Chapter 10: The Rat Tide

When we heard Lisa shout, we all gathered around.

To save power, I immediately turned off the flashlight and put it in my bag. Lisa has a candle in her hand, and a place of light is fine. But at this moment, the candle in Lisa's hand burned to the end, and she threw out the little candle head that was left in her hand. Suddenly, there was darkness all around.

As soon as I wanted to dig out the flashlight in my bag, I heard a "pop" sound, and the surroundings immediately lit up, as if it were daytime. Again, it was Adams who turned on a camping lamp.

", don't you take out something good?" The old ghost said.

"Isn't this also about saving?" Adams said.

I motioned for them to stop arguing and study the patterns on the ground.

Adams moved the camping lantern closer, and the five of us immediately gathered around. It turned out to be a fresco-like relief, with a size of one meter square. However, the five of us looked at it, and we couldn't see what the pattern was. They all meditated, but they didn't see this pattern, let alone understand the mystery in this relief.

I wondered, why is this relief carved on the ground? I stood up and looked at the pattern again. It doesn't look like a whole picture, it's like a part of a painting! Thinking of this, I immediately asked everyone to step back.

When I said this, they didn't know what was going on, so they quickly stepped back. I immediately cleaned up the clutter around the relief and blew away the dust around it. Sure enough, a second and third pieces were found...... At this time, the old ghost saw my way and immediately came to help. Before and after, we found twelve of these reliefs.

The twelve reliefs are arranged in three columns and four rows (3x4), with an empty space in the upper left corner, which is exactly the size of a relief. I tried to push the relief next to the vacant seat, and it did! It dawned on me that wasn't the sliding puzzle we used to play as kids? No wonder it was put on the ground. If you put it on the wall, this meter square stone may not be much heavier due to gravity.

As soon as we knew how to play, several of us suddenly came to the spirit and joined in solving the puzzle. Adams was the tallest, and he was the one to hold the camping lamp for the light. Lisa and Pamela solve the puzzle, and the old ghost and I come to slide the stones. Lisa and the others pointed and pointed, and we were running up and down, back and forth, pushing the rocks, busy and sweating. However, more than an hour has passed, and it is still not spelled out.

We both got tired and exhausted, so we stopped. The old ghost said, "If you want me to say, just remove all these stones and put them back on, so as to save you the trouble of running around." ”

"If only it could be dismantled, I'll take a look at it." I say.

Just when we were at a loss, Adams spoke up and told us to follow his path. The old ghost and I got up and pushed as he said, not to mention, three steps and two steps were so interesting. In less than five minutes, the whole pattern was completely formed, and it was actually a one-eyed pirate! About another five minutes passed, when we pushed the last relief stone into place. There was a "click", and an opening appeared on one of the eastern walls.

We cheered and hugged each other. The old ghost hurriedly said, "Master, why didn't you make a move earlier?" If we had done this earlier, we would have suffered a lot! ”

Adams said: "I also just saw the truth, and the biggest fear of playing this kind of game is that I don't have a complete original picture in my head. Once you have this full picture, it's quick to put it together. When you are fighting, every step I take, I have already taken ten steps in my head. ”

Just as Adams was talking about his experience in sliding puzzles, Lisa suddenly shouted, "Mouse! ”

Several of us were taken aback by her, and I was about to say, what is so scary about rats. Looking back, my dear mother, the rat is so big. It's the size of a piglet, at least twenty or thirty pounds! Under the light of the camping lantern, the giant rat revealed its original form: a pointed mouth with long fangs; The two eyes were scarlet and scarlet, and they were very scary.

We were so frightened that we ran away.

It may be that the animals are phototaxis, and the giant rat went straight to Adams, who was holding the camping lamp. I saw that Adams was in trouble. If you let something bite, you will probably be killed on the spot. The shape was in danger, and I immediately grabbed a pickaxe (a kind of agricultural tool) in the corner of the wall and tried to rush over. But at a glance, Pamela jumped up to Adams at great speed, and kicked the huge mouse away.

This was so powerful that both the old ghost and I were taken aback. I didn't expect that such a thin woman would have such a great explosive power, she must have practiced.

The rat slammed into the wall next to me, squeaked, and fell very hard. I thought it was dying, but unexpectedly, it immediately got up and screamed "squeak", extremely angry. Jumped up and rushed towards me with great speed.

My scalp tightened, and I quickly struck me with a pickaxe. I only heard the scream of "squeak", and the rat was hit by me. The pickaxe went through its body, splattering me with blood. The rat struggled twice and then died.

The old ghost was closest to the open stone door, and he shone his flashlight inside. But as soon as I killed the giant rat, I saw him run back like crazy. As he ran, he shouted, "Run!" Climb to high ground. ”

We don't know what's going on, but we know it's not good by looking at the way he looks. And when he heard the sound of "knock knock" coming from the hole, he hurriedly ran to a high place. I used a flashlight, my own mother, there are thousands of black rats rushing towards us! These rats are about the same size as normal mice, but the sheer number of them is creepy. It wasn't just a swarm of rats, it was like a tidal wave.

It turned out that the giant rat just now was not angry, but yelled to move the rescuers. The giant rat may be their leader, and at this command, the rat colony poured out of the nest.

Lisa was behind me, and when she saw it, it was like seeing a ghost. "Ahh The sound almost deafened my ears. I immediately reached out and covered her mouth, as she was called, I had to summon the rats.

At the moment, the shape is urgent, and the rat tide is surging and rapid. Don't say that Lisa is such a girl, no matter who she changes, she has to be scared half to death when she sees this scene. Looking at so many black rats, my back couldn't help but tingle.

I could see that several of us had climbed up the pillars of the basement. These columns are all made of wood, and the structure does not play a supporting role. It was full of thick nails, which were supposed to be used to hang things. This kind of nail is convenient for us.

Look at the rat colony, and some of them have reached here in the lead. As soon as they saw that their "leader" was dead, it was as if they had been stimulated, and the whole swarm of rats was "squeaking", as if it had become more ferocious. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it turns out that these rats also have feelings.

In the same way, the rats then brightened up and saw Adams lying on the pillar. When I saw that it was not good, I immediately shouted, "Adams, throw away the lamp in your hand!" ”

When Adams heard this, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly threw the camping lamp in his hand into the rat colony. Although the temperature of this camping lantern is not high, the rat swarm still exploded suddenly. The rats around the camping lantern immediately fled, and the scene was like throwing a stone in the water, causing ripples.

Although Adams had thrown away the camping lamp in time, he had already exposed himself. Those rats were not stupid, they knew exactly where he was, not to mention that the camping lights did not go out immediately. The rats immediately redirected and rushed towards the pillar where Adams was.

When Adams saw this, he immediately exclaimed, "Oh,*, don't come at me." There is a wrongdoer, a debtor, and that guy is the one who killed your boss! ”

With that, Adams pointed to me, and of course the rats couldn't understand human speech. But I still couldn't stop scolding, "You damn Yankee, that's fucking boring." Lao Tzu saved you, and you still sold Lao Tzu? ”

"I'm telling the truth." Adams said.

Wu Lisha, who was behind me, was anxious at this time and said, "Hey, I said you have made enough trouble?" When is it time to still have the heart to argue about this? Now hurry up and find a way to get out. ”

When Wu Lisha said this, we immediately shut up. At this time, the camping lamp that Adams threw out blinked twice and suddenly went out. Once again, the surrounding environment was plunged into darkness. I immediately wanted to dig for the flashlight in my bag, but I was afraid of finding a swarm of rats. For a moment, I was in a dilemma.

Humans are strange creatures, both in snow blindness and in the dark. As long as there is no target in front of you, you will invisibly put pressure on yourself, feel nervous, and feel scared, which is why so many people are afraid of the dark. Without saying anything, everyone fell into a small panic again.

In the darkness, I heard Adams's pig-like cry: "Fang Yu, old ghost, hurry up and find a way to kill me!" Fuck these brutes are going to eat me. ”

Hearing Adams shout, the others fell silent. As I listened closely, I heard a "creak, creak" sound coming from Adams's side. As soon as I heard it, I immediately understood what was going on. It turns out that rats can't climb high, but they have sharp teeth. It's creaking and gnawing at the wooden pillar where Adams is at the moment!

This colony is so big and has sharp teeth. Only the waist thickness of the wood can support it until when. It is estimated that it will only take three to five minutes, and it will definitely be chewed thinly. When the time comes, if Adams falls into the swarm of rats, the consequences and the scene are unimaginable.