Outside the door is another strange world.
Dense green fluorescent spores floated in the air, like a bunch of ghost lights in the dark ancient tomb. Strangely, the few people who were parasitized were not dead yet, and the vague human figures stumbled around in the darkness, making strange howls that were not human.
"What the hell are these things?" Captain Yang followed behind and looked at the situation with shock, anger, and a hint of fear.
In this situation, can he still lead all his teammates out? Can this ancient tomb still be excavated
There were constant screams from behind him. It was an unknown creature that was frightened and killed people in the tomb. He could smell the burning smell of blood in the damp and cold air, and a little unknown liquid also splashed on his face.
A hand was on his shoulder.
The owner of the hand was Dao Zi, who had long been dead. With the green fluorescent spot, Captain Yang could see the death on his face and his hand that had almost mutated into an animal's claw.
The knife seems to have gotten a little smaller...
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the sense of crisis made him quickly dodge. Captain Yang pulled out the folding tripod on his back and swung it hard, knocking the thing to the ground. He had gone up the mountain with his family to hunt wild boars before, and this time he hit the opponent's neck with both accuracy and ferocity.
The thing panted twice and huddled on the ground. Green spots of light floated on its hairy skin. It began to rot bit by bit. The face gradually lost its original appearance.
Watching Daozi curl up and struggle on the ground, he could hear his own rapid heartbeat. Captain Yang waved away the thing that was about to float into his eyes, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.
"Daozi, I'm sorry."
The thing on the ground that could no longer be called a human stopped moving. The pointed animal ears on its head flicked as it heard the footsteps of its teammates leaving.
Yu Huaiyao still wanted to help others, but Lin Chu didn't have time to care what they were thinking. He grabbed him and rushed forward with all his might.
This guy has a typical photographic memory. He can recount everything that happened. It doesn't matter if his memory is confused now. After he goes back to restore it, he will be the best record book.
Lin Chu couldn't let anything happen to him.
"What will happen to them if we leave? We are the ones who brought this thing, we have to..." Before Huaiyao could even utter the word responsible, Lin Chuyi hit him in the abdomen with his elbow.
"Shut up, these things will disappear naturally if they don't have parasites."
The residual power was still there, so Yu Huaiyao didn't dare to resist. He stumbled forward behind her, feeling guilty.
Lin Chu didn't care about that and rushed forward, trying to find Lu Yanli.
The spores will indeed disappear, but it will take at least a few decades. As it happens, this is an excuse for them to close the entrance to the tomb.
After passing through a corridor and stepping into the tomb chamber, Lin Chu saw Lu Yanli's figure.
He ran very fast, but unfortunately, those things had increased in number, lurking in groups in the tomb, and would pounce on any living person they saw.
Those things included not only the archaeological team members who came in with them, but also the living people and animals that had been buried in the tomb before. Some of them had not decayed completely, and once the curse was triggered, they stood up and wandered around the tomb reaping lives.
How could Lu Yanli look weak and haggard now? He raised the shovel and killed them one at a time. The ground was full of heads rolling around, and blood covered a thick layer, which was fishy and smelly.
He had reached the end of the tomb. Lu Yanli stood at the door, took a deep breath, turned around, chopped off a head with his backhand, kicked the door open, and ran out.
At this point, Yu Huaiyao didn't think about other messy things anymore, and ran out behind Lin Chu. Behind them, some surviving team members also rushed over. With Lu Yanli and Lin Chu as the two killers, the group of people behind him didn't need to do anything, they just had to avoid those green spots and avoid getting them on their skin.
They felt a tingling sensation inside their bodies, and their skin was completely covered, so they didn't notice the animal fur and scales that appeared on the surface of their bodies.
Lu Yanli knew that his actions were undoubtedly helping them pave the way, but he could no longer care about so much. He had to leave this ancient tomb as quickly as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!
After a desperate rush, Lu Yanli finally reached the outermost layer. At this moment, he had already sensed a trace of fatigue coming from deep within his body. Because he had exerted too much force, the palm of his hand holding the shovel was hot and trembling, and he could hardly hold the shovel.
Ahead is the entrance they came in through.
A headlight shone a beam of light from above, and a rope hung from above.
As long as he gets there, he can leave the tomb.
But he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and he felt that... it didn't seem that simple.
Lu Yanli's guess was correct.
But in the blink of an eye, he was transferred under the rope. Strangely, the rope became shorter and there was a loop at the end.
Finally, the rope loop fell on his neck.
"Pull me up!"
Lu Yanli heard a voice that sounded exactly like his own coming from somewhere. The person above felt the weight and immediately pulled the person up.
The rope was stretched straight, and Lu Yanli was tied around the neck and pulled upwards. He immediately felt suffocated and in pain.
If he was really dragged up like this, he would probably only reach the ground as a corpse.
Lu Yanli knew very well why this was happening.
That was the princess's resentment.
The red figure was the princess. She hated everyone, including her father, brother, and herself who had sent her to death in disguise.
Anyone who enters the cemetery will be cursed and transformed into a different species. It is obvious that I will be targeted by her.
He had wanted to try to leave without her noticing, but now that he thought about it, she had already woken up when he entered the cemetery.
But Lu Yanli had no choice.
He didn't know if that was history or not, but he couldn't change the past.
The feeling of suffocation became more and more intense. Lu Yanli lowered his head, and struggled continuously with his hands trying in vain to grab the rope around his neck.
When he lowered his head, he clearly saw the figures of Lin Chu, Yu Huaiyao and others not far away. Their eyes were filled with surprise and fear, and they did not dare to step forward.
Behind them, a girl in red walked slowly.
She is smiling.
Lu Yanli could hear her sharp laughter which sounded like a silver bell but made people feel uncomfortable.
Lu Yanli estimated his time.
Just a few seconds before the feeling of suffocation reached the critical point, the rope had been pulled into the air, and soon, it would pass through a long corridor.
If she were her, she would definitely choose to let the rope get stuck at this point. She would not allow herself to use the corridor to escape upwards, and more importantly, she would allow the people below to see it with their own eyes to serve as a deterrent.
Sure enough, just before he entered the corridor, a voice came from above.
"What's going on? Is it stuck?"
"I don't know. This broken machine should have broken down earlier or later, but it broke down at this time."
"Hurry up, let's pull that person up together!"
The rope swayed, causing Lu Yanli to sway a few times. Taking advantage of the swaying amplitude, Lu Yanli pushed his foot against the nearby rock wall, exerted force, grabbed the other side of the rock wall, and quickly entered the corridor.
He held the sides of the tunnel with his legs to prevent them from pulling him up. A knife quickly popped out from his sleeve and cut the stretched rope. At the same time, he continued to climb up.
The people above were still pulling hard, when suddenly there was a lightness below. The people who were pulling so hard suddenly loosened their grip and sat down on the ground.
"The rope broke! Oops!"
Lu Yanli moved at the fastest speed.
He already knew the song that could summon the "evil god", and he sang it silently in his heart, trying to resist the interference of the princess who had turned into an evil spirit. He used his hands and feet to climb up continuously, and soon, a hand stretched out of the cave.
"You guys disperse first." Lu Yanli could hardly make a sound, but still insisted on saying this.
His body is covered with green spores, and if a living person touches him and parasitizes him, it will be troublesome.
"Xiao Lu?" The man guarding the cave entrance recognized his voice and was very surprised. Just as he was about to ask others to pull him up, he heard him telling everyone to leave.
"What's wrong? What's going on down there?" the person closest to him said, "What's that on you? A bunch of green..."
Before he could fall on him, Lu Yanli pushed himself up with both hands and jumped out of the ground: "Don't move, it's poisonous."
The man froze immediately.
"Other people have it too. You guys should leave first and don't get it on you. Send us some... clean coats."
With a sore throat, Lu Yanli finished speaking with difficulty, waved his hand to drive everyone else out, threw the rope at the cave entrance, one end of which was connected to the machine, down the other end, and left it alone.
The others followed his instructions and brought the things over, not bothering to ask what the rope around his neck was about. After Lu Yanli changed into his outer clothes, he left the cave.
Behind him, Lin Chu, Yu Huaiyao, Captain Yang and others climbed out of the cave one after another.
It was not until he stood in the sunset that Lu Yanli felt alive again.
I don't know what the sequelae is, but at this moment his limbs are cold and stiff, his face is paler, as pale as gold paper, and even his lips are abnormally purple. He looks like a seriously ill patient.
The rope was cut, but the mark on his neck was still there, which attracted a crowd of onlookers. Perhaps because his face looked really bad, as if he was going to die in the next second, no one dared to ask him. Lu Yanli sat in the tent to rest under the strange gazes of the crowd.
He should go back as soon as possible.
Now it seems that there is an evil spirit targeting him, so he cannot destroy the red statue immediately, at least not before the problem of the evil spirit is solved.
If I return to this world, will that evil spirit still follow me
Just as he was thinking about it, the tent curtain was lifted and Lin Chu walked in.
Her face looked bad too. She had exerted too much energy underground. When she saw Lu Yanli's appearance, Lin Chu was a little surprised.
"Are you cursed too?"
"What curse?"
Lin Chu pulled up her sleeves, and her arms were covered with a layer of fur. Her eyes also changed a little, like the vertical pupils of animals, which could not be seen without careful observation.
Lu Yanli shook his head: "I don't have one yet."
"But it seems that you have been affected much more seriously than us." Lin Chu said.
"Now let's think about how to get back."
Lin Chu said: "When I came here, I took another passage. There was a road there that seemed to be able to travel through time. I walked five circles in reverse and came to this era. So, if I go back..."