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Chapter 65: Death

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  This is a desolate tomb chamber, at first glance there's nothing inside, three sides are sealed off and there's no way out.

  "Looks like we're stuck again, Little Wu. Did you bring us to the wrong place?" I ignored him and picked up my flashlight to examine our surroundings while Old Six took out a small iron hammer and started tapping around the tomb, probably searching for hidden mechanisms.

  At this time, Lao Liu looked at me and shook his head, saying: "Nothing."

  In a tomb, it is impossible for an enclosed chamber to appear out of nowhere without any reason. Since it exists here, it must have its own significance.

  We entered this tomb chamber, first by looking at the multi-sided tomb passage. The tomb chamber is connected to the ghost road before it. This route, in combination with the ancient tomb layout, suggests that the tomb chamber we are currently in should be in the east palace of the main tomb's southeast corner. This is the rear palace of the tomb owner, located at the very bottom of the tomb, but now, on the way to the east palace, a sealed tomb chamber has appeared.

  So its existence is likely to be similar to that of a multi-sided tomb passage, just a means for the tomb owner to prevent grave robbers.

  I remained silent, thinking about past experiences and searching for possible situations in my mind. The flashlight in my hand kept scanning the surroundings. My uncle and others didn't speak up either, but quietly waited for me to make a decision. Here, except for Old Six, I was the only one who seemed like an old fighter, unknowingly becoming the leader of the group.

  I thought of this, and I couldn't help but laugh. In the past when I followed Mute Oil Bottle and others to fight, I was always the one being dragged along, who would have thought that now I can also be a strong helper, I don't know if it counts as a wife becoming a mother after many years.

  I was thinking about something while wandering around the tomb, my heart didn't feel much pressure, maybe it's because I had experienced too many fierce battles before, and now nothing seems strange to me. At this moment, except for thinking about how to crack this tomb, I don't have any tense feeling, maybe that's why Mo Ye always has a poker face, he must have gotten used to the danger after so many times, so even in critical moments, he never looked nervous.

  It seems I'm also heading in this direction, I really don't know whether to be happy or sad.

  Just then, the light from my flashlight hit the top of the tomb, and I suddenly realized that this tomb chamber was very high. The light shone up but couldn't reach the top, which was a dark and blurry patch. It seemed like there was something on it.

  I thought to myself that there must be a door, and the key point should be up above. So I calmly gestured to Old Six and said, "Let's go up and take a look." My legs aren't very agile, so this task was handed over to Old Lei and Old Six.

  The walls of the tomb were very smooth, with no footholds, and I was thinking about how to get up when I saw Jin Erpao take out four things from his backpack. As soon as I saw them, I felt embarrassed - they were four suction cups, which can be worn on hands and feet, with a sticky pad underneath that provides suction power. They are usually used in climbing projects at amusement parks. I didn't expect someone like Jin to bring this kind of thing.

  Lao Liu and the others seemed to be used to it, so Jin Er Bao said: "Just one person's share, you guys stay down there, I'll go up and take a look." Then, Jin Er Bao carried his suction cup, with his butt sticking out, like an octopus, step by step climbing up. I was shining my light from below, when I turned my head back, I saw Second Uncle staring at me with a strange gaze, which made me feel very uncomfortable. I couldn't help but touch my face and ask: "Second Uncle... is there something on my face?"

  Second Uncle furrowed his brow and averted his gaze, saying lightly: "You've been in quite a few fights over the years, haven't you?"

  My heart skipped a beat, and I hastily explained, "It's, it's not many, that...I just played with Third Uncle...twice, really, really didn't do anything." Second Uncle glanced at me and said calmly, "You were so calm earlier, why are you stuttering now?"

  I looked at Minmin and others' teasing eyes, feeling my old face burning with shame, and couldn't help but say in a low voice: "Second Uncle, you've beaten me and scolded me, can't you just leave me some face...?" Second Uncle let out a heavy hum, about to open his mouth, when suddenly, in the silent tomb, there was a loud "clang" sound, as if an iron hammer had struck something dull.

  The sound came from the top of the grave, at this time, I found that where the light could reach, I could only see Jin Erbao's buttocks, his upper body was hidden in the darkness, and it was also unclear.

  My heart skipped a beat, and I felt a bad premonition rising up. I hastily shouted: "Jin Er Bao, what's going on?" Jin Er Bao didn't respond, and then my face suddenly felt hot, as if something had dripped down. I quickly reached out to touch it, looked down, and saw that my fingers were stained with scarlet.

  It's blood!

  At the same time, the sound rang out again. After this sound, a splash of blood water poured down from above the top of the tomb, as if it had been splashed with water. My eyes were blinded by the blood water, and I hastily wiped them with my hand. My calm heart suddenly rose to my throat. Immediately after that, there was another loud thud, as if something had fallen from a high place. Then, the tomb was silent for a moment, and soon I heard Min's terrified scream.

  What's going on?

  I quickly wiped my eyes with my sleeve, opened them again, and saw that everyone's face had turned white as they stared at one spot. I followed their gaze and suddenly felt a jump in my heart, a chill running up from the soles of my feet. On the floor covered in fresh blood, a bloody head stood upright.

  The skull was smashed beyond recognition, with a faint glimpse of red and white mixed together. The face was blurry, as if it had been pierced by countless needles, but we still recognized it - it was Jin Erbao's head.

  My whole body stiffened instantly, and I mechanically raised my head. Jin Er's body was still on the tomb, under the dim light of the flashlight, it looked vague, only his big buttocks were very eye-catching, at this moment, he was being sucked onto the wall by a palm print.

  But his head was near my feet.

  As for this person, I don't know much about him. Lao Lei and Lao Liu are both people with real skills, and I can see through them at a glance. But as for Jin Er Piao, even now I still don't know what he's capable of, worthy of being taken in by Second Uncle. He was just an unremarkable person, one second ago he was still talking to me, waiting for me to explore his character, and the next second he became a corpse.

  As I stared at that bloody head, the temples throbbed violently, and I found myself unable to recall Jin Erbao's appearance no matter how hard I tried.

  What does he look like? Why can't I remember?

  If I hadn't been so confident, if only I had been more careful, if I hadn't told him to go and investigate, would he still be alive?

  As expected, just like that passerby said, I'm moving as slow as a turtle and becoming a drag on the team. In the past, with Third Uncle and Mute Oil Bottle's gang watching over me, I couldn't make too many mistakes, but this time, I messed up big time.

  I thought that relying on my own limited experience, I could lead everyone out, but it turns out that Fatso always said I was naive, and this time, my naivety really made a big mistake.

  I feel a severe headache, my eyes staring blankly at the skull, as if I saw the tightly closed eyes suddenly open, then full of resentment, with venomous gaze staring at me.

  I don't know what I'm feeling right now, but a very heavy emotion burst out from the bottom of my heart, and I didn't even have the ability to think. At this moment, I was suddenly pulled by Second Uncle, and then a string of gunfire sounded in my ear.

  This sound was like a bolt of lightning that struck me, making me instantly awake. Next, I found Lao Liu, Lao Lei and Er Shu, all holding guns and shooting towards the top. I quickly looked up and saw a huge creature on the tomb.

  That thing can't be seen clearly, hiding in the dark can only see a irregular shadow, it seems to want to rush down, but because of Second Uncle and others constantly firing guns, it has been hovering above, moving very agilely.

  That thing moved very nimbly, dodging around the top of the tomb and the surrounding walls. Three shots were fired, but two of them missed their mark. The space on top of the tomb was limited to begin with, so even with this barrage, it must have been hit by over ten bullets, yet that thing still moved very agilely.

  Second Uncle was really getting on in years, and after this bout of exertion, a thin layer of cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead. I calmed myself down and knew that now wasn't the time to be sad. Just as I was about to go up and help, Second Uncle suddenly gave me a stern glare and growled, "Get back, don't get hurt." My heart suddenly felt warm, and I couldn't say anything, nor did I open my mouth. From the equipment bag, I fished out a single-barreled gun and began firing at that black shadow.

  This move was learned from Fatso, my marksmanship is not as good as his. During the time we were resting in Banei, Fatso said my shooting skills were too poor and insisted on teaching me well. On a hot day, he took me to practice shooting in the woods.

  In order not to disturb the oil bottle's sleep, he dragged me into the dense forest to shoot trees. As a result, my arm was sore from practicing, and he was holding a book with drool flowing down his mouth. I snatched it away at that moment, and after taking a look, my face turned red with embarrassment. It turned out to be a real-life version of an adult video. Because of this, we had a saliva fight, and later the oil bottle found us, gave each of us a glare, and we retreated in defeat.

  Although my shooting skills are not as good as Fatso's, the advantage here is that the distance is relatively close. I didn't sweep my gun around like Old Lei and others did, but instead fired several shots in a row, all of which hit their mark. The last shot was unclear where it landed, but the thing let out a shrill cry of pain.

  As soon as I heard this voice, I suddenly felt a thrill. It's that damned Da Luobo, how did we meet again?

  Logically speaking, that thing shouldn't have come to the mortal realm, so how did it appear here? Could it be that this giant radish isn't just limited to the burial mound? I thought of the radish's tentacle-like appendages' strange function and my scalp suddenly felt numb.

  The radish's tentacles will pierce the corpse, tightly wrapping it around its body. On top of its head, there is a huge mouth filled with dense fine teeth. If I'm not mistaken, Jin Er Bao was bitten off his skull in an instant, so he didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry. The dull sound we heard at the time was the sound of Jin Er Bao's neck being bitten off.

  That big radish didn't know where I hit it, after a miserable cry, it didn't even dodge, letting the bullets hit its body. I suddenly thought that its body was wrapped in corpses, and all the bullets were hitting the corpses, making it hard to hurt it. We're just wasting our firepower now, once we run out of ammo, this thing will charge down.

  As the saying goes, good things don't work and bad things do. I was just thinking about it when I saw countless white roots crawling down from all around the wall, just like ivy, as if they were vines slowly creeping down, accompanied by a rustling sound.

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