Chapter 1431 Vivian’s Sleeping Place

The valley after passing through the pine forest originally had no name. In this inaccessible snowfield, the scope of human activities has been greatly reduced. The most experienced hunters only dare to leave a hut in the pine forest. No one has ever been brave enough. The adventurers would pass through the entire jungle dominated by wolves and brown bears, and then give a name to a lifeless valley - so Hao Ren simply called this valley Death Valley.

The place where the pine forest borders the valley is a forest of diseased trees. The dry and twisted plants seem to remind reckless adventurers not to approach this place easily. After crossing the forest of diseased trees, you can see an open valley. The valley itself is not large in size. It is roughly triangular in shape. Two low and bare stone mountains stand on both sides of the valley and gradually join together in the distance, making the valley form a terrain surrounded by mountains on three sides. Therefore, walking through the pine forest is The only shortcut to the valley. The small valley was lifeless, and no vegetation could be seen. The bare landscape extended from the stone mountains on both sides to the valley below. The only sight was the vast expanse of snow, and the occasional black figure peeking out from the snow. Stones and the remains of tree trunks that had withered and died for who knows how many years: in this icy and snowy environment, dead trees were preserved longer than in other places.

Hao Ren stood at the edge of the diseased forest and looked up into the distance, trying to find any possible identification in the bare valley, but he saw nothing except a dead land.

Will Vivian sleep in this isolated place of death?

Judging from the information gathered by the wolves and the abnormal ecological environment of this place, this possibility is indeed quite high.

"Hiss—" the husky girl breathed next to Hao Ren, with a bit of nervousness on her face, "I feel like I'm about to embark on a big adventure. I've never done anything like this in my whole life... Huhu... It's a bit Nervous, a little nervous..."

It seems that her temperament of being strong when faced with the weak and timid when faced with the strong really started more than half a century ago.

"There should be an energy field in the valley that can continuously reduce the vitality, or something like a curse... It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just relax," Hao Ren glanced at the husky spirit next to him, who was facing a formidable enemy. "That thing is fatal to ordinary animals, but it has no effect on you and me, especially you...you have a strong vitality."

"Really?" Lily glanced at Hao Ren in surprise, "You are so awesome! You know so many things!"

"That's right, I know a lot of things," Hao Ren smiled and walked forward first, "Follow me, pay attention to the smell around you."

The snow made a creaking sound under the feet, and occasionally there was a snapping sound when the tree branches under the snow were broken. But apart from the sound of footsteps and my own breathing, there was almost no sound in the huge valley. A little sound, in this clear and windless weather, there is not even a hint of wind here. Hao Ren walked in the valley with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He felt as if he was walking in a still and white world, and everything between heaven and earth became vast and empty.

Lily, who was embarking on such a big adventure for the first time, followed him nervously. This immature "werewolf girl" pricked up her ears and listened to all the subtle movements around her. Acts as a search dog.

Hao Ren stopped. There was a skeleton lying quietly in front of him. This skeleton should belong to a large herbivore. Most of it was covered with snow, and fragile and decayed bones could be seen in the exposed parts. In this place of extreme cold and lack of scavengers, it would probably take many years for a corpse to turn into such a "clean" set of bones. How long has this victim been lying here? Half a century?

Hao Ren bent down to check the condition of the skeleton, trying to determine the cause of its death, while Lily murmured next to her: "Aren't animals afraid to enter this valley? How come there are still people dying in it?"

"It's normal to be afraid to go in, but after so many years, there are always some unexpected situations, right?" Hao Ren curled his lips, "Perhaps he was chased by some enemy and ran in hastily, or he was hungry and fainted and wanted to come in to find something to eat. Or maybe it’s just a brain twitch—anyway, you’ll get lost as soon as you enter the valley area, and then you’ll never be able to get out again.”

"How did this person die?" Lily looked at Hao Ren checking the corpse curiously. She felt that this job was quite professional: this girl had always only judged whether big bones were delicious or not, and she was completely blind in more advanced areas than this. .

Hao Ren stood up: "There are many black traces of corruption on the bones, which look like poisoning. There are also some distortions caused by high-temperature cooking... I suspect it is blood boiling. Here you go, wear it around your neck. I can protect you."

As he spoke, he took out a life-sustaining collar from his portable space and handed it over. Although this device's official function is to help users survive in extreme environments such as space, it also has basic protective functions. It is suitable for older versions that currently lack combat experience. Very useful for Lily.

Lily took the collar and put it around her neck under Hao Ren's guidance. It felt quite suitable: "You have so many weird and wonderful things... What is the blood boil phenomenon?"

"Blood boiling. My friend is an expert at manipulating blood. She may subconsciously release her power when she is sleeping, so the creatures around her sleeping place may have their blood boiling and die for no reason. But you don't have to be afraid, I will give it to you. The collar can resist blood boils."

Lily was so frightened by Hao Ren's first half that she broke into a cold sweat, but she calmed down slightly after hearing the second half. Then she suddenly sniffed and turned her face to look in a certain direction.

Hao Ren noticed this immediately: "What's wrong?"

"The smell... I seem to smell that smell," Lily pointed to the depths of the valley, "it's coming from that place."

"Hurry over and have a look! Maybe it will be!"

Lily's good nose lived up to expectations and found the clue so smoothly. Hao Ren followed her guidance and quickly found a sunken entrance in the rock wall of the valley: this is where the smell wafted out.

Hao Ren looked around at the surrounding environment and confirmed that the sunken cave entrance in front of him was a naturally formed cave. It was actually quite secretive. Not only was it surrounded by huge rocks, but the angle was also hidden in the shadows formed by the intersecting mountain walls. Without Lily, If so, he would probably have to circle the entire mountain to see the cave entrance.

Hao Ren stood at the entrance and looked inside. There was only darkness in the cave. A weak air flow blew out of the cave. The temperature seemed to be a little lower than the ice and snow outside, which made him shiver.

"Is your friend sleeping in a place like this?" Lily murmured as she poked her head to look inside, "Wow - the conditions are really difficult, and you can't choose a good place to sleep. We all have kennels in the village. Better than here.”

"Her conditions have always been difficult." It was also the first time for Hao Ren to face Vivian's sleeping place in person. His curiosity about it was not much weaker than that of the Husky girl, so he put down these words and walked towards the cave. Go, while Lily hesitated for two or three seconds, but finally her curiosity overcame her nervousness and she followed.

The first section of the cave was extremely narrow, and Hao Ren had to turn sideways to barely enter. However, after going a few meters deep, it quickly opened up, and finally turned into a cave more than ten meters wide, and then... then there was no way.

Hao Ren blinked and quickly adapted to the dark environment inside. He saw that the cave was open and flat, but he could not see any traces of artificial axe. Icicles of unknown age were hung on the cave walls, and the wind blew from the entrance. The incoming snowflakes formed an extremely slippery ice surface in the first half of the cave. Apart from this, there are no forks or entrances and exits, and the situation in the entire cave is clear at a glance.

"Hey - is there anyone there!"

While Hao Ren was still carefully observing the environment, Lily suddenly shouted loudly. The reckless husky looked around and shouted loudly: "Wake up! Don't sleep! Your friend is calling. Get up!! Don't sleep... By the way, Hao Ren, what's the name of your friend?"

Hao Ren was startled by the sudden movement from the other party and quickly waved his hands: "Her name is Vivian - don't call her that! What I mean by 'sleep' is not the same as the sleep you understand! You call her that She can’t wake up!”

"Oh, then how did she sleep?" Lily said while twitching her nose, "By the way, where did she sleep? Why can't I see anyone even though I smell the scent?"

"Perhaps this is her way of preventing herself from being disturbed..." Hao Ren frowned and observed carefully, while reasoning quickly in his mind:

It seems that Vivian hasn't woken up from her deep sleep yet, but Lily can already smell the leaked breath, which shows that the seal of this place has begun to loosen. Perhaps Vivian's deep sleep has come to an end. Next, he has two The choice is either to find the other party and wake her up directly, or to simply wait here and wait for Vivian to wake up naturally. Although the latter is a simple method, it is really not a good one, because he has no idea how long Vivian plans to sleep - this "waking up soon" is also calculated relative to the total length of time she has slept for at least half a century. Yes, what if she plans to continue sleeping for three to five years? Are you just waiting here?

Just when Hao Ren thought of this, his eyes were suddenly attracted by something strange in the corner of the cave.

It was a small dark red mark.

"What is this?" Lily followed Hao Ren and noticed the marks.

"Laita rune, a symbol with magic power," Hao Ren was completely convinced this time that this was indeed Vivian's sealing place. He even saw the other party's handwriting from the Laita rune, and he immediately couldn't bear it. She couldn't help but get excited, "She left it...she left it!"

"Magic power? That sounds weird," Lily exclaimed, "Then what are these symbols for?"

"If it's correct...this should be something Vivian used to protect herself when she was sleeping...Tsk, tsk, for others, no one can break the seal of the 'Countess of the Red Moon', but for me, it is too easy."

His magic immune constitution can perfectly break Vivian's blood magic!

Thinking of this, he directly put his hands on the blood runes that contained powerful power.