Chapter 52: There Is No Way Back
"Oops! Stand back!!"
Mu Jianyun reacted immediately, he immediately stopped in front of everyone and stretched out his hand, only to see a blue light flashing on the back of his hand, and a huge black python gathered in the air in an instant, rushing towards the rolling rock ball!
"Pound ββ!!"
The huge impact sound burst out in the closed and narrow passage in an instant, and in the stirring crackling sound, pieces of broken stone flew towards everyone under the impact of the giant python, and the rolling rock ball was also blocked in the middle of the passage under the resistance of the giant python, only a stone's throw away from everyone.
"The passage is completely blocked, my Shishen can only support it for a while, I must quickly retreat to the rear burial chamber!" Mu Jianyun looked at the heavy rock that was still advancing inch by inch under the resistance of the giant python, and shouted anxiously to everyone.
"But if we enter the tomb like this, the evil thing in the coffin will be stimulated by our 'popularity' again!" Jiang Yao said. "Why don't we smash this stone together with your Shikijin and break through the passage!"
"No, if there is such a big movement, this passage will collapse first!" Mu Jianyun looked at the cracks on the walls around the passage, and couldn't help but feel anxious. "Retreat to the tomb first, or we'll all die here!"
"Bang!!"
Before Mu Jianyun's words fell, he heard another explosion suddenly, and a rock on top of everyone shattered and fell under the impact, almost hitting Jiang Yao's head, Jiang Yao saw that the situation was not good, so he didn't care about it so much, and hurriedly covered Qing Yu and Zhou Wentao to retreat, and at this time, another subtle vibration quickly approached along the ground from the far side of the passage, and it seemed that something rolled over from the far side of the passage.
"Puff ββ!!"
The boulder in front of him suddenly advanced a few inches, and even the entrenched body of the giant python in front of him couldn't resist it for a while, and retreated again and again, and at the same time, the original crumbling passage finally began to collapse under the impact of the second rolling boulder.
"Run!!"
Seeing that the situation was out of control, everyone suddenly reacted instinctively, and the four of them rushed towards the rear in the broken and falling rubble, and rushed into the strange tomb densely covered with the "Evil Array" behind the remnants of the wall in one go.
"Rumbleββ!!
As soon as everyone stepped into the tomb with their front feet, the crumbling passage on their back feet collapsed instantly, and the huge shock wave instantly pushed Jiang Yao and others to the ground, and the flying dust "crackled" and smashed everyone's body, and the previous faint light was completely annihilated with the collapse of the passage.
"Ahem...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......!"
Jiang Yao coughed wildly, reached out to wipe the dust on his face, and struggled to open his eyes, only to find that it was pitch black in front of him, as if the bracelet light on his wrist had temporarily failed in the previous catastrophe.
"Everybody...... Are you alright?" Jiang Yao tried to get up from the ground while calling out to the others, but before he could get up, he felt a strange semi-circular hard object in his hand, which seemed to be mixed with the rubble that jumped out and rolled down beside him.
What is it?
Jiang Yao touched the hard object blankly, the rough feel was obviously different from other stones, just when he was suspicious in his heart, a light blue light suddenly lit up from his side, and at the same time, the true appearance of the hard object in Jiang Yao's hand was shown in front of him.
It was a half-shattered skull.
"Hmm!!"
The sudden impact of the picture made Jiang Yao's nerves tense instantly, and in a panic, he took off his hand and threw the skull out, and at the same time, he finally realized that the light blue light around him came a little strangely, and when he looked up, he was shocked to meet a pair of dark blue strange eyes, only to see a half-human tall insect-shaped monster with blue fluorescence flying above his right with thin wings, looking down at him condescendingly.
This......!?
Jiang Yao was surprised, he subconsciously put on a defensive posture, but at this time, he heard Qing Yu's voice suddenly sound from the front:
"Don't be afraid, that's my Shikigami - "Flowing Firefly". β
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the blue insect suddenly flapped its wings and flew into the sky, and at the same time, the blue light from its body became more and more intense, and finally illuminated the entire tomb in front of everyone.
"Hmm!!Yes, there's monstersββ!!"
This time it was Zhou Wentao who let out a cry of consternation, only to see him slumped on the ground in embarrassment, looking up at the huge blue insect that flew to the top of the tomb, obviously frightened.
"It's a virtual image, and it won't hurt you. Mu Jianyun shook his head, and didn't seem to be in the mood to explain more, because all his attention at this time was focused on the huge hanging coffin in the center of the tomb.
Maybe it was because of the marginal position of everyone, or because of the suppression of the "Evil Detention Array", the strange cyan hanging coffin didn't seem to have any abnormalities at this time, which made everyone's hearts drop slightly, but they didn't dare to take it lightly.
"The coffin doesn't seem to be moving...... Let's be careful. Jiang Yao recovered from the initial shock, stepped forward to help Zhou Wentao, who was sitting on the ground, and the latter also realized that this was not the time to shout, so he endured the fear and incomprehension in his heart, forcibly removed his eyes from the insect, and got up and stood beside Jiang Yao.
"The passage has been completely blocked, and we now only have one way to go. Qing Yu said, hesitantly looking at the stone door opposite the tomb, but if you want to reach that stone door, you will inevitably pass near the hanging coffin, and what will happen at that time, no one can predict.
"......" Mu Jianyun stared at the hanging coffin in front of him, stroking the cyan divine mark that had just been withdrawn on the back of his hand, not knowing what he was thinking, but soon, his eyes caught a glimpse of the half skull that was thrown out by Jiang Yao, and his brows suddenly frowned.
"...... this?"
Mu Jianyun stepped forward, picked up the somewhat blackened skeleton and observed it carefully for a moment, and after a while, his face suddenly changed.
"This is human bone, judging by the color on the bone...... It is believed that the deceased was severely eroded by miasma before his death, and in addition, the skeleton has a high brow bone, which is characteristic of white Europeans. β
"White Europeans?" Jiang Yao was stunned, and suddenly remembered the Russian map in his pocket, and suddenly realized some kind of connection in his heart. "Do you mean ......?"
Jiang Yao thought back to the direction where the skeleton flew forward, turned his head to look at the passage mouth that had been buried by rubble, and soon found a few pieces of clothing cloth and other broken bones in the gravel pile near the entrance of the passage, I am afraid that this skeleton was originally sitting by the wall of the tomb, with his back to the passage mouth, so Jiang Yao and they didn't notice it before, but now that the passage mouth has collapsed, this skeleton has also been smashed to pieces, and it flew out.
"This dress...... It's special equipment for outdoor adventures, and the brand is the same as the backpack brand we saw in Old Man Huang's house before, and if I'm guessing correctly, this skeleton should be the owner of the backpack, and it's a Russian. Jiang Yao squatted down and carefully observed near the broken bones, but at this time, he saw Qing Yu on the side pointing to another gravel, and said in surprise:
"Look, there are a few more skulls here, and there is more than one skeleton!"
Jiang Yao hurriedly followed the reputation, and sure enough, he saw several other broken skulls near a pile of rubble not far away, which were very similar to the one he had found before.
"It seems that there is more than one Russian who died here, but it may be a team of ......," Mu Jianyun said with a solemn face. "Considering the weathering of the bones and clothing and the environment here, these people may have been killed here in recent years, but I don't seem to have heard of any foreign expeditions missing in the Yuanqiu Mountains in the past few years, and I am afraid that their origin will not be clear for a while......
"Regardless of the origin of these people, the most important thing now is how we get out of here, don't you think the smell of the air here is getting stranger and stranger?"
Jiang Yao stood up as he spoke, and looked back at the strange tomb in front of him again. As soon as the passage was blocked, the air in the tomb was immediately much hotter, and a strange aura that seemed to be absent became more and more obvious, which made Jiang Yao feel uncomfortable.
"It's ...... Malaria. Mu Jianyun obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, and his expression became more and more serious. "I noticed that there seemed to be miasma in the passage before, I thought it was from the forest outside, but now it seems to be the opposite, this tomb seems to be the source of the miasma, if we go deeper into the tomb, even us, I am afraid we will end up with these Russians......"
Mu Jianyun said, suddenly as if he realized something, he looked at Zhou Wentao with a blank face in front of him, and then moved his gaze to Jiang Yao beside him: "That kid is no better than us, just an ordinary person, and it's okay to stay in the miasma for so long?"
"As long as you stay with me, you should be fine. "Now, Jiang Yao can't care about covering it up so much, and whispered to Mu Jianyun about the 'power of Zhurong'.
ββ¦β¦ You can even borrow the power of the gods?" Mu Jianyun's cold face showed an expression of disbelief, and there seemed to be some different kind of complicated emotions faintly flashing in his eyes.
"'Colorless constitution'...... How convenient...... Others may cultivate abilities that they can't ask for in their lifetime, but you can easily accommodate them without doing anything......"
"Is it time to taunt me?" Jiang Yao heard the implication in Mu Jianyun's words, but he was not in the mood to talk nonsense, and said casually. "What I borrowed this time was only the power that was diluted to the extreme, and I could only use it once. But it's useless to talk about it now, it's not appropriate to stay here for long, we need to get out quickly!"
ββ¦β¦ Now there is no other way but the stone door in front of us, we can only take one step at a time. The emotion on Mu Jianyun's face gradually faded, and he once again returned to the same cold appearance as before. "While the contents of this hanging coffin have not moved, hurry up. β
"Whoa......
A crisp sound of chains colliding suddenly broke the silence of the tomb, Jiang Yao and Mu Jianyun's expressions froze at the same time, and they both looked up at the huge cyan hanging coffin in the center of the tomb.
The bronze chains that bound the hanging coffin trembled slightly, one, two, all ...... The tremor that intensified was like dominoes and spread rapidly along the chains, and even the yellow charms sealed outside the hanging coffin were windless and automatic in the violent vibration, as if something was struggling inside the huge coffin, ready to move.
"Oh no! The 'Evil Array' can't be suppressed!"
Jiang Yao was shocked when he saw this, but before he could do anything, he heard a violent explosion, and the lid of the hanging coffin shattered and flew out, and among the scattered spell fragments, everyone saw a huge arm that emitted a thick black gas, which slowly stretched out from the coffin.