Gu Qiancheng and Qin Jiyan are not very afraid of this snake forest. In the past five days, they have figured out the situation in the snake forest.
For unknown reasons, those snakes can only get entangled in the trees. As long as a path is cleared, the snakes in the snake forest will not be a problem. They can pass through easily. What is more troublesome is the snake cave behind the snake forest.
"How about we set fire to it?" Gu Qiancheng gave a very constructive suggestion.
They have fire in their hands, so it is not too difficult to set a fire. The difficult thing is to put the fire behind the snake forest.
"I'll give it a try." Qin Jiyan couldn't think of a better way for the time being, so he could only try to attack with fire.
The two of them collected a lot of dry firewood, and Qin Jiyan packed it into a big bag. Then he carried the big bag through the snake forest and threw the hay and kindling into the snake den.
"Poof..." The fire immediately ignited when it came into contact with the dry grass. When the wind blew, it quickly ignited the surrounding dry grass. However, the flame was very small. If you want to roast one or two snakes, you can do it. If you want to kill the snakes in the snake cave, it will definitely be done.
Joking.
Qin Jiyan shook his head, used branches as swords, chopped down a few trees and threw them into the snake cave. However, the leaves were easy to burn, but the freshly cut branches were not easy to burn, and the fire was extinguished after a while.
Qin Jiyan did not give up. He found more hay and cut more branches to fuel the fire. The fire immediately started, but the problem came again...
Affected by the high temperature, the snakes in the snake cave crawled out slowly. The entire mountain was full of snakes, and Qin Jiyan and Gu Qiancheng could not set fire to the entire mountain.
"It seems that the fire attack is no longer possible. We can't burn the entire mountain." Gu Qiancheng looked depressed.
They lacked combustion aids at hand, and there was no way to set fire to a large area.
"Well," Qin Jiyan nodded solemnly. Thinking of the scene he had seen before, he frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Those snakes dispersed immediately when they encountered fire, and came back as soon as the fire was extinguished. They seemed to be away from home."
The snake cave is not open, or is there something behind the stone door that forces them to stay outside?"
"You mean protection?" Gu Qiancheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
Are snakes that smart?
"It's not like he's guarding, but it's like he's waiting for something." Qin Jiyan thought of the snakes' reactions and had a vague guess in his mind, but he wasn't sure and couldn't say it yet.
"I'm not interested in snakes or anything like that. I just want to get out now." After being trapped for seven or eight days, Gu Qiancheng became increasingly anxious.
People outside had no news about them, and they might have thought they were dead. She was okay, and could not affect the overall situation, but Qin Jiyan was different. He was now the emperor's grandson, and he had not shown up for a long time. If someone with a heart would find out, he would definitely
Caused turmoil in the court.
"There is no other way for now. We can only start from that stone gate." Qin Jiyan tried to take two steps forward and found that as soon as he stepped forward, the snakes in the snake forest began to spit messages at him, showing full defensiveness, and he
As soon as he retreated, the snake in the tree became quiet again.
After trying this several times, Qin Jiyan said boldly: "Qiancheng, maybe there is something in the area where we are standing that can prevent snakes from detecting our presence."
They used to think it was a matter of distance. If they were too close, the snake would think it was threatened, so it would put on a defensive posture; if they were far away, the snake would ignore them. But now it seems that it is not the snake that is on guard against them, but that they retreat.
Snakes cannot detect their presence.
When Gu Qiancheng heard this, he took a step forward and found that things were exactly as Qin Jiyan said, "Is there something special in this place?"
"Look for it."
Qin Jiyan and Gu Qiancheng searched separately. They pulled out every different grass in the two pieces of land and tried it. They also tried stones and other things one by one, but they were all wrong.
"We've almost pulled out all the grass." Gu Qiancheng was so tired after a busy day that he sat down on the ground.
Qin Jiyan was slightly better, but there was also fatigue in his brows and eyes.
The longer they stay in this abandoned city, the less likely they are to leave.
Of course, the possibility of trouble outside increases.
"If it's not grass, what could it be if it's not a stone?" Gu Qiancheng grabbed a handful of grass and pulled it up along with the soil. The black soil fell on him, rolled twice and fell to the ground...
Gu Qiancheng stared at the piece of dirt the size of a fingernail with wide eyes, "Qin... Qin Jiyan, I think I discovered it."
"What?" Qin Jiyan turned around and asked.
"Look...soil, is this soil different?" Gu Qiancheng pointed to the soil on the ground, his eyes bright.
"Soul?" Qin Jiyan took a look and found nothing strange. Of course, given His Highness Qin's little germaphobia, he would not reach out to touch it.
"It's just soil. You see, this soil is red." Gu Qiancheng was not afraid of dirt. He picked up the small piece of soil that fell at his feet and handed it to Qin Jiyan. "Red soil is not common. Maybe it's really a problem with the soil.
."
"Really?" Qin Jiyan was not sure, but Gu Qiancheng became interested, "I don't know, but we can give it a try and dig the soil in front of us to compare."
Gu Qiancheng did what he said, grabbed a stone and walked forward. He stopped at a distance where the snake would find them, and dug out a piece of soil. The soil was also red, but...
Gu Qiancheng smelled the smell of the two pieces of land carefully and was convinced that the soil composition of the two pieces of land was different. He even tasted it and found that the pH of the soil in the two pieces of land was also different.
Gu Qiancheng said in surprise: "Your Highness, the soil of these two areas is really different. Maybe it's really a soil problem."
"Really?" Qin Jiyan's mouth twitched slightly, feeling bad all over.
Gu Qiancheng is so hungry that he can even eat dirt?
"What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?" Gu Qiancheng belatedly realized that something was wrong with Qin Jiyan. Thinking of Qin Jiyan's little mysophobia, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Highness, you can't accept it. I taste dirt."
It tastes right?”
Well, Gu Qiancheng herself couldn't accept it. If she didn't have instruments and couldn't analyze the composition of the two soils, she wouldn't have done it.
"Ahem, no..." Qin Jiyan looked away in embarrassment and hurriedly changed the subject, "Since you think the reason why snakes don't attack us has something to do with the soil, what should we do next?
Gu Qiancheng laughed and said nothing more.
When she was undergoing special training on the quilt car, she would eat mud from time to time. In order to survive, Gu Qiancheng never cared about this small problem.
Gu Qiancheng raised the soil in his hand and said: "If it is really because of the soil problem, we will use the soil to arm ourselves, and then try to cross the snake forest. If the snakes in the snake forest do not attack us because of the soil,
The snakes in the snake den will definitely not attack us."
In other words, they have to roll in the mud, get covered in mud, and then go into the snake den...