84 Interlocking Fingers
◎So pitiful◎
Everyone walked into the door one after another.
Just like outside, it was pitch black inside the door, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. It was closed on all sides, and no light could get in all year round. The smooth and moist walls were covered with mold. As soon as you entered the door, an unpleasant smell rushed into your nose. Even though everyone had put on masks in advance, they still frowned because of the choking.
The temperature inside was lower than outside. Ah Hai, who was leading the group, swept his flashlight around and saw insects of unknown species gathered everywhere. When the strong light of the flashlight shone over them, they scattered as if awakened, and their densely packed feet climbed on the stone slabs, making obvious sounds.
"I really can't stand it anymore." Liu Ge complained painfully, with goose bumps all over his body.
Qi Qiuxue patted her shoulder gently to comfort her. Everyone didn't dare to walk too fast for fear of touching some mechanism. Even though they realized that the treasure might be just ahead, they still slowed down and moved forward slowly.
And so we continued on our journey for a long time.
Nothing happened.
"Could it be that the tomb is actually unguarded?" Ah Hai said somewhat fancifully. This corridor was really too long, and the surrounding scenery was almost exactly the same. The longer he walked, the harder it was to concentrate. In order to cheer himself up as soon as possible, Ah Hai tried to chat with his accomplice next to him.
"It's better to be careful." His companion Da Niu yawned and secretly glanced at the one-eyed man behind him. Their boss was really energetic. He walked for such a long time without even mentioning rest.
"Ah." Ah Hai shook his head and whispered, "I'm a little hungry."
"Me too." Daniu subconsciously touched his shriveled stomach, but he couldn't help himself and said, "Um, Lu, Brother Lu."
He asked the bad-tempered one-eyed man, "Can we take a break here? We've been walking for so long and are really tired and hungry."
"Just give us time to eat something and drink some water!" Seeing the one-eyed man's face getting worse and worse, Da Niu quickly tried to make amends, "Just a little while, Brother Lu, just a little while, okay?"
After he finished speaking, the others also responded: "Yeah, Brother Lu, take a break, you really can't walk anymore."
"A bunch of trash!" The one-eyed man cursed with a bad face, but fortunately he did not refuse. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and did not care whether it was clean or not. They squatted down and cleaned the ground under their feet with their hands, and then sat down there.
"Axue." Li Yiqing found a relatively stable stone, wiped it clean with his sleeve, and handed it to Qi Qiuxue.
"You sit here."
"Thank you." Qi Qiuxue didn't bother to be polite with her and leaned over to sit down.
"Tsk tsk tsk." Liu Ge, who had already sat down on the ground, couldn't help but sneer, "Why don't I get this treatment?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Li Yiqing retorted to her, then sat down, took out a piece of bread from his backpack and stuffed it into her mouth. "Eat!"
Liu Ge, who had his mouth stuffed with bread, said: "???"
"Am I not good enough for you?" Li Yiqing snorted and laughed, deliberately saying something sarcastic, "I'll give you a big piece of bread."
"Yes, I almost choked to death." Liu Ge stretched his neck hard and swallowed the bread with great effort. He didn't have time to scold Li Yiqing anymore and gulped down the water.
With them both around, I am destined to have no peace and quiet.
Qi Qiuxue ate bread while watching the two people chatting and talking to each other. At the same time, she also paid attention to the actions of the group of people next to her. They were already discussing what to do with the treasure after getting it. They were chatting excitedly and everyone had a happy smile on their face.
This brief bustle broke the surrounding silence, but it also naturally covered up many subtle noises.
—For example, the sound of something crawling very quickly.
It was very light and not easy to hear amid the noise. Qi Qiuxue keenly caught the subtle sound, frowned silently, and listened attentively.
At first she thought it was the sound of insects crawling, but as the sound got closer, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
No, the thing approaching quickly was definitely not a bug. It was obviously much larger than a bug. Even though the footsteps were light enough, they were not the kind of noise a tiny bug could make.
"There's a problem!" She quickly pulled out a bone knife from her backpack and stood up suddenly.
"What's wrong?"
"What's going on?"
Everyone stopped chatting and took out their weapons and aimed them at the dimly lit surroundings. Several men holding flashlights also patrolled quickly, fearing that some terrible monster would suddenly appear.
"Did you see or hear anything?" the one-eyed man asked in a deep voice in the silence.
"A sound," Qi Qiuxue whispered, carefully checking the corridors in front and behind, even checking the ceiling and the ground. "But just now, the sound disappeared again."
"What on earth was making that noise?" the one-eyed man asked sharply.
Qi Qiuxue shook her head: "I don't know."
She didn't believe she would have much luck in the dungeon. Instead of believing the monsters would give up the attack and spare everyone's lives, she thought of the worst. Since she couldn't find them anywhere, it was very likely...
Qi Qiuxue brightened the flashlight and scanned each person's face one by one until it stopped on a short man.
She found that he was pale, his face was tense, and his whole body was shaking violently.
"What's going on?" The others also noticed something was wrong and subconsciously stepped back, moving further and further away from the man. "What on earth just happened?!"
"Yes, there is something." The man said tremblingly, "There is something behind me..."
He hadn't even finished his words when, under everyone's gaze, a furry, white thing slowly emerged from behind him.
It was a monster with a human face and animal skin. It was about the size of a two-year-old child, and its body was covered with dazzling white fur, like a giant hare. People always subconsciously think that furry things are cute, but there was no trace of cuteness at all on this monster.
It has an old and ferocious face with wrinkled skin. Its mouth is full of fangs and its eyes are blood red, emitting a creepy light under the flashlight.
"What is this thing?!" Even this group of experienced tomb robbers had never seen such a half-human, half-ghost-like man with dark eyes. They felt uneasy and quickly aimed their guns at the monster in front of them.
"Bang", the bullet shot out quickly and went towards the monster's head, but the monster's reaction was several seconds faster than the bullet. It jumped directly from the man's back and pounced on the other man's face.
The man was caught off guard and fell to the ground. His face and eyes were scratched by its sharp claws. Smelling the blood, the monster laughed and lowered its head to bite his throat.
The man died without even having the chance to struggle. The monster lay at his throat and drank blood. Then, in front of everyone's horrified eyes, it stood up and revealed a hideous smile that made everyone's backs chill.
"Kill it quickly!" Fearing that they would become the next target, everyone scattered, dodging the monster's attacks while looking for opportunities to shoot it. However, the monster moved too fast, and the frequent bullets could not hurt it at all.
"Liu Ge!" Qi Qiuxue quickly looked towards the distance.
"Yeah." Liu Ge pulled out the chain blade and swung the chain forward quickly. Seeing that the situation was not right, the monster kicked the wall on the side of it and jumped in the opposite direction. Liu Ge did not give it a chance to dodge. With a flick of his wrist, the chain also turned after hitting the wall. The front blade blocked its way forward at a faster speed and pierced into its body. The chain at the back also followed to tie it up, binding it more firmly.
"Aqing, take advantage of now!" Although they were always bickering, they had a perfect understanding in cooperation. The moment Liu Ge opened his mouth, Li Yiqing aimed the crosshairs of his crossbow at the monster that was struggling to fight the chains and fired an arrow.
The arrow shot straight through the monster's head, blood and white brain matter splattered all over the ground, and the monster fell heavily to the ground, unable to move anymore.
Is he dead?
Everyone watched the scene in front of them with lingering fear. Fortunately, there was only one creature. If it came in groups, with such sharp teeth and a speed faster than a bullet, they would have nowhere to hide.
"Brother Lu." Ah Hai didn't dare to stay any longer. He looked at the one-eyed man with a sad face, "Let's leave quickly..."
The rustling sound of footsteps came from all directions before he even finished speaking.
How many are there? How many more are there?!
Such a large number of people was not something any one person could handle. Qi Qiuxue was the first to react. She instinctively grabbed Li Yiqing beside her and shouted to Liu Ge, who was not far away, "Run!"
This is a finger-interlocking pose.
Li Yiqing lowered his eyes to look at the two people holding hands, and felt a little happy about Qi Qiuxue's instinctive reaction. Although danger was approaching, she couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of her lips.
While running, Liu Ge glanced sideways and happened to catch a glimpse of the smile in Li Yiqing's eyes in the faint light around him.
Liu Ge: “…”
Liu Ge: “???!”
People often say that the environment will affect a person to a great extent, especially if one stays in such a dark and enclosed place for a long time. People will always be affected to some extent and behave abnormally.
For example, Li Yiqing.
Poor thing, the kid has gone crazy.
【Author’s words】
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