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 Chapter 29: Hole in the Stone

  The cave is an ordinary cave, but the roots of countless blood orchids above it all extend here.

  Dense roots are interwoven into a tentacle-like network on the ceiling of the burrow.

  It seemed as if they were all attracted to something here.

  At the end of the cave, You Huan saw something that attracted them——

  A...small stone?

  You Huan walked forward puzzledly, lowered his head and looked at the small stone placed on the rocky ground.

  It is not as clear and colorful as crystal or gemstone, and it does not emit any "you can tell at first glance that this thing is extraordinary" light.

  The gray surface was stained with some mud that had fallen from above the hole.

  It seemed no different from the gravel you'd find on the roadside.

  Is this thing really the "source" of the blood orchid? It looks too ordinary, doesn't it?

  Just as he was wondering, his head suddenly shook violently.

  "Buzz——"

  The small stone in front of him trembled slightly, and with the strange humming sound, that strange attraction came out again, it was coming from this stone!

  When he was so close to it, You Huan found that this attraction was so strong, as if it was a desire rooted in instinct.

  The blood in my body was boiling, longing for something from the little stone.

  He narrowed his eyes and used reason to suppress his clamoring instincts.

  He stretched out his right paw and gently moved the small stone.

  There was another "buzz" sound, and the movement of the small stone seemed to cause a certain "field" in the area to change.

  The atmosphere rippled and the earth seemed to tilt.

  A severe dizziness came over You Huan, and he staggered towards the small stone unconsciously, as if he was drunk.

  When the "field" calmed down, a phantom flew back from outside the cave and sank into the small stone.

  Then he heard the roar of a giant snake coming from the entrance of the cave, which seemed to contain surprise, anger, and fear.

  With a snapping sound, the giant snake that had broken free from You Huan's bone spur and was rushing into the cave turned around and did not come in.

  Judging from the phantom that just flew into the stone, the extra power bestowed on the giant snake should have disappeared, so it backed down.

  And You Huan took advantage of the phantom flying into the small stone and finally discovered the only strange thing on the small stone.

  A very, very small hole in the rock.

  For a human, this hole is so small that it is almost invisible, let alone for a dinosaur that is several meters tall.

  You Huan had no choice but to lie down as low as possible, with his huge dinosaur head tilted to one side and one eye pressed as close to the small stone as possible.

  One meter, half a meter, ten centimeters, one centimeter...

  Finally, when his right eye was about to touch the small stone, which was not even as big as his eye, he saw clearly—

  The small hole on the small stone is not a cave entrance, but a passage.

  Looking through this extremely tiny hole, as if looking through a tiny window to the other side, he saw...

  In the slightly blue liquid, there are countless creatures that are densely packed, crowded together, and filling the entire field of vision, and it is difficult to see their entire appearance!

  They squirmed, swam, fought, and ate, their flesh and blood intertwined, and they devoured each other, changing at an unimaginable speed.

  Suddenly, they seemed to discover the peeper...

  A huge yellow eye suddenly filled You Huan's entire field of vision!

  You Huan turned his gaze away from the small stone and blinked hard.

  On the other side of this tiny hole in the stone, is there... another dimension? Or even another world?

  Could it be that the influence from the other side of the hole in the stone is the source of the creation of the blood orchid, a strange flower? If

  this is the case with the blood orchid, then the amber that preserves the dinosaur blood...

  The more you think about it, the deeper the water in this world is.

  You Huan originally planned to put the source of the blood orchid into his own space card, or find a way to get more benefits from the source.

  But the current strange situation made him dare not act rashly.

  He thought about it, then stretched out his claws again, and carefully and gently moved the small stone.

  "Buzz!" The feeling of tilting and dizziness as if gravity was changed came again.

  There was a panicked roar of a giant snake outside, but You Huan, who was already mentally prepared, just tilted slightly and stabilized his body.

  He fiddled with the stone a few more times.

  "Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

  The entire Satan Basin seemed to be shaken, and gravity was constantly changing as the small stones rolled.  

  After fiddling with the stone for the last time, You Huan seemed to be enveloped by something and suddenly felt relaxed and refreshed all over.

  If I have to describe it, it's like a person who has never taken a bath since birth, taking his first bath and scraping off several kilograms of dead skin on his body, feeling so refreshed.

  You Huan immediately looked at the small stone on the ground. Although there was no visual change, he could realize that something emanated from the small stone "encapsulated" him.

  There is a prompt on the panel:

  [Evolution Point (Advanced) +1]

  [Strength Point +1]

  Could it be that because I touched this small stone several times, it "recognized" me?

  While guessing, You Huan turned his head and looked towards the entrance of the cave.

  A ferocious head with horns and a snake-like tongue poked its head in.

  After sensing several times that the "treasure" underground had been moved, the anger in its heart finally overcame its cowardice, and it wanted to kill the intruder who coveted the treasure!

  ...

  The jungle seemed to be shaking violently. The fully armed blood orchid collecting team quickly lowered their center of gravity to steady their bodies.

  The youngest member shouted, "What's going on? There's an earthquake in Borneo?"

  The captain quickly gestured to him: "Don't shout! We are very close to the Satan Basin!"

  "We—" Before the young team member could finish his words, a series of dark shadows attacked the team from the front!

  "Damn it, a giant python is attacking!"

  At the captain's roar, all team members took out their weapons and fought against the giant pythons that were coming aggressively.

  The giant pythons fell into a manic state because of the changes in the small stone, and attacked these humans almost at the risk of their lives.

  The captain saw several 40-meter-long, strange-looking figures among the giant pythons and cursed inwardly:

  "Didn't these guys hide in the depths of the basin and remain motionless in previous years? Why are they all crazy today?!"

  The pythons have become accustomed to a group of upright apes coming to pick blood orchids every few years, and under the orders of the giant snake and the few pythons just below it, they generally live in peace with humans.

  But this time, they almost came out in full force!

  Especially those mutant giant pythons that were more than 40 meters long, which could even withstand machine gun bullets. The blood orchid collecting team quickly fell into a disadvantage.

  They fought and retreated, and had to move towards the Satan Basin.

  At the edge of the basin, several team members screamed as they were entangled by the giant python!

  Two team members were strangled on the spot.

  "Damn it!" The captain wanted to rescue immediately, but the next moment, a loud bang attracted his and the snakes' attention.

  He and his teammates looked over subconsciously, and then saw a scene they would never forget in their lives—

  From the depths of the basin, an extremely huge snake was knocked out fiercely. It flew backwards for dozens of meters in the air before falling heavily to the ground!

  Strong limbs and ferocious horns, it is it! The ruler of the snake group in the Satan Basin!

  When humans first entered the Satan Basin, its minions alone killed humans in a mess, not to mention that it could even withstand RPG without any damage!

  What did they see?

  This arrogant giant snake was being pressed to the ground and beaten by a looming figure that almost blended into the environment!

  "Rip!"

  Another wound was torn, and the snake blood gushing out from the giant snake's body splashed more than ten meters away and poured down on the captain's head.

  The giant python that was originally going to strangle these humans seemed to have encountered its natural enemy. It let go of these people in an instant and fled madly away from the basin!

  Amid the rustling sounds of people fleeing, there was the sound of flesh being torn apart.

  The giant snake collapsed to the ground, the flesh at its heart being cut open by something shining with golden arcs of light, and its heart stopped beating forever.

  The captain and the team members who had managed to survive stood there in a daze, looking in the direction of the giant snake's corpse.

  Until ripples appeared in the air beside the giant snake, and the vaguely visible figure walked slowly through the cold air towards them.

  These people suddenly woke up as if from a dream and ran away from the basin!

  They didn't stop until they had run two miles in one breath.

  Standing in the shade of the trees, the captain had never felt so safe in this pristine jungle full of wild animals.

  "team leader..."

  The young team member recalled the scene he had just seen, a strange scene that was beyond his imagination and understanding, and whispered in shock:

  "What is that...?"

  "…"

  The captain murmured: "Ghost...monster..."

  (End of this chapter)