Chapter Forty-Eight: The Pillar of the Tribe
Click.
Click, click, click.
Extremely subtle sounds.
Where did this come from?
Ye Xi pricked up his ears and listened.
After looking around, Ye Xi focused on the rockβthe sound should have come from the other side of the rock.
At this time, the eight warriors stood behind the boulder with their faces red and thick necks, and there was no place for him to carefully confirm it by his ears.
Ye Xi was uneasy, and inexplicably wanted to confirm the source of this voice.
The warriors all tried to squeeze in the center of the rock, and Ye Xi saw that there was a narrow area on the edge of the gap that was empty, but there were many insect feet poking in from the gap and groping in that area.
Looking around, Ye Xi snatched the stone knife hanging from a soldier's waist with his hand, and hurriedly threw down a sentence: "Lend me it." So he walked quickly to the crevice, and swung his stone knife to cut off the insect feet.
Then quickly put your ear to the rock, close your eyes and listen.
This series of movements was very fast, and by the time the chiefs reacted and wanted to stop it, Ye Xi was already listening to the stone wall.
The worm foot was cut off, and after a breath, a new worm foot came in through the gap.
Ye Xi didn't care so much, with his eyes closed, all his attention was on his ears, the sound of insects crawling outside was too dense, and he tried to distinguish between them in this sound, this sound was......
Feeling a tingling pain on his face, Ye Xi suddenly opened his eyes, only to see that several slender and sharp insect feet in front of him had groped for his face.
Before Ye Xi could react, the whole person had been pulled away by the chief.
The chief rebuked with a dark face: "Nonsense!"
Ye Xi frowned and lowered his eyes, he didn't look at the chief, he was still thinking about the inexplicable voice, this voice was ......
A thought flashed in his mind like lightning, Ye Xi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he blurted out: "They are gnawing on rocks!"
"What are you talking about?" as soon as the words fell, several people immediately exclaimed in unison.
All eyes in the cave were on him, and everyone was nervous.
When this sentence was spoken, Ye Xi himself was also startled, although he himself was very reluctant to get this answer, but thinking of that voice at this moment, the more he thought about it, the more sure he became.
You can't go wrong!
Ye Xi said in an unquestionable tone: "I hear the sound of these insects gnawing on the rocks, they are gnawing on our rocks!"
Everyone gasped and looked at the boulder in horror.
It's a big rock, but the bugs are endless! It's only a matter of time before they gnaw through the rock!
Wu took a deep breath and said quickly: "Two more warriors come out, and all the stonesmiths, all of them bring their tools and go digging rocks with the warriors inside......!
Wu paused when he said this, and then immediately decided: "I'll lead the way, you all come with me, Pu Tai, you come too." β
"Ridge, guard here. Wu said solemnly to the chief.
The chief nodded: "Don't worry." β
Seeing that Wu led a group of people to the depths of the cave, the rest of the people were all staring at the entrance of the cave.
The heart beats like a drum.
The eight warriors thought it was okay at first, but immediately, they felt the force coming from the other side of the rock getting stronger, and their necks were swollen, and their feet were so deep in the dirt that they barely reached their knees.
The crowd was shocked.
They clearly knew how strong one warrior was, and now that eight warriors were blocking the door together, it was so difficult, and the number of giant insects outside was unimaginable.
"Come on, hold on. β
"Dahe, you guys are so good!"
Many people cheered for the soldiers who arrived at the door.
Everyone could see that the eight warriors were struggling, but the rock was so big that it could only accommodate eight warriors to resist, and one more warrior would have to stand in the gap.
The chief kept an eye on the faces of the warriors who were leaning against the rocks, and when he saw that they were showing signs of weakness, he immediately said to the other warriors: "Go and take care of them, and replace them one by one." β
If all eight warriors walked away to replace them at this time, the insect tide outside would definitely surge.
So it has to be changed one by one.
One fighter walks away, the remaining seven fighters have to use more force to block the door, and the replacement fighter has to fill the position as quickly as possible.
It took a lot of effort, and finally the thrilling replacement was completed.
The eight fighters who had previously blocked the door fell to the ground exhausted and gasping for breath.
The warriors who replaced them felt as if a giant beast was about to break through the door on their backs, and they let out a low roar in their throats, and their feet were deeply trampled into the dirt, resisting the terrifying force.
The previous warrior had already stepped on a deep pit in the ground, but at this time, one of the warriors did not pay attention, and actually stepped on the air, and the soles of his feet slipped.
The rock was pushed an inch away in an instant!
The chieftain, who was always aware of the situation, pushed the warrior away with lightning and flint, blocked it himself, roared, and blocked the rock back again!
At the moment when it was pushed away, several insects had already burrowed in half of their bodies, and at this moment, the rock was suddenly pushed up, and those insects were immediately blocked by the waist.
This worm has a fat belly, and at this moment the belly is violently strangled in the narrow gap, and the belly is immediately squeezed like a watermelon.
The black insect fluid kept dripping from the cracks.
The insects did not die at once, screaming piercingly, twisting their bodies frantically, and biting the warriors blocking the door with their hideous mouthparts.
The warriors on the rock wall did not dodge because they had spent all their strength on reaching the door, and they did not care whether they would be bitten or not.
Several warriors who were originally exhausted and fell to the ground panting for breath instantly bounced up and slashed at the head of the worm.
Ye Xi took off the bow and arrow on his back and aimed it at their weak point.
The intruding half-worm body was dealt with one by one.
The chieftain against the door, his forehead was covered in black worm blood because of the force, and he gasped: "I feel that this rock is getting thinner and thinner......
Ye Xi was startled, and pinched the bone joints of the bow body until it turned white.
He suddenly turned to look at the dark cave.
Now we can only pray that the warriors inside will quickly chisel down the replaceable rocks!
The depths of the cave were dark and secluded.
Why haven't they come back...... Come back soon! Ye Xi was anxious.
Thinking so, suddenly a figure dressed in sackcloth and holding a cane appeared in the darkness.
Ye Xi was stunned.
Wu actually walked briskly from the depths of the cave alone.
"Wu ......" Everyone shouted in surprise, and Wu immediately raised his hand to signal them not to speak.
The witch had gray hair and an old face, but his expression was very resolute, and he leaned heavily on his bone staff, closed his eyes and chanted.
Esoteric and jerky words are constantly spit out in a wonderful rhythm.
The space seemed to tremble slightly and mysteriously because of the ancient witch language.
Ye Xi closed his eyes, a little excited in his heart. It's amazing to feel like this again......
The eight warriors who arrived at the door were in high spirits, and they felt that their strength seemed to be endless.
The resting warriors felt their fatigue disappear and revive with full blood.
Even Ye Xi, although he was not taken care of, felt much better.
Wu stopped chanting and told everyone, "Don't worry about anything, I will always be here, and I will give a blessing every once in a while, and we will surely survive this disaster safely." β
Wu's face was still so calm, as if telling everyone that as long as he was there, they wouldn't have to worry about no matter how difficult it was. In this environment of imminent collapse, Wu is like a needle that fixes the sea, stabilizing everyone's minds.
Ye Xi's eyes were slightly hot.
Wu is the pillar of the tribe. The pillar does not fall, and the tribe does not perish.