landbeastnovel Chapter 258: Dragon Mark, Great Mystery
Chapter 258: Dragon Mark, Great Mystery
Genuine ginseng that is pure and aged enough like this is rare even in the Transcendent world.
"If you bring this thing back to school and give it to the professors to study, maybe there will be huge gains!"
Li Ang rubbed his hands excitedly, and was about to throw the plastic bucket containing ginseng into the storage ring.
Suddenly, he felt the dragon pattern on his left arm tremble slightly.
Startled, Li Ang hurriedly threw the plastic bucket far away, and turned to look at Own's left arm.
I saw that strange dragon mark disappeared suddenly, as if it had merged into his body and disappeared without a trace.
"This is……"
Li Ang touched the skin of his left arm, frowning.
"Could it be because of the dragon soul?"
Li Ang muttered to himself, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart, as if he had seen this mark somewhere.
But for a while, I couldn't remember it.
He sighed, shook his head, put aside distracting thoughts, and continued looking for prey.
This space is very large, and there are many caves, which are intricate and unpredictable like a maze.
Thanks to the assistance of the system, otherwise it would be impossible for Li Ang to use his memory to find the route and walk in this unknown environment.
He walked through the dark tunnel according to the system's instructions. As he walked deeper, the ground gradually became damp, and the air was filled with the smell of corruption.
"Well."
Li Ang covered his mouth and nose, and frowned.
The ground is wet, which means the air is dirty, and miasma will grow faster, so you must rush to a safe area as soon as possible.
He speeded up and passed through several narrow passages. Suddenly, there was a spacious and straight underground cave in front of him. It was full of vigor and vitality, which was completely opposite to the gloomy and cold environment just now.
"Huh—it's finally here!"
Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
This cave is very old, the rock walls are mottled and vicissitudes, covered with all kinds of moss.
The cave exudes a strong fresh air of vegetation, and some low plants hang on the corners and stone pillars, with strange shapes and quite mysterious.
Standing on the trunk of a plant, Li Ang observed carefully, and found that the trunk was densely covered with potholes and cracks, with dark red viscous sap gushing out of it.
"what is that?"
He looked down at the potholes and found that the sap had gathered together to form small round holes, densely packed like a honeycomb.
Li Ang's heart shuddered, and he suddenly remembered that he had killed a lizard python before, and its abdomen was hollowed out, and the blood flowing out pooled on the ground, forming this kind of uneven pothole.
"Although the giant lizard python is ferocious and bloodthirsty, it has a cautious temperament. It never gets into other people's traps, let alone expose its stomach to the enemy. These potholes..."
Li Ang stared at these potholes, his eyes flickering: "Could it be that the strange snake I encountered just now was not born naturally, but was raised by a certain human ancestor?"
He suddenly remembered that during his coma, the snake seemed to have tried to devour him.
Could it be that they are Demonic Beasts raised by humans?
Li Ang squinted his eyes and looked around, and found that there were countless large pits on both sides of the cave, and there were many dark red viscous liquids in the pits.
Li Ang frowned, hesitated for a second, picked up a plastic bucket, and poured ginseng fruit into the depths of the cave.
Clouds of dark red liquid flowed out of the pit, floating and spinning in the air.
He held his breath, paying attention to the movement in the pit vigilantly, while counting the time silently.
Ten minutes later, the dark red liquid in the pothole completely dried up, and the uneven potholes gradually became flat and smooth, as if washed by water.
Li Ang felt relieved a little, and turned back towards the way he came.
...
The sun was setting.
As night falls, the moon hangs high in the sky, casting hazy silver light.
In the deepest part of the cave, next to a dilapidated stone platform.
"Click, click..."
There was a soft sound, and Li Ang dragged his heavy and tired body out of the dark cave, holding a large paper bucket filled with ginseng fruit in his hand.
"There are three trees in total, and they should be worth tens of thousands of dollars..."
Li Ang wiped off the sweat from his forehead, looked up at the moon, and suddenly heard the sound of splashing water.
Following the sound, Li Ang's eyes widened and he almost jumped up in fright.
Under the reflection of the moonlight, there are countless dense schools of black fish swimming on the river bed.
These fish are several meters long, fat, long haired, covered in scales, strong and powerful tails, with sharp and curved spikes growing at the ends.
"These... are they the legendary piranhas?"
Li Ang swallowed his saliva, his heart was beating wildly, he didn't dare to move rashly, and quietly retreated to the entrance of the cave, ready to wait for them to leave before leaving.
These piranhas are not living bodies and have no physiological functions. They move in the water completely according to their instincts, constantly chasing food.
Of course, their sense of smell is also extremely keen, as long as they smell the breath of strangers, they will attack without hesitation.
However, Li Ang has a system to protect himself, so he doesn't panic at all.
These piranhas are not good at hunting skills, they are better at relying on the advantage of physical strength to fight against the strong.
Li Ang estimated the strength of piranhas, at least slightly stronger than ordinary humans.
However, he has the power of a dragon and an elephant, even with bare hands, he can tear ordinary people apart with his bare hands.
What's more, he still has a bucket of ginseng juice in his hand, and he urinates down it, keeping the gang of piranhas drowned.
Li Ang waited quietly for a while, making sure that the piranhas were gone, then tiptoed to the edge of the stone platform, squatted down, and reached out to touch the pothole on the stone platform.
"Um?"
Li Ang was slightly taken aback, and he found that the surface of the pothole was covered with thick mud, sticky, with a faint fishy smell.
Li Ang took a closer look at the pothole, suddenly realized, his face turned livid.
The dirt in the potholes is the mucous membrane structure produced after the snake molts its skin.
Moreover, because the time is too long, the dirt is mixed with many toxins, which has a hallucinogenic effect.
"hiss!"
Li Ang took a deep breath, and quickly ran the "Dragon and Tiger Body Exercise Jue" to expel the poisonous gas in his lungs, and then dipped some mud with his fingers to examine it carefully.
"This is……"
Li Ang's pupils shrank, and he saw pieces of white bones in the dirt!
These skeletons were in human form, about the height of a three or four-year-old boy, the chest cavity was bitten open, and all the internal organs inside were eaten away.
"It's a piranha!"
Li Ang gritted his teeth, and immediately understood that he accidentally broke into the secret lair where some human ancestors raised Demonic Beasts, and it happened to coincide with the breeding season of piranhas.
Li Ang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and fear in his heart, and continued to rummage through the mud, hoping to find more bones and clues.
It's a pity that this secret lair has existed for too long, and all the bones have been eaten clean, leaving only a pair of man-made armor with a corrosive effect and some metal residues.
"It seems that it was eaten by piranhas..."
Li Ang shook his head in disappointment, picked up the scraps of armor and parts of artificial armor, and stuffed them into his backpack.