Chapter 8 Nightmare Begins

  Fang Kai swallowed hard and turned his head with difficulty, and indeed, a group of gargoyle-like creatures were tightly chasing after Fat Dong. They flapped their iron-like wings and stretched out their crimson tongues, trying to strangle Fat Dong for a hearty meal.

  As expected, a fat person's meat is delicious! Fang Kai silently mourned for Fat Dong in his heart, but his hands took out a pulse gun.

  "Get out of the way, fatty!" Fang Kai and Pang Dong had a tacit understanding on ordinary days. When he spoke up, that fatty Pang Dong had already run to one side of the tomb path.

  At the same time, Fang Kai pressed the "Launch" button. A silver light emerged from the muzzle of the pulse gun and then "Boom" shot towards those human-faced birds.

  This time, the pulse cannon finally showed its true killing power.

  The leading few birdmen were blown to smithereens in an instant, powerless and falling to the ground. The pulse cannon shells continued to advance, while the remaining birdmen saw that things were not going well and flew to both sides, trying to evade the pulse cannon's attack.

  However, the pulse cannon is not like light that only travels in a straight line, it also bounces back. The bird-faced people were caught off guard and another group died.

  It seems now that Fang Ke is in a favorable position, but things are not that simple.

  Before the four could celebrate, the remaining bird-like creatures suddenly let out a shrill cry. The sound was extremely sharp and somewhat mournful, similar to the eerie voice of an old witch. Fang Kai was startled, and then saw several bird-like creatures stretch out their long, curved tongues, wrapping them tightly around the pulse gun in his hand.

  Fang Kai suppressed the urge to vomit and called over Hua Dong and Qiao Mu, asking for their help in prying open the human-faced bird's beak. The texture was slick and icy cold, with a bit of stickiness, truly nauseating!

  Counting "one, two, three", the three of them exerted their strength together, trying to help the bird with a human face break free from its long tongue. But what shocked Fang Kai was that the combined strength of the three big men wasn't even enough to budge the tongue of one bird with a human face! They stood firm, their tongues showing no signs of loosening at all.

  How terrifying! Fang Kai's tongue was tied, and suddenly he saw the remaining Bird Face rushing towards them.

  "Damn it!" Fang Kai cursed, and quickly said to Pang Dong and Qiao Mu Si: "The human-faced birds are about to surround us, we'll split up and escape. I'll take Ruo Zi and lead them away, you two take advantage of the opportunity to run towards the fork in the road. Got it?" As soon as he finished speaking, Pang Dong vigorously shook his head, his face flushing red: "No way, this is too dangerous for you and Ruo Zi, I absolutely don't agree!" Pang Dong's anxiety caused him to increase his strength, but he was still unable to resist those wet tongues.

  Fang Kai was also anxious, just wanting to respond, but unexpectedly Qiao Mu Si suddenly let go of his hand! Fang Kai was taken aback, and then saw Qiao Mu Si quickly take out a laser shovel from behind his back and fiercely chop towards - his own and Pang Dong's hands!

  Conditioned reflex, Fang Kai and Pang Dong immediately let go of their hands and dodged the blow. But Fang Kai was already stunned, while Pang Dong shouted angrily: "Are you crazy? Who dares to chop us up in front of someone's face? Ah!" He spat on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and was about to fight with Qiao Mu Si. In a fit of rage, Pang Zi had already ignored the person's face.

  However, Qiao Mu suddenly raised his laser shovel and said seriously: "I won't do it, you all won't let go. The Birdmen are too powerful, you quickly run away, let me divert them, hurry up!" Upon hearing this, Dong's massive body suddenly stopped, and he came to his senses, saying: "Qiao, you..."

  "Get out of my way!" Qiao Mu grabbed the pulse cannon that was about to be snatched by the Birdman with one hand, and swung his laser shovel with the other, sending Fang Kai and Pang Dong flying in front of Ruo Zi.

  "Joe!" Fang Kai stretched out his hand, staring blankly at the New Zealander who charged into the flock of birds with a laser shovel and fought them. He suddenly became hot-headed, struggled to get up, wanting to go help Joe.

  But just as he took his first step, two arms grabbed him at the same time. Fang Kai knew that it was Pang Dong and Ruo Zi. He only heard Ruo Zi say sternly: "Kai Zi, if you rush in now, you will only waste the escape opportunity that Qiao Mu Si created for us. Let's leave quickly while we still can!"

  "No, I want to go back, I want to fight with Qiao together!" Fang Kai was emotionally agitated and struggled hard to break free from the restraints of the two men, but failed. However, he continued to struggle, desperately struggling. Seeing this, Ruo Zi let out a sigh and nodded her head to signal to Pang Dong to take action. Pang Dong understood and struck Fang Kai's neck with force.

  At that moment, Fang Kai's consciousness gradually dissipated. He only knew that he was being dragged forward by Huang Dong and Ruo Zi, and before his vision completely darkened, he vaguely saw that Qiao Mu's left arm had been torn off by the bird-like creature's long tongue and fell to the ground, covered in blood. Qiao Mu covered the wound that was constantly spewing blood with his right hand, enduring the pain as he rushed into a fork in the path. The bird-like creature, smelling the bloody smell, also crazily followed after him...

  "No!" Fang Kai suddenly woke up, shouting loudly. Ruo Zi was startled and her legs trembled, causing Fang Kai's head to fall to the ground. The pain from the collision made him clear-headed for a moment, he stood up, looking at Ruo Zi and Pang Dong who were silent, a hint of sadness flashed across his face.

  I'm afraid Qiao Mu Si, it's bad luck for him... As soon as he thought that he might be pecked at the throat, chest and abdomen, or even the head by a bird with a sticky tongue, Fang Kai's heart sank into an icy cave, and suddenly felt much colder.

  "Kai Zi, you..." Ruo Zi's words were soft and gentle as she reached out her hand to pull Fang Kai. However, Fang Kai shook it off. He turned his head away, his tone indifferent: "Let me be quiet for a while." Ruo Zi was at a loss for words, could only sigh, and sat down at the base of the tomb wall. Fang Kai felt a pang of guilt, but thinking of Qiao Mu Si's tragic fate of being dismembered to save them, he couldn't bring himself to soften up. After all, when he wanted to go back and help Qiao Mu Si, it was Ruo Zi and Pang Dong who stopped him.

  But in an instant, a clear palm print appeared on Fang Kai's face. Fang Kai was stunned, looking at Fat Dong in a daze, his small eyes seeming to seep with tears. And his fat face was extremely red and swollen. The slap on Fang Kai's face was given by Fat Dong.

  "How can you do this to Jo? He's dead, yes, Joms is dead! He died for us, and everyone is heartbroken. But what's the use? You can feel guilty, resentful, regretful, but no matter what, Joms won't come back to life! Kezi, wake up! If you continue to be so down, Joms' sacrifice will be in vain!" Fat Dong's words became more and more agitated, with a hint of sadness and anger.

  Fat Dong's words were like a splash of cold water to Fang Kai, and he suddenly came to his senses: Ah, yes, the dead cannot be brought back to life. What I can do is lead Ruo Zi and the others to continue on our mission. That way, we won't betray Jom's death! He may be gone, but he will always live in our hearts.

  Thinking of this, Fang Kai was suddenly invigorated, and his tense heart relaxed a lot. He patted Pang Dong on the back, then apologized to Ruo Zi. Ruo Zi's pale face floated with a hint of comfort, she knew that confident Fang Kai was back.

  Based on his recollection of the database, Fang Ke roughly judged that the fork in the road where Quam and the human-faced birds entered was leading to the tomb of Pharaoh's queen, in other words, they should be on the path leading to the tomb of Khufu. Those human-faced birds would eventually catch up with them, and by then, they would really have no place to hide. Therefore, they had to head immediately to the tomb chamber of Khufu to seek refuge and take out some remains of the crystal warriors.

  Time is extremely pressing!

  To prevent accidents, Fang Kai let Ruo Zi and Pang Dong take out the button-type laser shovel, while he himself took out a pulse gun. Pang Dong walked in front to open the way, Ruo Zi followed closely behind, and Fang Kai held the pulse gun at the back to cover them. Once the human-faced birds came after them, he would also let them have a good drink.

  Although the three were on their guard again, the nightmare had already begun quietly.

  From the moment the bird-faced man appeared, the fate of the four seemed to be sealed. Who would live and who would die, they didn't know, but they were clear that terrifying things would happen one after another.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in less than a minute, a rustling sound came from the darkness ahead. The three of them stopped in their tracks, Pang Dong and Ruo Zi looked puzzled, while Fang Kai's face turned green.

  This sound is too familiar, no mistake, it's the sound of a snake crawling!

  Fang Kai raised his hand, signaling to Ruo Zi and Pang Dong to be on guard, then walked forward, aiming the pulse cannon at the dark front. As they approached, the eerie, blood-curdling creature was about to appear, Fang Kai's heart almost leapt into his throat!