Chapter 37 I'm going to send myself to death

  No one had expected that those originally motionless insects would actually launch a proactive attack. The person who was spraying fire was completely unprepared and was immediately sprayed all over with green liquid by the insects.

  I was wondering if it would be poisonous or not, when I saw that guy's body start to emit white smoke, and then he suddenly started shouting loudly, covering his face with both hands and rolling around on the ground.

  What's going on? The toxicity is so severe!

  We got closer and found that the man in the floral shirt had already run over there with several of his men to carry the person back.

  I took a closer look at him and felt a chill run down my spine.

  The clothes on that person's body are basically unrecognizable, all of them are holes of different sizes, and they are still emitting white smoke.

  Look at his face again, it has completely lost its human appearance, the skin has turned extremely dark and black, just like being severely scalded, constantly oozing pus. The man wailed for a while before fainting.

  "My god, are these bugs going to spit sulfuric acid?" Liangzi shouted in terror.

  I turned around to look at Zhou Huan, who was frowning and clearly also unprepared for this unexpected event. She shook her head at us all, indicating that we shouldn't act rashly.

  Zhang Zhuang saw that the man was already done for, and prepared to switch to another person to continue, but his subordinates were all clearly frightened out of their wits, each one retreating nervously, no one wanting to end up like the previous one.

  I really don't understand why Zhang Zhuang and the others are doing this. Isn't our goal to go to Lao Ye Mountain to find the ancient tomb? Why do we have to take a detour into this insect-infested mountain? If I weren't tied up, I'd probably be eager to run away as fast as my legs could carry me.

  The man in the floral shirt looked around at those under his command, seemingly considering the possibility of sending more people over. He hesitated for a moment before his gaze shifted to our group, and as soon as he looked our way, my heart began to panic.

  Damn it, this son of a bitch won't be thinking of letting us go as cannon fodder, will he?

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, he walked up to us with a strange smile on his face, sizing up each of our team members one by one. Finally, his gaze fell on Liangzi, and he waved his hand at his subordinates, who immediately came forward to untie Liangzi's ropes.

  "Hey, hey, what's going on? I'm fine like this, no need to let go." Liang Zi also saw his intention and said while dodging.

  But after all, being tied up and unable to move freely, he was quickly pressed to the ground. The man in the floral shirt walked forward and without saying a word, kicked Liang Zi fiercely.

  "I'd like to see you try, come on and fight me one on one." Liangzi cursed loudly in anger as he lay on the ground.

  "Let's put that aside for now, you need to go deal with those insects first." The man in the floral shirt pulled Liangzi up, saying with a sly smile.

  It's obvious that they're sending Liangzi to his death, we all saw what happened to that guy last time, this bug is extremely toxic, no one can come back unscathed if they go up there.

  I quickly looked at Zhou Huan with a pleading gaze, seeing her biting her lip and looking at me with an expression full of helplessness on her face. I thought to myself: This is the end, if I also sacrificed Liangzi's life, I would never forgive myself for the rest of my life.

  At this time, the floral shirt took out a pistol and pressed it against Liang's temple, saying: "I'm telling you, big guy, you'd better save your energy to deal with those insects. Otherwise, none of you will have a good time."

  Liangzi was still scolding non-stop, I felt that I couldn't wait any longer, if this continued Liangzi would definitely die. Thinking of this, I quickly opened my mouth and shouted: "You damn well let him go, isn't it just about exterminating insects? Let me do it."

  As soon as I finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to me in unison, and I guess they all thought I was crazy. Liangzi and Zhouhuan almost shouted out at the same time: "No way..."

  "Don't worry, I'm blessed with good fortune and a long life, nothing will happen to me."

  She was about to say something when Liangzi shouted: "Qiu Ye, stop pretending to be a hero here. My life is more valuable than yours, I don't need your help."

  After finishing, he stopped struggling and shouted at the floral shirt: "Come on, kid, put that flamethrower thing on my back, I'll go open the way for you bunch of cowards."

  I actually completely understand what Liangzi means, he changed his mind only when he saw that I was going to die for him. We grew up together since childhood, and neither of us is willing to let the other take risks.

  I saw one of Zhang Zhuang's subordinates walking over with a flamethrower and immediately felt a bit anxious, so I went up to Liangzi and said: "You little scamp, listen to me. Do you remember when we were kids and roasted eggs together? We accidentally knocked over the charcoal basin and everyone got burned except for me."

  Actually, my plan to replace Liangzi wasn't entirely reckless. When I was young, they would often come to the orphanage to play with me. I remember one time when a few friends were roasting eggs on a slope and 6 Bao accidentally knocked over the fire basin. The glowing embers flew everywhere, and all of them got burned except for me, who didn't feel anything and even reached out to grab the burning coals from their bodies.

  At that time, I felt that my physical constitution might be different from others. Firstly, I never attract mosquitoes. Secondly, I have no reaction to heat, and I can wash my hands and face with boiling water without feeling any discomfort.

  In addition to the previous time in the spider cave, when I accidentally scratched my arm, those ferocious spiders actually gave up their attack on me, which once again proved that I am different from others.

  I just saw that person who went to kill the insects was covered in smoke, I guess those insects sprayed out something like sulfuric acid, although I don't know if I can resist it, but after all, it's better than letting Liangzi go and die for nothing.

  Liangzi was stunned on the spot after I finished speaking, and I immediately said to the floral shirt: "You damn well let him go, I'll go kill insects for you, otherwise no one will get away with it. If you have the ability, just kill us directly."

  It seems that I, wearing a floral shirt, couldn't take the lead, so he went to discuss with Zhang Zhuang for a while. From his expression, I felt that Zhang Zhuang also seemed to be in a dilemma, hesitating for a moment before nodding slightly.

  The person in the floral shirt came back and had someone undo my restraints, then strapped a device that looked like an oxygen tank to me. Someone came over and briefly explained how to use it.

  Liangzi looked at me now, and couldn't help but say: "Are you sure about this? Don't be reckless, if something unexpected happens, I'll lose face too."

  I forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, it's nothing, just a few bugs, wait for the good news of my victory!"

  After I finished equipping, I took another look at Zhou Huan and found that she was also full of tension. She whispered to me: "Be more careful by yourself, if it's really not possible, I'll think of a way."

  I understand what she means, and I guess now that if I start to resist, there's almost no chance of winning, everyone will die in the crossfire.

  "Don't worry, I can handle it. Have you forgotten that I'm a pure man?" I made a last-ditch effort to chat and laugh for two sentences, then got up and headed towards the insect forest.

  Just now I was worried about Liangzi's safety, so I didn't feel anything, but now that I'm alone and getting closer to the insect, the tension is getting thicker.

  Not to mention that they release toxic liquids, just looking at them up close makes your skin crawl, it's really unimaginable how these insects were formed and how there can be so many of them.

  I took a few deep breaths, steeled myself and walked closer, opening the blowtorch and spraying it at the insect.

  This flamethrower is really fierce, as I kept spraying flames, a burst of black smoke emerged, and those insects fell to the ground in batches. I slowly trampled on their corpses and walked forward, turning my head to see that others were following far behind me, as if they were seeing me off to the execution ground.

  After advancing about one-third of the estimated distance, I felt a gentle mountain breeze blowing over, and when I looked at the insects in front of me, they seemed to be swinging like a swing, all neatly swaying back and forth, as if there was some force that made them sway higher and higher, almost parallel to the ground.

  I understand that this is just a prelude to the insect's venomous spray, so I quickly stretched out one arm to cover my face and quickened my pace forward.

  Only a few seconds later, those bugs started firing, and now it's like there's a large crowd in front of me, all holding water guns spraying at me. Those green things immediately got all over my body.

  I was like that person before, and the clothes on my body started to emit white smoke. In an instant, the clothes turned into a mesh-like state, full of holes of various sizes everywhere.

  Some of it then sprayed onto my skin, and I felt a severe burning sensation. When I looked down, the area where it had been sprayed turned bright red, although it was very painful, but it didn't directly corrode and dissolve like that person's did.

  This time I thoroughly believed it, and it seemed that my physique was indeed different from others. Without thinking much, I didn't know to what extent I could resist, so I raised my rifle and continued forward into the rain of bullets.

  Enduring the intense pain, I estimated that when I arrived at the central part of the insect forest, a tall and majestic black building appeared before my eyes. At first glance, it looked like a castle. I didn't have time to look closely, and I started circling around the building, spewing fire. After eliminating all the insects within a radius of several tens of meters, I finally stopped, covered in scars.

  I waved at the crowd to indicate that they could come over, then took off the flamethrower and threw it aside, hurrying to check my own body.

  I reckon I must look like a malevolent spirit that has crawled out of hell, with less than a third of my clothes left intact, riddled with holes of all sizes and still smoking, and covered from head to toe in a thick layer of green grime - utterly filthy.

  At this time, Zhang Zhuang's team was in the front, bringing our people together to walk over. Zhang Zhuang and Hua Chenshan didn't even glance at me, directly going to observe that building.

  Liáng zǐ gǎn kuài còu guò lái jǐn zhāng de hǎn dào: "zěn me yàng zěn me yàng……"

  Translation:

  Liang Zi hastily came over and anxiously shouted: "How is it, how is it......"

  I thought to myself, anyway, it's definitely not human-like anymore. I smiled wryly and waved my hand at everyone to indicate that nothing was wrong. At this time, I saw Zhou Huan leaning over, and I found out that somehow their hands had already been untied, probably because Zhang Zhuang had also relaxed his vigilance against us.

  Zhou Huan rushed to my side and anxiously said: "Quickly take off your clothes, hurry up, hurry up..."

  "Oh, okay." I responded with a sound and was about to take off my clothes, but then I thought, wait a minute, Zhou Huan is right in front of me watching me, what kind of situation is this? Thinking of that, my hands stopped moving.

  Zhou Huan seemed extremely angry and shouted loudly: "What's wrong with you, stop stalling and quickly take off all your clothes, then wipe your body clean."