Judgment Day [Unlimited]

Chapter 34 Night Attack

Xie Xingyin immediately raised his head, staring at the towering tree crown.His intuition told him that the leaves were definitely not being moved by the wind—there must be something on them.

He took half a step back slowly, clutching the knife tightly in his hand, and made a gesture of preparing to attack.

Once something rushes out of it, give it a knife first.

Xie Xingyin tried his best to collect his mind.Since entering this mission, they have not encountered a supernatural event, and even the most bizarre accident of the night watchman's corpse was caused by scarabs.

If the source of the strange sound was really a savage, Xie Xingyin would not be too scared.

Savages are better than those bastards who don't know why.He also has weapons and can defend himself.

Xie Xingyin had just collected himself, when the crown above his head trembled more violently.

After a while, a figure jumped down from the tree.

Seeing the figure above his head flickering, Xie Xingyin's 40-meter broadsword was confiscated at once, and the sharp saber almost stabbed straight through - but before the blade touched the opponent, it was easily caught.

"Brother." The voice was familiar.

Xie Xingyin's gaze met a pair of frivolous and beautiful peach blossom eyes, and he couldn't help but stare straight.

——How could there be such a coquettish savage in the world!The person who came was clearly Lu Fen!

Lu Fen pinched the blade of his saber with his slender fingers, and with a light flick, the tip of the saber turned in a different direction.

Seeing that it was him, Xie Xingyin also heaved a sigh of relief, and put down the knife in his hand.

"Lu Fen? You scared me, what are you doing climbing up the tree?"

There was a little pride in Lu Fen's eyes, and he showed him what he had just caught.

I saw that he was holding a bird in his hand, the whole body was black, only the mouth and around the eyes were yellow, and it was of medium size, which looked a bit like a crow.

"The trees are full of these birds." Lu Fen said.

As soon as he exerted a little force, the bird screamed strangely.

... The sound of this bird sounded a bit familiar.

Xie Xingyin narrowed his eyes, and after careful identification, he found that this was the voice he had heard before!

"It's it!" Xie Xingyin suddenly realized.

Lu Fen said: "That's right, this bird, like a parrot, can imitate the sounds it has heard before."

So there are no savages in the forest at all, and the sound of talking is made by birds.

... no, not right.

According to the previously discovered statues, Xie Xingyin determined that there used to be people here, possibly the guardians of the Garden of Gods.

But thousands of years have passed, and those people have long since died.The birds learned their language, passed it on from generation to generation, and are still here today to frighten trespassers in the Garden of the Gods.

—

When Xie Xingyin and Lu Fen returned to the camp, everyone was already awake.

"Thank you, Brother Lu?"

When he got up early in the morning and found that these two people were gone, Lao Liang was in a hurry.

"Hey, where did you go, what are you doing in the woods in the middle of the night!"

"..." Xie Xingyin seemed to hear someone laughing uncontrollably, and quietly opened his eyes.

Lu Fen told the others what he had just discovered in the woods, and everyone was finally relieved.

"No wonder, it turned out to be a bird."

After eating dry food for many days, their lips were almost blistered, and now they were drooling while staring at the big crow in Lu Fen's hand.

"Let's roast it, roast bird would be good," the novice was the first to suggest.

When Lao Liang and Boss Hou heard this, they also agreed.They haven't eaten meat for a long time, and they want to change the taste and try something new.

However, the bird was very human, and seemed to know what they wanted to do, and suddenly it screamed strangely, and spoke human words.

"#%&@＊...!"

Everyone looked at such a human-speaking bird, and suddenly felt that they couldn't eat anymore.

Lu Fen raised his eyes and glanced at them lightly: "This kind of bird eats carrion, so it's not tasty."

Birds that eat carrion, who knows if they have ever eaten dead human flesh.

When everyone heard it, they were a little disgusted, so they gave up.

"What about this bird?" The newcomer was still a little unwilling.

"Put it back." Xie Xingyin said.

These animals are somewhat evil, and it is best not to kill them if they can.

Lu Fen said that there are many birds like this on the tree, if one is killed, who knows if other companions will come to seek revenge.

The others also felt that what he said was reasonable, so they released the bird back into the forest.

—

Early in the morning, everyone re-packed their luggage and tents, and continued to go upstream along the river.

It was clearly daytime, but there were thick clouds and fog in the valley, and the light was dim.

There is ready-made water in the river, they don't have to worry about food and drink, and the speed of travel is much faster.

There are quite a lot of edible things in the forest, and some fruit trees can be seen every now and then, and the bright red and plump fruits weigh down the branches.

There are also a large number of mushrooms growing in the shade at the bottom of the tree, with different shapes.

It is said that brightly colored mushrooms are poisonous, and most plain colored mushrooms are edible.

They also occasionally find some light brown or white mushrooms with fat caps, which must be delicious in the stew.It's a pity that no one can say for sure whether it is poisonous or not, and I dare not think about them.

As he walked forward, Xie Xingyin realized more and more clearly that this rift was in the shape of "<>" - wide in the middle and narrow at both ends.

They started from the widest point in the middle of the canyon and followed the river to the edge.

The deeper you go, the narrower the canyon becomes.

The distance between the rock walls at both ends is getting closer and closer, and soon only a few hundred meters of width remain.

The canyon changed from wide to narrow, and Xie Xingyin became more and more sure that it had an end.

— Presumably what they are looking for is at the end of this canyon.

Everyone walked, and there seemed to be something discovered in front of them.The person leading the way suddenly stopped.

Xie Xingyin was thinking about other things absent-mindedly, and almost bumped into Lu Fen without paying attention, only then came back to his senses.

"What happened?"

Lu Fen pointed in one direction, and Xie Xingyin raised his eyes to look over there, only to see a few dry trees over there, densely covered with skeletons.

Those skeletons looked a little old, showing the same earthy brown color as hemp rope, as if they were made out of mud.

They are light and weightless, and they shake when the wind blows, like ghosts floating in the air.

And on the branches of those dead trees, there are many crow-like birds standing sporadically, pecking at the carrion on the skeleton joints.

Lao Liang patted his chest, secretly rejoicing: Fortunately, he did not eat roasted bird meat.

At the bottom of those big trees stands a white stone tablet, which looks like a tombstone at first glance.

Everyone approached and took a look at the stele, Xie Xingyin sighed and said: "It seems that we are almost there."

Boss Hou walked over curiously with his short legs: "What is written on the stele?"

"Trespassers will die." Xie Xingyin said.

"—Look at the skeletons hanging on the tree. That is the fate of trespassing on the Garden of Eden. After the trespasser was executed, the body was hung here to show the public, warning the latecomers not to go any further."

And those birds that ate the carcass spoke human words and were considered the incarnation of the soul of the sinner, and they were punished to drive away other intruders here forever.

"But there are still so many skeletons here, which means that this warning is useless." Lao Liang said.

Xie Xingyin smiled: "After all, the ones that grow in the Garden of Eden are not ordinary treasures."

—that is the elixir of life.

The first emperor concocted alchemy, Emperor Wu married his daughter, and immortality has been the ultimate goal that everyone has longed for since ancient times. Even emperors with countless territories and treasures are pursuing it desperately.

There are many valuable treasures, but the elixir of life cannot be measured by value.It is the unique and rarest treasure in the world.

"Then, shall we still leave?" The newcomer was a little timid, and was frightened after being bluffed.

Lu Fen shrugged: "Go, why don't you go. If you don't go, you will die."

"After crossing this stone tablet, we are probably going to the hinterland of the Land of Sunset." Xie Xingyin stared at the stone tablet and said, "...we haven't really entered the Garden of Eden yet, but many strange things have happened along the way. I don’t know how many dangers are waiting for us when we come down.”

Li Tiefeng also said seriously:

"Take out all your weapons. After entering the Garden of Eden, no one knows what will happen, so everyone follow carefully and don't fall behind... I will lead, Boss Hou, you will be in charge of the middle, brother Xie and brother Lu, you will be in the rear .Once something happens, everyone will run away immediately!"

Everyone readjusted the team, lined up, and continued to move forward nervously.

Soon, they entered a dead zone.

The reason why it is called the dead zone is that it is too quiet here, and there is not even a single bird on the lifeless trees.

Stepping over that stone tablet, the group of people seemed to have crossed the boundary line between life and death, stepping into the lifeless realm of death.

Xie Xingyin couldn't help feeling weird, how could the Garden of Eden be like this?Isn't the legendary Garden of Eden a paradise on earth?

The canyon in front of them became narrower and narrower, and the rock walls on the left and right almost sandwiched them.

The uncomfortable feeling in Xie Xingyin's heart became stronger and stronger.In film and television dramas, there must be an ambush in such a narrow place.

Everyone did not dare to relax, and moved forward with full vigilance.

Xie Xingyin looked up to the top of the canyon, only to see that the sky had become a crack, and he felt a bit like watching the sky from a well.

There are countless holes on the rock walls of the mountains on the left and right sides, and the inside is dark.

The holes on these rock walls are too regular, not like natural formation, but more like man-made.

strangeness.

Xie Xingyin looked at it suspiciously, and the oppressive feeling in his heart became more and more intense.

It feels like there are two eyes staring at you in the dark, you can't see it, but you feel panicked.

Perhaps everyone sensed the danger, so they quickened their pace and walked for about a quarter of an hour before finally crossing the narrowest part of the valley.

The eyes became wider, and a slightly wider forest appeared in front of them.The oppressive feeling finally passed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It was getting late, so they decided to build a fire on the spot, set up tents and set up camp.

After Xie Xingyin finished packing the tent, when he went out to look for Lu Fen, he found him standing by the water, looking down at what he was looking at.

Xie Xingyin followed his gaze and saw the river flowing slowly, but he could not see clearly what was under the water.

One ripple after another appeared on the dark surface of the water, as if something was stirring under the water.

I don't know if it is fish.

Xie Xingyin was about to take a closer look, but he heard Lu Fen say: "Brother, stay away from the river. There may be something in the water."

—

Everyone followed Lu Fen's suggestion and stayed away from the river, and camped in the forest instead.

The first half of the night is less dangerous, and it is the novice's turn to watch.Lao Liang was originally in charge of the second half of the night, but Lu Fen was worried, so he simply said that he would guard the second half of the night.

After the work was assigned, everyone else went to sleep in the tent, leaving the novice sitting alone in front of the campfire.

The forest was silent.Looking around, he quietly took out something from his arms.

It was an egg, and the eggshell exuded a porcelain white and warm luster under the firelight.

This egg was picked up by the river just now. It is much larger than ordinary bird eggs, and its outline is narrower and longer. It looks more like a goose egg.

He hadn't eaten for nearly twenty hours, and he was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back, and his eyes were green.

In the morning, he was the first to propose to roast the crow, but after Lu Fen said that the bird ate carrion, he was too scared to dare.

Now God took pity on him and let him pick up a bird's egg by the river, so he could finally fill his stomach secretly.

There was only such a small bird egg, and he didn't want to let other people take a share, so he secretly hid it and ate it when he was alone.

The man rubbed his hands, put the big bird egg next to the campfire, and roasted it slowly over the fire.

Seeing the tongue of fire gently licking the egg, it should be warm, but he suddenly felt a bit cold on the back of his neck.

It seemed that a gust of wind was blowing against his back.

He stood up and moved his limbs, looked around, and there was silence around him, nothing unusual.

Probably because I was too hungry, so I felt cold.Just eat something.

He stared greedily at the bird egg.

Wait a little longer, just a little longer... and soon you can eat...

"Tick."

Suddenly, some cold liquid dripped on his neck.

He subconsciously covered his neck with his hands, and when he looked up, he saw only a pitch-black canopy.

He brought the liquid-stained hand to his eyes suspiciously. It was transparent and colorless, like water.

It's strange how the water suddenly dripped from the tree.

He moved his hand closer and sniffed, as if he could smell a bit of fishy smell.

What smells so bad...

At this time, the egg that was roasting on the bonfire suddenly moved.

He hurried over to look, only to see that the eggshell cracked for a while, and even cracked a crack.

The egg is cracked, it should be cooked.

He was so hungry that he didn't care about the hot shell of the egg. Drooling, he picked up the egg, held it in his hand, and blew on it.

With a "click", the crack became even bigger.He glanced inside, but instead of the expected white egg white, what he saw was something black.

The man was taken aback.

He couldn't have picked up a preserved egg, could he?

... No, it's weird!This egg...why does this egg seem to be moving? !

By the time he finally realized something was wrong, it was too late.

The man watched helplessly as the egg in his hand cracked open, and then a thin black and white strip slipped out of the gap, covering his hand with stinky mucus.

—Snake, it's a snake!It was not a bird's egg at all, but a snake's egg!

The little snake had bright patterns and was extremely poisonous at first glance. The man was frightened out of his wits and threw the snake egg away.The eggshell and the little snake fell into the grass together, rolled twice, and disappeared.

He wanted to run, but his legs couldn't stop being weak, and he tripped over something and fell to the ground after just a few steps.

There was a rustling sound in the darkness, and the rustling of leaves overhead, as if something was surging from all directions, crawling over the weeds and dead branches all over the ground...

—

"Help--"

"Help, help, help!!!"

Heart-piercing screams broke the calm of the night.

When Xie Xingyin was woken up by the cry for help and opened the curtain to rush out, he happened to see the newcomer lying on the ground in pain, with his lower body hidden in the darkness.

"Help! Help! Help me!"

Something seemed to be dragging him behind him, dragging him towards the dark river.

The man struggled desperately, grabbing the turf on the ground with all ten fingers, but the thing that dragged him was so strong that a large piece of turf was uprooted, but it still couldn't stop the force.

Soon, the figure of that person flickered and disappeared in the darkness.

Xie Xingyin couldn't see clearly what was behind him, but felt something rolling slowly in the darkness.

The others also heard the movement and rushed out of the tent one after another, but they were all dumbfounded when they saw the scene outside.

Once the man was dragged into the water just now, the gods could not save him.Xie Xingyin grabbed the knife at his waist and pulled it out, but before he could move a step, he was stopped by Lu Fen.

"Brother! Back off!"