Chapter 51: Bloody Platform

  Recalling Sisidava's sharp eyes, Fang Kai couldn't help but furrow his brow. He didn't know if he had been discovered or not. If the other party really hadn't noticed, that would be fine, but if Sisidava was pretending not to have noticed, then it would be too terrifying. What he was thinking about, only he himself knew clearly.

  "Whatever, water will cover the earth, soldiers will block the way, let's talk about it later. This strange corpse pile, there must be something even more sinister on the east side, maybe we can find Ruo Zi and the others there?" After hesitating for a moment, Fang Kai clenched his fists, deciding to venture deeper into the tiger's lair, following the two Zha'thikians.

  Anyway, he can't turn on the light, so we'll have to use the enemy to pave the way.

  Si Da and Tan Heng walked slowly, one step at a time, with a cautious appearance. As a result, Fang Kai, who was following behind the two of them, didn't dare to breathe loudly, fearing that he would make even the slightest sound. After all, if they were discovered, the consequences wouldn't be good.

  Although the pace of progress was not great, it gradually approached the easternmost part. Following the light, Fang Kai vaguely saw a square, stepped pyramid-like tower rising up. Notably, this tower seemed to be different from the pyramids, as it wasn't a quadrangular shape but rather a series of decreasing platforms resembling a "圭" shape.

  The altar was old and decrepit, its surface covered in cobwebs, within which seemed to be small, solid bloodstains, symbolizing a bloody sacredness.

  Apart from the spider silk, there seem to be some small animals on the platform. Upon closer inspection, they turn out to be a type of scorpion with an iron-black exterior, red ring patterns on its segments, and a back full of green hair! These strange scorpions twist their heads, using their sharp mouths to tear at the spider silk on the platform, then bring it to their mouths and eat it with a "crunch crunch" sound.

  Fang Kai looked at the disgusting scene, but saw Sisidava stop in front of him and stretched out his hand to stop Tan Heng Luo. "The place where those skulls are looking is probably here." One sentence made Fang Kai tense up, if there was no accident, a storm was about to rise.

  Tan Heng Luo glanced at Fang Tai, nodded and said impatiently: "Stop dawdling, let's go take a look. Di Lan Ka might be here too. This guy is always so mysterious, it's unclear where he's hiding or what he wants to do." Tan Heng Luo shrugged helplessly and walked forward without another word.

  However, Sisavang did not immediately follow suit.

  He turned the light around, suddenly shining it behind him. He looked, but it was just a pile of rubble, and there wasn't anything suspicious. Sisidava furrowed his brow, moving the light away, but in less than a second he moved it back, with the result that apart from rubble, there was still just rubble.

  "It seems I was overthinking." Sisidava shook his head and reluctantly walked towards Fang Tai. Unbeknownst to him, just as he turned around, Fang Kai couldn't hold back anymore and crawled out of the abandoned well.

  Originally, Fang Kai felt that something was wrong with Sisidawa, so for safety's sake, he hid himself in a circular well at his feet at the critical moment. As expected, he escaped unscathed. "It was really lucky, it seems that the disguise earlier, although not perfect, caused the opponent to suspect, but also managed to avoid being discovered." Fang Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and had to say, this well was very stuffy, if you stayed inside for too long, you would definitely suffocate.

  At this time, Fang Kai could safely turn on the light, because the two Zha'thik had already entered the platform. However, as soon as he shone it to both sides, Fang Kai was shocked.

  On both sides of the strange square platform, there were rows and rows of skulls hanging!

  On both sides of the platform are relatively high "walls" with intentionally left square holes, half a meter apart from each other, with metal hooks protruding from inside. The metal is well-preserved, but the surface has been corroded away. On the bluish metal hooks hang rows of skulls in a miserable state of death.

  How much evil must be done to create such a miserable and inhumane scene?

  The pile of corpses, plus the skulls on the wall, are almost enough to reach a hundred. Two places, one east and one west, seem to be corresponding with each other. But looking at the direction of the skulls on the pile of corpses, this bloody platform should be even more revered. Could it be that this is an ancient sacrificial altar?

  What kind of sacrificial altar requires so many live human sacrifices? Moreover, these skulls seem to be of extremely high status, otherwise they wouldn't be bowing and kneeling in front of the altar like this. It's strange that Fang Kai has searched through the database but still can't figure out what this square altar is or where the entire ruins are located.

  Wait a minute, shouldn't this be under the left side of King Zoser's step pyramid? Could it be that this is an Egyptian underground ancient city that has been forgotten by people? Then who built this city and what was their purpose?

  In an instant, Fang Kai felt countless thoughts surging up in his mind, and he could hardly make sense of the logic behind them.

  At this moment, a faint blue-green flame emerged from the entrance of the huge square platform. One, two... The flames grew more and more numerous, denser and denser, Fang Kai stared in shock as a human-shaped ghost fire condensed into being! Even stranger was that there seemed to be not just one human-shaped ghost fire, Fang Kai counted them, and astonishingly, there were exactly twenty-eight of them.

  These ghost fires were like a pack of hungry wolves, rushing frantically into the square platform. In an instant, the small entrance was filled with human-shaped ghostly flames. Fang Kai was both shocked and delighted, his eyes spinning around as he thought of a perfect plan to trap the enemy.

  Fang Kai thought to himself, these human-shaped ghost fires seem to have a grudge against Fang Tai, why not use them to get rid of the Zergs? Anyway, they're all no good, let them kill each other, and then he'll make his move... Heh heh. Just thinking about being able to give those two arrogant Zergs a good beating made Fang Kai's face light up with joy.

  "Hah, I can finally vent my anger. Hmph, let you guys be arrogant for now, wait and see, grandpa will teach you a good lesson, show you how to be human." Fang Kai raised an eyebrow, no longer hesitating, taking advantage of the humanoid ghost fire just entering, he quickly followed up.

  As soon as Fang Kai entered the square, he felt a sense of suffocation. This was not due to poor air circulation, but rather a psychological "suffocation". The feeling was as if there was something terrifying inside, staring at him, bringing Fang Kai an inexplicable sense of pressure.

  The ghost fire ran very fast, and Fang Kai almost couldn't keep up. He chased after it wildly, without noticing the internal structure of the Fangtai. But after a while, Fang Kai stopped, because he saw that the ghost fire's footsteps had become hesitant. These ghost fires seemed to be afraid of something, as if there was some kind of natural enemy ahead. Curious, Fang Kai looked forward and saw Sisi Daowa and Tan Heng Luo.

  "What are they doing?" Seeing the two whispering to each other, seemingly having some unspeakable secret, Fang Kai's curiosity was suddenly piqued. He hid behind a corner and perked up his ears, trying to make out what the two were saying. However, no matter how hard Fang Kai listened, he could only vaguely hear a few words: blood sacrifice, cage, crystal...

  Fang Kai couldn't help but furrow his brow, thinking what's going on here?

  Just as Fang Kai was deep in thought, Tan Heng Luo suddenly burst out laughing. As soon as Fang Kai heard it, he got goosebumps all over his body and looked up to see Tan Heng Luo clenching his fists and walking forward. The Zha'thik alien sneered and coldly hummed: "Hehe, it's really a case of searching everywhere but finding nothing, and yet here you are, without any effort at all! I didn't expect that all three of you would be trapped here... Haha... It must be the work of Dillanika, I'm familiar with his style!"

  Tan Heng Luo shone his flashlight forward and suddenly revealed a prison cell.

  The prison cell was not large, with a stone structure throughout, and thick, dense stone pillars tightly sealed the entrance. These Fang Kai didn't care about, what made him both surprised and delighted was that Qiao Mu Si, Ruo Zi and Pang Dong were trapped in the cage. At first glance, Ruo Zi's hair was disheveled, and she was sleeping soundly on the ground. While Qiao Mu Si and Pang Dong were on the other side, leaning against each other, also asleep.

  The three of them were sleeping soundly, but Tan Heng Luo's sudden burst of laughter completely woke them up.

  "Is it you?!" As soon as she opened her eyes, Ruo Zi saw Sisidava and Tan Heng Luo. Her pretty face turned pale instantly. She had just had a dream where Fang Kai was holding a pulse gun, coming to "rescue" her. But when she woke up, what she saw wasn't Fang Kai, but the people from planet Zciklei.

  "What's wrong..... Ruò Zǐ, eh, what are you doing here?! This is terrible, what can be done." Pàng Dōng slowly lifted his head, saw Ruò Zǐ with a pale face, and curiously turned his head around, only to see Tǎn Héng Lóu with a playful smile on his face.

  Tan Heng Luo sneered, his hands on his hips, looking very arrogant: "Hmph, didn't expect this, did you? You so-called Martian warriors are still at our mercy. Honor? Ha! First, let's deal with this fat guy." Tan Heng Luo brazenly gave Fat Dong the middle finger, then spat on the ground and took out a whip, striking Fat Dong with force.

  Although the stone pillar blocked the way, Tan Heng Luo's whip was not soft. In his hand, the whip became a stick, hitting Fat Dong's shoulder again and again, making the latter's skin crack open. However, Fat Dong gritted his teeth and refused to lower his head.

  "Hmm..." Fat Dong's whole body trembled, letting out low groans, clearly the whip had hurt him. Next to him, Qiao Mu Si and Ruo Zi couldn't bear to watch, wanting to take the lashes for Fat Dong, but he stopped them with one hand. This prison cell seemed to be specially designed for this purpose, extremely narrow, Fat Dong simply couldn't dodge the whip's strikes. He could only clench his fists and endure it.

  But Tan Heng Luo seemed to be getting more and more excited, and he even had an unstoppable momentum. Not far away, Sisi Dawa didn't pay attention to him either, sitting on the ground by herself, thinking about something.

  A medium-sized stone room filled with the sound of whips lashing human flesh.

  "Stop! You, Apig!!" Chom's couldn't bear it anymore, pointing at Tan Heng Luo who had a ferocious expression and scolding him in anger. But Tan Heng Luo just glanced at him once, then continued to whip Pang Dong, seemingly enjoying this pleasure?

  Fang Kai, who was watching from a distance, suddenly became furious, his fists clenched with a cracking sound. If it weren't for the bigger picture, he would have rushed up and killed Tan Heng by now. This guy dared to bully his own teammate, he's simply asking to die!

  Fine, you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust.

  Fang Kai said fiercely and decided to take action to rescue Ruò Zǐ and the others.