Chapter 125: To seal the smoke, someone set up a spy
No wonder those ancient tribesmen thought this was the way to the divine realm.
Not to mention at that time, even now, people will be amazed when they see this tree of luminous mycelium that leads to the ground.
It seems that the Russian movie about the discovery of a deadly virus in the deep underground that I communicated with Eggplant is really similar to this one.
How deep underground does this glowing hyphae grow from?
At this time, Song Qian pushed Ji Han with her elbow and said:
"Brother Han, where are you looking?"
Ji Han lowered his head and looked in the direction of the crack opening. He didn't notice anything at first?
There are also glowing hyphae over there, but they are much smaller.
But upon closer inspection, I discovered that where the white mycelium was coiled, there were many human remains. It seemed that many corpses had been thrown here.
To avoid another collapse, the two of them grabbed the chains and climbed up.
While climbing up, Ji Han discovered that the tiny mycelium on the wall seemed to move on its own after being touched.
Just like a mimosa, it curls up when touched.
Out of curiosity, Ji Han touched it again with his gloves and found several bugs crawling out from under the white mycelium.
Tiny white hyphae emerged from those bugs' bodies and wrapped themselves inside.
The little insect squirmed, emerged from the place where Ji Han had touched it, changed its place, and burrowed into the soil again with mycelium.
Could this be the soul-attracting insect mentioned on the wall?
Ji Han struck a few more places, and just like before, bugs parasitized by mycelium were drilled out. These bugs were of different sizes and types.
For safety's sake, Ji Han trapped one with his gloves before climbing up by the chain.
After pulling Ji Han up, the four of them retreated to the collapsed cave.
Chen Ke looked into the depth of the crack and said:
"How deep is this place?"
Ji Han shook his head and said:
"I guess only the residents of the ancient village who jumped down know about it, but I also found this below. I suspect this is the soul-attracting insect they said."
As he spoke, Ji Han threw the bugs in his gloves on the ground.
I saw a small bug covered in white mycelium, like a ginseng fruit. As soon as it landed on the ground, it burrowed into the soil, and then from the small hole it drilled, new white mycelium slowly grew.
Eggplant said in surprise:
"This thing is more cruel than cordyceps. Can you switch between insects and plants freely?"
Chen Ke nodded and said:
"It should be a symbiosis between insects and this fungus. The insects help the fungi find better places to grow. The fungi ensure that the insect's body will not rot. The corpses of those ancient people may also be like this, under the control of the fungus.
Activity."
Song Qian asked:
"Didn't that Hun leader go down below with his soldiers to find the key to turning defeat into victory? Why did he stay down below?"
Ji Han guessed:
"It was probably discovered in the end that those soldiers who were parasitized by fungi did not listen to their orders at all, and even killed each other with their own soldiers. In despair, they committed suicide here. As a result, they were too close to the mycelial holes.
It was parasitized by fungi and the body was treated and preserved. Because of the disturbance we just caused, it was controlled by the hyphae in the body and launched an attack on us."
Eggplant cursed:
"Grass, what's next? Should we blow up the mycelium tree underground?"
Ji Han shook his head and said:
"It's better not to do it. I have tried my best to be careful just now, but I still disturbed the mycelium in the body of the Xiongnu leader. If this is a big move, it will lead to other things parasitized by the mycelium, which will be difficult to deal with."
Chen Ke nodded and said:
"Also, there are not many of these hyphae-parasitized bugs. It is possible that they could crawl out and infect us. I also agree not to act rashly."
Song Qing continued:
"Since there is no sacred pillar here, I suggest that everyone hurry up. It is too dangerous down there."
The four people pushed aside the hyphae on the road, walked out of the underground tomb, and faced this huge bottomless crack.
Everyone continued walking up the stairs along the wall.
Eggplant complained:
"Fuck, what a fucking trap. If I had known I wouldn't need the sniper, I would have put the gun on it. Carrying the sniper on my back like this, running up and down seven or eight floors, is really a bit too much."
Chen Ke smiled and said:
"Brother Qie can't do it. I see that the blond sniper in the International Alien Alliance has a strong body. Brother Qie looks at his physical strength. You can't beat him."
Eggplant heard this and said angrily:
"I'm kidding, sniping is about physical strength? It's about experience and accuracy, okay? Just that little golden retriever, I can give him ten bullets."
Speaking of Team Ethan from the International Alien Alliance, Song Qian also asked:
"By the way, those guys haven't made any movement, they won't really go back."
Ji Han continued:
"I hope they really go back and don't delay us here."
The most important thing is that it still takes up my mission quota and mission rewards. I feel that the current missions have become cheaper, which is probably because they are also involved.
The four of them were talking as they walked towards the square above.
At the same time, the five-person team of Ethan finally passed through the absolutely black mountain tunnel and arrived outside the underground city gate and in front of the sand square.
Samuel, a young black man, complained when he came out:
"This weird Black Mountain is full of ominousness and curses!"
The blond sniper Will, carrying a sniper rifle, joked:
"Wow! Samuel, it turns out you are next to me, because it is too dark and I can't see you, a black man, in the tunnel."
Captain Ethan turned back to stop him:
"Stop making trouble. We may be far behind. We can't let those guys take advantage of us. Speed up the pace."
Ellie, the black girl in Ethan’s team, shouted:
"Look there, it might be something they left behind."
In the sand she was pointing at, on both sides of the stone road, there were two big balls glowing red, but they seemed to have been compressed and deformed.
Little K asked curiously:
"What is that? A mark they left on us?"
Ethan shook his head and said:
"They probably aren't so kind. Ellie, go check what it is?"
Ellie agreed and ran towards the red ball in the sand on the left.
But as soon as she passed by, Ethan discovered that the sand was suddenly stirred under the red ball on the other side.
So he hurriedly shouted to Ellie:
"No! Ellie, come back quickly!"
But it was too late. A huge figure suddenly jumped up from the sand behind Ellie and opened its bloody mouth full of sharp teeth towards her.
The four men in Ethan quickly picked up their weapons and rushed over.
At this time, Ji Han and the others finally walked up the earthen steps under the tomb and returned to the square inside the city gate.
After the four of them planned to rest here for a while, they then explored the depths of the crack to find the residence of the tribe leader.
At this moment, a gunshot suddenly sounded outside the city gate.