"Do you believe there are ghosts in this world?" I said lightly.
Wan Dingyou rolled his eyes, looked at the huge wooden barrel, and said slowly: "The barrel looks a little weird to me."
The thin monkey was startled, and then said impatiently: "Master Ghost, you are too careful. What can be weird about a wooden barrel?" After that, he took big steps and came to the wooden barrel, holding his hands Standing on both sides of the barrel, I felt a chill coming from above the barrel.
The thin monkey shuddered involuntarily, frowned and said, "It's really weird, this barrel is so cold." As he spoke, he lifted the barrel upwards.
Although this skinny monkey looks lean, he actually has martial arts skills. When he waved his arms, he might not have the strength to weigh hundreds of kilograms, but who knew that he didn't lift it up this time.
He was startled again, put down his hand, touched his nose, and murmured: "This barrel is really weird." He looked at the barrel carefully, and he saw some tricks. .
After hearing this, the Ghost Taoist also put a hand on the wooden barrel and stroked it carefully. After a moment, he raised his head and said loudly: "This barrel seems to be no ordinary barrel."
Xu Miaofeng frowned, stretched out her hand to touch the barrel, and then said slowly: "Why is this barrel so cold?"
My eyes flashed, and I slowly walked over, then stretched out my hand to touch it. After a moment, he slowly said: "This barrel is indeed a barrel, but the wood used in this barrel is not ordinary wood, but ironwood produced under the Snow Peak of West Kunlun Mountain."
Everyone was startled, and all said in unison: "Tiemu?"
I said solemnly: "Yes, it is iron wood. This iron wood grows slowly, and it takes thousands of years to grow a few feet long. The wood is dense and hard as iron. An ordinary sword will only leave a white mark on it. Seal, that's why people call it iron wood." At this point, I paused and then said: "Looking at the wooden barrel placed on the ground, unable to be lifted, I must have used something to fix it on the ground. On the floor of this tomb, the barrel can only be opened by triggering the mechanism on the barrel."
My eyes swept over Shouhou, Wan Dingyou, and Xu Miaofeng one by one, and said slowly: "Who can open the mechanism on this wooden barrel?"
Xu Miaofeng said nothing and lowered her head.
The thin monkey's face was expressionless and he didn't say a word.
The ghost Taoist was quite embarrassed and laughed. These people all know that if this barrel has a mechanism, then triggering the mechanism on the barrel will inevitably lead to death. The person who opens the mechanism on the barrel will be the first to be hit, and all the agencies will ambush him. This opens the mechanism on the human body.
How can anyone take this risk?
When I saw that no one stood out among the crowd, I snorted.
When this sound came out, everyone's hearts jumped.
Wan Dingyou knows that he and I are a bit unhappy. Now there are only four of us left. Although Shouhou and him are in the same group, Xu Miaofeng is obviously more inclined to me. There is no chance that I will fall out if I am displeased. The Slender Monkey might use him as a backer and die without a burial place.
After thinking about this clearly, he immediately apologized to me and said with a smile: "Li Rui, I think we should hide more than ten feet behind, and then use the iron chain in your hand to trigger the mechanism on the barrel. Wouldn't it be wrong? Very good? You don’t have to worry about the mechanism in the barrel shooting everyone, but you can also open the barrel. Isn’t it the best of both worlds?”
I snorted and said slowly: "I will do as you say."
The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped aside.
I also stepped back a few feet, and then waved the iron chain in my left hand. There was a loud sound of wind in the tomb where the iron chain was wrapped, and with a loud crash, the dark iron chain had already hit the iron barrel firmly.
The iron barrel just made a loud noise without any change.
I frowned, and hit the barrel with the iron chain in my hand more than ten times in succession, each time to show how hard it was.
Under this series of critical blows, the iron barrel finally couldn't bear it anymore and shattered with a crash. Everyone couldn't help but cheered in unison.
"Li Rui, this iron wood is so hard that it was smashed open by you with the strength of your arm. I admire you." Thin Monkey immediately complimented.
"Don't be so modest. I saw that those two strikes you just made were similar to arm-through fists. If you come here, you might be able to break them faster than me."
The thin monkey was stunned for a moment, touched his forehead, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you could see it all."
After the wooden barrel shattered, everyone looked into the barrel.
At this look, everyone was stunned again.
I saw a gray-haired mouse trembling with fear squatting in the barrel. Apart from the gray mouse, there was no trace of anyone anywhere.
Four people and eight eyes all looked at the gray-haired mouse.
The faces of Shouhou and Wan Dingyou slowly changed color, and the ghost Taoist asked curiously: "Shouhou, what's wrong?"
There was a hint of fear in the thin monkey's eyes: "This, this can't be the Rat King on Snake Island, right?"
Before he finished speaking, Ghost Taoist's face also changed color, "It is said that besides snakes, there are also many rats on Snake Island. I didn't expect that there are such big rats."
The mouse kept trembling. As it trembled, the dust on its body gradually fell off, revealing a layer of white hair.
I saw the color change on the faces of the three of them, and I knew something was wrong, so I immediately asked: "Is there something weird about this mouse?"
The thin monkey said in a deep voice: "Li Rui, you don't know something. The rats on Snake Island are all sperm. I think we should evacuate quickly. This white-haired rat is a rat king. As long as When this white-haired rat gives an order, a large number of rats will come to the underground. Those rats are extremely vicious, and we, the few of us, may be about to—" At this point, I couldn't continue.
Although there is indeed a "snake-rat dispute" happening every year on Snake Island, it is completely different from what the boss of the ship, Lao Chen, said: snakes eat rats for half a year, and rats eat snakes for half a year. Wang Mengyao has already given me popular science. The real situation , it’s just a lose-lose situation.
"Who did you listen to?" I snorted coldly.
"Fishermen." Thin Monkey said, "Every fisherman around here knows about it!"
Hearing what he said, I understood. Seeing them being so scared, I felt even more contemptuous. I said lightly on my face: "It's just a mouse. Is it so scary? Isn't there no danger if I kill it?" "After that, he raised his left hand, and the black iron chain whipped towards the white-haired rat king like a python.
This sudden attack occurred without any warning. Everyone didn't realize it until the iron chain was swung out, but it was too late.
The skinny monkey was so anxious that he shouted loudly: "I can't do it."
He knew that as long as this iron chain failed to hit the white-haired rat king, the white-haired rat king would make a squeaking sound, which would immediately attract a large number of rats. By then, all of us would be completely wiped out.
It's just that it was too late to stop him.
The thin monkey could only pray secretly in his heart that the iron chain in my hand could kill the white-haired rat king before he could make a sound.
Before my eyes I could see the iron chain in my hand being swept away like the wind.
The white-haired rat king who was shivering seemed to know that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly moved to the side, opened his mouth, and started to squeak.
The thing that Slender Monkey was most afraid of happened - the iron chain in my hand swept out again and hit the white-haired rat king.
The white-haired rat king kept squeaking and scurried forward, heading straight towards my crotch.
The chain in my hand had already hit my outer hand, and now I was letting the white-haired rat king go again. The chain couldn't fight back, so he immediately raised his left foot and slammed it down towards the white-haired rat king.
This time it was impartial, stepping right on the tail of the white-haired rat king.
The white-haired rat king squeaked wildly again, struggled hard, broke off the rat's tail, and rushed towards the exit of the tomb from under my crotch.
I saw that the white-haired rat king had escaped, and I didn't care. I immediately stepped towards the direction of the iron barrel. I wanted to check the location of the iron barrel to see what was weird about it.
As soon as I moved my steps, I heard footsteps behind me, but the footsteps behind me were heading outside the tomb.
I stopped hastily, turned around, and looked forward. I saw Shouhou and Wan Dingyou moving towards the outside of the tomb.
Although the two people were walking, their speed was very fast. When they saw me turning around, they let go and ran away without their lives.
I was stunned and shouted loudly: "What are you doing?"
The two people seemed not to notice, and just ran away after the white-haired rat king.
I frowned, feeling angry in my heart. I was about to speak when I suddenly saw that the two people stopped on the ground as if they had seen a ghost. Xu Miaofeng, who had not run away at all, also involuntarily walked backwards at this time. Come.
I was even more surprised. A pair of eyes passed between the people and looked at the door of the tomb. I saw that the white-haired rat king had stopped and was squatting at the door of the tomb, its small eyes darting around.
The white-haired rat king no longer trembled all over and seemed to be confident.
I was even more stunned. At this moment, I heard a rustling sound not far away, as if something was coming. In the blink of an eye, a group of gray-haired rats emerged from outside the tomb.
The gray-haired rats rushed to the side of the white-haired rat king, stood still, and stared at everyone with their small eyes.
Skinny Monkey, Ghost Taoist, Xu Miaofeng saw these gray mice coming in waves, and her face turned earthy for a moment.
Looking at these gray mice, I felt secretly tingling in my heart, thinking: "Could this white-haired rat king really be able to give orders and make these gray mice gather here? It's just that the speed is too fast."
The thin monkey and others also secretly complained: "Not even a moment after the white-haired rat king squeaked, these gray rats came in response. Are these gray rats ambushing around the tomb? This is too disturbing. It’s unbelievable.”
Before everyone could think about how to deal with it, the white-haired rat king suddenly squeaked several times, followed by the gray rats, which swarmed up, baring their white teeth, and rushed towards everyone.
Everyone's pupils were constricted and they were secretly shouting.
I knew in my heart that I had also made the same mistake as Lu Liang, being too careful, but this was not the time to blame myself. I had to find a way to repel these rats, so I said loudly: "Well done." The iron chain in my left hand raised the ground. Pull and pull, sweeping forward.
When the iron chain was swept away, a strong wind was brought up, and the dozens of gray rats that rushed to the front were swept up and flew into the air. They hit the stone wall of the tomb on one side, where they were immediately bloody and bloody, and died unexpectedly.
As soon as these dozens of gray rats died, the gray rats behind them seemed to have gone crazy and rushed forward. Each one of them was not afraid of death and rushed towards me.
