Chapter XVII

Dozens of pairs of green eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness and startled the three of them, Meng Da reflexively raised the sapper shovel again, Lu Ming hurriedly grabbed him and whispered: "Don't be impulsive, it's those strange fish." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoDon't make any extraneous branches, pack up and let's go! ā€

On the other side, after Shaq rested, he stood up, pulled out the bone sword inserted in the mermaid's body, and then suddenly made a false movement in the direction of the strange fish, these strange fish were so frightened that they immediately scattered like birds and beasts, but unlike the previous times, this time they ran a short distance and stopped again to look at a few people, as if something was attracting them, making them reluctant to leave.

Lu Ming and the three of them didn't care about these anymore, after bandaging the wounds, the three of them chose to move on, now there are less than three hours left before the end of the mission, this passage is still not in sight, they need to hurry.

As soon as he walked a few steps, Lu Ming heard a sound of "sighing" from behind him, and when he looked back, the scene in front of him made him feel sick to his stomach.

There were about thirty or forty strange fish densely covered with the mermaid's corpse and kept biting, but the mermaid's skin was very tough, and these strange fish couldn't tear apart, so some strange fish successively got into it through the mermaid's mouth and the chest cut by Shaq, and feasted in it, and for a while the mermaid's corpse looked as if it was twitching on the ground.

However, the most disgusting and terrifying thing is not these, some strange fish pull out the flesh and organs of the mermaid, and then start chewing on the side, as if they are eating. This couldn't help but remind Lu Ming of a mouthful of human teeth he found when he caught these strange fish before, and then he felt a chill in his heart. These guys aren't fish at all, they're demons! When a fish eats, it is usually swallowed directly, even if it is a carnivorous fish like a shark, it bites its prey and swallows it in large gulps, and it is like these guys who will keep chewing as if they are enjoying the pleasure of eating. And while chewing, they will keep staring at you with their eyes, as if you will be the next to eat!

Hinayu! This is the name that Lu Ming feels closest to these monsters. Their predation methods are somewhat similar to those of hyenas on Earth, and when they encounter predators that are stronger than themselves, they will avoid their edges, adopt roundabout strategies, and sometimes pick up other animals to eat the leftover carcasses to feed their stomachs, but they will rush to the lone or injured prey, and specifically tear the abdomen, genitals and wounds of these prey, which is simply a group of ruffians.

Meng Da was about to vomit when he saw it on the side, and Shaq was also pale at this time. "Quick, quick, go. , this place of the! Come on! Lu Ming hurriedly shouted to the two, and regardless of whether the other two heard it, he turned around and left. Meng Da and Shaq also hurriedly followed behind him, and they didn't want to stay in this place for a moment. They even had the feeling at this time that these cowardly-looking creatures had been staring at them with their eyes, apparently treating them as food for a long time, just waiting for the moment when they fell!

The three of them hurried all the way, and encountered several mermaid corpses on the way, Lu Ming and Meng Da did not hesitate this time, and took off the fish skin on the corpse and put it on themselves, after all, life preservation is the first thing now, and the protective effect of the fish skin has been well verified just now, at least which hyenas can't bite through. After a simple inspection of a few corpses, they found that the death of these mermaids was similar to what they had encountered before, they were all directly killed by the skull, and suddenly the three of them thought in their hearts, what kind of ruthless character can kill these mermaids so much! After all, after seeing the ferocity and flexibility of the mermaid, the three of them deeply realized how difficult this guy is to deal with, and the three of them hit one and let Lu Ming hang the color, if there are a few more, they will probably not be able to bear it, and now the corpses of these mermaids lying on the ground are all skulls pierced, and none of them are spared. Such a scenario is simply unimaginable, and it may well mean that there is an even greater crisis ahead!

"Brother Lu, listen. There seems to be the sound of water running ahead. Meng Da, who was examining the body, suddenly spoke up.

Lu Ming put down the skull he was inspecting, got up and looked at it, and said, "I can't see it clearly, but the front seems to be a little different, so be careful."

As the three men went deeper, they finally came to a ditch about a man wide, which obviously belonged to a branch of an underground river, and crossed the entire channel, and strangely the water of the ditch was black, and the depth could not be seen. Lu Ming couldn't help but think, could it be that this water was flowing out of the black water pool? Maybe it's close to Blackwater Pool. As if seeing hope, the three quickly crossed the ditch and walked all the way forward.

But fate seemed to play a joke on them again, and after a few steps they encountered another fork in the road.

"Damn, don't play like this. When will this go!? Brother Lu, do you still throw shoes when you go over there this time? Meng Da was a little angry when he saw the fork in the road.

Lu Ming's face was also a little gloomy, it was really not a way to go on like this, going the wrong way all the time would definitely affect their time, and it would also cause fatigue in everyone's hearts, but there were no hints at these forks at all, so how to choose. For a while, Lu Ming also felt that the problem was quite tricky. In the end, there was really no way, Lu Ming decided to use the mirror of truth, maybe the mirror could tell them which direction to go.

However, just as Lu Ming was about to take out the mirror of truth, several black shadows suddenly appeared at the fork in the road on the right, and when he saw what was coming, Lu Ming shouted directly: "Left, run!" Then he patted Sha Ke beside him, and ran away with Meng Da, and after a pause, several black shadows also suddenly chased in the direction where Lu Ming and the three of them fled.

Chasing behind Lu Ming and the three of them were four mermaids! When Lu Ming saw them for the first time, he secretly complained in his heart, one of them was so laborious, and the four of them were simply fatal. And one of them looked as tall and strong as Meng Da, and it must be much more powerful than the mermaid he had met before, so Lu Ming didn't think about it, pulled the two of them and ran towards the intersection on the left.

The fork on the left side is obviously a little narrow, and the route has become winding, and you need to keep changing directions, so the speed of several people has gradually slowed down, but the four fishmen in the back seem to be very flexible, basically unaffected, and have been biting tightly in the back.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, when passing through a particularly narrow gap, Lu Ming suddenly said fiercely: "Meng Da, Sha Ke copy the guy, defend this mouth, and fight with these monsters!" ā€

Meng Da, who received the order, raised the crossbow that he had already held in his hand and turned around as an arrow, and the mermaid chasing behind was not in a hurry, but was directly pierced through the shoulder, and let out a howl of pain. Lu Ming also hurriedly took out his hand crossbow from his backpack, and aimed it at the injured mermaid is a fierce shot, wanting to solve one first. Unexpectedly, it aroused the ferocity of this mermaid, and the mermaid who was stuck with two or three arrows on his body did not retreat, but advanced, and rushed directly towards Lu Ming and the others.

At this time, Shaq suddenly flashed out of the gap, and slammed the bone sword in his hand forward with a loud roar, and the mermaid, which was the end of the strong crossbow, was directly stabbed in the heart, and was kicked back by Shaq without even snorting. And Lu Ming and Meng Da didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly loaded their crossbows and shot at the three merfolk who wanted to take the opportunity to rush up behind, but this time their luck was not so good, only one mermaid was hit by an arrow in the arm, but it also forced the three mermaids back because of this.

The fierce conflict ended with the death of a mermaid in just a few minutes, and the two sides fell into a stalemate stage for a while, Lu Ming and they needed to take advantage of the terrain of the gap to stay here, not daring to leave rashly. And the three mermaids were afraid of the power of the crossbow, so they hid outside the range of the crossbow and did not dare to step forward, but they were not idle, they kept staring at Lu Ming and the three of them with vicious eyes, and there were bursts of strange roars in their mouths from time to time, and both sides were helpless against each other in a short period of time.

However, as time passed, Lu Ming and the three of them gradually became anxious, and they only had less than two hours left to live, and the mermaids could afford it, but they couldn't afford it here. At this time, Lu Ming secretly called Meng Da to his side and asked him to take a crossbow and continue to inspect the depths of the passage, while he and Shaq continued to guard the gap.

Perhaps sensing that there was one person missing from Lu Ming's side, the three mermaids became a little impatient, and the one with a slightly larger head leaned over slowly against the rock wall, but let the alert Lu Ming shoot back. After a while, two more mermaids quietly approached from the rock walls on both sides, Lu Ming couldn't help but curse secretly when he saw it, these mermaids are too cunning, much smarter than the ones they met before, and they actually know how to touch them from both sides at the same time, so that he can't take care of both sides, and the fact that they lack a crossbow is about to be exposed.

Seeing the two mermaids getting closer and closer, Shaq on the side was inevitably a little nervous, clutching the bone sword with both hands, ready to rush forward at any time. Lu Ming was also very anxious, thinking about countermeasures quickly in his mind, and suddenly he remembered the bottle of medicine that Liang Hansheng gave him before leaving.

That's right! That's it! This time, let the two of you monsters have no return, Lu Ming quickly took out the bottle of black potion from his jacket pocket, smeared it on a few steel arrowheads, and then secretly aimed at one of the mermaids and shot out.

The arrow slashed through the mermaid's face, causing only a little damage, and a strange cry came out of the mermaid's mouth, as if mocking Lu Ming's archery, but unexpectedly, as soon as he screamed, he stopped abruptly, and fell to the ground with convulsions!

Lu Ming gasped directly, is this Liang Hansheng a doctor or a killer, what kind of poison did he give him? It's too fast. If you get a little bit of it without knowing it, then how resentful it will be. But then there was a burst of regret, because in his moment's stunned, the other fish-man hurried back in fright, and dragged back the body of the first dead mermaid.

I'm too stupid myself! It really shouldn't be, Lu Ming thought in his heart, if he could directly kill the two of them this time, even if the strongest mermaid was left, they would have the confidence to fight, and now the situation has become a stalemate again, and he and Shaq can only wait for Meng Da to come back and make plans.

But a scene that worried Lu Ming still appeared, the remaining two mermaids were obviously wise, the mermaid who fled back before seemed to have been premeditated, it actually blocked the corpse that was dragged back in front of it, and slowly leaned over again, and the strongest mermaid also bent down to follow behind it, this time Lu Ming's long-range weapon was abolished.

Crisis again!