Chapter 23: The Protagonist

These toads stacked quickly next to the sarcophagus without the obstruction of wolves, and in a moment, the entire sarcophagus was completely covered by a swarm of toads.

"Liangzi, do you want to ...... We...... Let's go, this scene is so weird, I think it's dangerous! I said with a shudder as I retreated towards the wall.

"I also think it's weird, these toads certainly didn't live in the tomb later, it seems that their role is to protect the sarcophagus of the tomb and keep things in the tomb." Liang Zi also said as he moved towards the hole where the plug stone was blown open.

At this moment, the toad that had burrowed into the sarcophagus suddenly stood up from the sarcophagus.

Suddenly I was taken aback, and I wondered in my heart how these toads could stand so tall because they were so big and had a hard time crawling?

I took advantage of the faint candlelight to take a closer look, and a cold sweat ran down my back.

The shape of the toad standing up was exactly the shape of a person, to be exact, the clam attached to the corpse in the sarcophagus, and it was the corpse that stood up and cheated the corpse!

Suddenly, the two of us were stunned, and stood there motionless against the wall with daggers in hand.

But fortunately, the corpse didn't seem to find us, and it didn't mean to attack us, and slowly walked out of the sarcophagus, standing on the stone platform in front of the sarcophagus, making a harsh, but incomprehensible chanting sound, and this voice was so familiar.

I came back to my senses. I grass! Isn't this the chanting we hear in the dark just after we get out of the jar?

It turned out to be coming from here, and it somehow traveled to the amplified mountain above, and then to the mulberry forest, where the moths would follow the sound to mate in the mulberry forest.

It's a whole process that's been designed, no, it's a whole ritual!

Unexpectedly, thousands of years have passed after the death of the nut, and the use of these toads to manipulate people's thinking and actions has made this ritual continue, still thinking of benefiting future generations, which shows that the nut is really a mother of the world.

After a moment of chanting, Nut slowly walked back into the coffin and lay down in the sarcophagus, and then the toads began to slowly retreat, leaving the sarcophagus and crawling towards the edge of the walls around the burial chamber.

A "squeak" woke me up in a state of admiration for the ritual, and the sound of friction from the continuous movement of the stones, but this time the sarcophagus lid closed.

After a while, everything returned to its original scene, as if nothing had happened, and the candle in the southeast corner had changed back to its normal color at some point, indicating that everything was safe again.

"It's amazing, this sarcophagus, and these toads, the seamless connection is amazing!" After I took off my gas mask, I couldn't wait to make an exclamation!

Liang Zi also took off his gas mask, but ignored me, still turned on the flashlight, and walked cautiously towards the sarcophagus.

Although the tomb was lit by candlelight, Liang Zi still turned on the flashlight, and it seemed that he wanted to take a closer look at this wonderful sarcophagus. Thinking of this, I quickly followed!

The two of us walked around the sarcophagus for a long time, but we still couldn't find anything unusual, indicating that the mechanism for opening and closing the cover plate was set inside the sarcophagus, if you want to see the internal mechanism or the dignity of the nut, you must forcibly open the coffin, but after the coffin is opened, the toad will attach to it, so this setting is not only a ritual need, but also a way to protect the sarcophagus, which can indeed be described as exquisite.

"Uh......h Woo ......" A miserable cry startled Liang Zi and me!

I turned my head to see that the white wolf had woken up at some point, and it was roaring sadly next to the black wolf's corpse, and at the same time it had spotted us, and then the front half of its body slowly lowered its body, its hind limbs raised high, staring at the two of us with its red eyes hostile, a typical posture of a vicious wolf before pounce.

Does it think of us as the murderers of the black wolf?

"Cao Nima, this black wolf was bitten to death by yourself, and it has something to do with us?" I tried to communicate with it, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.

Who knew that before I could finish this sentence, the white wolf pounced with bared teeth and grinning.

Because its movements were so sudden, I didn't react at all, and the dagger on my waist was not drawn.

At this time, my mind was blank, and my brain didn't have time to control my body to make any kind of defensive action, so I just stupidly watched it bite at me.

At this moment, I heard the phrase "flash away", and I was knocked aside by a force.

I knew that Liang Zi must have seen that I didn't react and bumped into me and let me avoid the bite of the white wolf.

But because it was too sudden, I was knocked into the air, and in mid-air I saw the white wolf that pounced on Liang Zi's arm, and then "bang", there was a sharp pain in my head, I don't know where my head hit, and I don't know anything when my eyes are black.