The Journey To Become The Strongest
Chapter 174 — City of Noula : Disease Outbreaks (11)
“It looks like I accidentally stepped on something..” Said Lian Huanran as she stepped back from where she was before.
Seeing what he stepped on, Lian Huanran's expression changed. He apologized many times, and began to pray. His attitude showed a deep sense of guilt.
After all, what he stepped on was a human skull, so naturally Lian Huanran behaved like that, which signified that he was a polite person, and respected others.
Lian Haocun looked at what Lian Huanran had stepped on, and pressed his palm, then lowered his head in homage to the poor skull.
After Lian Huanran finished praying and apologized for the last time, they continued their journey. The passageways of the cave, which had previously only been filled with small worms, began to be filled with other things, yes it was a human skull. Apparently, not a few died in that dark cave passage.
During the journey, Lian Huanran's feelings were complicated and somewhat chaotic. After all, even though he had imagined that there were so many victims, seeing it directly by imagining it was very different. It might even be the sum of all the skulls they encountered, only a small fraction of the child victims of Childly Demon Worms.
Due to a feeling of anxiety, Lian Huanran did not realize that her brother had stopped, so accidentally, he hit her Brother who had previously walked in front of her.
Lian Huanran intended to ask a question, ‘Why did Big Brother stop?’, but Lian Huanran undo it when he saw the lake in front of them.
The end of the hall is a cave that is quite large, which has a lake that looks beautiful, and does not see the end. Around the lake was also formed some natural rocks, so that made Lian Huanran a little stunned.
“That's so great!” Lian Huanran exclaimed while observing the surroundings.
To find out how long the lake is, Lian Huanran stepped into the lake, to look further. Although Lian Haocun had already forbidden it, the rather stubborn Lian Huanran, put his feet into the water by the lake, which actually had a very shallow height.
The water only reached Lian Huanran's toes, so there should be no problem, but, suddenly, dozens of worms that were larger than the previous small worms, get out of the sand and lunge towards Lian Huanran's feet!
Fortunately, due to her good reflexes, Lian Huanran immediately pulled her leg when she saw the worms.
With an expression like finding something troublesome mixed up somewhat tensely, Lian Huanran said, “It seems, to pass through this lake, it will be quite troublesome.”.
Then, he directed his gaze to the little worms that were drilling back into the sand. Lian Haocun followed Lian Huanran's gaze, then nodded his head in understanding.
Then, he looked at Long Yuan, Yun Shao and Qian Wenwu who looked puzzled, and explained, “In the bottom of that lake, there are many children of Childly Demon Worm that have already evolved.”
Yun Shao repeated Lian Haocun's last words, “An evolved Child Demon Worm?”
Qian Wenwu nodded her head, and explained, “If the Childful Demon Worm child gets enough nutrition, they will evolve and become larger in size.
That evolution was divided into several stages, stage one, stage two, stage three, stage four, and the final stage, stage five. Child-bred Demon Worms that had already reached stage five, would be almost as large as the Childless Demon Worm itself.”.
Lian Haocun muttered a voice of approval, then said, “Hm, that was supposed to be the child of the Childly Demon Worm with a stage one evolution. Their movement is faster than the Child Demon Worm child we met before, although it can still be counted as quite slow, but, water will also inhibit our movement speed.”
Listening to the explanation from Lian Haocun, Long Yuan asked, “So, how do we pass through this lake that even the end is not visible?”
Lian Haocun did not reply, but stepped closer to the lake, then he took out his fire element! However, something unexpected happened, not the slightest fire had emerged from Lian Haocun's palm!
Lian Huanran, who had already guessed what her brother was doing, also tried to use his wood element, but there was no reaction at all!
“It seems, we can not use the power of the element..” Lian Huanran said in an anxious tone.
Instantly everyone in that place, had a worried expression on his face. Of course, except for Lian Haocun who remained the same expression, indifferent and cold.