Chapter 2: Danger in the Tomb

  Han Geng's eyes widened as he stared at the stone wall about 4 or 5 meters away from his head, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and beads of sweat also flowed down from his forehead.

  Han Geng elbowed Zhang Zhen, who was still unaware of the situation, and gestured for him to look up. Following Han Geng's gaze, Zhang Zhen finally saw what was on the stone wall and involuntarily took a deep breath.

  On the stone wall about 4 or 5 meters above their heads, there were three strange creatures with ferocious faces staring at them. With the help of the firelight, it could be seen that the creature's head was like it had just come out of a blood pool, covered in bright red like fresh blood. Its eyes were as big as those of an ox, and its sharp fangs were like those of a leopard. The sight sent shivers down one's spine, but what was most unbearable was the meter-long tongue.

  Looking at those three strange creatures of unknown origin, Zhang Zhen and others' hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

  At this moment, one of the soldiers discovered the monster on the stone wall and shouted loudly "Monster, monster..." Immediately, dozens of soldiers drew out their rifles from their backs and fired at the stone wall.

  At that moment, the monster on the stone wall was surprisingly agile, twisting its huge body and jumping back and forth on the stone wall, dodging bullets. With a flick of its long tongue, it effortlessly swept a soldier into its mouth, and with a "plop" sound, blood spurted out of the monster's mouth two meters away, and that fresh blood was indeed the soldier's blood.

  Looking at the scene in front of him, Hu Bang and Wan Guan shouted loudly, "Captain Zhang, let's get into the tunnel quickly, staying here will only make that ghost thing eat us!"

  Zhang Zhen took a look at the passage that was different from the one he had just walked down, and then looked at the ferocious creature that seemed to be unknown. He suddenly fired a shot at the creature and shouted "Damn it, brothers, retreat!" Then he led the way into the passage.

  And those three ferocious monsters, with their sharp fangs, kept jumping off the stone wall, reaping the lives of the warriors. Looking at the three ferocious monsters, Han Geng cursed loudly and pulled out his pistol, shooting several shots at one of the monster's eyeballs. Han Geng's marksmanship was incredibly accurate in the team, always hitting the bullseye during practice, even impressing a high-ranking military officer who came to inspect them at the time.

  "With a 'poof' sound, the monster's eyes, which looked like cow eyes, suddenly burst out two small blood columns. As its eyes were injured, the monster was in great pain and bumped around randomly, causing the other two monsters to also crash into the stone wall due to this monster's random bumping. Taking advantage of this brief moment, the surviving thirty or so soldiers continuously ran towards that small earthen path. However, this brief moment was very short-lived, and the uninjured two monsters quickly jumped onto the bodies of the soldiers who had not yet entered the path, tearing at their flesh."

  Han Gengyan was shooting at the two monsters while running towards the direction of the dirt path, when he suddenly felt like something had wrapped around his feet. The thing was pulling him backwards with great force. Han Gengyan quickly turned his head to look back, and what he saw made his blood run cold - it was one of the monsters he had shot in the eyes, its long tongue wrapped around his foot, as if it had caught wind of its hatred for him.

  As the beast's jaws were about to snap shut, Han Geng cursed "Damn it!" and pulled out another handgun from his pocket, firing a string of bullets into the creature's mouth.

  That monster let out a crazy howl, and Han Geng felt his feet go soft, then he quickly rolled over and ran into the tunnel. Just as Han Geng had entered the tunnel, the entrance was smashed shut by Hu Bang and Wan Guan, blocking it in just a few seconds.

  Hearing the cries for help and screams outside, as well as the sound of blood splattering and bodies being torn in two amidst the chaos, Han Geng's eyes turned red with rage as he clenched his fists and punched Hu Bang and Wan Guan in the face. "Are you guys still human? Are you still brothers who have fought together all these years? You're just beasts! There are over 20 people outside who haven't made it in yet, and you've blocked the tunnel with your own hands. They weren't killed by those ghostly creatures, they were killed by you two dog bastards!" As he spoke, Han Geng's fists continued to rain down on the two men like bullets from a gun.

  Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Chen rushed towards Han Gengyan and hugged him. "Little Han! Stop! Listen to me first!"

  When Zhang Zhen spoke, Han Geng slowly put down the fists he had already raised to continue pounding at the two of them, but his body was still trembling with rage. Seeing that Han Geng had put down his fists, Zhang Zhen looked at the wall made of mud and stones that Hu Bang and Wan Guan were blocking. "Little Han, you should know that it's because we took a huge risk that you could get in here."

  Before Zhang Zhen could finish speaking, Han Geng shouted loudly: "I'd rather die with my brothers than live a life of treachery and deceit!"

  "Shut your damn mouth! Listen to me!"

  "I also know that this has cost the lives of many brothers, but you must understand, if we don't block the way, it's not just those brothers who will die, but also them, and you, and me. To avoid complete annihilation, I had no choice but to do this!" He said, pointing at the less than 10 surviving soldiers.

  Hearing Zhang Zhen's words, Han Geng fell silent. Indeed, if they hadn't sealed the entrance just now, those ferocious monsters would have definitely entered the tunnel and killed everyone inside. The tunnel wasn't wide, and there was nowhere for people to hide inside. If they hadn't sealed the entrance, they could only face off against those monsters head-on either in the tunnel or back in the stone chamber earlier. In that case, it was obvious who would end up dead - their own group.

  Half a moment later, Han Geng silently lowered his head "What should we do now?"

  Seeing Han Geng understand his meaning, Zhang Zhen took out a somewhat deformed cigarette box from his pants pocket, pulled out two cigarettes, gave one to Han Geng and put the other in his mouth. After lighting the two cigarettes, he took a hard drag: "Now that the entrance is sealed off, we don't have to worry about those ghostly things getting in. Let's take a break here for now."

  The atmosphere in the tunnel is a bit heavy now, and I don't know if it's because of the comrades who didn't enter the tunnel just now or because of worries about the monsters outside the top ten.

  Han Geng looked at the wall behind him, which had been sealed off, and could no longer hear the cries for help and screams of his comrades. He couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in his heart. He glanced at Hu Bang and Wan Guan, although he understood Zhang Zhen's meaning, he still felt resentful towards them. At this time, Wan Guan was tapping on the top of the soil tunnel with his right hand, while supporting himself against the earthen wall with his left hand, looking very strange.

  After a while, Wan Guan broke the silence in the tunnel. "Captain Zhang, judging from our entry into the stone chamber earlier, I think its external shape should be a cave, and this cave was formed on the basis of another cave, which can be understood as a cave within a cave. As we all know, caves often have two exits. The one we took to get here is one of them, and now we are in the other one. Why don't we just keep going?"

  Heard Wan Guan's words, Han Geng Yan is now very resentful of him, and he can't help but admire him. Just by tapping and touching with his hand, he can determine the geographical location, this point has some real skills, otherwise it would be impossible to come to this conclusion, first of all, he himself doesn't have this skill.

  Zhang Zhen took a long drag on his cigarette. "Alright, now the road behind us is impassable, we can only keep moving forward. Xiao Hu and Lao Wan, you two are more familiar with this aspect than us, so you two lead the way." Having just witnessed the ferocity of that strange creature, Zhang Zhen's heart was already racing as fast as it could.

  Hu Bang and Wan Guan nodded, then took the only two torches left and walked towards the other end of the tunnel, while the crowd followed behind them.

  No one made a sound all the way, the atmosphere was extremely tense, as if relaxing a little would be shot through the head with bullets, heaven knows where several of those strange creatures from the stone room came out again.

  As time passed, another stone chamber appeared before his eyes. It was a stone chamber that didn't need torches or firelight to illuminate it. The stone chamber in front of him was larger than the previous one, about one and a half times bigger than the last one.

  Looking at the stone chamber in front of him, no one dared to enter. After all, the price paid in the previous stone chamber was so great that people were afraid for their lives. Even if you are a soldier, it is the same. Without absolute faith or desire, there is no one willing to raise his head and live.

  Hu Bang poked his head out, looked around and didn't see the three ferocious monsters he had seen in the stone room before, so he stepped inside, followed by Wan Guan.

  The two most experienced people here entered the stone room, Zhang Zhen waved his hand to indicate that Han Geng followed him into the stone room, and told the remaining soldiers to wait in the tunnel.

  As soon as he entered the stone room, Han Geng looked around cautiously and saw that there were four huge ball-shaped objects in each corner, emitting a bright light like night pearls. Under this illumination, the entire stone room was very clear, and even things 10 meters away could be seen clearly.

  All around, except for the earthen path just now, there is no other passage. This can't help but make Han Geng feel a little surprised. If there's no other passage besides the earthen path just now, doesn't that mean everyone will be trapped to death in this mountain tomb? Turning back, it's not impossible, not that he didn't want to turn back, it's just that turning back would require spending years to open up the sealed stone wall. Even with Hu Bang and Wan Guan, they couldn't immediately open up the stone wall, at most reducing some time. After all, even that monster couldn't knock down the stone wall. Secondly, even if the stone wall is opened, there are still those three monsters outside. With only ten people left, going out wouldn't be enough for those three monsters to have a meal.

  "Brothers, come on in, nothing's wrong here." Zhang Chen looked around the stone room and didn't see that ferocious monster, so he waved his hand towards the tunnel and said.

  Several warriors inside the earthen path walked into the stone chamber and saw a huge object emitting a faint blue glow, like a giant night pearl. They immediately ran to the crystal ball in front of them to see if it was really a night pearl.

  Wan Guan was crouching in a corner of the stone wall, intently examining something.

  Suddenly, Wan Guan's face sank, and he cursed in a low voice, shouting "Not good, run quickly!"