There were no forks in the road, and the group of people walked forward holding torches.
Soon someone noticed that something was not right in front of them, stopped and shouted: "Look, what is that?"
When he shouted, many people became nervous and took out their weapons from their backpacks.
Everyone was holding weapons and looking around: "Where are there any ferocious beasts?"
"I don't know, I can't see anything.
Did any of you see something?"
"I didn't see it either. Who was so surprised just now?
It almost scared me to death.”
In this tunnel, the visibility of the torches is very low. You can't see clearly even ten meters away. You can only see roughly.
The boy who spoke first spoke again:
"I'm not talking about us next to us. If you look forward, something doesn't seem right in front of you. Is there something blocking the road?"
His companion said impatiently: "You should speak clearly, I thought there was a vicious beast going to attack us.
The lighting here is not good. Who can see clearly from so far away?
Come closer."
Everyone took a few steps forward.
Someone quickly identified it carefully and said, "The one in front seems to be a big tree?"
The person standing next to him shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be a big tree. It looks like tree roots to me."
Another person said with certainty, "It looks like tree roots to me, so it must be tree roots! This is really strange, how can there be tree roots here?"
"Maybe it grew from outside?
Come on, let’s go over and take a look.”
When everyone got closer, they discovered that many tree roots suddenly appeared in the tunnel ahead.
These tree roots appear very abruptly, and are shaped like teeth and claws, as if a ferocious beast is dormant here, waiting for its prey to take the bait.
This section of the tunnel is made of large stones.
Except for tree roots and rocks, there was no living thing, not even a blade of grass on the ground.
These tree roots, which are thicker than human arms, arch out from the gaps in the stone roof, from the stone walls, and from the gaps in the bluestone slabs.
It actually cracked the bluestone slab so hard that it looked like the bony ribs of a ferocious beast that had been hungry for a long time.
Perhaps due to the lack of water all year round, the roots of these trees are dark brown with cracked skin, and they have long since withered, giving them an air of decadence.
As for the road between the tree roots, it is more like a gap as wide as one person has been opened from the messy tree roots.
The remains of some large bugs and ants were scattered on the ground.
Through their broken outer skins, it can be seen that these corpses are all empty skins.
Going further, some shriveled fur of mice and some snake skins appeared.
They are all empty shells. If you step on them, they will shatter into pieces on the ground.
Deng Chong hesitated for a moment and then said immediately: "Don't move, everyone, I'll go over and take a look alone!"
Soon someone said: "Senior Brother Deng, Gao Yi, always walks in front of us every time we encounter danger. If it weren't for Senior Brother Gu, we wouldn't know what to do."
"Yes, fortunately we are with Senior Brother Deng. Having Senior Brother Deng in my heart makes me feel at ease!"
Deng Chong smiled slightly and said vigorously, "Since everyone trusts me so much, I should protect everyone."
After saying that, amid everyone's praise, Deng Chong planned to use his skills to check it out.
Li Mi was worried about Deng Chong's safety, so he quickly grabbed Deng Chong's clothes and said:
"I think those tree roots are too weird and might be dangerous.
Let’s go there together so we can take care of you!”
Before Deng Chong could speak, Li Yutian smiled and said, "Li Mi, don't worry so much. Deng Chong majors in wind magic, and his speed is faster than lightning!"
"If we are really in danger, he will be able to rush back immediately. If you go with him, he will still have to take care of you."
Li Yutian's strength is actually on par with Zhang Mingwei, otherwise he wouldn't be Deng Chong's teammate.
However, Zhang Mingwei always overwhelms him because of his smooth talk and thoughtfulness.
Li Yutian always felt that after Zhang Mingwei died, he should replace Zhang Mingwei as Deng Chong's right-hand man and the person Deng Chong trusted most.
Unexpectedly, after Zhang Mingwei died, Li Mi would appear again.
Li Mi replaced Zhang Mingwei, took Li Yutian's position, and became Deng Chongxin's right-hand man.
Because of this incident, Li Yutian has been feeling very unhappy recently, and whenever he gets the chance, he wants to make some remarks to increase his sense of presence.
But he was really not very good at talking. Every time he finished speaking, he would subconsciously glance at Deng Chong.
But he also discovered that every time he finished speaking, Deng Chong would have a gloomy face.
Li Mi looked at Deng Chong and smiled, with an awkward expression on his face. Deng Chong felt unhappy and glanced at Li Yutian, but didn't say anything.
When Zhang Mingwei was still alive, Li Yutian didn't talk so much. Occasionally he said a few outrageous words, but Deng Chong felt that he was straight-tempered and never pursued it.
Now Deng Chong feels that this Li Yutian is really annoying.
He ignored Li Yutian, put the spear in his hand into his backpack, and then changed it to a long knife, and then went to explore the way.
Although Deng Chong did not ask Li Mi to follow him, Li Mi was always following Deng Chong, about ten steps away.
Because Li Mi was behind him, Deng Chong did not light the torch.
On the one hand, it was also because Li Mi had a torch in his hand and wanted to help Deng Chong make light.
On the other hand, Li Mi was very thoughtful and he was really worried when Deng Chong went to explore the route alone.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. It's definitely not normal for these tree roots to appear here.
Deng Chong had been very careful. After entering the range of the tree roots, nothing happened yet.
After walking forward for more than ten steps.
Suddenly there was a slight noise behind him. Deng Chong was startled and immediately turned around to look behind him.
However, there was nothing behind him except dense tree roots and stone walls.
The roots of these trees looked dead, and even the bark was cracked.
Deng Chong rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was dazzled just now.
Some of the tree roots seemed to twitch slightly.
Deng Chong observed carefully and found that these were the roots of an unknown tree. There were slender roots growing at regular intervals on the roots.
There is no wind in the tunnel, but this root is swaying slightly.
Deng Chong was a little surprised and stretched out his index finger to gently touch the tiny group of roots.
As soon as his fingers touched the group of roots, it entangled itself, wrapping Deng Chong's index finger like a spider web.
A creepy feeling came from the fingertips, and the fingertips hurt like needles.
Deng Chong quickly took back his finger, only to find that blood was bleeding from his fingertip.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.
The group of roots squirmed strangely, as if searching for Deng Chong's fingers.