Chapter 15: The Corpse

Lu Ming and the three of them cautiously began to move forward in the tunnel, and only then did they gradually take the scenes inside into their eyes one by one. www.biquge.info The whole tunnel is a round arch type, the interior is very dark, it is impossible to move forward without relying on the light of the flashlight, the rock walls on both sides of the tunnel are about ten meters apart, it seems very spacious, the top is uneven, there are often stones stretched out, but on the whole it is relatively high, at least normal people do not have to bend down to move forward. As for the ground of the passage has changed greatly, the outermost point is still dry rock and soil, but as it continues to go deeper, it gradually gets wet, and when it is about one or two hundred meters, there are already small patches of water in some places, although it is not deep, but the "pop" sound made by the feet on it is still obvious in this dark and quiet environment.

Lu Ming obviously also noticed this change, so he suddenly stopped, squatted down and took a closer look at the stagnant water, and then put his nose in front of him and sniffed it, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, he called the other two forward again.

It's no wonder that Lu Ming is so cautious, the key is that from the time they came in to the present, except for the changes on the ground, they didn't find anything abnormal, everything seemed too quiet, and it was this quietness that made Lu Ming's heart feel even worse, they were facing double the difficulty, this kind of silence was obviously a little weird.

Lu Ming was thinking about the reason as he walked, and just when he relaxed his vigilance a little, he saw that there seemed to be an object lying on the ground less than ten meters away from him, this discovery made him suddenly smart, and hurriedly raised his hand to stop the two people who were following behind, and whispered: "There is a situation ahead, be careful." ”

Hearing this, Meng Da immediately took the crossbow in his hand, and at the same time pulled out a steel crossbow arrow, Shaq immediately understood that something was wrong with the front, and quickly brought the sapper shovel in his hand to his chest. Then the three of them slowly approached the unknown object in the shape of a "pin".

As they got closer, several people became more and more nervous, Meng Da was on the right side, slowly plucked the bowstring of the crossbow, and at the same time put in the crossbow arrow, and the arrow pointed steadily at the object in front of him; Shaq was on the left, gripping the shovel handle tightly, and the cat walked forward, ready to rush forward for a fatal blow; In the center was Lu Ming, who was holding a flashlight in one hand and a dagger in the other, and his two eyes were firmly fixed on the objects on the ground.

When he was less than 2 meters away from the unknown object, Lu Ming finally saw what was in front of him clearly, as if it was a corpse. However, the corpse rushed down its face and lay on its stomach in a large shape, unable to see what the situation was, and as if it had been dead for a long time, and in some places it showed patches of white bones. The other two were also relieved to see this, fortunately they were dead, and it didn't seem to be dangerous.

But at this moment, the corpse's head suddenly shook, and Meng Da reacted quickly, and hurriedly shot an arrow, nailing it to the back of the corpse's head, oozing a trace of blue liquid. This change startled the three of them, and they hurriedly retreated from the corpse for a distance, and became vigilant again, but the corpse seemed to have been shot to death by Meng Da, and remained motionless.

At this time, Meng Da relied on the crossbow on his body, and slowly approached the corpse with courage, carefully touched it lightly with the crossbow, and saw that the corpse did not react, so he boldly touched the skull of the corpse, but when his hand just touched the skull, the head suddenly turned around, and Meng Da looked at each other, leaving a dark blue liquid in the dark eye sockets.

Meng Da was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped back, and sat on the ground with his ass, but Shaq next to him was quick-eyed, and a shovel slapped on the skull, smashing the face of the head. At this time, everyone found out that there was a fish-like thing hidden in the skull, which was nailed to it by a crossbow arrow and kept struggling, and the reason why the skull moved just now was because the fish was shaking in the skull, and the blue liquid was obviously from this fish.

Thinking of this, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, but Meng Da was a little annoyed and stepped on the fish a few times, and shouted while stepping on it: "You stinky fish, let you scare Lao Tzu, let you scare Lao Tzu." ”

Lu Ming on the side was made to cry and laugh by his childlike behavior, and hurriedly said: "Okay, what are you angry with him about a fish, you can only blame you for being careless, you see that Shaq is much calmer." Alright, alright, just step on two feet, and take a look at this corpse. ”

"I know, I'm just careless, I'm also very calm, you see how accurate my arrow is, it's not me who blows... Eh, Brother Lu, no, look at this fish" Meng Da, who was about to defend himself, suddenly shouted.

Lu Ming took a look, and immediately felt depressed, this fish has been trampled into pancakes by Meng Da, what else can you see.

Meng Da may also have understood, and hurriedly pointed to a place in the "fish cake" and said, "Legs, Brother Lu, this fish has long legs!! ”

Lu Ming hurriedly took a closer look, and indeed as Meng Da said, this fish actually had two frog-like legs, and it looked very stout, but because it was trampled beyond recognition, it was not possible to see what this strange fish looked like for the time being, and it was also impossible to see where these two legs grew, but one thing is certain, this thing is definitely not a fish, at least not a fish on the earth.

Lu Ming knows that in addition to the mutations, there is no clear species or family with long legs in the fish, if you have to say similar, this thing is a bit like a baby fish or a hexagonal dinosaur or something like that, but this kind of creature is actually mammals or amphibians, and the fish really haven't heard of it. In short, this "fish" exudes a kind of eccentricity.

Then, Lu Ming turned to look at the corpse again, if the "fish" was weird, then the corpse was even more evil. Because Lu Ming clearly remembered that the woman in red once told him that they were the first earthlings to come here, and the strange realm was a place unknown to the aborigines in the strange world, so it is said that there will be no human corpses here, not to mention that judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, it has been quite a year, but the corpse has no smell at all, which is even more problematic.

Lu Ming handed the flashlight to Meng Da, and then gradually groped with his two hands, as time went by, Lu Ming's face became more and more ugly, and Sha Ke, who was also checking the corpse on the side, his face also became iron-blue.

Seeing this, Meng Da couldn't help but hurriedly ask, "What's the matter, there is something wrong with this corpse?" Or did you guess who it was? You mean! ”

Lu Ming replied palely, "If my guess is correct, this is not a human corpse at all!! ”

"What? How so? Isn't that still clothed? You see.... Yes? How could this be" Meng Da hurriedly retracted the hand that touched the corpse and exclaimed. Because he felt that he was not a garment at all, but a slippery layer of skin with mucus, and there was something resembling fish scales on the surface of the skin.

"Did you feel something was wrong? You touch this guy's ribs again" It seems that Lu Ming has already decided that this is the corpse of an inhuman creature, and the word "this guy" is also used in his words.

Meng Da reached for the corpse's chest, and to his surprise, the corpse had many ribs, and each one was thin and long to the touch, a bit like a large fish bone.

At this time, Shaq also gestured to the two of them, pointing to the corpse's feet, Meng Da was even more surprised when he saw it, the corpse's feet were only three thick toes, and there was also a layer of black skin between the fingers, which looked a bit like a large duck web.

Meng Da was also a little frightened for a while, and swallowed his saliva before saying to Lu Ming: "Brother Lu, this is indeed not a human corpse, it feels a bit like a monster, and how can this thing die here." ”

Lu Ming didn't answer him immediately, but found the shackled head shell of Shaq just now, piece by piece, and slowly put it together, and then said: "Don't think about it, you think this is a mythological film, if he is a monster, we will have to rest as many people as we come." And look at the face! As he spoke, Lu Ming pointed to the head he had just put together.

The skull is about the same size as a normal person, but there is a clear difference in shape, the forehead is narrow and protruding outward, and the cheekbones are fan-shaped, and there is a clear valgus. The strangest part of the nasal bone, which extends all the way to the top of the mouth, leaks out two very small nostrils, and the mouth appears larger, with sparse teeth but long and sharp.

The more Lu Ming looked at it, the more strange he felt, he felt that this guy was a bit like the rushing and baboben in Journey to the West, and combined with this body like a fish skin, it was clear that the fish had become a spirit!

Immediately after Shaq's discovery, Lu Ming's guess was further confirmed, he found some strange things on the corpse's arms, Lu Ming took a closer look, this is clearly the fin of a fish, it seems that this thing should be called "mermaid" is the most appropriate. I didn't expect there to be such a monster in this passage, but fortunately it was dead, otherwise it would have been a vicious battle.

It's just that how did this mermaid die, why is there no carrion on the body at all, except for the skin and bones, the whole corpse looks too clean, and there is not even a bit of fishy smell. In addition, the skin of the fish showed no signs of decay at all, although it was somewhat atrophied and aged, but it was full of toughness, Shaq tried it with a dagger, and it took a lot of strength to cut it little by little, and it was even more time-consuming and laborious to cut off a part of it.

After a careful search of the whole body again, Lu Ming and the three of them were surprised to find that there were two strange holes on this corpse, one was on the left chest, symmetrical and the size of a baby's fist, giving people the feeling that this guy was directly pierced by a thick club-like object before his death. However, this is not the most serious, the most deadly part is in the mermaid's head, and there is a hole on each side of the temples of the head, which shows that this guy was killed by someone else's head pierced into a sugar gourd, and it was either a more powerful monster or a master who killed it. But no matter what, Lu Ming felt that their next journey might not be peaceful.

"Meng Da, check the surroundings again, see if there is anything suspicious, this corpse has no time to care, let's continue walking" Lu Ming said.

Meng Da nodded and looked around the corpse again, while Shaq withdrew the entire fish skin from the skeleton, and pointed at Lu Ming and then pointed at the fish skin, Lu Ming understood what he meant in an instant, and hurriedly waved his hand. Shaq was not pretentious, and directly put the fish skin on himself.

Lu Ming really admired Shaq at this time, this kid usually doesn't seem to talk much, but his actions are very quick, judging from the adaptability just now, he is a typical bold and careful and calm person. Perhaps because of the outdoor instructor's long tenure, he made a perfect use of the items around him, just now he cut off one of the ribs of the corpse and made it into a short "bone sword", and then fixed it to his shovel handle with a flashlight, turning the sapper shovel into a murderous spear in the blink of an eye. And now he has taken off the skin of the fish and put it on his body, I have to say that he is too witty, and now he is simply invulnerable.

However, although he knew that this fish skin was a treasure, Lu Ming still didn't have the courage to put it on, and Meng Da probably couldn't accept it, so he had to give it to Sha Ke cheaply. Lu Ming was even thinking, fortunately, this corpse had no flesh, otherwise Sha Ke might really be incarnated into 'Bei Ye'. Just as Lu Ming was scribbling through these messy thoughts in his mind, there was a sudden sound of "popping" treading water around, and Lu Ming hurriedly shouted at Meng Da's position: "Meng Da, be careful, try not to make a sound!" ”

"Brother Lu, it's not me, it's behind us!"

Who is it?!