pappabearbooks Chapter 2476: Corpse cricket
Chapter 2476: Corpse cricket
A group of people were sitting by the water to rest, while Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning were taking a break.
Wang Jinpeng felt a little needy to urinate. He was a man who was not afraid of anything, so he whistled and came to the corner.
Just as he was about to release the water, he suddenly found a text on the stone in front of him.
He didn't care about the urgency of urinating, and shouted: "Brother Lin, boss, come here and take a look!"
Lin Ran was just a little sleepy when he was woken up by Wang Jinpeng.
However, he was not angry because of this. Although Wang Jinpeng's personality was a bit off-kilter, he was a very reliable person and would not disturb their rest unless he made special discoveries.
Lin Ran cheered up and came to where Wang Jinpeng was.
He saw an oval stone tablet standing on the ground in front of Wang Jinpeng, with regular script characters engraved on it.
Moreover, it is a modern font, but it uses classical Chinese, which is relatively obscure and difficult to understand.
After reading the above content, Lin Ran looked extremely surprised.
Because what was described above was exactly the strange insect they saw just now.
The strange insect is called a corpse turtle. It feeds on carrion and small animals. It is huge and likes dark and humid environments.
There are a large number of claws on the limbs with barbs.
It is an amphibious creature that can move quickly whether in the water or on the shore. It often gathers near floating corpses.
However, corpse crickets have a huge appetite and will attack each other when there is a lack of food, so it is difficult to see a large number of corpse crickets in ancient tombs.
The text at the back has been obliterated, as if someone did it deliberately.
Lin Ran had seen descriptions of corpse crickets in books before. Their appearance was slightly different from the description on the stone tablet, but their habits were similar.
But what Lin Ran was more concerned about was its tail and why it had a hypnotic effect.
Wang Jinpeng didn't know a few Chinese characters, so he asked from the side: "Brother Lin, what is written on it?"
Lin Ran simply repeated the content. Although Liu Jingfeng could understand classical Chinese, he could only scratch the surface. He didn't expect Lin Ran's explanation to be so professional and serious.
Everyone was stunned.
Because these things are things they have never heard of, if they hear them outside, they will feel very fresh, and they can even be used as conversation topics after dinner.
The feeling of encountering it easily is completely different. It's easy to deal with the zombie alone, but combined with the weird ability, it's really easy to kill someone by surprise.
Lin Ran also felt that things were not so easy.
Although it is written on the stone tablet that they will not appear in large numbers, zombies are still the overlord of the underground world. This time they finally did not encounter snakes and encountered a more difficult opponent.
Lin Ran suddenly remembered something. Corpse crickets would only gather in places where a large number of corpses gathered.
And they only saw one corpse cricket on the shore. It was most likely that this corpse cricket dragged the corpse to the shore to eat alone, so it didn't notice them at the first time.
The other corpses were currently enjoying the corpses that fell into the river, so they had no time to pay attention to them.
It is really dangerous for them to rest here.
Just now, he was still wondering why a stone tablet should be erected here to specifically describe the existence and characteristics of corpse crickets.
Thinking about what he had just encountered, Lin Ran suddenly realized that the existence of this stone tablet was to remind them that this place was dangerous!
He suddenly broke into a cold sweat. The huge figure he saw in the river just now was not a fish or a corpse cricket, but a group of corpse crickets.
They dared to rest here because they were unaware of the danger.
If the corpse crickets get hungry for a while, they may turn around and attack them on the shore again.
With their current strength, there was no way they could cope with a group of zombies of that size just now. It could be said that they were lucky. The zombies had just had a feast, so they did not attack them immediately.
Combining what he saw on the stone tablet, Lin Ran couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Others couldn't care less about rest.
Keep walking forward, and finally found the intersection of the next cave. There was finally no river here, it was just empty.
Everyone seemed very tired from traveling all night.
"They probably won't come here." Lin Ran touched the ground and found it was very dry, which was not an environment that corpse crickets liked.
Looking back at the cave just now, the river has gone further and further away.
"Let's rest here for a while."
After leaving the Corpse Cave safely, they arrived at the next cave entrance without any danger.
Everyone, who was already extremely exhausted, couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.
Lin Ran was wrapped in a sleeping bag alone and looked at the entrance of the cave.
The temperature and climate here are very suitable, and it doesn't look like there is any danger.
But he understands that just because things are calm on the surface doesn't mean there's no danger.
Lin Ran's original plan was to find the entrance to the ancient tomb during the day yesterday and then go in and explore.
As a result, the location of the entrance to the ancient tomb changed, causing them to find it in the middle of the night.
After entering the ancient tomb overnight, not only was my body exhausted, but in Feng Shui terms, the yin energy at night was heavy, and the monsters in the ancient tomb were more active.
Fortunately, the magnetic field is not affected here, and compasses and watches can be used.
Lin Ran looked at the time, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night.
He sighed. This ancient tomb is really not simple. If you are not careful, the entire army may be annihilated.
It’s better not to move forward rashly, just set up camp here and rest for a while.
By around 4 o'clock, Lin Ran's eyelids started to tremble, and he, like everyone else, had not had a good rest.
Fortunately, Liu Jingfeng had woken up at this time. He stood up gently and patted Lin Ran's shoulder.
"Brother Lin, thank you for your hard work. You should also sleep for a while."
"Brother Liu, you are the oldest here, so you should close your eyes and rest for a while." Lin Ran smiled.
It was okay for him. After all, he was young and could rely on his willpower to hold on for a while.
He had experienced this kind of opportunity before when he worked in a museum, so as long as he cheered up, he could temporarily put the fatigue behind him.
His eyelids were fighting just now because he was distracted.
"It's okay." Liu Jingfeng said with a smile, "I've slept enough during the past few days during the Chinese New Year. I'm alone and there's nothing else to do except sleep."
There was obvious bitterness when he said these words.
People like him have a career and a family fortune, but unfortunately the person they love is no longer there.
Lin Ran once asked Liu Jingfeng why he didn't find a new one. With his current net worth, finding a young girl wouldn't be a problem, but he didn't answer.
Recalling that I once met Chen Songyang in Jiangsu Province, I brought up the past of Liu Jingfeng.
Liu Jingfeng must have done a lot of wrong things in the past, which made him feel guilty, so he had no idea of trusting his feelings anymore.
The business in the store, the antiques at home, and the unknown ancient tomb are his spiritual sustenance.
Therefore, even if he encountered a dangerous ancient tomb, Liu Jingfeng did not escape, even though he no longer needed to make money by visiting the tomb.