Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 198: Ancient Tree
Pei Nai used a dagger to help Ju Liancheng block the murderous intent, and pulled him back with his other hand.

The dagger was caught by the vines, entangled in the tree trunk and broke into pieces.

Pei Nai dragged Ju Liancheng to the other side of the gap, and his life was saved by her.

The incident happened suddenly. If Pei Nai hadn't happened to be in front of Ju Liancheng, the others would have been caught off guard.

Everyone looked at the shattered dagger and was horrified. How powerful were these alien plants?
This road is blocked and cannot be passed.

Luo Yuanying and the others were trapped at the back, taking a few steps back, away from the strange plant, which was watching them through the gap at the other end.

"Lian Cheng, is there any other way to get here?" Pei Nai asked.

Ju Liancheng recalled, "Yes, Lord Luo, please go to the left. General Han and I will pick you up."

"Okay, you guys be careful too." Luo Yuanying did as he said and led the team to the left fork in the road.

Ju Liancheng and Han Ruize went to pick up the rest of the team, and Pei Nai followed slowly, looking around.

Passing another fork, at the other end of the corridor, there was a person stuck upside down in the mud and soft ground.

It was unknown how long he had been in there, nor what his upper body was going through underground, but his legs kept trembling, seemingly in pain, but also like spontaneous spasms of his body's tendons and veins.

She stood there and observed for a while until Han Ruize and the others came back.

"What's wrong?" Han Ruize followed her gaze.

Pei Nai felt bad for the man. "Looking at his attire, he doesn't look like a Wu soldier. Can you help grab him with your whip? What if we can save him?"

This was what Pei Nai wanted to do, so Han Ruize had no objection and strode over.

Pei Nai followed Han Ruize, keeping a close eye on the places he passed along the way to prevent him from being attacked by the alien plants.

Han Ruize used a long whip to roll up the person who was stuck upside down on the ground and swung him upwards.

The man was finally exposed to the air. His upper body had been corroded, and half of his shoulder and head were missing. He fell straight to the ground.

Han Ruize and Pei Nai looked at each other in silence.

"Let's go." Han Ruize put away the whip and said.

Pei Nai followed him out.

Everyone soon reached the exit of the seventh block, and the next step was an uphill road.

The eighth block is not much different from the previous one, with dense forests and thickets as the main feature.

After walking a few steps, they heard footsteps and met eight remaining Wu soldiers on this floor.

There are many exotic plants here, and their locations are unknown.

For the sake of his own safety, Pei Nai had no intention of fighting with them.

But the Wu soldiers soon rushed over with suicidal momentum, the team was pushed back, and they took out their weapons to fight back.

The Wu soldiers were easy to deal with, but during the fight, a Pei family soldier and a silver-armored guard made too much noise, which attracted the nearby alien plants and they were killed by the vines and sharp blades.

Pei Nai killed the last Wu soldier and turned to see what was happening to everyone.

Han Ruize tried to pull the Pei family soldier out of the tree, but his whole body was almost broken in half and he was no longer alive.

Huyan Weizhao was also rescuing another silver-armored guard from behind.

Although the man was pulled back from the vines, a huge gash was cut on his body by the branches of the plant and he was bleeding profusely.

The silver-armored guard didn't even utter a wail, suppressing himself just to prevent the sound from being too loud and attracting other alien plants.

Huyan Weizhao and others tried to stop his bleeding by pulling a piece of cloth, but he kept his eyes open and soon became motionless.

Pei Nai angrily pulled the spear out of the Wu soldier and couldn't help but curse under his breath.

Huyan Weizhao closed the Silver Armor Guard's eyes and covered the wounds on his face and upper body with a cloth.

This sudden accident brought everyone's mood to the bottom.

They continued on their way, passing two blocks down, getting closer and closer to the ground, the uniform light water gradually became less, and everything became dim. They encountered some deformed monsters and yellow-eyed monsters on the way, and the monsters rushed up without any eyes, but were killed one by one by the frustrated people.

When we arrived at the eleventh block, the corridor was temporarily interrupted and the view in front of us suddenly opened up.

This place is about four meters high and the entire space is square. There are many protruding statues on the walls. They are strange images that Pei Nai and others cannot understand.

The stone patterns carved on the wall are symmetrical and neat.

In the middle of this area there grows a tall old tree, whose leaves are still lush and green as usual.

However, countless human remains were embedded in its trunk and body, all of which had been dyed brown, as if the ancient tree was covered with people.

No one dared to approach.

Although they were shocked and surprised, they did not forget the rules of this circle.

"The exit is on the wall behind the tree." Ju Liancheng reminded softly.

Pei Nai nodded, not daring to waste any more time, and led everyone around to the side.

The exit was nearly ten feet high. Pei Nai and his friends used light skills to jump up, preparing to pick up Ju Liancheng, Luo Yuanying, and Lin Shengtao from above.

The soldiers below worked together to lift them up one by one. They held Han Ruize's hand, and with a few more efforts, they quickly climbed up.

The rest of the people all have martial arts skills, so it's much easier.

Fortunately, the ancient tree with a human body did not undergo any other changes. They continued to move deeper and soon reached the twelfth block.

This place is still not the common circular corridor inside the meteorite. Instead, it looks more like a flat room with several stone walls in the middle.

But everyone was so disgusted that they were speechless, because the ground was covered with snake and insect eggs.

The eggs are transparent and colorless, with a hard shell on the outside.

Through the crystal-like shell, they could even see the larvae inside, but the insects looked very strange, and their limbs were a bit like human legs.

What? Pei Nai frowned and glanced at Han Ruize.

Han Ruize shook his head at her and made a "slow down" gesture to everyone.

Pei Nai didn't dare to use his palm wind to test the softness and hardness of the ground, for fear of disturbing the insect eggs and causing them to hatch quickly.

They walked carefully along the footprints left by Han Ruize.

After a little thought, they realized that they had only passed by one of the blocks, but they had no idea how many blocks nearby were insect egg areas, which was really frightening.

When entering the next block, Ju Liancheng suddenly spoke up to remind them.

But he was also a little puzzled, "This block has small print: Pay attention to whether it is mature."

There is less uniform light here, and most places are dim and gloomy, shrouded in darkness.

"What is maturity? What will happen?" Pei Nai asked.

Han Ruize suddenly looked up.

They saw a humanoid long-legged monster clinging to the middle of the road, bending over and looking down at them.

Its twisted head was almost in front of Han Ruize. Behind it, the shadows of several more monsters appeared.

Han Ruize immediately swung out the Hunxi Whip and chopped it, "Change your route! Quick!"

Pei Nai did not hesitate and led everyone to another fork in the road.

Not long after they walked, they encountered two more humanoid long-legged monsters. Pei Nai then realized that these were the creatures in the insect eggs!

She raised her spear and slashed forward, seriously injuring one of them, and the other monster jumped over.

Pei Nai swung the gun back half a circle, and when the tip of the gun turned back forward, she caught it in mid-air, with the tip of the gun piercing straight into the chest of the long-legged monster.

(End of this chapter)