The demon who destroyed the archaeological team was the member who was separated from the expedition team but finally reunited.
At that time, Professor Tang did not know about the existence of deformed Gu insects. If he could read all the contents on the mural at that time, he would definitely be wary of this archaeological team member who returned after getting separated.
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In fact, based on what happened later, Professor Tang was certain that the team member who got separated when he was attacked by the monster beetle must have been attacked by the deformed Gu after that. And it sucked his body.
The brain's shape-shifting Gu finally transformed into the appearance of this archaeological team member, blended into the archaeological team, and left its lair with them.
Immediately afterwards, the tragedy of a thousand years ago was repeated again in the archaeological base.
The shape-shifting Gu insect that sneaked into the base began to breed and sneak attacks without anyone noticing, replacing each of the archaeological team members with their own kind.
At this time, Professor Tang was still studying the murals they had printed in the volcano tunnel. But by the time he completely deciphered the contents of the murals, it was already too late.
In the early morning when Lin Qianyi, Officer Hu and I arrived at the camp, Professor Tang, who had deciphered the content of the mural, immediately wanted to find someone after learning the true identity of the terrifying demon sealed in the lair.
The entrance to the cave was temporarily sealed to prevent the archaeological team from being attacked by poisonous insects.
However, Professor Tang, who walked out of his dormitory, witnessed the tragedy in the camp.
In the archaeological team's dormitory, Professor Tang saw with his own eyes the scene of the poisonous insects transforming into human beings and devouring human brains.
Professor Tang's exclamation woke up the archaeological team members who were still sleeping. When they saw the terrifying scene in front of them, they were also frightened. After they were discovered, the Gu insects also
Naturally, they stopped covering up and started massacring the living people who saw them, as if they wanted to kill and silence them.
Fortunately, those monsters that have turned into humanoids are actually not difficult for the archaeological team to deal with, because after turning into humanoids, there is nothing special about these Gu insects except that they are slightly stronger than ordinary people.
If they have the ability, they will still feel pain when they are hit by a knife, and they will die when they are hit in the head by a gun. In addition, the number of Gu insects found at the beginning was not large, so the archaeological team
It once had the upper hand.
But despite this, there are still fewer and fewer archaeological team members alive, and the reason is, Professor Tang said: "The most terrifying thing about those deformed Gu insects is that you have no way to distinguish them from humans.
They are almost identical to humans except that they have no internal organs. Do you know what this means? This means that it is very likely that your companion who was chatting and laughing with you before will suddenly turn around and chop him down with an axe.
On you! Because of this, those of us who survived are almost all in danger. No one dares to get close to others, trust others, and are deeply afraid that the companions around us have been transformed by those Gu insects. But keep a distance from others.
, but in turn, it gives those Gu insects the opportunity to launch sneak attacks on those who are alone."
"The final result is that among the entire archaeological team in the camp, except for some people who fled into the camp without knowing the truth when the incident occurred, I was the only one who stayed to fight those Gu insects.
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After hearing what happened to the archaeological team, I was silent for a moment, then changed the subject and said, "Professor Tang, since those Gu insects are so dangerous, why didn't you report what happened here to the country immediately afterwards?"
Professor Tang shook his head: "Do you think I don't want to? But during the attack, those Gu insects seemed to destroy all the equipment that could communicate with the outside world without warning."
When he said this, I immediately retorted: "But isn't there an exit? If you had left the base and went down the mountain, you might have met us halfway. We have satellite phones with us, and we can call the people here immediately.
Tell the outside world what happened. No matter what, you shouldn't have blown up the only exit at that time."
Professor Tang stopped, looked back at me, sighed and said, "I had no choice but to blow up the exit. The scene was in chaos, and I wasn't sure whether any Gu insects had escaped. Only one of those guys escaped. It was very difficult.
New offspring can be reproduced quickly. At that time, many people scattered and fled into the ruins. Not long after, these people were killed and replaced by Gu insects. I met several archaeologists in the ruins who pretended to be escaping.
The team members were attacked by poisonous insects. If I hadn't been careful, I would have died there long ago."
"Before you arrived here, I had already discovered where Li Shengli and the others were hiding. At that time, although I didn't know that Li Shengli had been replaced by Gu insects, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to tell whether these people were...
Gu Chong became so weak that he did not step forward and could only monitor from a distance. Later, I discovered you and saw you meeting up with Li Shengli and the other three."
The corners of my eyes trembled a few times and I said, "Were you there at that time? Then why didn't you come out?"
"If I had come out at that time, wouldn't my end have been obvious?" Professor Tang sneered, and then said: "Not only Li Shengli, but Chen Meiyang also testified that I killed someone. If I had come out at that time, would you have believed my words?
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I lowered my head and gave an answer that was not an answer.
Professor Tang sighed and said: "And I can hardly defend what Li Shengli said at that time, because in the eyes of them who didn't know the truth, I did kill many Gu insects who were imitating archaeological team members. They would have such misunderstandings about me.
It’s not surprising. But I know that I can’t just let you take away Li Shengli and the three of them. What those shape-shifting Gu insects are best at is deforming and camouflaging. If they really escape from here and enter the outside world, what will happen to the entire world?
For mankind, it was a horrific disaster no less than the Third World War. So, when you returned to the camp to rest, I rushed to the exit with explosives and blew up the exit before you arrived.
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At this point, all the mysteries have been completely solved. After trapping us, Professor Tang has been monitoring us nearby and gave me tips about the poison. Unfortunately, because he became Li Shengli's poison
Due to the interference of insects, I did not immediately understand the true meaning of Professor Tang's warning. As a result, the fake "Li Shengli" had the opportunity to kill Officer Mu and instigate others to go to the Gu insect lair.
I couldn't help sighing, and felt a little guilty in my heart. In fact, the various weird behaviors of "Li Shengli" had already been foreshadowed, such as when he sneaked to Professor Tang's dormitory in the middle of the night that night, and that night, Officer Mu met Li Shengli.
As for the matter, there are actually many details that cannot withstand scrutiny. It is only because we did not pay attention at the time that those deformed Gu insects had the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Professor Tang may have seen through my thoughts and said to me: "Don't blame yourself. Cunning is the biggest weapon of those Gu insects. How could you think of a living human being when you know nothing about it?"
What turned out to be a monster? Instead of continuing to blame myself here, why not help me find Officer Hu and the others, and rescue them before they are replaced by Gu insects!"
Yes! I nodded heavily. It is useless to look into the past now. The most important thing is to rescue Officer Hu and others quickly. Although Lin Qianyi is among their group, they can disguise themselves as human beings when facing them.
It's a poisonous insect, but I can't let go.
At this time, because I was thinking about something, I didn't notice that Professor Tang who was walking in front suddenly stopped. I didn't remember to stop, and accidentally bumped into his back.
"I'm sorry, I..." I was about to apologize, but suddenly I found that in front of Professor Tang, a stone wall appeared unexpectedly.
This stone wall is more than two meters high, almost completely blocking the passage in front of us, but at the bottom of the stone wall, there is a small hole big enough for a person to get through.