Chapter 35
The dim light made it almost impossible to see the path ahead. The cave continued to descend, as if it wanted to connect with the underground.
The rotting smell of the corpse filled the pa.s.sageway. The strong stench almost fainted Kong Yunxun. He resisted the urge to vomit and rushed forward.
"Pupupupu?" The further he went, the more mucus there was beneath his feet. With a single step, the mucus did not even pa.s.s through Kong Yun"s knees.
"Vomit." No matter how strong Kong Yun"s nerves were, he couldn"t help but vomit after staying in this foul environment for so long.
"Aren"t I looking for trouble? Why did I come here to suffer?" Kong Yun gently slapped himself.
There seemed to be no end to this pitch-black pa.s.sageway, and he didn"t know what was in front of him. Kong Yun began to doubt whether entering this cave was the right choice.
"Hehe, hehe." Kong Yun"s foot seemed to have stepped on a rock, so hard that he almost fell.
It wasn"t surprising that there were stones in the cave, but the thick mucus covered stones seemed to be emitting light.
"Fluorescent stone, crystal?" These two items flashed through Kong Yun"s mind.
Kong Yun endured his nausea and put his hand into the mucus. He stirred the mucus and found the shining stone.
Within the thick dark green mucus, a translucent and pure white stone emitted a gentle light, giving Kong Yun a very clean feeling.
"Is this the same as leaving mud unstained?" Kong Yun was slightly stunned.
This white stone shattered in Kong Yun"s palm, turning into tiny particles.
"Why did it suddenly shatter?" Kong Yun"s pupils shrank.
Huo Feng cried out in alarm. Her figure was as fast as lightning. She took half of the pellets and swallowed them all into her stomach.
Only then did Kong Yun react and hurriedly put away the particles. Even Huo Feng, a picky fellow, would have taken a fancy to something that was definitely not ordinary.
Under the viscous mucus, light surged from time to time. At this time, Kong Yun did not dislike the mucus anymore and took out the white stone.
It was said to be a white stone, but it was actually some white crystalline sand. A large amount of crystalline sand was bonded together to form the white stone.
There were a large number of these crystalline sand. The further he went, the larger the size of the crystalline sand. After advancing a few kilometers, Kong Yun discovered a piece of human-head-sized crystalline sand beneath the mucus.
Fire Phoenix looked at this piece of crystal sand and drooled, but Kong Yun had already warned Fire Phoenix that if he dared to steal it again, he wouldn"t be able to eat anything in the future.
However, Kong Yun"s expression suddenly changed as he nervously groped his body.
"No, no, nothing!" Kong Yun cried out loudly. The crystal sand he had collected earlier had actually disappeared.
Huo Feng hurriedly flapped his wings, indicating that it had nothing to do with him. He did not steal Kong Yun"s crystal sand.
Kong Yun naturally knew that this had nothing to do with the Fire Phoenix. Although the Fire Phoenix was fast, it wasn"t fast enough to steal things without Kong Yun noticing.
He had clearly put away the crystal sand, but why did he suddenly disappear?
However, just as Kong Yun was puzzled, the pile of crystal sand the size of a human head began to melt bit by bit, flowing into Kong Yun"s body like a stream of water.
He didn"t feel anything. If Kong Yun hadn"t seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn"t believe that so much crystal sand had entered his body.
Huo Feng looked at Kong Yun with disdain and refused to let him eat it secretly, but in the end, she ate it all herself. She was really shameless.
Kong Yun nervously looked at his body. He didn"t know what these crystalline sand were, but why did they suddenly drill into his body? There shouldn"t be any problems with his body, right?
Although Kong Yun was very nervous, at least there didn"t seem to be any problems with his body.
However, Kong Yun didn"t dare to collect these crystalline sand after such a thing happened. Who knew if there would be any problems with his body if he absorbed these crystalline sand again?
Kong Yun couldn"t help but quicken his pace. After running through the mucus for nearly an hour, a glimmer of light finally appeared in front of his eyes.
As if he had seen the dawn of hope, Kong Yun took three steps and ran out of the pa.s.sageway!
"Whoosh!" The dazzling light almost blinded his eyes. Kong Yun used his palm to block the light, and it took him a while to adapt to the light.
When Kong Yun opened his eyes and saw the surroundings, he couldn"t help but be shocked by the scene in front of him!
This was a cave. The top of the cave was filled with multicolored crystal stones. A dazzling light filled the cave. These crystal stones weren"t artificially embedded. They were naturally formed. The beautiful scenery they formed far surpa.s.sed that of man-made landscapes.
Kong Yun couldn"t believe his eyes. He didn"t expect to see such a beautiful scene after the apocalypse.
Apart from the dazzling five-colored crystal stones, the bottom of the cave was actually filled with plants that Kong Yun could not name. All kinds of flowers vied for beauty, and fruit trees were full of fruits.
"Is this heaven?" Kong Yun couldn"t help but think.
No one could imagine that after pa.s.sing through the dim cave and the foul stench pa.s.sageway, their final destination would be a paradise.
The apocalyptic loss and mutated beasts were rampant. Because of the large amount of nuclear radiation, more than half of the earth could no longer be cultivated. Humans could only rely on pitiful amounts of food to survive in the apocalyptic world.
Compared to the ruined and desolate outside world, this cave was simply too beautiful to be true, just like the legendary paradise.
Kong Yun pinched himself. The pain on his face told Kong Yun that this was not an illusion. Everything here was real.
Kong Yun couldn"t help but breathe in a mouthful of fresh air. The fragrant smell caused the pores on Kong Yun"s body to relax. Every cell in his body was greedily breathing in the air.
"It"s really comfortable." Kong Yun smiled faintly. After the outbreak of the Heavenly Awakening Virus, the air was filled with the Heavenly Awakening Virus. The air was extremely filthy. How could it be compared to the air here?
Picking off a yellow orange fruit that looked like a pear, Kong Yun casually wiped it and bit it down.
"Huh?" Kong Yun"s eyes instantly straightened. Fresh juice splashed in his mouth. This delicacy almost made him cry.
"This is heaven, this is definitely heaven!" Kong Yun couldn"t help but cheer.
This cave was too precious. A priceless treasure was definitely a priceless treasure. No matter how much money one had, they would not be able to buy such a cave.
The moment Kong Yun crossed the orchard, a spring appeared in front of him.
There was actually a dark golden figure in the spring. Kong Yun"s heart trembled as he held the explosive lightning in his hand, "Who is it?"
The dark golden figure slowly turned around. Its blood red pupils stared at Kong Yun, "Human?"
Kong Yun"s heart trembled. His blood-red pupils seemed to possess soul-stirring power. Kong Yun couldn"t help but take two steps back.
"Human" This strange name made Kong Yun"s hair stand on end. No matter how he looked at it, this dark golden body did not look like a human. It was not a human, but it possessed the appearance of a human.
"What a weak human!" The dark golden body slowly stood up and water flowed down her body.
Kong Yun frowned slightly, but his eyes did not move. His fingers were already on the thunderstorm. The volcanic crystal iron and fire alloy bullets were also pressed into the barrel of the gun. If anything happened to this body, even if she was a woman, Kong Yun would pull the trigger mercilessly.
Even though this golden body protruded forward and tilted backwards, it was extremely tempting. Kong Yun did not close his eyes. It was not that he wanted to take advantage of her, but that Kong Yun did not dare to close his eyes at all. Closing his eyes on the battlefield was courting death.
"You"re too weak!" Suddenly, a golden body appeared beside Kong Yun, his fingers resting on the thunderstorm. Kong Yun felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and the thunderstorm came out of his hand.
"Interesting toy." The golden body grabbed the thunder and smiled.
Kong Yun"s reaction was not unpleasant. The moment his golden body appeared, a Blazing Flame Spear condensed in his hand and pierced into the dark golden body.
"Ding!" The dark golden finger of his body pointed, and the Blazing Flame Spear was actually blocked. The incomparably hard Blazing Flame Spear was actually broken inch by inch.
Kong Yun was extremely shocked as he hurriedly retreated, but in the blink of an eye, his dark golden body appeared behind Kong Yun!
"You are very talented, but your strength is too weak." With a gentle tap of his finger, Kong Yun"s metal body instantly retreated. At this moment, his metal ability seemed to have been emptied by someone.
"You … what did you do to me?" Kong Yun was horrified to discover that he didn"t have any metal abilities in his body.
The dark golden body took a step forward and locked onto Kong Yun"s body. With a flick of his finger, Kong Yun"s body was bounced away and fell into the pond.
"Zizzi!" The water in the pond was corrosive, and Kong Yun"s body began to corrode as soon as he came into contact with the water.
"Help, help!" Kong Yun couldn"t help but exclaim.
However, the dark golden body only looked coldly at Kong Yun, who was struggling in the pond. "I have accepted your ability. You humans care about fair trade. I will not let you suffer a loss."
"Holy s.h.i.t, you" Kong Yun cursed loudly, but the stinging pain coming from his body continuously stimulated his nerves. Kong Yun felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and his body began to disobey orders, becoming stiffer and stiffer.
"What a weak human." The dark golden body shook its head in disdain. A shadow blade zombie flashed past and pounced towards Kong Yun.
"How rude. Do you want to take a sip of anything I don"t want you to eat?" The dark golden body snorted coldly. In an instant, thousands of iron spears pierced through the shadow-blade zombie. The body of the shadow-blade zombie was torn apart instantly.
This was Kong Yun"s metal ability, but the power it displayed in the hands of this dark golden body was tens of thousands of times stronger than Kong Yun"s!