44. Trapped underground

Way? Fire? Water!

Ling Ye hurriedly picked up the plastic water bottle on the ground and poured it on the two of them, the flames gradually extinguished, and the insects slowed down.

"Keep watering in the middle of the night!" Qian Bo shouted as he picked up the worms on Zhou Hui's face.

Seeing that her eyes were closed, but her skin was intact, and she was still exhaling, she let out a long breath.

"It's okay, it's okay, but this bug is all pressed on her chest, what's inside?" Qian Bo wondered.

"Chest? Wait a minute...... I remembered, before I left the camp, I gave her a dagger, could it be that thing that attracts bugs"

Qian Bo said "I'm sorry", reached in, and pulled out the dagger that had been bitten and had holes everywhere.

The moment he took it out, the insect immediately crawled up along his arm, he quickly threw the dagger into the distance, and saw the swarm of insects surging towards the tide, he immediately picked up the unconscious Zhou Hui and ran upstairs.

Ling Ye followed, and then closed the bed board, and the two of them sat on the ground, panting fiercely.

"What is this? It's horrible, so many and so dense."

"Iron eaters, who grew up eating ironware, like warm environments, and will sleep briefly in cold and damp environments," Qian Bo replied.

"You know?"

"Hey, there's something in the notes I sent before, didn't I just remember it? It's just that this thing doesn't eat meat, and it doesn't hurt people, and it lies there after eating iron, and I don't care too much, I guess it's the iron dagger that attracts iron-eating insects, this thing has no eyes, but its sense of smell is excellent, and it will rush over when it smells iron a few hundred meters away, and it likes to be in groups, and it won't stop until it eats up the iron ore, otherwise it's going to die, and it's going to be burned to death, and you have to eat iron."

"So, it's actually afraid of fire"

"It's hard to say, moths fight fires, you know, that's what it is, you will be burned to death when you put out a fire, but you will still fight"

"That's not hard to deal with, just throw the iron into the fire and watch them die"

"Well, that's right" Qian Bo poked Zhou Hui's face, "When do you think she will wake up?" ”

"It's hard to say, after all, this bug, I'm scared when I look at it, let alone surrounded by bugs, she must be frightened"

"Hey, you said, she's really stupid, she has a bad heart and has to follow us, but she was so scared that she fainted, huh..... But it's hard to say, if you don't come out with us, you won't see your parents, so it's hard to say whether it's good or bad."

Qian Bo looked at Zhou Hui and muttered endlessly, but Ling Ye touched the bed board a little worriedly, not knowing if the bed board could resist the insects.

After all, many of the observation tools in this room are accessories made of iron, and if they are eaten by insects, they will not be able to be used again in the future.

"Don't worry, it's smeared with cypress oil, which can isolate the smell of ironware, and can also prevent corrosion and insects." Qian Bo looked at Ling Ye's worried expression and explained.

Ling Ye touched the bed board, there was really a thin layer of grease on it, and touched the floor again, there was also grease on it.

It seems that Wu Min has a way to defend against insect swarms, and the underground environment is damp, so the grease on the wooden box should have been washed away, and there are iron tools in the box, so a swarm of insects has gathered.

He told Qian Bo his thoughts, and the latter agreed, and Ling Ye guessed that the contents of the box should be the defensive armor mentioned in the note, which can resist the attack of monsters.

After discussing for a while, seeing that Zhou Hui showed no signs of waking up, Ling Ye proposed not to waste time and go down to have a look by himself.

So he told him that after he went down, Qian Bo should immediately close the bed board to prevent the insects from coming up, and after he found the note, he would knock on the bed board three times, and then put himself up.

Qian Bo originally didn't want him to go down, but they had been out for almost a day, the sun was about to set, and they had to go back to the camp at night, Zhou Hui was in a coma, and he had to leave someone to open and close the bed, so he could only promise Ling Ye and let him be careful.

Ling Ye went downstairs smoothly and found that the originally crazy insects were now motionless in place like sculptures, and he carefully moved his steps, passed by them, and walked to the wooden box.

It was found that in addition to some iron filings, there were a few dead insect corpses, and Ling Ye took the insect corpses aside, only to find that there was something wrapped in cloth at the bottom.

The cloth was also soaked in grease, and there was a smell of cypress, he opened it carefully, and found that it was the notebook in Wu Min's memory, and after a few pages, he found that it recorded the use of strange stones in detail, and also accompanied by explanations of various symbols.

There was a small hole in the bottom of the box, with traces of gnawing, and the swarm should have burrowed through the bottom, bypassing the notes and gnawing off the armor.

There are also insect corpses that accidentally eat cypress oil and are poisoned during the gnawing process.

Ling Ye took the note into his arms, walked up the stairs, and tapped on the bed.

After three clicks, there was no response from the other end, Ling Ye thought that Qian Bo didn't hear it, and knocked loudly three times, but there was still no response.

"Hey, Qian Bo, what are you doing? Open it up! I'm coming up! ”

Ling Ye shouted anxiously, he didn't want to stay with the bugs, but no matter how he shouted, there was still no movement over there.

"Oops, it's not going to happen."

Ling Ye was startled, and was alarmed by his shout, and the insect swarm was no longer silent, and began to move around.

Ling Ye quickly covered his mouth and carefully sat down against the stairs, and after a few turns in place, the swarm began to move again.

What to do? I got the notes, but I can't get out!

Ling Ye tried to lift the bed board in various ways, but the bed board seemed to merge with the passage, and no matter how he moved, it didn't move.

After a long time, until his strength was exhausted, Ling Ye sat down again in despair.

There is no food, all that is left in it is empty cans, there are about 3 bottles of water, it is estimated that it will not last for two days, and the ability of night vision flowers is only enough to last for two days.

Ling Ye regretted a little, he knew that he would have eaten more, but now he only has a few broken stones in his pocket, and he can't eat or drink.

Stone?

As if seeing the dawn, Ling Ye hurriedly opened the notebook, hoping to find a way to escape from here, and turned to the first page, only to see that it was written:

"Only those with magical abilities can successfully use Strange Stones"

“...... I'll his uncle's! ”

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"Hiss" sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, always heard strange sounds, he scratched his ears, touched a soft thing, and looked at it, it turned out to be a small insect.

"Ahh He was startled, and when he looked underneath, he saw a bunch of insects densely packed around.

He quickly stood up and slapped the bugs on his body, only to see that the bugs that had just been photographed slowly climbed up again.

"I don't have any iron on me? How so? Ling Ye carefully recalled what Qian Bo said, turned his head and turned out the plastic bottle, and poured water on his body.