"I've never seen a mushroom roll its eyes." Yunsheng exclaimed.
"It's my first time seeing it too." Luo Zheyu rarely agreed.
The white mushrooms still don't believe what the black-spotted mushrooms say.
"A bunch of idiots!" Black Spotted Mushroom suddenly raised his voice and cursed.
The whispering white mushrooms suddenly fell silent and stared at him. They didn't know why, but they felt that these mushrooms exuded an inexplicable aura and were shocked by him.
"You are so stupid. As silver dragons, you actually fell into the Red River. Don't you know that you can't fight here? It's fine that you fell in, and turned into mushrooms in the land of the dead without knowing it, but you can't even listen to a word I say. Do you want to stay down here to accompany me? How could I have a group of you..."
Black Spotted Mushroom paused when he said this.
"Why would I want to explain to a bunch of idiots like you!"
“……” The white mushrooms fell silent.
"Um...how do you know I'm the Silver Heron Dragon?" one of the white mushrooms asked weakly.
The black-spotted mushroom glared at him: "I just know it!"
"Then... who are these two?" The white mushrooms looked at the red mushrooms and the black and white mushrooms that were out of tune with the crowd.
"It seems familiar."
The black-spotted mushroom glanced at Luo Zheyu and Yunsheng, and without thinking, said, "You talk too much nonsense. If you really want to stay here, you should mind your own business."
"The Land of the Dead under the Red River is not big, but it's not small either, but most of it is a dead forest. Strictly speaking, where we are now is not the Land of the Dead, but the Dead Forest on the outskirts of the Land of the Dead. In the real Land of the Dead, there are many undead living."
Although the black-spotted mushroom was irritable and looked like it was about to quit at any time, it not only did not leave, but instead took the initiative to offer to lead the other mushrooms to where they wanted to go.
He suggested that everyone go to the Land of the Dead first and called himself "Jacques".
It can be seen that Jacques is very "targeted" against the white mushrooms. Whether he is scolding or actively helping, it is all for this group of white mushrooms, namely the Heron Silver Dragon.
Luo Zheyu and Yunsheng were quietly waiting for a guide.
…
It was dark and silent.
Under the cover of darkness, wisps of cold wind blew past, bringing a biting chill.
The dim shadows of light, some high and some low, lay silently in the darkness without making a sound.
Spots of orange light flickered, sometimes far away and sometimes near.
"This is the land of the dead." Jacques said first.
He stopped and turned to look at the mushrooms behind him.
"Mushrooms communicate with their spirits and can express their thoughts without opening their mouths, but the undead are different. Even though they are just a skeleton, they still prefer to communicate with their mouths."
Before falling into the Red River, Yunsheng could not understand Lu Yinlong's words, and Lu Yinlong could not understand him either. The two sides could not communicate, but after turning into a mushroom, communication was no longer an obstacle.
"The dead can't hear mushrooms talking. They don't even think we can make any sound. Don't waste time trying to communicate with the dead. Also, don't touch the tombstones."
The tombstone that Jacques was talking about was one of the shadowy figures in the darkness.
There were a number of slightly raised mounds on the ground, with black crosses inserted in front of them, forming simple tombstones.
These tombstones are arranged in an orderly manner and there are so many of them that it feels like you have come to a cemetery where many people are buried.
"Can we find a way to leave here?" a white mushroom murmured.
"Maybe, maybe not, I can only wish you good luck." Jacques said.
The white mushrooms suddenly cried out in relief.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
Footsteps sounded and gradually approached.
The mushrooms looked over.
In the darkness, a man in a black robe slowly approached. His entire body was covered by the black robe, except for a yellowish lantern in his hand. However, his hand was also shrunk under the black robe, with only a piece of wooden stick holding the lantern sticking out from his sleeve, without any skin exposed.
The man in black robe came closer, and the lantern emitted a faint light. The light and shadow changed with the angle, gradually illuminating his face hidden under the hood - a yellowish and eerie skull face, with black and empty eye sockets, and only two small holes where the nose should be, and two rows of long teeth were exposed to the air.
I don’t know if the mushrooms have become smaller or the skeleton has become bigger, but the mushrooms are only as high as his knees.
"Hiss..." One of the white mushrooms took a breath. "As a giant dragon, this is the first time I feel that humans are taller than me."
"This is a skeleton, not a human being," another white mushroom retorted.
"Of course I know that, but he was a human in his lifetime!"
The two white mushrooms started arguing. Luo Zheyu looked back and saw more than a dozen white mushrooms standing in a row. He couldn't tell the difference between them. After turning into mushrooms, most of them looked almost exactly the same.
The skeleton in the black robe ignored the mushrooms standing next to the tombstone and did not respond to their quarrel.
In his opinion, this was just a group of running mushrooms. Running mushrooms could always be seen on the roadside in the Land of the Dead, so it was not surprising.
He moved forward slowly, the cold wind blowing and lifting his wide robe, revealing the knuckles of his hand holding the lantern.
The black-robed skeleton stopped in front of a tombstone. He took the candle out of the lantern, placed it on the open space in front of the tombstone, and rubbed the tombstone back and forth with his finger bones.
sand……
Rustle...
A slight friction sound was heard.
The figure of the black-robed skeleton gradually faded until it disappeared.
"The undead creatures have left!" Jacques shouted.
"Where did he go?"
“The real land of the dead.”
"What?"
"Perhaps the Land of the Dead is the key to leaving, but only undead creatures can go to the real Land of the Dead, so no matter how hard we search, we can't find a way to leave."
"But we are not undead creatures, how can we get in?"
"Once the seventh spot grows out, I will become an undead creature. Can you help me check if I have any spots on my body?" A white mushroom bent down and revealed its cap.
"No." The white mushroom opposite him said expressionlessly.
"Foolish! Once you grow seven spots, you'll become a true undead creature!" A fat white mushroom emerged from the team and said proudly, "I am the strongest dragon of the Luyin Dragon Clan. I have never been defeated. Let me help you open the passage!"
Jacques had no time to try to stop it, as he saw the fat white mushroom rushing towards the tombstone where the skeleton had disappeared.
"Frost Fury!"
The fat white mushroom roared, opened its mouth wide and blew towards the tombstone.
"call……"
The tombstone has not changed.
Blow again.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Nothing happened.
This scene looks inexplicably familiar.
Luo Zheyu couldn't help but think of the once popular stand-alone game: Plants vs. Zombies.
The fat white mushroom was like a night bubble mushroom at this time, pouting its mouth and blowing bubbles at the tombstone. The difference was that the white mushroom could not spit out bubbles from its mouth.
"... Stop bragging." Jacques could no longer bear it, and his eyes showed a sense of despair.
"What turned into mushrooms is the soul. Our real bodies are not here, and all the powers that rely on the body cannot be used."
The fat white mushroom didn't listen. He roared, "I am the strongest dragon of the Luyin Dragon Clan!"
After saying that, the whole mushroom jumped up and slammed hard into the cross tombstone in front of it.
"No, stop!" Jacques widened his eyes and stretched out his thin arms in vain to grab the fat white mushroom in the air.
"Idiot! Didn't I tell you not to touch the tombstone? You ate the brain along with the eggshell after you hatched!?"
However, no matter how angry Jacques was, it was too late.
…
Squeak...
The tombstone was knocked over by the fat white mushrooms, making a teeth-grinding sound.
Immediately following.
Squeak...
Squeak...
Countless tombstones around made the same teeth-grinding sound, and those cross tombstones automatically tilted to the side without any external force.
Gusts of cold wind blew by, making the already extremely quiet surroundings even more silent.
The yellowish lights that were flickering near and far gradually faded away, as if many people were holding lanterns and leaving in the opposite direction.
Suddenly, candles lit up in front of the tombstones, and there was a burning candle in front of every cross tombstone.
The softened wax overflowed, slowly slid down the candle body, dripped onto the ground, cooled, and solidified, leaving only indelible tear marks on the candle body.
All this seemed to indicate something ominous.
"You, good job." Jacques glared at the fat white mushroom and gritted his teeth, he was so angry that he couldn't take care of himself.
Upon hearing this, the Fat White Mushroom realized that he had caused trouble. He turned his head and looked at the cross tombstone beside him that he had knocked crooked.
He stretched out his thin arm and quickly gave a hand.
Squeak...
The crooked cross tombstone was straightened.
The fat white mushroom carefully let go of his hand, and seeing that the cross tombstone was no longer tilted, he turned his head and gave Jacques a bright but stiff smile.
Bang!
The cross tombstone lasted for three seconds before falling directly to the ground with a dull sound.
Fifteen White Mushrooms, Jacques, Luo Zheyu, Yunsheng: …
Staring at the fallen tombstone in silence.
"...You, you, I'm going to clean up the mess today!" Jacques was the first to break the silence. Although he said harsh words, he turned around and ran into the dead forest at a very fast speed.
At the same time, as if the curtain had been drawn back, the cemetery underwent a dramatic change.
The soil from all the graves gathered together, and cross tombstones flew out from the ground one after another and pieced together.
Although the mushrooms didn't know what would happen next, they knew it was not a good thing. What they relied on most was their physical strength. Now that they were no longer in their bodies, they could not exert even one percent of their strength. They could only follow Jacques and run away, crossing the woods and through the grass.
Bang!
The loud noise was accompanied by a shaking of the earth. The vibration was so strong that the mushrooms were shaken up from the ground and then fell down.
Looking back, I saw that the soil from the graves in the cemetery had gathered into a huge mound, like a mountain. Countless skeletons were trapped inside it, with only their heads, hands and legs sticking out, desperately scratching at the air outside. At the front of the mound, there was an incomparably huge cross tombstone made up of countless small cross tombstones.
The grave mound flew up into the sky and hit the mushrooms.
“Run, run, run!”
Jacques bent a grass with strong roots and sent himself flying.
"Stick together!"
The sixteen white mushrooms shouted, hugged each other and turned into a big ball.
"Hey! Help push it!"
One of the white mushrooms raised its head and shouted to Luo Zheyu and Yunsheng.
Luo Zheyu waved his hand, and a stream of water shot out, hitting the ball and sending it rolling out.
He and Yunsheng were not too panicked.
Yunsheng depended on the panda, and the power he had been using was not based on the physical body.
After Luo Zheyu transformed into a dragon, due to his special abilities, he had already acquired one of them - controlling water.
It can be used without relying on the dragon's body.
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