Chapter 125: Tomb Horror and the Dead Emperor Hanzhu (3)
Ouyang Ye and Xiao Jiu, who had already climbed the slide, shouted in unison: "Are you crazy!" Nangong Yu was not crazy, but instinctively told him that he should do this, he didn't want to die, but if he didn't go, he wouldn't be Nangong Yu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info seems to be contradictory, but in fact it is not contradictory at all, only when life and death are critical can you see who is the real chivalrous, that chivalrous spirit can overcome any fear. Maybe many people think this kind of person is stupid, but if you were the one who fell into the big round hole, you would definitely not think so. The closer you get to the Great Circle Cave, the faster the quicksand slopes. He didn't know what was underneath, and it didn't matter what it was at this point. "Whew!" was washed down in front of him.
The round hole is very tilted, coupled with the slippery speed of the quicksand push, it rushes down twenty zhang like a fly, and the body suddenly hangs in the air, flying out of three zhang and falling. Fortunately, a thick layer of quicksand has been laid on the ground, otherwise this fall would have caused his bones to fall apart. It was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, but he could feel that there was a lot of space inside, because he heard the echo of Lao Zhang's scream. He hurriedly ran for the sound, and sure enough, he saw Lao Zhangtou rolling desperately not far away, crawling with red ants, and as soon as he got close to the red ants, he scattered away. He helped Lao Zhang's head up, and saw that he was covered with small blood holes, but fortunately, he was saved in time, and after a while, he would be burrowed into his body by ants, and his internal organs would be eaten.
Lao Zhangtou gritted his teeth and sat up, and the first thing he said after seeing him was, "Is my grandson okay?" Nangong Yu said: "It's okay." Lao Zhangtou sighed and sighed, "Then what are you going to do down?" Nangong Yu smiled: "I was saving you at that time." Lao Zhangtou smiled lightly: "I have been down all my life, and I have long regarded life and death lightly, if you are washed down, I will not come to you." Nangong Yu smiled and said, "It's none of my business, let's see what kind of place this is first." ā
Old Zhang Tou glanced at him meaningfully, stood up, took out a new torch from the backpack that he had slid down and lit it, and looked around, and found that it was really very large, and the fire could not reach the edge of the cave. Nangong Yu also took out the last torch and lit it, and saw that this was a natural stone cave, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the size of a palace. There was a layer of quicksand on the ground, but it was not deep, just buried at the ankle.
The quicksand above still sloped down from the big round hole, and it was now piled up as high as a hill. Nangong Yu said: "Let's remove the sand from the entrance of the cave, don't block the entrance of the cave." Lao Zhangtou held the torch and didn't speak for a long time, then he said slowly: "Don't worry about the entrance of the cave first, you look at this." ā
Nangong Yu came to his side and looked down, only to see a two-person high and wide cave on the opposite mountain wall. Tens of thousands of red ants were densely distributed on both sides of the cave, as if hundreds of officials were kneeling to meet the emperor's appearance.
Nangong Yu gasped and said, "What kind of hole is that?" The old man said, "What could be the head of the ant?" At this time, a huge shadow was reflected on the mountain rock illuminated by the firelight. Although the thing hadn't come out yet, it could be seen that it was massive, dragging its long body.
The first to emerge was two scythe-like sharp tentacles, followed by a huge red head covered with barbs and eyes like two black windows covered with dense black spots. In front of the mouth are two mouthguards as hard as steel, and the fangs inside are not long, but they are sharp and flat, as if they can be crushed by stones. Each of its six legs was as thick as a human leg, and it was half a head taller than Nangong Yu just lying there. Nangong Yu saw that the front half of it was red, and the back half was dragging a bunch of white flowers with a fat belly, and it was the respect of millions of ants here, the queen ant who was high above. No wonder those ants dragged people down the hole, it turned out that they had come to honor the queen.
The queen ant tilted her head to look at them, and the tooth guards flashed twice like bellows, and slowly walked towards the two with an army of millions of red ants beside her.
Lao Zhangtou sighed and said earnestly: "Child, you listen well." I'm past my prime, and this life is worth it. You're still young, there's no need to accompany me, an old skin, to death. I'll lure them away, you run to the entrance of the cave, as long as you climb up the sand, climb all the way, the little ants are afraid of you, the big ants weigh too much, they can't catch up, and maybe there is a glimmer of life. Nangong Yu had never seen such a terrifying formation, and he was also afraid in his heart, but he didn't say anything, let alone run, but took out a dagger and cut his arm three times, and blood instantly flowed all over his arm.
Old Zhang Tou glanced at him in surprise, his eyes full of complicated colors. He has seen a lot of ruthless, unrighteous and selfish people in his life, especially in the ancient tombs, and he can best see a person's nature. How many people are intriguing for a few bright weapons, hiding knives in their smiles, and even killing their companions for profit. Even moral abiders will never put themselves in danger for the sake of others, let alone accompany others to fight hard. Old Zhang Tou suddenly felt that the young man in front of him had become incomparably tall and majestic, and the brilliance of human nature on his body made him feel so humble and insignificant, and he, an old man who had been in the rivers and lakes all his life, felt the "chivalrous" spirit for the first time, and it turned out that there was really that kind of chivalrous man in the world who could only be heard in stories.
When Nangong Yu raised his blood-soaked arm, the little ants on both sides stood still at the same time. The queen ant also stood still, and her tentacles naturally shrank back, obviously afraid of Nangong Yu's blood. But its mouthguards flashed a few times quickly, bared their teeth fiercely, made a defiant gesture, and continued to crawl forward.
It wasn't until close contact with the queen ant that he found that he was so huge, it was condescending, it didn't even look at the old Zhang head whose legs were trembling, and he moved back, and there was only this young man holding a torch and holding a bloody arm in his dark eyes. It tilted its huge head, and a stream of saliva flowed from between the fangs behind the mouthguard, and then parted the mouthguard and shook its teeth, as if it was demonstrating against Nangong Yu.
Nangong Yu's head was under its mouthguard, but he stood still, his sharp eyes shot straight at the queen ant, and he said word for word: "Kneel." The queen shook her head from side to side, as if curious, as if mocking. Nangong Yu's eyes did not give in the slightest, and suddenly burst out: "Kneel!" This sound shook the cave and "buzzed" for a long time.
The queen ant was startled, her fat body trembled wildly, her body shrank back suddenly, and she made an attack, her black eyes narrowed fiercely, her teeth parted, and the teeth in her mouth grinded so hard that her saliva couldn't stop flowing down. Nangong Yu took a step forward instead, getting closer to it, the queen ant could bite off his head as soon as she lowered her head, and it also wanted to bite several times, but every time it gave up halfway, the manic "snort" only screamed, and the saliva sprayed wildly.
Nangong Yu suddenly stretched out his bloody arm and pressed its head, the queen ant's body trembled, and the black spots in her black eyes focused on his hand at the same time, no longer moving. Nangong Yu said softly: "Kneel." The queen ant still didn't move, but soon an incredible scene appeared, its six feet really bent down, and knelt down in front of Nangong Yu with a "poof", lowered its head, and pointed its teeth to the opposite side, indicating that it did not dare to resist. Nangong Yu breathed a sigh of relief, touched its head and said, "Go ahead." He took two steps back.
The queen lowered her head and got up, not daring to show her teeth before turning around, and then she dragged her long tail back to the burrow. The red ants also followed in a tide, and the army of millions of red ants just now disappeared in an instant.
Nangong Yuchang let out a long breath, his spirit was all discharged, and he sat down on the ground, only to find that his back was covered with cold sweat, and he didn't know where he got the courage to confront the queen ant just now, and he even wanted to make the queen ant kneel on a whim, and the queen ant really knelt down, which was really frightening in retrospect.
The old man came to him with strange eyes, straightened his clothes, knelt down with his clothes, knocked his head on the ground, and said: "The prince is a god, and the little old man has eyes and no beads, and there are many disrespects, please accept it." Nangong Yu was stunned by what he said, and hurriedly pulled him up, saying, "Old man, you are breaking my birthday, please hurry up." Lao Zhangtou knelt there firmly and said: "The old man has read countless people in his life, but he has never seen a character like Gongzi, and I don't know which way Gongzi is a god." Nangong Yu said: "In Xia Nangong Yu, the disciples of the Heavenly Pavilion, the old man should get up quickly."