With torches flickering in the darkness, Chen Tao stood in front of a square hole, looking at something on the waist of the corpse, with a flash of light in his eyes.
As soon as the torch flickered, Chen Tao suddenly found something bright on the waist of the ancient corpse. It was a dagger.
Or rather, it was a short sword.
The knife is less than twenty centimeters long. The handle is made of silver. The gold wire on the top is clearly engraved with exquisite patterns. The silver part has been rusted and turned black. The gold engraving seems to have lost a lot of luster. There is a piece of gold inlaid on the end. A dark green jade stone. The scabbard is jet black, and I don’t know what kind of material it is made of. After thousands of years, it is still not decayed, and it looks simple and profound.
The short knife was pressed under the waist of the ancient corpse. If the emerald hadn't reflected the light of the torch and just happened to shine into Chen Tao's eyes, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Chen Tao glanced sideways, glanced at the bearded man on the other side who was picking the ancient corpse's head with a machete, and then touched Hao Zi's sleeve without leaving any trace.
Chen Tao and Li Hao are playing around and being naughty, and they know what the other is thinking even with a glance.
Haozi blinked at Chen Tao, stepped sideways and blocked the sight of the bearded man and the nearby minions with his body.
Chen Tao saw the opportunity, reached for the waist of the corpse, put the short knife in his hand, and put it into his trouser pocket.
At the moment, the three of them have no equipment or weapons. With a guy in their hands, they feel a lot more at ease.
Chen Tao saw that there were many stone pillars in this place and the light was dim. He winked at Haozi and Ye Rong. If there was a chance, he could use these stone pillars to escape.
There was black sand underfoot, and broken bones and remains were scattered all over the floor. If someone stepped on it accidentally, they would trip. Looking at everything under his feet, Chen Tao felt vaguely uneasy.
"There is something unusual about these broken bones. I suspect there may be something here!"
"I have this feeling too, it seems like something is watching us in the dark!" Haozi also whispered.
"Look at this!" Ye Rong stood in front of another square hole and wiped off the sand on the pillar wall with her hands, revealing the strange words on it.
"What is this?" Seeing that the words were like ghostly symbols, they should be Tatunaan's words again.
"This is the name of the deceased, the cause and time of death, as well as the major events and battles he participated in." Ye Rong said while looking at the barely intact mummy in the square cave.
"Huh? No..." Ye Rong frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"The time of death of the body is wrong. Tatunaan was buried in the sand more than 3,000 years ago. However, the body and the time on it are written in 1588 in the Anli calendar, which is equivalent to the 10th year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Three years, that is, 388 AD, a difference of more than 1,200 years, how could this happen?" Ye Rong looked puzzled, "Is it possible that there are descendants of the Tatunaan people who survived?"
"Don't worry about how many years it has been, look at this!" Haozi pointed at the ancient corpse in the square cave and said, "Why does that man look like a ghost!"
Chen Tao looked in the direction of Haozi's finger and saw a mummy on the other side. The whole body was black and yellow, the skin was cracked, and the hands and feet were curled up, showing an extremely strange look.
What’s even more surprising is that the corpse’s head actually had a green face with fangs and a fierce and strange face.
The strange face was so weird that people who looked at it felt frightened. Chen Tao looked at it carefully for a long time and thought that it was impossible for a person to have such a face, and the proportions were wrong. It was obviously beyond the size of a normal human skull. Not even the neck of the corpse could be seen.
Different periods in history and different regions have different burial customs. In many places, people will wear a mask on the corpse after death to protect the deceased or for other purposes.
Therefore, Chen Tao felt that the thing should be just a mask. But then again, since they entered this hall, they have never seen a stone sculpture or totem with such a mask. How could such a person be placed here so well?
Chen Tao was staring at him in trance, when suddenly the grimace seemed to move.
"Move...move, did you see it!" Before Chen Tao could ask, Haozi had already said it. He turned his hand and found a long nail clamped in his finger.
The three of them stared at the corpse closely and began to retreat quietly.
"It... moved again!" Chen Tao subconsciously touched the short knife in his pocket.
The movement here attracted the attention of Big Beard and the others. Haimoton walked over with a torch and a fierce look on his face. He saw the three of them looking at the corpse without moving, pulling out a long knife and about to threaten, when their eyes saw The ghost face on the corpse paused, and with a clang, he drew out his machete, squeezed between Chen Tao and Ye Rong, and stabbed the ghost face without hesitation.
squeak! ! ! !
Ghostface suddenly let out a shrill scream and flew up from the corpse. Everyone was shocked.
That thing turned out to be a living creature!
Before everyone had time to see clearly what it was, they saw the ghost face fluttering its two big wings and making a strange squeaking cry, heading straight for Haymorton's head.
Bang!
Haimoton was obviously startled by the thing, but he reacted very quickly. He waved his scimitar and struck the thing flying towards him.
squeak! Zhizhi! ! ! !
The thing screamed and was sent flying directly, hitting the shoulder of a minion next to it.
ah! ! ! !
Suddenly something hung around his neck. The gangster screamed in fear, slapped the ball and threw it to the ground, and stepped on it several times.
Suffering heavy injuries one after another, the thing collapsed on the ground and screamed miserably. Its two big wings kept flapping, and the black sand and broken bones on the ground were scattered everywhere by it.
At this time, Chen Tao had time to see what that thing was.
In the firelight, I saw that the thing was as big as a one or two-year-old child, with a wide upper body and a narrow lower body, long and sharp claws, a layer of fleshy membrane on its limbs, and a layer of black fur all over its body. It had extremely large ears and a lower jaw. It is broad, like a fox, with two slender fangs, and is extremely ugly. On its back, there is naturally a huge and ugly ghost face. Under the light of the jumping torch, the ghost face keeps changing with the movement of the thing.
As if alive.
Chen Tao recognized this thing. It was actually a big bat. It was lying on the mummy just now, eating the flesh on the corpse's head!
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. The thing on the ground was really a bat, but the head was too big!
While still looking at the big bat with a grimace on the ground, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. The guy who was hit by the bat suddenly fell to the ground. His skin turned black, foaming at the mouth, and his whole body was trembling like a sheep. Crazy, seeing less air coming in and more air coming out, he groaned a few times on the ground and stopped moving.
Looking at his neck, there were two more tooth holes, and black blood was flowing inside.
It turned out that the man's scream just now was not because he was frightened, but because the big bat with a grimace bit him on the neck.
"This thing is poisonous!" Chen Tao shouted, pulling Haozi and Ye Rong back a few steps. The grimace bat on the ground was not dead yet, to prevent it from jumping up and hurting people.
squeak......
The ghost-faced bat flapped its wings on the ground and kept chirping, its dark eyes filled with malice.
Ta-ta-ta-ta! ! ! !
Haimoton had a hot temper and was not happy to die. He was really upset when he saw the half-dead Grimace Bat on the ground. He picked up the rifle in his waist and fired a shuttle, hitting the Grimace Bat with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and he could not die anymore. .
"What's going on!" The bearded man pushed away a few minions around him and saw a man lying on the ground. His death was strange and miserable. Looking at the pile of rotten flesh, his face was filled with murderous intent.
squeak...squeak squeak...
Before the bearded man could ask questions, a series of squeaking sounds and flapping wings suddenly came to mind in the darkness. The originally silent underground corpse hall brother suddenly became restless, as if a storm was brewing in the darkness above his head.
"Oops, we're in big trouble now!" Ye Rong's expression changed drastically, and a strong uneasiness appeared on her pretty face.
There were more and more cries around, swirling around in the closed underground corpse hall. Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that there are many such big bats with grimaces overhead, and the number is extremely terrifying.
The bearded man knew something was wrong and yelled, and in the darkness he suddenly remembered a clicking sound of a bolt. Everyone raised their heads and stared nervously at the dark roof of the temple, with cold sweat falling from their foreheads.
Chen Tao swallowed, his hand already touched the short knife in his pocket, and he focused on staring at the top of his head.
Squeak! ! ! !
The noise above them was getting closer and closer, and the crowd became obviously uneasy. A few minions kept whining and staring nervously at the top of their heads.
squeak!
There was a sudden scream in the darkness, and a black shadow suddenly passed overhead. A big bat with a grimace swooped down, bringing up a whirlwind and hitting the bearded man's face.
Chen Tao watched clearly from the side. This one was several times larger than the one just now, and could be compared to most of an adult.
"Hada!" The bearded man shouted, and he suddenly pulled the trigger in his hand.
Ta da da da da....
...
Ta da da da da...
Flames spurted out in the darkness, and the bullets wiped out streaks of dark red flames in the air and pressed towards the group of bats overhead. Countless giant bats with grimaces fell from the air like dumplings, and some hit stone pillars. In the square hole in the middle, the mummies and funerary objects rolled down together.
"Oh my god!" Haozi's eyes widened and the nails in his hands fell to the ground.
"Don't be stunned, hide quickly!" Chen Tao shouted, pulling Haozi and Ye Rong towards the nearest stone pillar, pulling out the mummy inside, and crawling in.
The bearded men and others outside were locked in a fierce battle. Chen Tao and the other two were hiding in the square cave, looking at the bat corpses and mummified remains that were falling all around. The sound of gunshots was ringing in their ears, mixed with the screams of the ghost-faced bats. The scalp of those who listened was numb, and they didn’t even dare to pop their heads out.
These ghost-faced bats are surprisingly big, and Chen Tao and the others don't have guns. Even if they don't get bitten to death while standing outside, they will be killed by the bat corpses falling from their heads.
Looking at the melee outside, Chen Tao's heart was in his throat.
This is how to do!
(End of chapter)
