Xu Xin immediately replied: "What did you find out? You have been out all this time?"
Ji Chaoyang called him directly via video and he answered it immediately.
"Speak softly, are you in the tree house?"
The voice on the other end was very low, as if he didn't want anyone to hear him.
The video was very dark and he could hardly see anything, but he could hear Ji Chaoyang's heartbeat, thumping.
"Where are you? Is there any danger around?" Xu Xin also lowered his voice.
What's going on? My heart is beating so loudly.
"There is no danger at the moment, but..." Ji Chaoyang's voice was filled with solemnity, "If this big guy not far in front of me is alarmed, then it will be another story."
"Big guy?" Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat.
"That's right." Ji Chaoyang lowered his voice even more.
Ji Chaoyang took a few steps forward and turned the camera to face forward.
Seeing the scene in the video, Xu Xin's orifices immediately contracted and he took a breath of cold air.
A huge cave filled the entire screen and was at least ten meters high.
In this cave, countless mutated vines are growing wantonly, some hanging on the walls, some growing diagonally, and some even crawling on the ground. It looks disorganized, but as a whole they form a sphere.
Wrapped in this vine ball was a huge blood-red flesh ball that was five or six meters tall! This flesh ball was beating like a heart!
It turned out that the pounding heartbeat he just heard was not made by Ji Chaoyang, but by this "big heart"!
Is this some kind of Cthulhu-like monster? Just looking at it makes your sanity level drop dramatically!
As for why the video suddenly became no longer dark, it was because this huge heart, as well as the blood veins and blood thorns on the vines surrounding it, were all emitting a blood-red light, and with every beat of the heart, the red light would flash.
The mutated vines swayed in the red mist as the mist flowed. The blood patterns and blood thorns on those vines were also glowing blood-red light, which was very similar to the one in front of us.
At this moment, the flickering red light on the vines and the "heart" made the entire cave look extremely eerie and terrifying.
The blood patterns light up, indicating that the strength has been enhanced. What makes these vines’ blood patterns and blood thorns light up is the “big heart” in the middle!
He thought of Coco's warning to him.
Near the tree house, there is a big monster that is different from the vines. That monster is very dangerous.
Is it... this kind of monster
"Where are you, in an underground cave?" Xu Xin asked.
If there is such a big monster on the ground, his map will definitely mark the location of the monster. For monsters on the ground, his map is still very useful.
The fact is, there's no mark on the map, so it can only be underground.
"That's right, it's in a cave, and the entrance to the cave is only a few hundred meters away from the tree house." Ji Chaoyang retracted the camera, and the screen fell into darkness again.
Ji Chaoyang suddenly hung up the video, leaving Xu Xin stunned.
"It's inconvenient to talk. I just opened the video to show you this monster. Let's just type."
"Are you still with that heart?"
"No, I'm leaving. It's too depressing there. I'm afraid something might happen."
"So, you were several hundred meters away from the tree house?" Xu Xin asked, "When did you leave?"
"This is a long story. Remember I told you this morning that my random ability today is enhanced hearing?"
“… You heard the heartbeat, so you went out to look for the source of the sound.” Xu Xin understood.
"That's right. After I gained this ability, I started hearing this sound like a heartbeat coming from a direction not far from the tree house. The slow yet powerful thumping sound made me very concerned. I wondered what the sound was coming from.
So I geared up and headed to the source of the sound.”
The heartbeat coming from underground can be heard from hundreds of meters away. It seems that the hearing enhancement is also a very strong enhancement.
“I just read what you said in the group, and my method is similar to yours.
After I cleared away all the mutant vines under the tree house to ensure that it was temporarily safe, I cleared a path in the direction of the heartbeat-like sound. About 30 meters away from the tree house, no more vines appeared on the ground.
"There are only vines within 30 meters of the tree house?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask. He just cleared the vines under the tree house and didn't continue to walk out.
"Yes, thirty meters away, it's not much different from the usual tree house protection area." Ji Chaoyang explained, "It's basically safe. So I let go of my pace and followed the sound, and finally came to a cave a few hundred meters away."
"Bore?" Xu Xin couldn't help but ask again, "Is it the kind of burrow that appears in the protected area?"
Is it one of those bottomless caves in salt mines or at the bottom of lakes in hilly resource areas
"The appearance is basically the same, a large hole with a diameter of about two meters, and a faint fragrance wafting out. The difference is that this hole is not bottomless, but slants downward, towards the tree house, and the sound comes from the hole.
I hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to go.
Follow the cave to the end, and you will see the scene you just saw. It really scared me.”
Ji Chaoyang simply recounted his experience, but Xu Xin still felt the great danger contained therein.
A heart wrapped in countless mutated vines, emitting a dim red light, and its constant beating affects the surrounding vines, strengthening their abilities.
Could it be that this heart is the culprit that controls these vines? If so, destroying this heart may be the key to winning the battle to defend the tree house!
"I'm afraid you can't come back now. The tree house is surrounded by blood-thorn vines. Have you tried to attack the heart?" Xu Xin asked.
There was no response from that end for a long time.
Huh? What's going on
"Are you still there?" Xu Xin asked again tentatively, but still no one responded.
… I’m afraid something happened over there.
Xu Xin exhaled, walked to the window and looked out. The blood-thorn vines outside the window were distributed just under and around the tree house. The farthest blood-thorn vine was only about thirty meters away from the tree house.
It seems that although the tree house's protective ability has weakened, those underground mutant plants are not spread throughout the entire protected area. Only the area around the tree house has mutant vines.
However, it is safer to stay away from the tree house, but it does not mean that leaving the tree house is a good choice. This activity is called the tree house defense war. Protecting the tree house is the most important thing. What is the point of just surviving
The mysterious voice had said more than once that the tree house must not be abandoned, so even if the area outside the tree house was safe, they, the survivors, had to fight to defend the tree house.
Looking at the dense blood thorn vines around him, Xu Xin also felt a little scalp tingling. Thirty meters sounds small, but a radius of thirty meters is an area of 2,800 square meters, enough for twenty-eight tree houses, so the tree house is completely surrounded by layers of blood thorn vines.
It is very difficult to break through the encirclement of these blood-thorn vines and rush out.
Xu Xin shared the information he got from Ji Chaoyang with everyone in the explorers.
Of course, he didn't mention the random amplification skill. This skill is more suitable as a surprise killer, and it is not suitable to be exposed to others. So he just said that Ji Chaoyang wanted to go out to explore, and found a monster.
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Oh my god! Boss Ji is too bold! Now that the tree house's protective ability has weakened, he still dares to run outside the tree house to explore!"
Qi Xuefei: "He was a bit reckless this time. What if the tree house was attacked by something after he left? Fortunately, the vines did not attack this time."
Wen Guixin: "... Heart? These vines keep growing over and over again. Is it related to the heart?"
Xu Xin also thinks so.
He asked Wen Guixin: "So there are more vines under your tree now?"
If that was the case, then he couldn't attack the vines.
"Oh, they're all dead."
Xu Xin: “?”
Qin Yunlong: “?”
Wang Lei: “???”
Li Wenxi: “Ah?”
"Ah, I just tried it out for you in your way, and then solved it all in my way."
Xu Xin: "I... So how did you solve it?"
Wen Guixin: "If the earthworm is broken, it will become two. How do you kill an earthworm? My method is not applicable to you and can't help you at all. That's why I chose to help you test it at the beginning."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Do you have any other superpowers?"
Wen Guixin: "Why, Sister Xuefei is allowed to have special abilities, but I am not allowed to?"
Li Wenxi: "Wow, Sister Gui Xin is so strong!"
In the group, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention this matter again. Everyone has their own little secrets.
Xu Xin began to think about how he was going to kill the vines.
Killing a earthworm is actually very simple. Just put it in the sun and it will dry out in a few minutes, or just crush it.
The former method can be achieved using burning arrows to burn the blood-thorn vines.
But these vines are right under the tree house. Using burning arrows will directly burn the tree house. Moreover, the range of the vines is thirty meters, and they have already penetrated deep into the jungle. There is no difference between setting the vines on fire and setting the entire jungle on fire. It is simply courting death.
So Wen Guixin entered the vine group and became invincible
Xu Xin was somewhat envious of such combat power. Compared with her combat power, his creator authority was a bit lacking in stamina, and he didn't know when he could unlock the next level.
He looked out the window again. The vines made no move to attack the tree house. They just swayed in the wind.
"Huh?" Xu Xin's eyes narrowed.
There is something wrong with these blood-thorn vines.
He discovered that the blood thorns at the roots of the vines suddenly began to glow red, and with his enhanced vision, he could see that the red light was slowly climbing upwards.
These red lights are the same as those in Ji Chaoyang’s video, flickering and beating like the rhythm of a heart.
Sure enough, these vines are indeed related to the big heart! There is also a "heart" underground near his tree house that is responsible for providing energy to the vines!
Judging from the speed at which the flickering red light was rising, it wouldn't be long before all the blood thorns on the blood thorn vines would light up! By then, it was hard to say what these fully strengthened blood thorn vines would do.
No, he can't just sit there and wait for death. He has to go out and destroy the culprit that caused all this!
Perhaps, as long as the heart is destroyed, this battle to defend the tree house can be successful!
Suddenly, a red light became brighter behind him. Xu Xin, who was already very sensitive to red light, was startled and instantly turned his head to look in the direction of the red light.
Fortunately, the ones emitting red light were Silver King and Mimi.
They were still lying on the ground, but the bloodstains on their bodies began to emit a strong light.
Xu Xin showed delight, and his originally anxious heart was relieved a little.
Is this... going to evolve successfully