The mood of parting was gradually diluted by the journey.
At this time, the advantages of the professionally trained members of the Shenji Battalion slowly emerged.
Although it was their first time coming to this forest, because they had been receiving relevant training, their level of tacit understanding was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.
For example, now they have people who go to the front to investigate the situation, people who clear the roadblocks, and people who are responsible for guarding their surroundings.
Once there is any disturbance, they will discover it as soon as possible, warn their companions, and find a place to hide.
Lin Mengya and the two guides, one large and one small, became the core of these people's protection.
The two guides were not a little nervous when they revisited their old places.
Especially the little boy, who has been holding Lin Mengya's hand tightly, the tension in his eyes getting stronger and stronger. ??
Until they came to a slightly open spot.
Lin Mengya had already felt the boy's tension, so she couldn't help but gently tugged on his hand and asked in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, we will protect you here."
The young man's wandering eyes turned to him, he nodded with difficulty, and said in a low voice, "This is not far from the place where we were scattered before."
The young man's voice was still slightly trembling.
I think it must have been quite a terrifying experience.
Lin Mengya also noticed the "rustling sound" that seemed to be a snake swimming in the mountains.
His eyebrows wrinkled almost invisible, and he quietly let go of his blood poison.
I don’t know why, but those poisonous tongues that were deliberately concealed are lingering around and refuse to leave.
But the smell of blood poison was stronger, not to mention that Lin Mengya also sprinkled herbal medicine to repel insects and snakes along the way.
After a while, those rustling sounds gradually faded away.
Lin Mengya has also been paying attention to the situation in the system.
Fortunately, those poisonous snakes are quite sensible, otherwise they would not be able to leave.
This time, Lin Mengya and the others went directly to the place where snakes were collected.
Judging by the time, if Zhu Wu and the others were still alive, they would definitely be trying to collect snake worms right now.
Because it was not the season for harvesting, they had to use other methods.
Of course, it is impossible for those people to care about the life and death of these herb collectors, but it is even less possible for them to die themselves.
If Zhu Wu and the others are not stupid, this is what they can rely on to survive.
Even if there are doctors in that group of people who are familiar with the properties of medicine, it won't work.
Although the doctor knows the properties of the medicine, he does not have the experience of the herb collectors who have been dealing with medicinal herbs in the woods all year round.
You must know that theory and practice are sometimes two different things.
Especially for such a life-threatening matter, who would risk their own life?
< br> Therefore, the possibility that Zhu Wu and the others can survive is very high!
Half an hour later, they arrived at the spot where the herb collectors had been attacked by venomous snakes.
There are still some traces there at this moment, and there are still several waterfalls hanging on the tree trunks, which must have been scraped off while escaping.
Of course there are still some blood stains, but they have all dried up now, leaving only a small, extremely dark mass.
The young man was a little excited when he arrived here, but he still remembered what he had promised his little brother before, so he just barely suppressed it.
Lin Mengya also noticed it and discussed with Yuan Bao. Now that the few people in front were going to investigate the situation, she would lead the others to find the whereabouts of the missing child.
Fortunately, they had already planned the route when they came here, so even if they were looking for someone, they would not delay their journey.
At this time, it is natural to act according to the plan.
The boy led them to a small mountain road on the left, and recalled painfully, "I took my brother to run up the mountain at that time! I don't know how long I ran, and finally there seemed to be a particularly big tree there.
I just realized that my brother is missing!"
Lin Mengya felt that this news was not very useful.
Speaking of big trees, the trees around here are not considered small.
Moreover, the child must have been frightened at the time and wanted to escape for his life, so he did not notice that his brother was missing.
Lin Mengya comforted him a little, and then continued walking up the mountain along the path he pointed.
It wasn't until they walked for about half an hour that they saw a towering tree.
The tree's canopy blocks out the sky and the sun, and there are all kinds of parasitic vines on it. It does look iconic enough.
And they didn't see any trace of the child along the way.
The boy could no longer hold back his tears.
But he still gritted his teeth and refused to let the tears fall.
His sister is dead, he must find his brother!
What's the use of crying? Crying won't help him find his brother. He's such a useless waste!
At this moment, Lin Mengya curiously walked around the big tree.
"What's wrong with this tree?"
Yuan Bao is still keen.
But he just saw that something was wrong with Lin Mengya's expression, and he didn't know exactly what it was.
"This tree is dead." Lin Mengya casually broke off a branch.
The cross section is dry and yellow, so it is obvious that this tree is a dead tree.
Yuan Bao was also a little surprised.
He raised his head and looked at the lush branches carefully, and then he came to an astonishing conclusion.
"Those green branches, leaves and flowers on it look like vines?"
"Um."
Lin Mengya threw away the branches and took the last few steps to see the whole tree.
"Such a big tree has long become a support for those parasitic vines, so it looks lush and leafy, but in fact the tree is dead long ago."
She has seen many parasitic plants.
But these plants basically have some very distinctive characteristics, and they rarely integrate with the parasites they are parasitizing.
But the vines here are intertwined with the big trees.
If you don't look carefully, it's easy to mistakenly think that the leaves and flowers are grown by the tree itself.
The complicated vines are piled up layer by layer, and the root system cannot be seen just from the outside.
But this is not a problem for Lin Mengya.
No matter how confusing the direction is, it will be sorted out one by one in her system.
It took less than a few seconds for Xiao Yao to tell her that those vines all grew from the roots of the big tree.
And that's exactly where the vines flourish most.
Lin Mengya casually took out the guard's knife and patiently tried to pry open the vines to see what was inside.
Who knew that when Yuan Bao saw her cautious attitude, he immediately rushed over and kicked her, shouting, "This is not a poisonous snake that bites people. What are you afraid of? It's mine!"
Before he finished speaking, he fell into the vines.
This movement startled Lin Mengya and the others.
Then, she quickly grabbed the vines and shouted, "Brother Yuan! Brother Yuan! Are you okay?"
A muffled sound of "dong" soon came from inside.
Then, Yuan Bao yelled, "Dog, you son of a bitch! You almost threw me to death. When I got out, I burned this hellish place!"
But before he could finish cursing, Yuan Bao's cry suddenly came from the ground, "Oh my God! Why is this thing so soft? It, it, it can move!"
The group of people above were almost frightened to death by his voice.
Everyone didn't care about anything else and hurriedly cut down the vines.
It's just that no one noticed that Yuan Bao didn't make any more calls. Occasionally, Lin Mengya and the others tried to comfort him, but no response was heard.
This made everyone even more anxious, fearing that he might encounter unpredictable dangers down below.
Fortunately, there is strength in numbers, and although the vines are flexible, they are no match for the sharp blades.
A large area of vines was quickly cleared, and this Kerin Mengya finally saw clearly that hidden under the layers of vines was a huge tree hole.
The tree hole was about the size of an adult, mainly because it was pitch black inside, making it difficult to see clearly.
Fortunately, they brought a lot of things this time. Soon they set up two torches and looked underneath, but they still didn't see Yuan Bao.
Suddenly the others became a little anxious.
After all, no one knows what is going on here. If there is something extraordinary, then Old Yuan Ke will be in danger.
Someone wanted to jump down, but was stopped by Lin Mengya.
At this time, those vines that are at least as thick as a wrist play a very important role.
She asked someone to bring out some particularly long ones and make a simple ladder.
Fortunately, although the tree hole is somewhat high, it is not particularly deep.
Soon the two men with the most agile martial arts skills among them descended down the vine ladder to the underground of the tree hole.
The ventilation conditions below were relatively good, and the two quickly found Yuan Bao, who had fainted.
"Old Yuan, Old Yuan, what's wrong with you!"
One of them immediately rushed over, loudly calling his brother, and patted Yuan Bao's face mercilessly with his big hand.
"My brother! What's going on with you! If you have three things that are good and two are bad,"
"Okay! If I don't wake up, I'll beat you to death!"
At this time, Yuan Bao finally woke up.
What came randomly was a burning pain on my cheek.
No need to ask, he knew who did it!
Ha! Don't think that you can take advantage of him just because you see him injured.
He has recorded this grudge and will repay it later when he goes out!
There was a "ga" sound, and the man's cry stopped halfway.
The big hand quietly moved away from his back, and gave Yuan Bao a "hehe" giggle.
"Lao Yuan, you finally woke up! You scared us to death. We thought you were dead just now!"
Yuan Bao rolled his eyes, rubbed his cheeks and sat up.
"My life is tough! By the way, did you see anything when you first came down?"
Mentioning this, Yuan Bao's eyes flashed with fear.
The other two companions shook their heads.
The two of them checked to make sure Yuan Bao was safe, but they didn't see anything.
At this time, Yuan Bao also looked around vigilantly and warned them in a low voice, "When I fell down just now, I found something moving inside! You all, be careful, don't get bitten by it!"
When the two of them saw Yuan Bao being so cautious, they couldn't help but nod cautiously.
