Chapter Twenty-Two Origin

  Zhou Futong and his men had gone around to the other end of the river, where they finally found a way in, but it was also after some twists and turns, and several people from the Huoziying camp were also injured.

  When Zhou Futong and his men rushed over, they only vaguely heard some sounds, but when they arrived, there was nothing to be seen.

  Later, Zhou Futong also saw the three people who had died, including Hua Ziying and Pang San. The way they were killed was naturally understood by the people in Zhou Futong's Hua Ziying, and they immediately judged that these people had been strangled to death.

  However, Zhou Futong's severed hand is now attracting attention, with some ice particles still remaining at the breakage point. The breakage point is extremely flat, and not even a drop of blood has flowed out, as if it had been cut off cleanly.

  And these five people all had the same wound, which made Zhou Futong look at those firefly-like fist-sized insects, fearing that they were related to this.

  Zhou Futong had the people of Haoziying take out a long pole and try to poke at one of the cold, dark insects, but it didn't make any movement.

  Several times, Zhou Futong tried to provoke the insects, but they didn't react. The more this happened, the less he dared to act. He tied a torch to a pole and handed it over to the cold, dark insects.

  A surprising scene appeared: that insect which originally didn't react no matter how it was teased, actually showed an abnormality at this time.

  From these insect bodies, originally not much bigger than a firefly, instantly spread throughout the body, and from some greenish light points at its tail, these light points suddenly fell onto the torch, which then went out and began to appear a layer of green ice on top, extending upwards.

  The people of the rodent camp hastily pulled back their rods, and Zhou Futong looked at the fire that had been extinguished by the green frost, and involuntarily looked towards those insects again.

  These insects, after the torches went out, shrank back into a small dot, their bodies glowing like fireflies again, and from a distance it seemed as if there was a layer of fireflies floating on the surface of the water.

  But Zhou Futong and his group are even more afraid of these worms now, one worm can extinguish the torch, and the dense green frost on top has a thickness of about one-third of a small finger, if all the worms in this place spray out this green frost, Zhou Futong and his few people are likely to be frozen into ice blocks directly.

  And now it seems that the severed hands of the five dead people were probably frozen off by this insect without any defense, and it can be imagined how low the temperature of the frost from this insect's body is.

  Zhou Futong suddenly remembered the book he had borrowed from Lao Liu Peng Tianyang, which was called "Six Ding Jia Mu Zhong Lei", and most of the records in it were about insects that appeared in tombs.

  Some of these insects were placed in the tomb by the tomb owner before his death, some were put in after his death, and others grew naturally due to changes that occurred within the tomb.

  Zhou Futong remembered that he had seen an introduction to this insect in "Six Ding Jia Mu Zhong Lei", which said that the insect came from a place thousands of kilometers below zero, and was cultivated by witch doctors before being used for large-scale breeding as a barrier in tombs.

  However, this kind of insect has only been found in a few places in pre-Qin tombs, and it is almost never seen in later generations.

  And that book says that this worm is called "Hanyou Worm". Once found in the tomb, its number will not be underestimated. Generally, male worms are the size of a fist, and there will be a piece on the abdomen that emits a glow like fireflies. In fact, it is the "Yin Frost" accumulated by these Hanyou Worms. As soon as these Hanyou Worms feel something with a temperature higher than their body, they will instantly spray out those "Yin Frost" from their tail vent, and at that moment, their body will completely turn green.

  However, this is not the most critical point. Zhou Futong also saw in that book that there was a female insect among these cold insects, and this female insect was the mother insect of all the cold insects. It was because of the existence of this mother insect that these cold insects would appear endlessly, becoming the most crucial barrier in the tomb.

  That book even mentioned another insect with a name as notorious as the Cold Wraith Insect, called the "Lamp Fire Insect". The difference between this insect and the Cold Wraith Insect is that when it senses something colder than itself, it will spray out "prison fire" and instantly incinerate people into ashes!

  Moreover, these cold glowworms and fireflies coexist with each other. If there are cold glowworms in this place, then there must be fireflies present ahead!

  Zhou Futong hastily called over the people from Haoziying, telling them everything he knew. The people from Haoziying were all solemn-faced after hearing this.

  Now Zhou Futong knew the origin of these insects and naturally also knew from "Six Ding Jia Mu Zhong Lei" how to pass through the cold and dark places where they were.

  These cold wraiths and the human body temperature are not much different, so they won't attack people who catch them, but need to swallow these cold wraiths in order to pass through here more safely.

  If you don't swallow these cold insects, once you move, your body will undergo some temperature changes that can be detected by the worms, and if they are detected, you will definitely not survive. The second is related to the firefly insect, eating these cold insects will actually cause the body temperature to rise, although it will have an impact on the body, but it takes time, as long as a kind of grass that grows in the tomb is found, it can eliminate the toxins left by the cold insects in the body.

  Now that they knew how to get past it, Zhou Futong and the others quickly took action, grabbing Han Youchu and biting him to death before hastily passing through the barrier.

  Just as Zhou Futong and the others had passed by the cold and desolate insect, in a place where everyone was not paying attention, a sound gradually appeared in the darkness, and that sound grew louder and louder.

  Then a bug the size of a dustpan flew out of the darkness, its belly also shining green, but compared to those fist-sized cold yin bugs, it was really like a small trick seeing a big one. Moreover, after this bug appeared, all the cold yin bugs here became active, not like they were dead objects before.

  This is the female Coldblooded Worm. After flying out, she circled around here, seemingly very angry that her territory was repeatedly invaded.

  However, the insect mother did not chase after it, but instead re-submerged into the darkness, and those cold, eerie insects floated there again, like a barrier.

  At this time, Cha Qian and others at the forefront had to stop again. In front of them, a layer of things that looked like fire stars appeared in the air once more.

  After the previous encounter with the cold insect, no one dared to act rashly this time, as they were really shocked by the cold insect's ability to freeze people's hands instantly.

  "This is the Firefly Bug! It's a bug that has a symbiotic relationship with the Cold Wraith Bug, and it can spit out 'Prison Fire' when it senses a temperature lower than its own."

  Pang San Ye's body shrank and he nodded his neck: "Jin Dou Zi, is what you said true?"

  "Master Pang, my master and mistress each had a book about the insect species in this tomb. The details recorded in it are unimaginable to those who have not seen it."

  Wu Jiang heard Jin Douzi say this, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart. If Jin Douzi had spoken out about the cold and lonely insect earlier, then there wouldn't have been that trouble before.

  Wu Jiang coldly snorted and said, "Jin Douzi, it seems that you were sincere before and didn't speak up, which led to the defeat of several people from Haoziying and Pang San's side."

  Jin Douzi glanced at Wu Jiang and said, "That matter has nothing to do with me. At that time, those few people were too reckless, and I had never really seen the cold yin insect before. If it weren't for seeing the abilities of the cold yin insect, I wouldn't have remembered what was written in the book about this insect."

  Although Wu Jiang heard Jin Duzi say this, he still snorted in anger and then looked at Du Zhonglai, the adopted son of Pang San, who was also recognized as Han Youchu earlier. Wu Jiang found that since Du Zhong escaped, his whole person had become somewhat different, but where exactly made Wu Jiang feel eerie, he couldn't say.

  Zha Qian didn't bother to entangle with them on this kind of thing, since they wanted to enter this place, luck already played a major role, and strength was secondary, not that strength wasn't important.

  Jin Douzi saw Cha Qian looking at himself and said, "Cha Qian, you must have felt that your body is hotter than before. This is the reaction after eating the cold yin insect. It's precisely because of this that we won't attract the attention of the lamp fire insect, and we can safely pass by the lamp fire insect."

  After Jin Douzi said that, everyone felt that they were indeed a bit hot and dry on their bodies, seemingly hotter than before.

  However, no one dared to try it out first, because once they were wrong, they would be burned to a crisp.

  Du Zhong saw that no one dared to move, and he went straight towards the firefly, then very easily passed through the firefly. After seeing Du Zhong pass by, the people in this area began to follow suit.

  This time, Cha Qian didn't go over immediately. He kept Pang San Ye behind and made him stay. Pang San Ye had no idea what Cha Qian wanted to do with him, so he could only watch Cha Qian nervously.

  Zha Qian looked at Pang San with narrowed eyes and said: "Pang Yong, there's no need to put on this act in front of me."

  Pang San Ye heard Cha Qian Zong say this, and his waist straightened a bit, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth: "Indeed, it was still seen through by Cha Qian Zong."

  "I think I'm not the only one who sees it."

  That Pang San's smile instantly disappeared, replaced by a gloomy killing intent. He glanced around and saw that there was no one else, then asked: "Is there anyone else?"