Da Kui was startled at first, but then he calmed down. “A machine gun is nothing to be surprised about, it just means they have some resources.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Chan, Yingzi, Hu Ba Yi, and Wang Pangzi pulled open their backpacks and each took out a machine gun.
Da Kui "..."
“My god, so many machine guns?” Wu Xie was shocked.
Panzi looked at his double-barreled shotgun and felt a little embarrassed.
“Don’t worry about that, everyone be careful.”
Wu San Sheng quickly snapped out of his shock and reminded Wu Xie and the others, “They wouldn’t be pulling out machine guns at this time unless it’s serious.”
Suddenly.
A clear sound echoed through the cave. The sound was mesmerizing, making people want to listen intently and forget all their worries.
Wu Xie, Wu San Sheng, Panzi, Da Kui, the old man, and the boatman were instantly entranced.
At the same time.
Yingzi, Hu Ba Yi, and Wang Pangzi were also captivated by the sound, completely lost in it. They had a dazed look on their faces.
“Phantom Sound?”
Wu Chan was completely unaffected by the six-cornered bell.
“Ordinary people will quickly be entranced and even jump into the river, where there are many Corpse Beetles.”
Lu Feng had seen countless Corpse Beetles jumping from both sides of the cave into the water, swimming towards their boat.
Following the sound, he located the source of the strange noise. It was a slightly larger Corpse Beetle, and the sound was coming from within it.
Da-da-da!!!
Fire erupted from the gun barrel, and the Corpse Beetle was shot dead before it even reacted. The six-cornered bell and the centipede inside were shattered by the bullets.
The six-cornered bell contained a centipede, which would harm others if sold. It was good to destroy it.
“What happened?”
Wang Pangzi tightened his grip on the machine gun and nervously looked around.
“We were just hypnotized by the sound.”
Hu Ba Yi broke out in a cold sweat. Though Lu Feng had mentioned the hypnotic bell sound, he didn't expect them to be instantly affected.
“Quick, look at the river!”
Yingzi pointed at the river illuminated by the light. The river water was boiling and swirling towards their boat. “It’s like there’s something in there.”
“It’s Corpse Beetles.” Lu Feng said.
Hu Ba Yi scanned the area with his strong flashlight. His scalp tingled. Thousands of Corpse Beetles were swarming from both banks!
“My god, so many?”
Wang Pangzi stood up in surprise and bumped his head on the cave ceiling. It hurt so much that he had to squat down.
“What are you waiting for? Shoot!”
Lu Feng grabbed his machine gun and started firing wildly at the Corpse Beetles in the river.
“Damn it!”
Wang Pangzi roared and sprayed bullets at the river surface.
Da-da-da…
Wu Chan, Yingzi, and Hu Ba Yi followed suit. Tongues of fire erupted in the cave, and countless Corpse Beetle corpses floated up from the water.
Wu Xie had just regained consciousness and saw Lu Feng and the others firing wildly at the river. His eyelids twitched. “What’s going on?”
Panzi and Da Kui were tense, fearing that Lu Feng and his team would turn their guns towards them. In that case, they would have nowhere to escape.
“There are Corpse Beetles in the water.”
Wu San Sheng reminded them loudly.
“Corpse Beetles?”
Wu Xie took a look and saw dozens of Corpse Beetles starting to climb onto the boat. He was startled and fell to the boat. “Quick, quick, kill them.”
“We don’t have guns.”
Da Kui was terrified and completely lost it.
Panzi fired his shotgun twice, but he realized it was less effective than a shovel. He grabbed his shovel and started whacking the Corpse Beetles.
One swing killed six or seven.
But there were too many Corpse Beetles. The three of them couldn’t handle them all. Da Kui was all brawn but no brains, and he was terrified. Now, he was sitting on the boat like a lost soul.
Corpse Beetles swarmed onto the boat from all sides.
“We’re finished!”
Da Kui felt despair.
Wu San Sheng, Wu Xie, and Panzi’s faces turned pale.
Just when they thought they were going to die, Zhang Qi Ling drew his black gold ancient sword and cut his finger.
The Corpse Beetles on the boat instantly stopped as if they had been petrified.
Zhang Qi Ling sprinkled a drop of his blood on the boat. The Corpse Beetles retreated back into the river like a tide, quickly moving away from their boat.
“What happened?”
Wu Xie was shocked.
Wu San Sheng was both surprised and delighted.
Zhang Qi Ling didn’t answer. He just silently looked at Lu Feng and the others.
“There are so many Corpse Beetles. I’m going to blow them all to hell.”
Wang Pangzi took out two grenades and threw them at the group of Corpse Beetles.
Boom!!
Hundreds of Corpse Beetles were blown up, creating a vacuum zone.
“Don’t blow up the cave.”
Lu Feng took a bamboo pole and pushed hard, causing the boat to shoot forward.
Nobody knew how to row a boat, so Lu Feng temporarily took on the role.
“I know.” Wang Pangzi found an opportunity and threw another one out. It was a dud. “The quality’s not good enough!”
Wu Chan saw this and took out three grenades, throwing them directly into the swarm of Corpse Beetles. She blew up a large number of them.
Half a minute later, the boat entered a huge natural cave. The water flow became gentler. A strong stench of decay wafted from both sides of the cave.
Yingzi threw an exploration lamp toward the shore. They saw hundreds of rotting corpses lying still on the shore, and countless Corpse Beetles crawling on them.
There were also three crystal coffins embedded vertically in the rock walls.
Hu Ba Yi threw an exploration lamp to the other side of the river. He saw piles of rotting corpses and three crystal coffins on the rock walls.
“Why are there so many corpses?”
“Did we stumble into the Corpse Beetle lair?”
“This is a Corpse Pile, which, as the name suggests, is a place where a large number of corpses have been piled up. Corpse Beetles love corpses, so they come here in large numbers to breed.” Lu Feng said.
Bang!
A dull sound caught everyone’s attention.
Wang Pangzi looked up and took a step back in surprise. “There’s another crystal coffin on the cave ceiling, and the lid is being knocked open—a corpse is about to rise!”
Boom!!
The coffin fell from the bottom of the cave and crashed into the water. A pair of paper-white hands extended from the coffin. A female corpse with waist-length hair stood up.
She stared blankly at them.
“Is this the Female Puppet?” Yingzi wondered. “It doesn’t look like a spirit.”
“This is a special type of zombie formed from long-term absorption of negative energy. She can confuse people’s minds, absorb their ‘yang energy,’ and make them take her with them.” Hu Ba Yi said.
“Take her where?”
Wang Pangzi was curious.
Hu Ba Yi shook his head. “I don’t know. Maybe she just follows them until she absorbs their ‘yang energy,’ and then they will die a sudden death!”
“Damn!”
Wang Pangzi shivered. It was better not to provoke this thing. “Lu Feng, let’s get out of here.”
“Don’t worry.” Lu Feng glanced at the female puppet and then turned to Wu Chan. “Can you handle it?”
“Yes.”
Wu Chan’s pupils turned purple, and the purple light formed two whirlpools.
An invisible force locked onto the female puppet’s soul.
Whoosh!
The female puppet’s soul was directly sucked into her pupils.