Chapter 17: Distorted Ecological Cycles

"Don't worry now, there are three dark troughs in the entire organ tomb, and the water in the first trough has been filled just now, and now it is the second one, and when the second one is also filled, then~~" Xiang Ji said with a worried look, and his expression became solemn.

Although Jing Xiu and Xiang Ji both had the intention of giving up, I still said with a fluke mentality: "It has been almost half an hour since the Rolling Stone Tepe was launched just now, which means that we still have half an hour to find the way, let's take a look around."

"Hehe, it seems that you haven't given up yet." Xiang Ji said as he stood up and patted the ash on his buttocks. "In that case, let's go and take a look, and let me also see how powerful the trick was more than 2,000 years ago."

After speaking, he took the lead in opening the way with the only light source, and didn't wait for our meaning, and I was stunned, I was still depressed just now, and now I seem to have changed a person, I suspect that this kid knows the exit, and deliberately plays with us.

Helpless in my heart, I said to Jingxiu, who was still leaning on my shoulder, "Let's follow." "Hmm" Jing Xiu responded, stood up and trotted a few steps to follow, and I also walked a few steps to catch up.

As we had guessed, the whole tomb was very dry, without a trace of water, but it had a very unpleasant smell.

"What does it smell like?" Girls love cleanliness the most, although they are engaged in archaeology, and they have quite resistance in this regard, but this smell even makes me feel disgusting, let alone Jingxiu.

Xiang Ji's situation was better, but he frowned and didn't show as exaggerated as us, and said in surprise: "This seems to be the smell of corpse blood rats, strange, how can there be corpse blood rats?"

"Corpse Blood Rat?" I exclaimed and sniffed carefully. "Yes, that's the rancid smell of the corpse blood rats.

"Miki, do you think this will be their lair?" Jing Xiu said a little unconvinced, and she was not very sure about her guess.

"Lair!?" I also whispered a sentence, and all kinds of thoughts were quickly turning in my mind, and suddenly there was a flash of inspiration, as if I had grasped some key point.

Xiang Ji also believed Jing Xiu's words a little, and said, "It's just their lair to see, let's go and go."

After finishing speaking, he ran up, Jingxiu also followed, only one person fell behind, and I had no choice but to run with him, but he stopped after only two steps and shouted: "Wait a minute"

The two people running in front of me suddenly stopped, looking at me strangely, and Jingxiu opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong?" Did you find anything? ”

My face was ugly and gloomy, and I said with difficulty, "I figured it all out, everything, the corpse blood rats, the trap tomb, and the anomalous environment here."

"Hmmm! Miki has become smarter, and now there is still time, so you can tell me about it. It seems that Xiang Ji is very interested in what I said, so he stood there and didn't move, waiting for my next step, so did Jingxiu.

I also knew that time was urgent, so I didn't delay and said everything I thought. "First of all, the camera is what you said about the timed clearance, so I ask you why the corpse blood rat has not been removed?"

"They should have a place to hide, like here." Xiang Ji didn't know this either, and said vaguely.

"No," as soon as his words fell, I loudly denied: "Have you forgotten that in a few moments this place will also be flooded, and all the mechanisms outside are in a state of operation, and they will definitely die if they have no place to hide." ”

I've made it clear that the Corpse Blood Rat has a place to hide, otherwise it would not have been possible to escape the regular removal once a day, and as long as it finds that place, it may be possible to survive.

Jing Xiu's eyes also lit up, and she said happily: "Then what are we waiting for to find that place quickly, we won't be saved."

I actually don't want to discourage Jingxiu's enthusiasm, but I still have to say what I need to say. "I'm afraid it's not that simple"

"How?" Xiang Ji also had the same idea as Jingxiu, to find that place, or call it a shelter, so that he could live.

"Didn't you think about why that big corpse blood rat had to eat us?"

Xiang Ji laughed a few times, and said angrily: "Of course I'm hungry and want to eat."

"Hehe, I smiled mysteriously, "That's right, so what did it eat before this?" Even though it's a mutated rat now, it's still going to eat. ”

The answer should have been called, but Jingxiu and Xiang Ji both lowered their heads and kept silent, as if they felt disgusted and sick to their stomachs when they said it.

But I didn't have this awareness, and I was excited to find out the truth. "Yes, they survive by eating the corpses of their own kind, which explains why this place is so dry, because the rest of the water is licked clean by the corpse blood rats."

The faster I spoke, I don't know if I was obsessed with it or if it was my own heart, which reminded me of a sentence, and I don't know who said it: no matter how shiny and clean the surface, there is a cruel heart hidden.

"That's not right, I saw a dense patch of corpse blood rats at the entrance, if they grew up by eating the corpses of their own kind every day, they would be extinct sooner or later, but they have been breeding in this tomb for at least two thousand years." Xiang Ji was still a little unconvinced, and asked loudly.

"What's not to do, as long as you control their numbers, keep enough corpses, and rely on the tenacious vitality and fecundity of mice, you can naturally survive here."

"So how do you control the quantity?" After experiencing the initial fear and fear, Jing Xiu now has returned to her original state and asked suspiciously.

My eyes suddenly became deeper, I looked at the darkness in the distance, and said slowly: "It should be a secret room, an enclosed space, or something like that, which can block the lake water that hits at that time." ”

At this moment, Xiang Jiwei shouted: "It's not good, go quickly" didn't have time to explain, and ran out quickly.

Seeing this, we didn't dare to delay, and quickly followed, but I still took the time to ask. "Why are you in such a hurry with the camera, there should be a little time."

Xiang Ji whispered a few words of scolding in front, but I didn't hear it clearly, I didn't know what the hell he was doing again, but when I was about to ask again, I was stopped by Jing Xiu.

She shook her head at me and said angrily, "The analysis just now makes so much sense, but why didn't you think of the key thing?"

Seeing that I still looked ignorant, Jing Xiu rolled her eyes and continued: "We're going to grab territory with the corpse blood rat."

Now I can understand that if my analysis is true, then the Corpse Blood Rat's Chamber is our only chance to survive. After thinking about everything, I couldn't help but speed up a few points.

After running for a while, I saw that there were several caves and other rooms in front of me, which looked eerie in the dim light, and then I listened carefully to the dense squeaks that were slowly approaching.

Time could not be delayed, and under the leadership of Xiang Ji, we quickly jumped into a cave and closed the entrance of the cave. Just as we were all breathing a sigh of relief, a roar suddenly exploded in our ears.

When we looked at it, a corpse blood rat similar to that time was looking at us excitedly not far away, with a greedy look in both eyes.