Chapter 119: Worm Path
I was also taken aback when I first had this idea, I felt that I had changed so much, that I would not have even dared to think of this gambling temptation before, but now I am bent on turning it into reality.
The tomb was quiet, everyone was staring at me, especially Ah Chuan, his eyes were very strange, as if he was going to dissect me, there was no malice in his eyes, only a fanaticism full of interest.
"You can try." I don't know how long it took, Brother Shen spoke.
"Yes, we have to arrange a retreat, there is one at this cemetery crossing, and we will retreat to another fork in the road." Ah Chuan became serious again.
No one objected, I thought they would definitely oppose it, but I didn't expect these people to be so bold, we are like a group of outlaws, even dare to participate in such a gamble.
Just do it, we walked back along the way we came, there was a stone figurine at the entrance of the tomb, Ah Chuan turned on the flashlight again to make sure, there was a Gu King inside.
"Leave it to me, you go first." Brother Shen took the flashlight and said.
We didn't hesitate, we turned around and ran towards the graveyard we had passed, and ran dozens of meters away, we couldn't get too far away, otherwise we couldn't observe, and if there was really danger, a distance of dozens of meters was enough for us to escape.
Brother Shen's hand was very neat, he didn't bother at all, he raised his hand and pushed the stone figurine forward, his body quickly retreated, and he retreated seven or eight meters away in the blink of an eye.
"Bang!"
A heavy sound seemed to hit my heart, accompanied by the sound of liquid flowing, a "hiss" sounded, the spicy taste spread quickly, and I raised my hand to cover my mouth and nose.
Brother Shen's body was tense and ready to escape, the Gu King must have come out, it was behind that corner, we couldn't see it.
The "hiss" sound was decreasing, it must be heading towards the secret door, I was about to go up to take a look, but I saw that Brother Shen suddenly turned around, and his face was very bad.
"Let's go!"
He screamed and ran towards us quickly, I was stunned for a moment, only to see the Gu King's bone-like tentacles stretching out from the corner, and soon the whole body was exposed in front of my eyes, it stood upright, swaggering like a skeleton, it didn't hesitate at all, leaned over slightly and crawled towards us!
Lao Huang pulled me hard next to me, Brother Shen was already close in front of me, I turned around and ran, the spicy smell poured into my lungs, my chest was hot and painful, my mind was completely chaotic, our gamble failed, it didn't crawl to the secret door at all!
Why, why is this happening?!
This is not common sense at all, those two Gu Kings have obviously entered the secret door, why do they only choose to chase us? What the hell is going on here, what's so strange about it!
My head hurts and I feel dizzy, I feel something surging in my lungs, I cough and my mouth is filled with a fishy sweet smell, the Gu King can't climb fast, we quickly throw it far away, I can still hear the "hiss", it is still chasing us, like the footsteps of death.
There was another fork in the road ahead, one without a stone figurine, and one without a Gu King in the stone figurines, I saw Ah Chuan's footsteps pause, and he quickly squeezed past the stone figurines.
"Hey, you're on the wrong track!" Lao Huang screamed.
Ah Chuan didn't look back, Xiao Qi also squeezed over, Lao Huang didn't ask again, and ran over, I understand Ah Chuan's thoughts, the place where the two Gu Kings disappeared was not in the secret door, he was verifying whether the Gu King would climb to the place where they disappeared.
This move is too risky, it is intricate here, the Gu King may not necessarily choose which way, if it is really chasing us, we can only flee along the wrong path, and it is very likely to get lost again.
This time the bet was too big, we were cutting ourselves off, I regret it very much, why did I release the Gu King.
We ran along the graveyard for a few dozen meters, Ah Chuan stopped, he crossed us and squeezed to the front, I could barely see the situation in front of the two people, I could only hear the "hiss" sound approaching, it was teasing my nerves, my fingertips were trembling slightly unconsciously.
The Gu King is here!
The spicy smell became stronger, and I saw a constantly shaking shadow behind the stone figurines, and it reached a fork in the road, on one side was the road without stone figurines, and on the other side was us, and I imagined myself to be it, and if it were me, I would definitely choose to bite this group of intruders to death.
I unconsciously held my breath, the tomb was very silent, Brother Shen turned off the flashlight, it was dark ahead, I couldn't see anything, my heart was pounding in my chest, and there was a dull pain in my lungs.
Just a few seconds were like a century, the "hiss" sound was decreasing, and the spicy smell was not as strong as Fang Cai, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the Gu King didn't chase us anymore, it entered another tomb.
Ah Chuan actually made the right bet.
I'm a little depressed, I'm really not suitable for gambling, I failed once or twice, gambling is all about luck, my luck is bad.
"Let's go, let's take a look." Ah Chuan turned to look at me and smiled, his eyes full of playfulness.
"I'll just go by myself, you go back to the secret door and wait, be careful."
Brother Shen took another ordinary flashlight, rushed out without waiting for us to refute it, and disappeared at the fork in the road in the blink of an eye.
"Is it okay for him to just go like this?" I subconsciously wanted to keep up.
Ah Chuan grabbed me and showed his signature smile: "If something happens to him, we will die if we go, believe him." ”
I could see that the Gu King's little flashlight was taken away by Brother Shen, and we couldn't go even if we wanted to, Ah Chuan took us back to the secret door again, and the corpse liquid in the distance was still flowing, emitting a bad smell.
We sat in the tomb hallway, seven or eight meters away from the secret door, this Gu King is likely to enter it as well, I don't know what impact it will have if it enters, there may be other monsters in the secret door, we must be cautious.
Waiting is even more uncomfortable than walking by yourself, my mouth is full of blood, I can't get good after drinking a few sips of water, Lao Huang's stomach "growls", I saw him quickly raise his eyes and look at Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi ignored him at all, her eyes have been fixed on the secret door.
Lao Huang began to gnaw on beef, I also felt very hungry, tore open a bag, and the beef in my mouth was like dry firewood, with the smell of blood, and the smell of corpse liquid was still stimulating me, I was nauseous for a while, and I couldn't eat it at all.
Ah Chuan leaned against the tomb and closed his eyes and took a nap, I looked into the depths of the tomb from time to time, Brother Shen didn't make a sound at all, I don't know where the Gu King would go, whether he would be attacked.
Now it's really like a year, the nerves in my whole body are tense, and I can't sit still, Brother Shen has been gone for a long time, there is no footsteps in the tomb, and the secret door has not reacted at all.
Lao Huang also took a nap by the tomb, he was so relaxed that he was not worried at all, Xiao Qi was still watching the secret door, she was sitting closest to the secret door, if there was any situation, she would definitely be the first to jump.
It's a pity that her sword has been lost, and now it looks weird with Brother Shen's sapper shovel, I still think that sword suits her, and she has the heroic appearance of the heroine.
Time was ticking, and I felt like hours had passed, and before God had returned, I stood up and sat down, repeating it several times.
Ah Chuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight at me: "It's only been less than half an hour, what are you nervous about?" ”
It's been less than half an hour? I was stunned for a moment, Ah Chuan really didn't sleep, but what he said was too accurate, in this kind of place, even if I concentrated, I couldn't judge the length of time.
I didn't look at him anymore, and I also set my eyes on the secret door, if the Gu King really had something to do with the mechanism of the secret door, then the secret door would definitely open before Brother Shen returned.
The truth is the opposite of what I thought, the secret door has not been opened, but there are footsteps in the tomb first, everyone stood up, Brother Shen is back, he ran back.
He was unharmed, and I breathed a sigh of relief: "How's it going?" ”
Brother Shen took the sapper shovel from Xiao Qi's hand and inserted it directly into the secret door: "The mechanism has been opened a long time ago, and we are too late." ”
"What do you mean? What about the Gu King? "I didn't get it at all.
"There is a worm passage near the exit of the tomb, in a depression at the top of the tomb, it is sealed with metal, and the Gu King melts the metal shell by his body, and there is an empty passage inside, which is very narrow and can only allow insects to pass through."
"So that worm path leads directly to the secret door, and the mechanism that opens the secret door is inside?" Ah Chuan looked excited, "Is the will still there when people die, what a genius." ”
I don't know what to say, this ingenious design is something I can't have imagined in my life, the mechanism we worked so hard to find turned out to be in the door, and a few ordinary people dared to release the Gu King, the ingenious design of one ring after another made this place a strong fortress, except for those in the know, who else could open the tomb door?
The wisdom of the ancients made me embarrassed, I was really eye-opening, Lao Huang frowned beside him, looking incredible.
"Those two Gu Kings have already entered, the metal shell has long been corroded, this secret door has been opened before, and the mechanism made according to the corrosive nature of the Gu King must be a one-time one, so ......"
Brother Shen stopped halfway through speaking, his eyes fixed on the sapper shovel.
I see, I immediately thought of the loud noise we heard when we first entered the tomb, it must have been that time, when the secret door was already open, but we were far away from it, and we heard the sound of it falling, but we didn't think of what it meant.
The voice didn't appear a second time in the back, so I left it behind, and now when I listen to Brother Shen, all the weirdness is connected.
It's a pity that there is no mechanism, we can only enter by brute force, and the three sapper shovels are all * into it, I am a little apprehensive, no one knows how heavy this stone gate is, and we are probably not strong enough.
Ah Chuan and I were squeezed to the back, Brother Shen and they began to press down with a sapper shovel, the stone gate was too heavy, I saw that the sapper shovel handle was bent up, Brother Shen and Xiao Qi were frowning, Lao Huang's face was flushed, and the beads of sweat on his forehead kept rolling down.