Chapter 37: The Sacrifice

Lu Ming is not a fearless person. He is just an ordinary person, and he will also have emotions such as fear and fear in his heart.

Faced with a mysterious "mountain god" who may belong to the category of "supernatural powers", and facing the same fate as the rest of the sacrifices - being eaten by the mountain god, it is impossible for him not to be afraid, not afraid.

In fact, Zhang Dingshan can clearly perceive Lu Ming's emotions at the moment from his micro-expressions and micro-movements.

Although he still managed to remain calm at the moment, his muscles were too tense. His hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and his jaw was obviously biting his mouth hard. He stood motionless, but his body trembled slightly.

Lu Ming was very scared, very scared.

But he still made the decision he has made. He still decided to go to the place where the mountain god was sacrificed, to lie on the altar himself, and to make himself a sacrifice, in the hope of leading the mountain god out.

He knew that no matter how scared he was, no matter how scared he was, he would have to do it now in order not to have to be in fear all his life in the future.

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming very seriously, and his tone was unprecedentedly dignified.

"In order to ensure your safety, I, He Wei, and the two of us will follow you all the way while the sacrifice is in progress. In addition to the two of us, there are six elite warriors who have been through a lot of battles and crawled out of the pile of dead men with heavy weapons to protect you.

Outside of that small room, there will be 15 combat teams on standby. Each combat team consists of 10 elite fighters armed with more powerful weapons.

With the sacrificial ground as the core, 10 artillery positions will be arranged at the commanding heights of the perimeter, and heavy artillery will be arranged, and there will even be rocket artillery. In addition, there will be 16 helicopters hovering in the sky, and drone swarms will also hover nearby at any time.

If something happens that even these armed forces cannot deal with, there is also a mountain division and an air force group nearby that can be mobilized, and in addition, missile units can be mobilized if necessary.

We will do our best to ensure your safety and do our best to deal with mountain gods who may fall into the category of 'supernatural powers'. But what I'm going to make clear is that even so, there can still be accidents. After all, mountain gods belong to forms of existence that we don't understand.

Now, you can still regret it. Our next move depends on your decision. ”

Lu Ming knew that with this level of protection, even if the most brutal dinosaur in the Jurassic era came, he might not be able to do anything about it.

With such heavy fire, the dinosaur — or ten, a hundred, — would have been blown to pieces in a matter of seconds.

In the face of these weapons, which embody the crystallization of the wisdom of human civilization, the number is meaningless. As long as it is still in the category of carbon-based life, it is impossible to withstand these attacks. Being blown to pieces is the only possible ending.

But...... The mountain gods may not be among them.

Lu Ming is a pure materialist, he does not believe in the existence of ghosts or gods—or in other words, he believes that even if ghosts or gods exist, they must be parsed and understood by the scientific system.

In other words, he does not believe in the existence of the "mountain god" as a god in the traditional concept, but he does not necessarily believe in the existence of a "mountain god" as a powerful life with special abilities that human civilization has not yet understood.

If the mountain god is really some kind of special life, or some kind of "alien" that humans don't know about, then, even with such a level of security, can he definitely ensure his own safety?

Not necessarily.

Accidents can still happen.

However, even though he was so scared that he trembled and his body stiffened, Lu Ming still nodded.

"I decided, lie down on that altar."

Zhang Dingshan's expression did not change, but gently patted Lu Ming's shoulder. He Wei's expression at this moment was also unprecedentedly solemn. When she looked at Lu Ming's gaze, there were some more colors that had never been seen before.

Respect, and admiration.

At this moment, even as the most powerful force among the members of the Planet Security Agency's Thirteen Operations Team 2 - even if she was famous in the entire department, at this moment, she couldn't help but begin to admire Lu Ming's courage as an ordinary person.

"Okay, let's go."

A helicopter stopped in front of the general command center. A few people went up, and the helicopter roared and took off, carrying several people to the unknown future and destiny.

Along the way, the mountains are undulating and the vegetation is lush.

In just ten minutes, the helicopter roared and landed on a makeshift flat ground. Here, Lu Ming saw a team of soldiers who were very fierce at first glance, full of iron and blood, and many people in the rest of the place.

The helicopter flew away, Lu Ming turned his head to look around, and saw the cave at a high place next to him.

It's about a dozen meters higher than here, and the road connecting the two places is a steep mountain road that has clearly just been carved out. From the hole, there were many cables extending from them, connected to a number of devices in the clearing, what appeared to be some kind of surveillance device.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ming took the lead and took the lead in crawling there. Behind him, He Wei and Zhang Dingshan followed silently.

Before he reached the entrance of the cave, Lu Ming seemed to feel the cold breath blowing from the cave.

After all, the experience of being in person is different from watching it through a screen. At this moment, in addition to the cold, there are also rancid smells, decay and other smells, which make people subconsciously feel disgusted and afraid, and subconsciously want to stay away from here.

But Lu Ming did not show these emotions. He just lowered his head, focused on finding a place to stay, and then climbed up step by step.

When he actually stood at the mouth of the cave, the feeling of disgust and fear intensified.

He turned his head and looked at He Wei and Zhang Dingshan who were following behind him.

Zhang Dingshan said: "No matter what decision you make, I support you. ”

He Wei said: "In the face of this kind of thing, even if you give up, it's just a normal thing, and no one will think you're a coward." ”

So the fear and fear in Lu Ming's heart quietly dissipated a lot. He gritted his teeth, bent slightly to prevent his head from being touched, and stepped into the cave.

At this moment, the cold mixed with the damp breath came to the face. He also seemed to have auditory hallucinations in his ears, as if he had heard the sneer of the mountain god.

Lu Ming ignored it, but moved forward cautiously. As he passed through the narrowest spot, he turned sideways and squeezed through. After a certain distance, he turned a corner, and the "small room" that he had seen on the screen actually appeared in front of him.

At this moment, the small room is no longer dark. There is a lamp that shines as brightly as day.

Lu Ming saw six heavily armed, helmet-wearing, and holding some kind of firearm in their hands—he didn't recognize the model of this firearm, but judging from its shape, it was obvious that it was powerful, and there were daggers pinned to their waists.

Lu Ming looked down and saw the altar in the middle of the "small house", and when he looked up, he saw the statue of the mountain god carved out of stone.

The head is large, the body is small, the hair is thick, and there seems to be some kind of weird smile hanging on the corner of the mouth.

The tremor on Lu Ming's body became more and more intense, and the mouth became more and more dry.

He looked at Zhang Dingshan. Zhang Dingshan picked up a small box from the ground, opened it, took out a set of equipment similar to the six soldiers and began to put it on. The same is true for He Wei.

After the two of them finished arming, they picked up the last set and signaled to Lu Ming.

Lu Ming trembled and cooperated with the two of them, and asked the two of them to help him put this set of equipment on his body.

When the last snap button was down, Lu Ming knew that the final moment was coming.

A calm voice came out.

"Artillery positions are ready."

"The combat team is ready."

"The monitoring team is ready."

"The helicopter brigade is ready."

……

Everything is ready to go.

This means that if something unexpected happens, if a few people inside can't cope, help from the outside world will arrive in a very short time.

Zhang Dingshan's voice sounded after this.

"Now, you can still give up."

Lu Ming turned around, looked at the altar, and looked at the statue of the mountain god.

These two things are as if they have some kind of magical power, and there seems to be some kind of strange and strange power, which makes Lu Ming feel that if he lies down, then, the next moment, there will be extremely terrifying things.

Although all tests have proved that this is just an ordinary cave, no one can be sure if something strange will happen when you actually lie down.

Lu Ming was silent and did not respond to Zhang Dingshan's words. He just bent down, sat down on the altar that was slightly above the ground, and then leaned sideways, raised his legs, and placed his legs on the altar as well. After that, lie down.

Before that, the guns in the hands of the six elite warriors had been raised and aimed at the statue of the mountain god.

In the event of an accident, they will shoot immediately. At the same time, they know that even if the place is small, there is no need to worry about bullets bouncing off and hurting people.

Because the bullets of this firearm are powerful enough. They will go straight into the mountain wall and will not bounce back. And those rubbles that are flying because they are hit by bullets can be perfectly blocked by body armor.

So they won't hesitate in the slightest.

Zhang Dingshan did not have a firearm in his hand. He was keeping an eye on the landing inscription. If necessary, he would pull Lu Ming away as quickly as possible.

He Wei was similarly prepared.

At this moment, almost all the sounds in the small room were gone. The humid air became as heavy as mercury at this moment, making people almost breathless.

Under such circumstances, Lu Ming manipulated his limbs that were as stiff as rust, and slowly, slowly lay on the altar.

The back of his head touched the altar. Because the altar was short, his feet hung outside the altar.

His eyes were level with the roof.

The sacrifice is already in place.