Chapter Seventy-One: Encounter the Living Dead Again
It can melt meteorites and dig tunnels.
Could it be that this is really what Lin Miao said before, the prototype of the red-haired monster?
At this time, Lin Miao chased after him, and when he saw that the red-haired monster was about to flee from the rock wall, he quickly made a move, grabbed the tail, and pulled it out at once.
Yikes!
The red-haired monster screamed like a baby, and its sound was piercing and painful for the eardrums.
Yan Xiaoying saw Lin Miao pull the red-haired monster out of the wall, and threw out the corpse rope again, this time it did not escape, and was entangled in the corpse rope all of a sudden.
The red-haired monster struggled to escape, but the corpse rope was not an ordinary rope, and it could really break free easily?
What's more, at this time, Lin Miao had already arrived, and the scimitar in his hand did not hesitate to slash towards the back of the red-haired monster.
Although the body of the red-haired monster was covered with hard hair, the scimitar in Lin Miao's hand was not ordinary, it was as sharp as clay, and it made a hole in the monster's back at once.
Suddenly, liquid gushed out from the monster's wound, not red blood, but a blue liquid that looked exactly the same color as the surrounding meteorites.
The liquid dripped to the ground, and the jade rock wall suddenly dissolved like ice meeting fire, and just a small drop of liquid dissolved into a fist-sized, bottomless deep hole.
It seems that the monster was able to create so many tunnels inside the meteorite because of the liquid in its body, which has a strong corrosive effect on the meteorite, but is ineffective against other objects.
The reason for this conclusion is that I had just touched the body of the red-haired monster, and it was also stained with that strange liquid, but there were no other symptoms other than nausea.
The pain was so sharp that the monster screamed again, but the struggle was much less.
In comparison, I don't think the prototype red-haired monster is as powerful as the human-mutated red-haired monster.
But even so, I still saw a claw-cut wound on Lin Miao's arm, and he was not safe and sound when he was entangled with the red-haired monster just now.
"Just now, this thing has been digging a tunnel in front of us, taking us in circles!" Lin Miao put away her knife and stood, looked at me and Yan Xiaoying, and said slightly out of breath.
"I see, I just said why can't I get out all the time."
I got up from the ground, looked at the countless pinholes in the clothes on my body, and frowned, "This thing is too cunning, let's follow the path it dug up, trying to consume us alive in it." ”
I walked over and took the corpse rope from Yan Xiaoying's hand, and looked at the red-haired monster in front of me who was tied up by the corpse rope and couldn't escape, and was secretly surprised.
Like a monkey, but not too much, with sharp black claws, how can such a strange creature be in the world?
"With this kind of thing, we don't have to be afraid of those nematodes anymore."
Lin Miao once again regained his ancient and waveless complexion, and said faintly: "One thing descends one thing, although the nematode is terrifying, it cannot parasitize in the body of this kind of thing. On the contrary, the red-haired monster feeds on the nematode, and where it is, the nematode will not appear, which is why we have not seen the nematode appear just now. ”
He paused, and then said, "This red-haired monster is very cunning and treacherous, but very timid, it dug up the tunnel to attract people in, and then sealed the tunnel and sealed the person in it completely. Although it is not as brutal as the red-haired monster parasitic mutated by the wireworm, it is not as weird as it is. ”
Lin Miao told me that almost half of the original Gaoshan people were killed by this kind of thing, and they were like zombies, and they liked to suck the brains of people and animals.
The material of the meteorite is very special, and the hardness is comparable to that of diamond, and it is difficult to explode even with explosives. However, the fluid secreted by this organism can easily dissect meteorites.
They lure their prey into the meteorite, then seal the exit, or seal it in a fixed space, or dig a complex maze of tunnels to let the prey run and find a way out, using all the strength of the prey.
When the prey is about to breathe, they will appear, use their sharp claws to lift the head of the prey, and suck the brain marrow.
Lin Miao said it very truthfully, as if she had seen it with her own eyes. Looking at the sharp claws of the red-haired monster in front of me, and thinking of the horrific scene when it sucked the human brain, goosebumps all over my body rose.
This monster doesn't look good, I can't imagine it can be so terrifying.
"I see, just now you must have noticed that there were no nematodes around, and then you thought that there might be such a monster in front of you." Yan Xiaoying nodded, for Lin Miao, she showed appreciation for the first time.
"It's just a coincidence, if you hadn't arrived in time, I wouldn't have been able to catch it alone." Lin Miao said lightly.
"Now that we've caught this monster, that is, we can let it dissolve the meteorite and get out?" I was pleasantly surprised, even a little incredulous.
"Yes, this thing is cunning, but it is extremely timid, and we can drive it to open the way for us."
"So what are you waiting for? I don't want to stay in this kind of place for a moment. ”
As I spoke, I pulled the rope that tied the corpse, and sure enough, as Lin Miao said, this thing was very timid, and after being slashed, it didn't resist again.
At this moment, the red-haired monster, like a loyal hound, shook his head and tail at us, and looked at me a little unbearable with a gesture of pleasing his master.
Moreover, it was very wise, and when it saw me pulling the rope that tied the corpse, it immediately understood, and drilled into the tunnel of the rock wall that had dissolved before.
The next moment, I saw the strange scene of it dissolving the meteorite again, the red hair outside its body overflowed with a viscous/thick blue liquid, and when it touched the meteorite, the meteorite quickly dissolved, very fast.
We followed the road it dug up, and in a short time we walked out of dozens of meters, which was amazing.
"Be careful, be sure to hold the rope firmly, it is more cunning than a wolf, and will not miss any chance to escape." Lin Miao followed behind me and reminded me in a deep voice, "Besides...... There's more than just one monster in this place. ”
I nodded, tightened my grip on the rope, and finally tied my arms altogether.
Watching the red-haired monster dissolve the turquoise meteorite, this strange phenomenon; It feels very unreal, like a dream.
During this time, we encountered a lot of nematodes, but without exception, when we encountered the red-haired monsters, they all escaped. There were even a few nematodes caught by it and put it in their mouths to chew for a while, and the scene made me sick to my stomach.
Speaking of nausea, I feel very hungry, and I don't know how long it has been since I came here, and in this kind of place, there is no way to know exactly how time has passed.
Moreover, the communication tools that Yan Xiaoying and I were carrying had already fallen off when we encountered the golden python in the water prison.
Now we only carry the fruit of the ghost lantern and the rope of the mountain whip to tie the corpse, but in addition to this, the things we brought with us, including food, have been lost or thrown away.
Because of the red-haired monster leading the way, this time we didn't spend much effort, and after walking a distance of about 300 meters, the blue meteorite "popped" and was punctured by the red-haired monster like paper.
Beyond the meteorite is the underground burial lake, and we thought that the moment the passage was broken, there would be a flow of water pouring in, and we were ready to be swept away by the waves.
But what we never expected was that the imagined scenario did not appear.
What unfolds in front of us is a meteorite interior space the size of a basketball court, which is oval in shape and seems to be the center point of the whole meteorite.
The red light in front of me was neon, reflecting the originally blue meteorites around me into blood red, and the strange floral fragrance was mixed with a disgusting stench, which was very similar to the smell of ghost oil burning in the Evergreen Temple for the first time.
For a moment, I even wondered if I had returned to the ghost place under the jade altar that was covered with ghost lanterns.
Apparently...... It's me who thinks too much.
"It's them!"
At this time, Yan Xiaoying said in a deep voice: "The five living dead who first entered here with ghost lanterns, they actually came here. ”
I followed her gaze and saw five decomposing corpses in front of me, and the clothes on their bodies were the same five living dead we had seen outside the corridor earlier.
They have been poisoned by the flower poison of the ghost lantern, and in fact their bodies have died, and only a spirit remains in their bodies under the effect of the flower poison.
But at this moment, the so-called living dead all fell to the ground.
They also carried ghost lanterns in their hands, from which the red light was reflected, and the first thing we smelled in the scent of flowers was from their rotting bodies.
We cautiously approached and found a group of five people, almost all of whom were dead. Their skulls were lifted open, revealing the rotting marrow within, and countless pupae wriggling brains.
"It must have been the red-haired monster who did it!"
I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only to feel my stomach tumbling and extremely nauseous, and said in a deep voice: "Those red-haired monsters wanted to suck their brain marrow, but when I opened their heads, I found that their brain marrow was already rotten and smelly, so I didn't suck it." ”
As soon as my voice fell, the three of them immediately looked around vigilantly.
The surrounding rock walls are transparent and bright, except for the passage where we came out first, there are no other roads leading here, let alone the rest of the red-haired monsters.
However, in the center of this space, there is a long stone table shaped like a coffin, and the material of the table is not similar to the surrounding meteorite, although it is white, but it is not transparent.
"This place...... How does it look familiar? ”
Looking at the coffin-like square stone table, I suddenly felt familiar, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen it.
"Tianyan, have you forgotten those reliefs we saw earlier on the fifth floor of the stone tower? The last few of those reliefs, one of which is the scene of the leader of the men in black coming to a strange space to pick three-life grass, isn't this the scene? ”
After being reminded by Yan Xiaoying, I suddenly woke up, and the square stone table in front of me was the place where the three-life grass grew in the relief.
The only difference is that this space is much larger than what we have seen in the reliefs before, and there are not many wire parasites floating around, so I can't remember it for a while.
Unexpectedly, the ghost sent the god to bring us to such a place......