Behind the gate of the ancient tomb, there is a downward stone staircase, the wall of the stone staircase is also hung with an ever-bright lamp, but the ever-bright lamp here is burning, the lamp oil exudes a faint aroma, which makes people nervous and relaxed, and the dim light illuminates the stone staircase, there is an indescribable depression and dullness.

Wei Lai and the three of them went down the stone stairs, and the sound of heavy footsteps echoed in the ancient tomb, and there were other abnormal movements faintly, as if they were not far behind them.

"Did you hear anything else, like footsteps?" Wei Lai stopped, feeling something abnormal.

Huo Meng trembled, and said loudly: "Damn, I'm cowardly, don't scare me, it's just the three of us here, is it possible that there are ghosts?" After Huo Meng finished speaking, he covered his mouth suddenly, realizing that he had said the wrong thing.

Wei Lai felt that the atmosphere was very depressing, so he waved his hand and smiled: "It's my delusion, I've been in a trance by bizarre things recently." ”

As soon as Wei Lai finished speaking, he found that it was abnormal, because Zhang Qiang didn't stop at all, as if he didn't notice that he and Huo Meng were talking, and he kept walking down, and his steps were getting faster and faster, stepping on the stone stairs Peng Peng.

"It's bad, the fierce son is chasing after him, Zhang Qiang has a problem."

Wei Lai greeted and took the lead in chasing Zhang Qiang, but before he could chase a few steps, he found that Huo Meng behind him was stunned in place, and then he did the same as Zhang Qiang, and walked down with a sluggish expression.

"Mengzi, Huo Meng, General Huo." Wei Lai caught up with Huo Meng and kept yelling beside Huo Meng, but Huo Meng was still indifferent and walked down woodenly.

Wei Lai stretched out his hand to pat Huo Meng, Huo Meng's movements stopped for a short time, Wei Lai felt that there was a play, so he increased the force in his hand, and slapped Huo Meng's face hard, Huo Meng's eyes slowly returned to normal, his movements stopped, and he shook his head and said, "Why are you hitting me?" ”

Wei Lai didn't answer Huo Meng, and slapped Huo Meng in the face again, not giving Huo Meng time to react at all, pulling Huo Meng up and running down, and said, "Don't ask, follow me now." ”

Huo Meng saw Wei Lai's face and understood the importance of the matter, so he followed Wei Lai and ran down, the stone ladder made a roaring sound, and the speed of the two became faster and faster, when they ran down the stone ladder, because the lanterns around them were not lit, they fell into darkness.

Huo Meng was about to light the lantern, but was stopped by Wei Lai, Wei Lai said loudly: "Don't light it, there is something wrong with this lantern, the strange situation between you and Zhang Qiang, I feel that it is caused by the fragrance of the lantern, everything in this ancient tomb is abnormal, it is better to be careful." ”

Wei Lai turned on the flashlight and found himself in a huge tomb, the light of the flashlight could only see a very small area, and the rest of the place was still in darkness.

"Find Zhang Qiang first, and say that there is no fragrance of the ever-bright lamp when you leave the stone ladder, and Zhang Qiang should wake up soon." Wei Lai shook the flashlight and looked for Zhang Qiang's footprints, because the ground was covered with thick dust, as long as he followed the footprints, he could find Zhang Qiang.

There are a lot of footprints on the ground, divided into two directions, one of which has many footprints, no need to think that it is Feng Jianguo's and theirs, and the rest is Zhang Qiang's footprints, walking in the opposite direction.

The two followed Zhang Qiang's footprints, and after walking out of a distance, Zhang Qiang's footprints disappeared, and when Wei Lai shone the flashlight forward, Wei Lai's brows jumped, Huo Meng's flashlight fell to the ground, and where Zhang Qiang's footsteps disappeared, a black coffin was placed there, and it was obvious that Zhang Qiang must be in the coffin.

"Wei Lai, will Zhang Qiang die?" Huo Meng was a little worried, Zhang Qiang was with their roommates, and he didn't want to see Zhang Qiang's misfortune.

Wei Lai's brows furrowed even deeper, and he shook his head and said: "I don't know, we haven't been separated from Zhang Qiang for long, even if Zhang Qiang is confused by the fragrance of the ever-bright lamp, he shouldn't enter the coffin, and this coffin is tightly fitted, and the coffin lid can't be closed without the help of outsiders." ”

"What then?" Huo Meng was frightened in his heart, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Open the coffin first, it's important to save Zhang Qiang." Wei Lai was also afraid, but he couldn't leave Zhang Qiang behind.

The two approached the coffin cautiously, Zhang Qiang's footprints disappeared in front of the coffin, Wei Lai was just about to step on the floor where Zhang Qiang's footprints disappeared, Huo Meng suddenly grabbed Wei Lai, and said in a deep voice: "Be careful, don't step on the floor where Zhang Qiang's footprints disappeared, it's very likely to fall." ”

After Huo Meng finished speaking, he tentatively stepped on it with one foot, and when he saw that there was no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay." ”

Wei Lai was grateful in his heart, Huo Meng's reminder was reasonable, if Zhang Qiang's footprints disappeared, in addition to entering the coffin, there was also a possibility of falling from the ground, the mechanism in the ancient tomb was very ingenious, and if he was not careful, he would die tragically.

The black coffin is made of sandalwood, the appearance is simple and unpretentious, there is no soul nail on the coffin lid, and in the huge burial chamber, there is only a lonely black coffin, which looks extremely strange.

Wei Lai and Huo Meng didn't care about the weirdness, the most important thing was to rescue Zhang Qiang, Wei Lai held a glass pendant in his right hand, a black charm in his left hand, Huo Meng held a flashlight in one hand, and slowly pushed the coffin lid with the other hand.

"Click"

The coffin lid was slowly removed by Huo Meng, Wei Lai's nervous hands sweated a lot, threw all the black talismans in his hand into it, and pushed the coffin lid together with Huo Meng's free hand, and the entire coffin lid was pushed open in an instant.

In the black coffin, Zhang Qiang was lying quietly, his body was scattered with black charms thrown by Wei Lai, Wei Lai tested that Zhang Qiang was still breathing, so he breathed a sigh of relief and motioned Huo Meng to carry Zhang Qiang out of the coffin. Huo Meng saw that Zhang Qiang was still breathing, put down the flashlight in his hand, and wanted to move Zhang Qiang in the coffin.

When Huo Meng put down the flashlight, the entire tomb fell into a brief darkness, and there was a slight sound all around, and the sound was getting closer and closer, instantly filling the entire empty tomb.

"Click......

Huo Meng heard the strange sound, stopped hugging Zhang Qiang, picked up the flashlight and shone it around, only to see dense ants pouring towards the tide, which had completely surrounded the black coffin, and the black pressure was overwhelming, blocking all escape paths.

"It's over." Huo Meng sat on the ground decadently, looked at the approaching ants, and closed his eyes.

Wei Lai was no better, when the two heard the voice, the ants had already surrounded the entire black coffin, the light of the flashlight was gone, and there were more ants converging in the open space behind, and even larger ants appeared.

The ant is slender, with a huge head, six legs and a very well-developed palate, and moves quickly, with a brownish-black body and a slightly white spot on the head, and the palate constantly opens and closes, making a clattering sound. The ants in the back are huge, about the size of a little finger, and they move relatively slowly, but they make strange noises, directing the small ants in front.

The ants around the black coffin gathered more and more, and when they reached a few meters away from the black coffin, they stopped advancing, as if they were driven by something, Wei Lai saw that the ants did not dare to approach, and pushed down Huo Meng and said: "Mengzi, hurry up and cheer up, the ants dare not approach." ”

Huo Meng opened his eyes, looked at the scene around him, and said dejectedly: "They don't dare to get close, and we can't get out, even if we don't be gnawed into bones by them, we won't starve to death in the end." ”

Wei Lai regretted a little, if he had listened to Huo Meng's words earlier, he would have decisively withdrawn from the ancient tomb, and these ants, Wei Lai could roughly guess the origin, must be the carrion corpses in the burial pit as food, so that the ants in the mountains have plenty of room to grow, and they will form a huge group in the ancient tomb.

"They don't dare to approach, maybe it has something to do with the sandalwood of the coffin, let's wake Zhang Qiang up first, otherwise there will be an accident after a long time." Wei Lai looked at the gathered ants and couldn't think of a way to escape.

Huo Meng smiled bitterly, and said with some discouragement: "Come on, I'm going to die anyway, save Zhang Qiang awake, and let him die more clearly." ”

Huo Meng asked Wei Lai to hold the flashlight and moved Zhang Qiang with his free hands, but he didn't move the first time, but Zhang Qiang's face showed a painful expression.

"Don't move, there's something under Zhang Qiang." Wei Lai shone it with a flashlight and found that there was something white squirming under Zhang Qiang's body.

Huo Meng stopped the movements of his hand and wondered: "Corpse, or maggots?" ”

Wei Lai shook his head, saying that he didn't know either, and could only see something white, like a huge insect egg.

Huo Meng took out the dagger and put one hand on Zhang Qiang's shoulder, Wei Lai held a flashlight in his hand, and put the other hand on Zhang Qiang's other shoulder.

The knife in Huo Meng's hand was about to be stabbed, but he was startled by what was under Zhang Qiang, his eyes widened in horror, and the dagger in his hand no longer dared to stab.

Under Zhang Qiang, the huge white insect egg slowly wriggled, and inside the insect egg was pregnant with a giant ant that was not fully developed, the other parts of the ant were normal, but the head was the outline of a human head, and the facial features were constricted together, like an unhealthy baby.

Huo Meng looked at the human-faced ants in the eggs, he simply subverted his cognition, reluctantly mustered up his courage, closed his eyes, and was about to stab down when he held the dagger.

"Don't, the ants around don't dare to approach, maybe it has something to do with it." Wei Lai stopped Huo Meng and said loudly.

Huo Meng put down the dagger, looked at the gathered ants around him, it seemed that he was guarding something, and when he raised the dagger, the ant colony moved, Huo Meng agreed with Wei Lai's statement, and said loudly: "These ants dare not approach the eggs, do you want to take them away." ”

Huo Meng's gaze avoided the ants in the human face, the ants in the eggs were too bizarre, but the ants had a human head on the ant's body, which was extremely absurd.

Wei Lai's head was very confused, the things in the ancient tomb exceeded his own cognition, if it was a ghost, he could still understand, but the strange ants couldn't deal with it, Wei Lai patted his head, couldn't think of a way to deal with it, and said distressedly: "I don't know, first rescue Zhang Qiang, if there is no way, take this worm egg away." ”

Huo Meng moved Zhang Qiang again, and saw that the clothes on Zhang Qiang's back were eroded out of the hole by insect eggs, and said loudly: "It seems that the ants treat Zhang Qiang as food, if he is allowed to lie in the coffin again, maybe the internal organs will be corroded." ”

Huo Meng's strength was huge, and Zhang Qiang's whole body was taken out of the coffin, Wei Lai tore off Zhang Qiang's tattered clothes, and used them to wipe the insect egg body fluids on Zhang Qiang's back, Wei Lai guessed that Zhang Qiang's coma was related to the fragrance of the ever-bright lamp, but when the fragrance disappeared and he didn't wake up, it was these body fluids that had an anesthetic effect, just like the feeding principle of spiders.

"Wake up, Zhang Qiang is awake." Huo Meng saw Zhang Qiang open his eyes and shouted Wei Lai.

Wei Lai's face showed joy, Zhang Qiang was fine, the two put Zhang Qiang on the ground, Zhang Qiang looked a little confused, looked at Huo Meng and Wei Lai, and said, "I...... What's wrong, I feel like my head is so heavy. ”

Wei Lai patted Zhang Qiang on the shoulder, let go of his body, pointed around, and said, "We are surrounded by ants, and you were almost eaten by insect eggs." ”

Zhang Qiang reluctantly stood up, looked at the ants around him, and couldn't believe the scene in front of him, when he saw the human-faced ants in the coffin, Zhang Qiang vomited in disgust, feeling that the whole world had become abnormal.

Zhang Qiang barely regained his composure and recalled: "I remember that we were walking on the stone stairs, and I felt so tired that I fell asleep somehow, and when I woke up, I appeared in the tomb, and then a strange sound sounded, which vaguely drove me forward, and my head was in a state of confusion, and then I didn't know anything." ”

Wei Lai analyzed the form, and said in a solemn tone: "The fragrance of the lantern is very strange, but what is even more strange is these ants, I guess that the sounds that drive you are made by the ants, and I want you to become the nourishment of this insect egg, when you enter the coffin, with the number of ants, it is still very easy to cover the coffin." ”

After Wei finished speaking, the three of them fell into silence for a long time, and Zhang Qiang suddenly said: "No, entering the ancient tomb from the gate can only reach here, Feng Jianguo and they must have been here, why didn't they have an accident, or were they surrounded by ants?" ”

Wei Lai felt that his brain was about to explode, the degree of complexity of the matter was beyond imagination, and it could not be understood with common sense at all, Wei Lai guessed: "I guess that when the lantern was first lit, the fragrance had not yet diffused, and it had no effect on them, and I had a glass pendant to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, but the two of you were dominated by the fragrance." ”

Huo Meng and Zhang Qiang nodded in agreement, Wei Lai's analysis made sense, after Zhang Qiang was rescued by the two, there was gratitude to the two, and now the three of them have reached harmony and unity, completely with Wei Lai as the leader.

"You can't wait any longer, Huo Meng, you divide the luggage you bring into my and Zhang Qiang's packages, throw away all the useless, leave all the plastic bags, and we will take this worm egg away."

Huo Meng now understands that Wei Lai's method is the last hope, if this method doesn't work, they can only wait to starve to death, if the human-faced ants hatch and are born, all the ants will not hesitate, and they can gnaw them into dry bones in an instant.

Huo Meng and Zhang Qiang endured the nausea, put the eggs into a plastic bag, and put a whole set of five layers of bags outside, for fear of being corroded by the liquid of the eggs, and then put the eggs into the bag, and Huo Meng carried them behind him.

Wei Lai set fire to the things that Huo Meng had discarded and threw them into the ant colony, but the ant colony not only did not dodge, but also swarmed towards the flames, crackling and increasing the burning of the flames, and because there were more and more ants surging on it, the flames were extinguished after just a moment.

"The three of us hugged each other, there were insect eggs in the ants that would not attack us for the time being, and there were Feng Jianguo's footprints under the stone ladder, and we followed their footprints."

Wei Lai and Zhang Qiang hugged each other with Huo Meng as the center, slowly moving their feet, the ants around them made strange noises, a little chaotic and scattered, however, the large ants behind quickly stepped forward and wandered around Wei Lai and the three of them, showing a provocative posture, but kept a distance, wanting to protect the eggs.