Section 91 Demon Cave? Treasure! (Above)
"Don't panic! Hold down the fishing nets! Before everyone began to act in a panic, Lao Luo's order was issued as soon as possible, when the soldiers were a little restless.
It was nothing more than bats that inhabited the burrows, but because of the tense atmosphere and the smell of the metal lid when it was lifted, it was a little sensational.
Fortunately, the preparations were meticulously made, and the warriors on the edge of the mound stepped on the edge of the net, and the bats fluttered so that the net kept bulging and archingβa fine net woven with a mixture of twine and leather, and it was not the thick mesh that later generations used to catch big fish, so there was no need to worry about the bats that would slip through the net.
"Alright, steady! With crossbow arrows, shoot them to death! The first four words were naturally addressed to the soldiers holding down the fishing nets, and the back was naturally a new order, and there was only Lao Luo's voice in the entire stone hall.
"Whoosh" dense crossbow arrows shot at the equally dense swarm of bats.
Don't say you don't care about small animals, these cave-hiding bats are terrifying creatures, and God knows what they eat. Bats are omnivorous mammals, with bugs, pollen, fruit, and even blood on their diets. And the food of these bats stuffed in the burrow may be poisonous insects in stagnant water, rats in burrows, or even rotting dead corpses, who can guess what kind of germs they have in their bodies?
Lao Luo didn't want to try it at all, let alone experience the hands he had trained so hard.
However, these bats have also proved something that comforts Lao Luo.
If there is a smell coming out, it means that the air inside is circulating, and there are no other open entrances and exits near the range of mental power induction, which means that the space inside is large enough, and there are living creatures in the cave, indicating that there is no shortage of oxygen in it, and it can form a fragile biosphere.
While Lao Luo pondered carefully, Elhesian watched the warriors quietly kill the bats that had no ability to resist, and suddenly asked, "Bartol, why do you want to stop them with fishing nets?" Let them fly away. β
Lao Luo, who was interrupted from his train of thought, said casually: "Because they are likely to carry a large number of germs. β
"Germs?" El Hesyn was stunned.
Lao Luo only reacted, he used later Chinese, at this time there is no such word in Chinese, even in Old English Latin, there is no word Germ, and no one understands this thing, and it is a thankless task to explain biological problems to optical experts, "You can understand it as a curse, Latin maledictionem......"
"Cursed...... Ahh......h
As a result, they became more efficient at firing crossbow arrows.
Seeing the thousands of bats first blocked by fishing nets, and then quickly killed by crossbow arrows, as well as the pale faces of the surrounding warriors, of course, the skin of the Nordic Great Hanstan could not be seen, Lao Luo then explained: "Don't worry, even the curse needs to be triggered, do what I say, there will be no problems!" β
Of course, this is for everyone, the first half of the sentence is to explain that the "curse" can be avoided, and the second half of the sentence is to emphasize the strictness of the military order.
This is Lao Luo's style, rigorous and serious, but it can give people confidence, and it is also the foundation that can reassure everyone.
The crossbow bolts have no tail feathers, so they are completely free from the restrictions of the nets, and as the warriors become more and more stable, the howling bats become rarer and rarer, and they are never seen again.
"Meow!" Hua Biao, who didn't know where to get through, ran to the fishing net and sniffed, let out a disgusted cry, then turned his head and rubbed Lao Luo's leg twice and ran away.
Lao Luo, who couldn't cry or laugh, was a little vigilant, not because he was too careful, but because there was really something wrong with these bats. Otherwise, the omnivorous Hua Biao would definitely not dislike the large pile of "food" here.
A few rays of sunlight shone through the cracks in the stone slabs at the top of the hall, and the tunnel covered by fishing nets suddenly lost its gloomy feel.
"Filbad, bring someone to find a shovel and a drag, and get these things out!" There were no more bats coming out of the pit, and Lao Luo's order continued.
The pro-soldier Filbad ran out quickly.
"Olki, you guys can lift your feet, be careful, don't let your skin touch anything in here...... You can't take off your mask either! When he said the second half of the sentence, Lao Luo was a little angry, because he saw that some soldiers seemed to be unable to stand the stuffiness and tried to take off the mask on their faces.
Suddenly, everyone was a little silent.
There is only one person who can't understand the epidemic prevention operation, and it is much better to let everyone be cautious than to be negligent and have an accident.
Several soldiers, also masked and gloved, walked in with shovels and drags. The tow bucket is made of wood, with two wooden wheels at the bottom, which can hold about half a cubic meter at a time, and this object was temporarily made during the recent construction of the city.
"Alki, you watched everyone operate, and remember that the contents were all put into the trailer, and all the contents were transported to a remote place, and then they were poured with fire oil to burn it, and the ashes had to be dug and buried." Lao Luo is very taboo about things that cannot be controlled, and the best thing he can do is this, as long as you have any bacteria and viruses, as long as they are burned out, there will never be any conditions for continued existence.
"Understood, Lord!" Alki's face was as solemn as Lao Luo's, although he didn't fully understand the reason for Lao Luo's order, but it didn't prevent him from carrying it out 100%.
"Well, besides, the fishing nets are gone, and when you go back and explore the cave, everyone's clothes, shoes, and headscarves must be washed with sulfur water!" Luo couldn't figure out how the virus spread here, and there were no biochemists on the team, but he could use his own methods to prevent accidents.
Of course, he is not completely sure that it must be a virus or something, in fact, if it is really the kind of virus that spreads rapidly in later generations, I am afraid that the wasteland of Central Asia will have long been uninhabited, and even the Macedonians who came into contact with it earlier should have become extinct.
"...... Bartol" Al Hesyn, who had been watching all the time, spoke out in confusion.
"What's wrong, Al?"
"I mean, this can't really be the devil's cave, right? How to ......"
"It's okay, it's just that this gate hasn't been opened for many years, and the bats inside happen to settle down here, don't worry." While explaining to Al Heisyan, Lao Luo also felt that he was a little nervous, but there is no time when such a thing as epidemic prevention is excessive, and only when you are prepared can you be safe.
What's more, discovering that the curse is spreading can also deter some restless people by the way.
"Al, don't worry! You see, I'm not worried, the Lord is the most powerful person in the world, and you think too much. Stan, who had not spoken, put his arm around Al Hesyn's shoulders and said in an angry voice.
The reason why the urn is loud is, of course, because of the mask.
Al Hesyn was grabbed by Stan's big thick arm, and suddenly she couldn't cry or laugh, and was comforted by this big guy?
"Al, don't worry about bats, and it's because of these things that no one can take the contents inside!" Lao Luo also followed the trend and comforted him.
"That's right!" Stan's brown eyes suddenly brightened, "There must be treasures in there, and there are a lot of treasures!" β
In the end, he is a guy who was born as a pirate, and his sensitivity to treasures is not comparable to ordinary people, and Al Hess also understands what Lao Luo said - since it is dangerous inside, even if someone has entered, it may not be able to come out, so there is at least a ninety percent chance that the treasure inside is still there.
As the bat carcasses scattered under the pit were removed, the steps below the entrance to the crypt were revealed, only covered in foul-smelling bat droppings. Apparently there was a dead end underneath the pit, and the original bats happened to use this location as their nest.
By this time, Lao Luo was no longer worried, because there were many albino earthworms and beetles in the bat droppings piled up on the ground at the bottom, although it looked a little disgusting, but ruled out the possibility of the existence of deadly toxins.
Of course, Lao Luo would not explain this, and let the soldiers carefully remove the bat droppings on the ground, and then transport them out in tow.
At this time, the boots that had been prepared to change in advance were used for their purpose - at least stepping on the bat droppings without worrying about sticking to the legs and feet, and only going to the river to rinse them with water.
The debris cleared out of the city was carried out by the soldiers, doused with oil and lit on fire, and the civilians who had been busy all the time had no reason to approach until the burning smoke was blown away by the north wind and the ashes were dug and buried.
"Orgie, tell someone to bring nets and torches, and ten of them will come down with me! The rest of the people are on guard and no one is allowed to come near! The passage was cleaned up, and the fishy smell became much lighter with the removal of filth, and Lao Luo directly started the next steps.
A net, also known as a net, is a hand-held net used for fishing, with a one-foot diameter iron ring at the front end and a long handle behind it, and the net pocket is fixed on the iron ring. Lao Luo's use to catch bats that have slipped through the net is much more convenient than using a knife to chop and crossbow machines.
Walking down the two-meter-wide stairs and holding the torch to the crypt passage, everyone realized that it was not completely dark inside, not to mention that there was a faint light in the depths of the passage, and even the walls of the passage were reflected in crystals.
"It's a gem! I even set the gem in the stone wall! Stan glared at the reflective light source and immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Stan, shut up!" Lao Luo stopped the big man's voice, "The babies are all inside, don't scream!" Everyone listened to my orders, kept an eye on their feet, and beware of slippery feet. β
This kind of underground passage is not the underground bunker of later generations made of concrete and equipped with heavy anti-nuclear metal doors, but a narrow passage with a width of less than two meters at the top and a width at the bottom, the height of the passage is about two meters and a half, the walls are made of irregular stones, in addition to the traces of flooding, there are many stone mosses growing in a damp environment, and the ground is also unclean, except for bat droppings that have not been cleaned up, and occasionally human bones lying on the ground can be seen......
"No weapons found!" An alert Olki took a closer look at the wreckage on the ground.
"Alright, move on!" Lao Luo's intuition told him that there were things in it that could be of great use in the future, not things like gold and silver treasures that could not be eaten or drunk.