EFB Chapter 2241: Flowers Cover the City
Chapter 2241: Flowers Cover the City
Chapter 2241: One flower covers the city
This hole could easily fit two or three people inside.
They lay there so solidly on the ground that Sun Hongye couldn't see the stems and leaves, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the petals.
It's plump, firm, and elastic.
The flowers can grow to such a large size; it's spectacular, but not aesthetically pleasing.
But they have a unique fragrance, stronger and more intoxicating than jasmine.
"This is the first time I've ever seen such a big flower!" Sun Hongye recalled. "I once read about a man-eating flower in a book. It seemed to have no stem or leaves, but it could emit a strange rotten smell to attract prey."
"Good memory," Pu Hua said with a smile, pointing to the large flower on the ground. "This is a man-eating flower."
“…” Sun Hongye quickly withdrew her hand, “But this fragrance?”
The carnivorous plant emits nothing but stench.
“We made some improvements to it. Otherwise, how could anyone stand in this room?”
The room was a bit too warm; an average person would start sweating after standing there for a while. The floor was all muddy, damp, and occasionally a snail or two would crawl out. If you added a foul stench, anyone who came in would probably run away as fast as they could.
At this moment, two flower ants emerged from the small pit in the ground, each as big as a calf.
Aunt Zhu took out the token and waved it in front of them: "Go to the Crimson Cloud Golden Palace."
So the flower ant turned around and gently touched the big flower on the ground with its antennae.
No one knows what password they entered, but after about three to five breaths, a huge fleshy bubble squeezed out of the man-eating flower's hole with a gurgling sound.
Dark red, somewhat transparent and sticky.
"This is called a spore ball. Come in."
Aunt Zhu spoke succinctly, directly smashing her head against the meat puff.
Despite its bristles and sharp spines, the outer membrane of this spore ball remained intact; instead, it squeezed its way inside.
Sun Hongye and Pu Hua also squeezed in, and it felt like jumping into a swampy mud pit, which was dark, damp, and cold, and not comfortable at all.
But they still went in, like ants squeezing into a giant soap bubble, and the bubble didn't burst.
"Sit down, we're about to start eating." Aunt Zhu's voice sounded muffled in the small space.
"This isn't a teleportation array, is it?"
Sun Hongye looked around. Outside the spore ball was a dark red wall, also fleshy, with thick red lines like blood vessels everywhere, which looked a bit scary.
“Of course not!” Aunt Zhu curled herself into a ball, otherwise her bristles would prick her. “Even now that the spiritual energy is abundant, how much money would it cost to build a teleportation array that covers the entire city! And how much money would it cost to teleport back and forth every day! Even Bega wouldn’t dare to be so extravagant, he only sets up one between the floating island and the ground.”
Pu Hua chuckled to himself.
Aunt Zhu used to regard money as dirt, but after being around the Emperor, she was influenced by what she saw and heard, and unconsciously started talking about money all the time.
“This thing is a demonic puppet with the ability to burrow underground.” Aunt Zhu stepped on the spore ball. “The main root of this man-eating flower is deeply embedded under the entire Ju City. The spore ball we are riding in travels among the plant’s branches and stems, originally for transporting nutrients.”
Sun Hongye understood and was taken aback: "One plant? Just one man-eating flower can penetrate the entire bottom of Ju City?"
Elsewhere, a single tree forming a forest is already remarkable, but beneath Ju City, there is a single flower covering the entire city!
"Yes."
Aunt Zhu didn't say much.
Normal monsters could never grow to such an exaggerated size.
This carnivorous plant is Dong Rui's masterpiece, and its serial number is exactly ninety-nine.
He possessed divine blood and the blood of a divine child, so he borrowed the idea of the flesh and blood fortress and transformed this man-eating flower demon puppet into a giant underground network carrier.
"We're riding on spores. In other words, this carnivorous plant is using us as a source of nutrition?"
"You're a promising student!" "Exactly."
"...Doesn't it eat people?" It takes a lot of courage to willingly sit in the mouth of a carnivorous plant.
“The consciousness of the man-eating flower has been erased, and it has been nourished by the Xuanjing crystal, so it no longer hunts living creatures. However, it still retains some instincts. Once attacked, the flower will retract into the ground, and the plant can also repair itself,” Pu Hua continued. “Although transporting people over long distances in this way is a bit slower, it consumes less than half the energy of a teleportation array.”
The carnivorous plant itself needs spore balls to travel all over its body and transport nutrients, so taking the opportunity to carry more people is not a problem.
The internal transportation of this system is both efficient and energy-saving.
As they were talking, the spore ball started moving, getting faster and faster, and sometimes even wobbling.
Overall, things are relatively stable.
After about fifty breaths, it slowed down again and finally came to a stop.
"arrive."
The three of them squeezed out of the spore ball again, this time emerging from another orange-red house.
The Crimson Cloud Golden Palace is now almost within reach, and it looks even more majestic and imposing.
With Aunt Zhu holding the token in front, the three of them passed through the palace gate smoothly.
Behind the gate stands an ancient maple tree, its trunk thicker than the old door itself. This ancient tree was planted in the Chixiao Golden Hall during the time of the Upside-Down Sea.
Upon reaching this point, Aunt Zhu raised her front paw and drew a circle in mid-air.
A ripple appeared in the air ahead, and a round mirror, taller than a person, slowly emerged from the void.
"This is the Haoyuan Golden Mirror." Aunt Zhu and Pu Hua stopped. "Please come in. Jiuyou will come to see you soon."
Enter?
Sun Hongye tried to reach into the mirror; there was nothing there, but it was slightly cool.
Since setting foot in Julu Port, he has seen countless strange things and is now used to them.
He composed himself and stepped into the mirror.
The next second, he found himself standing under an osmanthus tree, facing a vermilion gate.
The scenery changes with every step.
The palace walls on all sides are very high.
Two palace maids stepped forward, their smiles exceptionally warm:
"Mr. Sun, this way please. The Emperor is currently meeting with foreign envoys and will be able to see you soon."
He looked back and saw that the Haoyuan Golden Mirror had disappeared. Only the discomfort in his stomach reminded him that he had just been teleported.
……
Sun Hongye was led to Liufangjian.
This is a stream, with clear spring water flowing down the rocks, turning and tumbling three times, its murmur soft. The palace servants said that after a fresh rain, the stream would turn into a waterfall.
It is called "Liufang" because the two sides of the stone stream are covered with flowers, like two long floral carpets hanging down, and the fragrance floats in the morning breeze.
Turning around and looking back, Jucheng was already at my feet.
Liufangjian is located halfway up the mountain, hundreds of feet above the ground, from where you can see a small part of Jucheng.
From a high vantage point, the city is well-planned, shaded by green trees, and possesses both beauty and grandeur.
He now has a more intuitive understanding of how large Jucheng is.
There is a small pavilion by the stream, with two guards in front of it, their backs straighter than tree trunks.
The palace attendant asked him to wait there for a moment, then bowed and withdrew.
Sun Hongye saw a small red clay stove burning on the side of the table, with a kettle boiling water on it. There was also a lacquered wooden box and a basket on the table.
With no one around, he casually opened the lacquer box, and a cool breeze wafted out. Inside were huge strawberries, each one a vibrant, juicy red.
He then lifted the lid of the basket and found that it contained large red dates.
Sun Hongye was stunned for a moment, and past memories suddenly surfaced.
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(End of this chapter)