Chapter Thirty-Six: Painted Skin

  "Hahaha, Sstdessa, this time I'll see how they escape." Tan Heng Luo clenched his fists and boasted in front of the Left Se King's mausoleum. However, the short and stout Zeklay star person Sstdessa was not as optimistic. He examined the "six-layer cake" for a moment, then said with a hint of surprise: "Tan Heng Luo, quickly take out the Yitz ray instrument."

  Gao was taken aback for a moment, then furrowed his brow: "Sisidava, what are you thinking again? You're not unfamiliar with the Itz ray instrument, it's used to measure the structural quality and sequence of electromagnetic spectra of objects. Is this thing hollow or something? Haha, what a huge joke." Tan Heng glanced at the Left Se Wang Mausoleum, unless it wasn't a pyramid, its structural quality should be trending downwards.

  "Ah, don't underestimate the Earthlings. Remember 'Water Ball Theory'? This thing looks just like that Mastaba tomb in the database! No need for the Itzal scanner, let's take a look around and see if there are any hidden passages... Hmm, look at the tracker!" As he spoke, the Flower Powder Tracker in Sisitava's hand suddenly shook violently, pointing back and forth towards one corner of the pyramid.

  "They must be over there." Tan Hengluo waved his hand, and Sisi Daowa carried the detector, chasing after Fang Kai and the others towards the excavation pit. Tan Hengluo looked confused behind him, glanced at the six-layer cake again, and finally hummed a sound, following them.

  Sisstavva crouched down, and Tan Heng rubbed his head and asked, "Have you found something?" Sisstavva nodded, then swept away the gravel at his feet, revealing a hole about half a meter in diameter. "Look, they must be underneath. Earthlings are really clever, building on the surface, but burying their graves underground to deceive people." Sisstavva let out a cold laugh, and the situation was self-evident.

  "So that's how it is. Let's not waste any more time, let's go after them directly." Tan Heng spat on the ground and took out his equipment, ready to dive down. Just then, Sisi Dawa stretched out her hand to stop him: "Don't be in a hurry, let's design this carefully first. Last time we were careless and let them escape, this time no matter what we must make them suffer." Remembering the scene where the crystal warrior's head was lost and she herself was washed away by the corpse river, Sisi Dawa couldn't help but twist her face in anger.

  Upon seeing this, Tan Heng let out a cold hum and sneered: "Fine, let these foolish guys witness the greatness of the Zekrion warrior... Ha ha ha..." His unrestrained laughter echoed throughout the desert.

  As Fang Kai and the other three dug open the thief's hole, they slid down along the tunnel. All of a sudden, there were several loud thuds, and the four people fell into a dark space. "Ahh, Jo...you, you'd better move a bit, I...it hurts so much." Fat Dong gritted his teeth, shifted his huge body, and couldn't help but shudder - after all, there was still someone on top of him.

  In the darkness, it was impossible to see if Jorms' face had turned red, only hearing him cough dryly a few times, his voice somewhat awkward: "Uh...this, is enough, really sorry about that." As soon as he finished speaking, the two of them discovered that a circle of light had lit up around them.

  Fang Kai and Ruo Zi had opened the illuminating lamps on both sides!

  "Is everyone all right?" Fang Kai asked softly, turning his head to look at the thieves' path that the four had slid down. Since the thieves' path was a breach-type, when looking up, one could only see a corner and couldn't see the situation above. Fang Kai furrowed his brow, if the people of Next Klay Star discovered this thieves' path, they would be at a disadvantage.

  After some thought, Fang Kai still felt it was necessary to add an exit for the thieves' tunnel. He turned around and called out to Pang Dong and Qiao Mu Si, using a laser shovel to pry away the tomb wall stones and stuff them into the 50cm-wide hole. "Huh, this should be safe now. I reckon they won't think of sealing off the exit." Pang Dong chuckled, worried that their "defensive measures" weren't thorough enough.

  Fang Kai glared at Pang Dong with a bad temper, then patted his hands and said to the three people in a low voice: "Let's go, let's take a look deeper." Pang Dong stuck out his tongue, grinning from ear to ear, just about to speak, when Qiao Mu Si and Ruo Zi suddenly exclaimed at the same time.

  "What's wrong?" Fang Kai was slightly uneasy. He adjusted the direction of the spotlight, and his eyes swept past Ruo Zi and Qiao Mu Si's hands. As soon as he saw it, his face turned pale! The fat Dong behind him had an even more exaggerated expression, his chin almost dropped, his eyes wide open, and a look of terror on his face.

  What is it that makes the four-person team so fearful?

  "Kai, Kaizi... what is this?!" Ruo Zi covered her mouth with her right hand, the disgusting scene in front of her almost making her vomit. She forced herself to hold back the feeling of nausea, but the dark green color on her face couldn't be hidden. "I, I, I don't know... uh..." Fang Kai shook his head, finally unable to bear it and bent down, vomiting loudly.

  For a moment, the four-person team collectively vomited, and the scene was... *cough*.

  A foul odor suddenly wafted through the air, and Fat Dong wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, weakly saying: "I swear, I'll never dare to eat 'Labas Tiao' again (a Martian food similar to Earth's rice noodles but slippery and not greasy). Uh..." Another wave of nausea washed over him, and Fat Dong couldn't help but vomit loudly.

  Let's take a look at what changes have taken place on the tomb passage wall that made the four-man team feel so disgusted and terrified.

  It turned out that the originally still and motionless dry wall suddenly burst forth with waves of blood clots, followed by the earth and stone structure of the tomb wall becoming semi-transparent. Those blood clots undoubtedly became strips of "arteries". What's even more frightening is that the tomb wall actually began to squirm! The undulating shocks made the four-person team feel extremely nauseous. It seemed as if they were not in a grave passage, but rather standing inside a small intestine.

  That's all right, it's just disgusting. However, what made the four-man team feel inexplicably terrified was that they saw their own portraits gradually appearing on the crawling walls.

  That's not all!

  Although the wriggling walls made the portrait look distorted, this distortion not only didn't have a funny mirror effect but also made the expression of the portrait ferocious. Just after a few seconds, the portrait surprisingly "ran" out from the tomb wall and floated in front of the four-person team, opening its big mouth with a bloodthirsty appearance that would be unforgettable for the four-person team for their whole lives.

  And those blood clots were also very cooperative, sprinkled on the portrait, letting Fang Kai and others finally understand what it means to have seven orifices bleeding.

  "Go, get out of here quickly." Fang Kai endured the nauseating feeling, lowered his head, beckoned to the other three people with a wave of his hand, and took the lead in running forward. However, just as the four of them had run two or three steps, a sinister laugh echoed from behind them, one wave after another.

  Fang Kai didn't dare turn his head back, because he couldn't imagine himself with seven orifices bleeding and still smiling gloomily!

  The four of them ran non-stop, but the eerie laughter behind them couldn't be shaken off. "Kai, this won't work, let's use our weapons to..." Jorms panted as he spoke, but his voice trailed off before he could finish. The four of them stopped in their tracks, and saw that in front of them on the slightly darkened tomb path, their portraits had floated out without them realizing it.

  Not bad, the portrait has arrived ahead of time, but the gloomy laughter remains behind!

  The four of them looked at each other in dismay, Fang Kai gave a signal with his eyes, and the three of them understood, each taking out their weapons, splitting into two paths to surround the painting in a goose formation. Meanwhile, Fang Kai stayed on the middle path, setting up the pulse cannon, preparing for a round of bombardment.

  Just as the special agents were about to take action, the portrait, no, it should be called "face skin", was not willing to fall behind. The four face skins formed a tetrahedron and rotated rapidly in mid-air. A blood-red light column shot out from the orifices of the tetrahedron, accompanied by a hair-raising laughter, concentrating on Fang Kai.

  At the critical moment, Zuo came out with his hand.

  She twisted her waist and rolled to Fang Kai's side, the laser shovel slapped back with a reverse hand, and a red column bounced back instantly. However, Ruo Zi also suffered from not a small backlash, the force was still very strong, and it blew both her and Fang Kai back several meters. At this moment, the pulse gun main position lacked one person, Pang Dong gestured to Qiao Mu Si, who didn't say a word, opened the laser and shot at the four-sided body.

  Pang Dong nodded and lay down on the main position of the pulse cannon. He quickly pressed the program, and the silver-white shell burst open, blocking the blood-red light column. The remaining energy also rushed towards the tetrahedron, cooperating with the laser, which should be able to annihilate this monster at once.

  The idea is great, but reality isn't so ideal.

  This time, however, the four-sided creature somehow managed to hide itself, and neither the laser nor the pulse energy could capture its physical body. The shots hit the tomb wall instead. The tomb wall was in pain, and the degree of writhing became much more intense, with a hint of shrinking trend.

  Fang Kai realized something was amiss and hastily ordered the three, "Shine the light forward, quickly!" The three responded in unison and adjusted the direction of the light. Indeed, the tomb wall began to close in bit by bit, indicating that if the four didn't move forward, the tomb passage would be sealed off. Exchanging a glance, the four hastily steadied their weapons and sprinted forward like flying.

  It just so happened that at this time, two angry shouts came from behind the special forces team. Apparently, the people of Next Cley were still chasing after them. This made the situation even more urgent.

  Originally, Fang Kai planned to seal the entrance, which could delay time, but he didn't expect to fall on this small tomb passage either. However, it's not the time for in-depth investigation now, and the four-faced monster might pop out at any moment and launch a fatal attack on the special forces team. Compared to it, the people of Xie Ke Star are lovely.

  "Haha, Sisidava, you're good, they're indeed inside." Tan Hengru rubbed his fists and laughed even more sinisterly. Sisidava coldly smiled, took out a metal gun from behind her back, twisted her neck and shouted: "Hehe, let these so-called warriors be buried on Earth, hahaha..."

  "Go, this time I'm going to kill that fat guy." Tan Heng Luo smiled, and the two people from planet Teku took their metal guns and ran up.

  The situation was critical, Quamis pursed his lips and elbowed Dongdong. The latter understood, set up the pulse gun, and aimed at Sisdava and Tanhengluo.

  "How dare you kill me? I'll send you back to your hometown!" Along with Pang Dong's low growl, the dazzling pulse cannonballs shot out like fireworks...