Mo Shouchen saw a dense pile of black things crawling from the front of the tomb, moving quickly towards this side like a black tide, which made him almost suffer from trypophobia.
Because there was not enough light, he couldn't see clearly what these things were, but one thing was certain, that was, once these things crawled onto his body, the consequences would definitely be quite tragic.
Mo Shouchen stepped back and shouted: "Something is coming, please find a way to open the stone door!"
"There's no mechanism inside, so the stone door can't be opened!"
Hu Jiu anxiously searched around the door, but there was no mechanism inside at all.
"It's too late, those things are coming soon!"
As the distance got closer, Mo Shouchen saw that these black things were centipede-like insects. One of them was very fast and had crawled to his feet.
Perhaps because it had been too long since it had seen a living person, the insect did not immediately climb onto Mo Shouchen's shoes. Instead, it raised the front half of its body, as if it was thinking about whether it could eat the big guy in front of it.
At this time, Mo Shouchen saw that the front end of the insect had a sucker-like mouthpart, and dense burrs could be seen inside.
If you were bitten by one, the taste would be absolutely excruciating.
The bug finally stopped watching and climbed directly onto Mo Shouchen's shoe. Mo Shouchen quickly shook the bug away, then stepped up and trampled the bug to death. Green liquid splashed everywhere, which looked very disgusting.
There are more and more bugs crawling over, and it is impossible to trample them all with just your feet. Moreover, when the large troops behind them come up, they will only be submerged in the sea of insects.
"Use fire!"
The fourth boy yelled, took out an iron can from his backpack, unscrewed the lid, and poured the liquid inside on the ground in front of him. A smell similar to gasoline was immediately filled around him.
Scarface and Hu Jiu followed suit after seeing it. They each took out identical iron cans from their bags and poured the liquid inside on the ground.
These liquids join together to form a semicircle, separating everyone from the surging insects.
After pouring it, Lao Si struck a match and threw it on the liquid. With a "whoosh" sound, the flames instantly ignited, and some insects that happened to pass by were instantly killed in the sea of fire.
Feeling the scorching heat, Mo Shouchen took two steps back. He saw the insects in the tomb crawling into the fire wall without fear, making a "cracking" sound inside the flames.
Some insects with stronger vitality can even break out of the fire wall, but before they can crawl far, they are curled up into a ball by the fire on their bodies and eventually turn into ashes.
A large number of insects were burned to death in the fire, and an unpleasant burning smell suddenly filled the tomb.
Worried that the smell was poisonous, Mo Shouchen quickly took off his coat and prepared to wet it with water and cover his mouth and nose. But as soon as he took out the water bottle, someone patted him from behind.
He looked back and saw that it was Hu Jiu.
Hu Jiu held two simple gas masks. He handed one to Mo Shouchen and said, "Use this one."
"Thanks!"
Mo Shouchen took the gas mask and put it on his face. At the same time, he sighed in his heart that the equipment he brought was really different compared to the equipment of Hu Jiu and others.
But you can't blame him. The tasks released by the Black Book in the past were all related to ghosts. Who would have thought that this time it would be related to tomb robbing.
A large number of bugs were burned to death. Although the fuel was limited, the bugs themselves were very good combustion-supporting materials, so the fire wall that protected everyone showed no signs of extinguishing.
But soon insects climbed up the wall and roof, and then surrounded the people behind the fire wall from both sides and overhead.
These insects cannot be burned by fire, and there are many of them. If you wait for them to crawl over, even hiding behind a wall of fire will not help.
Hu Jiu took a flashlight and swept around the tomb chamber, as if he was looking for something. Soon, his flashlight light was locked on the wall opposite the stone door.
There is a raised device on that wall, which is probably the mechanism that controls the stone door, but right under this device is the place where most bugs crawl out.
Hu Jiu shined his flashlight on the raised device twice, and then said: "That should be the mechanism that controls the stone gate. If you want to escape from here, someone must go over and press that mechanism."
Hearing that the mechanism to open the door was on the opposite side, Scarface pushed Mo Shouchen and said, "Then why are you still standing there? Hurry over there!"
"No, we only have one chance. If we fail, everyone will die here!"
Hu Jiu rejected Scarface's proposal. His meaning was very obvious, that is, he must choose someone with good skills to press the mechanism.
Because the bugs on the wall have already surrounded them, if the person who goes to turn on the switch fails, they will not have time to send out a second person.
"Then let me go!"
The most skilled person here is the fourth child. If he fails, it is impossible for others to succeed.
Hearing that the fourth child stood up on his own, Mo Shouchen actually had a hint of admiration for this taciturn man.
And judging from his performance along the way, Lao Si is indeed a responsible man.
I really don’t know why a person like him would hang out with trash like Mr. Tuesday and Scarface.
Except behind the wall of fire, the entire tomb floor was covered with dense insects, so no matter how skilled the fourth child was, he would probably never come back from this trip.
So he should be ready to sacrifice, but just when he was about to step out of the ring of fire with a solemn expression, Mo Shouchen grabbed him.
"I'd better go!"
The fourth child looked back at Mo Shouchen, and for the first time an incredible expression appeared on his normally calm face.
"What are you doing? Now is not the time to be a hero. With your skills, you can't get to the agency at all."
Hu Jiu impatiently stopped Mo Shouchen, but Mo Shouchen smiled and said to him: "Don't worry, I'm not trying to be a hero. If I'm not sure, I won't die."
"Are you sure?"
Hu Jiu looked puzzled, and a strange emotion flashed in Lao Si's eyes.
"Okay, don't argue anymore, it will be too late if you waste any more time."
After speaking, Mo Shouchen tied up the two trouser legs with a rope, and then without hesitation crossed the wall of fire and rushed towards the opposite mechanism.
There were densely packed insects outside the fire wall. He would crush at least dozens of them to death if he stepped on them.
The "crunching" feeling under his feet made his whole body numb, and his body shivered involuntarily, but he still gritted his teeth and ran forward in large strides.
Although a large number of bugs will be crushed to death with every step he takes, more bugs will also crawl onto his shoes.
As there were more and more bugs on his shoes, he felt that his feet were getting heavier and heavier, and it became more and more difficult to take steps.
When he was still halfway away from the mechanism, Mo Shouchen wanted to continue walking, but he found that his feet seemed to be buried in the soil and he couldn't pull them out.
He looked down and found that the insects under his feet were like a hill that had been buried up to his knees and was still climbing up.
If he hadn't tightened his trousers just now, these bugs might have got into his clothes and started biting his body.
Seeing that Mo Shouchen could not move, Hu Jiu exclaimed in despair: "It's over, he's trapped by bugs!"
[The author has something to say]
Yesterday I accidentally posted the draft of Chapter 2. If I feel it’s a mess at the end, I can go back and read it again.
