Chapter 44: Xia Long's Sacrifice
The tremors became more and more violent, and cracks began to appear on the stone statue of the Demon Buddha, and the lizardmen seemed to sense the danger and ran upwards one after another.
Now that he knew that the lizardmen were afraid of him, An Ran stretched out his head to look up, and found that the lizardmen had gathered on top of the Buddha statue. Behind the Buddha statue is a rock wall, and the lizardman climbs up the rock wall and burrows into a flat hole.
There must be an exit!
An Ran turned back to everyone and said, "The Buddha statue is not steep, I'll open the way to block the lizard, you follow me!" ”
The Buddha statue has cracked and may collapse at any time, An Ran didn't have time to talk nonsense, so he hurried to the top of the Buddha statue.
With his previous experience, Enron's approach has become quite skillful. Soon come to the head of the Buddha statue and lower the rope to pull the others up.
On the rock wall behind him, because the lizardmen came and went, the sharp claws had left a lot of holes on it, and it was completely possible to climb up.
This kind of unprotected climbing is very dangerous, and a small mistake can kill you. But when there is no way out, the potential is huge.
After An Ran pulled a few people up, he tied a rope around his waist and took the lead in climbing the rock wall, moving quickly towards the flat hole.
Climbing the flat cave, An Ran was pleased to find that this cave is not straight up and down, but has a certain slope. The caves are full of traces left by the sharp claws of the lizardmen, and they can climb with their hands and feet, which is much less labor-saving than rock climbing.
"Good news, this hole is easy to lie down!"
An Ran shouted that he had already sent the rope down, although he couldn't pull it hard, but this would at least make it a lot easier for the people below.
Xia Long glanced up from below, and couldn't help laughing: "This kid is a veteran!" ”
Wang Shengli smiled and said, "To be honest, he doesn't have as much experience as me, but this is the first time he has participated in an adventure." ”
"Really?" Xia Long was a little incredulous: "Why do you look more like a novice?" ”
“……”
Wang Shengli was speechless for a while, Xia Long said this, can he still chat happily?
Xia Bing and Xia Long went up first, and after Wang Shengli broke it, they were much faster with a rope to borrow.
The three of them had just gone up, and the huge space below was full of red light. An Ran looked down and saw that the magma in the deep ditch rolled up under the action of the earthquake, and immediately ignited the forest of "a tree into a forest", and the flames soared into the sky.
"Let's go!"
An Ran said and took the lead to climb up. Now they have no choice but to suffocate to death because they run out of oxygen.
At the moment of life and death, no one is ambiguous.
After all, Xia Long is now in his seventies, but he also worked hard to climb up quickly with the help of Wang Shengli and Xia Bing.
I don't know how long I climbed, but An Ran felt the temperature drop before looking back, and the place at the entrance of the cave was red. However, if the magma does not continue to rise, it should not burn up.
After climbing up for a while, An Ran was pleasantly surprised to find that there were some holes in the rock walls on both sides, where you could take a short rest, drink saliva and then continue to lie down.
He quickly climbed up to the entrance of the cave, found that the hole was not small, and quickly leaned down and pulled the three of them up.
The four of them sat at the entrance of the cave and drank some water.
An Ran looked down and was relieved to find that the magma had not come up.
At this time, I felt someone pat me on the shoulder, and I turned my head to see that it was Xia Long. Xia Long's expression was a little strange, although he patted him with his hand, his eyes looked at the opposite rock wall, and his expression was very solemn.
An Ran followed his gaze, and saw that on both sides of the flat hole, it was densely packed with such small caves.
This flat exit was originally carved by the lizardmen, and the caves in these rock walls naturally did not form naturally. There is only one possibility, and these caves were also carved out by the lizardmen.
But why did the lizardmen dig so many caves?
Suddenly thinking of something, An Ran's back was cold.
Before he could speak, there was a "hissing" sound from the cave behind him, which was very familiar and made everyone's faces change drastically.
"Oh no, this is the lizardman's lair, get out of here!"
An Ran shouted, and had already gotten up and climbed up, but when he looked up, he saw that in the holes above, the lizardmen had poked their heads out to look at them.
The lizardman's green eyes shone brightly, as if they had seen food, and they were full of greed.
For a while, An Ran's ears were full of the "hissing" cries of lizardmen.
"I'll get out of the way, you guys keep up!"
Safely rushed out and continued to climb up the flat exit passage. The lizardmen were afraid of Enron, and immediately retracted their heads when they saw Enron approaching.
But as soon as they climbed through the holes, they stuck their heads out again.
Although they are afraid of Enron, they are not afraid of others, and the food that has been delivered to their mouths seems unwilling to give up like this.
After walking through the holes, the lizards all lay down at the entrances of the caves, looking at each other, as if they were hesitating.
Suddenly, a lizard man rushed out of the cave and pounced on Xia Bing at the back. When the other lizardmen saw that someone was taking the lead, they immediately pounced together.
The lizardman's claws scratched at the rocks, making a piercing sound, accompanied by a "hissing" sound in his mouth, which made his brain hurt.
There are many, many caves on it, and An Ran wants to go down to drive away the lizardmen, but he is worried that the lizardmen above will rush down. After weighing it, An Ran felt that he could only rush forward, get out of the lizardman's lair as soon as possible, and then find a way to help the people below.
However, the lizardmen crawled on the rock wall much faster than them, and soon caught up with Xia Bing at the back.
Seeing that a lizard man was about to grab Xia Bing's leg, a big foot suddenly appeared and kicked the lizard man in the face. The lizardman was kicked back, its claws making long marks on the rock before it stopped falling.
Xia Bing saw that it was her grandfather Xia Long.
In fact, Xia Bing still had a hard time accepting this fact, after all, Luo Xianfeng was really good to her when he was pretending to be her grandfather, which made it difficult for her to accept it after learning the truth.
Because of this, Xia Bing and Xia Long had almost no communication along the way.
At this moment, Xia Bing knew that the only ones who could save her at the moment of life and death could only be her relatives.
But before she could speak, Xia Long pushed her hard and urged, "Hurry up!" ”
Xia Bing had no choice but to continue to climb up, although Xia Long was already old, he had been with the lizards for the past fifty years, and in the depths of the ground, he had exercised a good body that was unimaginably cruel.
In order to protect his granddaughter, he switched to the last one.
However, the lizardman was too fast, and he didn't climb a few steps before catching up again. No way, crawling on the rock wall, they can't outrun the lizardmen.
Seeing the lizard people getting closer and closer, Xia Long suddenly stopped.
Xia Bing found that Xia Long didn't follow, so he looked back at Xia Long in surprise and asked, "Grandpa, what are you going to do?" Climb fast! ”
Xia Long showed a kind smile and said softly: "In this life, I can hear my granddaughter call me grandpa, I am satisfied!" ”
"Don't!" Xia Bing realized what Xia Long was going to do, his eyes suddenly wet, and he reached out to grab Xia Long, but the distance was too far.
I watched Xia Long slowly close his eyes, leave the rock wall with both hands, jump forward, fall down, and smash on the pursuing lizardman.
"Don't-"
In Xia Bing's hoarse shout, the lizardmen swarmed up and instantly engulfed Xia Long. All the lizardmen fought desperately, leaving no regard for the other three.
The shouts were still echoing in the flat exit passage, and Xia Bing couldn't cry anymore.
An Ran saw this scene above, and his heart ached, but in this case, he was helpless.
"Don't let the old man sacrifice in vain, give me a quick climb!"
An Ran shouted, gritted his teeth and continued to climb up. Wang Shengli dragged Xia Bing and said, "An Ran is right, don't let the old man sacrifice in vain!" ”
Xia Bing wiped away a handful of tears and continued to climb up.