Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 2809: Corpse swarm

Before heading to the underground palace, there is a tunnel.

It is only about two meters wide, but the decoration style is more refined than the corridor outside, because the stone walls are paved with bluestone bricks.

The appearance of bluestone bricks means that there is a man-made palace ahead.

After walking a few steps, a bluestone staircase spreading downward appeared in front of everyone.

The steps continued downward, but the interior was so dark that the flashlight light was scattered.

Only the light of the torch can illuminate the road ahead, but not far, only about ten meters away.

Further down, there is endless darkness.

In front of him was a blue brick staircase blocking the way.

Lin Ran estimated the location and found that it should be around halfway up the mountain.

The real Qianling Mausoleum is buried deep underground.

The dull air in the underground passage is mixed with the smell of moisture.

The weak light of the flashlight penetrated into the passage and was instantly swallowed up by darkness.

Xu Ning stood at the end of the team holding a torch, casting the shadows of everyone on the long bluestone road, forming shadows.

The walls are covered with ancient bluestone bricks. In the dim light, the patterns on them are mottled, and it is difficult to see what the paintings are about.

As people moved forward, the sound of footsteps echoed in the passage, which seemed slightly hollow.

And from time to time, it is accompanied by the sound of ticking, as if water drops are falling, embellishing the monotonous and deep environment.

Going forward, you can step into the realm of the underground palace.

Lin Ran picked up a stone and threw it down the steps.

Judging from the sound of stones falling to the ground, the stairs were about thirty meters long.

But the ticking sound made Lin Ran feel something was wrong.

The further down you go, the denser the sounds become.

Lin Ran immediately became alert and picked up the torch to test it down.

As a result, I saw densely packed——

Corpse turtle!

hiss!

Lin Ran took a breath of air and motioned for everyone to step back.

"It's the Corpse Turtle again."

Following the light of the fire, everyone saw the beetle, which looked like a beetle and somewhat like a scorpion.

There are a lot of them, at least two thousand.

"Light a fire." Lin Ran said.

Just seeing the densely packed corpse turtles made me break out in cold sweat.

Wang Jinpeng glanced at his backpack and said, "Brother Lin, we have no torches anymore."

Without saying a word, Lin Ran threw the torch in his hand into the group of corpse turtles.

However, the corpse turtle group did not directly ignite and trigger a chain reaction like before.

Instead, it seemed that the passage was extremely humid, and the torch went out before it even ignited the first corpse turtle.

Xu Ning did the same, but the torch also failed to have the effect.

"Run first!" Lin Ran shouted to everyone.

The corpse crickets originally on the stairs seemed to be asleep.

After throwing the torch in, it was like throwing a stone into a pond.

The corpse turtle was instantly awakened.

Then, a group of black corpse turtles were seen rushing towards them as if they had seen prey.

Fortunately, Lin Ran and the others moved faster and ran back quickly.

After exiting the tunnel, the corpse turtle did not continue to chase him out.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, I heard the sound of water drops getting farther and farther away, and finally felt relieved.

The people who stayed did not dare to be careless. There were leeches behind them and corpse turtles in front of them.

Even Wang Jinpeng can no longer be optimistic.

Xu Ning leaned against the hole and asked, "Brother Lin, what's going on?"

In the past, corpse turtles could be easily ignited, but just now they had put in two torches and failed to ignite the corpse turtles.

Now they have nothing combustible except lighters.

Lin Ran explained: "Maybe it's too humid in the cave. The surface of the corpse turtle is covered with a layer of water, so it's not that easy to ignite."

"What exactly is this corpse turtle?" Wang Jinpeng asked, "I have read many books that have never mentioned corpse turtles."

"Actually, corpse turtles are not recorded in formal books, at least they are not recognized in academia."

Lin Ran explained, "Most people have only seen relevant records in ancient unofficial histories. In a sense, the corpse turtle is not an insect, although it looks very similar to an insect."

"Not a bug?"

"Yes, to be precise, they are biologically called arthropods."

"But in fact, corpse turtles were first recorded in Miao books."

"In ancient Miao territory, the tradition of using human heads for sacrifice was popular. At that time, the heads of the sacrificed people would be cut off and directly made into petri dishes."

"You put various toxins in a petri dish and you grew this horrible creature."

"They are originally born from dirty corpses, and because they have been soaked in toxins for a long time, the danger of corpse turtles is far greater than that of ordinary bugs."

Liu Jingfeng nodded, but others were confused.

"Brother Lin, you said that corpse turtle is actually a kind of Gu insect?"

"Yes, that's understandable." Lin Ran replied.

"This... then why didn't archaeologists record it?" Liu Jingfeng asked, "And if the corpse turtles were all cultivated by Miao's Gu magic, how could they be scattered across the country?"

Lin Ran said: "I can't explain this. The earliest record appears in the records of Miao Jiang, and it may even be earlier."

"But what is certain is that this is an artificial creature."

"The wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated."

Lin Ran smiled, "Not everything can be explained by the current scientific system. It should be said that it is another unexplainable phenomenon."

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

Wang Jinpeng asked: "Actually, it doesn't matter what corpse turtles are. What I care about more is how we deal with these things."

There are no more torches, so it would be extremely unwise to fight against the Corpse Turtles with your body.

Corpse turtles may not look big, but they are highly poisonous.

Even if you don't die from a bite, you will most likely be uncomfortable for a while.

The reason why corpse turtles are introduced into various ancient tombs is because when the tomb owners are building tombs, they will consider adding some mechanisms and raising some corpse turtles to protect the safety of the ancient tombs.

A large number of corpse turtles appeared squatting on the stairs, and it was obvious that the entrance was ahead.

However, Lin Ran had no idea how to get through it.

He only stayed at the entrance of the cave for a while, and suddenly, the ticking sound in the cave became closer.

The sound started to become clearer.

The corpse turtle actually chased him out.

Lin Ran originally thought that the corpse turtles and leeches had their own territories and would not interfere with each other.

But judging from this situation, Corpse Turtle has no intention of letting them go.

"Do you have any unwanted clothes?" Lin Ran asked.

Now that the torches are gone, we can only rely on lighting other objects to deal with the corpse turtle group.

Since it is a corpse turtle, it must be afraid of fire.

"There is still some fuel." Wang Jinpeng took out a small bottle from his backpack, which contained some liquid.

It turned out to be torch fuel!

"Jinpeng, you are really helpful!"