Hearing the middle-aged man's words that seemed to be filled with emotion, the sturdy young man remained silent, while the people next to them didn't even have the slightest expression of emotion.
The atmosphere fell into silence. After a while, the middle-aged man known as Master Jiu gently kneaded his eyebrows and said, "Let's go, we are still far from our destination."
"Yes!" The sturdy young man replied without hesitation.
The people next to him also moved upon hearing the sound, and a group of people went to explore the way. The others carefully guarded the middle-aged man, and together they walked into deeper darkness.
Chen Ziyan, who was in the underground passage at this time, didn't know anything about it.
He thought that everything was under his control, but he didn't know that while he was in Gulan County, several groups of people chasing him from the capital had been quietly stolen.
In fact, it is a coincidence. This group of people who sneaked in quietly were actually just planning to make some repairs in Gulan, but unexpectedly they met people who came from the capital to pursue Chen Ziyan. After figuring out the purpose of those people, as a team The core middle-aged people simply came and took advantage of the situation.
He is the best at planning in his life, and he also pursues stability in everything he does. Now that he is in a desperate situation, it is better to subvert his previous behavior style, and maybe he can get unexpected gains.
He only needed to delay the pursuers for a while, and when they arrived where they wanted to go, they would naturally have a way to escape, allowing him to complete the final step of his plan.
This also meant that this group of people did not want to destroy what they were doing or leave through the entrance they opened, as Chen Ziyan imagined.
All they need to do is use the underground passages here to go as deep into the Qinling Mountains as possible, and then find their destination.
As for how to get out of the ground, never underestimate professional tomb robbers. They can dig holes in any place you can't think of.
Just when these people left this area, Chen Ziyan and others also found another location suitable for building fortifications.
This is an extremely wide space. The specific area is unknown for the time being, but the height is visually estimated to be more than ten meters.
Chen Ziyan looked at the person standing at the end of the passage, using the light of the searchlight to scan the space in front of him, and couldn't help but frown.
The artificial traces here are too strong.
The ground is all covered with neatly laid bluestones, and in the center is a road paved with black stone slabs.
At the same time, it is too clean.
Along the way, apart from the black-faced cockroaches, they also encountered other creatures. The most common ones were bats living in this complex underground.
As a result, the ground hygiene here is very poor, and in some places there is even feces of bats and other creatures everywhere.
And what about the huge underground space in front of us?
It can be said that except for the dust falling on those stone slabs, there is no longer any dirt.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
Chen Ziyan knew this well, so he would rather stand in the passage and watch than rush inside to have a closer look.
Hu Bayi also noticed something was wrong: "This place is so clean that it makes people feel scared."
At this time, Shirley Yang said: "Using the logical analysis of animal behavior, this sign shows that this is the territory of a very powerful creature. Only in this way will other creatures not come in without authorization."
"A powerful creature?" Wang Kaixuan looked at the invisible space and said subconsciously: "Isn't this where the ancestors of those big spiders stayed?"
Hearing his guess, Chen Ziyan did not express his position, but the others secretly frowned.
This is really not impossible.
Through their contacts in the past few days, they also discovered that the shape of the black-faced cockroach has a lot to do with the space it is in.
If there were really black cockroaches living here, their size would probably exceed their imagination.
At this time, Chen Ziyan was recalling the plot he knew.
He had already made a preliminary inference about the place in front of him. If he guessed correctly, this should be the location of the temple dedicated to the black-faced turtle.
This also shows that Wang Kaixuan is right. There are indeed many giant black-faced cockroaches here.
Those guys probably have tank-like builds and can resist even firearms.
As mentioned before, when dealing with a big guy of this size, explosive weapons are the best choice.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan looked at Wang Kaixuan behind him and asked: "Fat man, have you brought the explosives with you?"
Chen Ziyan, who had long thought about encountering such a super-sized black cockroach, had always asked Wang Kaixuan to carry explosives with him when he was acting recently.
He was still a little hesitant at first, fearing that using explosives rashly would cause problems such as collapse, but now he suddenly discovered that there was such a large space, so he was worried about a hairball.
The dose that can kill the black cockroach will not destroy this place.
Wang Kaixuan immediately said: "I'm taking it with me."
Then, he took off the backpack behind him.
"Make a smaller one and say hello first." Chen Ziyan thought for a while and said.
With Wang Kaixuan by his side, it would only be a matter of time before the black-faced bastards discovered them, so there was no need to hide them.
It just so happened that he also wanted to take this opportunity to see how big the black-faced man here was.
"Okay!"
Wang Kaixuan responded immediately, and after sifting through his backpack, he took out a small explosive bag.
He skillfully lit the fuse and threw it in from a distance.
boom--
Accompanied by a burst of flames, the roar of the explosion echoed in the open and relatively closed space for a long time.
As for Chen Ziyan, after the explosion stopped, he began to concentrate and listen to all the sounds coming from the space.
Soon, he heard a series of friction sounds.
As the friction sound gradually approached, Chen Ziyan said to the others behind him: "Move back a little."
Although they are still some distance away from the edge of the passage, don't forget that the black-faced turtle also has the ability to use spider silk. If he can't resist, he may be dragged out.
Of course, in fact, the real large force did not come forward, and there were only a few of them here.
So congestion and the like didn't happen, and they quickly retreated some distance away.
Before everyone could stand still, a huge figure appeared outside the passage.
This is a truly behemoth. Although its size is not as exaggerated as a tank, it is definitely comparable to a family car.
This guy blocked the exit of the passage, instantly causing a strong sense of oppression.
Wang Kaixuan subconsciously took out an explosive bag the size of half a brick. Looking at the bloody eyes staring at him and others, he couldn't help but said: "Why is this thing so big?"
He was the most panicked one here. If he felt right, this big guy's eyes seemed to be on him.
Wang Kaixuan previously thought that it was a good thing that he could attract people with dark faces, as it would greatly reduce the time-consuming and laborious search work.
But now...he suddenly regretted thinking so.
Because this also means that once he falls into a dangerous situation, he is also the most dangerous person.
Just like now, several of them are standing here, but the dark-faced man blocking the entrance of the cave seems to have not seen anyone else, focusing his attention on himself the whole time.
This makes people feel very panicked.
Chen Ziyan and the others also discovered this situation, and Hu Bayi directly grabbed Wang Kaixuan and dragged him behind him.
Then, he asked: "Master Chen, why don't we go back first? This big guy must think about countermeasures."
The size of this thing is too huge, and based on their previous experience, there will definitely not be only this one in it, so it is definitely not possible to violently dispose of it.
Just like before, everyone lined up in a row at the entrance of the passage and fired indiscriminately at the space in front of them.
It was no longer suitable to be placed here. Although they had not fought yet, Hu Bayi knew just by looking at this figure that he would not be able to stop these big guys.
Although they were able to kill them, it was definitely not all of them. It was more likely that they stepped on the corpses of their companions and rushed into their own formation.
It is self-evident what kind of casualties there will be by then.
Chen Ziyan also felt that we should discuss it: "We should think about it, but there is no need to go back like this. Just step back a certain distance. This thing can't get in."
But he didn't plan to go back first. They were already some distance away from their original location, and it would be a waste of time to go back and forth.
Although these new guys were huge, they didn't scare Chen Ziyan.
"That's okay." Hu Ba nodded without saying anything more.
Indeed, with this size, he definitely couldn't fit into this passage.
After retreating for a certain distance and out of sight of the giant black turtle with a human face, they began to discuss how to deal with such a big guy.
The first plan that was brought to the meeting was the previous method of dealing with large, black-faced turtles.
After all, this method has stood the test of practice and proven to be very useful.
But this time, Chen Ziyan put forward a different opinion: "There is no way to expand our advantage this way. The width of the passage is just there. Even if the front row squats, it will only be attacked by several guns at the same time. This may be detrimental to the previous Those black cockroaches are useful, but they may not be effective against these giant ones."
"I believe you have also noticed that the defense power of black cockroaches is enhanced according to their size. The ones we encountered last time already showed stronger defense. Even if they were concentrated fire, they could not be eliminated immediately. other side."
Following Chen Ziyan's reminder, others also thought of this.
Was the dark-faced person you met last time big?
Very big.
But compared to what, it was indeed big compared to the ones they had encountered before, but compared to the one they just saw, he was just a little brother worth mentioning.
Speaking of their current situation, it felt like they were halfway through the game and suddenly encountered the final enemy.
Compared to the previous black cockroach which had slightly increased in size, this is now almost a direct increase of several times.
"If you put it this way, wouldn't the defense power of these giant black clams reach an astonishing level?" Hu Bayi said with a frown.
Ding Sitian made an estimate in her mind and said helplessly: "This is very possible."
She suddenly had a feeling now that it seemed that the lives of Chen Ziyan and his group were more exciting than that of a professional like herself.
She had not encountered such a terrifying group of creatures in so many years, and the intervals were measured in years.
But as for Chen Ziyan and the others, they had encountered the strange group of snakes before in Jingjue Ancient City, but they did not attack them.
Now they met this dark-faced man again, and the interval was not even a month, let alone that they planned to go deep into Yunnan to find the Muchen Bead that could lift the curse.
The journey to Yunnan was not unexpected, but there were also some creatures that were difficult to predict by common sense. This was like no one else.
"Blow it up." Wang Kaixuan suddenly said.
Now he finally understood why Chen Ziyan asked him to carry explosives.
This means there are no grenades, otherwise this is the best thing to deal with these big guys.
When the size reaches a certain size, the effect of bullets will be diluted, especially since this creature also has strong defense capabilities.
Ding Sitian looked at Wang Kaixuan and did not answer him. Instead, she looked at Chen Ziyan: "Although the militiamen will not be equipped with regular army weapons, there must be enough weapons and equipment in the county's arsenal. If they can be deployed, they should be able to deal with it." What’s inside.”
She prefers using firearms to using explosives underground.
Don't forget, the section she was in had a strange artillery. She used it to blow up things a lot in the past, so Ding Sitian knew better than anyone else the consequences of rashly exploding underground.
It can be said that if you are not careful, they will be buried here.
What's more, today is different from the past. They are not operating in a small team mode, but with hundreds of militiamen.
When the number of people increases, the risk will also increase.
In short, they simply cannot take care of so many people at the same time.
"It takes too long to prepare weapons." Chen Ziyan refused without thinking.
Although Ding Sitian's department has great power and can mobilize so many people so quickly, this is not the same as deploying military weapons.
There are many links involved, and it is by no means something that can be solved in a few words.
Moreover, the consequences of explosives are not that serious.
The space just now was of sufficient size, and as long as the dosage was controlled, there would be absolutely no problems.
As long as you don't ignite all the explosives Wang Kaixuan brought at once, there won't be any big problems.
"If explosives can be used, how can we implement it?" Hu Bayi raised a new question.
They could throw it directly at the black cockroach blocking the entrance of the passage, but this would easily blow up the entrance.
But if they don't do this, then they have to enter that space, and they have to stay some distance away from the cave entrance.
This also means increased danger.
No one can guarantee how many black cockroaches there are inside, let alone that they can avoid all attacks when facing multiple black cockroaches.
Even Chen Ziyan, who was the most skilled among them, did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to do it.
