Chapter 21: Shi Tou Is Killed

  "Never mind, never mind," I waved my hand and said "Let's get out of here first! I don't believe we can't find anything."

  Zhu Baozi reluctantly forgot the female corpse, and I said while walking, "If you can't bear to part with her, just stay behind! I think she's quite lonely lying there by herself."

  "Mother's, this time we've lost out, nothing was gained from entering that ancient tomb."

  "There's no way." The stone in front of us, which had been leading the way, suddenly stopped.

  "Impossible!" I stepped forward two steps and took a look, indeed there was no road ahead, it was actually an enclosed stone chamber. I secretly doubted in my heart, this shouldn't be right, there must be a way out, until now we still haven't found the tomb owner's coffin? Could it be that the ancient tomb owner is just this woman? This thought had just appeared in my mind when I immediately denied it, in ancient times women's status was very low, even if she were a princess it would not be possible to have such a luxurious burial.

  "There must be a way out, won't there be some mechanism?" I said.

  "What's this?" Zhu Baozi suddenly said in a puzzled tone, I took out the flashlight and shone it over, seeing Zhu Baozi crouching on the ground, fiddling with a protruding brick.

  I was overjoyed and said, "Zhu Baozi, this might be the mechanism."

  Zhu Baozi heard me say that, and he worked even harder, pushing left and right, but the stone brick just wouldn't budge.

  "My goodness, what a piece of junk." Zhu Baozi was furious and stood up to kick it.

  "Bang!" The wall shook, and I thought Zhu Baozi might have accidentally hit the right spot. Just as I was thinking that a door would suddenly appear on the stone wall or a crack would open to let us pass, our feet gave way beneath us, and the three of us fell down at once. My heart was racing with anxiety, and I started to think wildly, feeling like there were rows of sharp steel blades or molten lava waiting for us below. But soon, the pain took over, and I rubbed my butt and stood up. I caught a whiff of something fishy and asked urgently, "Stones, Zhu Baozi, are you guys okay?!"

  "It's nothing," they replied in unison. The oil lamp had gone out, but judging from the sound, they were right next to me. I turned on my flashlight and suddenly saw that the ground beneath my feet was covered with white bones. My heart skipped a beat. Zhu Baozi handed me the oil lamp and said, "Lin, try to light it again."

  After I lit it with a lighter, Zhu Baozi muttered, "Old things are still good! Really solid."

  "My god, what is all this stuff." Zhu Baozi couldn't help but curse, surrounded by white bones everywhere. Although he couldn't see clearly how big the surrounding area was, judging from the echo, the stone room should be about the size of a football field.

  Suddenly, I found that a skull's two eyes emitted two green lights, which scared me to retreat two steps immediately. My heart was secretly bitter, wondering if the skull could also pretend to be a zombie. Shi Tou and Zhu Baozi suddenly came forward, making two slapping sounds, using their guns to knock on the skull. I took a closer look, and found that the two small green snakes crawling out of the eye sockets were slapped dead by Shi Tou and Zhu Baozi.

  A terrible thought suddenly emerged in my mind, I was frightened by my own thoughts, turned around and looked carefully, my heart sank into the deep sea, icy and piercing.

  "What's wrong?" The stone pushed me and I pointed around with my hand, saying "It seems we've entered a snake den."

  Underneath the skull were either tiny green snakes or eggs the size of quail eggs.

  "This is great, they didn't kill us on the mountain, and now we're delivering ourselves to their doorstep, with delivery service." said Zhu Baozi.

  The stone whispered and pointed at the small snake on the ground, saying "They are all small snakes, and they seem to be resting. None of them have moved."

  I nodded "Maybe the big ones have gone out to find food, let's see if we can find a way out!"

  "Way out," Zhu Piaozi sneered, "where a snake can crawl in, you can also crawl out!"

  "Are you an idiot?" I retorted. "Can't you see all the skulls down there? If they can get in, we can get out."

  "Stop arguing and follow me. Try not to touch any snakes." Shi Tou said, lighting the way with an oil lamp and carefully making his way through the bleached bones.

  This group of small snakes are all bunched up together, lying there, and surprisingly they didn't attack us. Now I've just realized that we're like walking in a big pit, the more we walk, the more I feel that Zhu Baozi is not right, always feeling that there's a sinister aura on his body, and his face has turned black.

  "We've reached the end, and indeed there's a passage." Shi Tou said with some excitement. I took a glance under the lamp light, and indeed, not far ahead, there was a passageway, only about one person high from where we were standing. At this moment, I suddenly saw Zhu Baozi accelerate and stab his knife into Shi Tou's chest.

  "Rock!" I shouted and rushed over, but unfortunately Zhu Baozi had already stabbed the rock to its heart, and it swayed twice before falling to the ground.

  "Ah!" I shouted, and with a sudden punch, I hit Zhu Baozi's head, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground. I was like a madman, pouncing on him and grabbing his neck tightly. Tears blurred my vision as scenes of Shi Tou's death flashed before my eyes. My heart was filled with regret, thinking that if only I had discovered the evil spirit attached to Zhu Baozi earlier, or if only I had taken action when I felt something was off about him, Shi Tou would still be alive.

  My grip grew tighter, and I could feel Zhu Baozi's face turning purple. Just then, he suddenly picked up a bone and hit me on the head with it. My vision blurred for a moment, and my strength faltered slightly, allowing Zhu Baozi to break free from my grasp. He covered his neck, coughing nonstop. This time, he was prepared for me, and although I pounced on him several times, he pushed me back each time.

  At that moment, my mind was filled with only one sentence: you killed Stone, I want revenge, revenge! I shouted loudly and rushed forward again. Zhu Baozi took two steps back, suddenly threw a punch, I endured the pain, barely withstood Zhu Baozi's punch, then suddenly grabbed his fist, opened my mouth and bit down hard. At this moment, I felt like a beast, if I didn't bite off a piece of flesh from his hand, I wouldn't let go. Zhu Baozi screamed in pain, then suddenly wrapped me in his arms, tightly strangling my neck until I loosened my grip. Only then did Zhu Baozi push me away with his arm and retreat.

  Thinking of Zhu Baozi killing Shi Tou, my heart ached again. Taking advantage of Zhu Baozi looking at his injured arm, I suddenly rushed over and pressed him down, pinning his head with my hands and opening my mouth to bite his neck. At this moment, I wanted to use everything I could utilize, no matter what method, as long as I could kill Zhu Baozi - that was the best approach. Since I couldn't match him in a physical confrontation, this was my only chance. Just as I was about to bite Zhu Baozi's neck, someone suddenly grabbed me from behind. I turned around and saw that my heart sank instantly, feeling like it had fallen into a leather boot - an unbearable pain. Shi Tou's skin had grown white fur; he had become a zombie.

  I turned around and pushed the stone out, seeing the white fur flying on his body, I felt extremely uncomfortable in my heart, tears streaming down uncontrollably, shouting "No!" But the stone had no idea who I was, I saw him rushing towards me again, a chill ran down my spine, I couldn't bear to hurt him! The stone suddenly stretched out its white-furred arms to grab me, at this moment I suddenly thought of Old Fourth's tragic fate, hastily retreated and dodged, I haven't avenged yet, I can't die!

  Stone, I'm sorry, I muttered silently in my heart. I picked up a femur from the ground and swung it down at Stone, who had suddenly charged at me like a madman. A searing pain shot through my wrist as Stone's hand sliced open a gash on my arm, even though I had managed to strike him with the bone.

  I turned my head and suddenly saw Zhu Baozi's gun, the black muzzle was already aimed at me. I sneered in my heart: Stone, wait for me, I'll come to accompany you now. At this moment, I didn't feel afraid, holding the bone and rushing towards Zhu Baozi. I felt that Zhu Baozi was about to fire, but suddenly a white shadow flashed by, and Zhu Baozi was knocked down, his gun also fell to the ground. It was Stone who had pinned him down. In my heart, I secretly thought: Stone, quickly kill him, avenge yourself! But Stone didn't continue to attack him. My heart was anxious, holding the bone and taking two quick steps forward, swinging it up to hit Zhu Baozi's head. However, Stone suddenly stood up and pushed me down, while Zhu Baozi also quickly got up and, together with Stone, surrounded me from left and right.