chsdbacks Chapter 144 Madness
Chapter 144 Madness
"Mr. Ma?"
Seeing the swarm of rats rushing towards us like waves, Old Li was the first to lose his composure.
"What's the panic?"
Ma Shuai stared wide-eyed at the rat tide, his lips already white.
Master Jiang remained calm, only gripping the knife in his hand tightly.
"Nier, if I'd known we'd get stuck here, I would have taken you!"
I gripped Long Nier's hand tightly and murmured as I looked at the rat tide.
"Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I would have ordered more models from Kongmei.com before we came!" Fatty Lin muttered to himself.
"kill!"
The bodyguards remained standing, still in their previous positions. With a sharp shout, they thrust their steel spears at the giant rats charging at the front.
The spear tip pierced the giant rat's body with a soft thud, but it was to no avail; the rat horde continued its advance.
At the current speed, it won't take ten seconds for them to be overwhelmed and rush towards us.
"Brother, remember your words, go back and consummate your marriage with me!"
Suddenly, Long Nier released my hand, took two steps forward, raised her hand and flicked it downward, scattering a large amount of powdery substance.
Under the dim light, tiny dust particles could be seen floating in the passageway.
Before the dust could take effect, a swarm of rats surged up.
The six bodyguards at the front were instantly overwhelmed by rats. They only grunted, then withdrew their guns and drew their knives, retreating while swinging them forward. Each strike brought forth a shower of blood and a series of mournful rat squeaks.
Is this kind of discipline, this kind of tolerance for pain, really what bodyguards do?
"It's over, it's over!"
Old Li, with a mournful face, kept backing away until his back was pressed against the cave wall. If the rope hadn't broken, he would have run faster than anyone else.
Master Jiang still had that indifferent attitude towards life and death, only his hand holding the knife was more steady.
Ma Shuai said nothing, his lips turned even paler, and his eyes became bloodshot.
Just as we were all forced to the bottom of the cave, the rat swarm slowed down, as if someone had pressed the slow-motion button. The rats on the six bodyguards fell off like autumn leaves.
In less than five seconds, all the rats on them fell off.
By the time the swarm of rats reached the bottom of the hole, they were too exhausted to fight back and were simply pushed and shoved forward by the rats behind them.
Fatty Lin kicked out, sending more than a dozen rats flying into the air before they fell helplessly to the ground without even making a sound.
I also kicked, sending the rat that was being pushed towards us flying.
The six bodyguards took off their helmets, unzipped their clothes, and pulled out and threw away the rats that had crawled into their helmets and clothes.
I noticed that these six people had bite marks of varying degrees on their faces and necks, and one of them had his cheek bitten through.
After removing the rats from the clothes, the six of them helped each other clean the wounds, do simple bandaging, and stitch them up.
Yes, it's stitching.
The guy whose cheek was bitten through was even more remarkable. His companion performed a simple stitch without anesthesia. During the stitching process, apart from the grinding sound of his teeth, he didn't utter a single sound.
The more this is the case, the more certain I become that these people are not just ordinary bodyguards.
By the time he finished stitching, the swarm of rats that had filled the entire passageway had stopped moving.
Only then did Ma Shuai let out a breath and say to Long Nier, "Nier, thank you so much this time!"
"Uncle Ma, if you really want to thank us, give us some big red envelopes later!" Long Nier said with a smile.
"no problem!"
Marshal Ma waved his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
After a short while, Ma Shuai glanced at the nearly foot-thick layer of rats piled up in the passageway and asked one of the bodyguards, "Lin Zi, how's it going?"
"no problem!"
Lin Zi fastened his helmet and said.
"Let's go then, and see what's inside!" Ma Shuai said.
"good!"
Lin Zi nodded, waved his hand forward, and said, "Let's go!"
After saying that, he waded through the rats and walked forward.
I roughly estimated that there are at least several thousand rats in this passage.
As you walk forward, each step you take feels soft and sticky.
The sensation was indescribably nauseating, giving me goosebumps all over my body.
"Damn, that's disgusting!"
After walking only a few steps, Fatty Lin swore.
"Hmm, why does it look like it's rotten?"
When we got to the dozen or so large rat carcasses, Fatty Lin paused for a moment.
"This is what happens when you're infected with the Epilepsy Gu. I don't have much left, otherwise they'll rot even faster!" Long Nier said.
Long Nier's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone in the passage to hear clearly.
"What is epilepsy?" I asked.
"Catch eighteen kinds of venomous snakes, extract their venom, mix them together, and let them kill each other. After they are all dead, let them decompose naturally!"
"Once they've completely rotted, extract their bacterial fluid and mix it with pre-extracted snake venom in a specific ratio to refine it. Once finished, it becomes the 'Epileptic Gu'!"
"A person afflicted with the epilepsy curse will have their body rot within twenty-four hours!"
Long Nier pointed to the large rats and said, "I increased the dosage and activated my natal Gu just now, that's why they rotted so quickly!"
"Normally, it would take at least one or two hours for them to start rotting!"
"Do you still have this kind of epilepsy curse on you?" I asked in a low voice.
"It's gone!"
Long Nier shook her head and said, "I saved up for over ten years to get just a small packet, and I've already used it all!"
"Brother, don't worry, I have other Gu. I can't guarantee anything else, but it'll be fine for protecting you!" Long Nier said again.
As we were talking, we arrived at the end of the passage.
Ma Shuai glanced at Long Nier, said nothing, and looked at the long corridors leading to both sides, looking troubled.
I didn't ask any more questions. Long Nier's words just now were clearly intentional.
She said that on purpose.
As for whether the epilepsy is truly gone, you can guess for yourselves.
The layout of the corridor was similar to that of the passageway. We took a quick look and decided to go left first and then right.
After walking about ten meters to the left along the passage, there was another small passage.
We walked along this path for a few steps before pausing.
Unlike before, this passageway has iron doors on both sides, with small windows on the doors that allow you to see inside.
We shone our flashlights inside, and the space was small, only a few square meters. There was no one there, and no body.
Walking out of this passage, you'll find a large hall of about twenty square meters.
In the center of the hall was a long iron table, on which were scattered some tableware and several rats that had rotted down to their fur.
Walking along the back of the hall, there are several rooms with bunk beds, which should be dormitories.
Apart from some scattered clothes, there were no remains in the dormitory.
The remaining rooms include a laboratory, a storage room, and an archive.
There were still no people or corpses in these rooms, nor were there any human-faced rats.