Chapter 1131: Sacrifices and Gifts
— Young people have so much energy, " Maha said, wiping the sweat from his face before taking a compressed air tank out of his backpack and opening the tap a crack.
Since they were in a confined space, they could only get air in this way.
— You said earlier that this ball is about ten kilometers in diameter. We've already covered at least eight kilometers. Are we even going to get inside this mountain? Or are these creepers conscious and deliberately blocking our access to the center of this mountain?
Su Xiao's breathing was getting heavier by the hour. If anyone saw Su Xiao or Maha right now, their jaws would definitely drop open.
Such strong people now were actually like two miners who had returned from a very hard work shift.
— I don't know. This is the first time I've gone this deep, " Maha replied and tossed Su Xiao a water bottle.
Su Xiao took a few big gulps and poured the remaining water over his head.
He had collaborated with the plot characters many times, but most of them had malicious intentions. Only two people had cooperated with Su Xiao in all this time without malicious intent. The first was a priest from the world of Destiny: The Beginning, and the second was Maha.
— I probably won't be able to get out of here alive this time, " Maha muttered and looked at Killua and Alluka, who were sleeping, with warmth. — It's actually not bad for an old man like me to die in a place like this. Once we get inside and find this plant, keep three meters away from me at all times. If my energy changes color, then immediately try to kill me, I can at most buy you a few seconds.
— Without problems.
Su Xiao didn't know why he told him this, but if he had to kill Maha to survive, then he wouldn't hesitate.
— Thank you, " Maha said, and tapped his left ear.
It still couldn't hear anything.
Su Xiao and Maha continued to cut the vines for another ten hours.
By now, Su Xiao was crouching down and panting heavily, while Maha was standing in front of the vines and hitting them endlessly.
*Boom!*
The vines cracked and began to crumble.
Maha's body swayed and he almost fell.
— You can't tell the direction with this thing, " Su Xiao said, and put down the compass.
Now, thirty hours later, he understood why they still hadn't reached their destination.
They had been circling inside these vines all this time.
At first, Su Xiao and the others didn't notice it due to the regeneration of these vines, but when they bumped into parts of the destroyed vines in the middle of brand new ones, everything became obvious.
It was impossible to reach the center of the mountain just by destroying the vines. Only by removing parts of the destroyed vines and constantly maintaining one passage could the desired result be achieved, otherwise they would end up getting lost in circles.
— To regenerate, you need to spend energy. I don't believe they can regenerate indefinitely, " Maha said with a ferocious expression. He was very tired. He originally looked like an alien, but now he looked exactly like a ghost. He wouldn't even need to put on makeup on the set of a ghost movie.
They were now waging a war of attrition. It all depended on who would give up first — a group of people or this plant.
Once the vines stop regenerating, the group will be able to reach the center of the mountain in no time.
And at first, the vines recovered in about ten seconds, but now it took them minutes 10.
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Six more hours later.
Su Xiao slashed at the vine in front of him.
Several vines immediately began to slide down to the floor.
— Su Xiao's pupils narrowed, and he immediately stepped back.
*Click-click...*
Cracks began to appear on the surrounding vines, and all the vines began to shake.
*Click!*
Su Xiao's feet began to sink into the vines, and vines began to rain down on top of him like an avalanche.
After a few seconds, Su Xiao felt that he was falling, and a huge pressure came down on his body.
In a few minutes.
A hand poked out from a pile of vines. Su Xiao pushed his way out of a pile of plants.
— Su Xiao took a deep breath. He spent a full ten minutes under the rubble because he had turned the wrong way.
Bubtney immediately ran up to him. He was very lucky and in the end he didn't even have to get out of the pile of vines.
Thanks to Amu, Killua and the others weren't crushed to death by those vines.
These vines possessed consciousness, and all this time, they prevented the group from reaching the center of the mountain, but in the end, they could not withstand the endless attacks and began to fall down.
Su Xiao looked around. They were currently in an oval space with a diameter of about ten kilometers. They were in the middle of Mount Kukuru.
He knew this by the fact that the second part of his hidden mission had been completed.
Su Xiao glanced at the third part of the hidden mission and raised his eyebrows.
A withered arm poked out from the pile of vines, and black energy immediately wrapped around it.
Soon Maha's head poked out, too. "Help me!" I can't hold it any longer! the veins on Maha's face were swollen, as were the muscles all over his body.
He was struggling with something in those vines.
Su Xiao rushed forward and grabbed Mahi's arm.
— Amu.
Hearing Su Xiao's shout, Amu rushed forward, grabbed Maha's head, and started pulling him out like a carrot.
Maha looked at Ama. Although he was feeling really bad at the moment, Amu was still giving him a lot of help.
With the help of Su Xiao and Amu, Maha was eventually pulled out of the lian mountain, and he was holding a piece of some plant in his hand.
Su Xiao and Amu grabbed onto this plant and started to pull it out together, and soon, a small, slightly wilted white flower about 20 centimeters tall appeared in the group's hands.
There were a few green leaves on its stem. These leaves were oval in shape and very fleshy to the touch.
Although the size of this small white flower is small, its root system was very long. Its roots were about two dozen meters long, and most importantly, even with the strength of Su Xiao, Amu, and Maha, they still couldn't reach all of its roots.
— It really exists, " said Maha, holding a small white flower in his hand.
— So what's next? Su Xiao asked, feeling that Maha was really willing to go all out for taking even two of his descendants with him.
— Maha coughed dryly, a look of embarrassment on his face. — I don't know." Most of the information came to me from "V5". The only thing I'm sure of is that if I want to remove my immortality, then I have to go deep into Mount Kukuru and find this flower. As for the fact that I took Alluka and Killua with me, I took them just in case.
— My immortality is linked to Nanika in Alluka's body. After we started making our way up the mountain, she fell asleep. And because of that, I also took Killua with me. He's the only one who can — " Maha paused and looked at the small white flower on his palm.
After hesitating for a moment, he popped it into his mouth. — I left a few small gifts for you, the password is 'T3m77854'. As for the exit, just tear down the stone wall on the east side. It won't take you long. Please take care of Killua and Alluki, and goodbye, mine... Friend, " and just as Maha finished speaking, Su Xiao saw the notification.
[Maha Zoldik's favor towards the Hunter has been unlocked, favor currently: 90 points.]
Maha started chewing on the white flower, and the roots of the flower immediately burst out of the ground and wrapped around Maha's body, creating a cocoon around him.
The black energy burst out of the cocoon and the roots immediately began to wither, then fell apart and became dust.
In just a few seconds, the Maha along with those roots disappeared, leaving behind only black dust.
Did Maha go to this place for medicine? No, he came here to die so that his descendants could live on.
[Notification: The hunter has completed a hidden mission to destroy the Zoldik family's curse.
Mission performance assessment...
Final score: "A+».]
[Since the Hunter has completed a hidden mission, the Hunter can choose an additional reward from the list:
1. Flower and fruit of eternal life.
2. Coin of Time and space.
3. The Power of a Master Teacher (1/10).
4. Instant Return.]
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