The valley after passing through the pine forest had no name at all. On this inaccessible snowfield, the scope of human activities was greatly reduced. The most experienced hunters only dared to leave a hut in the pine forest. Most adventurers will go through the entire jungle ruled by wolves and brown bears, and then name a lifeless valley—so Hao Ren simply called this valley Death Valley.
The place where the pine forest borders the valley is a diseased forest. The dry and twisted plants seem to remind reckless adventurers not to approach this place lightly. After crossing the diseased forest, you can see an open valley. The valley itself is not large, it is roughly triangular in shape, two low and bare stone mountains stand on both sides of the valley, and gradually close together in the distance, making the valley a terrain surrounded by mountains on three sides, so crossing the pine forest is a The only shortcut to reach the valley. The small valley is lifeless, and there is no vegetation distribution. The bare landform extends from the stone mountains on both sides to the valley below. The only thing that can be seen is the vast snow, and the occasional black people sticking out of the snow. Stones and remains of tree trunks that have withered and died for an unknown number of years: in this icy and snowy environment, dead trees are preserved longer than in other places.
Hao Ren stood on the edge of the diseased forest and looked up into the distance, trying to find any possible identification in the barren valley, but he didn't see anything except a dead area.
Will Vivienne sleep in this isolated place of death
Combined with the news from the wolves and the abnormal ecological environment of this place, this possibility is indeed quite high.
"Hiss—" the husky girl breathed in beside Hao Ren, her face showing a little nervousness, "I feel like I'm about to embark on a big adventure. nervous… "
It seems that her temperament of being strong when she is weak, and cowardly when she is strong has really existed since more than half a century ago.
"There should be an energy field in the valley that can continuously reduce vitality, or something like a curse... It doesn't matter if you don't understand, anyway, just relax." Hao Ren glanced at the husky spirit who was facing an enemy, " That thing is fatal to ordinary animals, but it doesn't affect you and me, especially you... you have strong vitality."
"Really?" Lily glanced at Hao Ren in surprise, "You are amazing! You know so many things!"
"That's right, I know a lot." Hao Ren smiled and walked forward first, "Come with me, pay attention to the smell around you."
There was a creaking sound from the snow under his feet, and occasionally there would be a crackling sound when he stepped on a tree branch under the snow, but apart from the sound of footsteps and his own breathing, there was almost no sound in the huge valley. A little sound, in this clear and windless weather, there is not even a trace of wind here. Hao Ren walked in the valley with one foot deep and one foot shallow, feeling as if he was walking in a still and white world, and everything between heaven and earth became vast and empty.
And Lily, who was on this kind of big adventure for the first time, followed him nervously. This immature "werewolf girl" pricked up her ears to listen to all the subtle movements around her, and at the same time kept shrugging her nose, honestly. It actually acts as a hunting dog.
Hao Ren stopped. There was a set of skeletons lying quietly in front of him. This skeleton should belong to a large herbivore. Most of it was covered by snow, and the exposed part could be seen with fragile and decayed bones. In this extremely cold place that lacks scavengers, it may take many years for a corpse to turn into such a "clean" set of bones. How long has this victim been lying here? half a century
Hao Ren bent down to check the condition of the skeleton, trying to figure out the cause of its death, while Lily muttered beside him, "Isn't it true that animals are afraid to enter this valley? How come there are still people dying in it?"
"It's sane and normal not to dare to go in, but after so many years, something unexpected happened, right?" Hao Ren curled his lips, "Maybe he was chased by some enemy and ran in in a panic, or he was fainted from hunger and wanted to come in to find something to eat. Yeah, or maybe it's a twitch—if you get into the valley, you get lost, and you can't get out."
"How did this one die?" Lily watched Hao Ren inspecting the corpse curiously, feeling that this job was quite professional: this girl's identification of big bones has always been only good or bad, and she is completely blind in fields higher than this. up.
Hao Ren stood up: "There are many black rotten marks on the bones, which look like they were poisoned, and there are some distortions caused by high temperature cooking... I suspect it is the phenomenon of blood boiling. Here you are, wear it around your neck, it can protect you."
As he spoke, he took out a life support collar from his portable space and handed it over. Although the official function of this thing is to help users survive in extreme environments such as space, it also has basic protective functions. Pretty useful for Lily.
Lily took the collar and put it around her neck under Hao Ren's guidance. It felt quite suitable: "You have so many weird things... By the way, what is the blood boil phenomenon?"
"Blood boils. My friend is an expert in manipulating blood. She may subconsciously release her power when she is sleeping, so the creatures around her sleeping place may die of blood boiling for no reason. But you don't have to be afraid, I will give you A collar against a blood boil."
Lily broke into a cold sweat from the first part of Hao Ren's words, but she calmed down a little after hearing the second part. Then she suddenly sniffled and turned her face to look in a certain direction.
Hao Ren noticed this immediately: "What's wrong?"
"Smell... I seem to smell that smell," Lily pointed to the depths of the valley, "it came from that place."
"Hurry up and have a look! Maybe it is!"
Lily's good nose really lived up to expectations, and she found the clue so smoothly. Following her guidance, Hao Ren quickly found a sunken entrance on the rock wall of the valley: the smell came from this place.
Hao Ren looked around for a look around, and confirmed that the sunken hole in front of him was a naturally formed cave. It was actually quite hidden. Not only was it surrounded by huge rocks, but the angle was just hidden in the shadow formed by the interlaced mountain walls. If there was no Lily In other words, he probably had to go around the entire mountain to see the entrance of the cave.
Hao Ren stood at the entrance and looked inside. There was only darkness in the cave. A weak air flow came out of the cave. The temperature seemed to be a little lower than the ice and snow outside, which made him shiver.
"Does your friend sleep in this kind of place?" Lily murmured as she poked her head to look inside, "Wow—the conditions are really tough, and I don't even choose a good place to sleep. Our village kennels are worse than that." Good here."
"Her conditions have always been difficult." Hao Ren also faced Vivienne's sleeping place for the first time in person, and his curiosity about it was not much weaker than that of the husky girl, so he left these words and walked towards the cave. Go, but Lily hesitated behind for two or three seconds, and finally curiosity overcame nervousness and followed.
The first section of the cave was extremely narrow, and Hao Ren had to turn his body sideways to force his way in, but after a few meters deep, it quickly opened up, and finally turned into a cave with a width of more than ten meters, and then...then there was no way.
Hao Ren blinked, and quickly adapted to the dark environment inside. He saw that the cave was open and flat, but he couldn't see any traces of man-made axe. The snowflakes that came in formed an extremely slippery ice surface in the first half of the cave. Apart from that, there were no forks, entrances and exits, and the situation in the cave was clear at a glance.
"Hey—is anyone there!"
While Hao Ren was still observing the environment carefully, Lily suddenly yelled loudly. This reckless husky spirit looked around and shouted loudly: "Wake-wake-la! Don't-sleep-la! Your friend is here!" Get up!! Don't-sleep... By the way, Hao Ren, what's the name of your friend?"
Hao Ren was taken aback by the sudden movement from the other party, and quickly waved his hands: "Her name is Vivian—don't call her that! The 'sleep' I said doesn't mean the same as sleeping as you understand! You call her that I can't wake up!"
"Oh, then how did she sleep?" Lily said while shaking her nose, "By the way, where did she sleep? Why can't I see people even though I can smell it?"
"Maybe this is her way of preventing herself from being disturbed..." Hao Ren frowned while observing carefully, and at the same time reasoned quickly in his mind:
It seems that Vivienne has not woken up from a deep sleep, but Lily can already smell the leaked breath, which means that the seal of this place has begun to loosen. Perhaps Vivian's deep sleep has come to an end, and he has two The choice is either to find the other party and wake him up directly, or simply wait here until Vivian wakes up naturally after sleeping. Although the latter is a simple solution, it is really not a good solution, because he has no idea how long Vivienne plans to sleep—this "waking up soon" is also calculated relative to the total length of her sleeping for at least half a century , What if she still plans to sleep for another three to five years? Is it just waiting here
Hao Ren just thought of this, but his eyes were suddenly attracted by a strange thing in the corner of the cave.
It was a small dark red mark.
"What is this?" Lily followed Hao Ren to notice the marks.
"Letta rune, a symbol with magical power," Hao Ren was completely convinced this time that this place was indeed Vivienne's seal. I couldn't help getting excited, "It's what she left... It's what she left!"
"Magic power? Sounds like a fool," Lily exclaimed, "Then what are these symbols for?"
"If you're right... this should be something that Vivienne used to protect herself during her deep sleep... Tsk tsk, probably no one can break the seal of the 'Red Moon Countess' for others, but it's too simple for me gone."
His magic immune physique can perfectly break Vivienne's blood magic!
Thinking of this, he put his hands directly on those blood runes that contained powerful power.