Chapter 425: 237 Lake of Fire! (Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)_2
Guarded by the ard police.
The three Red Robed Taoists from Qingyun Mountain and Li Yixi also boarded a kayak.
Qin Hao was not necessary.
His Banjiao Qingniu could tread water and walk on the lake surface as if it were flat land.
Qin Hao sat on the back of the Qingniu, to him, the lake surface was not an obstacle at all.
Six kayaks slowly moved forward along the lake water and breeze.
The first half was uneventful.
The young mbers from the institute relaxed their expressions as they saw nothing happening.
Even when the kayaks slid into the second half.
On the small boats, the institute’s team mbers started chatting.
So fantasized about the grand scale of the Ancient Tomb they were about to explore.
If it really were excavated, it might be an unprecedented wonder, and perhaps even they could make history.
So were a bit anxious.
Just the Five-Colored Lizard on the earlier mountainside and the corpse tide in the soluble cave were terrifying.
They hadn’t even reached the real interior of the Ancient Tomb; if they did, unimaginable events might occur.
Putting aside making history, first consider whether they could co out alive.
…
The voices of the conversation kept coming to Ye Jiuyun’s ears, but his brows gradually furrowed.
Apart from the sound of lake water, the paddling of oars, and people chatting,
Ye Jiuyun seed to hear so other faint sounds.
In terms of strength, although Ye Jiuyun was not as powerful as the Qingyun Mountain Taoists, who all practiced cultivation,
that was only in comparison with the Taoists of Qingyun Mountain.
To speak truthfully, he was also strong.
After all, he was among the top three in the Martial Arts ranking.
His cultivation in Martial Arts had long since transcended the ordinary realm.
His senses were also far superior to those of ordinary people.
Among these many sounds, Ye Jiuyun heard the rustling noise of sothing else.
It was the sound of small insects hatching from their cocoons.
Ye Jiuyun wasn’t sure at first.
But as he listened, sothing felt increasingly off.
Because the sounds of cocoon hatching were growing louder.
Instantly, Ye Jiuyun called out in a low voice, “Stop talking, sothing seems off!”
As soon as he said this, indeed, everyone fell silent.
Everyone looked towards Ye Jiuyun.
Professor Cao asked, “Mr. Ye, what’s the situation?”
Ye Jiuyun responded, “I’m not sure yet, but there’s the sound of cocoons hatching, and it’s increasing. It’s not a good sign.”
Of course, it wasn’t a good sign.
In such a bizarre place, the real good news should be never hearing any noise at all.
Hearing noise was not a good sign.
But could cocoon hatching be dangerous?
Ye Jiuyun also wasn’t sure.
“Professor, look over there, what beautiful butterflies!”
On the kayak, a young mber of the institute pointed in a direction and exclaid.
Suddenly, everyone’s eyes turned towards that direction.
Indeed, they saw a butterfly flying out from a crevice in the rocks above their heads.
This butterfly was very peculiar.
Among all the butterflies known on Blue Star, the largest was the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing.
The greatest recorded wingspan ever was 31 centiters, ten tis the size of ordinary butterflies!
But this butterfly appearing above the Underground Lake now was even bigger.
While it was not clear exactly how big, it certainly exceeded 31 centiters.
“Such a large butterfly?”
“What kind of butterfly is this?”
Professor Cao also showed a look of surprise.
It was his first ti seeing such a butterfly.
It could potentially be an undiscovered new species.
Moreover, the weirdest part was, when the butterfly flapped its wings, the wings emitted bursts of fluorescence.
“It’s so beautiful!”
A female mber of the institute couldn’t help but marvel.
If they could bring this butterfly outside, it might just win the title of the world’s most beautiful butterfly.
No!
To be precise, it should easily outshine any other butterfly.
This self-emitting luminescence, combined with the unique patterns on its huge wings,
presented a breathtaking beauty.
Gradually, the people on the kayaks realized that the cave was releasing more than one butterfly.
The one they noticed was just the first to appear.
A few minutes after this butterfly appeared, successively more fluorescent butterflies flew out from the crevices at the top of the cave rocks.
Countless butterflies flew over the cave ceiling.
A female mber couldn’t help but reach out to catch one.
As soon as she stretched out her hand, Ye Jiuyun’s eyes narrowed.
He shouted sharply, “Don’t touch!”
However, as he shouted, two glowing butterflies, as if sentient, landed on this female mber’s hand.
The female mber was startled.
Looking at Ye Jiuyun, she didn’t understand what he ant.
Ye Jiuyun watched the two butterflies landing on this female mber’s hand, and no peculiarities occurred.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, “In Yunnan, there are many strange and cryptic creatures. You dare to touch this butterfly without knowing if it’s poisonous or not? Are you seeking death?”
When the female mber heard this, she was frightened.
She had been too excited just now and forgot about this.
Now rembering, she felt a chill of fear.
However, fortunately, these butterflies were not poisonous.
Otherwise, she would have been struck.
The female mber bowed her head to apologize, saying, “Sorry, I won’t do it again.”
Ye Jiuyun also realized that his tone had been a bit too severe.
He sighed and said, “Hey, just be careful next ti.”
But…
Although these butterflies were not poisonous.
But…
Why were there so many peculiar butterflies in this place?
And they didn’t appear early or late but precisely when they were passing by here.
What was really being sold in this gourd?
Ye Jiuyun didn’t understand.
He glanced at Li Qiang beside him.
Li Qiang also shook his head.
He was from Xiangxi, not Yunnan.
He didn’t understand either.
Then he looked at Bu Nu Ada.
Bu Nu Ada also expressed his uncertainty.
They were just hunters.
Having been in the forest for so many years, they had never seen such butterflies.
If you asked them about the habits and characteristics of various wild animals in the forest, where to shoot to kill instantly,
they could answer fluently.
But they really didn’t know about this.
Ye Jiuyun looked at Heavenly Master.
Heavenly Master was following far behind, eyes slightly closed, not saying a word.
Ye Jiuyun felt a headache.
Was he thinking too much?
Were these butterflies not a problem?
Ye Jiuyun looked up.
But it was this accidental glance that caught Ye Jiuyun’s attention.
He shone his flashlight above his head, only to see that the cave ceiling was covered with a multitude of butterfly cocoons.
Each cocoon was bigger than an adult’s fist.
The pure white cocoons clung to the rock walls.
They were all sowhat broken open.
The group of huge, glowing butterflies had hatched from these cocoons?
Including the sounds of cocoon hatching that Ye Jiuyun had heard earlier.
Li Qiang saw these cocoons and said, “Why are there so many cocoons here?”
Before Li Qiang could finish speaking.
A ‘crack’ sound was heard.
At the top of the cave, a pure white butterfly cocoon fell off.
During its descent, Ye Jiuyun saw that this cocoon was changing colors.
From its original pure white state, it gradually turned yellow, then to scorched yellow and then, with a ‘boom’,
it spontaneously combusted.
The spontaneously combusting cocoon fell into the water.
A blaze!!!
That patch of lake water was ignited by the burning cocoon!
Moreover, not just that one area.
More and more cocoons were falling from the top of the cave.
These butterfly cocoons all caught fire by themselves during their fall.
More and more of the lake surface was ignited.
The fire even burned on the water and seed to get fiercer.
The entire underground area’s temperature shot up rapidly.
Everyone on the kayaks stood up.
They were all terrified.
“How could this happen?”
“Why would the lake water catch fire?”
“Water and fire don’t mix; this is crazy!”
“We’re done for! We can’t escape now!”
On the kayaks, the people from the institute began to panic.
With more and more flaming cocoons continuously falling into the water, igniting huge fires,
the entire lake surface had now turned into a sea of fire.
And they were still far from the shore, right in the middle of the Underground Lake.
Caught between fires both ahead and behind, they were truly dood.
Watching the fire about to co their way,
everyone was baffled.
What in the world was going on with this haunted place?
How could lake water burst into huge flas?
That was unheard of!
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