Chapter 44: Ghosts and Wolves Howling
Su Nian and the other two began to move deeper into the place with trepidation, and every step seemed to be on the edge of an unknown trap.
They moved forward slowly and carefully. Su Nian suddenly saw a crack in the stone ahead that was emitting a mysterious glow. The light was sometimes bright and sometimes dim, as if deliberately luring them to get closer. She shouted excitedly, "Look, it's azurite!" Zhao Yan and Ye Yao hurried over and saw that the azurite exposed in the crack was a deep green color with irregular textures on the surface, like an ancient mysterious spell, which looked even more mysterious under the dim light.
Ye Yao anxiously took out a strangely shaped grasping tool that looked like an octopus tentacle from her space and stretched it towards the crevice. The tentacles of this tool were soft and flexible, but seemed to have their own temper. The tentacles waved randomly in the air, completely out of Ye Yao's control. The tentacles sometimes whipped the tree trunks nearby, making a "snap" sound, shaking off the yellow leaves on the ground, and sometimes entangled with the thorns nearby, making Ye Yao unable to pull them back. Ye Yao was angry and anxious, her little face flushed red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She stomped her feet and shouted, "This broken thing, I must tear it apart when I get back!"
Zhao Yan watched anxiously and couldn't help but say, "Ye Yao, be gentle, don't damage the stone!" Ye Yao rolled her eyes at him and gritted her teeth to continue struggling with the disobedient grabbing tool. After a lot of tossing, Ye Yao finally managed to control the tentacles and took the precious Qinghui stone out of the crack of the stone with difficulty. She was so tired that she was panting and sat on the ground, saying, "Finally I got it. This broken tool almost ruined the whole thing!"
As they continued to move deeper into the forest, the light around them became dimmer. Suddenly, they found a bunch of colorful and twisted strange plants. The leaves of these plants were colorful, red like fire, blue like the deep sea, green like jade, and yellow like golden rays. They intertwined with each other and looked particularly gorgeous. Their branches were twisted and coiled, as if they were forcibly twisted and deformed by some mysterious force. Some looked like winding snakes, and some looked like tangled twists, which looked extremely weird.
Zhao Yan was deeply attracted by this strange plant. Curiosity got the better of him and he was about to touch it. Su Nian was quick to stop him and shouted, "Be careful, this may have strong radiation!" But Ye Yao was always a bold person and she didn't care. She quickly took out a huge laser sickle from the space. The blade of the sickle flashed with dazzling blue light, and the handle was inlaid with complex runes and energy gems.
Ye Yao held the sickle tightly with both hands and swung it vigorously. The sharp blade cut through the air, bringing up a gust of wind. With a "swish" sound, the strange plant was cut off instantly. However, at the moment the plant was cut off, a pungent smoke rose from the broken end. The smoke was as thick as ink and quickly spread. The smell was extremely pungent, as if rotten eggs mixed with strong chemicals, choking the three people to cough repeatedly.
Su Nian was choked by the smoke and tears were streaming down her face. She coughed and said, "Ye Yao, you are too reckless. What if this is poisonous!" Zhao Yan also covered his mouth and nose, complaining vaguely, "That's right, I almost died because of you!" Ye Yao herself was choked, but still replied stubbornly, "I just wanted to get it quickly. Who knew it would be like this." The three of them tried to escape in a panic in the pungent smoke.
After a while, their sight was attracted by an extremely sturdy tree. The tree was towering into the sky, with twisted branches and trunks, and among its lush branches and leaves, dark-colored and strangely shaped Nether Charm Fruits were hanging.
Su Nian's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Look, what is that? It's the Netherworld Charm Fruit!" Zhao Yan and Ye Yao looked over and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, it's real! Wow, we are so lucky!"
Su Nian went on to say, "This is an extremely rare Netherworld Charm Fruit. The radiation is almost negligible and there are no impurities. It's really rare!" Zhao Yan also shouted excitedly, "Great, we are so lucky, let's get it down quickly!" Ye Yao couldn't wait to take out a shattering gun from the space and said eagerly, "Watch me, shatter the branches and the fruits will fall down!"
Su Nian felt that Ye Yao was unreliable, so he quickly said, "Let me do it, Ye Yao, how do you use this gun?" Ye Yao quickly explained it to Su Nian. Su Nian took the gun, aimed at the branch and fired a shot. With a "bang", the branch was shattered and the fruits fell to the ground.
They happily picked the fruits, their faces filled with satisfied smiles. But before they finished picking, the powerful impact not only knocked down a lot of fruits, but also accidentally shattered the stinging bee nest on the tree to the ground. At that moment, countless stinging bees angrily poured out of the nest, and the buzzing sound was like the horn of doom. The three people were so scared that they ran away.
Ye Yao ran frantically while frantically stuffing the things she had just collected into the space, muttering, "Oh, don't worry, don't worry, it will all fit!"
At this time, Su Nian was running desperately while anxiously shouting to Ye Yao: "Ye Yao, stop picking up the fruits, run!" When Ye Yao heard Su Nian's call, she looked reluctantly at the fruits on the ground that she had not picked up yet, gritted her teeth, turned around and kept up with everyone.
The stinging bees were chasing them closely, and the buzzing sound was getting closer and closer. The three of them felt that they were running too slowly. Su Nian was extremely anxious and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Take out the car and drive! Drive! Drive! Drive!!"
Ye Yao finally woke up from her dream, and she ran while panting and said, "It's too narrow here, and there are trees everywhere. We can't get the aircraft out at all! We can only get it out in an open area that can accommodate the aircraft. Otherwise, we can't walk in."
Su Nian yelled again, "Zhao Yan's motorcycle!" Zhao Yan finally reacted and frantically searched in the space, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. Finally, he took out the motorcycle from the space, and Ye Yao rushed to the back of the motorcycle and sat on it, shouting, "Hurry up and get on the bike!"
Su Nian had no choice but to squat in front of the motorcycle.
Zhao Yan's hands were shaking slightly because of nervousness. He hurriedly started the motorcycle, and the engine roared. The three people sat on the motorcycle, their hearts in their throats.
Then, the motorcycle rushed out like an arrow, and the three of them rushed down the mountain screaming and howling.
The mountain road was bumpy and the motorcycle was shaking violently, as if it would fall apart at any time. Fortunately, this motorcycle had excellent performance. It could not only fly in the air, but also at an incredibly fast speed. If a motorcycle in the 21st century were to drive on such a bumpy mountain road, it is estimated that people's buttocks would be broken into eight pieces, and not only the branches would be broken, but also their buttocks.
The wind whistled in their ears, and the three people's hair was blown into a mess, but no one cared about that. They just wanted to escape from this terrible place as soon as possible.
They rushed along at lightning speed and happened to meet other classmates on the way. Ye Yao pulled out a high-powered loudspeaker from the space and shouted at the top of her voice: "Everyone, run! There are mutant stinging bees, run!"
Su Nian watched Ye Yao constantly taking out various things from the space, and couldn't help but said: "Ye Yao, are you Doraemon?"
Those students from well-off families quickly activated the energy shields and covered themselves tightly in them, temporarily resisting the fierce attacks of the stinging bees. Those students without protective equipment desperately ran behind the motorcycles. Some accidentally tripped over rocks and fell to the ground, but they got up and continued to flee. The whole mountain forest was filled with screams of fear and desperate shouts, and it was a mess.