novel-bin Chapter 463: Three more people died after leaving the maze
Chapter 463: Three more people died after leaving the maze
"Someone has set up a Qimen Dunjia here."
After Xu Bayi's research, he discovered that the Devil City where everyone was located was actually a huge artificially modified maze.
In fact, they did not experience a mysterious trap, but were deceived by a trick.
Xu Bayi explained that the situation here was a bit like the Bagua Formation used by Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and everyone understood it instantly.
"Then, Brother Xu, since you can see it, you must have a way to deal with it, right?"
Xu Bayi smiled confidently.
"Everyone, follow closely."
Led by Xu Bayi, the group walked back and forth irregularly for a long time. After passing a narrow valley, the view in front of them suddenly opened up and they saw a huge basin surrounded by mountains.
In the center of the basin, the outline of an ancient city can be vaguely seen.
"That must be the Jingjue Ancient City we are looking for!"
Professor Chen shouted excitedly.
Yang Xueli sighed: "I never thought that the Jingjue Ancient City was hidden in the Devil City. No wonder no one has found it for so many years."
The fat man was shocked. "This Devil City is too big. You actually have such a large area hidden."
Xu Bayi shook his head. "In fact, we have walked through not just one ghost town, but many ghost towns these days. The basin is surrounded by many ghost towns connected end to end, forming a circular maze. It should be a defense facility built by the ancient country of Jingjue with all its strength."
"The wisdom and courage of the ancients really cannot be underestimated."
"Let's go."
The group walked towards the ancient city in the center of the basin.
Along the way, they saw many one-eyed stone statues made of black stone. The statues had female bodies but no facial features, only a huge single pupil carved between the eyebrows.
"The Demon Eye... This should be the Demon Eye totem believed in by the Jingjue Nation."
Yang Xueli said after taking a look.
Professor Chen nodded. "That's right. It is said that the people of Jingjue worship eyes, and their queen is a goddess with a divine eye between her eyebrows. Of course, in the records of neighboring countries, this description has become a magic eye and a witch."
Everyone was walking and talking, stopping from time to time to take pictures.
Finally, in the evening, we arrived in front of the Jingjue Ancient City.
But looking at the dilapidated ancient city, everyone was a little disappointed.
Apart from large areas of ruins, there is not a single completed building in the ancient city. Only a section of a tall tower remains in the center of the city, half buried in the sand, with only the top of the tower exposed.
It didn't just collapse, it was already buried.
"Let's find a place to camp first."
The fat man took a look at the dilapidated old city with yellowish earth colors, and felt that it was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, as if there were countless resentful souls and evil spirits.
I couldn't help but shudder.
"There won't be any big ants like those from before, will there?"
When everyone heard this, their faces froze.
Wu Tianzhen rolled his eyes at the fat man in annoyance and said, "Shut up your crow mouth and come to help."
"oh oh."
Soon everyone set up the tents and arranged the warning equipment.
I carefully checked the surroundings and confirmed that there were no hidden dangers.
Only then can I rest assured.
"Tian Zhen, do you think the little brother will never wake up... Ouch! Why did you hit me?"
Before the fat man could finish his words, Wu Tianzhen hit him on the head.
Wu Tianzhen glared at him angrily, "If you can't speak, sew your mouth shut!"
"I was wrong, my lousy mouth, bah!"
The fat man slapped himself, reflected and said, "Brother, you are a lucky guy, everything will be fine."
After the two discussed it, one of them stayed outside to keep watch while the other stayed in the tent to look after the young man.
In the middle of the night, Wu Tianzhen was sleeping in a daze, when he suddenly felt his neck was a little cold and something smooth sliding across it.
I woke up immediately and opened my eyes.
When Wu Tianzhen sensed the foreign object lying on him, his body stiffened and he dared not move at all.
I glanced at his chest and almost screamed in fright.
I saw a strange black snake about forty to fifty centimeters long coiled on my chest, with a bright red tumor on its head, and it was constantly moving its tongue in and out.
Two narrow snake eyes were staring at him coldly.
If it was when she first debuted, Wu Tianzhen would have jumped up in fright.
The most likely result is that the poisonous snake will be alarmed and bitten to death.
However, relying on the strength he had gained from escaping death many times, Wu Tianzhen suppressed his body's instincts, remained motionless, and even dared not breathe, just hoping that the strange snake would leave his body as soon as possible.
However, it backfired.
The strange snake seemed to have sensed something. It stared at Wu Tianzhen, raised its neck, and prepared to attack.
Don't bite me, don't bite me...
Wu Tianzhen kept muttering to himself.
What you fear will come true. The black snake suddenly opened its mouth, bounced up, and shot towards Wu Tianzhen's face like lightning.
Wu Tianzhen's pupils shrank.
Oops!
Can't hide!
At the critical moment, two slender fingers shot out from the darkness like lightning and clamped the base of the strange snake's neck in mid-air.
With a little force, the snake's head was flipped 180 degrees with a click.
Then he was thrown into the fire outside the tent.
"Be careful."
A familiar voice, cool yet caring, rang out from the tent.
"Brother! You finally woke up!"
When Wu Tianzhen saw that the person who saved his life was Zhang Qiling, whom he had been hoping to wake up day and night, he instantly forgot the fear of being attacked by the strange snake and smiled happily.
“…Is there anything to eat?”
Xu Bayi was awakened and listened to Wu Tianzhen's report that he was attacked by a strange snake. He suddenly had an uneasy feeling in his heart.
He immediately notified everyone to check each tent to see if there were any poisonous snakes sneaking in.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but you'll be shocked when you check it.
The three female students of Professor Chen who slept in a tent had turned into stiff corpses, their bodies turning blue, with several strange tumorous snakes crawling slowly over their bodies.
"Xiao Lian! Xiao Qing! Xiao Hui!"
Professor Chen burst into tears on the spot.
After killing the poisonous snake, Yang Xueli checked the condition of the three people and shook her head solemnly.
……
After burying the three female students, there were only twelve people left in the archaeological team.
"Uncle An, you go back first. Thank you for leading us."
After the funeral, Xu Bayi said to the guide.
"Captain Xu, I, we also want to go back... I'm sorry..."
The two surviving mercenaries showed fear on their faces. They were all friends from the underworld introduced by friends.
But after seeing so many deaths in this industry, they became frightened and began to back off.
Xu Bayi asked them to leave with the guide.
"Xiao Wu, you should go too."
Professor Chen said to his last remaining student, sighing deeply.
He brought six students out, but only one was left dead. How was he going to explain this to the students' parents?
Professor Chen thought that it would be better for him to die here.
But the boy said firmly: "No, I won't leave. We have come this far, I want to stay with you till the end!"
"You kid...oh, okay."
In the end, there were only nine people left in the archaeological team.
These nine people are determined and continue to pursue their goals with the determination to never give up until they achieve their goals.
Everyone packed all the necessary things into backpacks and carried them with them, traveling light.
After experiencing the strange snake attack, everyone had no desire to sleep, and when they saw that it was almost dawn, they headed straight for the black tower in the center of the ancient city.