White powder was flying in the sky, like countless fine snow and sand floating in the sky, and the entire cave was filled with a grayish white color like a large haze.
The water in the pools has begun to tremble, and some smaller pools are already bubbling with heat.
Huo Xiangu walked anxiously at the entrance of the stone road. Her cough was more serious than before. The medicinal tea to extend her life was beside it, but she couldn't drink it now. If she didn't want to inhale more poisonous gas, she had to Carrying it hard.
Not long after, several people stumbled out of the white dust, supporting each other. The two most serious people had blood oozing from their skin under their protective suits.
"Get back quickly and retreat into the stone path."
Zhang Zhuxun and his younger brother had already used this time to build a temporary barrier wall with backpacks filled with equipment at the edge of the stone path ten meters away, leaving only a gap in the middle.
Huo Xiangu and the others heard the sound and ran over in panic.
Zhang Zhuxun and his little brother immediately stuffed the backpacks left on the side to block the gap.
The only people who came out were Huo Chushi and others, and an unknown person named Chuji was dragged inside by the remaining Huo family members.
The poisonous gas of these alkaline powders can penetrate into the skin and is very corrosive. Fortunately, they wore diving suits when they came out of the water, which could block it for a while.
The skin on the face and neck was burned like a peeled sweet potato. Although the entire face would not be disfigured, it would definitely leave a shallow scar.
Everyone retreated a relatively far distance into the stone passage. The alkali gas could not spread here for the time being, so they could relax a little.
"What the hell is going on here?" I don't know who was in the first few days, but with blisters all over his face, he gasped angrily.
The huge team of dozens of people when they first came here, now only eleven people including Zhang Zhuxun and the younger brother are left. The mortality rate is shockingly terrible.
"Do you think Zhangjia Ancient Building is a vegetable market? You can come and leave whenever you want." Zhang Zhuxun said calmly, "The first two chances of survival have been exhausted, and now naturally only the killing move is left."
"Didn't you say that there are no agencies along the way?" The man sneered again, "You two Zhang family members can't tell it, right?"
Zhang Shuxun glanced sideways at him and said, "You can do it." If not, just stop beeping.
The man stopped talking and glared at him angrily.
Huo Xiangu's health was not good. There was some alkaline gas left in the air in the cave just now. The poisonous gas had the greatest impact on her. She relied on willpower to hold on. If it were anyone else, she would have fainted. .
Zhang Zhuxun sat cross-legged on the ground and analyzed it to them in a slow voice, "When we first entered the cave, the alkali powder did not appear directly. Instead, we stayed inside for about twenty minutes before the alkali powder came out, so the cave is The institutions inside have time limits, and when this period of time passes, we have to go in again."
"The end is here, and the exit must be here."
There was another thing Zhang Zhuxun didn't say, which was that the little brother would definitely be able to find the exit, and maybe he had already found it while walking around the cave, but he just didn't say it out loud.
Although the little brother has incomplete memory, his sixth sense is more accurate than anyone else. He can usually find what he is looking for by relying on intuition and experience.
Sure enough, the clan leader is the clan leader. It is not that the other Zhang family members who still exist in the world have not found or tried to enter the Zhang family ancient building, but except for the younger brother who can truly enter the core of the ancient building, no one else has been able to succeed.
Oh, that pervert Heixiazi is also considered a pervert. Not only did he go in, he also stole the ancestor's burial knife.
The protective clothing they wore was fairly strong, but it could only last for about ten minutes at most in the corrosive alkali gas.
Zhang Zhuxun was actually most worried about Fatty. He and his brother had been here for two days and hadn't gone out for such a long time. Fatty knew something was wrong with them and would definitely bring someone in through the entrance of Fengshi to look for them. Sometimes it's like throwing yourself into a trap.
It is very likely that Milotuo will also lead them to this cave, so Zhang Zhuoxun has to wait and wait until he meets Fatty before taking the next step. The younger brother probably thinks so too.
At this moment, he hoped that Milotuo in Jade Vein would be more powerful and send the fat man over as soon as possible.
Zhang Zhuoxun estimated that the amount of alkali powder was decided based on the length of time they stayed there. That is to say, when the mountain moved, some prey were attracted here, and the rest of Miluotuo was also attracted by the temperature of the prey. In the jade veins of the cave, When the number of Milotuo increases to a certain extent, the mechanism for releasing alkali powder will be opened.
The strong alkali will expel the Milotu here, so when the surrounding Milotu disperses to a certain distance, the delivery mechanism will stop.
The walls of the stone path behind them were all complete rocks. Miluotuo could not get out. They only had to wait for a moment to make up for the time difference between Miluotuo and back.
But there is one strange thing. When Huo Chusi and the others tested it before, the water in the pool was non-toxic, but if it was mixed with strong alkali, it would be corrosive to a certain extent.
So is there a connection between the bottom of this pool and the outside world, that is to say, the water here is alive, and there are channels to lead the water here to the outside.
He couldn't help but think of the last time he, Wu Xiaoxie and others were in Banai, and were swept into the Miluotuo Cave by the siphon tide. They passed by the underground river when they were looking for a way out, and the shaft that was covered with spores before. .
He had a hunch that these waterways should be connected to each other, but they had already gone deep into the mountain for unknown distances, and it would be difficult to follow the waterways out like climbing to the sky.
Huo Xiangu would not miss this level, but the people who are still with her are all her true confidants. There is little point in going out. Now she just wants to find the Zhang family ancient building.
Guessing that time was almost up, the younger brother touched the stone wall and then nodded to Zhang Zhuxun.
Everyone put on new protective clothing, armed themselves, and when they moved away the backpacks blocking the stone path, something heavy fell down.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a mummy that had been burned and corroded by strong alkali. The water in the flesh and blood had been evaporated. It was red and festering like the blood corpse in the Lu Palace. There was no good skin on the whole body, especially on the back. Under the spasmodic and twisted flesh, you can even see the bones that are curled up and pushed out of the spine.
Huo Chushi put on protective gloves and dug around in the body's curled-up arms. He took out a silver chain, took one look at it and said, "It's not the fifth day of the lunar month."
The corpses were moved aside, and a thin layer of white powder was accumulated at the end of the stone path. There were still several corpses in the cave, some floating in the pool, and some with half of their body hanging by the pool. Their death conditions were basically the same. .
Except for Huo Chuwu's body, no one cared about the other bodies. Huo Xiangu asked her men to tap on the jade wall with tools and listen for the sound to find the cavity behind the wall to determine the location of the mechanism.
After a while, when they saw powder starting to fall from the holes above the cave, they immediately retreated into the stone tunnel and blocked it with something to prevent the poisonous gas from leaking out.
After going back and forth five times, three pieces of each person's protective clothing were scrapped and two pieces were left.
Huo Xiangu continued to have a sad look on her brows, she thought it would not work if this continued, their equipment was not enough.
At this moment, a thunderous sound came from outside the cave, like an earthquake. The entire cave space suddenly shook violently, and the jade wall on one side made a cracking sound.
what's the situation? Could it be that Milotuo was so annoyed by their back and forth that he finally couldn't bear it and wanted to get out?
The muffled sound shook people's ears and made their heads dizzy.
Not knowing exactly what happened, they hurriedly retreated from the cave and were on guard with guns in hand.
With a bang, a gap opened directly on the right side of the cave. With another explosion, the rocks exploded inward, and the gravel flew away.
The thick smoke dissipated, and a huge body emerged from the blasted hole. It was green all over, with a huge head, and two black eyes. It turned around and stared straight at this way. This was too weird. It’s just a large Milotuo!
Huo Chushi reflexively raised his gun and was about to shoot. Zhang Zhuxun immediately held down the barrel of his gun, and the bullet hit the sole of the Miluotuo's foot, making the Milotuo jump up in fright.
"Don't shoot!"
"Wow, we are among our own people. Any good guy should open his eyes and see clearly. Don't accidentally hurt a good person!"
Zhang Zhuxun's voice overlapped with that of the green "Miluo Tuo".
Everyone was stunned, and then they saw that fat body rushing towards him like a cannonball. He grabbed his head and lifted it, revealing a big white and fat face. He looked left at Zhang Zhuxun and then at the younger brother to confirm that they were both. After nothing happened, they immediately started shouting.
"You two donkey balls, the fat man has found you!"
Zhang Zhuoxun was overjoyed and patted his shoulder heavily, "How did you find him here?"
"Why do you have the nerve to say that?" The fat man said angrily, "I don't want to worry about you. I promised to go in and look for someone, but in the end, you two were nowhere to be found. If you really can't find them, You and I don’t know how to explain to Tianzhen after we go out.”
Zhang Zhuoxun pulled him toward the stone path, "This place is not safe. Let's go to the stone path first before talking."
After Fatty's explosions just now, the surrounding Milotuo will definitely gather quickly, and the alkali powder will come at a moment's notice.
A few more green heads poked their way in from the crack in the cave, and the voices sounded like Huo Xiaoli and the others.
Powder had begun to fall from the top of the cave, and everyone retreated into the stone passage.
Zhang Zhu asked the fat man how he got here, and the fat man said that on the afternoon when he and his brother entered the closed gate, because no one was there, he wondered if something had happened inside. It happened that a few people came from the camp. The uninvited guests were led by Huo Xiuxiu's brother and sister. Huo Qiji, who was left behind in the Yao village, was also kidnapped by them.
Seeing that these two people came with bad intentions, Huo Zhizhi was dealing with the two people outside. Fatty took the opportunity and took Huo Xiaoli and others to get their equipment and sneak into the cave in the dark to look for them.
Hearing that Huo Youxue and the others had reached the mountain, Mrs. Huo's face turned livid, and then she sneered in her heart. Those two unknown things were waiting outside the cave, just waiting for the news that she, the old woman, had folded in the ancient tomb. After receiving the news, we can control the situation in time and strike first.
I am afraid that many people in the entire Huo family are waiting and watching, waiting for the internal situation to change before they immediately launch a seizure of power.
Fortunately, she had already seen through the urinal nature of those two people, and sent Xiu Xiu to a safe place early. With Xiu Xiu's ability, she could hide her strength and bide her time long enough, and sooner or later she would be able to get back to the Huo family.
"Oh, right." The fat man thought of something again and added, "The two people coming here seem to have something to do with that old turtle Jude Kao. Huo Zhizhi asked me to tell the old lady that they seemed to be planning to cooperate and enter the ancient building together. , he asked us to bring some important information with us when we came in at night, and we couldn’t leave anything with them.”
Huo Xiangu sneered, "Since they all want to come in, let them have no chance of coming back."
Then he asked the fat man, "How is the situation over there where you came in?"
The fat man slapped his thigh, hissed, and immediately frowned, "Forget it, I came in first and everything went smoothly, but this time the road suddenly changed. It's like a fucking maze. You can't get out no matter how you walk, okay?" It’s easy to get to the end, only to find that it’s a dead end, is this the same for you?”
Seeing Zhang Zhuoxun nodding, the fat man added: "After discovering that the end point is a cave, the fat man wondered if there were any traps hidden on the jade wall, so he wanted to imitate the wooden fish and touch it on the wall, just in case a blind cat happens. If you encounter a dead rat, I'll take it out."
"I was hit without thinking." The fat man said, baring his teeth and taking off his gloves.
Zhang Zhuoxun took a look and his expression suddenly changed, "You touched the wall with your bare hands!"
The jade wall was covered with alkali powder, and the fat man loved to sweat. He put his sweaty hands on the wall, and the alkali powder naturally reacted with the water.
At this moment, the fat man's palms were full of bumpy blisters, like red and white toad skin. There were also many fine bubbles on his fingers, like fish skin rashes. Some of the blisters had been squeezed, and there was blood and pus inside. All stuck together.
Zhang Zhuxun frowned tightly, and an unknown fire surged in his heart, "Where's the other hand?"
"The other hand is fine. It's just a few small bubbles. Just pick it up with the tip of the knife and apply some medicine." The fat man smiled sarcastically.
He also knew that he was being reckless this time, so he defended himself in a low voice, "Isn't Fat Master worried about you two? He was anxious and didn't look carefully..."
Zhang Zhuoxun glared at him, grabbed his other hand and took off his glove. At first glance, he saw that only the index and middle fingers of this hand had bubbles, which had been popped by the fat man with the tip of a knife. The thin skin on top had already been wiped away by the gloves, leaving only the tender meat underneath.
He dug out the medical bag, took out needles and picked the fat man's palms one by one, squeezed out the pus and blood, cut off the scalded flesh, disinfected and applied burn ointment, and finally wrapped it with gauze.
The fat man grimaced in pain and shuddered, but after applying the medicine, the burning sensation on his hands was significantly reduced, and the coldness was quite comfortable.
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