Obviously, these salamanders are a premeditated ambush!
This can be seen from the fact that Chen Ziyan and the others were attacked by salamanders just after they showed up.
"tnnd! These beasts have mastered the art of war and are playing this trick with the fat man. They don't even ask for the name of our little Zhuge from Panjiayuan." Wang Kaixuan, who was walking at the front, bore the brunt of the attack and hurriedly cursed and drew his gun to fight back. p>
Others also quickly used their own methods to resist the salamander's attack in their own way.
Although these salamanders planned an ambush, Chen Ziyan and the others were not unprepared. In order to prevent such a situation, they always kept their weapons in their hands, so after a brief period of shock, they quickly regained their composure.
, and began to deal with it calmly.
Not long after the fight, the two sides fell into a stalemate. Salamander's ambush failed, but Chen Ziyan and the others were unable to quickly defeat these rough-skinned guys.
There is no way, although the skin of these salamanders is not as good as the striped dragon, it can effectively block firearms and will be injured but not fatal.
"Fat man, use that grenade you made!" Seeing this, Wang Kaixuan immediately shouted to Wang Kaixuan.
Since conventional attacks are of little use, let’s just resort to tactics!
In order to effectively fight against creatures like the striped dragon and the old white-bearded fish, Wang Kaixuan took advantage of his break to use explosives to make some three-piece pull-fire detonators to serve as grenades, which came in handy at this time. After hearing Chen Ziyan's words, Wang Kaixuan, who could not hold himself any longer, immediately took out a homemade grenade and threw it towards the group of salamanders.
The salamanders had never seen such a thing before, and they didn't take it seriously at all. Therefore, without any precautions, they were directly blown up by Wang Kaixuan's homemade grenade.
Morale is something that not only exists in humans, but also in disciplined beasts like this. Therefore, after suffering a sudden heavy blow, the Salamander's offensive immediately weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After Wang Kaixuan threw several more homemade grenades, the salamanders were blown to pieces and fled towards the crater behind them.
When Wang Kaixuan saw that the homemade grenade he had made worked, he was so excited that he immediately took out the rest and planned to catch up and eliminate the root cause.
But as soon as this guy took two steps, he was stopped by Chen Ziyan who noticed his intention. Chen Ziyan would not let Wang Kaixuan continue.
Although his grenade is homemade, the core is genuine gunpowder, so there is not much discount in terms of power. It is not useful for use on this edge. After all, the density of the rock here is high, so it will not have too serious effects.<
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But if you go to the crater to bomb wildly, that's a completely different matter. If you accidentally collapse the entrance, you will really lose more than you gain.
Wang Kaixuan, who calmed down, also understood this. Although he was a little regretful, he still put away the remaining homemade grenades.
Chen Ziyan then checked the salamander corpses in the ground, and after confirming that all the salamanders had returned to the west, he led everyone towards the top of the cone-shaped mountain, which is the crater.
There is a large amount of black volcanic sand accumulated near the crater, which means that this extinct volcano has existed for at least millions of years.
According to Chen Ziyan's knowledge, volcanic rocks are initially gray-white, and it takes a long time to turn black. To form such sand-like crystals, the time required is millions of years.
Stepping on the black gravel, thinking that this extinct volcano has experienced eternal changes, one can't help but feel a sense of insignificance.
However, this emotion came and went quickly, and gradually dissipated when we arrived at the crater.
The crater is much smaller than expected. The erosion of the years has caused a large part of the cave entrance to collapse. The remaining part looks like a large chimney in a factory, but this size is enough for them to enter.
Because the salamanders fled into the volcano, Chen Ziyan and the others did not rush in. Instead, they threw a cold firework inside. After all, no one could guarantee whether the salamanders would repeat their same tricks and ambush them again. Fortunately, with the help of the light of Leng Yanhuo, they saw no trace of the salamander below, so they went down with peace of mind.
The bottom is in the shape of an inverted Lama, and along the way you can see the remains of some buildings made of stone and black wood. Apparently, a long time ago, there was a road leading to the belly of the volcano.
However, the wood has long since decayed, but the stones are still very strong, which does not affect their use. With the help of these huge stones, everyone entered the heart of the mountain in twos and twos.
The belly of this extinct volcano is a natural grotto, but it can be seen from the surrounding walls that it has been artificially repaired before.
Standing in the center of the grotto and looking around, Chen Ziyan felt that the place they were in looked like a temple.
However, due to terrain restrictions, the outer area is lower than the center, so it looks a bit nondescript.
With the help of the light of a flashlight, you can see that there are many original symbols carved on the walls of this temple, which look like stars scattered all over the sky from a distance.
The original symbols on one of the walls form a nebula pattern with an eye outline. Below the nebula pattern, there is a unique five-clawed animal pattern, which looks like it is holding up the eye-shaped nebula above.
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After her eyes wandered over the unique combination of patterns for a while, Shirley Yang slowly said: "I have seen this symbol in some documents. It seems to be from the song of the Enemy Orb King. In the poem, this symbol is called
'Magog Manningdun', translated as 'Great Black Sky Strikes Thunder Mountain', refers to a legendary demon that can control ores."
Before anyone else could react, Wang Kaixuan suddenly raised the muzzle of his gun and shouted sharply at the stone door in front of him: "Who? Come out!"
His sudden move attracted everyone's attention, leaving them no time to estimate the content.
Chen Ziyan first looked around the temple. After finding no problems, he walked to Wang Kaixuan and asked, "Fat man, what's going on?"
While speaking, his eyes were also looking at the Shimen in front of him.
There was only this door in here, so he planned to leave it to study later, but he didn't want to have a problem now.
Wang Kaixuan stared at the stone door in front of him and whispered: "This door just closed by itself!"
"You closed it yourself?" Chen Ziyan was also surprised and asked: "You didn't touch anything, did you?"
He suspected that Wang Kaixuan might have encountered a trap.
"No." Wang Kaixuan shook his head gently and said firmly: "I was on the other side just now and didn't touch anything."
Looking at the fat man's solemn expression, Chen Ziyan knew that he probably wasn't lying, which made him frown.
To be honest, he just took a quick glance and didn't notice whether the stone door was open or closed, so there is no way to verify it now.
But...the stone gate closes by itself?
There is no doubt that this kind of stone door will not close by itself. If it is not caused by a mechanism, then there must be someone hiding in secret to cause trouble.
If there is someone really hiding behind the door, what Wang Kaixuan just said would be okay.
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but look at the blue-robed Tibetan and asked: "Do you have anyone else from Kangbalo who came here with you?"
The first thing he thought of at this moment was the Kangbalo people. If there were strangers underground, they were undoubtedly the most suspect.
"We have limited manpower, and there is only one person in each area." The blue-robed Tibetan shook his head without hesitation.
He actually thought about this possibility, but he was denied as soon as the idea came up. If he was really from their tribe, he would definitely get in touch with him first, instead of hiding quietly.
"Forget it, the soldiers will cover up the water and the earth. There will never be any results in being suspicious here. Open the door and take a look!" After thinking about it, Chen Ziyan decided to open the stone door and take a look.
His idea was unanimously recognized by everyone. There is really no better way now. There will never be a conclusion for baseless speculation. No matter how much you think about it, it is better to see what is behind the door for yourself.
Maybe Wang Kaixuan really got it wrong?
But even though he thought so, Chen Ziyan himself was not confident. Firstly, Wang Kaixuan's expression was too determined, and secondly, the underground was inherently evil, and something weird might appear.
After all, although there are many things in this world that cannot be fully believed, one must not disbelieve them.
The rest of the people followed Chen Ziyan, with weapons in their hands ready to go. If there was really a situation behind the door, they would definitely take action as soon as possible.
When you come to the stone gate, the first thing you see is the two huge human eyes embossed on it. Other than that, there are no other decorations.
This is not surprising. Such eyeball totems are not only everywhere here, but they are also common.
The only unique thing is that the eye totems in the past were all eyeballs without eyelids, but the eyeballs embossed on this stone door have eyelids and appear in a closed posture.
However, what attracted Chen Ziyan the most was not the eyeball relief, but the sliding stone ball at the bottom of the stone gate that served as an opening and closing mechanism.
After seeing the sliding stone ball under the door, Chen Ziyan suddenly had an idea, maybe the door really closed by himself!
But he did not express his thoughts immediately, but planned to take a look at the situation behind the door first. If there was nothing behind the door, then the real situation was probably what he thought, and he would be able to have a supporting evidence by then. As if to help Chen Ziyan verify his guess, after he put his hand on the stone door, he just pushed it gently, and the stone door in front of him slowly opened without much effort.
Behind the stone gate is a natural tunnel. The four walls of the tunnel are made of rock crystals formed during volcanic changes. These crystals emit cold fluorescence and look like a white tunnel in the dark underground world.
However, this tunnel is not straight. It can only be seen for tens of meters, and then it has entered a blind spot behind it, making it difficult to judge the specific length of the tunnel.
The situation of the fluorescent tunnel in front of them was clear at a glance. At least they could see that there was no place to hide people in this section. However, Chen Ziyan did not stop there. He planned to go to the corner in front and take a look in case the situation behind it changed.
But just when he stepped into the tunnel, he suddenly heard a steady and powerful footsteps coming from deep in the tunnel.
The fluorescent tunnel in front of him seemed to have the effect of gathering sound, so although the footsteps were far away, Chen Ziyan could hear them clearly.
But Chen Ziyan soon realized something was wrong, because the footsteps gradually coincided with his heartbeat, as if they were stepping on his heart. Every time he landed, it seemed to be extremely heavy, causing his heart to follow him.
Trembling.
And when the rhythm of the thunderous footsteps became more and more rapid, Chen Ziyan's heartbeat also became faster and faster. At the same time, an uncontrollable panic emerged from the bottom of his heart, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Chen Ziyan knew that this was a warning from his body, and his subconscious was urging him to leave here as soon as possible.
However, Chen Ziyan did not obey his body's instinct, but forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, staring at the corner of the tunnel in the distance.
He wanted to see what it was that made the footsteps that made his body feel instinctive fear!
But when the footsteps reached a certain level, they stopped suddenly without any warning, and the tunnel became silent for an instant, as if nothing had happened.
This sudden change caught Chen Ziyan off guard, and his tense body relaxed, and he stumbled back to the temple.
"Master Chen, are you okay?" Hu Bayi stood behind Chen Ziyan. Seeing this, he quickly supported him and asked with concern.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan was not only as pale as a sheet of paper, but his whole body was still trembling slightly, and his heartbeat was beating violently from his chest. It looked like the situation was very bad.
"I'm fine." After Chen Ziyan gasped twice, he waved his hand gently to Hu Bayi.
The strength of his body is there. Although he looks serious, he can recover quickly.
"Master Chen, what's going on with you?" Seeing that Chen Ziyan was okay, Wang Kaixuan came over and asked curiously.
Hearing his question, Chen Ziyan's eyes flashed with surprise, and he looked at him and asked, "Didn't you hear the footsteps?"
While asking questions, he subconsciously looked at the others and found that they seemed to be fine.
He had been so distracted by the footsteps just now that he really didn't notice it, but now he suddenly realized that he seemed to be the only one who heard the strange and suffocating footsteps.
"Footsteps? No!" Wang Kaixuan shook his head like a rattle.
"No?" Chen Ziyan glanced at the tunnel outside and probably understood something.
If he guessed correctly, that weird suffocating footsteps could probably only be heard by those who entered the fluorescent tunnel.
This is a strange phenomenon, but it is somewhat natural here.
"Mr. Chen, did you hear footsteps just now?" Hu Bayi asked curiously.
He was confused now. He was right behind Chen Ziyan, and there was not even ten centimeters between them, but he didn't hear a sound.
Even before Chen Ziyan staggered back, he didn't notice anything strange about Chen Ziyan.
"Well, I heard a weird footsteps. This sound seemed to have some kind of magic. It made me feel... like someone was beating my heart..."
Chen Ziyan wanted to describe what he felt just now, but stopped after he said it because he didn't know how to use words to describe what he just felt.
I always feel that no matter what kind of words I use, they are not enough to describe that kind of feeling.