Chapter 111: Crazy Mountains: Missing Fossils
Xia Ren called everyone in, and showed everyone the text message he had just found that he would have time to send.
The information contained in it is too unbelievable, if the real situation is indeed as Professor Fude said, then the tragic situation outside is very likely to be caused by the people inside the camp!
The idea was so terrible that everyone probably had speculation about it, but no one dared to say it.
The atmosphere in the tent was freezing cold, and the team members looked at Professor Qin, subconsciously wanting to get some instructions from him to break the current deadlock, but the latter was still in great grief and could not extricate himself, and now he was a little reluctant to stand.
Professor Qin came to the Wuji Ice Field, went through the wind and snow, and endured all the hardships, the only purpose was to confirm the safety of his wife, and finally they were about to meet, but in such a sudden situation, the heavens and people were separated, and this kind of blow was enough to destroy a person's hope of survival.
"We can't sit still, we have to investigate what's going on in the camp, and before it's completely dark, let's speed up the time! If it was because some kind of beast we didn't know about had attacked the camp, it might have been even more dangerous to wait until the evening! ”
For the first time, Xia Ren stood up and expressed his opinion.
The crowd looked at each other and lifted their spirits slightly.
Wen Yan echoed: "Yes! Everything has happened, and the people of the scientific research team can't be allowed to die like this! ”
No one dared to approach the pile of blood-colored skeletons outside, Xia Ren pulled a tent cloth and took the initiative to take on this task, temporarily covering the source of everyone's fear, this action also won the respect of the rest of the team, after all, it is always reassuring to have a bold person in the group.
Under Xia Ren's command, one of Professor Qin's students stayed with him, lest he not think of any accidents, and the rest of them each found something to take advantage of, such as an iron rod or something, and held it in the palm of their hands to defend themselves, and several people together nervously began to explore the situation in the base.
The bodies were all gathered together, no blood was found elsewhere, and the base was not large, and soon everyone regrouped to report what they had found.
"Judging from the traces, the research team lost a lot of things, but we couldn't determine what they were, and we also saw canned food boxes in one of the tents where food was supposed to be stored, and the cans had been opened in a strange way, as if they were torn by brute force, and all the food inside was gone."
"According to the information, the scientific research team brought two assembled aircraft to the base, but we only saw one, and the other one could not be found, but we saw traces of take-off in the snow next to it."
Could it be that there are survivors in the base?
Xia Ren couldn't help but think.
If someone did run out, it would be much more likely to be Professor Fudd.
"And fossil samples."
One of the team members said: "In the newsletter that the research team communicated with us, it was mentioned that they had found some huge fossil samples and had moved back to the base, but we didn't see any of them!" ”
"You can't run away on long legs, can you?"
The other team member said in a half-joking tone, wanting to ease the tension.
Everyone listened to it as a joke, but then they saw Xia Ren bow his head with an expression that seemed to be seriously considering this possibility.
"By the way, what about Wang Li and Qi Ming? Why didn't you see them? ”
Everyone looked to their side and found that there were indeed two people missing.
"Will it be ......?"
Before they could finish speaking, they heard a shout not far away: "Come and see, there's something strange here!" ”
"It's Wang Li's voice."
"Let's take a look!"
They walked out of the tent together, and Professor Qin had stabilized his mood a little and followed along.
On the snow dozens of meters away from the base, they saw something about half a meter high and shaped like a five-pointed star made of snow, and it seemed that something was buried underneath.
"Dig up!"
Xia Ren ordered, then took the initiative to find a tool and began to dig.
"Let's dig together."
Wen Yan said.
Due to the large number of people, they quickly dug up the snow and exposed the objects below.
"Isn't this the fossil found by the research team?"
One of the team members exclaimed.
A total of six deformed monsters that did not look complete were carefully buried in the snow in an upright position, and presented to everyone, and the organization of the five-pointed star on the top of the stone made them inexplicably afraid, even Xia Ren was no exception.
"Oops, just looking at this thing can pollute it!"
He was sure in an instant.
"Don't touch them!"
Xia Ren stopped a team member who wanted to touch it with his hand, and found a reason: "Have you forgotten the unsent text message in the base?" These fossils may contain ancient viruses that can cause madness! ”
When he said this, everyone was instantly frightened and took a step back, away from the fossils.
"But why are there only six of them? And if the research team buried them, why did they pile a five-pointed star on them? ”
Wen Yan wondered.
With insufficient information, Xia Ren couldn't answer his question, so he just said, "Cover them again first, and then look for other fossils nearby." ”
No one commented on his orders, and Xia Ren, with his extraordinary courage and calm temperament, had unknowingly succeeded Professor Qin as the new leader of the team.
Half an hour later, they had searched the base and a few hundred meters from the base, and found no other eight fossil samples.
Looking back, they found that Xia Ren had already lifted the tent cloth again, and was squatting there alone to study the skeleton.
"Why is he so bold?"
A member of the team said from a distance.
"I didn't expect him to be quiet and reliable at critical moments."
"By the way, don't you feel that there's something strange in the base? I always feel a chill in my back, as if someone is ......"
"I rely on you not to scare me!"
"Talk less!"
Wen Yan, as the oldest student under Professor Qin, still has a high status in the team, so he immediately stopped everyone and said, "If you can't help, at least find a place to set up two tents again, and then prepare dinner, everyone is hungry, tonight may not be calm, save your strength." ”
The tents in the base were all broken, and the cold wind was blowing inside, and if you slept in such a place at night, you would definitely freeze to death.
Moreover, it is getting dark.
Wen Yan saw that everyone had dispersed and began to get busy, and he looked back at Professor Qin, who was still unable to extricate himself from his grief, he seemed to have aged twenty years all of a sudden, and his whole person was haggard.
Sighing, Wen Yan looked at Xia Ren who was studying the corpse again, and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart, of course, if he wanted him to go to the corpse pile to help, he would never dare, so he could only shake his head and go over to set up a tent with everyone.
"No infected body has appeared."
Xia Ren took a breath of cold air with a strong smell of blood and put the skull in his hand down.
These bones were so clean that it was estimated that even the most skilled butcher could not do it, and it was certainly not human.
"It's not humans, then it's the eight missing fossils......"
A simple thread gradually became clear in my mind.
The scientific research team took these fossil-looking things outside without knowing the danger, but they were actually some sleeping monsters, these monsters polluted all the people in the base, causing their sanity to decline, and began to distort, and their words and deeds began to become weird, Professor Fude probably belonged to the kind of people with higher sanity or high pollution resistance, so they were not affected, or the degree of influence was shallow, so they found the anomaly in time, and wanted to notify the rescue team and go back quickly. However, before he could send the message, the monsters woke up and began to slaughter the research team, and Professor Fude fled the place in a panic and fled the place, where his whereabouts are still unknown.
In this way, most things were explained clearly, only the snow of the pentagram, he still didn't figure it out.
Could it be that it was actually a tomb where monsters were burying their companions?
If this is really the case, things are not ordinary troubles, and knowing how to bury their companions means that they have wisdom and even ...... Social system!
Xia Ren couldn't help but recall the mirage he saw in the morning, the boulder city, and the five-pointed star buildings that appeared in the city.
"How many secrets are still hidden from human beings in this world......"
The situation inside the Infinity Ice Sheet was not known to mankind until more than 60 years later.
That is, these monsters have always existed.
Just thinking about it, he felt a chill in his heart.
"Something is approaching the base!"
Wen Yan ran over and interrupted Xia Ren's association.
He immediately became alert and followed Wen Yan to the outside of the base.
It was half past four in the afternoon, and the sunlight cast from the ice clouds was extremely dim, and even more unbearable in the mountains, with visibility of less than 200 meters.
About four or five hundred meters away from them, a large black shadow was extremely conspicuous on the white snow, and it was rapidly approaching them!