Chapter 20: The Ribbed Winged Toad
A few gunshots rang out, and the commotion in the cave was even worse, losing the light of the flares, and from time to time bats falling could scare people into a cold sweat, and the huge black shadow became a Hades imp who could come to ask for his life at any time in the dark. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
I hurriedly asked everyone to stand back to back and told Yamashita to get his bodyguard to fire another flare.
The villager didn't dare to slack off, and whispered to the bodyguard in the dark for a while, I don't know if he was really frightened, or it was too dark to see clearly, I only felt that the time became unusually long, and after waiting for about a minute, the fiery red flare was lifted again, and the surrounding area was white again.
There are still bats everywhere, some of them are constantly falling from the sky, and those that fall to the ground are constantly struggling to get up, the ground is not narrow, but no matter how they struggle, they all end up in the ditch and turn into a wisp of white smoke.
At the end of the ditch is a wall tens of meters high, which is said to be a wall, but in fact it is a mountain.
A larger bat did not grasp the mountain rock, fell down, suddenly from the mountain with a pair of green eyes, looking at those falling bats, rushed out, in the space with a diameter of more than 100 meters, a monster who didn't know what it was swallowed more than ten bats in one bite, and disappeared again.
My heart sank, I finally killed three blue-eyed monsters in the passage, how did I just come out, and there is this thing, it seems that neither the speed of action nor the shape of the body are comparable to those in the cave.
We're in such an open place right now, waiting for it is like looking for death, and hiding as soon as possible is the point.
Everyone took a fancy to the pyramid and hurried to the pyramid while the light of the flares was still there.
The Yamashita villager walked in front with his bodyguards, and the situation was critical at this time, and he didn't have time to think about it at all, and it was precisely because he didn't have time to think about it that he was going to make a mistake.
Yamashita Villager's bodyguard rushed to the front, clearing the way for his master, and it was not a problem to jump over these ravines on the ground with his skill, but the problem was that he was in too much of a hurry, and stepped on a bat that was struggling on the ground, and one was unsteady on his feet, and he fell.
Fortunately, he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and when he reached the back, he did a backflip and fell back to the ground.
Looking at his left hand on the ground, there was already a trace of white smoke, which was spreading to his arm little by little, and the speed was visible to the naked eye. But he didn't see the slightest look of pain, and stared at his white smoke hand stupidly.
I ran up without thinking about it, drew my sword and slashed at his arm, until I saw that my own arm was cut off, and the bodyguard of the village man under the mountain still did not have the slightest look of pain except for his face full of surprise, and there was no trace of blood left.
Look at the half arm that fell to the ground, at this time it was emitting white smoke, little by little shriveled up, and then exploded without warning, without a sound, except for the blood stains all over the ground, no one could see that there was a hand in it.
This can't help but remind me of another bodyguard at the foot of the mountain in the passage, another companion of the white-haired old man. They also did not resist before they died, and inexplicably disappeared, leaving only a pool of blood.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, I'm afraid no one would have believed that there was such a strange thing in this world, exploding out of thin air, without the slightest reaction and struggle. And those bats that fall to the ground are purely because of the instinctive struggle after landing, and it is inevitable that they will be a little panicked in the process, and it is inevitable to fall into the trap.
Under the reminder of the bodyguard, I made a knife in the ditch, but it was soft, and the reason why those bats didn't explode when they fell was because they struggled to fall in.
The bodyguard of the village man under the mountain only came into contact for less than a second, and the whole person was almost reimbursed here, so you can imagine how poisonous this thing is.
Everyone was more cautious at this time, even if they were anxious, they didn't want to end up like bodyguards. Finally, there was no danger to the pyramid, everyone leaned on the pyramid and was on guard, and the villager under the mountain sat on the stone steps with the bodyguard.
The villager took out the kettle and handed it to his mouth, the bodyguard took a sip, suddenly convulsed inexplicably, foaming at the mouth, and the poison-eyed dragon hurriedly stepped forward to take the pulse, wanting to see what was wrong with him.
As soon as his hand was stretched out, the bodyguard stood up suddenly, there was more fire in his eyes in the dark, he kept shouting with his mouth wide open, his mouth turned fiery red, and the green tendons on his face were like iron ropes that were fiery red day by day, which was spreading from the inside to the outside.
I hurriedly reached out and pulled the poison-eyed dragon back from the stunned place, took two steps back, and felt relatively safe, so I stopped.
The villager also knew that there was no hope of saving him, so he retreated with us, standing aside with his eyes closed and not daring to look directly.
The bodyguard's body became more and more red, and it lasted for five minutes, and the bodyguard's body suddenly burned, and in an instant, only fiery white bones remained, like steel forged by fire, and fell to the ground.
From beginning to end, except for the sizzling sound of the burning fire, he never made any other sound, as if he didn't feel it at all, and suddenly he lost his breath and fell to the ground with a bang.
The fall of Yamashita Villager's bodyguard completely stirred our nerves, and everyone looked at the skeleton that was gradually burned red, and they were a little stunned for a while.
The poison-eyed dragon kept sniffing in the air with his nose, and hurriedly pulled me and the fat man back to the pyramid for a while, and the other three also retreated when they saw this.
I hurriedly asked him if he had found anything. The poison-eyed dragon said: "Master Zou, although you have experienced a hundred battles, this nose is still worse than mine. There's a smell of yellow phosphorus everywhere, don't you smell it? ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other and shake their heads, and the poison-eyed dragon said: "My father was captured by the Japanese to work as a miner before he went up the mountain to learn art, and there is a master in the mine, who has learned a little from him, and he is no stranger to me." Yellow phosphorus is highly poisonous and flammable, and the most terrible thing is not that it poisons people, but that once people enter it, they can be burned into powder in an instant, and there is no pain. ”
I was very puzzled and asked the poison-eyed dragon: "How can anyone be burned to death by fire, there is no trace of pain." ”
Without waiting for the poison-eyed dragon to speak, the villager at Yamashita continued: "Yellow phosphorus is a cold fire, that is, a flame without high temperature, if a person is ignited by yellow phosphorus, he will not be conscious, just like my bodyguard, maybe he doesn't know what happened until he dies." ”
I asked, "Even so, what is the matter with his clothes and the smell of burning?" Why did his hand explode for no reason. ”
The poison-eyed dragon said: "I guess the problem is in that ditch, this ditch should be connected to the blue-eyed monster in the passage, the monster has to live here for a long time to have some food, the bats that fall to the ground are swallowed by the things in the ditch, converted into the food of the blue-eyed monster, even if you get lucky, you will not get good." It just turned into another way to fall into. ”
As I spoke, I intentionally or unintentionally turned on the flashlight to find the bodyguard corpse, the flashlight was empty, and the fiery bones that had just been wrought iron were gone.
I couldn't help but be surprised, and everyone turned their heads to look at me when they saw me looking into the distance.
The fat man said, "Didn't you do it by the big monster that flew around in the air just now?" ”
When everyone heard this, their hearts sank, monsters are not terrible, what is terrible is that such a big thing actually came and went without a trace, so many people, they didn't notice it at all. Took a corpse away without warning, and it would be one of us next.
This thought immediately spread in everyone's minds, and everyone was in danger, and their faces became solemn.
But the shadow never appeared again. I was afraid that the situation would only get worse if they were left to their reverie, so I said, "Don't scare yourself, since this monster has only taken away the corpse, maybe it is only interested in the corpse, and it will not pose a threat to us living." ”
The fat man's crow was about to open his mouth, but I glared at him, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back into his stomach. Who knows what incendiary words this kid will say, and several times before, it was hard to stabilize the army's morale, but it was disturbed by this kid's words.
The villager was the only one left, and he echoed: "Mr. Zou is right, so many of us have not been attacked, maybe it doesn't want to attack us, besides, the corpse is not necessarily taken by the monster." ”
The white-haired old man who was originally hired for money because of the death of his companions, there was an indelible rift between them, and at this time, the villagers under the mountain had to rely on me and the white-haired old man to survive, or let the two of us do it, he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and reaped the profits of the fisherman, which was more in line with his calculations.
Of course, I can't do that, let alone fall for his tricks, but if I find out that he has the slightest dissenting intentions, I don't mind shooting him in the head.
Of course, the white-haired old man was also aware of this, and no matter how much hatred he had with the villager under the mountain, it was inconvenient to flare up at this time.
When I saw that everyone was silent, I said to the fat man, "Little fatty, go up first and see if you find anything." Everyone has guns in their hands and is on guard at all times in case of accidents. ”
The fat man nodded in response, and went up to the pyramid with his gun, and the flashlight in everyone's hands never left him, for fear that something would happen again.
The pyramid is more than ten meters high, and the fat man disappeared from our field of vision in less than two minutes. I kept asking the fat man about the situation below, but I didn't hear back for a long time.
Suddenly, a fat man's shout came from above: "me." ”
I was shocked, worried that he would have another accident, and I couldn't care about the rest of the people, so I hurriedly jumped up the steps, and climbed to the top of the tower in three steps and two steps, followed by the white-haired old man, the villager and others.
The fat man turned his back to the top of my tower, motionless, I stepped forward and pushed him and scolded: "Little fatty, your uncle, what the hell? ”
The fat man was also shocked when he saw me suddenly appear, and pointed to the ground for me to see. The platform at the top of the tower is only three meters square, a square shape.
On the ground in the middle is a rectangular piece, as if it was inlaid inside, and some pictures are engraved on the rectangle, one of which is missing, and the missing figure is somewhat familiar, but it is not visible for a while.
I asked the fat man why he was shouting, and the fat man looked at me in surprise, then turned his head and called the poison-eyed dragon: "Brother Si, you are an expert, look at this thing." ”
When the poison-eyed dragon heard this, he looked at it carefully with a flashlight, and suddenly shouted: "." ”
After the two of them saw it, they all shouted and scolded, which attracted the rest of the people to hurry up and watch, and I asked in confusion what was so strange about the poison-eyed dragon.
The poison-eyed dragon said, "Do you look familiar with this missing figure?" ”
I took one look and said, "Yes, it's familiar, I just can't remember where I've seen it." ”
The poison-eyed dragon pointed mysteriously to his arms, and I immediately realized.
The missing figure is the shape of an animal, with only sideways limbs, a head and a tail, and a square shape that at first glance looks a bit like a cat and a dog. If it hadn't been for the Poison-Eyed Dragon's reminder, I would have almost forgotten the Tiger Talisman in his arms.
I asked him again, "You mean the Tiger Talisman has something to do with it?" Could it be that Sun Denian's companion got the tiger talisman from here? ”
The Poison-Eyed Dragon shook his head noncommittally: "It's hard to say, if they've been here, then why haven't we seen those two cursed words for so long?" ”
Think about it, according to Sun Denian, after his companion entered the cave, it was only one day, and after more than ten hours of hard work, he came out with the tiger talisman, and after coming out, he had words in his mouth, repeating the same words, if he didn't see something in the cave, how could he never forget it?
"The most important thing to remember is that they are illiterate, which means that they don't see anything, but hear something," Poison-Eyed reminded. ”
I was shocked, what did I hear? Could it be that there have always been living people in these four or five thousand years of cemeteries?
The fat man shouted at the top of his voice: "Four or five thousand years are still alive, then you can pay it back, and if you don't become an immortal, you will become a demon." Then we'll have to re-evaluate the firepower of the equipment. ”
What the fat man said is not unreasonable, if there are really living people who can live for thousands of years, they would have become human spirits long ago, and we are not opponents at all. Although I don't believe in immortality, it's the first time I've heard of such a strange thing, and I can't help but feel a little drumming in my heart.
The villager under the mountain listened to our words and asked puzzledly: "Mr. Zou, there is a question below, if Sun Denian's companion only spent more than ten hours to get out of here, and we have been in for at least twenty hours, can we say..."
Halfway through Yamashita Villager's words, he swallowed it back, and everyone began to reverie infinitely. I knew that this old thing was not at ease, and a word that put a lingering haze over everyone's heads.
The anger in my heart was instantly aroused by him, and I asked in a low voice: "Mr. Villager, what do you mean, we are in the same boat now, such alarmist words are not beneficial to anyone, I hope you can make your words clearer." ”
The villager waved his hand again and again: "No, no, Mr. Zou, I think you misunderstood me, I mean will we not go the wrong way, this tomb is connected in all directions, maybe Sun Denian's companions are luckier than us, and it is not necessary to go to the tomb first." ”
I was slightly stunned, I had never thought of the concept of going the wrong way, and at first I just thought that the hole that the little warlords had dug in a month might lead straight to the tomb.
The Poison-Eyed Dragon pondered for a while and said, "Master Zou, what he said is not unreasonable, this tomb is so big, it extends everywhere. Maybe we didn't go wrong, but we went the other way, and the place we came in was an exit, and the direction we were walking was an entrance. ”
The Poison-Eyed Dragon's words cast another layer of fog over our already confused situation. The fat man listened a little big, and said impatiently: "Oh, it doesn't matter if it's positive or negative, didn't you say that thing just happened to be put on?" Put it up first and see how it reacts, anyway, the door is closed, and you won't be able to get out for a while. ”
When the villagers heard about it, they stared at me and the poison-eyed dragon with wide eyes. We both looked at each other and nodded at each other. At this time, it is not a way to hide it, not to mention that we want to find out the mystery of Sunjiacun's bizarre death, and promised Sun Mingyi to save his grandson's life, there is still a trade-off between this little thing.
The poison-eyed dragon took out the half-palm-sized tiger talisman from his arms, and the villagers stared at the poison-eyed dragon with his eyes, and his eyes were about to pop out.
The poison-eyed dragon put the tiger talisman into the missing picture, and it fit very well, as if he wanted to be together by nature, but was deducted alive.
Everyone looked at the tiger talisman that was buckled in, and their hearts rose to their throats, nervously waiting for what would happen next. I looked at my watch and waited for more than ten minutes, but there was still no response to the pictures on the ground.
Gradually, everyone's patience was exhausted with the passage of time, and the fat man picked up the butt of the gun and smashed it on the tiger talisman, scolding in his mouth: "Your uncle, but give a little reaction, we are not here to do a good job of returning the characters to their original owners." ”
As soon as the words fell, I felt that the evil wind behind me was not good, and I hurriedly pulled the poison-eyed dragon to lie down, and a black shadow swept overhead. A rush of gunfire followed.
I looked up to see the fat man pointing his automatic rifles at the darkness, and a few freshly fired cartridge casings had fallen from the ground.
I turned around and glanced at the rest of the people lying on the ground, they were all fine, and the only woman really surprised me, and there was no fear at all.
The poison-eyed dragon was just afraid of running into zongzi in the tomb, but he was extremely calm about this kind of monster.
As soon as everyone got up, the ground shook slightly, and the rectangular pattern on the ground was getting up little by little, and I hurriedly asked everyone to put on gas masks, and the fat man flashed a flashlight and rushed down first, and then his shout was heard, beckoning everyone to come down quickly.
As soon as the woman surnamed Lan went down with her front foot, a black shadow suddenly rushed in front of me, and in a panic, I picked up the gun and shot randomly, and I didn't know if I hit it.
The dark shadow flashed to the side and vanished. God knows when it will appear next, the big monster that moves so quickly, and can't see its real body, no one knows the bottom of their hearts, I quickly changed the magazine, took out the flare that had been prepared long ago from my bag, and pulled the trigger diagonally above without hesitation. The action is done in one go, and it takes a few seconds to do it.
As the cave lit up as day, a large, toad-shaped monster lunged at me, and I raised my gun and fired at it.
The moment the strange toad saw me raise my gun, it suddenly had wings on its ribs, and kept dodging left and right, almost dodging not a single bullet, even if some of it landed on its body, its speed still did not decrease, and it rushed straight towards me.
At this time, except for the poison-eyed dragon, the rest of the people have already descended into the pyramid, and no matter how fast I go, it will be difficult for me to escape the pounce of this strange toad.
The bullets in the rifle kept shooting, and I kicked the poison-eyed dragon out of the hole, and the strange toad was only two or three meters away from me with its large mouth full of sharp teeth, and the bullets had already run out.
At the last moment, I leaned down and rolled to the side, took out the bronze ancient sword at my waist, and stabbed it fiercely, and a fishy bright red liquid sprayed out.
The giant toad slammed to the ground, tumbling off the top of the narrow tower, and struggled on the ground, and in an instant a burst of blue flames ignited.
I was about to look at it for a while, when countless green eyes suddenly appeared in the surrounding walls, all of which looked at me, ready to rush down at any moment.
I hurriedly turned around and buckled the tiger talisman on the stone slab, jumped into the tower, and as soon as I entered the hole, the stone slab that had been falling slowly fell with a bang, and there were a few slapping sounds from time to time.
The fat man didn't have a flashlight in his hand, looked at me so embarrassed, and smiled: "What are you doing?" Chased by a wolf? ”
I smiled wryly, "Almost, it's just a group of toads." ”
The fat man also asked carefully, I casually said a few perfunctory words, trying to push the stone slab falling overhead, no matter how hard I tried, the slightest thing did not move, there was a handle similar to a mechanism on the side of the slate, and there was no reaction when it was turned, it seemed that we really cut off the back road for ourselves.
I went to see how the rest of the people were doing, and although it was not high from the entrance of the cave to the ground, the poison-eyed dragon was kicked down by me with an abrupt kick, and although the fall was not light, fortunately it was not too seriously injured.
The space at the bottom of the pyramid is small, divided into several rooms, and there is an upward staircase that leads to nowhere.
Everyone inspected each small room, and there was nothing in it except some broken clay pots and bronze statues used for burial.
The fat man wanted to take some broken crockpots away, and was scolded by me, when was it, just thinking about these broken crockpots, if they couldn't get out, it would become a life to take money and not a life to spend, and if you really want to take it, don't touch these worthless broken crockpots, you have to find something valuable.
There was nothing useful in the pyramid, and we set our eyes on this upward staircase, which was black and rumbling, and we didn't know where it led.
They all repaired it, but because they were too panicked when they came down, the bird cage that was originally hanging on the waist of the poison-eyed dragon had already been broken, and the two birds inside did not know where they flew, and no one dared to take off the gas mask and risk their lives.
The fat man and I walked up the steps in front, the poison-eyed dragon and the only woman followed, and the white-haired old man in the village under the mountain broke off the two enemies. (To be continued.) )