Ye An

The tunnel was blocked, and if Ye An wanted to pass through, he had to remove the skeletons in front of him.

The bones vary in size, from humans to mutated beasts. The edges have been embedded in the rock wall, and the large bones must be pried out with a short knife.

I don't know how long these bones have been buried in the ground. Some of them become brittle and almost break when they are grasped, while others are still very hard.Ye An held the short knife with both hands, inserted the blade into the gap between the two bones, cut downwards, and then picked it up forcefully.

Accompanied by a few clicks, a leg bone of a mutant beast was cut in half, flew out of the tunnel, and rolled down at Ye An's feet.The cross-section of the animal bone was very neat, and the bone marrow inside had already dried up, leaving only a layer of dry yellow-white substance firmly attached to the bone wall.

Ye An raised the dagger to look, and found a gap in the blade.

There are countless bones in the tunnel, but there is only one short knife. If most of the bones are so hard, the short knife in his hand will break before he can dig the passage.

"How to do?"

Ye An held the dagger backwards, and pressed his waist with one hand. He used too much force just now, and once again pulled the wound on his waist and abdomen, causing pain even when he breathed.

There were only two paths in front of him, either to continue digging at the risk of the dagger being broken, or to abandon this path and find another way to leave the underground river.On top of that, he wasn't sure if there was really a road behind the tunnel, blocked by more boulders and bones.

"Up?"

Ye An raised his head and looked up along the tree roots that had climbed over the rock wall. A ray of light fell from the top of his head and caught his eyes.

Tree roots squeezed through the rock wall and penetrated into the hole, and the light came through the gap, which means that there is probably a forest above it.However, it is impossible to determine how far it is from the rock wall to the ground, and whether it will be blocked by hard rocks in the middle, and it may also be futile to do so.Now that he has injuries on his body, his physical strength is very precious and must not be wasted meaninglessly.

Dig forward, or up?

Ye An was a little undecided.

As for going down to the dark river, he immediately shook his head and denied it.

There is no boat to ride on, not even a piece of wood that can float in the water, and I don't know if there are deadly beasts underwater, Ye An really doesn't want to take risks.

As time passed, the light began to tilt and weaken, and the cave gradually became colder. Ye An still couldn't find a better way out, he knew he was trapped.

At this moment, a strange cry suddenly came from outside the cave, no less than that of a night owl, it was extremely piercing and piercing.

Ye An felt vigilant, grabbed the dagger, and quickly came to the entrance of the cave to look out.

Below the cave, a group of strange-looking mutant lizards crawled across the rock wall, summoned their companions with calls, swam across the dark river in large numbers, and soon covered the mutant corpses.

These lizards are blue-brown all over, with fan-shaped bony spurs around their necks, thick limbs and tails, and extremely sharp claws and teeth.The lizard's head is triangular in shape, covered with hard scales from the top of the head to the tail, the scales under the abdomen are slightly lighter in color, and a sarcoma hangs from the chin, which looks very strange and frightening.

The lizard lay on the bull elephant's body, tearing off the thick skin of the bull elephant with its sharp teeth, tearing off large pieces of flesh and blood.

The elephant's trunk was eaten first, revealing the white bones of the head.Immediately afterwards, the part of the male elephant exposed to the water became bloody and bloody, and the cold river water was stained red with blood, exuding a fishy-sweet smell, mixed with the smell of the mutated lizard, which was particularly pungent.

The smell floated up slowly. Ye An leaned against the rock wall, covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and tried to breathe as lightly as possible without making any sound.

There are more and more mutated lizards, greedily devouring rare food.

Living in the dark underground, they rarely encounter such a large prey, and even if they do, it is not their turn to bite.

It is not the mutated lizards or the bigger mutated fish that really dominate this water area, but a group of mutated mantis shrimps that shouldn't appear in fresh water at all.

The number of mantis shrimps is astonishing. The big ones are more than half a meter long, and the small ones are less than the palm of an adult. The hook smashes the opponent to death, cuts it into countless pieces, and feeds the whole shrimp group.

The most deadly thing is that these mutated mantis shrimp not only live in water, but also can move freely on land.

The mutated lizard kept shaking its neck, tore off a large piece of meat, and swallowed it whole.There were more than 100 lizards gathered, and each lizard wanted to occupy the best position, roaring to drive away its fellow lizards.

With the mutation as the center, the river water seemed to be boiling.

The battle slowed down their feeding speed, and as the water splashed again, a large group of mantis shrimp emerged from the bottom of the river following the smell of flesh and blood.

Mantis shrimp are brightly colored, and when they appear in large patches, they stand out even in the dark.The corpse of the male elephant and the mutant lizard occupying the corpse were found. The largest ones waved their big hooks at the same time, posing a threat to each other.

Not to be outdone, the mutated lizards raised their neck spurs and made sharp calls to the mantis shrimp.

The swarm of lizards refuses to back down, but the mantis shrimp is bound to win, and the battle is imminent.

Ye An hid in the cave and had a panoramic view of everything that happened around the corpse of the mutant.

Seeing the mantis shrimp throwing out its big hook, crushing the skulls of mutant lizards one after another, and even smashing a smaller lizard into minced meat, Ye An was startled, and a thought flashed through his mind.He found a way to get out of here, the premise is that he can assimilate this batch of mantis shrimps, and won't be surrounded and killed by them.

The battle in the river was completely one-sided.

The mantis shrimp quickly gained the upper hand. Although the mutated lizard was big and fierce enough, it still couldn't keep the food.The broken carcasses of lizards floated on the surface of the water, and a small part sank to the bottom of the river. Most of them, like the carcasses of male elephants, became the belly of mantis shrimp.

As the number continued to decrease, the lizard group finally began to retreat, abandoning the corpses of the mutants, and left the underground river one after another, far away from the attack of the mantis shrimp.

The competitor retreated, and the mantis shrimp began to relax and eat.

Finally waiting for the right time, Ye An quickly locked on the target and tried to assimilate the largest dozen mantis shrimps.

Ye An prayed that these mantis shrimps would have a certain level of thinking ability, and would not kill or devour them like poisonous insects.

It's a pity that God didn't favor him. After assimilating with the mantis shrimp, Ye An was sure that the shrimp group had collective thinking, but he couldn't feel any extra emotions. Except for killing, he was eating, almost exactly the same as poisonous insects.

Ye An's heart sank slightly, but he didn't want to give up. He simply changed the plan, assimilated more mantis shrimps, stimulated the fighting desire of the shrimp group, led them away from the bull elephant's corpse, climbed up the rock wall in groups, and headed towards Ye An's place. The cave is approaching.

As the mantis shrimp approached, Ye An quickly untied the rope around his waist, put away the medicine bottle hanging on it, and then wrapped the rope around his arm and tied a knot at the end to make a simple noose.

The first mantis shrimp emerged from the hole, and the furious emotions swept over. Ye An clenched his short knife, quickly avoided the attacking big hook, rushed to the tunnel with the mantis shrimp, and climbed smoothly with the help of the bones arranged in advance. Go up to the roof, grab the intertwined roots, and slip your arms and legs into the gap between the roots and the rock wall.

After stabilizing his body, Ye An further provoked the mantis shrimp. When the opponent rushed up, he threw out the noose he had prepared long ago, wrapped the mantis shrimp firmly, and lifted it with one arm, and the mantis shrimp was suspended in mid-air.

The mantis shrimp was very angry, and kept waving the big hook, causing the rope to shake.Given the chance, this angry mantis shrimp will smash Yean's bones.

However, the initiative was in Ye An's hands. The mantis shrimp was caught in a rope and couldn't break free. Everything that followed could only be done according to Ye An's wishes.

More and more mantis shrimps gathered in the cave, Ye An lowered the rope slowly.

There was still some distance from the ground, and several colorful mantis shrimps suddenly jumped up, firmly grasping the rope that Ye An put down, trying to rescue their companions, but they were taken to a high place together as a result.

Using the method learned from the queen bee, Ye An continued to guide the emotions of the mantis shrimp, so that more and more mantis shrimps were hanging on the rope, and they all took the initiative to grab them with claws, and would not let go no matter what.

After almost grabbing, Ye An lifted the rope up again.

The weight in his hands was dozens of times higher than before, and Ye An took some effort to lift all the mantis shrimps to a high place, pulling their killing instincts and letting them crush the bones that reached the top of the cave.

Such a method may not be effective for mutant beasts with considerable thinking ability and intelligence, but the effect is not bad when used on these mantis shrimps whose thinking and emotions are very single.

The anger of the mantis shrimp had a channel to vent, and the big hook on the chest was thrown out again and again. In less than a moment, the bones that reached the top of the cave were smashed to pieces, and a large area began to collapse and fall.The shattered bones rolled to the ground, and soon covered the cave floor with a gray-white layer.

The mantis shrimp was very fast, pushing forward along the smashed hole, and quickly cleared a passage for Ye An to bend over.

A large piece of light shot out from the opposite side of the passage, not like daylight, but it was particularly attractive to Ye An and made him feel warm.

"What could it be?"

Ye An spread out his fingers, and could feel the heat surging in his body.There was an itch from the wound on the calf, and when he looked down, the wound began to scab.Even for mutants, this recovery speed is beyond common sense.

"Whatever he is, let's see it first."

Intuition told Ye An that the thing on the opposite side was not harmful to him.

The passage opened by the mantis shrimp was very narrow, and Ye An had to touch the ground with his knees and hands, carefully avoiding the sharp edges of the broken bones and the bone fragments scattered around, and crawling through it little by little.

Ahead is the exit of the tunnel, and the light is getting more and more dazzling.

Ye An was dazed for a moment, and the connection with the mantis shrimp weakened.The mantis shrimp did not attack Ye An angrily, but rushed towards the converging point of light.

Opposite the tunnel is also a cave, three or four times larger than the one Ye An passed through before.

The walls were covered with moss and dry tree roots, and a large number of broken bones and decayed weapons were scattered on the ground. Ye An could conclude that these broken bones had nothing to do with the mantis shrimp.

The light came from the opposite rock wall. Ye An jumped off the pile of bones, jumped over the broken bones on the ground, scraped off the moss covering it with a short knife, cut off the intertwined roots, and revealed a piece hidden in the hollow. Stone.

The stone is only the size of Ye An's fist, spherical in shape, with uneven surface and covered with cracks, as if it were traces left by high temperature burning.

The light overflowed from the crack and fell warmly on his body, as if soaking in a hot spring, which made Ye An feel extra comfortable.

The mantis shrimps also longed for this rock, gathered under the rock wall, put away their big hooks, and lost the previous viciousness at all.

Ye Anqiang suppressed the longing in his heart, and instead of holding up the stone ball immediately, he further assimilated with the mantis shrimp, using everything possible to understand what the stone is.

power.

This is the most precise word Ye An can capture from the extremely simple thinking of the mantis shrimp.