nashuaworldcup Chapter 752: Bone-Rotting Black Bug
Chapter 752: Bone-Rotting Black Bug
In fact, these living puppets are not real "living people" at all, but are made of corpses that have long been stiff.
They can move thanks to the corpse-pulling insect hidden in their bodies.
It was a black insect the size of a fingernail, with fine barbs on its body. After it drilled into the joints and meridians of the corpse, it pulled the corpse along like a silk thread.
This kind of poisonous insect is the most terrifying. It can not only control corpses, but also drill into the bodies of living people through wounds. Once entangled by it, the person will either become a new puppet or be eaten until only bones are left.
But what Milk Bottle likes most is poisonous insects, which are like tonics to him.
Bai Wanwan looked at the motionless living puppets and suddenly noticed that there was a tiny pinhole on their necks. Chuyi used a knife to pick open the nearby skin and flesh, and found that it was all white inside, a bit like plaster.
Bai Wanwan said in a deep voice:
"Corpse-solidifying ointment, I heard some sorcery uses this stuff, injecting it into the seven orifices of a corpse right after death.
It can keep the corpse from decaying, which is just right for the corpse-pulling insect to use as a shell."
The bottle also flew over at this time, rubbed Bai Wanwan's fingers, and added softly:
"I've got all the bugs under control! I've eaten the rest that didn't behave."
As he said this, he shook his little head proudly, as if seeking credit.
Bai Wanwan touched its little head and saw the soldiers following them in unison.
Bai Wanwan touched the armor on their bodies and took a closer look, only to discover that the armor on the living puppets was not ordinary iron at all.
The nail plates have a dull black gold color and feel several times heavier than ordinary steel. When the fingertips run across the nail surface, not even a scratch is left.
One of the guards tried to chop the armor with a long sword. There was a loud "clang" sound, the blade was buzzing, and the palm of his hand was numb, but only a few sparks flew on the armor, without even a dent.
Chu Er came over, his tone a little solemn:
"This should be made of black iron. It is said that black iron is extremely hard. If it is mixed with silver, the armor made of it will not only be hard to penetrate by swords and guns, but even gunpowder bullets cannot penetrate it.
No wonder our shots just now were useless. This armor is simply not something our ordinary weapons can penetrate."
Bai Wanwan frowned, she was a little amazed, she couldn't believe that these were actually created by the ancients.
Even in modern times, it is not easy to create these soldiers.
Bai Wanwan sighed and said, "Let's continue to go up one level. I'm also curious about what's up there."
Chuyi frowned and said:
"Why don't we just not go up there? I always feel like there's something weird about this ancient tomb.
These are just the bottom two floors, but we've encountered things we've never seen before."
Bai Wanwan shook her head and said:
"Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. I'm very curious about this queen, and I'm even more curious about why her mausoleum was chosen here.
Besides, we still have many people in the ancient tomb, we must find them."
There are only about ten people here, and no one knows where the other dozens of people have gone.
There is nothing else on this floor except living puppets.
Several people continued to walk inside. Just as they turned the corner of the passage, they suddenly heard a light "click" sound under their feet. It turned out that they had accidentally touched a mechanism.
The stone walls on both sides slowly retreated to the sides, revealing the space inside.
As soon as she reached the entrance, Bai Wanwan stopped, pointed ahead and whispered, "There's someone."
When the others came over to take a look, they saw more than a dozen people lying on the ground, but they were all dead.
Bai Wanwan squatted down and frowned.
“These are probably tomb robbers.
You see, their bones are all black, probably because they were poisoned by the poison here."
Looking further inside, there was a coffin placed in the middle of the space.
The coffin was dark brown and looked like it was made of old wood. There were no patterns on the surface, but it exuded an indescribable gloom.
There were several cracks on the coffin, and it seemed like something had seeped through the cracks. After drying, it formed a dark brown lump that looked sticky.
The coffin lid was not closed tightly and was tilted to one side. One could vaguely see the darkness inside. No one knew what was hidden inside, but just looking at it made one feel creepy.
The moment the coffin lid was slammed open, a lot of black insects suddenly rushed out. They were not ordinary insects. Their shells were shiny black, and they were buzzing with their wings, and they rushed towards people in groups.
These insects are extremely poisonous. One guard didn't dodge and had his hand crawled by an insect. The skin there immediately turned red, then quickly turned black and began to swell up.
He screamed in pain and tried to swat the bug away, but the bug had already crawled into his clothes. After a while, he fell to the ground and twitched, with black blood coming out of the corners of his mouth. He looked extremely scary.
Just as the swarm of insects was about to pounce on them, the "bottle" next to Bai Wanwan suddenly flew up by itself.
Immediately afterwards, the bottle made a strange sound, not very loud, but extremely harsh, like a thin needle piercing the ear.
The people nearby couldn't stand it and quickly covered their ears with their hands, even their breathing became disordered. But when the black insects heard the sound, they started to fly around like crazy.
Some of them fell directly to the ground and did not move. The swarm of insects that were originally rushing over also slowed down, obviously being restrained by the sound waves.
Bai Wanwan stared at the bugs and couldn't help muttering:
"It's a bone-rotting black bug! It feeds on rotten flesh and grows with a poison that can rot flesh and eat away bones. Luckily, the sound waves from the bottle can cure them!
Bottle, help this person detoxify."
The bottle quickly flew into the guard's body and the poison was quickly eliminated.
Bai Wanwan sighed and said, "We have to find a way to find Gu Sinian quickly. This tomb is too dangerous."
Gu Sinian pushed open the heavy stone doors on both sides with force. The door hinges made a muffled "creaking" sound as they turned. As the gap widened, a warm light, different from the damp and rotten smell of the tomb passage, blew towards him.
Behind the door was a huge tomb chamber. Looking around, the whole room was immersed in dazzling golden light, so luxurious that it made people forget to breathe.
The ground was paved with black stone with dark patterns, but in the corners of the walls, there were gold blocks half a person's height stacked up, and an altar made of stacked gold bricks was placed in the center of the tomb.
There are jade candlesticks on it, illuminating the pearls, agates and jadeite on the table with their brilliance.
Even the walls are inlaid with gems. When you touch them, your fingertips are covered with tiny pieces of light.
Fifteen froze in place the moment he stepped inside, his eyes wide and his voice trembling. "Wow! This, this is even more outrageous than the imperial palace's treasury! All this gold, silver, and jewelry... are they all real?"
He squatted down and reached out to touch the gold nugget at his feet. The cold touch scared him so much that he quickly retracted his hand.
Azhi stood at the door, his throat moved, but he couldn't say a word.
He had never seen so many valuable things in his life, and the light reflected from the gold bricks made his eyes hurt.
Just when everyone was stunned, the sound of water splashing came from the corner.
Several people looked in the direction of the sound and found that there was a pond about ten feet wide on the east side of the tomb. The water in the pond was so clear that you could see the bottom. Hundreds of koi fish were swimming in it with their red, white and gold tails.
Fifteen exclaimed in surprise, pointing at the pond and looking back: "Why are there so many koi here? There's no sunlight or running water in this ancient tomb, how did they survive?"