Chapter 48 Lycoris, Lycoris radiata

This is a stone bridge connecting the two sides of the river.

It looks like an arch bridge, and the bridge body is made of stones in ink-black color. The whole bridge is natural and a masterpiece of nature.

This bridge connects the two sides of the river and spans several hundred meters. At first glance, it gives people an inexplicable sense of grandeur. I don’t know if it is Su Mu’s illusion, but he always feels a little creepy.

After Su Mu approached, he looked at the stone bridge carefully. The more he looked at it, the more shocked he was. This kind of construction technique made Su Mu amazed.

He stretched out his right hand, and the moment his palm touched the stone surface of the bridge, a strong feeling of coldness spread through Su Mu's body, causing him to shiver uncontrollably. In just a moment, goose bumps appeared all over his body.

Seeing this, Su Mu quickly put down his right hand.

This feeling of coldness is not the ordinary physical coldness, but a coldness that reaches the soul and makes the soul tremble.

There was no one living here, no one had any households, and the only living people he had seen were those crossing the river by boat.

So, who built this bridge?
The function of a bridge is to connect the two sides and serve as a means of transportation.

Could it be that there are households on the other side of the river?

With this question in mind, Su Mu walked onto the stone bridge.

As soon as he took the first step onto the stone bridge, he found something wrong. There were densely packed small black spots moving on the bridge surface.

After squatting down, I found that there were countless little ants crossing the stone bridge.

Su Mu stretched out his index finger and placed his fingertips on the bridge. The ants crossing the bridge instantly stopped where they were without taking a detour. They were stopped by Su Mu's index finger.

Ants are two-dimensional creatures. Those who have played with ants as a child know that as long as you take a pen and draw a circle around the ant, it will not be able to get out of the circle.

Because in the world of ants, there are only flat surfaces.

Su Mu raised his index finger, and the ants continued to cross the bridge.

When you stand up and look at these ants crossing the bridge, they appear to be in disarray. However, if you lower your head and observe carefully, you will find that these ants are lined up in an orderly manner. They are not running or crawling around.

Su Mu is no longer a child, and it is impossible for him to continue studying ants here.

He stood up and walked towards the stone bridge.

Every step they take will kill a large number of ants, but these ants seem not afraid of death. Even if they are stepped on to death, the ants behind them will continue to move forward.

Su Mu was just walking normally, and the ants were stepped on to death just because they were blocking the road.

He has seen dog lovers and cat lovers, but he has not heard of ant lovers yet.

In this way, Su Mu quickly walked to the highest point of the stone arch bridge, stood at the highest point of the bridge, and looked towards the opposite bank.

Then I found that there were not many houses on the other side. So what was the purpose of building this bridge?
Of course, this is not something worth delving into.

Maybe many years ago, there were households and people living here, but they may have moved away, so it is not surprising that a stone bridge was left behind.

However, there are really a lot of ants on this bridge!
Su Mu didn't find anything unusual and just felt uninterested, so he walked down the stone bridge.

I don’t know why. The bridge is not long, but I just walked a few hundred meters and I actually feel a little tired.

Su Mu sat down on a pebble and took a rest.

After sitting down, I began to observe the ants crossing the bridge.

He discovered that these endless stream of ants were crawling out of the river, and after climbing up the river bank, they continued to climb onto the stone bridge.

Ants that live in water?

Giant water ants?

However, this world is a fantasy world, and it is normal for ants to live in water.

Could it be Baoyi? ?
Su Mu's eyes lit up, he stood up, waved his hand, and caught an ant.

After carefully examining it in his palm, he found that it was just an ordinary ant. He put it in his mouth and chewed it gently. Suddenly, a rancid smell filled his mouth.

Su Mu quickly spit it out.

md!

It tastes terrible!
You can tell from the smell that this is not some precious ant.

It’s fine if it’s not a treasure ant, but why does it taste so smelly?

This smell is not an ordinary smell, it's like the smell of a rotting corpse that has been dead for several days.

After a good rest, Su Mu prepared to go home.

At this time, after walking a few steps, he found a patch of red flowers growing on the river bank next to the stone bridge.

Seeing this, Su Mu's eyes lit up.

Have a baby?
When I got closer, I found out it was Lycoris radiata and I immediately lost interest.

I thought it was something else.

Lycoris radiata, also known as red amaryllis flower, has red petals and a funnel-shaped perianth, like a spread-out lotus with fine leaves. It likes to grow in moist rock crevices by the stream.

This kind of flower is actually very common in Su Mu's hometown.

However, it is worth mentioning that there is also a folk legend about Lycoris radiata, which is tinged with mystery.

Lycoris radiata is also known as "Red Shore Flower".

Legend has it that it is a flower that blooms in heaven, in full bloom in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, grows in summer, and blooms in autumn.

Su Mu had once heard an old man make up the story about the red spider lily, which was a flower that voluntarily went to hell and was sent back by the demons. However, it still lingered on the road to the underworld. The demons could not bear it, so they agreed to let it bloom on this road to give guidance and comfort to the souls leaving the human world.

Su Mu is not interested in these mysterious legends. His biggest memory of Lycoris radiata is that it has very important medicinal value. "Galanthamine" can be extracted from the rhizomes of Lycoris radiata, which can be used to treat polio.

Why is Su Mu so familiar with flowers?

This is because in his previous life, Su Mu took an elective course called "Botany" when he was in college, and he was quite knowledgeable about some flowers.

In fact, I mainly want to learn the language of flowers.

For example, the flower language of rose represents passionate love, so it is suitable to give to lovers in love.

The flower language of carnation is maternal love and gratitude, and it is suitable as a gift to mothers.

Speaking of this, Su Mu has to talk about a very special kind of flower - the steel wool flower.

The flower language of the steel wool flower is forbearance and wealth.

This flower language was told to him by a roommate in the college dormitory. It is said that he later married a rich woman and reached the peak of his life.

Later, I went to guard the reservoir, but now that I have traveled through time, I am considered the best one in the dormitory, right? ?

Su Mu walked up to the red Lycoris flowers and looked at them carefully.

I found that these red Lycoris flowers were a little different from the ones I was familiar with in my previous life. The petals were not pure red, but also had a little bit of purple.

Moreover, once you get close, you can smell a peculiar fragrance.

When he smelled the fragrance, Su Mu suddenly woke up.

Could it be a treasure?

When in doubt, try it first!
Just like that, Su Mu picked a petal and put it in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)