Shi Jinzhe spent an afternoon reinforcing the vine netting and urging it to grow. In the end, the large area of ​​land under his feet was covered with green leaves.

One of the leaves was shaped like a perfect heart, and he even had Sheikh come to see it.

The palm-sized leaves were covered with a layer of white frost in the center, and the overall color was blue-green, giving them a somewhat cold appearance.

Beneath the leaves are leaf stalks covered with densely packed tiny thorns, and below that grow hooked vines.

Schech touched the leaf: "What kind of plant is this? Have you seen it before?"

"No, I don't recognize it either." Shi Jinzhe initially thought it was Snow Ivy, but after stimulating it more, he realized it wasn't.

The barbs on these unidentified vines were firmly fixed to the ground. Shekh tried to pull them out, but couldn't.

"It's very secure, we can go now."

Shekh took away part of the vehicle, leaving only the chain prop he had previously taken.

By using reinforced chains instead of ropes, even if they fall, she can grab them in time, preventing them from falling separately.

After gathering the remaining items, Shi Jinzhe stepped onto the vine net covered with leaves.

It wobbles a bit when you first stand on it; it's nothing like solid ground. The soft branches give you a slight feeling of weightlessness.

He took two more steps forward, paused for a moment, and then reached out his hand to Shekh: "Let's go."

Below is a deep cliff with a vertical drop of two thousand meters. After walking a third of the way, a cold wind howls against you.

Shi Jin folded his clothes, which were blown back by the wind. He complained to Sheh, "This is the fourth time. Luckily, it was a butterfly that was guiding us, not a fish. Otherwise, we would have had to swim across this 10,000 miles."

"If you swim across, you'll be bloated before you can go ten thousand miles."

"You'll turn into a water snake even if you travel ten thousand miles."

"A water snake is still a snake."

"Dead people are still people."

“You’re a dead ghost,” Shekh said with a straight face, spouting nonsense. “People become ghosts when they die, and you’re not human.”

Shi Jinzhe did not deny this statement: "I really don't want to be a human anymore, but I don't want to be a ghost either." He gave Shehe a sincere look and said, "I'd rather ascend to heaven with you."

"But..."

“But this is a game, so you can’t,” Shekh finished for him.

"You really know me."

Shekh: "Ha, anyone else would have run away long ago if you kept making excuses for them like this."

She's educated, so she knows that most people don't like being rejected.

It is precisely because I am a snake that I have such patience, only knowing whether I want something or not.

"So you didn't run away, you must really like me."

Shekh remained silent.

Oh well, let him say whatever he wants if he's happy.

As expected, the 100-meter-long vine net reached its end.

As Shekh's foot landed on the ground, he remarked, "So this rift valley only looked dangerous."

But as time went by, he felt something was amiss.

He took out his binoculars and looked across the river, confirming that he hadn't misjudged the situation.

"That heart-shaped leaf is gone; these leaves changed as we walked."

The vine net didn't deform even when two people stepped on it, and besides, the leaves were so hard to pull off that they just disappeared.

Shekh: "It's just us here. At most, it's a bit windy when we get to the middle. It's so sturdy, how could it not be here?"

Shi Jinzhe squatted down: "Let me check."

In the world of dungeons, even the slightest anomaly can turn into a death trap, so one must be careful.

He lifted a few leaves, and as soon as he lifted one layer, a wisp of black mist oozed out from the gap.

Shi Jinzhe quickly took two steps back and used a longer stick to pick up the remaining leaves.

Beneath the lush green surface lie decaying leaves, reduced to mere veins. Thick black mist is suppressed beneath these vines and leaves, which continue to intertwine and form a net, supporting the rift valley above.

Shi Jinzhe said, "The black fog is attacking these leaves, and they are blocking the black fog for us."

Shekh: "But we've already come this far, so why are the leaves still changing?"

Shi Jinzhe looked down and pulled Sheh away from the edge of the rift valley.

As the last vine extended beyond the ground, the vine net turned yellow and withered in an instant, sinking into the ravine.

Shekh asked, puzzled, "Did you use any skills on your way here?"

"No, these leaves have held on until now on their own."

"Perhaps it's because I've been in contact with you that I've been influenced."

"Maybe." Shi Jinzhe couldn't figure out the reason, so he tacitly agreed that Shehe's words made sense.

He took out the car: "It's getting dark, let's walk a little further and get away from the black fog in the rift valley."

Before leaving, Shi Jinzhe took one last look at the rift valley, packed up his car, and drove away.

In the passenger seat, the golden cocoon in Shekh's hand almost flashed like a disco ball in a dance hall. Shi Jinzhe accelerated all the way, and it didn't stop flashing until noon the next day, when the final stage of the map was activated.

Day 41 of the game, 2300 miles remaining.

On a map of red and green, only patterns of leaves and flowers were marked.

The golden butterfly's endpoint is in the upper right corner, a triangle, which is a symbol of the mountain.

After looking at the map, Shi Jinzhe got out of the car, first looking up at the overcast sky, then gazing at the green earth in the distance.

Then he said to Shekh, "So it turns out that there are plants that have grown to gigantic sizes in this world, but we just didn't encounter them on our way here."

The weeds in front of me are about three meters tall, and the dandelions are about the size of a car. Their fluffy, feather-like umbrellas look like they could blow you away.

The gray sky was surrounded by various flowers and plants, and in his vision, the scene looked like a distorted fisheye image that had been manipulated, with everything around it in an arc shape.

Shekh stood beneath the dandelion, gripped the stem, and shook it vigorously.

Shi Jinzhe couldn't bear to look: "You can only blow this if you turn back into a snake."

"I'm just curious." Shekh let go of his hand, but instead of leaving, he looked around and wandered around in the grass that was taller than a person.

The gaps between the grass blades are wide enough for a single person to pass through, and some of them are infested with aphids. When magnified, they make the skin itch.

There were many flowers, but the only leaves of normal size were the vine leaves they found in the rift valley when they arrived.

The ground smelled strongly of grass, and after wandering around for a while, Shekh even spotted the long-lost earthworms that eat children.

However, there are no children here, and so far, she has not smelled any human presence in this world.

“The grass here is taller than the wolves we saw on the snowfield. I wonder if the animals here are even bigger.” Shekh suggested, “Let’s use the car. Hiking is prone to accidents.”

"Then let's use the car." Shi Jinzhe saw a line of ants in the grass. The magnified face of them was too shocking, and he didn't want to face it.

Back in the car, he drove through a wider area, bending the grass stalks on both sides. Scheher sensed his surroundings and placed the golden cocoon on top of the center console.

These grasses all grow the same way, blocking the way. And since there's no sun today, it's impossible to tell which way is which. The golden cocoon has to lead the way on its own.

The sturdy cocoon had absorbed a lot of energy from Shi Jinzhe's body, so it no longer needed to be protected by the wooden box and could be taken out without any problem.

Shekh rubbed a layer of honey onto the cocoon and told the golden cocoon to dodge once when turning left, twice when turning right, and not to dodge when going straight.