"I'll go in and see if there's any danger. You guys wait outside." Xu Xin stopped several people.
If something really happens inside, it would be difficult for everyone to go in, and someone would have to be outside to observe the situation.
"Okay, you are familiar with this place. We will help you watch outside and alert you if there is any situation." Ji Chaoyang nodded.
"Be careful, run outside if there is any danger!" Li Wenxi did not insist on following him, but said with some concern, and at the same time took out a crossbow, ready to take action if anything happened.
"Okay." With that, Xu Xin stepped into the mine. This time, Coco did not stop him. Instead, she yawned in Li Wenxi's arms and closed her eyes again.
After stepping into the mine, Xu Xin did not feel any sense of crisis, and the ground did not crack. Everything was very normal.
The mine once again returned to its previous tranquility.
Xu Xin looked towards the deepest part of the cave. The bottomless hole at the deepest part had disappeared and the ground returned to its normal state.
During the defense battle, some of the mutated giant ants crawled out of that hole in the ground.
He walked to the deepest part of the cave, took out his halberd, and used the tip of the halberd to scratch twice at the location where the hole was originally.
The soil is thick and there is no sign of it having been excavated.
"It's really strange." Xu Xin frowned.
Not only this cave, he also discovered three caves including the red mist flower, the plant heart, and the pangolin group, which all disappeared after the defense battle.
Could it be that these holes in the ground are not alive and can close by themselves
but…
He looked at the mark he had just made on the ground.
The scar did not heal automatically like it did the last time Xu Xin came.
The mine has returned to the state it was in when he first came here. Will it not repair itself automatically
So can he mine salt again
He slashed the ground twice with his halberd.
But the situation happened suddenly.
As he paddled twice, the surrounding rock wall suddenly shook slightly, and countless small pieces of stone fell from the rock wall. He could feel that the ground under his feet was also shaking slightly.
"What's going on?" Xu Xin's whole body tensed up.
We are in the "Giant's Mouth" here, so we must not take it lightly.
Just as he was tensely looking around, he suddenly discovered that the wall on the side seemed to... be cracking
"Card!"
A slight cracking sound rang clearly in Xu Xin's ears, and he saw a crack as thick as a finger appear on the wall.
All the surrounding walls remained unchanged, except for this place, where a crack appeared.
Could there be something behind this wall
The crack continued to expand to the thickness of two fingers, and Xu Xin discovered that a faint, white light was emitting from the crack, which was extremely obvious in the depths of the dark cave.
Sure enough, there is something!
Just as he was staring at the crack nervously, there was a sudden commotion behind him.
“Boo! Boom!!”
"Ah! Xu Xin! Come out quickly! Come out quickly!"
He heard Coco and Li Wenxi shouting anxiously from behind him, and he immediately turned around to look at the entrance.
What he saw made his hole tighten suddenly!
The entrance to the mine, which was several meters wide, was actually slowly closing at this moment!
The rock at the entrance of the cave was moving left and right and closing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The moving rocks seem like living flesh and blood, and even give people a feeling of wriggling!
Xu Xin took another quick look at the crack. The crack was a little bigger and the white light was a little more obvious.
Li Wenxi was so anxious that he almost rushed in, but was stopped by Qi Xuefei.
Even if she rushed in it would be useless, and it would only slow down Xu Xin's escape.
Li Wenxi naturally understood this principle. She shouted at the entrance of the cave: "Come out quickly! Come out quickly! The entrance is about to close! What are you still standing there for?!"
If this was an ordinary door, they might not be so nervous, but the shape of this hill reminded them all the time that this cave was like a giant mouth.
The giant mouth closes, and no one knows what will happen inside!
Xu Xin swallowed his saliva, ignored the cracks in the wall, and rushed out!
The hole closed very quickly, and it seemed that it would be completely closed in just five or six seconds!
Only then did Xu Xin realize that this hole was actually much deeper than the last time he came!
The last time he came, the deepest part of the cave was only fifty meters, but now, he estimated that the cave entrance was at least seventy or eighty meters away from him!
Even though he was much stronger now, five or six seconds was not enough to rush out 70 or 80 meters! Especially since the ground inside the mine was full of potholes and unevenness, it slowed down his speed even more!
The moment the cave entrance began to close, Ji Chaoyang immediately took out his iron spear and placed it across the entrance, hoping to block the entrance with the iron spear and slow down its closing without affecting Xu Xin's escape.
But the hole, which had been closing, immediately clamped the sharp spear, and the powerful force instantly made the entire spear pierce into the wall of the hole. As the hole closed, the spear body bent and the spear tip penetrated deeper and deeper.
Xu Xin felt the mine shaking more violently, and suddenly there was a sound of wind behind him.
But he didn't have time to look back and still rushed towards the cave entrance!
It closed too quickly, it’s too late!
At this moment, the Silver King suddenly jumped up from the spot, leaped dozens of meters, and jumped directly in front of Xu Xin.
Xu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pounced on the Silver King in an instant, grabbing onto the Silver King's wolf hair.
Seeing that Xu Xin had pounced on it, the Silver King jumped up again and rushed towards the exit!
Just when the cave entrance was about to close, the Silver King quickly drilled out of the mine through the cave entrance which was left with only a narrow gap, and rushed out directly for dozens of meters!
At the same time, there was the sound of stones colliding and squeezing coming from behind.
Xu Xin looked back and found that the entrance to the salt mine cave had completely disappeared, and it had become an ordinary mountain!
“… Silver King, you really saved my life this time.” Xu Xin’s heart was pounding.
"Ouch!" The Silver King responded and lay down. It was very tiring for it to suddenly burst out at this speed.
The Silver King's burst speed has increased again. Although it is still far behind Mimi's extreme speed, it is already comparable to some large cats.
But what is going on
Why do salt mines close
"Xu Xin, are you okay?!"
“Boo! Boo!”
Li Wenxi and Keke both ran to Xu Xin's side. Keke circled around Xu Xin, and Li Wenxi grabbed his arm.
"Don't worry, it's okay." Xu Xin picked up Coco, who stood up at his feet and looked up at him. He rubbed her hard and let out a long sigh of relief.
Just now, it was a critical moment.
"Hmm!" Coco, who was suddenly rubbed, knew that Xu Xin was fine, so she broke free from his hands and climbed onto his shoulders and lay down.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang and Qi Xuefei also came over.
"You were really almost locked up in there. What did you see in there just now? Why were you in a daze until the end?" Ji Chaoyang asked.
"Yes, what happened to you in the end? I clearly saw the cave entrance closing, but you were still standing there. I was so worried!" Li Wenxi said with a lingering feeling.
Xu Xin glanced at the still closed hole.
With a sigh of relief, he told her everything he saw inside.
The reason he didn't come out immediately was because a possibility suddenly emerged in his mind.
There is a crack on the stone wall that is gradually expanding. After the entrance to the salt mine cave is closed, will the crack on the wall completely open, allowing him to enter and explore the secrets inside
This thought lingered in his mind, making him hesitate for a second.
But in the end, his caution won out.
He didn't know what would happen if he stayed, nor did he know whether there was treasure or danger behind the rift, and he didn't want to put himself in danger.
In the end, what he thought was, if he could rush out, he would rush out, if he couldn’t, he would deal with it later!
Fortunately, the Silver King finally came to the rescue and brought him out.
"You scratched the ground twice, the entire mine began to shake, the stone walls cracked, and then the entrance on our side began to close." Ji Chaoyang summed up his experience.
Xu Xin nodded and told these people about his previous experience in the cave.
"This cave was able to repair itself before, just like it was healing an injury," Xu Xin concluded.
Several people subconsciously looked at the hill. The structure that resembled a giant's head made people think of many things.
"Hill... treating his injuries?" Qi Xuefei looked at the hill and subconsciously took a small step back.
“… This feels amazing. A hill that can repair itself. It’s in the shape of a human head, and its ‘mouth’ can be closed.” Li Wenxi muttered to himself, “Could it really be a giant’s head?”
"... Xu Xin, maybe this really is a giant head. However, it may only have one head." Ji Chaoyang suddenly spoke, and his words left everyone a little confused.
What does it mean to be a head and have only one head
Looking at the puzzled expressions of several people, Ji Chaoyang slowly said: "Because, I know a place with basically the same situation as here."
"What do you mean?" Xu Xin's heart skipped a beat.
The situation is basically the same. Could it be that he also has...
Ji Chaoyang's next words immediately verified his thoughts.
"Over there, there is also a hill that will automatically recover after being mined. That's where I want to take you." Ji Chaoyang pointed to the west, in the direction of his tree house.
"Hey? Are there any hills over there?" Li Wenxi looked over there and asked with some confusion.
"Well, although it's called a hill, it's only about ten meters high, and the highest point is only about twenty meters. And it's located four or five kilometers west of my tree house, so it shouldn't be visible from here."
"More than ten meters? It's a bit short, not even as high as the tree house." Li Wenxi looked up at the salt mine hill in front of him, "It's not as scary as this one. It must be sixty or seventy meters high, right?"
"The highest place?" Xu Xin grasped the message in his words, "Is the hill very long?"
"Well, that hill is long and thin. Although it is only 10 to 20 meters high, it is nearly 200 meters long, just like a small mountain range. The whole hill bends in the middle, forming a right angle. And the most important thing is... at the end of the hill, there is a peak shaped like a palm."
As he spoke, Ji Chaoyang raised his arms in front of his chest and made a gesture of bending his arms.
“… You mean, that long and thin hill over there is an arm?” Xu Xin understood what Ji Chaoyang said, and his eyes were shocked.
Li Wenxi and Qi Xuefei also covered their mouths.
"Yes, that's what I mean. Before I came to you, I always thought it was my illusion. The hill just happened to look like an arm, and the hill at the end that looked like a hand was just a wonderful work of nature."
As he spoke, he looked up at the hill in front of him. "But now, I can be sure that it is indeed an arm, a giant's arm. The five fingers of that hand... are all firmly grasped into the ground, just like... the movements that someone hanging on the edge of a cliff would make."
Ji Chaoyang recalled the shape of the hill.
After he finished speaking, the four of them remained silent for a long time, including Ji Chaoyang himself, as they were all digesting the information they had just received.
In Xu Xin's protected area, there is a hill about sixty or seventy meters high that looks like a giant's head. The head has a mouth, as if it is telling something or shouting something.
And in Ji Chaoyang's protected area, there appeared a hill that was nearly two hundred meters long and looked like an arm!
What's the meaning
The giant's body was divided into different parts
"Wait, you said before that the special location you wanted to show me is next to the altar?" Xu Xin suddenly asked.
"... Yes, the altar is on the other side of the hill. I can cross the hill and see the altar not far away." Ji Chaoyang nodded slowly.
The two thought of the same thing.
Something about the altar...
giant…
Xu Xin's expression suddenly changed.
It suddenly occurred to him that the changes in this salt mine seemed to be related to the sacrifice on the altar.
This was originally just an ordinary mine. When he discovered the salt mine and mined salt in it, there was no danger, and Coco did not have any warnings about the danger.
Later, a series of strange changes occurred in the mine. The walls of the mine could be repaired, vines grew out of the protected area, and there were holes in the ground...
Now that I think about it, all these situations occurred after he offered sacrifice to the altar!
In particular, the biggest change, the red fog incident, occurred after Changyin's family offered sacrifice to the altar!
After Changyin's family offered sacrifices to the altar, a hole appeared in the salt mine cave, in the giant mouth, and spewed out red mist. The red mist even surrounded the entire circle of hills!
Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang looked at each other.
There was a flash of shock and uneasiness in both of their eyes.
God?!
"嘤!" Coco, who had been lying on Xu Xin's shoulder, suddenly cried out.
It pushed Xu Xin's face with its little paw and pointed in the direction of the salt mine.
"Hey, look!" Li Wenxi also exclaimed, "That mine, that 'mouth', is about to open again!"
Xu Xin immediately looked towards the salt mine cave, and saw that a gap had slowly opened up at the closed entrance of the mine cave, and was gradually expanding.
A wisp of red mist quietly emerged from it.
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