Chapter 93: What happened next?

This time, the sound no longer came as a single burst, but continued without stopping. The faces of the group all turned ugly. Relatively speaking, only Han Niu remained slightly calmer. He felt around in his own bag and put on a pair of cowhide gloves.

These were Han Niu’s standard “equipment,” because he was usually the one who reached into coffins. But what could a long decayed coffin contain? Rats, spiders, centipedes... and even worse, what if there was a jiangshi lying inside waiting to bite someone?

So these soft cowhide gloves were quite useful.

After putting on the gloves, Han Niu seemed to gain a bit more courage. He gave the others a look, and they nodded back. Then Han Niu shouted, “Open it.” Without hesitation, he used all his strength to pry open the jar lid.

The lid was honestly very tight. Han Niu strained with all his strength, his neck turning red, until he finally heard a Clang. sound.

The lid opened. Because he had used too much force, the solid half rolled to the side, leaving Han Niu holding only a hollow lid full of holes.

“It is nothing much,” Guo Er thought to himself. But the next moment, he saw a white shadow crawl out of the jar.

Because he could not see clearly, Guo Er shone his flashlight at it. The next moment, he saw a worm.

“It is a worm!” Guo Er shouted. Everyone followed his flashlight beam and looked over. It really was a worm.

It was exactly the same as the relief carving on the wall, that kind of fat, soft, almost intestinal worm, but far more hideous than any intestinal worm.

But even if it looked like a monster, these men would not be frightened by it anymore. A worm was still just a worm. Country folk had seen plenty of them.

At that moment, the worm had already fully crawled out of the jar. It let out another strange cry, but the group was no longer afraid. What was there to fear from a worm making noise?

“Han Niu, smash it to death,” Guo Er said with a sigh of relief, even reaching into his pocket, as if he was about to light a cigarette.

Han Niu responded and lifted his shovel, walking over to smash the worm.

At that moment, something strange happened. The worm suddenly raised half its body like a snake and continuously hissed at Han Niu.

That sound was truly irritating, and its raised posture made it even more sinister.

Guo Er felt a wave of irritation and shouted, “Han Niu, smash it!”

But Han Niu acted as if he did not hear him at all. He stood motionless, his expression dazed. Guo Er became frustrated and directly grabbed his shovel and rushed forward himself. At that moment, the worm suddenly turned its head toward Guo Er and hissed at him.

In that instant, Guo Er finally understood Han Niu’s feeling. The moment the worm hissed at him, his whole body froze. It felt like even his thoughts had stopped, his mind going completely blank.

Perhaps because the worm had turned toward Guo Er, Han Niu felt less pressure and shouted, “Second Brother, this worm is strange. One hiss and it makes people dazed.”

At this point, Jiang Yaomaoer could not hold back anymore. He was not very brave, so he pulled out a bag of black dog blood and threw it at the worm. He did not understand much, he only knew this thing was evil. Black dog blood was useless for most things, but it could ward off evil spirits.

Slap. The bag of black dog blood burst open as it hit, spilling everywhere. When throwing it, Jiang Yaomaoer had already torn it slightly, and with the impact, it fully split.

The black dog blood splashed all over the worm, and the worm immediately went silent and softened.

Guo Er shot Jiang Yaomaoer a grateful look. In truth, he had previously regretted bringing him along. He was timid and his so called skills had not been useful underground. It had seemed like he was useless.

But today, Jiang Yaomaoer had proven his worth. It seemed his earlier judgment was right. Things underground were too strange, and having someone “experienced” was still useful.

Without hesitation, Guo Er swung his shovel down hard at the worm. He used all his strength, thinking that when he lifted the shovel, the worm would surely be smashed into a pulp.

But when he lifted the shovel, he found the worm had not been turned into a pile of pulp as expected. It was only flattened.

Just flattened like a piece of paper.

Guo Er stared for a moment and did not think much of it. Whether it was crushed or flattened did not matter, as long as it was dead. He wanted to finish quickly and leave this cursed place, because at that moment he remembered two things.

First, they had been walking in the tomb passage for six or seven minutes and still had not reached the end. How large was this tomb? The larger the tomb, the more sinister it was, something he had been taught by an experienced tomb robber.

Second, he remembered that eerie laugh. They had already delayed for so long. He feared the real owner might be coming.

But at that moment, Han Niu shouted, “Second Brother, the worm is not dead.”

Han Niu was not a man who panicked easily. Since entering this room, he had already shouted twice, which showed how strange things were.

Guo Er’s face twitched. He could not describe what he felt. He slowly turned around and saw that the flattened worm was indeed moving, and even starting to recover.

“Han Niu, chop it with the shovel,” Guo Er said through gritted teeth.

The small shovel had a very sharp edge and could even be used like a kitchen knife. Han Niu did not hesitate and chopped down again. Old Du also rushed over to help, and Jiang Yaomaoer even poured more black dog blood onto the worm.

Everyone was filled with extreme anger, driven almost mad by the strangeness of the situation.

But after only a short while, they all became discouraged. Han Niu was the first to drop his shovel and sit down.

Because the worm was as tough as leather. It could not be cut apart at all.

Guo Er felt numb and said, “Forget it. Take the things and let us go.”

He stood up first. But the moment he rose, something strange happened. The black dog blood around the worm, and on its body, was rapidly disappearing. The white worm had already been dyed red, but now that red color was fading quickly.

“What the hell, damn it, it is sucking blood,” Old Du cursed in a chaotic voice, showing extreme fear.

Guo Er stared with red eyes, watching everything. Watching the blood disappear, watching the worm slowly swell back up, becoming round again, even growing longer and larger. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, “Go. Leave everything. This thing is too strange.”

They quickly packed their bags and ran. But Guo Er saw that Old Du still carried the canvas bag with the jar inside.

He wanted to shout at him, but thinking of his foolish son, he ultimately said nothing.

They rushed out of the room in panic. Han Niu, who was at the back, looked behind and said angrily, “Hurry, it is coming after us.”

Guo Er’s chest tightened with fear. He could not resist turning back to look. The worm really was chasing them.

It was truly pathetic. Several grown men were being chased by a worm less than half a meter long. But there was nothing they could do.

The worm was too fast. In less than a minute of running, Guo Er saw it leap across from the ceiling and land directly in front of them, raising half its body and blocking their path.

Guo Er, who was at the front, no longer cared about anything. At this point, even a clay man has three points of temper. He raised his shovel without thinking and swung at the worm.

But at that moment, his body no longer obeyed him. He first heard that hiss, then a wave of intense dizziness hit him, and Guo Er collapsed to the ground.

At the same time, he saw the others also collapsing one after another.

“This is it. We are going to die here.” This was Guo Er’s last thought before he lost consciousness.

“So what happened next?” Su Rou listened in stunned silence. After a long while, he finally reacted and asked. He was completely absorbed in the story, and clearly forgot that Guo Er was still lying there alive, which meant they must have escaped.