Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

"There's a ghost!" I yelled out of control, and that Bauer's face suddenly turned back, and he disappeared into the narrow passage in an instant. "Don't yell suddenly, okay, scare me!" Chen Jing punched me angrily. "Scared me to death!" I kept patting my chest. "I was scared to death by you, it's nothing, why are you yelling!" Chen Jing said, staring at me. "I saw Bauer just now, in that passage, his clothes are still wet!" I said nervously. "How is it possible, he is already dead! Isn't his skeleton still here?" Chen Jing kicked the skeleton after speaking.

"Jin Wei, are you overly frightened and misjudged?" Xinhong didn't really believe my words. "Wrong reading? Impossible." My voice was very low, because I also had some doubts about whether my reading was really wrong. But with the light of the flashlight just now, I could see clearly, it was definitely not a hallucination.But, in fact, Ball is indeed dead, his bones are at our feet, and I saw him die with my own eyes. Could it be that I was wrong?After Chen Jing vented her complaints to me, she began to think about where the temple where the handed down gods were placed.Because I was still very concerned about what I saw just now, I insisted on asking them to go and have a look with me.There is nothing unusual in the stone path. It has been artificially carved very delicately, and there are patterns of clouds on it, but there are no patterns of gods.There are some traces of water on the stone path, and this trace has been extending out of the stone path, pointing directly to the luxuriant female tree.

The female tree has calmed down now, and there are many translucent fleshy balls formed on it, and there are probably no babies that are going to be born in the morning.There was some trembling in the crown of the tree, and then suddenly there was a strange beeping sound in the trunk.I wanted to find out why the crown of the tree suddenly moved, and why the trunk made a sudden noise, so I rolled up my sleeves, bit my lip and started climbing. When I climbed two or three meters, a group of black shadows suddenly flew out from the thick leaves of the female tree. I was so frightened that I shook suddenly, and fell to the ground as soon as I let go of my hands.Seeing this, Chen Jing immediately broke off a branch, and shot the branch at the black shadow.The black shadow flew too slowly. After being shot by the branch, it fell to the ground with a whoosh.That thing was struggling on the ground and flapping its wings. When we took a closer look, that thing turned out to be a huge butterfly!The wings of this butterfly are as long as 30 centimeters, and there are many kinds of beautiful colors on the body and wings, which looks very beautiful.

I wanted to go over to see the butterfly clearly, but Chen Jing stopped me.I suddenly woke up, by the way, every time this butterfly appears, someone will die, isn’t this the case with Bauer, the big dog, and the ape-man? Butterflies can also kill people, I thought of this, subconsciously Take a step back. Chen Jing said to us: "Tear off a piece of cloth from your clothes!" "Ah? Tear up the clothes?" I didn't understand what Chen Jing wanted to do, why would she tear up the clothes when she had nothing to do. "If you want to survive, tear it up quickly!" Chen Jing said firmly, it seemed that she wasn't joking, and she didn't seem to know how to joke with us either.

We tore the clothes quickly, and then tore off a large piece of cloth. Chen Jing told us to put the cloth between the nose and mouth, which is simply a mask.Chen Jing is so serious, it seems that the background of this butterfly is not small. After we covered our mouth and nose with cloth, the butterfly was still struggling on the ground, flapping its wings and trying to fly, but it just couldn’t fly. .I searched my memory, and it seems that there is no record of such a butterfly in any ancient book. Could it be some ancient creature that has not been recorded in history?There are so many messy things in this temple, and this butterfly can kill Bauer and the others instantly without any scars, so it is right for us to be careful after all.

"I don't know why this long-winged swallowtail butterfly is in this temple?" Chen Jing had already made a cloth to cover her mouth and nose. "Long-winged swallowtail? You mean, is this butterfly called long-winged swallowtail?" Xinhong asked. "Well, the wings and the whole body of the long-winged swallowtail butterfly are covered with very small scales. Because of the wonderful combination of these scales of different colors, their body surfaces will show colorful patterns and patterns. Their scales It is so small and poisonous that it cannot be seen with the naked eye, but can only be seen with a microscope."

"What kind of poison can it have on its scales, which can make Baoer and the others die instantly?" I imitated Chen Jing and tightened the cloth covering his face as I said, for fear that I would suddenly be like Baoer. just die. "The scales of the long-winged swallowtail butterfly contain a large amount of cardiotonic steroid toxin. Some birds and snakes will keep away from it after smelling it. Especially when the long-winged swallowtail butterfly is flying and struggling, the cardiotonic steroid toxin on its body will be directly distributed to the In the air, if we suck it into our bodies, think about what will happen to us?" Chen Jing said seriously.

"No wonder Bauer, the big dog and those ape-men can't find a trace of scars on their bodies, so it's like this." The cloud of suspicion on Xinhong's face also dissipated. "You seem to be very familiar with this butterfly. Why haven't I seen any records about it in history books?" I asked Chen Jing suspiciously. "Because I can often see long-winged swallowtail butterflies in the place where I live, and I am afraid that this kind of highly poisonous butterfly is abundant in the whole world." "You don't mean that this butterfly came from Africa?" I guessed.

"That's right, the long-winged swallowtail is indeed from Africa!" Chen Jing said. Chen Jing and Xin Hong just looked at the long-winged swallowtail butterfly from a distance. They didn't dare to go there, probably because they were worried that the cardiotonic toxin in the air would enter the body from their eyes.I was still thinking, this long-winged swallowtail came from Africa, so how could it appear in our Chinese land, and it was still in a temple built thousands of years ago.Did China already have contact with Africa thousands of years ago?This long-winged swallowtail butterfly must have evolved a lot. There is no light, no flowers and plants here. It can survive, which means that it is also a strong man of nature.This butterfly is probably also used to guard the Tianshan Temple, it can kill people invisible, it is indeed very powerful.

"This butterfly is much bigger than what I've seen before, and its patterns are not as gorgeous as usual," Chen Jing pinched her nose and said, "It must be very poisonous, no wonder they died instantly, It seems that it is no longer an ordinary long-winged swallowtail butterfly." I was still standing next to the trunk of the female tree, and I didn't dare to walk over it easily. Just now I heard a strange muffled sound in the trunk, and the wide crown was shaking slightly. Could it be that the female tree has other things besides producing human beings? secret?I tapped the thick tree trunk lightly with my hand, and the sound it made was a bit crisp, and there were bursts of hazy echoes.Is this tree trunk empty?The female tree is several thousand years old, and the diameter of the trunk is more than two meters. If it is really empty, it should not be difficult to walk through it.

"Xinhong, come here quickly," I called to Xinhong and the others, "there may be something wrong with this tree trunk." "What's the matter, what's the problem with this tree trunk?" Chen Jing walked over quickly, she thumped the tree trunk lightly, and a buzzing sound came from inside, Chen Jing's face changed, she seemed very surprised, At this time, Xinhong also came to knock on the trunk, and the sound made by the trunk seemed very strange in this cave. "Could there be a passage in this tree trunk?" Xinhong said while knocking on the tree trunk. "Maybe it leads to the main hall. Think about it, this is the center of the front hall and the back hall!" Chen Jing said excitedly. "You're right," I touched the Nvshu and said, "But if the passage of the main hall is really in the Nvshu, but this temple was built thousands of years ago, then the Nvshu really Is it this big already?" After Xinhong and Chen Jing heard my words, they immediately froze there. When I was still in the apse just now, I saw Bauer clearly. The scene at that time is still very clearly imprinted in my mind. .The light from the flashlight shone on Bauer's face. His eyes were alive and his face was rosy, which was different from the lifeless face of a dead man.Later we came to the cave with the female tree, the crown of the female tree was shaking slightly, and then the trunk also made a strange muffled sound.At that time, I seem to remember that Ball was under the light, and his clothes seemed to be wet. Was what I saw a ghost? I think what I saw was a person. The canopy shook just now. Could it be that I saw Bauer get into the trunk, but Bauer is indeed dead. I saw him die with my own eyes. What's going on? Xinhong and Chen Jing had already begun to climb up the female tree slowly. I was afraid of the danger of staying under the female tree alone, so I also hurriedly climbed up.When I climbed the tree, my palms touched the rough bark, which felt very awkward, different from ordinary bark.I managed to climb up, only to find that the canopy of the tree had been artificially cut off a large section, and the heart of the tree was hollowed out. The luxuriant branches and leaves of the female tree began to shake, and those translucent meat balls also began to burst, and a light yellow liquid flowed out from inside, and babies got out of the meat balls, and the tree was full of such babies.Now that the snake king is dead, they will not be eaten by the king all at once, but their life is only one day, if they all die in the cave, wouldn't there be many corpses in this cave. The female tree can give birth to a lot of dryads in a day. If people outside the cave know about it, it will definitely cause an uproar.Xinhong and Chen Jing said they had to go down into the tree hole to see clearly, because the tree hole was neither messy nor narrow, and it was not difficult to go on like this if they supported the surroundings with their hands and feet. I was worried that I was too thick, what if I blocked the tree hole later, so I asked Xinhong and the others to go down first.Not long after, the two of them arrived at the bottom of the tree hole. I called them several times from above, but I couldn't hear their answer. But I can see clearly from above, they are still standing below, why don't they speak.I held my breath and slid down slowly. The hole in the trunk is really long, about ten meters long.From the top all the way to a huge space underground.I fell to the ground with a plop, just about to lose my temper and scold them for not answering me, but when I opened my eyes and saw the scene in front of me, I was just like them, too dumb to say a word.