I didn't understand, but this monster was still roaring ferociously in the direction of the team, constantly impacting and shaking the rope, as if it wanted to pounce on us.
Cui Hao frowned, looking at him like this, he picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them at the beast.
The beast struggled desperately, but was finally pulled back by the chain. After giving me a dead look, it gave up and lay on the ground, no longer moving.
"Why would those people put themselves into his mouth?"
I finally couldn't help but ask this question. Zhuge Chalcedony glanced at us nervously and waved his hand at me.
"There must be something else. The dangerous thing didn't appear, or..."
Zhuge Chalcedony suddenly squatted on the ground and carefully observed the blood stains on the ground. After a while, his brows relaxed and his face became clear.
"I know what's going on. Let's wait here. We will find another victim in a while."
Before I could realize what it meant, I suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from behind us.
This voice stumbled and was walking towards our position unswervingly. Zhuge Chalcedony hurriedly grabbed my arm and pointed to a shadow at the corner.
"Let's hide here first, don't be discovered by that thing, otherwise the situation will be bad."
There is a space about five or six meters wide at this corner, which is just enough for us to hide in it.
I nodded and hurriedly led a few of them to hide in the darkness, and stuffed the flashlight in the corner next to me, so that the light could directly illuminate the entire passage.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, obviously following us, and soon the footsteps were approaching the corner.
The next second, my eyes blurred, and a figure appeared in front of me. I almost screamed because we had just met this person.
Isn't this the man who went underwater to rescue Zhuge Chalcedony, but ended up being possessed by the white worm?
At this time, the man stumbled into the passage, and the white fluff all over his body was still dancing.
And the man was moving in the direction of the beast without hesitation, and soon came to the front of the beast.
After the beast saw the man, a flash of excitement immediately appeared in his mind. The next second he opened his huge mouth and swallowed the man directly, and the white worms inside disappeared into his mouth.
The beast licked its mouth quite contentedly, and in a short while spit out a white filament from its mouth. As soon as the thing landed on the ground, it quickly twisted and struggled.
The beast showed no mercy, and sprayed it with saliva. The next second, the insect sneered a few times, and its body was melted into a puddle of liquid, completely motionless.
I already understood what Zhuge Chalcedony meant. This place actually formed a small ecological chain. The strength of this monster must not be underestimated, so the people who built this place used ropes to prevent him from destroying the underground cave. It was tied up.
The purpose was also to let the beast guard the door, but if it didn't eat for a long time, the beast would die, so they placed white worms under the water.
Although I don’t know what the white worm was bewitched to bring its host to the beast, and put the host into the beast’s mouth to use it as food and food storage.
But obviously after all these years, this beast has lived well. It seems that it has been fed by the white worms and survived until now.
Just as a few of us were staring at the dead dayworm in a daze, there were repeated sounds of friction in the cave behind us, and it was obvious that something was coming again.
Zhuge Chalcedony held our arms and told us not to act rashly. He just asked us to stand in the dark and continue to observe the situation ahead.
Not long after, the beast roared again, and the sound of Mosuo in the cave became even more urgent.
The sound came to the corner, and soon there was a huge fish about two meters long, covered with white down, constantly rubbing on the ground, swimming towards the direction of the beast.
The beast roared loudly, looking quite excited. It didn't take long for the fish, covered with white lines all over its body, to find itself in front of the beast. The beast was not picky about food, so he swallowed the fish directly. After a while, he spit out a complete fish skeleton, as well as the white worms that were twisting crazily.
The beast followed the previous operation and quickly melted the white worm completely, then lay down on the ground contentedly and began to take a nap.
"Sure enough, I said there are not that many humans here. Even if there is a constant stream of tomb robbers, they may not be able to get into such a deep place. How on earth can this thing survive if it cannot be fed? It turns out that There are live fish under the water, and the white worm has been delivering these fish into the mouth of the beast, which makes him live underground and become a sacred beast guarding the tomb."
Looking at the beast, Zhuge Chalcedony turned his head, his eyes a little deep.
"Now we are really involved in the core of this place. Maybe behind this beast is where the real tomb we are looking for is. The previous ones were just small things, in order to prevent tomb robbers from coming in, otherwise they would not be nearly There is no buried treasure.”
As Zhuge Chalcedony said, he opened his phone again and showed us a photo.
Above the photo, there is a coffin.
"This is what Zhao Yueming and the others took. They just sent me a message. They found a coffin hanging from the ceiling in the room where we found a bunch of treasure boxes. According to their analysis, inside this room All the treasures and coffins are most likely used to fool inexperienced tomb robbers. After seeing so many treasures, most of them will take their things and leave without thinking about digging deeper."
As Zhuge Chalcedony spoke, he showed us another piece of text.
"According to Li Yueming's investigation, there is a mechanism near the treasure chests where we disappeared. Someone in front of us should have opened this mechanism, and it has not been closed until now. Once it bears enough weight, then Anyone standing directly above will fall.”
Zhuge Chalcedony nodded at the three of us.
"It should be that the three of you were standing on the same floor tile. The floor tile flipped over and you fell down. Just like me and my two men fell off just now."
I recalled the scene at that time, and it was really just as Zhuge Yisui said, the three of us were standing together at that time.
It was when Cui Hao and Wang Wangyang came to my side that I suddenly felt a drop under my feet, and then my whole body fell down.
I quickly asked Zhuge Chalcedony.
"You can still contact them, so where are they now? Are they still in the tomb?"
For a moment, I just felt extremely cold.
We were suddenly forced to divide into three groups. Li Zhuang and the others followed Mr. Wang and guarded the open door, but did not follow them into the tomb.
As for Wang Meng and Northwest and others who followed us in, they should stay in the tomb with Zhao Yueming and others at this time, still searching for the whereabouts of us.
After listening to my question, Zhuge Chalcedony waved his hand at me.
"Don't worry, they are still up there now. It is relatively safe. We have discussed the plan to enter here, but the situation here is unknown, so I did not let them come down."
After saying that, Zhuge Chalcedony quickly sent a message.
"I now tell them that they can come in here, and after entering the water, they must be careful enough to ensure that there are no wounds on their bodies. However, those with wounds on their bodies cannot come down. Otherwise, the white nematodes will attach to their bodies, and the situation will become worse. Worse."
After Zhuge Chalcedony sent the message, he quickly received a response. I don’t know if it’s because we hit the communicator when we entered the water, so the communication equipment we carried has long been out of use.
Fortunately, with Zhuge Chalcedony, he was able to establish communication with people outside.
"I judged that this place should be the entrance to the main tomb, so I asked them to follow me down, but this time I asked them to be careful and put ropes on the entrance and exit as much as possible to make it easier for us to enter and exit. I Zhao Yueming also asked Zhao Yueming to send some people to guard outside, so that they can help us open the mechanism when the time comes, so that we can climb back from the wellhead."
Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, Zhuge Chalcedony would plan so many things with Zhao Yueming.
It can be said that we are able to survive until now by accident. Zhuge Chalcedony has truly demonstrated his strength at this time, and this guy should not be underestimated.
Zhuge Chalcedony did not look at us, but his eyes quickly fell on the beast.
"Hearing the cries for help inside the stone wall is enough to prove that those guys coming from in front of us should have passed by this beast and have not even had a head-on conflict with this beast."
Zhuge Chalcedony frowned, thinking and evaluating the strategy carefully.
"I can't figure it out. How did they do this? Do you have any idea? If so, let's give it a try to see if we can successfully pass by this beast, and also explore it for the people outside. Explore the way forward.”
Zhuge Chalcedony turned his head and his eyes quickly fell on me. Obviously he also knew who I studied under, and I was the best at designing underground mechanisms.
