Chapter 47: The Dead
Everyone who saw that terrifying scene couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and at the same time couldn't help but take a step back.
No one thought that the so-called corpse spirit was actually a terrifying insect that could devour metal, control human corpses, and forcibly lay eggs, not only that, but also numbing numbers.
The beetles were the size of a baby's fist, and the clattering sound was numbing to hear as they nibbled on the gold. Looking at its gold-cast carapace, I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with.
"How did they get there?" Bron, the big man on the side, asked a little sluggishly.
That's right, how did those corpses go up, even if the corpse spirit can control the corpse, but the pyramid is an inverted cone, and the surface is extremely smooth, I'm afraid that even if you have a sucker, you may not be able to climb up.
Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help but look up, and when he saw it, he was also numb with fright. Raised his hand and touched Betty on the side, pointing his finger up slightly, for fear of making a little more noise.
Betty frowned, with her identity, who would dare to touch her body, this Zhang Xiaowu list is so big? But when she looked up, she was stunned on the spot, completely forgetting this man's rudeness.
I saw that dozens of meters above their heads, the golden wall, which was originally quite flat, appeared a protrusion like a skirt, just like the platform they were standing on, but it was more prominent and longer.
The most terrifying thing was that the protrusion was still stretching forward, and countless beetles emitting golden light climbed from the bottom up, crawled to the edge of the stage, spit out something, and then climbed upward. Batches are like ocean waves, and when they are spit out, they leave, and the platform with the same skirt will increase a little.
And there is one of the most protruding places, which has extended to the top of the pyramid.
The most terrifying thing is that up and down, left and right, dense beetles, each emitting a faint light, gathered together, can illuminate the entire space. Those golden rays, the rays that illuminate the entire space, were actually emitted by those beetles?
And what about the feet? When I looked down, I was scared and my feet went limp. I thought that the gold nuggets were paving the ground, but they all radiated light, could it be that the CD was a corpse?
Run, this is Zhang Xiaowu and Betty's first thought. But then they all calmed down. Is it too late to run?
"Miss Sean, do you still want to find your cousin Kyle? Or the sword of kings? Zhang Xiaowu said softly.
"Can you go back now? Gold beetles are afraid of mercury! And if they're going to eat you, they won't wait until now. But if we go back, I'm afraid they're going to have to do it. Betty calmed down and looked at Zhang Xiaowu playfully, making him angry.
"Are they pigs? Besides, they are afraid of mercury, but aren't humans afraid? The water galaxy below, I don't know if it will volatilize toxic gases, ordinary people inhaling too many mercury particles will also be poisoned to death. Of course, I can only say this in my heart.
But I was afraid of something, and there was already chaos at the back of the line. Because someone had already noticed the scene above them, coupled with the terrifying scene on the pyramid platform, those unorganized mercenaries immediately panicked. Some turned around and subconsciously left the place, while others were still moving forward.
With a scream from the rear, the whole team exploded like water into boiling oil.
Bang bang bang......
The assault rifle began to shoot wildly, hitting the golden beetle on the wall that had begun to attack the mercenary. Sparks shot out, golden juice splashed, but it woke up more corpses.
"It's over!"
Those corpses were indeed raising pigs, and they could enter safely, but if anyone wanted to turn back and exit, they would immediately start attacking, and the guns killed some of the corpses, which immediately caused a riot of corpses.
Click......
The strange clicking sound became denser and denser, and the ears were numb to listen to it.
"Run."
Betty was calm and gave the order immediately. If you run back now, you will inevitably be attacked by the corpse first. Those who turn around and rush back will buy them just more time.
Those corpses were covered in golden armor, so hard that they would bounce off if they weren't hit head-on by a bullet. And the extremely sharp mouthparts can be bitten even by metal, let alone flesh and blood.
Whenever a beetle drops or climbs onto a mercenary's body, it means that a person will die in extreme pain. Beetles will first tear through the skin, burrow into the flesh, burrow up under the skin, and devour them directly when they encounter obstacles, even if they are bones. It then turns into the spine and goes straight to the brain. At this time, because the heart will not be damaged and the person will not die, he will feel the beetle devouring his brain one by one, which is terrifying. And one person is devoured, and the body suffers extreme pain, which will go on a rampage, accidentally injuring more people, and the scene will become more and more chaotic.
The instinctive reaction of creatures when avoiding danger, when the mercenaries are extremely frightened, their instinctive reaction is to run away, but the more this happens, the more priority the golden beetle will attack them. A vicious circle is formed.
Zhang Xiaowu followed Betty's people to run forward, this team of about 100 people, 70 or 80 armed men, all of them are their own people of the Sean family, well-trained, not chaotic, and well-equipped. The rest are the scientists and academics.
In this place, it is easier to get tired, physically exerted, and running slowly, which is not comparable to those beetles. But Zhang Xiaowu found that there was not a beetle chasing them. Instead, attack the chaotic mercenaries behind them.
Zhang Xiaowu even felt that those mercenaries might have been hired for such a purpose. Use them to attract hatred and ensure that your own people can leave safely?
With the threat of death, the more than 100 people ran much faster than before.
As the range of the pyramid gets farther and farther away, the light dimms slightly. But the corpses had no intention of chasing them, as if they knew that this was a dead end, and no matter how long they ran, they would not be able to escape.
After traveling a few kilometers again, many caves appeared on the walls one after another, all of which were ten square meters in size, and the entrance of the cave was like a door, which could be entered by one person.
In each cave, there is a coffin, of course, all of which are mummified coffins of ancient Egypt. The surface is golden, carved with the face of a person. But the walls of these small rooms were all black, the kind of material that looked somewhat similar to those black pillars, and there were no corpses.
The team did not stop in these rooms, as if these people were not interested in these ancient mummies.
Moving on, Zhang Xiaowu found a problem. That is, the pyramid disappears from view, this channel, this water galaxy is simply a ring. The mountain in the middle of the ring is actually a giant pillar of optimus, with a diameter of two or three kilometers thick. If you continue to run, you will go around to the other side of the pyramid space.
When the team arrived at the back of the Optimus Pillar, they found that those small rooms were already densely packed, from the shore of the water galaxy to the heavenly dome, all of which were holes. Including the opposite side of the water galaxy, it is also full of holes. All of those holes were coffins.
There, two thick black iron chains connect the two banks of the Milky Way, and there is a relatively large hole on the opposite side, which is bottomless.
At this time, the people of the Sean family began to get busy, taking out the contents of the backpack and box one by one, and the architects who had followed before also began to tinker with those strange equipment.
It didn't take long for a 3D printer to be assembled, and then pieces of one-centimeter-thick boards were made and welded to iron chains.
It wasn't until the shouts and gunshots in the distance died down that an improvised bridge was built. Those people were pumping mercury from the water galaxy with a water pump, and the bridge deck was not paved, and after feeling that it was foolproof, the large team walked to the other side of the bridge. And those mercenaries also escaped seventy or eighty people, one by one with frightened faces, and sat on the ground to rest.
After crossing the bridge and entering the cave, I found that this Optimus Pillar was also empty, and it was like a treasure house of gold, full of all kinds of treasures and money.
Jadeite, agate, gemstones, gold coins, and all kinds of ancient weapons.
In the very center of the treasure house, there was a large stone platform four meters square, and on the edge of the platform, the main owner appeared, the person they were looking for.
"It's Kyle! Doctor, hurry! ”