Chapter 605: Stones, Necklaces, and Rings
"Baker and I have been nervous since we saw the shadow on the tent, we don't know what kind of monster that thing is, where it comes from, what it will do to us, I have been hunting with those Inuit, and I have also had the illusion that I know enough about this ice field, but the Inuit shaman always says to be in awe of nature, because you don't know how many secrets are buried in this world, I have always disagreed with this sentence in the past, But it was only after that night that I realized how shallow my previous knowledge was. ”
"If it weren't for this expedition, I would never have known that there were such terrible creatures in this world, and the most important thing is that I don't know how to deal with it, its tentacles move quickly, once it is entangled, it is a dead end, but long-range attack bullets don't seem to do much damage to it, and there is a blizzard as a cover, it is like it has no weakness, every time we come we can only gamble on luck, but luck can't always favor us, We don't know who will be the victim when it comes back next time.
"It's not just us, I can feel a little panic on the scientist's side, the geologist and the meteorologist have gone to Mr. Tym one after another, hoping to stop the expedition immediately and return to Nuuk, but like me, their request was also denied, but the couple of theologians seemed the most calm, no, it may not be accurate to describe them with the word calm, I don't know if it was my delusion, the woman's expression was actually a little excited, she and her man had been talking about something, But they were in Chinese, and no one in the expedition knew what they were talking about except for the two of them.
"I couldn't understand what they were saying, but my gut told me that they were probably the few people on the expedition who really knew what was going on, especially given who they were, and what was happening before us was clearly beyond the scope of scientific explanation, and perhaps only theology could be found out.
"My English can only communicate some simple things, and I haven't reached the level where I can communicate fluently with people, so I asked Dr. Baker to contact them, hoping to get some information from them, and I don't expect to find a way to deal with that monster from them, at least I have to die to understand, but what I didn't expect was that the doctor came back in the evening and actually brought me a surprise.
"It was a small, inconspicuous oval pebble with a five-pointed star carved on it, and in the center of the five-pointed star was a somewhat mysterious eye, which the doctor said was called the Old Seal, and it had a mysterious power on it, which might protect us from the monster.
"To be honest, I was a little skeptical at first, because I didn't know how a mediocre pebble could stand up to that terrible monster, but considering our situation at the time, it was like a drowning person, and we needed to hold on to everything we could, and strange to say, I don't know if it was my delusion, when I clung to that pebble and fell asleep at night, I didn't have any more nightmares.
"Although I was awakened in the middle of the night by the dreams of the doctor beside me, the next morning he told me that he had another terrible dream, of a huge city with huge stone pillars, hieroglyphs all over the walls, and green everywhere gooey substance that filled the city.
When he woke up, the doctor seemed a little distraught, and Mr. Taim, seeing that he was not in good spirits, came to comfort him and let him rest in the camp for a day, but the others still went out to search as before, except for the soldiers who did not change their expressions and only knew how to carry out orders, and some of the rest were in a state of panic, except for the couple of Chinese theologians who were still in high spirits.
"I asked to be in a team with them because of the rocks, so that I could feel safer, but Mr. Tam rejected me, saying that I was the guide in the team, and that the person who was most familiar with the ice field should take on more responsibilities, so I had to continue with two retired soldiers, and then we limited the search area to the area where the fossils were found, and broke the ice with drills and explosives.
"We didn't get much for the next week, though, so I told the doctor that the stones could prevent nightmares, and we rotated them to make sure we had a good night's sleep for two days, and our spirits got a little better, until a week later, we lost a squad.
"It was a team led by a geologist, and there were three retired soldiers besides him, but in the end only one escaped from that terrible snowstorm, and everyone was silent at dinner in the evening, because many people realized that if this continued, it might not be long before the entire expedition would be wiped out."
"As a result, I didn't expect that just when everyone was down, the monster appeared again, and this time it didn't summon a blizzard to cover itself, so it rushed towards us, and I saw it clearly for the first time, I was completely frightened, although I had heard the doctor describe its appearance before, and I had seen its shadow on the tent, but when I saw its body, I still felt that there was no more terrifying creature in this world.
"Even the demons from hell described in the Bible are not as ugly and disgusting as it, I was so frightened that I stood there completely, I felt that a little finger could not move, especially when I found out that its target was me, the whole person was scared stupid, fortunately, the doctor next to me reacted quickly, took out the pebble from his pocket, today it was his turn to take that thing, he put the pebble in front of me, and the next moment a miracle happened, I saw that the ugly monster stopped, Then he rushed towards the Chinese couple instead.
Then the two of them unhurriedly took out a necklace and a ring, one with the same pattern as the stone, and the other carved with a string of branches, and the monster turned around again and rushed towards a retired soldier next to him, who shot at it, but as before, the bullet did not do much to it, and the monster caught him and brutally pierced his heart with his tentacles.
"Then the monster began to look for a new target, and it set its sights on Mr. Tem, and at that moment I felt that Mr. Tam was our head, so it adjusted its strategy and decided to kill Mr. Tam first."