pappabearbooks Chapter 2496: Attack from Underground
Chapter 2496: Attack from Underground
After waiting for a while, Wang Jinpeng felt a little uncomfortable, so he shouted to the entrance of the cave: "Guan Yun, can you do it? Just say something."
As if he heard Wang Jinpeng's words, Guan Yun's voice came from a very close place.
"There is no danger at present. You can come in and give it a try." Guan Yun said.
At this time, he also turned on the flashlight, because the carrion insects did not need to use light to determine the location of their prey.
After receiving the news that the front was safe, everyone no longer stayed and got into the cave one after another.
It's just that the cave is too narrow. Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning are relatively large, and they even need to bend down to move forward.
Fortunately, this passage was not too long, and it didn't take long for them to see the exit.
Jump down from the exit and come to a platform.
The area of the platform is not large, just enough for the seven of them to stand.
Looking down from the edge of the platform, he couldn't see the bottom at a glance. Lin Ran accidentally kicked a stone, and it took a long time for an echo to be heard.
"Hiss." Wang Jinpeng took a breath of air.
Behind is the cave entrance, and below is the cliff. And at this height, falling down can be said to be fatal.
Lin Ran checked the situation inside the cave. It looked like a purely natural cave, but they had a foothold in their position.
In addition, the inside is like two large gymnasiums overlapping each other, with a very wide area.
Beyond the platform they were on, there was a bottomless abyss.
Looking up, you can see the top of the cave.
Just now they saw a faint light here in the passage, and they were a little worried at first.
Now we finally know where the light comes from.
There is a huge crack at the top of the cave entrance, and the dim moonlight shines from the cave entrance, illuminating the entire cave entrance brightly.
Through the compass, they can know where they are now to the east of the cave entrance.
In addition, there is one particularly conspicuous item.
It rises from the bottom of the abyss to the height of their platform.
The stone pillar was so huge that it would have taken more than ten people to hold it, and it would make anyone who looked at it suffer from a phobia of giant objects.
There seemed to be some ropes hanging on the stone pillars, and something hanging on the ropes.
But it's not clear from their position.
On the mountain wall, a winding corridor was built.
The steps were very narrow, and there was an abyss at their feet, so they had to be extremely careful when walking.
Wang Jinpeng felt that his hair was standing on end. He didn't know how these steps were built. They were completely suspended in the air, as if they were carved directly from the raised parts of the mountain wall.
Walking on it weighing more than his weight felt like it might collapse at any moment.
Therefore, he walked more cautiously and deliberately walked at the back of the team.
Keep walking along the corridor, and if nothing goes wrong, you should be able to reach the bottom.
The most eye-catching thing here is the stone pillar in the middle.
No matter where they go, they can see the stone pillar just now, like a landmark building, inserted directly into the center of the cave.
Who on earth erected such a behemoth in the cave?
It is absolutely impossible for a naturally formed stone to change into the shape in front of you. It can only be constructed artificially.
Lin Ran speculated that it was not a stone pillar, but a structure similar to a holy tower, with a hollow inside.
The main tomb chamber they want to explore is most likely inside.
But as he walked down, there was always a vague worry in his heart, as if he was being stared at by a pair of deep, dark eyes.
The further down you go, the more obvious their feelings become.
The current situation is indeed not good.
About halfway through, the steps in front were broken.
I don’t know whether it was due to disrepair and natural fractures, or whether it was artificially destroyed.
However, when they were halfway there, they discovered some thick vines appearing on the wall.
Wang Jinpeng was shocked when he saw it for the first time, thinking it was a snake.
But these vines did not attack them, and now there was no road ahead. Wang Jinpeng asked: "Can we climb down these vines?"
He shined a flashlight down, and it should be about seven or eight meters high, so he could climb to the bottom.
Looking at the broken steps, the nearest step was six meters away from them, making it absolutely impossible to jump over.
"Okay, let's go down." Lin Ran said, "Jin Peng, your feet are injured, is it easy to climb?"
"It's not a big deal, this little injury doesn't affect it at all." After Wang Jinpeng said that, he grabbed a vine and slid down first.
Lin Ran and the others followed closely. Although they knew there might be danger below, there was no other way.
After reaching the bottom, they realized something was wrong.
Because the bottom is not stone or water, but densely covered with vines.
No, to be precise, it should be tree roots!
Looking at the direction where the tree roots are concentrated, it turns out to be the stone tower.
Lin Ran suddenly realized that it was not a tower at all, but a tree.
Everyone was attracted by the wonderful scene in front of them. No one realized that on the ground, a vine was gradually approaching them.
Originally, the ground was full of tree roots, so it was not easy to notice.
So that when they reached their feet, they didn't even notice it.
In an instant, a vine sprang out from the root of the tree like a snake and tied to Wang Jinpeng's injured foot.
Wang Jinpeng was always on alert, observing the situation around him, but he really didn't react to the attack coming from under his feet.
At that moment, the vines wrapped around his leg, preparing to drag it into the roots of the tree.
The leg was originally injured. Wang Jinpeng lost his footing and fell to the ground.
Guan Yun, who was standing next to him, had quick eyes and quick hands and grabbed Wang Jinpeng.
But he didn't expect the pulling force of the vines to be so strong, pulling him to the ground.
Xu Ning followed closely, threw away his backpack, squatted down and held Guan Yun.
"What?" Huang Hao turned pale with fright in an instant.
Wang Jinpeng was pulled to the ground just now and was injured again. However, with Guan Yun's help, he finally maintained his balance.
With trembling hands, he picked up the flashlight on the ground, shined it on his legs, and finally discovered the vines.
"It's this root!"
After seeing the attacker clearly, Wang Jinpeng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
What attacked him turned out to be a plant!
This was not the first time he had seen plants attacking humans, but the strength of this vine was beyond imagination.
He also felt that his body was a little overwhelmed. If he was pulled by them like this, he would definitely be torn into two pieces.
Lin Ran made a prompt decision, took out the machete in his backpack, came to the vines, and slashed at the roots of the vines.
Until the vine was cut off, the remaining part retracted into the roots of the tree.
Wang Jinpeng also felt that the strength of the binding on his legs had decreased.
I was completely relieved.