Volume 2 Adventures in Tibet Chapter 007 Corpse Worms
But what surprised me was that this was not the kind of rock formations and stone walls in ordinary mountain caves, and there were not even traces of soil layers, but they were made of solid bluestone bricks, even if the bricks became black due to the baptism of thousands of years, but they could still be identified under careful observation.
"Sister Qian, look at these bluestone bricks." When I saw these bluestone bricks, I was surprised and at the same time, I was even more vigilant.
"yes, the bricks here are very sticky, like layers of moss." Xu Qian wanted to reach out and touch it, but she was afraid that she would feel disgusting, so she dispelled her thoughts.
Rainfall is scarce in Tibet, and it is generally difficult for the soil and water in other places except southern Tibet to occur, and even if the soil layer contains water, it is mostly frozen soil. But the place is not only damp, but it's also clearly artificial, which is incredible.
"Lin Kun, come and see." At this time, Sister Meng called me in front.
Dadi and Sister Meng's two flashlights have been shining on a place on the wall, just at a corner, at this time, I took a closer look, but found that there were cracks on the top, the cracks were about the thickness of a little finger, I asked strangely, "Didn't the people who built this place know to do some antiseptic measures, otherwise the time has passed too long, and this place may have to collapse." ”
"Not like that!" Sister Meng shook her head cautiously, she was experienced and saw some clues, "I'm afraid this is not caused by time, but by man." ”
Xu Qian suddenly said: "What Sister Meng said is good, this is not a natural collapse. ”
I looked at the crack in amazement and asked, "No, who would use a hammer to chisel on this?" That's something that only neurosis do. ”
Actually, I don't blame me for thinking so, there are too many cracks here, and there is no ventilation effect at all, that is to say, it is completely redundant, I really can't think of anyone who is full of food to get these things, and the crack seems to have a red, blood-like color, quite disgusting.
Xu Qian glanced at it and said, "But it's not man-made, it's some kind of animal crawling over." ”
"Animals?"
After listening to Xu Qian's words, Sister Meng and Dadi and I all opened our eyes wide, with Sister Meng's eyesight, it was easy to see that there was a problem with this crack, but her judgment was also wrong, Xu Qian actually said that it was a trace caused by some kind of animal.
"What animal is so powerful that it can walk through bricks? Besides, how hard are those bricks, how can ordinary insects have such powerful bodies that can crawl these bricks to pieces? I couldn't help but be skeptical.
But when I saw Xu Qian's solemn expression, I had to be sure that she guessed that she was not scaring me. Xu Qian continued, "There must be more than one animal of this kind, and there are so many rifts here, their number should be huge. ”
I took a deep breath, looked at Xu Qian, who continued to walk forward, and thought to myself: "No wonder none of the people who came in here before got out alive, and when they encountered this kind of insect, they could only stand here and wait for death." ”
In the dark, I cautiously followed behind Xu Qian, Xu Qian walked quite fast, at this moment, there was a "bang", and there was a sudden loud bang in front of me, and it felt like something had fallen from the top of the cave, and everyone immediately stopped.
I walked a distance of about ten steps, at this time, I suddenly heard Xu Qian shouting to be careful, my heart was shocked, the light shone through, and then my forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat.
I actually saw dozens of pitch-black bugs on the other side!
"Lin Kun, squat down!" Sister Meng behind her grabbed me by the collar and pressed me down hard. The bug grazed my neck at breakneck speed.
At the same time, Dadi on the side raised her knife and slashed one of the bugs, which immediately split in two.
I turned my head and saw that the insects looked like leeches, but they had a pair of cicada wings on their backs, and their bodies were covered with hairy legs, which were larger than ordinary centipedes, and they looked like no light thieves, like worms and insects, and a pair of eyes that shone red.
"What is this?" I swallowed my saliva, it was a bit of a thrill just now.
"I haven't seen it either, could it be a bug endemic to Tibet." Sister Meng shook her head.
"Xu Qian should know." We got up and saw Xu Qian squatting not far in front of her, holding a dagger in her hand and a few bugs at her feet.
What amazes me is that under the bodies of those bugs, there is actually a behemoth lying there!
I tried hard to identify it, and was shocked to find that it was actually a corpse, quite bloated, but he was not complete, the two arms were no longer at this time, and half of the body was also full of holes, bleeding blood, I looked at those insects, swallowed saliva, and immediately understood what a terrible thing this fat man had experienced before.
But what makes me even more curious is the identity of this fat man, according to the old mayor, no one has entered this ghost cave for a long time, let alone someone who died here, no one knows, so how did this fat man enter the ghost cave, why was he targeted by these bugs?
"It's not appropriate to stay here!" Sister Meng's warning means that there is no time for me to think about this at this time.
When we found the bugs, they apparently found us as well.
Then I saw a large red spot on the stone wall in front of me begin to gather, and the insects raised their red eyes to look at us, and we did not dare to rush in the direction from which we came.
And those insects were also boiling at this moment, their legs were too many, crawling on the ground and making a sparse sound, and the speed seemed to be quite fast, like a gust of wind chasing us.
I hurriedly looked back, only to find that there were more and more insects, and I didn't know where they came from, and there were hundreds of them in a short period of time!
"There's a hole here, get into it." At this time, Xu Qian pulled me suddenly, and then I looked up and followed her gaze to the top of my head, and found that there was a huge hole there, but it was very difficult to detect it in the dark night, so I didn't find it when I came in before.
I thought about it for a while, and it was obviously too late to rush out now, after all, we had been in for a long time, and it was not so easy to get out, and sooner or later we would have to run out of energy and be caught up by those bugs.
Xu Qian was vigorous, only to see her take a brisk step, jumped to the wall, kicked suddenly, stepped on the wall for two steps, turned around in mid-air, and then climbed the hole above with her hands, and then an upside-down golden hook was hidden in the hole.
"Sister Meng, Dadi, come up quickly!" Xu Qian stretched out her hand and said.
At this time, Sister Meng and Dadi made a cooperation, Dadi jumped lightly, with the help of Sister Meng's arms, she also entered the hole, and then joined forces with Xu Qian to drag Sister Meng up.
"Lin Kun, don't hurry up yet!"
"Bug ......" I raised my head to look at the insect that was getting closer and closer, and the sparse sound echoed in this cave, making my scalp tingle, I gritted my teeth, and knew that I had to be my head at this time, so I learned Xu Qianda's movements and kicked hard, but after all, I was not as light as her, this action was not suitable for me, just when I hung upside down and turned over, my body accelerated the fall.
Originally, I was disheartened and embarrassed, but fortunately, none of the three women above wanted me to have anything to do, and at the same time they took action and pulled my belt.
"Give me your hand!" Xu Qian glanced at me, very disgusted.
I held my breath and clung to it, for fear that a careless hand would slip off.
Soon, I was also digging into the narrow hole above.
"Whew!" I gasped, with shame on my face, and I was really embarrassed by the embarrassment just now.
By this time, my heart had been tense and finally a little relieved, and I looked at the black swarm of insects gathered together below, like a wriggling hill, and my scalp was numb, "Good guy, if I am surrounded by them, I don't know how to die." ”
"Sister Qian, what the hell is that!"
"Corpse worms."
"Corpse bugs?" I was surprised, "I've seen a lot of corpse insects, red flame golden turtles and corpse maggots, but why doesn't this kind of corpse insect even know about Sister Meng?" ”
"This kind of corpse insect is only found in Tibet in China, and it is only in this region, without this, this kind of corpse insect cannot survive. This corpse insect was brought to Tibet by Persian traders along the Silk Road from Egypt, and it was originally impossible to reproduce in Tibet, but due to the unique natural conditions of this ghost cave, it created an ideal habitat for them. ”
"So, you knew about this place for a long time, didn't you?" After listening to Xu Qian's words, I seemed to understand something.
Xu Qian didn't say much, and obviously couldn't speak now, I cautiously looked down from the hole, and there was a shocking scene below, I really didn't know what words to use to describe everything I saw.
In front of my eyes, there is a cave similar to a sewer, roughly estimated that you can only continue to walk forward if you lie on the ground, a trace of sunlight spills from the cracks in the rocks, but it makes the visibility here quite high, but on the rock walls of these caves, there are also some cracks, extending to the front, looking at those things, my heart is nervous again, because that proves that this place is not absolutely safe, because there may be corpse insects here!
The corpse worms, which are said to have crawled out of the pile of dead people, rotted after the human body died, and in the coffin in a vacuum, those corpse worms were born, and no one knows how they survived, but they lived on the rotting flesh, and gradually grew thick and powerful, with an evil ferocity, devouring everything it saw.