Chapter 14: The Cursed Lands
"Headquarters, at this time the US Fifth Fleet, we are approaching the northern coast of Egypt. The correspondent said into the microphone.
"Headquarters received. ”
In the command room of the aircraft carrier, Bass raised the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes and waited for a report on the situation outside.
The deputy chief of staff arched his hands on the table, but the intelligence did not arrive for a long time, "Bass, this is abnormal. The fleet has entered Egypt's 12-nautical-mile territorial waters, and it stands to reason that they will definitely send warships, but the Egyptian navy has not made a single move, and even the radio has been in a state of silence. ”
Bass was also worried, "We have no choice but to venture close to Egypt and gather more intelligence." ”
"Are you going to send special forces?" asked the deputy chief of staff tentatively.
"I will not hesitate to let them out if necessary. ”
When the deputy chief of staff saw Bass's determined gaze, he couldn't help but worry, because sending troops out without authorization would bring about a series of subsequent military and diplomatic problems.
Just as we were about to see the shoreline, an alarm suddenly sounded, "Report, we are under strong electromagnetic interference. ”
The personnel in the command room were surprised that someone dared to challenge the powerful American army.
"Electromagnetic counter-suppression is carried out, and all combat personnel are maintained with a high degree of combat readiness. The commander said.
The response was unexpected, "The signal is too strong for us to handle." ”
The deputy chief of staff said to Bass: "It's time to make a decision, without electromagnetic power, our radar is a snowflake and it is simply not possible to carry out the mission." ”
"Evacuate immediately. Bass gave the order.
Although there are no mummies and man-eating beetles in the pyramids, the light is dim, and the long stone passages are still terrifying.
Angel followed Kaiming into the small stone chamber, the door to the crypt still open, and the staircase glowed red with the light of the oil lamp.
"Brother Kaiming, are you sure the weapon is hidden here?" she saw him groping around the walls, as if searching for a hidden mechanism.
Kai Ming wasn't sure, but the stone chamber outside had been thoroughly studied, and there was an undiscovered passage here, which should have hidden a lot of secrets, but there was no special place to look around, he took out the gold necklace, and put the pendant with a sun pattern on the side of the trap, and the door to the underground twilight room was immediately closed.
With an idea, he turned the pendant upside down and put it in with a moon motif, and with a rumbling sound, a stone in the corner of the wall slowly sank.
He and Angel cautiously approached the corner, leaned down to look inside, and saw a silver vial and a rolled sheepskin.
He was about to put his hand in, but Angel grabbed him, "Beware of deception. ”
"Don't worry, since it's a weapon against monsters, they don't need to defend it. His hands trembled slightly, as he said this, and who could guarantee that there would be no crossbow bolts or poison gas from inside.
He took out the small silver bottle and placed it under the oil lamp to observe, the bottle was made of glass, weighing only ten grams, and it was filled with a bright gray liquid, and it shook it, the liquid was thicker than water, it should be a metallic liquid similar to mercury.
Angel spreads out the sheepskin, and there are four pictures drawn on it, a human has been injected with the liquid in the bottle, and his body has undergone various mutations, and the shocking thing is the last picture, he has become an inhuman monster.
"I guess no one would dare to use it. She said.
Kai Ming took the sheepskin and looked at it, his eyes fixed for a long time, "Oh my God, it turns out that the weapon they refer to can deal with monsters is to turn you into another monster too." ”
Disappointed for a while, the two men left the pyramid with the silver vase and sheepskin, and drove to Cairo.
Angel fell asleep in the car, but she kept thinking about her sister, and Kai Ming's heart was sour.
Passing through a three-way intersection, a familiar figure stood under the street sign, wearing a black cloak, his face was as white as death, and he stared at Kaiming with a pair of eyes with thick circles.
It was him, the man who came with the gold necklace.
The pickup truck came to an abrupt stop on the side of the road, and Kaiming opened the door and rushed over to grab the man by the collar.
"Who the hell are you, and why did you give me the necklace?" How can a husband who has just lost his wife not be mad when he thinks of the strange thing that the necklace causes?
Faced with the reprimand, the man looked calm, "Isn't this the result you have always expected?"
"My expectations? Fart. He was about to explode, took out his necklace and smashed it directly on the man.
The man picked it up unhurriedly, "You obviously have a dream wife, but you always think of other women in your heart, all of this is the result of your choice." ”
"Who do I miss other women?" he yelled.
The corners of the man's mouth were hooked, and his eyes turned to the side with contempt. Chemin noticed that the man was looking at Angel, who was sleeping in the car.
No, this is nonsense, since when did it start......
As soon as he turned his head, he saw that there was no one around him, and the strange man had disappeared again.
Kaiming stood still, the ground and sky darkened, and the surrounding landscape lost its color.
In a jolt, he woke up, felt the gold necklace in his pocket, and realized that it had just been a dream.
Seeing his blank face, An Qi inevitably became worried, "Brother Kaiming, are you okay?"
Kemin shook his head, "Where are we?"
Angel replied, "You were on your way to Cairo, and you just fell asleep. ”
Now his mind is so confused that he can't remember what happened after he got in the car.
When Anqi's eyes returned to the front of the driver, he secretly glanced at the woman, who was holding the steering wheel with both hands, her expression was focused, and the silhouette of her side face was very good-looking, he was really a little moved.
For a moment, he fell into a deep guilt for his wife.
The weather in the desert changed as the wind began to chill, and a black curtain rose from the sky, gradually swallowing the entire sky, and a large amount of flying sand fell from the sky.
The pickup truck pulled up on the side of the road, and Cumming and Angel hid in the car, the light outside completely dimmed, and the sand and gravel clanged on the windshield. It was the first time that they had encountered a sandstorm, and they were so frightened by the apocalyptic sight that they shrunk into a ball.
"Brother Kaiming, can we go home safely?" After so many changes during the journey, she was already suffering physically and mentally.
A warm hand reached out from the darkness, "Surely, I promise you." "If there is no one around to support each other, it will be difficult for Kaiming to persevere.
When the wind subsided, she gently pushed the car door, and the roof of the car collapsed into a pile of dust, Angel saw that the entire pickup truck was covered with a thick layer of sand, a quarter of the wheels were also trapped, and the surrounding terrain and landform had also changed greatly.
Pickup trucks climbed over sand dunes and never found their way to Cairo.
It was getting dark, and suddenly there was a bang, and the pickup came to a staggering stop. The two hurriedly got out of the car and shone the light of their mobile phones on the left front wheel, which was flattened and had a piece of white bone stuck in the rubber.
Kai Ming was startled by this familiar little thing, and turned his head, it was already late, and a large net fell from the sky, completely engulfing the two of them.
Out of the darkness came a few men with archers and bone knives on their backs, barefoot, unsound when stepping on the gravel, their dark complexion almost blending in with the night.
"Cannibals!"
Unexpectedly, he met these terrible people again, Kaiming gritted his teeth and tore at the mesh, but it was woven from a kind of dry grass with excellent toughness, and with his strength, he could not cause damage to the net rope.
Two men crouched down, tied the only exit from the net, and then all of them worked together to pull it up the hill.
Kaimin and Angel couldn't spread their hands and feet in the net, so they could only let them pull and pull them, and when they reached the top of the dune, they could see the village with a bonfire.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally returned to this ghost place, and Kaiming lamented that his luck was really bad.
The whole village gathered around the two prey and cheered, but fortunately, they did not immediately dispose of the two of them, and temporarily imprisoned them in a cage made of logs.
Kaiming noticed that there was also a blonde man squatting in the dark corner,
"Hey, aren't you dead yet?"
The man glared at him, "Do Chinese all greet each other like this?"
He smiled, "No, only scumbags are treated." ”
George rolled his eyes, "I escaped from the pyramids, got lost in the desert, and got caught by these guys. ”
"Are you the only one who escaped?" asked Kemin.
"There were two other Arabs, but they were slain by these strange men, and their flesh was hung up, and all their bones were thrown into the dry well. George looked at the wooden shed in the distance, where strips of fresh meat were hanging waiting to be dried, and there was a dry well next to it.
When Kai Ming and Angel heard this, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
The natives danced all night long, and when they were tired, they sat down at the fire to eat meat and drink wine, which was hung on the hut, and when Kemin saw them roasting and eating on the fire, his stomach immediately became faintly sick, because he was thirsty, but wanted to drink their sour fruit wine, and the taste of the last time he tasted it was still clearly imprinted in his mind.
These people are very good at entertaining themselves, banging on stakes, beating beats, singing and dancing in this isolated village, and who would have guessed that they were cannibals if they hadn't seen them with their own eyes.
The human skulls hanging under the eaves and their underdeveloped limbs were strange no matter how they looked, and Chemin remembered what his wife had said, and everything here was cursed.
"Where's your pistol, British?" he remembered when he was in the pyramid, and the British had snatched the guard's*.
"Call me George. The Brit pointed to the outside of the cage, where there was a coat on the ground three meters away, "The gun was inside, and I accidentally dropped it." ”
The distance was not far, but the three of them could not reach the edge with their arms extended.
"Damn, as long as we have it in hand, we're not afraid of these damn cannibals. Kemin retracted his hand and squatted on the ground sulking.
He saw that George had been silent, as if something was brewing.
"Wait until tomorrow, we may be able to get it. George finally spoke.
"Why wait for tomorrow?" asked Angel.
George replied with a solemn expression: "According to the amount of meat they eat, by tomorrow the pieces of meat on the wooden shed will be emptied." What do you think they'll do?"
"What should I do?"
"Get some fresh ones. "Tomorrow, they're going to kill again." He pointed to the two fresh heads hanging under the eaves, "and like them, they were dragged to the dry well, where they cut off their heads with an axe, and then with a knife they cut off every piece of flesh and skin." ”