Judgment Day [Unlimited]
Chapter 27 Beetles
This morning, Lao Liang woke up and found that he had water to drink. He thought he was dreaming again, so he almost slapped himself twice happily.
When he drank the water, he was almost bubbling with happiness, and cried out with snot and tears: "You are my reborn parents, Lao Xie! I thought I would really have to pee if I couldn't find any water..."
The others were amazed to find that they had obtained water out of thin air, and soon followed their example.
In the next two days, everyone traveled hard during the day, and at night they learned Xie Xingyin's method to set up scaffolding, waiting for the dawn to quench their thirst with dew.Although the weight that can be received at one time is not too much, it is enough to survive.
In the end, four or five people simply squeezed into a tent to sleep, just to get more cloth to catch the dew and drink a couple of sips.
Before setting off this morning, Xie Xingyin sat in the tent and estimated their approximate location on the map.Their current position is very close to the big tree with fangs and claws.
"If you walk fast, you can reach the place before sunset today."
"Finally, it's almost here. I've been traveling for so many years, and I've never traveled such a long distance in my life..." Lao Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After riding a camel for two days, and then walking for four full days, seeing that it was finally time to reach the sunset, everyone was exhausted.Among the group, only Lu Fen was in good condition, and the rest of them, including Li Tiefeng and the strong bodyguard, were a little out of breath, not to mention the rest, they all walked with each other supporting each other.
Boss Hou was still in the mood to scold the idiot who killed the camel at the beginning, but later he lost the strength to scold others, and walked forward silently with his head down.
Xie Xingyin's physical strength is definitely not bad, but he has never experienced such a long-distance trek, and he is also very tired. He walks forward like a walking dead. He can only feel that his two legs are still moving, and the rest All limbs are numb.
Lu Fen walked beside him, and the two followed at the end of the line.
Xie Xingyin looked at the group of people staggering in front of him, and said worriedly: "I haven't reached the place where the sunset is, and they are all exhausted. What should I do when I really get there..."
"It will only be more dangerous when you get there." Lu Fen squinted his eyes and said, "The elixir of life is definitely not so easy to get."
"That's right. So we can reach the place where the sunset is before this evening. It's better not to go in yet, and have a rest outside at night to preserve your energy." Xie Xingyin said.
But at this moment, someone in front suddenly shouted excitedly: "Here we are!"
Everyone's emotions were also stirred up by this shout, and they looked up one after another, only to see an oasis full of life in the distance!
The oasis is full of trees with fresh fruits, birds of various colors shuttle among the leaves, and there is a lake with sparkling water, and plump fish jump out of the lake from time to time——
"Water! There's water!"
I don't know who was yelling, and for a while, everyone was stunned, cheering and rushing towards the oasis.
Boss Hou, who was half dead just now, seemed to be on a stimulant, but he rushed to the first place.
Everyone ran to the oasis recklessly, even Lao Liang, who was screaming "Ouch" just now, followed suit.
Their eyes were fixed on the oasis, like the crew members who heard the siren singing during the voyage, seduced by the graceful singing, and ran over there regardless.
These people ran so fast that Xie Xingyin couldn't even catch up.
"Wait a minute, brother, it's a bit strange." Lu Fen suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"It should not be the land of sunset yet, what is this oasis?"
Xie Xingyin was also thinking about it in a daze just now, as if he was blinded by something.He was suddenly awakened by Lu Fen, and he also suddenly felt weird.
According to the signs on the map, there should still be some distance to get there, why suddenly an oasis appeared in front of me.Is this place really the land of the sunset?
Xie Xingyin looked at it carefully.The oasis that suddenly appeared in front of me is a bit suspicious. Although it looks full of vitality, if you look closely, you will find that the tone of the whole scene is too rich, not like real trees and lakes, but like a thick oil painting. It is specially designed to attract people's attention.
But the others were already dazzled by the sudden surprise, so Sa Yazi ran over there, and soon there was only a mess of footprints left.Looking at the people who had already run away, Xie Xingyin said: "Let's go and have a look first. The map on the clay tablet is drawn by hand, and the proportions are not necessarily accurate. It is not surprising that there is a slight deviation."
No matter how bad it is, if the oasis is a mirage in the desert, there will be no danger, at most it will make everyone happy.
But before the two of them approached, the oasis in the distance had disappeared.The jubilant laughter in front dissipated, and turned into a panicked cry for help.
"Who can help me--!!!"
"I'm going to sink, give me a hand!"
"Help! Help!!!"
Xie Xingyin took a closer look, and saw that those people who rushed over just now fell to the ground crookedly, their lower bodies sunk into a huge quicksand pit.The sand in the bunker was slowly stirring, and the few people trapped inside were gradually swallowed by the quicksand and sank.
That oasis is really a trap!
The people who rushed to it not only did not have the water they longed for, but when they realized it, most of their bodies had already fallen into the quicksand pit.The group of them seemed to be going to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. Seeing that they wanted a place, they excitedly entered a fake Daleiyin Temple full of monsters, and they were all in a mess for a while.
Boss Hou was the heaviest, with more than half of his body in it, and the quicksand flooded his chest, so he could only raise his head and wave his fat hands and shouted at his bodyguard: "Help! Help!"
His bodyguard was nimble, and when he stepped on it just now, he realized something was wrong, and quickly backed out, so he didn't get trapped in the quicksand pit like everyone else.Seeing the boss begging for help, he dug out a tent frame from his luggage and asked Boss Hou to grab him and drag him out of the sandpit.
But Boss Hou's weight is difficult to drag on flat ground, let alone stuck in the quicksand pit, and his bodyguard is too tired to pull him out.
When Xie Xingyin walked in, he saw Lao Liang sinking and sinking in the quicksand pit, the lower half of his body had already sunk into it.Fortunately, he was running slowly, and his position was far from the shore. Xie Xingyin stretched out his hand to hold him, preventing him from sinking further.
He couldn't pull Lao Liang by himself, and was about to ask Lu Fen to help, but found Lu Fen squatting on the edge of the quicksand pit, looking serious and not knowing what he was looking at.
"There's something in the bunker," he said.
Lu Fen drew his saber out of its sheath, stared at the slowly churning and churning sand, and found the right moment to make a lightning strike——
A black beetle hung from the tip of the knife as he pulled it out of the bunker.
Xie Xingyin recognized at a glance that the beetle was exactly the same as the one he picked up outside the tent last night. Waving a pair of mandibles, his scalp felt numb.I don't know how many such bugs are in the churning quicksand pit.
"Old Xie!" Lao Liang suddenly screamed, "Help! Something is grabbing my ankle!"
When he was nervous, he sank even faster. Xie Xingyin almost couldn't hold him back. "No one is scratching your feet, the sandpit is full of bugs! Don't move around, hold on a little longer, they won't bite you to death for a while."
Lu Fen threw the bug away and came over to give him a hand.He was quite strong, and Xie Xingyin and Xie Xingyin each grabbed one of Lao Liang's arms, and dragged Lao Liang out of the sandpit like pulling a carrot.
"Why are you so heavy—" Xie Xingyin gritted his teeth while pulling.
"No, you can't blame me," Lao Liang cried, "I said yes, something grabbed my foot..."
Xie Xingyin originally thought it was just the suction of the quicksand pit, but when they worked together to drag Lao Liang out, they were immediately dumbfounded.
On the right ankle of Lao Liang who had just been pulled out, there was really a dry and gray hand hooked.
When Lao Liang looked down, his face turned pale immediately, and his calf kicked wildly, trying to kick the hand off.But no matter how he kicked, that hand held his ankle tightly without moving, as if he felt no pain, and it almost became a part of his ankle.
"It may be the mummy that died in the quicksand pit before, pull it out first!" Lu Fen shouted.
So the two went all out to pull Lao Liang ashore.The hand holding his ankle was also dragged, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. Sure enough, a human-shaped thing was dragged out together.
When Lao Liang looked back, he was dumbfounded.
What was pulled out was not a desert mummy at all, but the night watchman from the first night!
Of course, the night watchman was already dead, so the thing in front of him must not be the original him.In desperation, Lao Liang flew up with his other leg and kicked him on the forehead, kicking him backwards, and finally let go of his hand.
Under the scorching sun, that guy was much more sluggish than at night. He didn't realize it until he was dragged up by them, and hurriedly wanted to run to the bunker.
"Stop it, don't let it get away!"
Xie Xingyin finally understood, after chasing it that day and suddenly disappearing behind the rocks, it must have got into the sand under his feet!
Soon, the unresponsive night watchman was surrounded by the three of them and had no way to escape.Compared with the swift action at night and the ghostly figure, he is a little timid at the moment.
"Strange, isn't it really a corpse change?" Lao Liang stared at him carefully and muttered, "Why is this ghost thing running out under the scorching sun?"
"Don't worry, grab him and tie him up first." Xie Xingyin said, and the three of them leaned forward.
The night watchman turned around and saw that there was no way to escape, and suddenly collapsed——
Countless black beetles crawled out of his seven orifices with a "hula", rushed into the quicksand pit in groups, and disappeared under the yellow sand in an instant.
There was only one empty skin left on the ground.
Old Liang kicked off a bug that crawled on his instep, squatted down disgustedly and picked the human skin with a stick: "It turned out to be a scarab."
This kind of bug has appeared in many movies, and often appears in groups to eat people.
Probably they hid in the sand underground during the day to escape the heat, and got into the corpse at night to control its movement.Presumably it appeared outside the camp in the middle of the night a few days ago, just trying to pretend to be their kind and lure people into the sandpit to eat.
When he drank the water, he was almost bubbling with happiness, and cried out with snot and tears: "You are my reborn parents, Lao Xie! I thought I would really have to pee if I couldn't find any water..."
The others were amazed to find that they had obtained water out of thin air, and soon followed their example.
In the next two days, everyone traveled hard during the day, and at night they learned Xie Xingyin's method to set up scaffolding, waiting for the dawn to quench their thirst with dew.Although the weight that can be received at one time is not too much, it is enough to survive.
In the end, four or five people simply squeezed into a tent to sleep, just to get more cloth to catch the dew and drink a couple of sips.
Before setting off this morning, Xie Xingyin sat in the tent and estimated their approximate location on the map.Their current position is very close to the big tree with fangs and claws.
"If you walk fast, you can reach the place before sunset today."
"Finally, it's almost here. I've been traveling for so many years, and I've never traveled such a long distance in my life..." Lao Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After riding a camel for two days, and then walking for four full days, seeing that it was finally time to reach the sunset, everyone was exhausted.Among the group, only Lu Fen was in good condition, and the rest of them, including Li Tiefeng and the strong bodyguard, were a little out of breath, not to mention the rest, they all walked with each other supporting each other.
Boss Hou was still in the mood to scold the idiot who killed the camel at the beginning, but later he lost the strength to scold others, and walked forward silently with his head down.
Xie Xingyin's physical strength is definitely not bad, but he has never experienced such a long-distance trek, and he is also very tired. He walks forward like a walking dead. He can only feel that his two legs are still moving, and the rest All limbs are numb.
Lu Fen walked beside him, and the two followed at the end of the line.
Xie Xingyin looked at the group of people staggering in front of him, and said worriedly: "I haven't reached the place where the sunset is, and they are all exhausted. What should I do when I really get there..."
"It will only be more dangerous when you get there." Lu Fen squinted his eyes and said, "The elixir of life is definitely not so easy to get."
"That's right. So we can reach the place where the sunset is before this evening. It's better not to go in yet, and have a rest outside at night to preserve your energy." Xie Xingyin said.
But at this moment, someone in front suddenly shouted excitedly: "Here we are!"
Everyone's emotions were also stirred up by this shout, and they looked up one after another, only to see an oasis full of life in the distance!
The oasis is full of trees with fresh fruits, birds of various colors shuttle among the leaves, and there is a lake with sparkling water, and plump fish jump out of the lake from time to time——
"Water! There's water!"
I don't know who was yelling, and for a while, everyone was stunned, cheering and rushing towards the oasis.
Boss Hou, who was half dead just now, seemed to be on a stimulant, but he rushed to the first place.
Everyone ran to the oasis recklessly, even Lao Liang, who was screaming "Ouch" just now, followed suit.
Their eyes were fixed on the oasis, like the crew members who heard the siren singing during the voyage, seduced by the graceful singing, and ran over there regardless.
These people ran so fast that Xie Xingyin couldn't even catch up.
"Wait a minute, brother, it's a bit strange." Lu Fen suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"It should not be the land of sunset yet, what is this oasis?"
Xie Xingyin was also thinking about it in a daze just now, as if he was blinded by something.He was suddenly awakened by Lu Fen, and he also suddenly felt weird.
According to the signs on the map, there should still be some distance to get there, why suddenly an oasis appeared in front of me.Is this place really the land of the sunset?
Xie Xingyin looked at it carefully.The oasis that suddenly appeared in front of me is a bit suspicious. Although it looks full of vitality, if you look closely, you will find that the tone of the whole scene is too rich, not like real trees and lakes, but like a thick oil painting. It is specially designed to attract people's attention.
But the others were already dazzled by the sudden surprise, so Sa Yazi ran over there, and soon there was only a mess of footprints left.Looking at the people who had already run away, Xie Xingyin said: "Let's go and have a look first. The map on the clay tablet is drawn by hand, and the proportions are not necessarily accurate. It is not surprising that there is a slight deviation."
No matter how bad it is, if the oasis is a mirage in the desert, there will be no danger, at most it will make everyone happy.
But before the two of them approached, the oasis in the distance had disappeared.The jubilant laughter in front dissipated, and turned into a panicked cry for help.
"Who can help me--!!!"
"I'm going to sink, give me a hand!"
"Help! Help!!!"
Xie Xingyin took a closer look, and saw that those people who rushed over just now fell to the ground crookedly, their lower bodies sunk into a huge quicksand pit.The sand in the bunker was slowly stirring, and the few people trapped inside were gradually swallowed by the quicksand and sank.
That oasis is really a trap!
The people who rushed to it not only did not have the water they longed for, but when they realized it, most of their bodies had already fallen into the quicksand pit.The group of them seemed to be going to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. Seeing that they wanted a place, they excitedly entered a fake Daleiyin Temple full of monsters, and they were all in a mess for a while.
Boss Hou was the heaviest, with more than half of his body in it, and the quicksand flooded his chest, so he could only raise his head and wave his fat hands and shouted at his bodyguard: "Help! Help!"
His bodyguard was nimble, and when he stepped on it just now, he realized something was wrong, and quickly backed out, so he didn't get trapped in the quicksand pit like everyone else.Seeing the boss begging for help, he dug out a tent frame from his luggage and asked Boss Hou to grab him and drag him out of the sandpit.
But Boss Hou's weight is difficult to drag on flat ground, let alone stuck in the quicksand pit, and his bodyguard is too tired to pull him out.
When Xie Xingyin walked in, he saw Lao Liang sinking and sinking in the quicksand pit, the lower half of his body had already sunk into it.Fortunately, he was running slowly, and his position was far from the shore. Xie Xingyin stretched out his hand to hold him, preventing him from sinking further.
He couldn't pull Lao Liang by himself, and was about to ask Lu Fen to help, but found Lu Fen squatting on the edge of the quicksand pit, looking serious and not knowing what he was looking at.
"There's something in the bunker," he said.
Lu Fen drew his saber out of its sheath, stared at the slowly churning and churning sand, and found the right moment to make a lightning strike——
A black beetle hung from the tip of the knife as he pulled it out of the bunker.
Xie Xingyin recognized at a glance that the beetle was exactly the same as the one he picked up outside the tent last night. Waving a pair of mandibles, his scalp felt numb.I don't know how many such bugs are in the churning quicksand pit.
"Old Xie!" Lao Liang suddenly screamed, "Help! Something is grabbing my ankle!"
When he was nervous, he sank even faster. Xie Xingyin almost couldn't hold him back. "No one is scratching your feet, the sandpit is full of bugs! Don't move around, hold on a little longer, they won't bite you to death for a while."
Lu Fen threw the bug away and came over to give him a hand.He was quite strong, and Xie Xingyin and Xie Xingyin each grabbed one of Lao Liang's arms, and dragged Lao Liang out of the sandpit like pulling a carrot.
"Why are you so heavy—" Xie Xingyin gritted his teeth while pulling.
"No, you can't blame me," Lao Liang cried, "I said yes, something grabbed my foot..."
Xie Xingyin originally thought it was just the suction of the quicksand pit, but when they worked together to drag Lao Liang out, they were immediately dumbfounded.
On the right ankle of Lao Liang who had just been pulled out, there was really a dry and gray hand hooked.
When Lao Liang looked down, his face turned pale immediately, and his calf kicked wildly, trying to kick the hand off.But no matter how he kicked, that hand held his ankle tightly without moving, as if he felt no pain, and it almost became a part of his ankle.
"It may be the mummy that died in the quicksand pit before, pull it out first!" Lu Fen shouted.
So the two went all out to pull Lao Liang ashore.The hand holding his ankle was also dragged, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. Sure enough, a human-shaped thing was dragged out together.
When Lao Liang looked back, he was dumbfounded.
What was pulled out was not a desert mummy at all, but the night watchman from the first night!
Of course, the night watchman was already dead, so the thing in front of him must not be the original him.In desperation, Lao Liang flew up with his other leg and kicked him on the forehead, kicking him backwards, and finally let go of his hand.
Under the scorching sun, that guy was much more sluggish than at night. He didn't realize it until he was dragged up by them, and hurriedly wanted to run to the bunker.
"Stop it, don't let it get away!"
Xie Xingyin finally understood, after chasing it that day and suddenly disappearing behind the rocks, it must have got into the sand under his feet!
Soon, the unresponsive night watchman was surrounded by the three of them and had no way to escape.Compared with the swift action at night and the ghostly figure, he is a little timid at the moment.
"Strange, isn't it really a corpse change?" Lao Liang stared at him carefully and muttered, "Why is this ghost thing running out under the scorching sun?"
"Don't worry, grab him and tie him up first." Xie Xingyin said, and the three of them leaned forward.
The night watchman turned around and saw that there was no way to escape, and suddenly collapsed——
Countless black beetles crawled out of his seven orifices with a "hula", rushed into the quicksand pit in groups, and disappeared under the yellow sand in an instant.
There was only one empty skin left on the ground.
Old Liang kicked off a bug that crawled on his instep, squatted down disgustedly and picked the human skin with a stick: "It turned out to be a scarab."
This kind of bug has appeared in many movies, and often appears in groups to eat people.
Probably they hid in the sand underground during the day to escape the heat, and got into the corpse at night to control its movement.Presumably it appeared outside the camp in the middle of the night a few days ago, just trying to pretend to be their kind and lure people into the sandpit to eat.
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