Zhang Yu naturally saw this while using a flashlight, and his face turned livid.
"Corpse!" he reminded.
Mei Qian nodded, put out the cigarette butts, and the two of them quietly walked back to the Jade Gate.
According to the previous process, you need to throw stones again while standing here to test the ground mechanism.
But at this time, Zhang Yu heard the whistling sound more clearly with his ears, and he hesitated for a while, even though he was somewhat mentally prepared when he fell, and he might encounter such a thing.
But if you really see it, who can not be afraid?
He had watched the videos and photos of corpse crickets countless times, and he was probably more familiar with them than the original author, Mei Qian. This thing was described in the novel as too weird. Not only did the bite hurt, but the key was not the actions of each one.
It's a group as soon as they go out.
A while ago, during an archaeological live broadcast, it took only a few minutes from the discovery to the attack by corpse crickets. One of the armed policemen protecting the archaeological team was bitten to death by these giant bugs and three were seriously injured.
In the end, a lot of gasoline was used to kill these nasty bugs.
If the live broadcast wasn't so bloody, everyone in the Xia Kingdom wouldn't have known about it.
Without thinking about the battery, Zhang Yu turned on his phone again and took a photo behind him.
Sure enough, there were some dark shadows on the way here.
Zhang Yu felt desperate and couldn't help but tighten his pistol. In his opinion, it was better to give himself a peanut than to be eaten away bit by bit by insects.
But there are some things to explain beforehand.
"It's now, but there's something I think I should tell you." He took back his cell phone, straightened out his messy police uniform, and said in as calm a voice as possible: "You may know the person who disappeared in the earthquake this afternoon."
"We know him, who are you talking about? Professor Mao? Mao...Maomao?" Mei Qian's brows jumped wildly. Although he is very familiar with Maomao, he really doesn't know much about his family situation. He has never met him even though he went to dinner several times.
The only thing I know about Maomao's father is that he is busy at work and rarely takes care of the family. The relationship between father and daughter is not very good, so he is rarely mentioned. Previously, someone from the archaeological team mentioned that Professor Mao and his daughter were missing, but he did not think of it at all.
But when it was mentioned at this time, his mind turned and he didn't understand why?
Zhang Yu nodded: "I have done research on the people around you. The father of your assistant Maomao is an archeology professor at Xiadu University, so..."
Mei Qian's face was frighteningly dark, and he couldn't see clearly because of the dark environment, but his voice was extremely cold: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Your kung fu is so powerful that you might not be able to subdue him without using a gun. I was afraid that your overreaction would cause misunderstanding among my colleagues. So, I didn't tell you." Zhang Yu quickly explained.
Mei Qian narrowed his eyes dangerously, suddenly turned around without saying a word, walked straight into the stone room, and strode towards the monster statue.
Zhang Yu subconsciously wanted to grab him, but the opponent was too fast. In just a blink of an eye, he passed the area they had explored before.
Zhang Yu glanced at the group of zombies that was getting closer and bigger, gritted his teeth, and followed them.
He quickly walked a few steps to Mei Qian's side and persuaded: "It has been less than two hours since we fell, and Ms. Maomao has been missing for three hours. She is still in the golden period of rescue. If she is buried, there will be a search and rescue team to rescue her. If she falls like you and me,
If you enter here, you will encounter them sooner or later. I believe that Ji people have their own destiny, and they will be fine."
Mei Qian paused for a moment, then continued walking forward without any slowness.
Zhang Yu had no choice but to follow step by step. The two of them walked around the one-horned monster statue without saying a word and entered the next corridor easily.
Oddly enough, the group of black zombies were clearly around, as if they couldn't see the two of them. They were wandering back and forth, but they were always at a distance from them, as if they were worried about something.
The two of them were silent all the way. This corridor was not straight, but had many corners. They went around for a long time without reaching the end.
Along the way, there were often panicked zombies escaping, as if they were afraid of the two of them.
This is really different from the performance in the video data. Could it be that the corpse crickets here are vegetarian and do not bite people?
Zhang Yu looked at Mei Qian beside him, but saw no trace of doubt or surprise on his face. His heart skipped a beat, and he had some kind of guess.
He thought for a while, swallowed the words when they came to his lips, but his eyes would vaguely glance at the other person's clenched left hand from time to time.
After about ten minutes, the disgusting zombie finally disappeared completely.
The dark corridor continued to stretch, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. Only the sound of dripping water could be heard occasionally.
Zhang Yu didn't know whether he couldn't stand this depressing atmosphere or wanted to dispel Mei Qian's anxiety, so he found some topics to talk about from time to time.
Of course, he would often say a long paragraph, and Mei Qian would respond with just one sentence at most, sometimes even using um or ah instead.
But no matter what, it seems that Mei Qian's complexion is not as ugly as before.
Zhang Yu knew that the other party had calmed down and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them were chatting like this, and before they knew it, they had reached the end of the corridor.
This time there was neither the dragon-breaking stone nor the jade gate. What they faced was a flat brick wall, no different from the surrounding walls. It was clearly a dead end.
Just as he was about to discuss what to do with Mei Qian, he saw the other party holding up a flashlight and taking pictures around him. Then he spread his left hand and slapped it on the wall. In the end, he even put the flashlight in his mouth, put his hands together, and fiercely
Push that wall.
Zhang Yu let out a soft sigh. He had been staring at Mei Qian's left hand. Now it seemed that there was clearly nothing in it. Could he have guessed wrong?
In the midst of self-doubt, suddenly the loudspeaker sounded, and the wall really opened to both sides like a portal. It was a secret door.
The two of them didn't rush to enter, because just after the secret door opened, a disgusting stench came out.
Unable to resist retching, they quickly retreated and squatted aside for a long time before they recovered.
At this time, there was a beating light coming from inside. Obviously, the ever-burning lamp inside also spontaneously ignited when it came into contact with the air.
Facing Zhang Yu's probing eyes, Mei Qian broke from his previous silence and said, "Have you ever played an adventure game? The passages in underground buildings like this are never meaningless. There are either mechanisms or unknown ones.
The secret door." His tone was calm, but it was the longest he had spoken since he came out of the last stone room.
No matter what Zhang Yu thinks in his heart, facing such a justified explanation, he can only pinch his nose and believe it.
When they felt that the smell should have almost dissipated, the two of them stood up and slowly moved closer.
There was still a faint smell in the air, and it didn't take long for Zhang Yu to get used to it.
However, Mei Qian still covered her nose. A good physique also has its shortcomings, that is, her five senses are too strong and she is also a little sensitive to smells.
The space here is more than twice as large as the previous stone chamber. Two ever-burning lamps are burning on each wall. There are no strange one-horned monsters, nor are they filled with funerary objects like before. There are only some bronze swords scattered everywhere.
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The two of them looked at their feet at the same time. There was no material visible on the ground, it was pure black, and the surface was covered with grooves. All the grooves were connected to a circular protrusion in the center, and it was unknown what their purpose was.
Zhang Yu originally planned to repeat the old trick, but then took out the stone statue claw from his pocket.
But Mei Qian walked directly in, so he could only follow him first.
"This is a secret room!" Mei Qian carefully observed the four walls, but he didn't find any traps.
Zhang Yu did not believe in evil and checked all the places where there might be hidden doors.
Finally, the two of them focused their attention on the center of the stone room.
"This seems to be a manhole cover." Mei Qian touched it with his hand, frowned, and scratched it with a dagger. A piece of the black surface was immediately missing, revealing the green color inside.
He scraped the ground again, and it was the same, except that the round cover was obviously made of bronze, and the ground was paved with stone.
Use a dagger to scrape clean the gap between the cover and the ground, push it hard, and hear an unpleasant friction sound. It is indeed moving.
The two looked at each other and worked hard together. After a while, the cover was lifted, revealing a round black hole underneath, which was really similar to a sewer well on the road.
Looking down, the beam of the tactical flashlight could only illuminate a pitch black. It was obviously not going straight down, but turning a corner and leading nowhere.
Mei Qian looked at the dense grooves on the ground. Each groove was connected to the hole. Then he thought of the black substance covering the entire ground. His brows jumped and he had a bad guess in his mind.
Zhang Yu seemed to have thought of the same thing as him, and his face looked ugly.
Mei Qian sighed: "I finally know why the archaeological team couldn't find this place, because this is not an ancient tomb at all. No wonder we didn't see any inscriptions or murals except for the burial objects. Such a large-scale underground building,
Without these, it is obviously unreasonable. This is probably a sacrificial place built by ancestors."
Yes, the black color all over the hall is most likely dried blood, just because it has turned into dirt over the years, and those grooves are obviously blood grooves...