Road Survival: My RV is a Moving Castle

The two continued along the underground river. As they walked, the river was replaced by steep cliffs. The air was very humid, and water dripped everywhere.

Soon, a stone gate appeared in front of the two, five meters high and three meters wide, with a huge caterpillar with eight-pack abs and an inverted triangle shape carved on it, which looked very magnificent.

Two stone lions sit directly in front of the gate, guarding it on the left and right.

The two stone lions had their mouths open, and inside they were pitch black, like two black holes.

"We're here. We just need to go inside the stone gate."

Qi Ye stood next to the stone lion, leaning against it, and moved the backpack on his back to his chest, rummaging through it.

"How do we get in? Do we push the door open?"

Seeing that the stone door was not locked, Song Chiyu stepped forward and pushed it hard.

The stone gate was heavier than she had imagined.

Although she was already very strong, she couldn't budge the stone door even with all her strength.

As she pushed, a cloud of dust fell from the top of the stone gate.

Song Chiyu immediately jumped back to avoid getting dust on her.

Beside him, Qi Ye had already taken out a bead from his backpack, but his brows were furrowed tightly.

"Huh? How come there's only one left? I remember there were two."

"what happened?"

Seeing Qi Ye's worried expression, Song Chiyu asked in confusion.

"Sister Song, to enter the stone gate, you must put these water crystal beads into the stone lion's mouth. You need both, but I only have one water crystal bead right now, so I can't go in."

Qi Ye held a bead with light blue cloud patterns engraved on it in his hand, looking dejected.

Song Chiyu took the water crystal bead from his hand and checked the instructions.

[Water-gelling beads: Disposable consumables that provide a large amount of water when used on water-eating stone lions.]

"Does that mean the stone lion can open the door once it has drunk its fill of water?"

After reading the instructions, Song Chiyu asked a few questions.

Qi Ye was still immersed in his frustration, and simply nodded to Song Chiyu.

He didn't want to contact his father to ask for the water crystal bead, otherwise, given the old man's personality, he would definitely have told him to go back directly.

Song Chiyu stroked the smooth surface of the water-condensed bead, raising an eyebrow slightly.

She does have a treasure that can serve as a substitute for these hydrogel beads.

"Don't be anxious, take this bead and put it in the mouth of the stone lion over there."

Song Chiyu handed the Water Condensation Pearl back to Qi Ye, and then walked to the stone lion on the right.

Upon hearing this, Qi Ye's expression immediately brightened, and he exclaimed with delight.

"Sister Song, do you have a solution!?"

Song Chiyu glanced at the stone lion beside him, then took out a water gourd from his spatial storage.

Last time we were on the island, the water hyacinths absorbed a lot of seawater; hopefully, this water will be enough.

"Wow, a water hyacinth! Sister Song is amazing, she even has this treasure!"

Qi Ye put the bead into the stone lion's mouth, then turned his head and saw the water gourd in Song Chiyu's hand. He thought to himself that he could definitely get in.

Song Chiyu pulled out the plug from the water hyacinth and tilted it towards the stone lion's mouth.

The next second, the sound of flowing water echoed in the quiet cave.

Water from the water hyacinth kept flowing into the stone lion's mouth, and a faint smell of seawater filled the air.

After a while, the stone lion, which had been motionless, finally changed.

Two pale blue water snakes emerged from the mouths of the two stone lions, swam across their bodies, and finally swam toward the tightly closed gate.

Then, the stone gate made a dull sound and slowly moved inward from the outside.

"Alright, alright, sis, the door's open, let's go in!"

Qi Ye's eyes were full of surprise. After the stone door opened, he walked ahead with his backpack in his arms.

Seeing this, Song Chiyu covered the water hyacinth and put it into his spatial storage, then followed.

Behind the stone gate was a large palace, magnificent and beautiful, as if it had been meticulously decorated.

The palace was surrounded by large and small square pits, all covered by a thick layer of white mist, making it impossible to see what was inside.

After entering, Qi Ye went straight to the nearest large pit and then lifted the white mist covering it.

At the same time, the scene inside the pit came into view.

Countless dead ants lay inside, piled up into a huge black mountain.

If someone with trypophobia saw this, they would definitely get goosebumps.

[Desert man-eating ants: A man-eating species native to the desert, they prefer human flesh and blood, possess a powerful bite, an astonishing digestive system, and are masters of teamwork.]

"Holy crap, man-eating ants!"

After reading the explanation, Song Chiyu felt numb, and a chill crept up her back.

Although the pit was full of the corpses of man-eating ants, what kind of monster could kill so many ants and pile them up here in one go?

That only confirms one thing: the master of this palace is far more powerful than these hundreds of millions of ants!

Could it be the Aladdin's Divine Insect that Qi Ye mentioned?

"Hey, that's not it."

Qi Ye lifted the white mist, glanced inside, and then turned around without hesitation, heading to another pit.

Song Chiyu's expression hardened slightly as she cautiously followed behind Qi Ye.

She clenched her fists slightly, revealing them subtly.

At that moment, Qi Ye's delighted voice came from ahead.

"That's right, Sister Song!"

He excitedly pointed to a large pit in front of him and turned to shout.

Song Chiyu took two steps forward and saw the scene inside the pit.

This is a pile of red centipede corpses, layered and densely packed, even more so than the mountain of ant corpses we just saw.

The number is estimated to be in the tens of thousands.

[Desert centipede: One of the five poisonous creatures, it contains potent venom in its mouth. Within five minutes of being bitten, the venom travels throughout the body, invading the internal organs, ultimately leading to death from excruciating pain and widespread festering.]

"And this! Desert scorpion, Sister Song, hurry and collect it! After we collect the five venomous creatures, we'll go find that bug."

Qi Ye wandered among the pits in the palace, searching for the pit where the Five Poisons were located.

Upon hearing this, Song Chiyu no longer hesitated. After clearing out a special compartment in his space to store the Five Poisons, he raised his hand and put all the desert centipede corpses in the pit in front of him into his space.

12197 desert centipedes, got it!

Next up are the desert scorpions—10129 in total.

Sand ring snake – 9889 individuals.

Silver sandworms – 13840 individuals.

Sand poison frogs – 9208 individuals.

Having collected all five poisonous creatures from these pits filled with insect corpses, Song Chiyu's desert mission was complete.

Looking at the time, it's already taken two hours to get to this desert, and there's only one hour left.

Now all we need to do is ensure that Qi Ye returns home safely after his expedition.

Gotta hurry up.

Seeing that Song Chiyu had finished collecting the five poisons, Qi Ye immediately led Song Chiyu mysteriously to a small door in front of the palace.

"The wishing bug is inside. We'll take control of it as soon as we go in."

Qi Ye's face was full of excitement, his eyelashes trembling slightly with emotion.

Although Song Chiyu felt it was somewhat rash, he simply nodded.

Then, the two of them, each guarding one side of the door, pushed it inwards simultaneously.