chsdbacks Chapter 142 Entrance to the Ruins
Chapter 142 Entrance to the Ruins
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
Long Nier was leaning against the wall. As soon as I moved, she woke up.
"Here you go!"
I handed her the pills and said, "Xiao Ba came into my dream and gave me this medicine!"
"Hachiko appeared in my dream?"
Long Nier was pleasantly surprised and picked up Xiao Ba, who was lying in her arms.
"Chirp chirp!"
Little Ba wiggled its little bottom, reluctantly opened its eyes, and barked at me twice.
"You little brat, you woke me up from my dream, and you're still not satisfied!" I tapped Xiao Ba's head.
"Chirp chirp!"
Little Ba shook its little head, spread its four paws, hugged Long Nier's hand, rubbed against her, and made a whimpering sound.
"Brother!"
Long Nier slapped my hand away, glared at me, and said, "Our Xiao Ba is so good to you, she even gave you medicine, and you still mess with us!"
"hey-hey!"
I gave an awkward laugh and withdrew my hand.
"What's wrong?"
Fatty Lin also woke up.
When I mentioned that Xiao Ba had given me medicine, Fatty Lin immediately perked up, jumped up, and said, "Let me see the medicine Xiao Ba gave me!"
His commotion woke everyone up.
I told Ma Shuai about Xiao Ba's donation of medicine. Without hesitation, Ma Shuai immediately ordered his men to boil water, dissolve the medicine in it, and divide it equally among themselves.
"Who is Xiao Ba?"
Grandpa Jiang was full of questions about the water that was given to him.
"Our partners!"
Long Nier took out Xiao Ba, who was sleeping in her arms, and showed it to Master Jiang.
"White Fairy?"
When Grandpa Jiang saw Little Eight, whose body was covered in glistening white thorns and looked as delicate as porcelain, his eyes widened in astonishment.
"I wouldn't call her an immortal, but she's quite human-like!" Long Nier said.
Xiao Ba obediently looked up, nodded its little head to Grandpa Jiang, and greeted him.
"Hey, hey!"
Grandpa Jiang was caught off guard by Xiao Ba's move and stiffly raised his hand to nod.
After Xiao Ba was put back into Long Ni'er's arms, Master Jiang swallowed the medicine in one gulp.
Compared to Master Jiang, the others led by Commander Ma were surprised, but none of them uttered a word.
After a quick bite, we set off again, led by Uncle Jiang.
This time is different from yesterday; this time we are fully armed.
The bodyguards that Ma Shuai brought were all armed with two-meter-long steel guns.
The gun was assembled in three sections, with a sharpened tip and a blood groove. Fatty Lin had also drawn an exorcism talisman on it.
When Ma Shuai first heard about the giant rats, he began making preparations.
These devices were specially commissioned by him to be made at a steel mill.
In addition to rifles, everyone also had a kukri.
Like the steel gun, Fatty Lin also drew talismans on the kukri.
Not only that, each of the six bodyguards wore a protective amulet and a peach wood sword; these items were also purchased from us.
In addition, the protective gear was sufficient.
To prevent the giant rats from biting and scratching, leg guards, arm guards, and even helmets were provided.
Once we were fully equipped, Grandpa Jiang smacked his lips and said that our equipment was even better than what the government had equipped back then. He added that if we had had this kind of equipment back then, not everyone might have died.
At 8:40 a.m., we arrived at the place where we saw the human-faced rat yesterday.
"Chirp chirp!"
When they arrived, Xiao Ba popped out, lay on Long Nier's head, sniffed, and shook its head.
The meaning is simple: there are no human-faced rats nearby.
"Keep going!"
With Xiao Ba and other means such as binoculars, Grandpa Jiang felt much more at ease.
After receiving the money yesterday, he truly had no intention of going back alive.
After passing this section, continue walking inwards.
"Why does it feel so much darker outside?"
After walking for less than two minutes, I tugged at my hat and said.
"It's definitely gotten much darker!"
Fatty Lin stomped his feet through the leaves mixed with snow and said, "I smell a dead body!"
"Over the years, at least fifty or sixty people must have died in this forest. It's normal to smell of death!"
"And if you add in the prey caught by those giant rats, the death toll will be even higher!"
As he walked, Grandpa Jiang spoke.
One thing I really admire is Jiang Ye's stamina.
Don't let Grandpa Jiang's advanced age of eighty fool you; most young men can't keep up with him. From yesterday to today, I haven't seen him catch his breath once.
We were all exhausted, but Grandpa Jiang acted like nothing had happened.
After walking for nearly twenty more minutes, Grandpa Jiang stopped and pointed to a small, sunken stone pit about twenty meters ahead, saying, "That's the entrance to the ruins!"
The stone pit is about three meters in diameter, and large and small stones are scattered around it.
Little Eight poked its head out of its hood again, twitching its pink little nose.
After smoking for a while, it scratched Long Nier's hair, shook its little head, and indicated that it hadn't smelled anything.
"Let's go take a look!"
After thinking for a moment, Fatty Lin took the lead and walked towards the stone pit.
Without thinking, I followed Fatty Lin.
When I arrived at the stone pit and saw what was inside, I squinted. In the center of the pit, there was a hole more than half a meter in diameter, which went straight down and I couldn't see the bottom at a glance.
"Wasn't it blown up? How come the entrance is open now?"
Soon, Grandpa Jiang also arrived here. When he saw the hole at the bottom of the pit, he couldn't hold back anymore.
Fatty Lin squatted down, picked up two stones scattered at the bottom of the pit, and examined them.
After watching for a while, Fatty Lin nudged me and pointed at the rock, saying, "Crazy, take a look!"
"Teeth marks?"
At first glance, I noticed a mark on the cement block that looked like it had been gnawed by teeth.
"There's this place too?"
Fatty Lin then pointed to a mark that looked like it had been cut with a knife.
"What is this?" I asked.
"I suspect it was scratched with claws!" Fatty Lin stood up, looked around, walked to a rock about the size of a human head, examined it, and said, "There are some here too!"
After saying that, he said to Ma Shuai, "Uncle Ma, have your men check around and see if there are similar marks on the surrounding stones!"
"Listen to Xiao Lin, check immediately!" Ma Shuai ordered immediately.
"Mr. Ma, yes!"
"I have one too!"
"This one is also available!"
Soon, the bodyguards started shouting one after another.
Fatty Lin stood up with a grim face, pointed to the opening in the pit, and said, "Uncle Ma, it's obvious. Those things down there used their teeth and claws to dig this hole open again!"
"Uncle Ma, I'll ask you one more time, are we going down into this hole?"
After saying that, Fatty Lin pointed to the cave entrance and asked.
Ma Shuai remained silent, only staring at the cave entrance with an unpredictable expression.
After watching for a while, he looked down, unzipped his jacket, glanced at the old immortal lurking in his breast pocket, gritted his teeth, and said, "Down!"
I looked at Ma Shuai thoughtfully.
Ma Shuai is a person who prioritizes personal gain.
In order to climb the ranks, he was willing to sacrifice his own son.
Given his current status, there's absolutely no need for him to take any risks.
Since those mutated rats can gnaw on cement and stone, they can certainly gnaw on people.
Furthermore, the area below is the rats' territory; if we go down there, we'll almost certainly die.
Why did Ma Shuai still go down under these circumstances?
Was it really to save the old immortal?