CHAPTER XXXIV

In order to eliminate fear in the dim corridor, I talked with the fat man, but the fat man behind me did not answer, I panicked for fear that he would disappear, and hurriedly turned around, and saw the fat man with a hideous face, and pounced on me with his teeth and claws. When I saw this, I couldn't help but ask in amazement, "Fatty, what's wrong with you?" ā€œ

The fat man didn't answer me, his expression was still hideous, I had the courage to take a few steps closer to him, under the light of the fire, I found that he had a black ribbon around his neck, and he was dragging the fat man backwards, the fat man was strangled by the black rope, his face was blue, his eyes bulged out, he struggled with both hands to tear the black rope on his neck, but he couldn't tear it off.

Seeing the fat man's painful expression, I hurriedly and quickly crawled over to him, and burned the fire fold in my hand directly to the black belt that wrapped around the fat man's neck. The black belt was squeaky and smoky from the fire, and at once let go of the fat man, and disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only the stench of burning garbage wafting through the air.

The fat man panted and said to me, "I called you for a long time just now, why didn't you react?" ā€

I was confused and said, "I didn't hear you call me." On the contrary, when I talked to you, I saw that you didn't respond, and when I turned around, I realized that something had happened to you. What just happened? What is that black ribbon that looks like hair? ā€

The fat man rubbed his neck and said, "Where do I know what the hell it is, I feel a drop of water on the top of my head, and then I can't move, my throat and eyes seem to be blocked, and I can't shout if I want to." Then, there was something that tightened my neck and dragged me backwards. ā€

I re-lit the extinguished fire and looked closely at the top of the fat man's head, and there were only a few traces of water on his hair, and there was no injury. Except for a little redness on his neck, there was no big problem, so he calmed down and continued: "We have to hurry up and find the exit, this passage is too narrow, if we encounter that ghost thing again, we can't use it, it's too bad for us." After speaking, as soon as he turned around, he saw a rope noose hanging down from the top of the stone wall in front of him. I was so frightened that I hurriedly fell backwards, and I was caught off guard and collided with the fat man behind me. I was shocked: Could it be that in this strange underground tomb, I encountered a hanged ghost? I heard that hanged ghosts all use their own hanged ropes to trick people into hanging themselves in order to be freed and reincarnated. I can't help but be glad that I was lucky to dodge in time just now, and if I accidentally stick my head in, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The fat man saw me sitting on the ground in a panic, and asked me puzzled, "What the hell are you?" ā€

I hurriedly pointed to the top of the stone path, and the fat man looked in the direction of my finger. Under the light of the fire fold, I realized that the hanging rope sleeve I saw in the panic just now turned out to be the black ribbon that had escaped just now, and it was sticking to the top of the cave and hanging down, arching itself like a snake, ready to attack.

The fat man stared at the black rope on the top wall of the corridor and said, "Where did such a slender black snake come from, and it also has a turtle head." You almost killed the fat man just now, right? Let's see if I don't kill you. With that, he reached into my arms and pulled the bronze dagger out of my clothes.

I saw that the fat man was about to act, and subconsciously hugged the fat man's waist tightly to stop the fat man from killing the black strange snake, and the fat man kept struggling forward, shouting: "Don't stop me, Lao Tzu, I have to kill it today, cook snake soup and drink it." ā€

Because the two of us tore too hard, we couldn't help but fall into the corridor, bumping and tumbling. As soon as the fat man wanted to speak, he heard the stone slabs in the corridor clicking one after another, and then the stone slabs that we were leaning against were flipped inward at the same time, and we were unsuspectingly rolled to the inside of the stone wall by the overturned stone slabs.

My body was constantly tumbling downward, and in the process of rolling, the fire broke out, and the surroundings were plunged into total darkness, and I couldn't see anything. In a moment, I rolled to the ground, I knew that it must have been the two of us who had accidentally touched the mechanism while rolling in the corridor, and I couldn't help but immediately worry about the safety of the fat man, and immediately sat up from the ground with vertigo, stretched out my hand and groped around, and opened my mouth to shout loudly, "Fat man." "As soon as I shouted, the fat man lit a fire beside me. Immediately afterwards, he exclaimed, "I'm cĒŽo, why are there so many black snakes? Lao Zheng, it seems that the two of us have fallen into the snake's nest. ā€

We fell into what looked like a burial chamber, and when I heard the fat man's words and looked at the ground, I immediately bounced to my feet like a spring, dragged my left leg, and held my hand against the stone wall beside me. I saw countless insects like black strange snakes wriggling on the ground. I hurriedly pulled the fat man, who was standing motionless, and ran to the periphery of the worm nest.

The fat man ran and asked me, "Lao Zheng, you were a ghost in the corridor just now?" Why did you stop me from cutting down that strange snake? ā€

I watched cautiously at my feet, cautiously dodging the black snake, and moved towards the periphery of the snakes, and said to the fat man, "You are a ghost." Do you know what this black monster snake is? ā€

The fat man said with disdain: "Isn't it just a bug that has grown a little bigger, what is there to be afraid of, Lao Tzu can step on it and kill it." ā€

As I dragged him along, I explained to him, "It's a worm called a worm that lives where there is water, and you see there's not a dry riverbed next to the swarm. This insect has water in its mouth, and when it shoots into the bare skin of a person's body, it will immobilize the person. Presumably, because the water it spits out contains toxins that paralyze the nerves. This thing is afraid of fire but can't cut it, and if you cut it, it will immediately turn into a two-section bug and attack you even more fiercely. ā€

I lowered my head to avoid the strange insects under my feet, and suddenly, the fat man next to me stopped and said to me: "Lao Zheng, it's a bad dish, there is no road ahead." ā€

I was in a hurry to run for my life in the burial chamber with my head down, and suddenly I heard the fat man say that there was no road ahead, so I hurriedly looked up and found that there was indeed no road in front of me. In front of him is a huge stone wall about five meters high, carved with bas-reliefs, as if it were a scene of sacrifice, because the inner room is too dim to see clearly. I wanted to get closer and take a closer look, but the fat man next to me was already furious, urging me to say: "Lao Zheng, don't keep staring at the stone wall, hurry up and find out if there is a way out, when is it, now it's important to escape." "When I looked back, the strange insect swarm was about to swim to my feet, and I couldn't help but feel anxious. Although I don't know how powerful this strange insect is, just because one of them attacked the fat man just now and almost killed him, the danger is definitely not low. And this thing is invulnerable, so it's a bit hard to deal with.

A sense of crisis hit me, so I stopped staring at the giant stone wall and began to look around carefully, looking for a way out. As a result, I soon found that at the ends of the left and right sides of the stone wall, there were stone pillars with a huge dragon carved on the pillar, coiling upward, just enough for people to step on and climb.

So, I hurriedly turned around and beckoned the fat man to come over, and at the moment when I turned around and the fire flickered, I seemed to see a figure flashing near the stone pillar opposite. I suddenly thought of the mysterious man who had been following us, and I couldn't help but worry. The strange and dangerous underground mausoleum has already made me haggard and haggard. If the mysterious person appeared here, it would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire, and I would feel more and more headaches, and I became more and more panicked.

The fat man had already climbed up the stone pillar on the side, looked down and saw that I was still standing below, so he hurriedly climbed down and pushed me hard: "Lao Zheng, you were sprayed by insects?" Can't move? ā€

I shook my head and said, "No, I just saw a figure on the other side." ā€

The fat man glanced at the insect swarm that was already close in front of him and said anxiously: "The darkness may be that you have seen it away, don't worry about the black shadow, the insects are all in front of you." ā€

The crawling speed of these black monster insect domains is not fast, and the distance of spraying water is also limited, but there are many of them, and now they have all flocked to the side of the stone pillar. After the fat man finished speaking, he immediately climbed the stone pillar, climbed up quickly, and disappeared into the darkness above.

Since I was a child, I only liked to go into the water to fish, but I was not good at climbing trees and digging birds. So, I had to look up and down the relief dragon on the stone pillar first, find a position where I could climb on my feet, and then step on it, hug the stone pillar with both hands, step on the dragon relief, and slowly climb up step by step. After crawling for a while, I noticed that the insects below were crawling faster than me, and a few of them were already sticking to my shoes and spraying water from the corners of my pants. Fortunately, it's winter, and my clothes are deliberately thicker, so that the water can't penetrate for a while. I climbed hard with both hands, and my feet had to shake off the strange insects that climbed on my pants, this black strange insect was super sticky, and I couldn't shake off one for a long time, and several of them were even entangled, constantly pulling down my pants, tired and sweating profusely, and my hands and feet gradually began to become weak. I thought to myself: If I continue like this, it won't take a moment to be dragged down by these strange insects, so I have to silently recite the blessing of my ancestor in my heart.

While reciting the blessing of my grandfather, I struggled to climb up. At this time, my pants were already crawling with strange insects, and the water was about to spray to my armpits, and my heart was suddenly half cold, although I wanted to speed up, but my body did not obey me at all.

At this moment, the strange insects entangled in my legs suddenly exerted their strength together, pulling my legs down hard. My hands, which were already about to be weak, suddenly grabbed the air, and the upper half of my body fell backwards involuntarily. At the critical moment, I hurriedly clamped my legs hard, and my waist instantly exploded with strange force.

As a result, the upper body is straight up and no longer falls backwards. However, due to the last trace of strength in his body, his hands and feet involuntarily fell out of the air, and he was about to fall straight down.