Chapter 10 Midnight Horror
The underground camp had a large space. After it was completely cleaned up, torches were lit everywhere, making it very bright. There was also a bonfire in the middle, and the smoke could escape from the height, which was very nice.
Zhang Yang first arranged the personnel for night guard rotation, and then made sure that there were enough torches and firewood, and then let the soldiers have dinner.
After eating, he asked the spearman captain Wu Yuan and the other eleven elite soldiers to rest near him.
It's not that he is timid and afraid of death. Well, not only is he small, he is afraid of death. He is afraid that something unexpected will happen at night. At that time, he can activate the second-level protection at the first time. Ordinary soldiers will die, but elite soldiers cannot die.
Zhang Yang was quite tired at this time, so he fell asleep quickly after making all the arrangements. Thanks to his B-strength soul, he didn't even have a nightmare and slept soundly.
I don't know how much time has passed.
“Ahhhh!”
A shrill scream suddenly sounded, waking Zhang Yang from his sleep. He reacted quickly and activated the second-level protection immediately before going to see what happened. The bonfire in the underground space was still there, the torches were still burning, and the soldiers were normal, but there was one more dead person, an ordinary soldier who had just been killed. He opened his eyes wide in horror, and a tree root pierced through his heart from behind.
But other than that, nothing happened.
"Did anyone see anything?"
Zhang Yang swallowed and asked nervously. He arranged five night duty teams in total, with five people in each team. This number of people was already large enough to see the space in the cave clearly under the light of the fire.
"No, I don't know, Village Chief. Zhao Shitou just went to pee, and when he turned around, he was stabbed to death by that thing." A soldier on duty answered palely.
But what is behind that dead soldier?
"Is that a tree root? Go and have a look."
Zhang Yang's heart was beating like a drum, and his mind couldn't help but flash through various ghost movie clips he had seen. Damn it, I haven't even learned the skill to catch ghosts yet.
A few soldiers walked over bravely, as if there was nothing there except the tree root that had just grown out of the soil.
A soldier raised his knife to cut off the tree root, but at this moment, there was a loud crash, soil splashed, and another tree root suddenly emerged and pierced the soldier's neck!
Blood was bubbling up and it was obvious that he was dead.
This horrifying scene happened right under everyone's eyes. It was so terrifying. Because it happened so suddenly, Zhang Yang, who was imagining various horror movie scenes in his mind, almost screamed out in fright.
It was only when the spearmen captain Wu Yuan shouted to retreat that the soldiers retreated as if awakened from a dream. At this time, they heard a loud noise. From all directions, tree roots could be heard digging through the soil and rocks.
Moreover, these tree roots seemed to come alive, shaking and growing wildly, like countless tentacle monsters.
"Fuck them! Fight! Fight! Kill them!"
Zhang Yang was very angry and started to shout hysterically. What on earth was going on? Why was there nothing wrong when the spider tribe settled here before? But I have only lived here for a day, shit, and something went wrong in just half a day? A world with a fantasy background can be so willful and bully people like this. What about the setting?
The battle became intense right from the start. The soldiers were extremely brave, but those evil, revived tree root monsters were even more ferocious, and their angles were tricky. They had no choice but to send out elite soldiers to temporarily contain these tree root monsters. Yes, it was only temporarily, because even if these tree roots were cut off, they could still grow out at a very fast speed, which was bullying. In the end, Zhang Yang himself took a knife and chopped frantically.
Soon, soldiers were injured and killed. They fought and retreated, and were forced to gather together. They also had to guard against the tree roots that came out from above their heads. God knows why they have such strong vitality? More and more tree roots poured into the underground space and occupied it step by step. Torches were squeezed out, fires were crushed, and in the darkness, only the screams of the soldiers before they died were heard.
In Zhang Yang's second-level protection circle, including him, 38 grown men were almost squeezed into paper men. They could not win the fight, especially in such a dark environment.
Fortunately, although those tree roots were tricky, they could not break through the second-level defense. They just wandered outside and continued to grow. When Zhang Yang observed with a lighter, he saw that countless tangled tree roots formed an airtight cage, completely imprisoning all 38 of them.
There is no way out, and the tree roots are still growing, squeezing every gap. This is going to compress and isolate all the air. By then, even without breaking the first-level protection circle, the 38 people will be dead just without oxygen.
"I really saw a ghost. What is the reason? Why were those spiders fine when they lived here?"
Zhang Yang was simply desperate. No, he could still maintain basic calmness. He knew that this could not have happened without a reason. There must be a reason.
The two spider lords must have some way to drive away and contain these tree root monsters, but they destroyed this method after they moved in.
"Wait, is it because of the spider's venom?"
When this thought flashed through Zhang Yang's mind like a meteor, he suddenly understood.
That’s right, the reason why the Spider Lords can live here safely must be because of their venom.
Zhang Yang recalled the scene when he first saw the spider's nest. The area within a few hundred meters around the deep pit was filled with asphalt-like black substance, and the inside of the nest was also full of this black substance, covering every corner.
Then within a range of three hundred meters, no trees could survive at all. Even beyond three hundred meters, a large number of trees were hideously tangled. That was caused by the erosion of venom. It was also the most important line of defense for the Spider Tribe to resist these tree root monsters.
But after Zhang Yang occupied this place himself, he asked the soldiers to clean up large areas of black asphalt-like substance and thoroughly clean the underground space.
This is equivalent to destroying that line of defense invisibly.
So after just a few hours, when he finished hunting outside and led his soldiers back, he saw the trees suddenly became full of vitality. At that time, they had actually begun to launch an attack.
This war, which seems to have come suddenly, is actually not sudden.
Zhang Yang was very upset. He had only thought of this now, and as a result, so many soldiers died. What should he do now? Apply the demonized spider venom on the long sword and spear? Impossible.
In an area of only 20 square meters, the 38 of them were packed like sardines, making it impossible to apply the venom. If anyone got poisoned, it would be more trouble than gain.
"Make way, let me pass."
After quick thinking, Zhang Yang came up with a solution. It was very simple. He would not apply it. Instead, he would throw all the venom out at once. Anyway, there was a second-level protective circle, so the venom could not hurt them, but it should be able to scare away these damn tree root monsters.
Squeezing to the edge of the secondary protective circle, Zhang Yang tried his best to change his posture, and then he took out all the remaining 50 units of demonic venom from the space of the village construction order. There was a lot of this stuff, and it was soft, as if it was loaded in a poison sac, like a big balloon. He didn't dare to neglect it and threw it out directly.
The next second, Zhang Yang and the others heard a low and strange sound, followed by a rumbling sound. The earth was shaking, or it could be said that there was an earthquake. Countless dirt and rocks fell down and buried them alive underground.
As for the low and strange sound, it continued all the time, as if it was in pain and very angry, but it was of no use.
It took several minutes before it became quiet outside. The owner of the voice seemed to be dead, but the village construction order did not bring back anything, nor did it provide any information about the kill.
But Zhang Yang couldn't wait any longer. If they didn't go out, they would be suffocated to death.
"Dig out. Dig a passage."
Everyone worked together, digging upwards like mad. After more than ten minutes, they had dug out of the ground like groundhogs, and then they were all stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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