Chapter 24: Gathering
The golden light covered Xie Qian's pupils like a layer of mist, and the frequent use of the Buddha's pupil ability in the past few days made his talent begin to transform, and a ring of pale golden pupils appeared around the black pupils.
"Hey, there is a mechanism outside that pyramid to enter inside, those two Predators have already entered the inside of the pyramid, it's really strange, the outside of the pyramid is a layer of steps, why don't they take the steps!" Xie Qian said with some confusion.
"Maybe there is a take-off and landing device inside the pyramid to quickly reach the top of the tower, or maybe there are defensive ......mechanisms on the steps outside the pyramid," Xu Mo shrugged his shoulders, the artificial intelligence database on his mask did not have the details of the hunting platform.
It is quite possible that the Predators did not write down the secrets of the Pyramid Hunting Table, but only passed them on by word of mouth, as a racial tradition that could only be passed down by word of mouth.
Many of Xu Mo's behaviors in this world are inadvertently in line with the Predator's traditions, but this does not mean that Xu Mo is really a Predator, and he does not have any racial inheritance left to him by the Predator's predecessors.
Not long after the Predator entered the pyramid, the three Blakeneys from the other direction also came to the front of the pyramid. Before Blakeney reached this place, he had already killed a number of beetle aliens on the way and completed the trial mission. However, upon completion of the trial, Alpha and Deng Kai forced the boy to accept another contract, delaying his return.
This is because the two farmers are afraid that after Blakeney returns to the space ahead of schedule, if they are directly absorbed into the team by a certain team, then the newcomer information in their hands will lose its value, and their investment in Blakeney will be lost.
The trio, who did not have the ability to detect, did not see the two stealthy Predators, and the mechanism needed to be opened to enter the pyramid, so Blakeney and his party circled the pyramid for a week, and did not see the external entrances and exits, so they began to climb along the steps to the top of the pyramid.
The steps at the base of the pyramid are very high, all made of boulders up to two meters high, and the higher the pyramid, the smaller the rocks are piled up, and the height of the steps drops to about one meter beyond the waist of the pyramid, and the steps at the top are less than 30 centimeters.
"Not good!" Looking at the three Blakeneys who were struggling to climb the steps, Xu Mo's mind suddenly flashed, his face changed greatly, and he immediately stood up from his hiding place and rushed towards the three Blakeneys.
Xie Qian was first startled by Xu Mo's movements, and then as if he had thought of something, his face became ugly. It stands to reason that since the hunting table is the altar used by the Predators for sacrificial sacrifices, then for them, it is at least a relatively sacred place, and there should be no traps installed on it, or any battles taking place on it.
This thought was taken for granted by Xu Mo and Xie Qian, who were human beings, but they had obviously forgotten what kind of race the Predator was. For a race that lives by fighting and hunting, what exactly do they sacrifice to their spiritual beliefs?
In ancient times, human beings used wine, meat, melons and fruits as sacrifices on the altar, whether it was rice and wine, planting vegetables and fruits, breeding chickens, ducks and fish, all of which were the income of human labor engaged in production, and used the best behavior of the race as a sacrifice to spiritual beliefs.
So what is the best behavior of the Predator, a cosmic race? Naturally, it was fighting and hunting, and offering the spoils of one's hunting on the altar was one part of the sacrifice, and the other part was naturally fighting.
Perhaps there are traps and defenses inside the pyramid, but this defense mechanism is obviously intended to block outsiders from entering, and it is of little use to the Predator who is familiar with the mechanism, which means that the Predator did not enter the pyramid to fight.
If there was no battle inside the pyramid, then the battle prepared by the Predator for the sacrifice was clearly on the steps of the outer pyramid climb. If it was an ordinary battle, Xu Mo didn't plan to show up, and this kind of battle was also a kind of training for Blakeney. However, now that there is a Black Iron plot-level mission on the hunting platform, it is too dangerous for Blakeney.
As if to confirm the thoughts of Xu Mo and the others, after the three of Blakeney climbed several steps two meters high, the bottom step turned over on the surface of the stone slab, revealing countless sharp blades, and every once in a while, a step would turn into a knife board, gradually approaching the three Blakeney.
At the same time, after each step of the three Blakeneys, some white dust erupted from the tiny holes on the surface of the steps, covering the three of them. At first, these dusts were only regarded as dust by a few people, and they didn't care too much, but as soon as the amount of dust increased, the three of them gradually smelled a sweet and greasy fragrance.
As these scents spread, a dark cloud-like shadow appeared in the sky, rushing towards the pyramid. At this time, Xu Mo and Xie Qian finally rushed to the bottom of the pyramid, but the three of Blakeney had climbed to a height of more than 100 meters, and they became three small dots in their field of vision, maybe they could see Xu Mo and the two, but they could definitely not hear what they were shouting.
"Alpha, look over there!" As a long-range gunner, Deng Kai's eyesight is very good, and he has seen clearly what the dark cloud-like black shadow in the sky is.
These black shadows, Deng Kai and Alpha had encountered in the jungle, were small birds of prey resembling harrier eagles, with a ferocious temperament, social creatures, and once attacked, they would bombard targets in groups endlessly. Despite its small size, it is at the top of the creature chain in this jungle.
"There is no way back, let's speed up, maybe there is an entrance to the top of the pyramid to enter the pyramid, there are too many of these things to stop and fight!" Alpha looked at the steps below that had turned into a mountain of knives and smiled bitterly.
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"The blades on these steps are very sharp, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with them, let's go into the pyramids!" Xie Qian sucked on the cut wound on his finger.
"Forensic doctor, you go and hide in the jungle, I'm going to climb up!" Xu Mo's face turned green, and he said in a firm tone.
"I'm a soldier and can understand your actions!" Xie Qian was silent for a moment and sighed, "The mission requires me to enter the pyramid, but I'm afraid I'll be a drag on you by your side." Now, you help me open the entrance to the pyramid, and I can figure out a way from the inside, and maybe I can find a mechanism that will allow you to enter through the outer steps of the pyramid! ”
Xu Mo turned his head, glanced at Xie Qian deeply, didn't speak again, walked to the mechanism where the two Predators had entered the pyramid just now, and put his palm up. A portal silently cut through the massive rock face, revealing a dark tunnel within.
"Take care! We'll see you later! Xie Qian showed a handsome smile, waved his hand at Xu Mo, and strode into the tunnel with the medical kit.
As Xie Qian entered the pyramid, the rock portal closed silently again. Xu Mo turned his head and looked at the knife mountain on the steps, and the area around his scarlet pupils slowly began to congest.
At this time, not only was the eagles in the sky approaching the three of Blakeney, but the jungle around the pyramid also began to sound with a rustling sound. The Beetle Alien has finally cleared the jungle high-end predators near the hunting platform and has begun to occupy the last empty space in the jungle. Above the beetle-shaped woods, three figures weaved through the trees at high speed, less than two kilometers away from the hunting platform.