Phoenix Feather

Xiao Chunqiu made a gesture and asked Shangguanxuan - did he step forward to catch him?

Shangguanxuan looked around carefully, and found that there were only Li Mei and the others in this place, and it was not difficult to restrain them, but Shangguanxuan felt that there was someone behind Li Mei and the others, so he shook his head at Xiao Chunqiu, signaling to wait and see. It changes.

Xiao Chunqiu took out his mobile phone, adjusted the shooting conditions, and took several photos in succession as evidence.I don't know if it was influenced by Xuan Miaoke, but now Xiao Chunqiu is very proficient at taking pictures with mobile phones.

Just as he was about to take two more photos, Shangguan Xuan suddenly held his hand down, and he took two steps back with his arms around him.

Being hugged by Shangguan Xuan and hiding in the darkness, Xiao Chunqiu, who felt the danger, involuntarily breathed lightly.

Diagonally opposite, a thin figure appeared in the dark tunnel.

It's a child.

How could a child be here?

This question came to Xiao Chunqiu and Shangguanxuan's mind at the same time.

Seeing someone, the child immediately shrank his head back, that kind of vigilance and vigilance did not look like a child at all.

The child hesitated in the darkness for a while, then looked at Li Mei and the others with his head, and quickly ran along the same road.

Shangguanxuan felt that the child who appeared suddenly was very suspicious, he really wanted to catch up and take a look, but if he chased out at this time, he would definitely be discovered by Li Mei and the others, because there were two women facing him and Xiao Chunqiu at this time In this regard, there is a danger of being discovered if you are not careful.

Helpless, Shangguanxuan had no choice but to hope that Li Mei and the others would leave soon, and the children could catch up after running not far away.

As Shangguanxuan wished, after those black worm-like things crawled into Li Si's body along Li Si's mouth, Li Mei and the others carried Li Si's body and left through another tunnel without stopping.

At this time, Shangguanxuan noticed that there were as many as eight tunnels in this underground cave, and he didn't know where these tunnels lead to.

"You follow these women, I will chase that child."

Xiao Chunqiu agreed.

Shangguanxuan took a step, then stopped, looking back at Xiao Chunqiu.

Xiao Chunqiu was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Quickly kissed Xiao Chunqiu on the lips, "Be careful yourself."

After finishing speaking, Shangguan Xuan chased after him from the tunnel that the child left.

Xiao Chunqiu touched his hot face and muttered: "I'm not a child."

Although he complained in his mouth, the feeling of being cared made him feel as sweet as a bag full of honey. He raised his hand to touch his lips, smiled unconsciously, and Xiao Chunqiu ran into the room. The tunnel that Li Mei and the others took.

The tunnel was filled with the smell of rotten wood, and Shangguanxuan couldn't help but feel a little horrified. Judging from the roots above, the plants on the ground are definitely huge. If there are hundreds of trees like a forest, it won't be scary. If there is only one Tree... I hope it won't be hit by my own crow's mouth.

Fortunately, there is no fork in this tunnel.After walking in the dark for about ten minutes, the front suddenly became bright, and it seemed that it was the end.Shangguanxuan secretly guarded himself and walked towards the light——

At the end of the tunnel is a huge cave, shaped like a bowl.

In the middle of the cave, there is a huge plant with a diameter of several people hugging each other. The dark brown thick branches extend upwards in a staggered manner, squeezing the exit of the cave tightly, and little sunlight comes in through the gaps in the branches, forming circles on the ground. Shaped spots of light, in the dark cave, like pairs of white eyes staring at people motionlessly.

The smell of rot was stronger.

Shangguanxuan covered his nose and approached the strange unknown plant.

The closer they got, the wetter the soil under their feet, and a thick layer of mud covered the soles of their shoes, causing their feet to sink.Thinking it was because of the torrential rain earlier, Shangguan Xuan didn't pay much attention.

The rotten smell suddenly disappeared.Just as he was surprised, suddenly a burst of dizziness struck, Shangguan Xuan bit the tip of his tongue forcefully, the tingling pain made him wake up instantly.

There was a dead silence all around, with occasional drops of water dripping from above, dripping on Shangguanxuan's hair and face, it was cold and clammy.

The dizziness became more serious. Shangguanxuan, who was trying to stay awake, felt that he must have been affected by this weird unknown plant in front of him. The doctor tore off a corner of his clothes, tore it into two strips and rubbed it to stuff his nose.

Not long after the nose was blocked, the dizziness miraculously eased.

Reminiscent of the sudden disappearance of the rotten smell just now, Shangguanxuan guessed that the smell has always been there, but his sense of smell has probably been affected by this plant and has failed, and the dizziness is also caused by this plant. It's not too affected.

Unexpectedly, a ring of huge flat stones was laid around the base of the plant.

These stones are round and vary in size.After a closer look, Shangguanxuan found that these stones were not inlaid in a random manner, but arranged regularly around the root of the plant, like some kind of formation.

Walking around the plant, I can roughly see that the stones are arranged in the shape of a seven-pointed star, and this plant is planted in the center of the seven-pointed star.

For Qimen Dunjia and the like, Shangguanxuan has only a half-knowledge, what kind of formation in front of him has any effect, he can't see the reason at all, so he can only write it down for the time being, and ask after he goes out, he is definitely qualified to be called a master Hyun Hyun.

Shangguan Xuan was in a hurry to chase the little boy. At this time, he had already wasted a lot of time because of this weird plant. Although there were many doubts about this weird plant, there was no time to study it right now.

I quickly looked around, but couldn't find the exit.

The criss-crossing branches above the head are like a net, blocking the way out above, and it is impossible to get out. Although the child is thin, it is absolutely impossible to get out of the gap that is only the size of tofu.However, the child is indeed gone, is there another exit?

Shangguanxuan's eyes fell on that plant... and looked carefully again, this time he saw something.

About two meters above the ground, there is a huge gap between the staggered branches, which can completely allow a person to get in.

With Shang Guanxuan's skills, it is not difficult to climb up.

After getting into the gap, I found that there is a hole in it.The dense branches are hollow in the middle. Looking up, there are clusters of red on the top of the head. Because the distance is a bit far, I can't see what it is.

After climbing out by climbing the branches, as expected, he reached the ground.Surprisingly, the red clusters turned out to be blood-red bougainvilleas in full bloom.

Shangguanxuan, who was covered by the giant umbrella-like bougainvillea, was really stunned. Can such a huge monster be considered a bougainvillea?

Patting his head, Shangguanxuan looked around for the exit.

Climbing out from among the luxuriant branches and leaves with difficulty, not only his clothes were scratched a few times, but even his face was scratched. Shangguanxuan gave a wry smile, really embarrassed.

When he saw the commissary, Shangguanxuan couldn't help regretting it, he would have come out the same way if he had known about it.

The torrential rain stopped at some point, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sun that reappeared was sparing no effort to bake the earth, trying to evaporate the water vapor left by the torrential rain.

There was a lot of delay before and after, and Shangguanxuan planned to find the child, but unexpectedly, when he reached the entrance of Nine Curves and Eighteen Bends, he heard the child's voice.

Quickly turning into the first bend of nine bends and eighteen bends, the delighted Shangguan Xuan was stunned——

He saw children, but not one, but a group. After a rough look, there were about forty or fifty children, including males and females.

When the noisy children saw Shangguanxuan, they immediately quieted down and looked at Shangguanxuan curiously with wide eyes.

When they were underground, due to the dim light, Shangguanxuan couldn't see the child's height and appearance at all. At this time, it was not easy to find the child just now among the forty or fifty children.

I touched my nose and found that there were still two balls of cloth plugged.

After taking off the cloth ball, my breathing became much easier.

"Have you been there to play just now?" Shangguanxuan pointed in the direction of the commissary and asked the group of children.

The children glanced at each other and shook their heads.

Shangguanxuan was a little disappointed, thought for a while, and asked another way: "There is a big and beautiful flower over there, red, do you know?"

The children were still shaking their heads.

Shangguanxuan frowned, could it be that the child really walked away?

After asking a few more questions, the children either shook their heads or said they didn't know.

"What are you doing here?"

"Play." The children replied in unison.

"Where are your parents?"

"At home."

"You all live here?"

"Yes."

……

Seeing that there was nothing to ask, Shangguanxuan had no choice but to give up and planned to go to Xiao Chunqiu first.

As soon as Shangguanxuan left, the children surrounded a boy in his teens who was wearing a blue and white plaid shirt and white overalls, clamoring for credit.

"Brother, we all answered according to what you said."

"Brother, how do you know that uncle will come?"

"Brother, how do you know what that uncle will ask? You are so amazing!"

……

The boy surrounded in the middle had extremely delicate eyebrows, skin like white jade, and neatly trimmed hair that was black and shiny.

The boy smiled lightly, but he would not answer the children's questions.

He patted the head of a child beside him. The child looked at the boy in the white overalls with admiration, and rubbed his hand like a well-behaved cat.If Xuanxuan or Yueyu were there, they would recognize this child as the one selling straw hats, the one Shangguanxuan was looking for.

The boy in the white overalls smiled like the warm sun in winter, and said to the group of children, "I'll take you to a fun place."

Bewitched by his smile, the children followed him like a demon.The direction to go is the direction of the commissary that they unanimously replied that they did not know.

……

Leaving the nine bends and eighteen bends, the more Shangguanxuan thought about it, the more he felt cheated.

Those children said that they lived on Neptune Island. For children, playing and eating are usually the most attractive. It stands to reason that there is a canteen over there, and the canteen represents all kinds of snacks. It doesn’t make sense that they don’t know... …

Shangguanxuan stopped, turned around and ran back.

The nine bends and eighteen bends with no one in sight became a proof that Shangguanxuan was deceived.

***

Xiao Chunqiu followed Li Mei and the others to turn left and right in the tunnel, and soon got to the ground.

This is a completely different road from when he and Shangguanxuan came in. The outside is a row of low bungalows, the yellow walls are peeling off, revealing the red turning heads inside, and the people living here are obviously poor.

Xiao Chunqiu never imagined that Neptune Island, known as a paradise for the rich, would have such a "poor" place.

People obviously lived in the red brick houses.The strange thing is that Li Mei and others don't seem to be worried about being seen carrying a dead body, and what surprised Xiao Chunqiu most is that several women who came out of the red brick house clearly saw Li Si's body. But they turned a blind eye to the corpse, and just greeted Mrs. Zhang, as if Li Mei and the others were not carrying a dead body, but a scarecrow.

Are these people who live in the red brick house all accomplices?

This astonishing guess flashed through Xiao Chunqiu's mind.

Mrs. Zhang and several women entered one of the red brick houses.Li Mei was waiting outside, but did not go in.And Li Si's body was thrown aside like garbage.

Xiao Chunqiu suppressed the suspicion in his heart and waited patiently.

While waiting, Xiao Chunqiu carefully observed the surrounding environment.He found that all the people living here were women. After waiting for so long, he didn't see half a man or a child, and he didn't hear the voice of a man or a child.

Mrs. Zhang and the others came out.

Seeing Li Mei and Mrs. Zhang carrying Li Si's body away from the red brick house, Xiao Chunqiu was about to follow when he suddenly heard a woman's voice in panic: "Mother Huihui, have you seen my Dongzi?"

Huihui's mother said: "No, speaking of which, Huihui is not here either. Did you go to play together?"

Dongzi's mother's words were like a fuse. One after another, women discovered that their children were missing.The women suddenly panicked.

Xiao Chunqiu was in a dilemma, he wanted to stay and see what happened, but Li Mei and the others were almost gone.

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Chunqiu chased after Li Mei and the others in the direction they left.

Li Mei and the others threw Li Si's body near a gorgeous villa, and Xiao Chunqiu recognized that this villa belonged to Li Si.

After abandoning the corpse, Li Mei and the others did not go back to the red brick house, but walked towards the pier.

I followed Li Mei and the others all the way to the seaside, and turned left and right among the rocks, and they disappeared without turning twice.

Xiao Chunqiu was dumbfounded, unexpectedly, unexpectedly lost again?

I searched the neighborhood without giving up, but I still couldn't find anyone. It's so embarrassing to be lost twice in one day... I was annoyed when my phone vibrated, it was a message from Shangguanxuan.

Although they didn't see Li Mei and the others, Xiao Chunqiu didn't dare to make a phone call directly, because he was worried that he would startle the snake.

After answering the text message and reporting his location, Xiao Chunqiu leaned on a rock and waited for Shangguanxuan.

After waiting for a long time, I suddenly heard several panicked calls.

Following the sound, Xiao Chunqiu found a cave in the hidden place between the three big rocks——

After Li Mei and the others killed Li Si and abandoned the corpse, they came to the beach to look for Long Po, and they smelled a strong smell of blood before entering the cave.

Looking at each other in surprise, Li Mei collected herself, took the lead and walked in, calling softly: "Dragon Po, are you there?"

In the cave, the blood soaked the stump, where there was no Luang Po, there was only a bloody corpse left.