Chapter 237: Diving into the Cave
The three of them followed the drag marks left by Li Li all the way to the side of a mound, where there was a hole more than half a person high.
Zhao Zong carefully lay at the entrance of the cave, listened for a while, and after finding that there was no sound inside, he motioned to Yue Ying and Tianxing to stay outside the cave for the time being, and climbed in first.
After Zhao Zong entered the cave for a while, there was a call: "Come in, it's safe here." ”
Tianxing and Yue Ying glanced at each other, and climbed into the cave one by one, the bottom of the cave was not spacious, and the three of them were just allowed to kneel and gather.
At this time, Zhao Zong lit the fire fold he wore with him to illuminate this small cave, there was no abnormality around, and there was no trace of Li Li and the mysterious creature.
"It's strange, that drag mark clearly shows that it entered here, why did it disappear like this?" Yue Ying asked.
Tianxing looked at Zhao Zong and found that he also had a look of disbelief.
"Let's take a closer look around and see if there will be any secret rooms and secret passages here~!" Tianxing said based on previous experience.
So the three of them carefully knocked on the surrounding walls to see if they could find anything abnormal, but to no avail.
At this moment, Tianxing suddenly discovered something, "Huh~?!"
"What's wrong?" Yue Ying and Zhao Zong asked in unison.
"Look at the place where we kneel~!" Through the faint light of the fire, Tianxing noticed that a tiny crack appeared on the ground below.
"This is a desert, how can there be a crack?" Zhao Zong also felt a little strange.
Yue Ying didn't care so much, he immediately bent down and dug the gravel below with his bare hands, Tianxing and Zhao Zong glanced at each other, so they had to bend down like Yue Ying, and dig up the gravel on the ground together, but fortunately, there was not a lot of gravel on the ground, just digging less than a foot deep, and found that there was a square flat stone slab buried under this piece of sand.
"There is sand and dirt everywhere here, and this stone slab obviously does not belong here, and someone must have brought it here. Tianxing guessed.
"Don't you know what it is when you dig it all up~!" Yue Ying leaned over, trying his best to continue digging down, and after a tea time passed, a complete sarcophagus appeared in front of everyone.
And that slab is the lid of this sarcophagus. Underneath the slab is a thin slit, and apparently the lid of the sarcophagus can be opened.
Zhao Zong touched the edge of the gap, sniffed it again, and said, "There is a smell of blood that is still very strong, Li Li and the mysterious creature should have gotten into this gap just now." ”
"What? A person got into the crack of the coffin?!Could it be that there are some zombies or other evil spirits in this coffin?" Yue Ying clenched his 'weeping soul' vigilantly.
"Cough~, don't be nervous Yue Ying, think about it, even if there is a corpse in the desert, even if there is a corpse, it will become a dry corpse, how can there be evil spirits in such a place where yang qi is in the middle of the earth, even if it is buried deep underground, it will not see the light of day for a long time, and it will be transformed because of the evil grudge of the ghost clan, so it is okay to rest assured for the time being~!" Zhao Zong said embarrassedly when he saw Yue Ying's nervous appearance.
"Then there should be a passage under this coffin, so Li Li and the mysterious creature can get in. Celestial Star explained with a rational mind.
"I feel that it's better not to act rashly for the time being, it's better to go back first and wait for Shui Lu to recover tomorrow, and then heal Likun and the others, and call more people to come and have a look together." Yue Ying suggested.
"What do you say?Tianxing~!" Zhao Zong asked Tianxing.
Tianxing pondered for a while and said, "I remember that it was recorded in a medical book: 'Wherever poisonous snakes are infested, within seven steps, there must be something to restrain and dissolve snake venom. We can get lucky enough to find this kind of creature that restrains the borer, presumably it is God's favor, if it can be subdued as soon as possible, it will also be a great help to kill those borers in the future. ”
"Yes~!Yes, indeed, my thoughts are the same. Zhao Zong agreed.
"But Yue Ying's concerns are not unfounded, this time we go down to the ground, if we go together, there will be no reinforcements. Tianxing continued.
"What about your opinion?" Zhao Zong asked rhetorically.
"Yue Ying, you stay outside the entrance of the cave, if we don't come out after three hours, you must not come in to look for us, quickly go back to the Sand Clan to find Shui Lu and the Sand Clan for help. Tianxing looked at Yue Ying and said cautiously.
"Then how can it be done~!The young master still wants to heal the body of those poisoned people of the Sand Clan, besides, you don't have spiritual power to protect yourself at all, you are weaker than me, how can you go in? If you want to go, you have to go~!" Yue Ying objected.
"No, you are acting without consideration, this time the subduing of that mysterious creature is not trivial, you don't need to worry about it, just do what I said. Tianxing paused, and then said: "Yue Ying, I also have my concerns, and I am willing to rest assured that you and Shui Lu are the backups." ”
Yue Ying waved his hand and shouted: "No~! I won't let you go." Kill me, it's impossible to do that kind of backup, Master Mu Ji said that I must protect you no matter what~!"
"Yue Ying~!, you just listen to me, there will be no mistake. Tianxing said urgently.
"No, you can't say anything!" Yue Ying also argued with a slight annoyance.
"Okay~ Okay, you two don't fight, it looks like you're about to part with life and death, that guy can drag a living person as big as Li Li from so far here, presumably its size and strength will not be small, but such a creature is usually not fast. And now the one who can fight, the best skill, I'm afraid it has to be me, so don't fight, I'll go by myself~!" Zhao Zong said with a nonchalant expression.
"Then how can it be done~ you...."Tianxing wanted to say something disapprovingly, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Zong, "There is nothing to hesitate about, the people of the Sand Clan are still waiting for you and Shui Lu to heal, and Yue Ying also wants to protect your safety." Now I can only do this to increase the chance of fighting Cocoon in the future, besides, I am a member of the Zerg, and I have studied the habits and specialties of insects since I was a child, and there are strange Gu in the body that are not invaded, and ~, this is originally a matter between me and Cocoon, if I can't bring more Gu worms in my hands, just rely on the two bows and crossbows around me, even if there are more crossbow arrows, it can't be the opponent of Cocoon. ”
Tianxing looked at Zhao Zong's resolute eyes, and finally took a step back in his heart, and said, "Okay, since you insist on this, I can't stop it, but I have some reasoning thoughts and suspicions that I want to tell you." ”
"Please speak~!" Regarding Tianxing's reasoning and conjecture, Zhao Zong still trusts it very much.
Tianxing took a deep breath, carefully sorted out his thoughts, and began to say: "Since this creature can survive near the borer, it must have its own uniqueness, and the borer contains venom in its body, but it can not be afraid at all, and dare to eat the corpse of the borer, so I guess that in its body, it should also contain a poison of the same level as the borer." ”
After listening to this, Zhao Zong pondered for a while, nodded and motioned for Tianxing to continue.
"And the borer is a social infestation, so I think about it repeatedly, and I always feel that the mysterious creature should not be only one, otherwise it should not survive to the present with its size, and it has long been devoured by other borers, so I think it or they should also be similar in number to the borer, or the same strength of the creature, and this kind of social creature, usually there must be a larger body of the same kind as the leader, so as the so-called capture the enemy first capture the king, if you can find their leader first, and then use your Zerg secret technique to refine it into Gu or control it, presumably the remaining creatures of the same kind will definitely be able to obey your commandOnce this mysterious species is controlled~!, and then the strategy of fighting poison with poison and controlling the group with swarms will definitely become a way to restrain the borer."
"Capture the thief and capture the king first, fight poison with poison, control the group with the group, it's so dangerous~!" Zhao Zong thought carefully and judged.
"Of course, if we want to tame these creatures, there is a certain danger, but sooner or later we must enter the ruins of the ghost moth clan, just like entering the nest of the moth, with our current strength, we can only say that there is more than luck, so we have to survive. And this glimmer of vitality is also a chance for nine deaths, so I don't want you to go alone~!" Tianxing looked at Zhao Zong quietly, waiting for his answer.
"Yes, this is the only time there is a chance of survival, so I have to give it a try, and I guess only I can. Zhao Zong replied after deep thought.
"Well, if you insist on going down, you should be extremely cautious. Tianxing said.
"Okay~!Don't worry, I'll come back alive!" Zhao Zong nodded, looked at Tianxing and smiled slightly: "Did you calculate it earlier, I would ask to go down alone, that's why you sorted out your thoughts so carefully, come and tell me~!?"
Tianxing didn't have any expression on his face, looked at Zhao Zong and said quietly: "I haven't calculated anyone~, I just know that if you go down alone, the success rate is higher than anyone who goes down with you, because you are a member of the Zerg, your skills are the most agile among us, and your mind is also comparable to mine~!"
Zhao Zong smiled slightly, "I'm really lucky to be friends with you~!"
"As long as you come back alive, we will be brothers~!" Tianxing replied with a smile.
Zhao Zong didn't speak, and 'Huo' lifted the stone slab open, revealing an old Sensen white bone in the sarcophagus.
One of Bai Gu's arms was holding an iron pestle-like thing, and Zhao Zong took one last look at Tianxing and Yue Ying with the fire fold in his hand, then turned over and jumped into the sarcophagus, and stepped on the iron pestle with his right foot.
There was a muffled sound, Zhao Zong disappeared into the sarcophagus with the only bit of light, and the stone cave returned to darkness again, and the stone slab immediately returned to its original position at the same moment when Zhao Zong disappeared, and due to the vibration of the sarcophagus, the surrounding gravel was driven to cover the stone slab again, as if nothing had happened.
Tianxing and Yue Ying silently exited this secret cave and walked towards the location of the Sand Clan......