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Chapter 9 The Elephant of Siege

Sissy stayed in her and Qianqian's room for a long time before she came out.

When she came out, she was holding a girly-skinned, very soft thing in her hand—she actually found Qianqian's skin.

The usual timid and cautious expression on the girl's face was taken off by her like a mask.At this moment, Sissy's face was pale, and her shy expression was no longer there, only showing a slightly disgusted but tired expression.

As Cheng Mo guessed, the map leading to the next level was indeed drawn on Qianqian's inexplicably lost skin.When Qianqian brought Qianqian's human skin out of the room, no one spoke for a while.

"Where did you find it?" Xu Qing asked tremblingly.

"The room of Qianqian and I, after Grimace peeled the skin last night, I threw it on the ground. I picked up the skin, folded it, and put it in the closet. I was in a hurry at night and didn't notice that there was something strange about the skin. As soon as these words came out, it was tantamount to indirectly admitting that when Qianqian died the night before, she clearly knew about it, and it was even tantamount to watching the crying face card peel off the skin of her best friend, and put it on the blood-soaked card. Slept soundly all night in bed.

And Sissi, who took the initiative to admit all this, just had a nonchalant expression, as if she had changed from a deliberately disguised weak girl to a vicious woman, and that girlish clear and soft face was also clouded at this moment, no more That feeling of ignorance.She looked up at the silent crowd, smiled strangely, and handed the human skin in her hand to everyone:

"Do you want to touch it? It's still hot."

After a night, the color of the skin turned out to be soft, fresh and pale.The delicate texture on it is still clearly visible, and the tiny hairs on the girl's skin glow light golden under the light, and blood can even be seen flowing through the lavender capillaries through the thinned skin.It's just that this originally flawless skin has been completely stained by the blood-smeared map, and the blackened blood twists and turns on the skin, like a series of ugly scars.

"People are not dead, so even the skin is still hot..." Rao was as fierce as Zou Qingqing, who couldn't help but gasped when he saw this, and murmured in a low voice, "The superimposed effect of the good night song and the crying face card ... That girl might still be sentient, life would be worse than death."

"It's not possible, but there is still consciousness." Qin Chuhe said coldly, "A person who suffers from an injury and falls into eternal sleep will not be deprived of sensory perception from beginning to end, and she can feel everything that is done to her body parts. , including the skin you are holding her now."

Qianqian didn't respond, nor did she look at Qin Chuhe.She held Qianqian's skin as if it was just an ordinary map.The young girl at this moment is like an empty shell with a soul floating outside her body, and she has never had a trace of sadness on her face.

Cheng Mo couldn't stand it anymore, he pulled Qin Chuhe's arm, and said in a low voice:

"The next level is still long, let's hurry up."

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The route marked on the map is very complicated, but fortunately, the hut where they started and their destination were clearly marked.

Xu Qing happens to be good at finding the way - he already has an excellent sense of direction, and the dungeons he has played before are mostly in the field. He has accumulated a lot of experience in finding the way, so he became the leader of this team without any objection. people.

Qin Chuhe didn't have much objection to the group's inexplicable group action, but Cheng Mo knew that he didn't think that the winning rate of teaming up was higher than others, but he just didn't feel the addition of other people, as if in his eyes There is little help anyone else can give.

On the way to find the way, he also briefly opened the group communication for a while, telling Cheng Mo that the motives of the group of people entering the dungeon were almost all impure, and several of them had committed a lot of evil deeds in the previous dungeon. Cheng Mo should be careful.

"With me here, I will guarantee that you will be fine."

At the end of the topic, Qin Chuhe always wanted to add something indifferently.

After leaving the hut, there is a bottomless dense forest, which is tightly surrounded by huge walls.Although it was already morning, the tall and straight trees blocked the daylight, and with the thick fog, the dense forest looked ghostly.There was no movement around—no animals, no birdsong, as if they were the only living creatures in the whole forest.

It seemed to have rained the night before, and the soil in the forest was wet and sticky, making it very difficult for the group to walk.The others are fine, but Wei Guoqiang has always been pampered and lacks exercise. After walking for a while, he couldn't help complaining:

"When will this broken forest go out?"

"Looking at the map, there should be more than half of the distance." Xu Qing said calmly, "According to the current pace, we will probably be able to get out of this forest at noon."

"The premise is that nothing will happen in the middle." Zou Qingqing interjected coldly, "I don't want to die in this wretched forest and be buried with you."

"We've been gone for a while, and there seems to be no movement. Could this forest not be the main level of the dungeon?" Liu Hui held Guoguo in his arms, and carefully guessed, "If there is something else, there should be something else. The sound is right. But I just listened carefully, and it seems that there are only a few of us in the woods."

"This dungeon is a bit strange, so it's better not to jump to conclusions." Xu Qing made a summary. He was the oldest in the group and held a map. At this moment, he seemed to be a leader.

Qin Chuhe walked behind the end of the team, unexpectedly did not comment on the discussion, but stared at the dense and prosperous trees around him, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Cheng Mo noticed Qin Chuhe's expression, so he slowed down to keep pace with him, and asked in a low voice:

"What's the matter, is there something wrong with this forest?"

As soon as he finished asking, Qin Chuhe suddenly relaxed his brows as if he had figured something out.Qin Chuhe nodded, took Cheng Mo's hand to follow the group of people in front, and said softly: "Well, this forest is weird, be careful."

As soon as they got to the middle of the line, they heard Guoguo turn her head from the front. She, who had always been disgusted with Liu Hui, seemed very obedient when facing Qin Chuhe:

"Brother Chuhe, this forest is so dark, Guoguo is afraid, when can we go out?"

"Yes, although it is a forest, the trees here are too dense." Guoguo's words seemed to give Xu Qing some hints, and he mused, "Usually in this case, the upper layers of the trees cover each other. , and the lower layer competes for supplies in the deep layer of the land, it is theoretically impossible to grow huge in such a dense environment."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but stop and observe the huge luxuriant trees surrounding them.The diameter of these trees is as high as 20 meters, the rhizomes are intertwined, and the wide canopy covers the whole forest tightly. Only a faint light from the sky penetrates through the gaps between the leaves. With the diffuse white water vapor, the whole forest looks more and more dense. Ghostly.Looking up, the tangled stems are densely covered everywhere the line of sight goes, making people feel more breathless the more they look.

Cheng Mo stared at the stems hanging from the branches of the trees, and a very distant human voice suddenly appeared in his mind:

"The roots of the columns are connected, the branches of the columns expand, the canopy is like an umbrella, and a single tree forms a forest."

As if a ray of light flashed through his mind, he suddenly became enlightened.

"There is actually only one tree in this whole forest." Cheng Mo said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him in astonishment, only Qin Chuhe raised his eyebrows unsurprisingly, with a hint of appreciation and a little hidden pride in his eyes.

Xu Qing was the first to react. He ran to the nearest tree, carefully studied its branches and branches hanging from it, and then sighed clearly: "Banyan tree."

"Yes, the banyan tree." Cheng Mo nodded and explained to others, "Many aerial roots can grow from the trunk and branches of the banyan tree, and these aerial roots will take root in the soil after touching the soil, and then continue to grow thicker. become prop roots. The trees we see now are actually the aerial roots of the side branches of the main tree."

"The prop roots can absorb water and nutrients, and support the ever-expanding main crown while growing." Xu Qing is very knowledgeable, and after he figured out the secret, he immediately added to Cheng Mo's words, but he seemed to be Suddenly thought of something, and frowned deeply, "Since the range of aerial roots is so wide, then the main tree must be very huge. It stands to reason that the environment of this dungeon is not suitable for the growth of banyan trees... How can such a huge banyan forest grow? What do you feed on?"

"Go and see the main tree and you will know." Zou Qingqing snorted coldly, "Such a large forest cannot be arranged here out of thin air. If I guessed correctly, the surname Xu, look at the map, the location of the main tree Should be on our way to our next location."

Xu Qing glanced at the map, then nodded heavily to everyone.

For some reason, after discovering that the dense forest was made up of banyan trees, Cheng Mo felt very bad all the time.He glanced at the others, and found that they all seemed to be preoccupied, and the one with the most gloomy face was Wei Guoqiang.

"What's wrong with you?" Wei Guoqiang's expression was so weird that Cheng Mo couldn't help asking him.

Unexpectedly, Wei Guoqiang, who has always gone his own way, hesitated for a rare moment this time, and then opened his mouth with some hesitation:

"You people may not believe it, but when we do business, sometimes we pay special attention to Fengshui." He swallowed, "If you take apart the word 'banyan', you can't tolerate trees. Banyan forests are very rare in Fengshui. A place for people to pass through."

Wei Guoqiang lowered his voice as he spoke, even the broken baby didn't make his face so ugly.

And Cheng Mo also suddenly thought of a terrible thing in his words.In order to confirm his guess, he took a few steps towards Xu Qing, and carefully glanced at the map in his hand.

A terrible conjecture came true.

"Do you still remember that before we entered this banyan forest, we first passed through a very high wall?" He opened his mouth slowly, "This wall is shown in the shape of a word on the map, which happens to be the A piece of banyan forest is enclosed within the wall."

"There are trees in the wall, that is, there is wood in the mouth. And there is wood in the mouth..." Cheng Mo couldn't continue.

"It's because of 'sleeping'." Qin Chuhe, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth coldly.

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