Moving slowly forward in the cave, Xu Xin began to observe his surroundings.
The walls of the cave are not made of stone, but some dry soil, which is light red in color. The entire wall of the cave is made up of this light red contaminated soil (ash).
He touched it lightly with his hand, and a small piece of the wall broke, fell onto the slope, and rolled down some distance.
"You guys, don't touch the wall. It's all dirt and might collapse." Xu Xin reminded the four beasts.
The underground passage inside this cave is round at the bottom and round at the top. Although the ground is inclined, it is relatively flat, and it is arc-shaped at the top.
The entire cave seemed to have been drilled open by a giant worm, going all the way underground.
“嘤…” Coco lay on Xu Xin’s shoulder, shrinking her head in fear.
It has a very keen sense of danger, and it feels like they are approaching danger step by step.
Xu Xin knew there was danger ahead, but he still had to move forward. Now his tree house was surrounded by mutant vines, and he couldn't even keep the tree house unless he destroyed the heart.
Logically, this road should be less than a kilometer long, but he felt like he had been walking for a long time. The further he went, the quieter it became. It was so dark that he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Fortunately, Xu Xin had night vision, so it didn't affect him much.
Mimi and Silver King are mutant beasts, and both can see in the dark. Although Coco is not a mutant beast, for some reason, she has never been affected by the dark environment. Not to mention bats, which can locate themselves by emitting ultrasonic waves and are not affected by darkness at all. In fact, darkness is her home.
The only sound in the cave was their footsteps.
Although his nose had already adapted to the aroma of the surroundings, Xu Xin could still feel that the fragrance at this moment was much stronger than when he entered the mouth, and was even beginning to become pungent, while a faint red mist began to float around him.
Suddenly, a red light quietly lit up in front of him, causing Xu Xin's heart to skip a beat.
After a closer look, he found that the light source was Mimi who was walking in front, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The blood-red pattern on Mimi's body began to light up slightly.
Is it because of the red fog surrounding here
The blood patterns on Ah Fu's body, who was lying on Mimi's back, did not light up. He looked back at the Silver King and found that there was also a faint red light on the Silver King's body.
It seems that intermediate mutant beasts are more sensitive to the red fog, or in other words, they can use the red fog more efficiently. Even though the red fog is very thin now, they can still be used to enhance their own strength.
However, this also sounded the alarm for him, making his spirits instantly extremely tense.
His previous experience in the hilly resource area taught him that in places with thick red fog, the protective effect of the tree house would become weaker, and there was a high probability that mutant creatures would exist.
In the cave, the spear was not very useful. Xu Xin touched the blue-grade iron sword on his waist, and holding the crossbow with explosive crossbow already loaded, he followed Mimi and walked forward slowly.
Mimi also doesn't dare to walk fast, because she can sense the unknown danger ahead. She walks in a cat-like manner, and her hind feet will always step on the ground where her front paws have stepped, to ensure her own safety.
Just like that, after walking for a few minutes, the view in front of them suddenly became clear, and the man and four beasts walked into an underground space that looked like a hall.
There was no other exit in the entire space, and it seemed that this was the end. There were no vines in this space, nor was there a beating "heart" surrounded by vines, which made Xu Xin a little disappointed.
They must have taken the wrong path. Xu Xin looked at his location on the map and found that he was still some distance away from the tree house.
However, Xu Xin was not in a hurry to go back. He was attracted by the plant growing in the middle of this space.
There were three huge and very bright flowers, growing in a cluster. The petals of each flower were as big as lotus leaves and were bright red like drops of blood. In the center of the countless petals, there was a yellow core, which looked extremely beautiful.
Xu Xin was a little confused. How could there be such brightly colored flowers in this dark underground
He didn't dare to get close easily. After all, in nature, the more beautifully colored a creature is, the more dangerous it is.
"Hmm!" Coco suddenly cried out.
... means there is danger!
Xu Xin held an explosive crossbow and aimed it at the bright red flowers clustered together in front of him. If there was any problem, he would immediately pull the trigger. The Silver King came to his side, Ah Fu flapped his wings and flew up, and Mimi arched her waist, ready to jump up and crush the flowers at any time.
Suddenly, the core of one of the flowers trembled a few times, and a thick red mist suddenly spurted out from the core.
Xu Xin almost pulled the trigger directly, and Mimi's body trembled. It was obvious that she wanted to take action but held back.
The flower did not continue to emit red mist, but only sprayed once and then stopped. The red mist continued to spread in the air and finally diluted into a faint red mist.
A few meters away, Xu Xin smelled that familiar pungent smell.
His eyes gradually widened.
This red mist floating in the air was actually released by the flowers in front of us!
The red mist spread around them, and Xu Xin couldn't help but breathe some in. At this time, his mental power was enhanced, so he didn't feel uncomfortable, but he felt it was a bit unpleasant.
Beside him, the blood veins on Silver King and Mimi's bodies emitted a red light that was brighter than before, and even the blood veins on Ah Fu's body glowed with a faint light.
The three beasts all showed some enjoyment. Their abilities were enhanced by the red mist.
Xu Xin suddenly had a bold idea.
After traveling through the red fog last night, Silver King and Mimi not only did not suffer any negative effects, but even upgraded directly today. This shows that the red fog is actually a very beneficial resource for mutant beasts!
The radioactive stone that could increase the strength of the mutant beasts had cracked, lost its effectiveness and turned into an ordinary stone. He needed other means to increase the strength of the Silver King and the others.
And now, this flower that can produce red mist is right before his eyes.
Then can he plant it? Build a small room, plant this kind of flower in it, and let the Silver King go in from time to time to steam the red mist like a sauna...
Just as he was thinking, the core of another flower moved and a red mist also sprayed out.
This situation reminded Xu Xin of the sunflowers in a certain game, which would produce sunlight every once in a while. This kind of flower would spray out a red mist every once in a while.
Xu Xin took a tentative step forward.
"Ying!" Seeing Xu Xin moving forward, Keke became anxious. He could clearly feel that there was danger in the flower core! He waved his two little paws for a long time before Xu Xin understood what he meant.
"There is danger in the core of the flower..." Xu Xin narrowed his eyes.
The flower is not dangerous, but its core is. What is in the core of a flower
Could it be...
Xu Xin held the crossbow in one hand and took out his spear with the other. The spear was three meters long, and he gently poked the core of the nearest flower from three meters away.
"Buzz..." The sound of an insect flapping its wings came from the core of the flower, giving Xu Xin goose bumps instantly.
… As expected, there is a flying insect in the core of the flower!
And it is definitely a very aggressive insect, otherwise it would not have aroused Coco's vigilance!
Fortunately, the insect did not fly out because of Xu Xin's touch, but it just made that sound and then there was no movement.
"You guys, step back. I'm going to bomb them." Xu Xin gave up his previous idea and solemnly gave orders to the four beasts.
If there are a lot of aggressive mosquitoes, even Silver King and Mimi may not be able to escape unscathed. Just like an elephant is powerless against a mouse that crawls into its trunk, being small can sometimes be an advantage.
It is better to nip the danger in the bud.
Several flowers are clustered together, very close together, and one explosive crossbow shot can blow them all up.
If one shot isn't enough, two shots.
Suddenly, the core of a flower trembled. Relying on his extraordinary strength, Xu Xin could clearly see that dozens of flying insects with blood-red eyes and sharp spikes on their mouths half-poked their bodies out of the core of the flower. They were the size of southern cockroaches, and their bodies were covered with fine blood-colored patterns.
They seemed to have seen Xu Xin and his group, flapping their wings and ready to fly out.
"Cover your ears!" Xu Xin warned the four beasts, and without hesitation, he pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
The explosive arrows exploded on the three flowers, and a huge explosion sounded in the enclosed space, causing him to be temporarily deaf.
But his eyes were not damaged by the strong light of the explosion. Instead, he clearly captured that the flying insects in the flowers flapped their wings and tried to fly out at the moment of the explosion, but were still torn to pieces by the force of the explosion.
efficient!
Xu Xin did not stop his hands, he re-entered the bow and fired!
“Boom!” “Boom!”
Two more shots went off, and the violent explosions shook the entire cave. Countless broken soil and rocks fell from the top of the cave, making Xu Xin's head a little dizzy.
Fortunately, he still had the mental power enhancement of oranges and strawberries, so he fainted for only a moment and then he recovered to his peak spirit immediately.
… I hope the exit won’t collapse. Xu Xin thought as he rubbed his ear which was temporarily deafened by the earthquake.
The power of these three explosive arrows was very great. The blood-red shattered petals were blown everywhere. The petals of the scorched tiger and the corpses of insects were spread all over the ground. None of the insects in the core of the three flowers were spared and all died in the explosion.
"Explosive arrows are really useful." Xu Xin turned his head and saw Ke Ke on his shoulder covering his ears and locking his head. He flicked Ke Ke's little head and said, "How is it? Is there any danger now?"
Keke looked up at the plants that were blown to pieces in a daze. After two seconds, he shook his head and said, "Hmm."
The three beasts behind him also covered their ears and lay on the ground. Especially Ah Fu, whose hearing was very sharp and could not stand such a huge explosion. Xu Xin could even see the resentful expression on his bat face.
"Ahahaha, you guys take a break, I'll go check out those flowers."
He calmed the beasts down, then walked forward and observed the three large flowers that he had blown up, leaving only a small piece of stems and leaves.
They were all blown to pieces, which is a bit regrettable.
Wait a minute, the roots aren't blown up, so it seems to be OK...
Xu Xin took out a shovel and dug at the root of the half-broken plant.
Obtain Red Mist Flower Seeds*3
As expected, you can still get seeds!
Xu Xin took three grape-sized red seeds in his hand and looked at them.
Red Mist Flower Seeds: Planted in fertile soil or higher, they grow into flowers that release Red Mist. This is a flower with magical powers!
Sure enough, this flower is not a mutant creature, but a special plant that can be grown!
After this event is over, I will plant this flower in a closed small room and make a sauna for the Silver King!
However, it can only grow in blue-level soil or higher-level soil. Is it so delicate
Xu Xin had never seen soil above the blue grade. If it weren't for this introduction, he would have even thought that blue grade soil was the highest grade soil.
He looked at the soil beneath the red mist flower, which was emitting a blue glow. It was fertile soil. There was only this piece of fertile soil in the entire space, so it was no wonder that the three flowers were all crowded together.
After digging out the soil and looking around to make sure there was nothing else, Xu Xin decided to exit this cave and search the other two caves.
Calling the four beasts, Xu Xin walked out while sending a message in the explorer, telling them about the situation in his cave.
As a result, Wang Lei spoke up immediately.
"Brother Xin, you're too late! I'm being chased by these bugs! My armor can't protect my face! It hurts so much!"
this…
Xu Xin was speechless. This guy actually had time to reply to messages while running away.