My lord, hold me tight! (Quick Transmigration)
23. Young man, let me protect you! (Tomb Raider Episode 3)
Fatty Shi ran in front, his fat face covered in sweat. He stopped and leaned against the stone door, pushing hard with his arms. The stone door shook slightly, and Old Li and Professor Gao, who were right behind him, also rushed forward to help.
"Three, two, one..."
"Boom..." The stone door was finally pushed open, and a huge, ferocious stone statue appeared before them, standing in the center of a pool. Its eyes were empty, as if it were looking down at them. It seemed that they could see into the depths of its wide-open mouth, into darkness.
"Not good, get down!" Master Zhang shouted. He saw something shooting out of the mouth of the hideous stone statue—a crossbow!
With "flying arrows" in front and "corpse beetles" behind, they were finding it difficult to move forward. Everyone froze in place, at a loss for what to do.
"puff……"
"what!"
All that could be heard was the sound of a sharp weapon piercing a body and a man's painful cry. Leng Nuan only had time to tackle Gao Mengmeng and Cai Yan to the ground. When she looked up, she saw that the fat man had pinned down Professor Gao and Master Zhang, who were closest to him. Only Old Li was standing, with arrows stuck in one of his arms and one of his legs, blood gushing out immediately.
The corpse beetles are currently in their breeding season, and they are trying to burrow into the bodies of both the dead and the living. Seeing so many prey, they certainly cannot let them go.
The thick stench of blood drove the nearby "corpse beetle army" almost into a frenzy, with most of them scrambling to crawl toward Old Li. Taking advantage of the situation, Leng Nuan grabbed the two people who had collapsed to the ground in fear and slipped into the stone door. According to the original owner's memories, the corpse beetles would no longer attack the stone door.
Fatty Shi followed closely behind, and Master Zhang and Professor Gao also shook off the corpse beetles around them and came in.
"Save me...save...me..." Old Li stretched out a hand to the people entering the stone gate. At this moment, he had collapsed to the ground, his whole body covered with corpse beetles. When he opened his mouth, several corpse beetles took the opportunity to crawl inside. His raised hand finally gave way and he lowered it, leaving only a pair of painful eyes exposed.
Old Li was dragged into the ditch by the entire swarm of corpse beetles. In the end, only black worms could be seen moving in the water, and Old Li's body could no longer be seen...
The group of six watched the scene with fear and disbelief. Cai Yan and Gao Mengmeng unconsciously moved closer to Leng Nuan, and Gao Mengmeng clung tightly to Leng Nuan's arm, sobbing softly.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere became extremely heavy.
Professor Gao and Mr. Zhang both had some wounds from the sharp forelegs of the corpse beetle. Cai Yan and Gao Mengmeng were fine, and the fat man, being thick-skinned, was naturally unharmed.
Leng Nuan surveyed her surroundings. Strange-shaped "characters" were carved on the surrounding stone walls. The huge, ferocious stone statue still stood quietly in the center of the pool. Only now could she finally see the true face of the stone statue. It had the head of a lion, the body of an eagle, and the tail of a snake. It was a species she had never seen before. It had no pupils, and just looking at it gave her an indescribable sense of incongruity and eeriness.
"This, this is the 'Lion-Buzzer Beast,' with a head like a lion, a body like a buzzard, and a tail like a snake. I never thought the 'Fengsheng Kingdom' really existed! I never expected it!" Master Zhang ran straight to the pool, looked at the stone statue excitedly, and said in a trembling voice.
"Fengsheng Kingdom"—Gao Mengmeng and the others pondered these words with some confusion, having never heard of such a country in history.
Seeing the blank looks on their faces, Professor Gao explained, "This 'Fengsheng Kingdom' is not recorded in history. Historians believe it is just a fictional country from a collection of strange tales. Legend has it that the people of this country all have female faces and androgynous postures, which was deemed intolerable by the laws of nature. After a natural disaster, the entire capital vanished from the world overnight, and no one ever found a trace of it again. And this 'Lion-Buzzer Beast' is the divine beast they worship, capable of anything, whether it's flying in the sky or diving into the earth."
"Come and see!" The fat man shone his flashlight on the surrounding stone walls. Although there were incomprehensible words carved on the stone walls, there were also vivid pictures.
The scenes unfolded before the audience like a comic strip.
"It seems that the 'Fengsheng Kingdom' did not perish due to any natural disaster. The last ruler here was a double-pupiled being, who was judged to have the countenance of an emperor. So the ruler at the time attacked the country. Then this beast saved the king and the survivors and hid in this mountain to live, never to come out again," the fat man concluded.
"It seems this is the tomb of King Fengsheng," Professor Gao said, pointing to the tomb passage behind the stone statue.
After tidying up their belongings, the group walked around the pool and into the tomb passage.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, and still not seeing the end of the road with his flashlight, Cai Yan inadvertently turned the flashlight behind him, paused, and said, "We've gone back to where we started."
Everyone turned their heads, and the stone statue and the pool came into view.
"Damn it, we've run into a ghost wall!" Fatty Shi cursed.
Professor Gao looked at Master Zhang, who observed the surroundings, pondered for a moment, and said, "Everyone, follow me."
Then he led the group around some small stones placed randomly on the ground, and after circling around them twice, they finally walked out.
Ahead, another path appeared, more than twice as wide as the previous tomb passage. As soon as the six stepped onto this path, the surrounding stone walls suddenly moved and began to move closer to them, and the path ahead also began to change.
"What's going on?" someone shouted.
Before they could respond, the stone wall moved, and the six people were separated.
Cai Yan and Leng Nuan were assigned to the same group. Looking at the expressionless Leng Nuan in front of him, he felt a little lost and his heart was beating faster for no reason.
Leng Nuan had anticipated this, so she took advantage of the chaos to pull Cai Yan over, and now it was just the two of them on this road.
A lone man and a lone woman in the stone-walled tomb passage.
"What, what are you going to do?" Cai Yan retreated in a panic as the woman in front of him slowly approached him with a blank expression.
Cai Yan's back slammed against the stone wall, leaving him with nowhere to retreat. His hands waved helplessly in front of him, his face flushed, and his previously hazy eyes were filled with panic. As Leng Nuan approached, her faint fragrance wafted into Cai Yan's nose, causing him to momentarily lose his senses.
Leng Nuan quickly drew the dagger from her waist and pinned the black worm that was climbing up Cai Yan's shoulder to the stone wall.
“There are corpse beetles.” Leng Nuan’s declarative words rang in his ears.
Cai Yan turned his head blankly to look at the corpse beetle pinned to the wall, its limbs twitching, then looked at Leng Nuan who was so close to him. He jumped back, trembling, and asked, "Is there more? Is there more?!"
"That's all." Leng Nuan took off the dagger, and the insect fell to the ground. She stepped on it.
"Salted vegetables? Let's go." Leng Nuan walked forward.
Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, looked at the woman walking in front, then realized what was happening, ran forward, and bristled, "My name is Cai Yan, Cai Yan, don't listen to that brat's nonsense..."
Leng Nuan glanced at Cai Yan, who was standing in front of her with puffed-out cheeks, trying his best to explain. What to do? So cute! I really want to pat his head. The infatuated Nuan was swooning in her heart, but her face remained expressionless. She walked past the frantic Cai Yan and left.
“…Oh.” Just as Cai Yan was still bewildered in the wind, a cold and warm voice came from ahead, “Cai Yan, let’s go.”
He then stopped his agitated state, blushing as he caught up with Leng Nuan.
In the darkness, my hands, warm and cold, trembled slightly. What should I do? What should I do? I really want to pat this shy, adorable young man on the shoulder! (Pervert face)
"What about the others?" Cai Yan asked, following behind Leng Nuan.
"……do not know."
"Where are we going?"
"……do not know."
"What should we do?"
"……do not know."
"Will we never be able to get out?!" Terrified.
"……Shut up!"
"..." Cai Yan looked aggrieved.
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