Chapter 180 Bats Attack People
Chen Su reached for the holster on his waist: "Tomb robber?"
"No. They said it was a rhythmic clicking sound."
Xu Ying shook his head, feeling afraid of the unknown danger.
Qi Xiao's eyebrows moved, and he suddenly frowned and said sternly, "Stand close to the wall!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground in the corridor ahead suddenly sank, revealing a deep black pit!
Then, the walls on both sides began to rotate slowly, and the mural was divided into incoherent fragments.
"A rotating maze!" Qi Xiao pulled Xu Ying to his side. "This is a mechanism used by the Jingjue people to confuse tomb robbers!"
The ground continued to collapse, and in the blink of an eye, the originally straight corridor turned into an intricate maze.
Professor Mo was alarmed to find that the compass needle was spinning wildly: "The magnetic field is being disrupted!"
Lou Yiqun protected Professor Mo, "How are we going to get out?"
At this moment, a group of black bats suddenly rushed out from the dark corridor and flew towards everyone.
These bats are very large, with wingspans of more than one meter. Under the illumination of the overhead lights, they cast huge shadows inside the underground tomb, like giant beasts from the abyss, which is very scary!
"Oh my god, what a huge bat!"
Everyone quickly covered their heads and dodged.
Xu Ying was wearing night vision goggles and did not panic when he saw the large black bats swooping down on him.
She could see clearly that these bats were completely black, but had the faces of corgis.
This is the largest bat in the bat world, the fruit bat. This guy looks very big and scary, but it is actually a vegetarian.
“Ka-ka-ka—”
The calls of these bats sound like the sound of a cassette tape.
[Hey, Twolegs, get out of here! Don't steal our food!]
[There's not much food left underground, get out of here!]
The fruit bats flapped their wings, looking ferocious.
It turned out that they were afraid that Xu Ying and others would snatch food from them.
"Wait, wait!"
"We're not here to steal your food!"
"Just a passerby! Can we give you some toll?"
Xu Ying quickly pulled Qi Xiao over, took things out of his backpack and threw them on the ground: "Canned fruits, dried fruits, everything!"
The loose hair on her forehead was blown all over the place by these big fluttering moths.
A large cloud of dust rose in the corridor.
"Stop fanning me! You're going to give me a cold!"
The fruit bats flapped their wings with a whirring sound, like a group of restless little black clouds.
But when Xu Ying started throwing things on the ground, their movements gradually slowed down, their noses twitched, and their black bean-like eyes sparkled.
[Huh? What's that smell?]
[What a nice smell! A hundred times more fragrant than the moldy mushrooms on the coffin board!]
[It’s sweet! It’s sweet!]
They fluttered down with their wings folded at their sides, like a group of dwarfs in black cloaks.
Professor Mo and others were stunned to see the restless group of bats suddenly become extremely well-behaved. In the past, they could only run away and hide when they encountered bats.
A few brave ones came close to the food, sniffing it gently with their pointed mouths, their nostrils flaring, and their whiskers trembling with excitement.
One of the fruit bats was particularly persistent, scratching the metal lid of the fruit can with its claws, making a "cracking" sound.
But the can was so round that its claws kept slipping. It was so anxious that it was spinning in circles, its wings flapping like a black whirlwind.
"Don't worry, no one will snatch it from you."
Xu Ying couldn't help laughing. He used the telescopic pole to gently tap the fruit bat struggling with the plastic bag and said, "Let me help you open it."
The fruit bats all stopped moving, folded their wings, and squatted in a row, staring at her eagerly, like a group of kindergarten children waiting for snacks.
[Really?]
You are such a good person!
[Hurry, hurry, hurry!]
Xu Ying smiled and unscrewed the can of yellow peaches. With a "splash", the sweet juice wrapped around the golden flesh slid to the ground.
The fruit bats immediately went into a frenzy, grunting and eating like a group of starving puppies.
Their tongues are thin and long, and they can flexibly roll up the fruit pulp. They also lick the sugar juice on the ground clean, not missing even a little bit of sweetness.
[Oh my god! What a divine smell!]
[Much sweeter than the paint on the mural!]
Xu Ying opened the bag of dried fruits again, and the aroma of candied fruits and preserved fruits instantly filled the air.
The fruit bats immediately pounced on the fruit, curled their wings into small baskets, and scooped the dried fruits into their arms. Their cheeks were puffed up and they chewed them with a crunching sound, just like a group of little hamsters hoarding food.
She watched them wolfing down their food and couldn't help asking, "What do you usually eat in the tomb?"
The fruit bats stuffed their mouths with dried fruit and replied vaguely:
[Mushrooms growing on the coffin lid!]
[Sometimes I lick the murals; the green paint is a bit bitter…]
[There are also dried dates buried with him! But they've been left for too long, they're as hard as rocks!]
Xu Ying: “…”
Even if she starved to death, she would never touch any of the "food" in the tomb.
[Can you guys stay here forever? I'll do anything for you! In exchange for this delicious food~]
[Now that the food underground is becoming less and less, we often fly around in the tombs looking for food.]
[The airflow in the tomb has changed since the group of people digging in the tomb came.]
Xu Ying speculated that the tomb-robbing gangs dug caves everywhere, changing the layout of the caves, making the air in the structure stagnant, and the underground plants gradually became scarce due to the decrease in oxygen content.
These tomb robbers probably did not go into the tomb in recent days. They must have done a lot of work in the early stages of digging passages and scouting the site.
Now that we have made all the preparations, we can start moving the things in the tomb.
"No, this place is not suitable for us humans to survive. We are trapped in this maze room."
"We'll die if we stay here too long."
Xu Ying began to tempt these fruit bats who lived a miserable life underground: "Why don't you come out with us?"
“There’s lots of delicious fresh fruit out there.”
"You are used to living underground, or you can live in the abandoned nests of some large animals in the desert."
The fruit bats were extremely excited when they heard what Xu Ying said.
When will you go out?
Xu Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Now, we are trapped in this maze and can't find a way out."
The fruit bats volunteered: "We'll lead the way for you. We're most familiar with the area."
Bats can emit 20-200kHz ultrasonic waves and calculate the distance to obstacles with 0.1mm accuracy, which can be called a walking 3D map navigation!
Xu Ying was delighted to hear that the fruit bats were willing to help, and said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
The fruit bats flapped their wings, [Follow us!]
After a moment, Xu Ying pointed to a narrow passage on the left: "This way! The bats said they can feel the airflow."
The team advanced cautiously, encountering dead ends or suddenly moving walls every few steps.
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