Volume 57 Chapter 54

The water is not ordinary water, it is freezing cold, the temperature in the water is at least minus 100 degrees, but strangely, it does not freeze, but still maintains the fluidity of the liquid. Due to the huge erosion effect, Zhang Tie had to swim under the water while supplementing the consumption caused by the fighting spirit of the body protection.

The pipes in that pool are like a labyrinth, very complicated, connecting pools of different shapes and sizes one after another. Zhang Tie can see one of them every few minutes of swimming. The bottom of those pools has strange crystal-like black spots. The sand seemed to be used for planting something. In several of the pools, Zhang Tie also found that there were some withered and broken rhizomes in the black sand that could be as thick as two people hugging each other, soaked in water , I don’t know how many years have passed, and when I touch it lightly with my hand, those rhizomes become powder floating in the water.

The density of that water is very high, several times greater than that of mercury, and the water pressure at the bottom of the water is very high. When swimming in it, you can't go fast even if you want to. Every step forward and swimming takes a lot of energy. With a lot of physical strength, if it were an ordinary soldier, in that underwater, not to mention being crushed by the huge water pressure, even if he wanted to move, he would be unable to move an inch.

Swimming in such a labyrinth of water pipes, turning left and right following Tang Mei, if it wasn't for Tang Mei, Zhang Tie wouldn't know where he was going to swim.

The two of them swam in the water for about eight hours before entering the bottom of a larger pool through the labyrinth-like pipeline network again.

In other words, this place is no longer a pool, but a lake, because as far as Zhang Tie can see, the bottom of this lake has an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres and a depth of more than one hundred meters. Water, the water in those pools should flow from this lake. The black sand at the bottom of this lake is thicker, and those broken roots are thicker, and those many roots are enough to make four With five people hugging and swimming in such a lake, Zhang Tie felt as if he was walking in the virgin forest with only tree stumps left.

"Where are we going?" Zhang Tie asked Tang Mei via voice transmission.

"To the other side..." Tang Mei pointed to the front, Zhang Tie nodded, and the two of them swam towards the opposite side of the exit.

Just halfway through the lake, Zhang Tie saw a huge skeleton among the black sand and broken roots at the bottom of the lake.

The white skeleton is more than one hundred meters long and looks like a snake's skeleton, but under the skeleton, there are four limbs lying on the ground, and the head of the skeleton is like a bull. , and a pair of deer-like long horns.

Seeing this skeleton, Zhang Tie was stunned for a moment. Even though he had never really seen what a dragon looked like, when he saw this skeleton, Zhang Tie immediately imagined that the skeleton was not a skeleton. What it looked like when it was still alive—it was undoubtedly a dragon, a real dragon, the dragon in the Chinese totem symbol.

As a member of the Chinese ethnic group, when Zhang Tie saw the real symbol of this totem for the first time, the shock in Zhang Tie's heart did not calm down for a long time.

Tang Mei was not surprised by this, but Zhang Tie swam directly to the side of the keel, touched it with his hand, and put the keel into the black iron castle. Then he continued to swim towards the other side of the lake.

In Zhang Tie's eyes, this keel is also a treasure, and it is of great significance.

After reaching the opposite bank, the two of them floated up to the surface of the water. Zhang Tie first peeped out a pair of eyes from the water, and quietly looked around on the shore.

This lake is in a huge space in the mountainside of Buzhou Mountain. There are some damaged buildings around the lake. Those buildings are 40 to 50 meters high, like enlarged snail shells, with pointed roofs. There is also the spiral-shaped main body of the building, and the rune brilliance flashing on each building,

There are still quite a few buildings that have been shattered, like a glass that has been hit by a huge hammer, damaged beyond recognition.

In the direction where Zhang Tie and the others swam out of the underwater pipeline, there was a gate, which was tightly closed, and the shore they swam to was facing a strange forest, and the trees in that forest It is very tall, each tree is more than 100 meters high, just like skyscrapers. The reason why Zhang Tie can tell those things are trees is because almost all the trees are falling or falling in the same direction. Tilting, many fallen trees revealed the roots entangled below and the large holes in the ground like sinkholes.

This strange forest seems to have also encountered a catastrophic fire. All the trees have been scorched black, and many trees have been completely broken, or tilted, and there are very few standing trees. The exteriors of the trees were burnt black, and many were severely carbonized. In the entire forest, not a single tree survived, and it was as silent as a cemetery.

The most important thing is that Zhang Tie did not find any traces of the gods' war puppets, nor the closed corpses, whether in the damaged buildings or in the destroyed forest.

It should be safe here for now.

Zhang Tie jumped out of the water, and he stood on the shore at once. Tang Mei also jumped out of the water lightly, landed on the ground, and stood beside Zhang Tie, looking at the fallen pitch-black forest, Tang Mei frowned slightly, shook his head, and said three words softly, "It's a pity, I didn't expect it to be like this..."

"What's the pity?"

"According to the historical records in the Imperial Palace, these trees are all very precious heavenly sandalwood, which has many magical effects. I originally thought that one or two of the heavenly kingwood in this forest should still be alive. None of them survived!" Tang Mei said regretfully.

"Where are we going now?"

"Today, I will find a place to stay in this forest, rest and recover, and then I will go through this forest tomorrow. At the end of this forest, there should be a passage leading to the top..."

"Good!" Zhang Tie nodded.

Since entering the core area of ​​the mountain ruins, Zhang Tie has fought repeatedly without resting. The ten hours underwater just now were not easy. Although Zhang Tie can continue to persevere, considering the future There may be more and more intense battles, and it is necessary to recover now.

Outside the mountain ruins, it should have entered the night now.

Now that they decided to find a place to spend the night in the forest, the two of them walked into the forest, looking for a suitable place to stay.

There is no soft soil on the forest floor. Maybe there used to be soft soil here, but now, the ground is hard. The entire forest floor is like being put into a brick kiln or a magnetic kiln. Like those fired for a long time, they have been completely solidified and become extremely hard. On the ground, those places that look like dirt slopes are actually as hard as iron, even the roots of the fallen trees. The irregular soil in the huge pit, which should look soft to you, is also as hard as granite.

The terrifying high temperature, like a terrifying magic, has completely turned this forest into a land where not a single blade of grass can grow.

The fallen giant trees are like a messy city wall lying in front of Zhang Tie and Tang Mei, and they are also like high-rise buildings and ruins that have collapsed after a terrible earthquake. , Overcome or bypass obstacles one by one, and move forward.

After walking for a while, Zhang Tie found a huge tree hole more than one meter high in the middle of the trunk of a broken and fallen tree in front of him, and the tree hole was surrounded by other trees that fell or broke. The tree trunk and branches blocked it, forming a blind angle of sight, which was relatively hidden and could not be seen from a distance. He pointed to that place, Tang Mei nodded, and the two walked towards the tree hole.

Looking closer, the inside of the tree hole is actually very wide. The whole tree hole twists and extends more than 20 meters into the trunk. The opening is considered small. On the back of the opening, that is, inside the tree hole, there is It is a bulb-shaped space, enough for two people to rest in it.

"Ha, this place is nice. If you warm up in it, the light won't shine through..." Zhang Tie was the first to get in, and Tang Mei followed Zhang Tie in, holding up her skirt.

The precious gold treasured Tianli sword in Zhang Tie's hand has completely become a tool for chopping firewood at this time.

The heart of the tree in the tree hole has not been completely carbonized, but it is very hard, almost like gold and iron. Zhang Tie held the Tianli sword, and kept holding it. The sword light was like a horse practicing blinking. On both sides of the inside, two places for people to lie down and sit and rest were cut out, and the cut firewood became pieces of firewood and debris.

Zhang Tie piled the firewood together, flicked his finger, and a little spark flew into the firewood. After a while, a ball of fire was born in the tree hole, and the bright fire light dissipated in the tree hole at once. The darkness, the entire tree hole, suddenly became warm, making people feel at ease.

Gathering around such a fire, the severe cold brought by the icy water just now gradually disappeared.

"Brother, don't you want to bake some potatoes?" Tang Mei blinked and said to Zhang Tie.

Hearing Tang Mei's words, Zhang Tie was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and then really took out a few potatoes from the Black Iron Castle, and threw them by the side of the fire.

As the fire light rose, a mysterious fragrance slowly appeared in the tree hole. The mysterious fragrance was very special. Zhang Tie just took a sip, and felt his brain clear up instantly. The internal organs are refreshed for a while, and the mental power and fighting spirit are greatly nourished...

"Ah, what's this smell?" Zhang Tie was surprised.

"This is one of the effects of heavenly sandalwood. It is a pity that these days sandalwood has been through for too long. After being destroyed, the tree is dead, and the remaining efficacy of this day's sandalwood is less than one-tenth. , if the wood is cut from the surviving heavenly sandalwood, used to grind into incense, and then ignited for use, the fragrance of the sandalwood that day can even promote the cultivation of the emperor's first-level powerhouse. For the soldiers below the generals, the benefits are even greater..." Tang Mei said in a regretful tone.

Thinking that this piece of forest is actually such a precious thing, Zhang Tie finally understood why Tang Mei regretted it. This thing is simply more precious than elemental crystals. 8

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