Trickster Hunter

Chapter 179 Tumi

As soon as a gap was revealed in the air-tight door, a strong and almost suffocating aroma wafted out from inside the door.

The expressions of Sun Hang and the other three people changed, and they immediately took out gas masks and covered their faces.

"I'll go. Isn't this smell poisonous?" The fisherman's voice came out from under the gas mask, which seemed a bit dull.

"Not sure..." Yano's face looked a little ugly. The smell came so unexpectedly that the three of them all inhaled a bit.

"Do you feel anything wrong with your body?" The fisherman asked again, "I don't know why, but I have a very strange feeling."

"What's the strange feeling?" Yano asked.

"An...indescribable feeling...it's very comfortable and pleasant...I always have the urge to take off the gas mask and take a few more breaths," the fisherman said.

"I feel the same way." Yano nodded, "This smell is very tempting and addictive...Fortunately, the amount we inhale is not very large."

After the three people put on the temporary gas masks on their faces again, Sun Hang walked to the air-tight door again and pushed the heavy air-tight door to one side little by little.

The fisherman and Yano Seiichi subconsciously tensed up their bodies, staring intently at the tunnel behind the door that was gradually revealed.

Relying on the faint light coming from outside, you can vaguely see a huge irregular shadow entrenched in the tunnel...

"It's really big...it almost blocks the entire tunnel." The fisherman frowned, "How are we going to get through this..."

Finally, the airtight door was completely pushed aside, and the three of them could see clearly that there were countless vines entangled inside the tunnel. The thinnest of these vines were twice as thick as Sun Hang's arm. On the surface, There are cracked lines like scales. Through these cracked lines, you can vaguely see a substance emitting dark red fluorescence flowing inside the vine.

Under the protection of layers of vines, a bud the size of a fist stood there.

This bud has extremely gorgeous bright red petals. From a distance, it seems that it is not a bud, but a blazing flame at the end of the vine.

The buds were beating slightly, like the heart of some kind of creature.

Those vines are its "blood vessels", and the dark red substance flowing in them is its "blood".

"I...I know this thing..." Yano said with a look of astonishment, "No. Ding 15, 'Tumi'... However, according to the records of Tianshu Tower, 'Tumi' should be on an island in Indonesia. In the jungle, not here.”

"This is a replica made by researchers on the Nameless Island who used the 'Tumi' meme," Sun Hang said.

It's just that this replica seems to have been "contaminated", but unlike Xin Jiuwu, this "contamination" has given Tumi extremely majestic energy. It's hard to imagine that when the bud blooms, At that time, what will it be like?

"Put the replica aside for now, Yano, that 'Tumi' you mentioned...is it poisonous?" the fisherman asked hurriedly.

"As for the poison... Theoretically, inhaling a small amount of the smell released by the tea tree will not have any impact on the body. On the contrary, it will make people feel happy... In fact, you just told me that you also have this kind of smell. When I was reacting, I thought of this for a moment, but because the geographical span is really too big..."

"Then what are the characteristics of this strange thing? Tell me." Sun Hang asked.

Although he knew that the thing blocking the tunnel was a replica of Tumi, he did not know the specific characteristics of Tumi.

"Tumi was first discovered in 4587 in the lunar calendar... or in 4578, on a small island in Indonesia called 'Pratang Bak'. The local government's troops received reports that there was something strange on the island. After the report of the creature, a battalion of troops was specially sent to the island for reconnaissance, which happened to coincide with the quadrennial 'happy festival' of the indigenous tribes on the island..."

"Happy Festival? This festival...could it be Tumi?" Sun Hang asked as he stretched out his hand to adjust the headband of the gas mask behind his head.

"Well, among the indigenous tribes on the island, the tea tree is called the 'Flower of Joy'. They squeeze the juice from the roots of the tea tree, mix it with sawdust and soil, and then dry it to make incense - they use them In other words, this incense can cure all diseases and make people forget all pain and troubles, but in fact..."

"It's actually a high-strength hallucinogen, right?"

"That's right." Yano nodded.

There are similar examples of this kind of thing in Xiazhou Continent. Sun Hang remembered that he had seen it in a document introducing the primitive tribes in the Yunnan and Dian regions. The indigenous people living in the rain forest would specifically look for a brightly colored tree. After eating the fungi, you will feel as if you are in a fairyland... Although many people never return to the human world after "landing in a fairyland", this That didn't stop others from continuing to search for and eat the fungi.

Because that feeling is addictive, and its effect is actually similar to the hallucinogenic or sedative drugs that are strictly controlled by the Xiazhou Federation, and it is easy for people to become dependent... Driven by curiosity, I tried it once After that, I will think about trying it a second time, a third time...

Until you are completely addicted and can never wake up again.

But according to this statement, the harm of this flower is actually similar to the poisonous mushrooms that can be found everywhere in the rainforest?

Moreover, since the "Joy Festival" is held every four years, does this mean that the indigenous tribe on the island has been living in peace with this strange creature called "Flower" for many years?

"What happened later?" The fisherman asked hurriedly, "According to people's attitude towards strange things at that time, whether this strange thing is a threat or not, it is the highest priority to completely eliminate it, right?"

"After listening to the description of the natives, the soldiers who landed on the island immediately determined that this "Flower of Joy" was a type D strange thing. The leading officer immediately decided to burn it, but was strongly resisted by the natives on the island."

"Resistance? Don't tell me... those fully armed regular army soldiers can't beat a group of tribal natives with bows and spears?" The fisherman said in astonishment.

"Under normal circumstances, they would definitely be defeated... It was indeed a massacre. After getting permission to open fire, the soldiers slaughtered almost all of the tribe. Just as they forced the last few captives to lead the way to where Tumi was, the natives who were shot dead by bullets behind them crawled out of the pool of blood one by one."