordinary people’s definitions.”
Lu Liran glanced at those people and said: “Whether you want to follow or not, I’ll leave first.”
Jiang Kun and others looked at each other and saw Ke Ji following closely. The two of them climbed to the first branch in the blink of an eye. It seems not difficult, especially the branches that look quite tough and can support the weight.
Jiang Kun gritted his teeth: “Follow! There is no other way to choose!”
The three of them looked at each other and climbed up the huge and thick stalk.
These towering divine grass grow together in one place. The higher you go to the sky, the more the branches become intertwined and support each other, making them much easier to climb than below.
Even Nan Guo climbed up. The higher the group climbed, the more relaxed they became. The light at the entrance of the cave magnified in front of their eyes, and everyone couldn’t help but smile.
“Hey, look at these flowers. They are much more beautiful than the ones below.” Jiang Kun picked one and stuffed it into his bag. “It is said that this luohan divine grass is only available this month. It will take decades for it to bloom.”
“No wonder I’ve never seen it before.” Ah Kang gasped, he stopped on a branch to rest, waved his hand and said, “I’ll take it easy, I’ll catch up later.”
“Okay, just don’t get caught up by that professor. If you don’t think it’s embarrassing, I will.” Jiang Kun joked.
After hearing this, Ah Kang looked underground. They had all climbed to a few meters away from the entrance of the cave. The exit was very close. Nan Guo’s progress was actually not bad, and he had already climbed two-thirds of the way.
Ah Kang twitched the corner of his mouth, it was really possible that the professor would catch up with him.
“This man’s physical strength is too unlike that of a professor.” He muttered, “Is it related to him eating this fruit? I think it must be…”
Before he could finish speaking, the stems beneath him suddenly shook violently, as if there was an earthquake.
Lu Liran immediately looked down, but they were too high up, and the bottom was blocked by overgrown branches, so they couldn’t see anything.
“What’s going on?” Luo Qi asked with a frown.
Ah Kang swallowed: “I don’t know either, I can’t see clearly…”
“Stop asking so many questions and speed up!” Lu Liran shouted.
Nan Guo glanced down, and seemed to see a faint flash of forest green flashing among the densely packed branches below, it was so fast that it was like an illusion of a shadow
A chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet.
Sunnyshies: I think someone is going to die!
You’re spoiling us 🥺🥺🥺 thank you!
And I am prepared to offer Nan bread as tribute
Haha, Nan bread with a Guo filling! 😈
Squint … so the Luohan Divine Grass is technically not a grass if has fruits??