Chapter 185 Rotting corpses
Starmark still holds the position of the vanguard, walking in front of the three. Tallinn is in the center, his hands on his bow and arrows, ready for trouble. Tashan was still the last one, and his appearance was more comical, with a mace more than a meter long in one hand, and a black sheep's hoof in the other, looking around in a panic.
At this time, Starmark, who was walking in the front, whispered, "Tashan, don't be so nervous. ”
"I'm not nervous, you're nervous. Tashan argued.
There was a hint of helplessness in Starmark's voice: "You're not nervous, your breathing is so loud." ”
When Tashan heard this, he immediately defended: "It's not that I'm nervous, you listen carefully, I'm talking, how can there be such a loud breathing sound, it's my brother who is nervous!"
"Tallinn?" Starmark said, turning to look at Tallinn behind him.
At this moment, I saw Tallinn staring behind Starmark with a straight face.
"There!" The next moment, only Tallinn whispered, and at the same time, the sound of arrows bursting through the air sounded.
An arrow with a silver-white arrow swept past Starmark's ear and into a shadow in the corner ahead.
Seeing this, Starmark hurriedly looked in the direction where the arrow was fired, and saw that the arrow lit up after shooting into the shadows, and then a man fell from it, and the silver arrow was stuck right in the center of his brow.
Starmark was a little at his feet, and his body shook and he was already beside the figure. Through the faint light on the top of the cave, Starmark leaned down to take a closer look at the man's face. The next moment, Starmark only felt a tumult in his stomach, and he almost didn't vomit out what he had eaten before.
Starmark finally knows why Tashan said he couldn't eat for three days after seeing the carrion. The man, covered in blue-purple carrion, with maggots crawling among them, drooped one of his eyes, only one of them was connected, so that one collapsed in his sockets, and the stench of rot kept pouring out of his rotting body.
There was no pause at all, and in the next moment, Starmark had retreated to the Tallinn brothers, leaning against the wall and retching twice.
"I'm right, that carrion corpse is disgusting, do you want a garlic to taste?"
Starmark looked at Tashan and couldn't help but complain: "It's really strong, but you brought garlic to taste?"
"Or else?" Tashan looked at Starmark, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what he said. Starmark didn't speak, just waved his hand, signaling that the other party didn't need it, and Tallinn didn't speak, just turned his head away, looking like he didn't know his brother Tashan.
"Go ahead, I'll keep an eye on it, as long as it's not a flood of carrion, I can handle it. Tallinn said solemnly.
Starmark turned his head to look at Tallinn, and asked in a somewhat strange voice, "What if a large number of rotting corpses come in?"
Tallinn shrugged his shoulders, "Needless to say, run first." ”
Hearing the star mark, he suddenly showed a wry smile and said, "Then what else are you talking about? Don't stand, run!"
After saying that, an orange flame rose in Starmark's palm. With the appearance of this flame, the cave suddenly became much brighter, and everyone could see the inside of the cave completely.
It's just that after seeing this clearly, Tallinn, who has always had a cold face, couldn't help but change his complexion, and Tashan even stuffed the sheep's hooves directly into his mouth to stop himself from screaming.
Because, whether it is the top of the pit above, or the wall next to him, or even in the ground under his feet, there are countless eyes looking at the three of them. It was a rotting corpse, but because they had not moved for so long, their bodies had long been covered in mud, and some had even assimilated with stone, which made it difficult to detect in the dim lighting of the cave. If it weren't for the fact that Starmark happened to see one staring at them when he was leaning against the wall and vomiting, I'm afraid they wouldn't have noticed it.
At this moment, a voice similar to a wail sounded, and then, the bodies of those rotting corpses all squirmed, and they struggled to stand up one by one.
At this moment, the three of them all felt a tingling feeling on their scalps. Around them, there were so many rotting corpses that they didn't even want to fight.
"Follow me and rush in, although there are many carrion corpses, they are not strong, you can follow me!" Starmark shouted, and at the same time, the orange flames on his body rose and rushed forward.
Although these carrion corpses are extremely numerous, they are not as strong as mummies. Starmark simply held up a shield with orange flames, and then swept past the carrion, their bodies blazing. As for the carrion corpses that stood in front of the star mark and came into contact with the orange flame, they were directly burned to ashes. Starmark carved out a flame passage from the encirclement of the rotting corpse.
A beast-like wail sounded throughout the underground cavern, but no one would have the heart to tell what kind of creature this voice belonged to at this time, in the case of the star mark opening, the three of them only rushed out of a distance of more than five hundred meters in just a dozen breaths, and a similar passage appeared in front of them.
"What should I do, can't I get in?" asked Starmark, who was running at the front.
"Go inside, it can't be worse than outside. Tallinn said.
"Woo woo~" Tashan wanted to tell the two not to enter, but because there were still sheep's hooves stuffed in his mouth, he just made two strange sounds.
Naturally, Starmark and Tallinn ignored him, and now that they had decided, they went straight in. Although Tashan looked reluctant, his brother and Star Trace both got in, and he also shrugged his bitter gourd face and rushed in, and when he entered the passage, he also grabbed a boulder next to the passage and blocked the passage entrance.
Starmark gave Tower Hill a thumbs up as he withdrew the orange flames from his body. Only a wisp was left for lighting. After taking a look around, Starmark and the others were temporarily relieved that there were no carrion corpses here.
At this time, Tashan also took out the sheep's hooves from his mouth, and said dissatisfiedly: "I said don't come in, you still come in!"
Hearing this, Starmark and Tallinn glanced at him at the same time and said, "Who told you not to make it clear." ”
"Me!" Tallinn was angry, but he couldn't say anything, so he snorted, "What now, the passage is blocked by me, and we have to struggle to go back." ”
"If you come, you will be safe, fix it first, let's go inside and find a way. With that, Starmark sat down on the ground and began to breathe. Tallinn and Tashan were in charge of guarding on the side, after all, they had all opened the way with Starmark before, and they didn't make much effort.
After resting for a while, the three of them continued along the passage. The passage was not long, only about fifty meters away, and the three of them walked out and entered an open space.
It was a little brighter than before, it didn't need the starmark to illuminate it to see all around, and the rancid smell was gone, except for a little colder than before.
At this moment, Tallinn's voice full of excitement suddenly came: "Come and see!"
Starmark and Tashan looked at the same time, only to see Tallinn excitedly reaching out and groping for something on the wall.
"What's the matter, brother, have you found something amazing?" Tashan had followed Tallinn for so long that he could tell from the other party's voice that Tallinn must have made a major discovery.
Starmark looked carefully at the stone wall that Tallinn had just touched, and then he was also stunned, and said with some surprise: "These are carved patterns, this stone wall is not naturally formed, but carved by someone?"
Tallinn nodded, with irrepressible excitement in his tone: "That's right, I've always found this cave very strange, the glowing ores on the first floor I have never seen near Feiyang, and those stones are arranged in an orderly manner, obviously not naturally generated, more like inlaid ones." At the beginning, I wondered why a light source was installed here to affect the rest of the ancestors. Now it seems that it is not so simple, even if this is really a cemetery, I am afraid that it is a huge mausoleum left by the ancients. ”
However, as soon as Tallinn's voice fell, he heard Starmark deny his words: "I'm afraid this is not a mausoleum. ”
"Not a mausoleum?" asked Tallinn, puzzled.
Starmark didn't answer Tallinn's question directly, but walked straight to the corner not far away, reaching out and grabbing something.
The things in Starmark's hand were rotting badly, but Tallinn recognized them at a glance and exclaimed, "Is this a plow for ploughing the land?"
Xingji nodded and said, "Well, if it is a mausoleum according to what you said, such a large mausoleum must have an extraordinary status, how can such a person add something like a plow to the funeral goods of ordinary people." Even if he is really interested in this kind of thing and wants to use it as a funeral object, most of them will choose metal products that are easy to preserve, and take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is wood, it will definitely be sealed in advance. ”
After speaking, Starmark walked over, pointed to the place where Tallinn had rubbed before, and said: "There is also the carving here, which looks a little rough, not from the hands of famous artists, but it seems to be carved by ordinary people themselves." ”
Hearing Starmark's words, Tallinn couldn't help but nod secretly, and admired Starmark even more in his heart, Starmark's analysis made him unable to overturn.
Tashan looked at the star mark with burning eyes, and asked, "Brother, why do you know so much? Do you also have research on archaeology? My brother has been very fond of this since he was a child!"
After hearing this, Xingji coughed dryly, waved his hand and said, "I've just read some books without anything, nothing, nothing, hehe." ”
Of course not, but the star mark can't be said to be because he stole a lot, right? Although the star mark is not as much as Tallinn has studied, the good things he has handled are far from being comparable to Tallinn, so the quality of the things, the real and fake, and even the age, the star mark can be seen at a glance.
"Alright, let's keep walking. "This time it was Starmark who greeted him, he didn't want to waste any more time here, after all, he came here to find the moonlit cat for gold coins, not to archaeology.
Tallinn didn't object, everything here had fully whetted his appetite, and he was very much looking forward to what he would encounter in the future, while Tallinn was what you say, I will do something, and I will not express my opinion or object.
The three of them continued on their way, this place was much larger than the place they had passed before, and the three of them had walked more than five miles, but they still did not reach the end, but the good news was that there were no more carrion corpses along the way.
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