Just as the six were about to separate, Zhang Bei and Xiao Ge suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, the other four looked at them with puzzled expressions.
“Did you feel it too?” Zhang Bei asked Xiao Ge.
Xiao Ge nodded, and both of them turned to look back at the stone wall behind them.
However, they couldn't find anything, which made them both look puzzled.
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Hai Ke asked urgently.
Zhang Bei shook his head and said, “I don't know, we both felt like something was there.
But now there's nothing, maybe it was just the wind.”
The others furrowed their brows and stared intently at the stone wall behind them, but they couldn't find anything either.
“Let's go! Everyone be careful,” Zhang Bei said.
With that, Zhang Bei followed Zhang Jiu Ri.
Xiao Ge followed Zhang Hai Ke, and Zhang Hai Xing followed Zhang Nian.
Two people in a group, just enough to investigate the three openings.
After entering the opening, they discovered that a large number of boxes were piled up around them.
Some of these boxes were still intact, while others were completely scattered.
After opening a few boxes, Zhang Bei found that they didn't contain any secret manuals, but rather some pottery jars and other such things.
Previously, Xiao Ge had said that he saw the old patriarch bring down jars, and these must be those jars.
“What a pity.” Zhang Bei felt a little regretful.
It seems that those so-called secret manuals were all on the ship.
The boxes down here were all the preserved food brought by the old patriarch, but he wondered what use these preserved foods were.
At the same time, there were also many bones, and these bones had no injuries on them.
They were either poisoned or committed suicide, if it was due to fighting, the bones would have some damage.
Looking at this eerie scene, Zhang Bei felt something was wrong.
With so many bones, they had no idea which one belonged to the old patriarch, so they could only search slowly.
This also slowed down their progress, but they could only patiently search for it.
“I found it, I found it.”
Suddenly, Zhang Jiu Ri exclaimed with joy.
In front of Zhang Jiu Ri was a large pile of scattered boxes.
Next to the boxes sat a skeleton.
The skeleton clutched a stick-like object wrapped in cloth in its arms.
Around him were three kneeling skeletons.
It was obvious that these three had witnessed the patriarch's death.
But just as Zhang Jiu Ri was about to take action.
“Be careful! Don’t touch it!” Zhang Bei shouted suddenly.
Zhang Jiu Ri looked at Zhang Bei with doubt, feeling a little displeased, was this guy trying to steal it?
But soon Zhang Jiu Ri discovered something was wrong.
On the wall behind them, two shadows appeared, and they were very large.
But what puzzled him was that he had already turned around with the lantern, yet the shadows were still there.
“What is this?” Zhang Jiu Ri was also scared.
Not only that, they also heard screams coming from the other openings.
It seemed that they had also discovered the same shadows.
“Everyone be careful! There’s something wrong with those shadows!” Zhang Nian's voice came from the opening.
They had already discovered it without Zhang Nian's reminder.
“Come here quickly, we found the old patriarch.” Zhang Jiu Ri shouted hurriedly.
Now, regardless of anything else, since they had found the patriarch, they should quickly find the Sky Staff and leave this place.
Those shadows were getting bigger and bigger, no one knew what they were, but they were definitely not good.
So they had to act quickly.
When the others arrived at the cave, they suddenly heard a buzzing sound in the air.
Like flies flying around their ears, it made them feel a little puzzled.
“Look at the shadows!” Zhang Hai Xing shouted hurriedly.
Only then did everyone notice that the shadows, which had been humanoid, were now swollen and distorted.
And the edges of the shadows were rapidly splitting, like a devil from hell baring its fangs and claws.
“Quick! Xiao Ge, the patriarch is behind me, quickly check if the Sky Staff is there too?” Zhang Jiu Ri shouted hurriedly.
Xiao Ge nodded and immediately went to where Zhang Jiu Ri had found the patriarch.
“Rattle!”
Just as Xiao Ge was about to take action.
The fully expanded shadows quickly transformed into tiny dots and rushed towards everyone.
“What kind of ghost thing is this?”
Everyone was terrified and hurriedly waved the lanterns or daggers in their hands to resist those black dots.
But what made them feel unbelievable was that those black dots could turn.
They also knew how to avoid their attacks and crazily bit them.
“They’re insects! But what kind of insects are they? My hand!”
Soon Zhang Hai Xing was attacked and fell to the ground, her hands waving constantly.
Zhang Bei was also bitten, even though he considered himself skilled, it was useless against these insects.
After all, there were too many insects, and they didn't know where they came from.
They were densely packed, and they couldn't resist, but Zhang Bei found that after being bitten once, the insects dispersed immediately.
They were no longer biting him, as if they were afraid of him.
“麒麟血?”
Zhang Bei immediately realized it.
Previously, he had acquired a "Reversion to Ancestral Form" attribute, which enhanced his bloodline.
It made his blood have the ability to drive away insects.
Looking at the insects carefully, they looked like yellow hornets, only their mouths were very sharp.
Once they pierced the skin, the insects would frantically bite their flesh.
This reminded Zhang Bei of the surrounding bones, it was likely that these people had all been eaten by the insects.
“No! These insects are afraid of 麒麟血, but they seem very ferocious.”
Soon Zhang Bei discovered something was wrong, although the insects were still afraid of 麒麟血 at first.
But they would still charge forward desperately.
Because now, there were a few insects flying over to bite the place where he was bitten before and then ran away.
Now Zhang Bei finally understood why those ancestors of the Zhang family died here.
He believed that among so many people, there were definitely some with special blood, but they still died.
“Ah! Help me?”
Just when Zhang Bei felt something was wrong, Zhang Hai Ke and the other four had already been surrounded by a large group of insects.
Although he had disliked those few people before, he also knew they had their own intentions in following them.
But Zhang Bei still used the dagger to cut his finger.
Because Xiao Ge was still studying the old patriarch's body, he couldn't let Xiao Ge be distracted.
As he cut his finger, Zhang Bei flicked his wrist, and the 麒麟血 shot out, immediately driving away the insects on them.
“He has special blood, quickly get close to him!” Zhang Nian shouted urgently.
Zhang Bei furrowed his brows, this guy was treating him as a mobile blood bank?
“Xiao Ge, hurry up!” Zhang Bei could only shout.
Xiao Ge said, “Wait, there are explosives all over, be quiet!”
Zhang Bei turned to see that there were wires connected under the bones.
It was a good thing that Zhang Jiu Ri hadn’t acted rashly before, otherwise they might have all been blown up.
Xiao Ge carefully removed a section of the wrapped cloth, and finally saw the object wrapped inside.
Even though it was just a head, Xiao Ge was already certain that this was the Sky Staff.
But because he was afraid of triggering the explosives, Xiao Ge could only be very careful.
Zhang Bei could only helplessly keep sprinkling his blood, only then could he stop the insects from approaching.
But this was only temporary, as countless insects swarmed over the scattered blood.
This weakened the effect of the 麒麟血, and he could only keep sprinkling blood to stop them.
Zhang Bei was horrified, realizing that this was a trap specifically designed for the Zhang family.
“Done!”
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