Hearing this sharp whistling sound, Shi Huo and others changed their expressions. They obviously knew what it was.
Shi Huo exclaimed: "Hurry up, that's the 'Shadow of Death'."
Someone said doubtfully: "Don't these kinds of things only exist deep underground? We are still far from the ground. When will they come here?"
Someone else worried: "If they have all come here, I'm afraid we won't be able to explore underground in the future."
At this time, the fat man on the iron rope suddenly became more agile in his hands and feet, and he came nearby in a few seconds. Liu Ya pulled him, and Fusheng rolled and crawled into the window.
Shi Huo no longer stayed and led the way, leading everyone to leave the room in front of them.
Under the dark building, those whistling sounds could be heard from time to time, getting closer and closer. The sky was shining downwards with the light, and as the light beam swam, I suddenly saw a gray figure on the opposite side of the building.
It seemed to be a man, and you could even see the equipment of a gold digger on his body. For example, safety helmets, thick leather jackets, multifunctional belts, etc. But this man's tone was gray, and his body, clothes, and equipment seemed to be coated with a layer of gray.
Moreover, the man's figure has a sense of illusion and is translucent. The sun can see through him and see the cracks in the wall.
At this time, the man looked up and saw that his face had no facial features.
A face that is extremely flat!
Tianyang immediately stepped back, put away the flashlight, and caught up with Shi Huo and others in front.
Then Fu Sheng was walking, grabbing Shi Huo and asking: "What is the Shadow of Death?"
Shi Huo said solemnly as he walked around: "The first time I discovered them was when Uncle Aliwang and the others were young. At that time, Dad Huang Sheng was still very strong and often took charge of underground exploration work."
"Once, they accidentally entered the city's underground waterway. According to their description, it was like a huge maze. There were not only dangerous creatures in it, but also the things we just saw."
"Shadow of Death."
"When they saw that kind of thing for the first time, those things were mostly residents of the city before. They were dead, but they were 'alive' in some form, and they had various weird abilities."
A man next to him with three red streaks on his face added: "Some of these ghosts can change their appearance at will and become friends or relatives you know."
"Some can completely hide their form so that you can't see it. And when it touches you, you will disappear and the people next to you won't notice."
"Some are not aggressive, but they keep whispering to you, and only you can hear them. When you hear these whispers too much, you will gradually become insane and become crazy."
"Some also have abnormal resistance. No matter it is a star rifle, physical bullet, bomb, flame or toxin, it is difficult to harm it."
"The most terrifying one among them is that they can release black flames, and those flames cannot be extinguished. People who are burned to death by the flames will also become the 'Shadow of Death' and join their ranks."
Shi Huo nodded: "At first, the 'Shadow of Death' was just the residents of the ancient city, but now, among them, our former companions, relatives, and even enemies have appeared."
"They are growing, but they are usually active in the underground waterways of the ancient city. I don't know why they came to the edge of the city today."
Fatty and Liu Ya exchanged glances and said in surprise: "I thought these weird things only existed in the reverse world, but I didn't expect it to be so weird here. It's hard for you to explore here all year round."
Shi Huo shook his head: "We never go deep into the ancient city unless we encounter some force majeure. We rarely reach the ground, so it's not as dangerous as you think."
"The dangers we encounter mainly come from unknown environments, and we lose our lives because we are not careful enough. As for weird things like the 'Shadow of Death', we don't encounter them many times."
Fusheng said: "You'd better tell us all the weird things you know, so that we can have a better understanding. We won't meet suddenly like just now and don't know what we encountered."
Shi Huo casually slapped the man with red lines on his face: "Ajiu, tell me."
The young man known as 'Ah Jiu' nodded and said: "There are many strange things in the underground ancient city. We feel that maybe after the fall of the ancient city, people did not completely die. Some people survived. Then due to unknown reasons, they mutated, resulting in the birth of many strange things.”
"Except for the 'Shadow of Death', the thing we encountered most during our activities in the ancient city was a thing called 'Screamer'. They look like people who have lived underground for many years, their eyes have degenerated, and their skin is extremely pale. ”
"But please note that these 'people' seem to grow together with the walls and rock formations. They will suddenly emerge from the wall near you, but they will not completely separate from the wall or rock. A part of them must be integrated with the wall."
"Once they find you, they will scream at the top of their lungs. The sound is so harsh that it will rupture your eardrums and even burst the blood vessels and organs in your body."
"The skin of a screamer is as hard as rock. It is difficult to be harmed, but they are afraid of light sources. If you shine it with strong light, you can temporarily drive it away. In addition, you can also cover it with something black and opaque, so that it will stop screaming."
The fat man was dumbfounded: "What a strange thing."
"There is also a more common one, which we call 'corpse fungus'. It is a fungus, but it appears in the form of human corpses."
Ah Jiu added: "Of course, this so-called 'corpse' is woven from countless tiny mycelium, but if you just look at the surface, it is difficult for you to see through it."
"It is very real. It looks like a man who was exploring the ancient city but unfortunately died. There are even clothes and equipment on the body, but of course these are all fake."
"Every corpse woven by corpse bacteria is almost the same 'person', and the wounds on the body are all exactly the same. There must be a penetrating wound on the left rib of the corpse, and the right hand must be broken and placed at a weird angle. The teeth of the corpse are incomplete. , there will always be a wound on the face where the bones can be seen.”
"But if you use sharp objects to dissect a corpse, you will find that there are no parts that the human body should have, and it is all densely packed with hyphae. But at this time, once those hyphae are exposed to the air, they will grow and entangle you. , and be pulled into the 'corpse'. Eventually, you will become its food, and all the flesh and blood in your body will melt, leaving only indigestible bones and various clothing and equipment."
At this time, they came to a door. Shi Huo raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then he checked at the door.
Ah Jiu explained: "When we leave, we usually make some arrangements by the door. If we are our own people, we will know these little traps and carefully avoid them, or we can reset them after using the door."
"
But if there are foreign objects in the ancient city passing by, they will not do this. Therefore, by observing the integrity of the mechanism, we can simply judge whether there may be foreign objects here recently, which will improve the safety of our exploration. "
Shi Huo breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem."
Tianyang saw him groping around the door for a while, then took out a hair-thin iron wire, rolled it up, and put it aside.
Then several men raised their weapons and pointed at the door. Shi Huo squatted on the ground, pushed the doors open hard, and let them open slowly.
The moment the door opened, Tianyang suddenly saw a pale, naked figure clinging to a pillar inside.
It seemed to be a man, with deep features and closed eyes.
The top of his head was bare, not a single hair on his head. His hands and palms almost blended into the pillar. The part below the waist is even more 'buried' in the pillars.
When the door opened, he opened his eyes suddenly, but then there was a strong light. In this violent light, he twisted his body and retracted into the pillar.
When the light disappeared, the man was gone.
Only then did Tianyang put down his hand, and the 'flash' ring on his finger, with the gems inlaid in it, was losing its light.
Shi Huo and others had their backs to the light source. They were not blinded by the light, but they were still blinded by the light. It took a while before their eyesight recovered.
Ah Jiu even exclaimed: "It's the screamer. Fortunately, the guest reacted quickly, otherwise if it screamed, it would probably be enough for us to drink a pot."
Shi Huo said with a serious face: "First it was the 'Shadow of Death', and now even the screamers have come to places where they rarely appear. I'm afraid something happened in this ancient city."
Tianyang thought of the illusion he saw yesterday when he swallowed the snake scales for the moonlight, and wondered whether the changes in the ancient city were related to it.
After Shi Huo and others rested for a while, they prepared to enter the gate. Before leaving, Shi Huo ordered: "You have to be careful from here on. If you step through this door, you will officially enter the underground stone city."
"Moreover, the Shadow of Death and the Screamer have both gone to places where they did not appear before, so I can't guarantee what will appear next."
"Anyway, I have a hunch that the ancient city has become more dangerous than before. Although I don't know what happened, the road from here to the Snake Temple will never be peaceful."
"So we have to be extremely careful and not be careless."
Tianyang said: "Fusheng, put a barrier on each of them and try to ensure there is no interruption."
The fat man nodded readily: "Yes."
He mobilized Xingyun and put Xingyun barriers on Shi Huo and the others, giving them an extra layer of protection in the future.
Tianyang said to Liu Ya again: "You go with them and protect them. Xingluo and I will stay behind."
Liu Ya did not object, and took out two gorgeous pistols from his body and walked between Shi Huo and the others.
The fat man Fusheng was in the middle, responsible for providing protection to the people in front. After forming the team, Tianyang nodded to Shi Huo, and everyone stepped through the door and walked into the hall behind the door.
The moment he entered the hall, Tianyang suddenly felt something strange. Like an invisible python in the darkness, its cold and wet body gently passed by the sun.
The corner of Tianyang's mouth rose slightly. It seemed that the 'owner' of the ancient city already knew about the arrival of these uninvited guests...