374 Contaminated Spores
◎Zhu Ning let his captain go◎
Contaminated spores led Zhu Ning in front. If they encountered white bones that were in the way, Bai Cheng behind them would move his fingers, and the obstacles in front of them would move automatically, immediately making room for people to walk.
The team seemed like a group of tomb robbers from the New World, their destination being the ancestral tomb of a certain king, prince, or general.
But as they went further in, the bones became more and more crowded. After all, this place wasn't just filled with bones, and compression had its limits. The four people had to move side by side with difficulty.
Pei Shu followed at the end, carefully keeping a distance from those in front. After all, they were all girls, and it would be inconvenient for him to get too close, so his attention was all on his feet.
No matter how careful you are, bumps and collisions are inevitable. With a bang, he bumped into Bai Cheng's helmet. He subconsciously said sorry, but heard no response. He looked up and found that the whole team had stopped.
Zhu Ning's voice came from the front, as if he was struggling with something, "It's so narrow?"
Bai Cheng tried to move the bones again, but as soon as he started, Zhu Ning in front of him immediately stopped him, "Stop, stop, stop."
When the bone channel contracted, it simply brushed past everyone's body. Zhu Ning's bones were squeezed crooked. To use an uncivilized analogy, it was like intestinal peristalsis, and they could be squeezed out directly.
Bai Cheng's control over the bones couldn't be that precise, so he tilted his head and obediently stopped moving.
But their situation had already been established, and it was too late to change Lin Xiaofeng to the front. Pei Shu couldn't see clearly and asked, "How about I retreat first?"
They retreated one by one, changed their formation and walked again, or let Bai Cheng carry out some of the bones first.
"Wait a minute." Zhu Ning leaned his arms against the bone wall, as if this could make the narrow passage wider. After finally getting here, Zhu Ning always wanted to get some clues first.
At this point, the sound of the waves is already very obvious, as if it is not far away.
Bai Cheng was unable to control more bones, which meant that there was indeed the outline of a hole besides the bones.
Zhu Ning had already encountered the brain, blood vessels, and uterus. Could she be in some cavity? Zhu Ning prayed inwardly that it wasn't the large intestine, so that everyone could be more respectful.
The hole was only about the size of a helmet. Zhu Ning didn't have any special abilities like shrinking bones. Could he try to stick his head out? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if his head got stuck?
The contaminated spores couldn't wait any longer and they kept squeezing Zhu Ning's neck and pulling it forward. If Xu Meng's contaminated spores still had some strength left, Zhu Ning would have been pulled like a turtle sticking its head out.
Zhu Ning was holding a flashlight, but the illumination distance of the flashlight was less than half a meter. Was it another monster that could swallow light?
Zhu Ning took off her backpack and threw it out of the narrow hole, like throwing a stone into a well. At first, she heard neither the sound of the stone hitting the ground nor the splash of water. After a long time, there was a slight sound, accompanied by a faint echo.
It was deeper than she thought.
She shouted towards the cave entrance again: "Hey——"
When the voice came out of the throat, it bounced off the unknown cave wall and formed an echo.
"Hello—hello—"
It was as if a monster was responding to her outside.
Zhu Ning pondered for a moment. Since there was no sign of danger, he thought maybe he could give it a try.
Zhu Ning was ready to take the risk himself, so he adjusted his stance and said, "Everyone, step back. Xiaofeng, give me a push, and Bai Cheng, help too."
Bai Cheng and Pei Shu were blind and listened to the command of Zhu Ning at the front. Lin Xiaofeng silently followed the order and helped Zhu Ning tie the rope. They transformed from tomb robbers into an expedition team.
When Zhu Ningxian stuck her head out, she really felt like a turtle. If someone stabbed her now, she wouldn't be able to resist.
The helmet took up a lot of space, so she had put it away in her backpack. After sticking her head out, her first reaction was that her skin was sticky. This was not water either, and the air was extremely viscous, reminding her of the surface of a giant salamander.
Her shoulder was stuck in the hole, which was indeed a little small for her. Before she could say anything, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. Lin Xiaofeng pushed her without any warning, and her bones were almost dislocated.
For a moment, he didn't care how strange the other side of the cave was. He just kept begging for mercy, "Xiaofeng! It hurts, it hurts!"
Lin Xiaofeng was very strong and was particularly suitable for this task, but the effect was too significant and Zhu Ning was pushed out by her.
If this was an intestine, it would definitely have a crack.
Lin Xiaofeng reacted, but Bai Cheng behind him didn't have time to withdraw his hand. When he pushed the bones, he pushed Zhu Ning away together. With a puff, Zhu Ning had already passed through the hole and fell down with his bones.
Lin Xiaofeng held his breath, his head pounding, afraid that Zhu Ning would be swallowed by the other end of the hole. Then he remembered that the other end of the rope was still in his hand.
This rope is made up of five ropes tied together, with a total length of more than two kilometers. It is now being consumed rapidly one circle at a time. Lin Xiaofeng seems to be drawing water from a well, and Zhu Ning is a bucket that has been thrown into the bottom of the well.
The hole was too narrow for Zhu Ning, but it was fine for Lin Xiaofeng. Bai Cheng had pushed some of the bone out, making the hole seem wider. Lin Xiaofeng easily leaned her upper body out, her flashlight sweeping back and forth, but the light was useless; she couldn't see anything clearly.
The only feeling was that the outside of the cave was very deep, like a trench.
Zhu Ning was a little disoriented after falling. He was in a narrow space before, but now the space was too large. For a moment, his hands and feet were free. He didn't care about the pain in his bones and subconsciously wanted to find a fixed place.
She instinctively touched the wall, but with a puff, her hands became sticky and her body slipped. This did not help the situation at all, but made it worse. Zhu Ning was completely out of control and had no foothold at all. She could only watch herself fall.
This passage was definitely long enough, like a vertical shaft that went straight to the center of the earth. Her heart kept jumping up and down, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.
With a clang sound, after an unknown amount of time, Zhu Ning tightened her left foot and the rope was finally straightened. She was hanging on the rope like a big spider, dangling.
The pendant on Zhu Ning's neck fell down. Her first reaction was that she was afraid of losing the pendant. She frantically fumbled around in the air, but she stopped moving after struggling for a while and stared at the pendant for a long time.
One end of the necklace emitted a blood-red light, which should have been extremely eye-catching in the darkness, but at this moment it was lost in the crowd, like a drop of water merging into the ocean.
Below is a sea of polluted spores.
Zhu Ning had never seen so many contaminated spores, so dense, they even had a blowout effect, like underwater oil or an underwater volcano, still bubbling out.
The contaminated spores should float, but the spores here gathered together, more like a red liquid, flowing in all directions and not exceeding a height at all.
Zhu Ning couldn't see the specific direction of the flow, and didn't have time to figure out the pattern.
Among the countless contaminated spores, Xu Meng was so small, and Zhu Ning was equally small.
Contaminated spores can only be obtained from pollutants, so the thing below may be a dying pollutant. After its body rots, countless contaminated spores will float out.
It is also possible that Zhu Ning saw the breeding season, just like catkins, which after a season arrives, will float to all parts of the world with their seeds.
Zhu Ning was stunned for a moment, his vision a little blurry, the edges of the contaminated spores became less clear, and the surroundings blurred, forming a chaotic halo.
Xu Meng's contaminated spores are so harmonious with them that if you ignore the transparent glass shell and the stretched pendant chain, they will be completely integrated.
Zhu Ning suddenly realized that it was her wishful thinking. It was not Xu Meng who was dragging her away, but she was the one who was forcing Xu Meng to walk.
Xu Meng is dead.
She had sent them away with her own hands, and most of the contaminated spores were collected by the cleaners who arrived later. Only this one was left, and she was still holding it in her hand.
Every time Zhu Ning used her devouring ability, she could feel a foreign object in her chest trying to drill in, causing her heart to ache.
Sometimes Zhu Ning would talk to her, and she was thinking of taking it back to show Daju after it was over. Daju asked her to keep it.
Zhu Ning thought about not being so stubborn and letting her rest in peace, but he always thought that he should wait until he got his revenge.
Before she reached the Far North and met Prometheus, Xu Meng was already eager to leave.
She will not be resurrected.
This is just a... spore, no different from other contaminated spores.
Countless contaminated spores illuminated Zhu Ning's face, making her blood red, as if her entire body was soaked in blood.
Zhu Ning closed his eyes.
…
Lin Xiaofeng grabbed the other end of the rope. She stood there like a stake, holding Zhu Ning tightly in her hand.
She breathed a sigh of relief after the rope was tightened. At least it proved that Zhu Ning was not killed by the fall, and she had caught him.
After a long time, Zhu Ning made no sound and did not move. Was he injured and unconscious? Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but wonder.
The rope swayed under inertia. Lin Xiaofeng didn't dare to make a sound for fear of alerting unknown danger. After a while, she suddenly felt one end of the rope tighten. Zhu Ning pulled the rope.
This was the secret signal they had agreed upon, proving that there was no danger below and they could go down.
One end of the rope was loose, probably because Zhu Ning had untied it. Lin Xiaofeng only managed to pull up one end of the rope. She looked at the other end of the rope and felt empty for some reason.
The three of them retreated as a whole and adjusted their formation in a spacious location. Lin Xiaofeng was at the end of the team, responsible for pushing the others out.
The process is not complicated, it just takes a bit of time. Lin Xiaofeng can now handle it on his own. After putting Bai Cheng and Pei Shu down, he is not afraid to clean up the mess himself.
As soon as she landed, she was blinded by the red light, and her retinas seemed to be on fire. She had never seen so many contaminated spores in her life.
The ground under Lin Xiaofeng's feet was very soft, not like the ground, but more like the surface of some huge creature. It was slippery when people stood on it, and it was easy to slip if they were not careful.
Her legs were covered with contaminated spores. She moved her hands curiously and found that the contaminated spores would not parasitize on them. People inside the wall were very afraid of spores, but Lin Xiaofeng was theoretically already an infected contaminant, so the spores just swam around them.
This place was infinitely vast, with no visible edge to the naked eye. Lin Xiaofeng wondered what exactly caused the sound of the waves? Was it the collision of contaminated spores?
Lin Xiaofeng looked for a while and then raised her head. It was dark above her and she couldn't see the hole she jumped down from. Her curiosity was aroused and she silently drew a map in her mind.
The land they walked on was an oil film. Beneath the utopia was a basking shark, beneath the basking shark was a vertical shaft, and beneath the shaft were erupting contaminated spores.
Unable to describe it accurately or make a precise judgment, Lin Xiaofeng wanted to take out an instrument to measure it, but then he realized how boring his action was, and it definitely exceeded the limits of human measurement.
Pei Shu was observing, probably thinking about how to write the investigation notes.
Bai Cheng didn't know what he was thinking. Lin Xiaofeng looked around at his teammates and keenly noticed that it was very quiet here, even a little abnormal, with only the sound of the waves.
Lin Xiaofeng likes quietness and likes to observe silently. The other team members are not talkative, only Zhu Ning likes to talk. She can often make the atmosphere very lively by herself.
When Zhu Ning is silent, the team will appear very quiet.
Zhu Ning was standing not far away. Her hair was growing so fast that the messy strands were swimming among the spores.
Lin Xiaofeng thought she had found some clues, so she leaned over to look at Zhu Ning's face, and then she was stunned. Zhu Ning's expression... she couldn't describe it.
Many words flashed through her mind, sad, relieved, cold, etc. These words were not enough to summarize it, it was too complicated.
Lin Xiaofeng was good at observation and always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly he realized it.
Zhu Ning's neck felt empty.
She would wear the pendant when she took a bath, and the first thing she would do after getting dressed every day was to hide the pendant in her collar.
Sometimes Lin Xiaofeng would encounter Zhu Ning staring at the pendant alone in a daze, usually in a place where no one was around. Lin Xiaofeng still remembered one time, in the evening, Zhu Ning was leaning on the balcony with his arms to enjoy the breeze, the pendant was floating upwards, with the sunset in the background. To Lin Xiaofeng, that day was like a painting.
Now the pendant is gone, and Zhu Ning has nothing on his neck.
She let her captain go.
Lin Xiaofeng looked at the countless contaminated spores, unable to tell which one was Xu Meng.
Lin Xiaofeng never disturbed Zhu Ning from reminiscing about the past. She liked to be an invisible person and not do anything annoying.
At this time, she plucked up the courage to walk to Zhu Ning and quietly held her right hand.
Zhu Ning's body was so stiff and her palms were cold. When she was grabbed by the warm little hands, her soul seemed to have finally returned to her body. The little girl in protective clothing was with her.
Bai Cheng and Pei Shu were both there behind the scenes, busy as heck.
The oppressive feeling in Zhu Ning's heart slowly disappeared. She held Lin Xiaofeng's hand with her backhand, as if she had stepped into reality. By now, Zhu Ning had become a very mature captain. She said, "Let's find some clues."
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