Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 196 Alien Plant Monster
Go forward along the entrance, and there are five vortex-shaped passages at the end of the corridor.

The hardness of the stone wall is similar to that of the wall in the twenty-first domain. It should be the same kind of stone inside the meteorite. Pei Nai recalled the feeling when he smashed the ground with a spear in the seventeenth domain of the Valley Kingdom, and his arms subconsciously hurt.

Each of the five spiral-shaped passages can accommodate three people walking side by side, and there is a large character engraved on the flat wall above each entrance.

It was just written in Lu Guoyu, which Pei Nai could not understand.

"From left to right, it means 'left', 'up', 'middle', 'down', and 'right'." Han Ruize translated for her.

Pei Nai nodded, "According to the map, should we go to the vortex entrance in the middle?"

The map of the secret realm is too large, and it is inconvenient to read it with a torch.

I heard that the main lighting method inside the Lu Kingdom Secret Realm is also uniform light water, but I don’t know the specific situation.

They had already agreed that in most cases, they would not use maps, but only rely on Ju Liancheng's photographic memory to get around.

After all, in a critical moment, no monster will give them time to look at the map. A brain that knows the route is much more flexible and safer than a leather map.

"Yes, the entrance in the middle." Ju Liancheng replied.

Pei Nai frowned slightly, "I hope Gu Jinheng and the others are on the right path, otherwise the possibility of us running into them is slim."

Han Ruize raised his hand to smooth away her eyebrows, turned around and walked in first with a torch in hand, followed closely by Pei Nai.

Ju Liancheng, Luo Yuanying, Lin Shengtao and other think tanks with poor self-protection capabilities walked behind Pei Nai, and Huyan Weizhao followed behind Lin Shengtao as combat protection for the middle of the team.

The Pei family army soldiers and the silver-armored guards followed behind.

The spiraling lines in the passage made Pei Nai feel a little dizzy. She asked in confusion, "Why did the Valley Country build these five entrances into a vortex shape?"

"In order to block the vines and tree roots and guide the wind direction to prevent the giant plants inside from crawling out and causing the entrance to be closed." Lin Shengtao had done a lot of investigations before, so he knew some of the situation.

Pei Nai suddenly realized, "I see."

The outermost circle of the Lu Kingdom Secret Realm has the following risk avoidance rules: Do not step on soft ground!
They were not quite sure about this sentence. Did "soft ground" refer to the ground that could be seen to be different at a glance, or was it the stone that had no difference in appearance and one could only tell the difference when one stepped on it?

Just as Pei Nai was thinking, Han Ruize had already arrived inside the secret realm, which was the first area on the map.

The water flowed between the smooth stone walls and merged into the lower layer, making the scene suddenly brighter. This place was not much different from the regular layers of the 21st Domain, with dark stone walls and circular passages.

Ju Liancheng was behind them showing them the way. Just as they passed three forks in the road, Han Ruize suddenly raised his hand and everyone stopped immediately.

Pei Nai and Han Ruize looked at each other, and their thoughts were tacitly understood.

She turned around and mouthed to the people behind her: There is someone here.

Han Ruize pointed to the fork on the left, and Pei Nai waved to the back, signaling them to follow slowly and not to alert the ambushers.

Han Ruize drew out a short knife that was convenient for close combat, and Pei Nai drew out a spear.

When they reached the fork in the road, Han Ruize still looked ahead and made a gesture to Pei Nai.

They both walked out at the same time.

In front of them was a row of fully-equipped Wu tribe specially trained soldiers. At a glance, there were fifteen of them. They must have been waiting for them here for a long time.

The crossbow arrows were fired at once, breaking through the air and heading straight for the target.

Before their rebirth, Pei Nai and Han Ruize needed to use Qinggong to dodge crossbow attacks continuously, but now
Pei Nai did not hesitate, and slapped out with the Dingguang Compassionate Palm in an instant, blocking the dense crossbow arrows and stopping them.

The crossbow arrows hung in the air and then all fell down.

The long spear drew an eight-shaped pattern and swept forward with sharp force. The five Wu soldiers in the front row fell down instantly.

Han Ruize took over with a dagger and finished off the enemy who was still breathing when he fell.

The combo was performed with footsteps so fast that it was difficult to see the path. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of the enemy in the middle, and with several more slashes of the sword, he avoided the enemy's weapons and slit the throats of four people in succession.

The enemy in the distance took advantage of the opportunity to attack. Pei Nai supported Han Ruize's back, turned around and jumped, kicking the enemy away.

The spear's extension was limited, so she held it in the middle of the spear, and as she turned and swept it, she cut through the chests of two enemies again. At this time, Pei Nai noticed that the ground behind Wu Jun was shaking, as if it was lifted by the wind from her spear.

She stopped killing, and Han Ruize realized her abnormality and looked to the distance on the opposite side.

The enemy no longer rushed forward recklessly, but retreated gradually.

Unfortunately, Pei Nai knew the rules of the circle in this area, and because her gun could travel far, she discovered the trap in advance.

Was it to lure her onto the "soft ground"?
Pei Nai sneered in his heart.

She slowed down her movements and fought continuously with the remaining four Wu tribe specially trained warriors until they kept retreating, the gap at the rear was compressed, and the four of them were almost at the edge of the loose soil.

Pei Nai no longer delayed deliberately, and Zhu Bei's spear stabbed back from bottom to top, and the wind from the spear threw four people out at the same time.

The four of them fell to the soft ground, and they screamed and struggled, as if they wanted to get up quickly and escape.

But then, a strange scene happened.

The dark stone walls and ground seemed to have grown tentacles, pulling them underground along the part of their bodies where they landed.

The four men were unable to resist and were soon buried underground. The wailing sounds disappeared from their ears and the surroundings became quiet again.

Pei Nai and Han Ruize looked at each other, and she made a trembling motion.

Turning around, I saw Ju Liancheng, Luo Yuanying and others had also walked to the fork in the road and saw everything in front of them.

"Okay, you all saw it? Don't step on this kind of ground," Pei Nai reminded, and then asked: "Lian Cheng! Where are we going next? I'll use the gun wind to scout the way ahead."

Ju Liancheng pointed behind him and everyone turned around.

Pei Nai walked over and led the way in front of the team, using the Palm of Compassion or the Wind of the Gun to test the soft ground. If they encountered soft ground, everyone would go around it.

Every few forks in the road, soldiers would leave marks on the stone walls with pens and difficult-to-wash ink.

The secret realm of Lu State is too large, and the chances of them running into Gu Jinheng and others head-on are very slim.

Draw symbols on the route they passed. If Gu Jinheng and others happened to pass by and saw the strokes, they would know that they had come here, and they would be able to find them by following the direction indicated by the marks.

This makes it more likely that you will meet each other, which increases your hope.

This was the first area they passed through after entering the secret realm. After passing through more than twenty forks, they finally saw the exit passage on the map.

When passing the edge of the block just now, there were also many exits, all connected in different directions and leading to other levels.

Those exits are not on the routes indicated on the map, so I don't know whether they are safe or not.

They have to find the way out indicated by the map in each block so that they can follow the known route, so they must not deviate.

The exit corridor of the first block led to the lower level, but they walked for a while, and overall, they moved more than one level.

In the second block, there are obviously more plants.

The view is gradually filled with greenery and becomes full of vitality.

The evenly-lit water flows down along the branches and leaves, and the interweaving of light and shadow makes the environment magnificent and magical.

When they were halfway through the second area, Pei Nai was about to use the Palm of Compassion to test the softness of the ground.

Han Ruize noticed the noise in front and patted her.

Pei Nai stopped, only to see a thick tree root climbing up in front of him.

The thing gradually revealed its entire body, and it turned out to be a strange plant, probably attracted by the movement of her palm.

Everyone hurriedly hid against the wall, used the surrounding trees to shield themselves as much as possible, and breathed lightly.

(End of this chapter)