(The protagonist is gentle and introverted, a patriarch. Doting on the team + slightly charismatic + no CP + friendly ending.)
Just a few years after Zhang Moyu became the patriarch, he was d...
Chapter 033 Floral Dew Becomes a Spirit
With the idea of making the best of things, Wuxie began to check the situation around him.
This place is quite spacious, with densely packed caves of various sizes on the walls, and no one knows where they lead to.
Next to him was the body of a foreigner that had been bitten beyond recognition. The body was no longer warm, but still soft to the touch. Wuxie guessed that the person had probably died not long ago.
From the body, he found a spare flashlight that was still working, a string of digital information whose purpose was unknown, and a simple hand-drawn map.
This map should be the area explored by the group of foreigners. He also saw the tomb chamber with the Seven Star Coffin on it.
As if it had been discussed in advance, as soon as he finished his exploration, there was a hissing sound all around, followed by dense swarms of dead turtles crawling out of the small holes like a swarm of insects.
That scene could scare someone with trypophobia to death on the spot.
Wuxie now finally understood why the foreigner died in such a miserable manner.
His abdomen was hollowed out, his body was covered in blood and flesh, not even a piece of good meat was left, all eaten by these worms.
Just when Wuxie thought that he was about to follow in the footsteps of the foreigner, another fat man fell from the place where he had fallen before.
The good news is: the fat man helped him attract the attention of most of the bugs, so he can live a little longer.
The bad news is: there's nothing they can do, and they might both be stuck here feeding the bugs.
"Fire! Insects are afraid of fire, try using fire!"
Fatty Wang howled as he was bitten and yelled at Wuxie.
"You think I can't think of it? I don't smoke, how can I have a lighter?"
Wuxie felt like crying but had no tears at this moment, deeply regretting why he didn't take his uncle's lighter, but knowing it earlier would be priceless.
"I have a fire starter!"
Fatty Wang grinned. A lighter is more convenient and easier to use than a tinderbox. He originally wanted Wuxie to use the lighter to save trouble, but he didn't expect that in the end he would still have to make the fire.
He quickly fumbled to take out the tinder, endured the bites of the insects, and carefully blew out the fire.
"Hurry up, light up the clothes."
After the clothes in their hands were ignited, they waved the flames, and the corpse turtles that were approaching them became frightened. They just surrounded them and dared not move forward.
"We can't go on like this. After the clothes are burned, they will come over again. We have to find a way to get up."
“It’s so high that I can’t get up there!!!”
"You lift me up, and I'll pull you up."
"No, who the hell knows if you'll climb up and run away! We're brothers, and we're going to die together!"
Wuxie almost vomited blood after hearing what he said.
Who is your brother?! Whoever is your brother is in big trouble!
"Young Master San!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard. Wuxie turned around in surprise and saw Pan Zi pointing a gun at him.
His heart suddenly sank, and before Wuxie could turn his head, the bullet passed by his ear and hit the big corpse turtle that was lying on the wall behind him, hiding behind many small corpse turtles and trying to attack him.
Wuxie breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked Fatty Wang to move over there.
Wuxie was pulled up by Pan Zi, but he was in trouble when he wanted to pull Fatty Wang.
First, Fatty Wang was too heavy for them to pull up no matter how hard they tried. Second, the cloth in their hands had been burned by the fire, and insects gathered around him. Fatty Wang moved around a lot, making it difficult for them to pull him up.
Fatty Wang originally wanted to endure it, and at most he would be bitten twice, and then he would be freed once he was pulled up.
It turned out that the group of bugs didn't play by the rules at all. They even crawled into his trouser legs and tried to bite his big treasure!
How can that be possible!
If he waits until he climbs up to process it, he doesn't know whether the two taels of meat can be used. His Wang family depends on it to continue the family line!
Seeing so many insects surrounding him and eyeing his fat body, Fatty Wang became more and more anxious.
Suddenly, he remembered the reason why he fell, and shouted loudly to the people above, hoping to save their lives.
"Boss! Are you there? Help me!!!"
There was a clear cracking sound, and suddenly another person fell from above.
But this time, the corpse turtles did not surround them all at once. Instead, they froze in place for a while, as if they had seen a terrifying natural enemy, and fled in panic.
Zhang Qiling landed in a very handsome posture, and the insects around him lined up one after another and "evacuated in an orderly manner", which made the other three people dumbfounded.
Among them, Fatty Wang and Wuxie, who had been besieged, were the worst hit.
"Voice summon?"
Wuxie said something subconsciously, and when Zhang Qiling's eyes swept over him, he immediately closed his mouth smoothly.
"No, why?"
Fatty Wang couldn't understand the insects' completely opposite attitudes and couldn't help but ask a question.
However, they had been together for a while before, and he knew that Zhang Qiling would not pay attention to his boring questions, so he comforted himself.
"It's okay, big brother, how can you call me big brother if you're not special? It's normal, normal."
After just a few words of comfort, the fat man couldn't continue.
"Hiss~ This isn't scientific, it's metaphysical... Could it be that the boss is a spirit of floral water?"
Fatty Wang muttered the last sentence in a low voice, and no one else heard it except Zhang Qiling, who had excellent hearing.
"Brother? I'm so glad you're alright. You didn't know that I was separated from Third Uncle and the others just by not noticing..."
When Wuxie saw Zhang Qiling, he started chattering as if he had seen a relative, and couldn't wait to share his experience.
Pan Zi, who was standing next to him, had a puzzled look in his eyes. He didn't understand why Wu Xie didn't chat with him but with Zhang Qiling, whom he had only known for a short time.
He opened his mouth, but then closed it again silently when he remembered what the Third Master said about letting Wuxie spend more time with Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Qiling came to Fatty Wang and looked him in the eye. Fatty Wang, relying on his years of experience in observing people's expressions, felt as if he had inexplicably understood something from Zhang Qiling's face.
He pinched his thumb and index finger together and slid them across his lips, making a zipper gesture. Fatty Wang pursed his lips tightly and nodded slightly, indicating that he would not tell anyone about Zhang Qiling's betrayal, as this would damage the boss's reputation.
He knew that the boss came down to join them because he knew that there was a team below.
Fatty Wang really wanted to complain. It didn’t matter if he was kicked down first. He just wanted to ask Zhang Qiling if he could come faster next time!
If he had been a step later, he would have lost all his fat.
But because his life was in someone else's hands, he kept his mouth shut for the time being.
Seeing that he didn't understand what he meant, Zhang Qiling didn't say much. He grabbed Fatty Wang by the back of the neck and threw him up. The two people above quickly pulled him back.
Then Zhang Qiling was very agile and flipped up in one go without any help from others.