Chapter 40: Mysterious Dark Troops

  "What's going on?" The evil bird asked me loudly with a suspicious look due to my sudden reaction.

  I didn't respond to him, still sitting on the ground staring at the stone statue in a daze. I felt something was strange just now, and only now did I realize that this stone statue had an extremely long face, not just any ordinary length, but rather like a horse's face. His right hand was also grasping a long spear for hooking souls, although it was made of stone, the sharp and curved blade was something I couldn't ignore. Could it be that this is a dark soldier?

  Before long, they walked over, looking very vigilant. Without waiting for them to ask anything, I calmly stood up, patted the mud off my body, and burst out laughing: "Haha, gotcha! Who let you guys make me step on a landmine!"

  I saw him smiling, the evil bird's face looked very ugly, and he was about to come over and fight me. The divine hand pulled him back and said calmly: "Don't mess it up, there's still use for him later."

  The evil bird heard it, and indeed came over, even giving me a provocative look with a hint of "you're going to get it" in his eyes. I glared at him, seething with anger inside. If Lemon were here, that would be great! Although we haven't known each other for long, I know he wouldn't let me take the fall or get bullied by anyone!

  Poor me, now I have to deal with these ruthless tomb raiders all by myself!

  The god looked at me with a glance, and then looked at the stone statue stuck on the mountain wall, without saying a word. It was the evil bird who exclaimed: "Is this a Yin soldier?"

  "Cut it out, making a big fuss over nothing." I disdainfully gave the evil bird a glance, isn't it just a stone-made Yin soldier? What's there to be so shocked about?!

  "Hmph, I wonder who was just scared out of their wits by this thing!" The evil bird said with a strange and eerie tone.

  "Who's that? I was just teasing you, who said I'm afraid?" I glared at him and then very cooperatively went ahead to scout the way, with the flashlight in front of me, ten people behind me, plus my night vision ability, I should be able to detect danger in no time, thinking this way, I became even more confident.

  The surroundings were quiet, with no one speaking, only the sound of footsteps and friction could be heard. Probably after ten or so minutes, another figure appeared on the mountain wall in front, walking forward to take a look, it turned out to be another yin soldier. Shaking head, continued walking.

  I don't know how long I've been walking, but I've already encountered more than a dozen stone statues like this. The front is still pitch black, and I don't know where the end is. Looking at the "yinbing" beside me, I seem to have found something wrong, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is.

  After resting for a while, we replenished some food and continued on our way until we reached the next "yinbing" when everyone's face changed. I was even more shocked and speechless because the bag left over from eating compressed biscuits was on the ground...

  "Shén shǒu, guǐ dǎ qiáng le?" The evil bird also became vigilant at this time, without the previous relaxation and casualness.

  Irritated, I looked at the "yinbing" beside me, and the eerie feeling grew stronger. I scrutinized this "yinbing" from head to toe, but everything seemed the same as before. But where did this eerie feeling come from?

  "Are we going around in circles?" someone asked.

  If it's not a ghost hitting the wall, it's possible that we're circling around here due to magnetic field effects. So they discussed and decided to send one person with a rope to explore the path. If he comes from behind, then it means we are really circling around this place. If not, then it's another story...

  The pathfinder was a very young boy, looking only seventeen or eighteen years old. Even when he was sent out to test the landmines, he didn't have a hint of complaint, and with a resolute expression, he walked into the darkness with the rope tied around him.

  Ten minutes... twenty minutes... thirty minutes...

  Time passed minute by minute, second by second, and that young man never came back. We immediately went to look for him, but when we returned to the starting point, he was still nowhere to be found. The living should see people, the dead should see corpses, but not even a corpse was seen...

  I slumped to the ground and sat there, looking up at the motionless "dark soldier" beside me. Suddenly, the eerie feeling I had before disappeared. I got up from the ground in confusion, and that instant of eeriness struck again!

  Looking at the eyes of that "Yin Bing", I felt a chill run down my spine, and weakly asked: "Uh, do you guys feel like he's staring at us?"

  I asked, and the surroundings became even quieter, after a long time, I heard Kong Yaoyan say: "I think so too."

  "How could I have known? You two can stop being suspicious now. What kind of evil can this thing do?" the wicked bird said nonchalantly.

  Although I really want to agree with what the evil bird is saying at this moment, that gaze feeling has not disappeared. I looked seriously at the face of that "Yinbing" again, and as I looked, it seemed like I suddenly discovered that the corners of its mouth were raised?

  No way! I rubbed my eyes hard and took another look, and indeed it seemed to have risen a bit. I shared my discovery with them, but unexpectedly they all thought I was hallucinating from being too scared. Suddenly, I felt a mouthful of old blood stuck in my throat that couldn't be spat out.

  Since you don't believe me, then forget it! I thought angrily to myself and didn't say anything else. Actually, I also hoped that I was just overthinking things. This time, they didn't move forward but carefully retreated back the way we came. I didn't have any hopes this time either, and sure enough, not long after, we once again returned to our original location. No matter which direction we walked in, we would always pass by that eerie "Yinbing".

  As soon as I came back, the first place I looked at was the mouth of that "Yinbing". As soon as I saw it, I couldn't help but take a deep breath and pointed at it in horror: "Look, look, can you still say I'm seeing things now!?"

  After they finished watching, they were all stunned. At this moment, the corners of this "Yinbing"'s mouth had risen greatly upwards, seemingly sneering, perhaps mocking our weakness, or maybe feeling pleased with themselves for fooling us and having a great time...

  "What the hell, is this damned thing really playing tricks on me?" The evil bird spat out a mouthful of saliva in anger, then without saying another word, it kicked it heavily with its foot.

  "With a 'crack', the sound of shattering stone arose, and in the spot where the evil bird had kicked, a small fissure appeared. But what was even more eerie was that from within this crack, blood began to flow out - bright red blood..."

  The evil bird was even more stunned, suddenly grabbing my collar and saying: "Ever since I met you, kid, we've always encountered unclean things." Before I could strongly protest, the evil bird revealed a fierce and treacherous smile, pointing at me to Shen Hand and the others, saying: "Who knows if those things have taken a liking to this little white face? Why don't we leave him here, who knows if those things will be pleased and let us pass?"