There is also a ring-shaped canal surrounding the flower bed. The canal looks like a man-made construction, but the material of the canal is actually gold, which looks golden and very bright.
It can be distinguished that there is an unknown liquid rippling and flowing slightly in the channel. This liquid is also very special, it is like mercury, with a special light and texture. The liquid flowing in it glowed faintly. This light does not come from the sunlight reflected from the outside world, but from itself. That kind of light is completely different from sunlight, soft, sticky, and faintly tinged with purple.
It is worth mentioning that the source of the liquid in the canal is dripping from the densely packed skull mouths that form flower beds. If you want to deepen your understanding, then you can think of it as saliva, excrement, sweat, etc. of the sun ladder.
Right in front of the flower bed, there was a path paved with pale white skulls. The half meter around the skull was barren, so it clearly separated the rest of the green vines in the cave.
Once you step on that path, I don’t know if the builder did it deliberately: the mouth of the skull is facing upwards, and the hollow feeling from the feet is enough to make people have the feeling of being bitten by the dead at any time. Wrong feeling, even the timid people will tremble non-stop! It must be noted that ninety-nine percent of the human beings who enter here do not wear shoes... This environment alone can make people fearful and trembling, which in turn leads to incomparable piety...
Fang Senyan was standing at the end of the skull path, and it seemed that he was already standing outside the Sun Altar, that is to say, his ultimate goal of coming to this world was within reach—well, a little more, to be precise, it should be It is 33.52 meters. For Sheyan, it only takes a few seconds to rush over and even run back at the highest speed.
But he didn't move, and stood there very calmly, his eyes were quite vigilant and cautious, as if the road to the skull in front of him was not leading to his ultimate goal, but directly into the underworld of the underworld! If you take another half step, you will be hated forever if you stumble!
The sun was gradually blazing, Sheyan still showed no signs of moving, it seemed that there was an insurmountable transparent wall blocking him, and Sheyan stood in place like a statue. There were no holes, and it was about the size of a classroom.
Although the entire cave is mostly airtight, the exit can only rely on the lifting stone slab, and it is difficult for the wind to blow in, but there is no feeling of being stuffy and cramped in it. Although the surrounding environment is also very humid, it does not have the rotten smell that should be found in any damp cave. Everything here is intertwined with a mysterious and eerie clean atmosphere.
The strange thing is that although it is only half a step away from the Sun Altar, there are no plants growing here, which is in sharp contrast to the vigorous growth of the plants in the Sun Altar. Sheyan continued to wait quietly. Gradually, as the temperature in the room increased, an indescribably unique fishy smell wafted inside.
If you look closely, you can see that the green plants around the Sun Altar began to bloom buds, and quickly bloomed gorgeous flowers. This fragrance smelled sweet at first, but after smelling it a few times, I felt a little dizzy, and even fainted. nausea.
The sweet aroma became stronger, Fang Sheyan took a few steps back, nodded, then retreated from the cave, left the skull path, and came to the place not far behind where the stone slab came down just now.
Generally speaking, the area occupied by the entire cave here is not too large, even if it is connected to the Sun Altar, there are only five caves, but the environment here is unusually strange, warm but not dry, cool but not cold, moist Not waterlogged, breathable but not windy, full of light but not exposed to the sun, it can be called the uncanny workmanship of nature. It is only in such a strange environment that it is estimated that such a mysterious plant as the sun ladder can be bred.
Suddenly, Sheyan's thick black eyebrows raised! An ant got out of a crack beside the cave wall and appeared in his sight. This is a rather large ant, as thick as a human's thumb. Among the ant family, almost The Tibetan Mastiff ranks among the dogs.
The ant first crawled around for a while, as if it was investigating something, then shook its tentacles, and then crawled over in the direction of the altar of the sun.
Climbed over very resolutely.
Fang Senyan's gaze stayed on this ant. His expression was very serious, even more solemn. It didn't look like he was looking at an ant at all, but as if he was looking at the growth after entering this world. The gains and losses of time planning are even... success or failure!
The big black ant stretched its six long legs, and quickly aimed at the cave where the sun altar was located and crawled over. Without the slightest hesitation, he climbed up the head path and crossed the boundary that Sheyan had been hesitating before. He recklessly broke into the sunny, vibrant, yet weird and evil stone room.
There was silence all around, Fang Sheyan stared at the ant, breathing could be heard clearly. The sun has risen very high, and the sun is still entrenched in this place. The smell in the air has turned into a pungent fishy smell, which is indescribably strong. This smell completely subverts people's usual concepts, because this fishy smell actually gives people a kind of sweet and fragrant comfort. Feel.
The two antenna-like gray antennae on the ant's head kept swinging, positioning its target, and correcting its direction. From the frequency of the antennae's swinging, it could be seen that the ant was defeated. The ant's sharp compound eyes noticed that something gray was curling down from the air!
These are the tentacles on its head!
Then the long legs and head were corroded from its body... until its fragmented body was completely separated on the wet ground, even at this time, the ant was still struggling stubbornly, trying to move on, It's just that its body doesn't allow it.
It can be clearly seen that its body cavity began to swell, and finally, like a balloon filled with water, it burst with a "wave", emitting a light blue mist, which quickly drifted into the air . That kind of process is very similar to the scene where the smoke sprayed from the lung lobes of people after smoking slowly dissipates.
No wonder Fang Senyan didn't dare to enter the cave of the Sun Altar!
—In that stone room, there is such a strong and corrosive silent poison!
It is well known that plants usually have a process of photosynthesis, inhaling carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. The sun ladder is also a plant, but it is a special kind of plant. It also absorbs oxygen and carbon dioxide, and what it releases is this terrifying and highly toxic gas! It is slightly heavier than air, invisible and colorless, so it will settle indoors. If someone who doesn't know the inside story knows, then the fate of rushing in will not be much better than that ant.
However, after the death of the big black ant, it seemed as if the charge horn had sounded, and a series of big black ants appeared from the cracks in the cave wall, and they lined up in a long row and rushed straight to the ground. The direction of the Sun Altar! The march of these ants is very determined! He continued to rush towards the altar of the sun without any fear of death!
Of course, there was a series of crisp sounds of "squeaks, slaps, slaps" like the sound of fat being boiled in an iron pan. This is naturally a sign that the ants have suffered from severe poison and died one after another, but they died Later, the formic acid in the body will also produce some kind of strange chemical reaction, bursting out a trace of light blue smoke and dissipating in the air.
Fang Senyan gradually realized a very important thing, those big black ants that followed one after another actually crawled deeper and deeper!
In the beginning, the big black ant crawled into the cave of the Sun Altar at most a few centimeters and died directly, but now after hundreds of ants died, the ant that crawled first had already penetrated into the cave. After one meter away, it began to struggle painfully, disintegrate, and explode. This is enough to show one thing, that is, the poison in the cave is gradually being diluted!
Only then did Sheyan understand that Mbenga's previous instructions were definitely not a sham. What he lit with a lighter earlier was the special medicine placed by the cave wall by the High Priest of Dubai, which was used to stop these big blacks. Ant invasion.
After the medicine is removed, these big black ants can use the gas produced by their corpses to neutralize the poison around the sun altar. Only in this way can they safely enter the cave where the sun altar is located and obtain the sun ladder. method!
Mbenga must have known about these processes but didn't know why, and after being drunk, the tongue is big, and people who listen to it are also confused, and most of them listen to it as drunk. Fortunately, Sheyan knows what it means to be wise, stupid, and clever. Clumsy, even though I had some doubts in my heart, I followed Mbenga's instructions and performed it, and it worked in one fell swoop!
Fang Senyan silently looked at those big black ants, but these small insects showed great courage, rushing into the cave of the Sun Altar like endlessly. It has even penetrated five or six meters, and it is about to reach the end of the skull path. Obviously, it will not be long before the poisonous gas inside will be completely neutralized. At that time was the time for Sheyan to get his wish, but Sheyan's face became extraordinarily heavy.