Chapter 18: The Beast

This amazing change that happened in an instant shocked many people.

Sun Tao let out a roar of rage, took the submachine gun behind his back in his right hand, and the searchlight in his left hand shone into the darkness where the ape-like creature had disappeared, trying to kill it.

Wang Lei's face was pale, and he muttered: "There are beasts in the mountain, its shape is like an ape and white ears, and the people walk in ambush, its name is called the cannibal, cannibalism, this is the man-eating beast recorded in the ancient books of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and I can't imagine that this kind of beast really exists in the world." ”

Xiao Ling listened to it in his ears, his heart was slightly cold, and he looked at Wang Lei on the side.

Just now he saw very clearly, this ape-like creature with a huge head and a bloody mouth, before hanging upside down on a stalactite above the rock formation, hidden in the dark, silent, everyone did not notice, walking under it, it suddenly volleyed down to attack, the team member who was observing the darkness in the distance did not have time to react, was hit in the back, almost bit off the neck, and immediately lost his life.

Sun Tao roared angrily to find the man-eating beast that disappeared into the darkness, the beam of the searchlight continued to pass through the darkness, except for the patches of colorful mushrooms, but where was there any trace of this strange beast?

In front, seven or eight team members joined forces, and the powerful submachine guns fired one after another, suppressing the white mutant Komodo dragons that rushed towards them, and at least a dozen Komodo dragons were killed in a short period of time.

The two team members dragged the body of the team member who fell to the ground, and everyone quickly retreated and moved, away from the monitor lizard nest in front of them, and suddenly found that there were colorful mushrooms in all directions, and countless colorful mushrooms were piled up like a mountain, forming a gyro-shaped mushroom mountain with big heads and small feet, towering in all directions, looking extremely strange.

"How is this possible? It wasn't like that when we came just now. There was a hint of shock in the eyes of one of the team members, and although he was professionally trained, he was also shocked by what he was seeing at the moment.

On the contrary, Zhou Kesheng and Li Zhibao and the others were still relatively calm, and it didn't seem to be surprising, Li Zhibao said: "Don't be nervous, this is our senses are affected by the chaotic magnetic field, the longer we stay here, the easier it will be for us to lose our way here, and now this is not the direction we entered before." ”

After listening to Li Zhibao's explanation, everyone realized, and the somewhat shocked team member also quieted down and stopped talking.

"Captain, Wang Hao is dead."

The two team members put down the body of the attacked team member, tried to breathe and heartbeat, but there was no more of him, and he was fatally injured in the back of the neck, and his neck was almost bitten off, and there was no hope of survival.

Sun Tao was the captain of their team, and when he heard the report of the team members, he let out a heavy pant sound, and his eyes flashed with a trace of anger.

The team was suddenly attacked, and one person died, and the atmosphere became oppressive, and everyone felt that this place was dangerous, and their hearts were much heavier.

"Professor Wang, what is the origin of that man-eating beast you just mentioned?" Sun Tao personally inspected the injuries of Wang Hao, who was bitten to death, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

He could roughly see that the creature that suddenly appeared from the darkness and launched an attack resembled an ape, with a body length of no more than one meter, and could only be regarded as a small beast, but this bite easily tore apart the protective clothing on Wang Hao's body, and most of his neck was torn off.

Wang Lei is a zoologist, he has studied all kinds of animals on the earth, even including some prehistoric creatures, listening to Sun Tao's inquiry, his face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "The creature just now is very similar to a kind of man-eating beast recorded in the ancient books of the pre-Qin Dynasty, this strange beast looks like an ape, has a pair of white ears, can walk upright like a human, moves quickly and agilely, and can eat people, its name is a raccoon." The creature that suddenly appeared just now was very similar to the strange beast recorded in this ancient book. According to ancient records, this strange beast called the beast is not only cannibalistic, but the most terrifying thing is that it is good at walking, fast and unguardable. ”

Sun Tao's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "Whether it is a strange beast recorded in ancient books or not, after all, it is just a beast, it dares to appear next time, I must let it taste the taste of our human bullets." ”

Speaking of this, he paused again, and continued: "Everyone check the ammunition stock separately, save some use, and don't shoot indiscriminately until it is absolutely necessary." ”

This underground world is becoming more and more terrifying, just bumped into a monitor lizard lair, there are a large number of mutated Komodo dragons living in it, and everyone has wasted a lot of bullets, no one knows what dangerous beasts exist next, although everyone has brought a lot of ammunition, but after all, the number is limited, no one knows how long it will take to find the Pisces jade pendant from now, Sun Tao has to be careful to let everyone save on it.

As for the dead Wang Hao, everyone couldn't take his body on the road together, so they could only bury it on the spot, Sun Tao was afraid that his body would be eaten by other beasts, so he called a few team members, carefully dug out a piece of rock from under these mushrooms, piled it up, and asked Zhang Shuang to put a locator on it, and when the mission was completed and returned, they decided to dig out Wang Hao's body again and take it out together for burial.

After everything is done, everyone is very tired, so they rest on the spot, eat some food and water, and replenish their body energy.

Everyone stayed away from the nest of the Komodo dragon, and after killing more than a dozen monitor lizards in a row before, the remaining monitor lizards did not catch up, and everyone took this opportunity to seize the time to rest for a while and recover their strength, because Wang Hao's death caused a certain amount of stimulation to everyone, the atmosphere became dull, and the team members who scattered all the armed around became more and more vigilant, and constantly used the searchlight on the helmet to scan the darkness around.

In the dark, from time to time, there are startled little beasts that rely on eating these colorful mushrooms for a living.

This unknown little beast didn't even know Wang Lei, and obviously belonged to an unknown species.

Zhang Shuang took the opportunity to rest and check important instruments, and some team members were also checking the guns and ammunition they were carrying.

Pang Yan was still looking around with her camera, taking photos that she thought were meaningful.

Zhou Kesheng used his rest time to unfold the map again, and discussed in a low voice with Li Zhibao, Hu Shengzhe, and Wang Weiguo.

Zhou Kesheng is the leader of this scientific expedition, Li Zhibao is an expert in ancient writing and ancient civilization, Hu Shengzhe is a geologist, and Wang Weiguo is an archaeologist, and the four of them can be said to be the core members of this scientific expedition team.