Chapter 19: The tragedy returns
Tong Liu also ignored the pain in her feet, and hurriedly ran out, I helped her, "Are they those boxes?" β
Without waiting for an answer, we rushed into the laboratory, Professor Tong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Xiao Li, I was just about to go to you, there is a new progress in the project, you can see it immediately-" As he spoke, his assistant had already picked the lock on the box and was slowly lifting the lid of the box.
I just shouted, "Don't move!" But it was too late, the lid of the box was wide open, and a foul smell filled the whole house, so I pulled Tong Liu and instinctively took a few steps back......
Nothing happened.
Inside the box was a half-sub liquid, milky white, a bit like expired soy milk, slimy. The assistant scooped up a few times with a tool, but there was nothing but some granular residue.
Professor Tong smiled, "Let's be blinded by subjective assumptions, a simple thing that complicates us." Alas! After so many years of research, I didn't expect to almost make a big mistake this time! β
Several other experts also breathed a sigh of relief, but they were somewhat disappointed, after all, they had been busy for more than a month, and in the end they only harvested a bunch of empty boxes......
They started their respective work again, but they heard Tong Liu suddenly shout, "Don't move that!" β
An expert in cleaning up antiquities stopped and looked at him in a daze, and I noticed that there were several items on his workbench, which were the strange cylinders made of clay. One of them had been cleared of a lot of mud and a black layer in the test tray.
The expert was stunned for a long time, shook his head and wanted to do it again, but we suddenly found that the mud in the tray actually moved, first bulging out a lot of small bubbles, and then it seemed to be boiling the pot, he was so frightened that he retreated, suddenly screamed in pain, raised his hands, the white rubber gloves were already stained with muddy water, and there were a few slender insects writhing and rolling, the rubber on the back of his hand had been broken, and there were a few more blood holes in the flesh, and those long insects began to drill in, which could be clearly seen, Crawling under his skin along his arms and all over his body......
The experts were stunned, Professor Tong immediately ordered everyone to withdraw, I still wanted to save people, Tong Liu grabbed me, his eyes were red, "It's useless, it's too late." β
The experts ran out of the tent, the vigilant colleagues knew that something was wrong, and immediately surrounded them, Lao Luo also went back to get the gun, and waited outside the tent, and when the expert came out, his face was bloodless, every step was twisted and shaken, and the skin on his face was sunken and sunken, no different from before Xie Gong "died"......
When several colleagues saw this scene for the first time, they pulled out their guns one after another, "Don't move, raise your hands!" β
The expert got closer and closer.
No one dared to shoot, after all, in the perception of ordinary people, this is still a "living person". They looked at Lao Luo and asked for orders with their eyes, and Lao Luo shook his head.
Boom! The scene that happened to Xie Gong was repeated.
The expert's skull exploded, and we finally saw it clear this time, the black thing that burst out of his brain rolled and swayed, it was the same bugs that had just burrowed into his body, only getting bigger, the longest was nearly a foot.
Like Xie Gong, his body was still moving, stumbling towards us, Lao Luo gave the order to shoot, and in an instant, more than a dozen bullets hit his body, and he fell headlong.
At the same time, those insects were crawling in all directions, like small snakes, and colleagues stepped on them with their feet and smashed them with stones to no avail, so Lao Luo could only ask everyone to retreat again.
The expert's corpse crawled up again, and there was no blood in the bullet holes on his body, but he could see that there were many bugs in the wound whose tails were constantly flicking, and he staggered in one direction, and the professor was the first to react, "Quick! Protect the warehouse! β
Most of the clay cylinders salvaged were stored in temporary warehouses.
The insects on the ground also followed the corpse, densely packed, making people watch their stomachs turn over and over.
Another round of shooting, but this time the body only shook twice and continued forward.
Lao Luo rushed to the front, picked up the baton and slammed it on the corpse's leg, but he was about to hit, but he was knocked down by a person rushing up in the oblique stab, I hurriedly pulled him aside, and then looked up, I couldn't help but be stunned - in front of me, there was another headless corpse!
But it's definitely not Xie Gong and Zhao Gong, this one is tall and strong, although it has no head, it is still half a head taller than ordinary people, and I suddenly thought of a person - a big man.
also recalled the conversation with Lao Xuetouer-
"Uncle, there's a big man in your villageβ"
"It's not big now, it's a head shorter."
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"Uncle Xue, what did you and the big man see when you were picking ice?"
"Holy. Didn't you see that just now? β
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"Oh, yes."
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Could it be that the big man who attacked Tong Liu in the village? He also blew up his head, although Lao Xuetouer was crazy, but he never gave up tracking him?
I didn't have time to think about it, because Professor Tong and the others had already followed, and seeing that the two corpses were getting closer and closer to the warehouse, the professor shouted, "Quick! Never let them get close! β
Colleagues rushed forward under the leadership of Lao Luo, and I blocked everyone.
Professor Tong hurriedly said, "Xiao Li, what are you doing?" Do you know how precious the antiquities are inside?! β
I didn't speak, aren't everyone's lives precious?
He changed his angle, "The corpse is going to the clay tube, and if the 'two-tailed pit viper' inside is released......
I turned my head to look at him, "You seem to have known about the existence of the 'twin-tailed pit viper' in reality. β
The professor was speechless.
Lao Luo also persuaded me, "Yangyang, Professor Tong is right, we have to control the situation first!" They must not be allowed in! β
I say, just let them in.
Everyone was puzzled and saw me go back to the tent, and soon came out again, carrying a diving oxygen cylinder in my hand.
Everyone gets it.
Professor Tong's face changed drastically, "You, are you crazy?!" Destroying national heritage is a felony! β
Lao Luo was also taken aback, "Yangyang-"
Finally, someone was willing to help me speak, and Tong Liu shouted, "Dad! Do you know what it says in Xie Gong's notes? Once the 'twin-tailed pit viper' spreads, it will be a catastrophe for people and animals! β
Professor Tong finally lowered his head.
Lao Luo also gritted his teeth, "Okay! Yangyang, I'm not afraid to bite if there are more lice, anyway, I don't care about carrying another punishment, give it to me, I'll come! β
I handed the diving oxygen cylinder, and just as he reached out to take it, I grabbed his wrist and grabbed his gun with a single twist, and then threw the oxygen cylinder far away, and the two bodies crashed into the warehouse, and the "two-tailed pither" on the ground also poured in, and the oxygen cylinder flew in......
I hooked the trigger.
Boom!
Missed a shot.
I was a little embarrassed and made up another shot, but I still missed. I don't know if Tong Liu will look at me with disdain.
The other colleagues had run out of bullets, and now there was only the last shot left in my gun, so I raised my gun again and took aim......