Chapter 213 [Going to the Mountain] (Part 2)
Luo Lie strode forward, leaving Arno, who was thinking wildly, far behind.
Zhang Changgong, at the front of the team, found a corpse. In the eyes of the group of people, it was not surprising that they found it. It was only so late that they found it. It was a bit strange when they walked here. It was almost three miles away from the place where the fierce battle yesterday. Then they saw a corpse. Part of the corpse was buried in yellow sand, and was lying on the sand face down.
They had experienced many dangers before, and they didn't dare to approach the body rashly when they saw the body. Zhou Wenhu saw from the exposed uniform that the man should be a member of their army, and he told Zhang Changgong about this.
Zhang Changgong made a gesture, and Lu Weilin raised his gun and aimed at the head of the corpse to avoid fraud. Zhang Changgong held the knife in one hand, walked over, came to the corpse, and patted the corpse with a knife. He first slapped the corpse with a knife. Seeing that the corpse was not moving, he reached out to grab the shoulder of the corpse and helped him turn around.
The body turned over, and Martha exclaimed in fear. Yan Tianxin also turned around subconsciously. Luo Lie immediately reached out to block Tiewa's view.
The corpse was extremely terrifying in death. The entire face was torn off, the flesh and blood were blurred, the chest and abdomen were cut open, and the inside was empty, and all the internal organs were hollowed out.
Zhou Wenhu and Zhao Luxin saw that their comrades died so miserably, and their hearts were hit the most. When their eyes heated up, they couldn't control the tears of soybeans. Zhao Luxin gritted his teeth and said, "Baby... I'll tear them up to pieces after finding those beasts!" They were extremely sad and angry, but the reason in their minds told him that he had no ability at all.
Zhang Changgong carefully observed the corpse and said, "It should not be done by humans. There are signs of being bitten on the face. The injuries in the chest and abdomen should be scratched by sharp claws. It is obviously caused by lacerations, not by swords."
Lu Weilin walked up to the corpse with a gun and took a look. He also agreed with Zhang Changgong's point of view. No one would be so cruel.
Luo Lie thought of the one-eyed beast they encountered last night. The one-eyed beast should have such power. Zhang Changgong had found the footprints of the animals nearby at this time. Judging by his years of hunting experience, the footprint should be a trace of the wolf claws, which is completely different from the one-eyed beasts I encountered last night. However, although the shape is similar, the claw marks are larger than the ordinary wolf claws. Judging from the footprints alone, if this creature is a wolf, then the size of the wolf is also extremely amazing, and the length of the body should be about two meters.
Even the blood wolf encountered in Pale Mountain did not have such a huge size. Zhang Changgong did not find too many footprints. It can basically be concluded that a creature dragged the corpse here.
Zhou Wenhu and Zhao Luxin couldn't bear to have their comrades stormed in the wilderness, so they buried their comrades with yellow sand.
But soon they discovered that this was just the beginning. On the way, they encountered soldiers' bodies, almost all the same tragic situation. The cruel creatures were only interested in the faces and internal organs of these soldiers, and ignored their bodies.
Most of the people were shocked by the tragic situation in front of them, but Luo Lie found that these corpses were leading them to some unknown fear.
Martha quietly said to Luo Lie: "Have you found that all these corpses appeared on the road to Helan Mountain?" Her words were not accurate. There was no way to talk about the vast Gobi Desert, but the route of the corpse appeared was exactly the same as the route indicated by the map in the Quran.
Luo Lie did not think that the Knights of the Heavenly Temple would be so bored that they killed the soldiers, and then arranged the corpses here one by one. Could it be the unknown creature that caused the scene in front of him?
Zhang Changgong pointed forward and said, "Look!"
Everyone walked over quickly and saw a huge depression in front of them, a natural sand pit, with dense corpses everywhere. It is not difficult to tell from the clothes of the corpses that they all came from the army of Xinman camp, and their bodies were missing, but were all transferred here.
Seeing the scene in front of you, Zhou Wenhu and Zhao Luxin could no longer control their emotions. They burst into tears because of fear, sadness and guilt. Only by crying loudly could we relieve some of the pressure in our hearts.
Yan Tianxin bit her cherry lips. She had never seen such a cruel scene in her life. More than a thousand soldiers. No matter what the starting point of these people, they were all living lives after all. They suddenly turned into bloody corpses, and there were no dead bodies. Their internal organs were eaten up by unknown cruel beasts.
Song Changjin's face was pale. He could no longer help but bow down and vomit when he smelled the strong blood and stench of corpse.
Zhang Changgong blocked Tiewa behind him and ordered him not to see it. Although Lu Weilin was cold, he could not imagine who could do such a cruel thing.
Luo Liedao: "Why should all the corpses be concentrated here?"
Song Changjin wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, gasped and said, "This place used to be a sacrificial pit..."
Everyone's eyes were all turned to Song Changjin. Song Changjin misunderstood their meaning and said with a wry smile: "What are you watching me for? It's not that I killed them, I just know more. Is there any guilt?"
Zhang Changgong shook his head and said, "It should not be a simple sacrifice."
Arnold said: "What is it not a sacrificial priest? Shouldn't it be that the corpses are kindly dragged into this pit and buried?"
Lu Weilin said: "How is it possible? I see this place like a place to store food."
Arnold's head was shaking like a rattle: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. It's so hot that it will become stinky meat in a short while. Do they like to eat carrion?"
The ground under their feet trembled. They hurriedly retreated, but saw some parts of the sand pit beginning to collapse, and the bodies on them fell down with the collapsed part.
Zhang Changgong said: "Let's leave here first."
Luo Lie felt the sand surface under his feet start to vibrate irregularly, and something seemed to be shaking constantly below.
Tiewa suddenly pointed to the distance and exclaimed: "Look!"
Everyone looked up and saw a wild beast as big as a yak standing on the top on the sand dune on the south side. Its fur was brown and yellow, almost integrated with the surrounding sand dunes. Its head was huge and had a mane like a lion. Its head was raised and its chest was raised, looking down at the human below, and its blue eyes showed a proud and cold light.
Most people's first reaction was a lion, but the hair on the lion should not be that long. Song Changjin said: "Ghost Mastiff...that's Ghost Mastiff..."
Lu Weilin picked up the rifle and magnified the beast's head through the scope. He found that it actually had dark brown marks on its body. The outline of the face was more angular than that of a lion, with wide forehead, narrow jaw, protruding mouth and nose, more like a wolf with a long mane.
Before he was sure whether the ghost mastiff was going to attack them, Lu Weilin did not fire a rashly, but he soon entered a state of fighting, and appeared one after another from behind the sand dunes. After the ghost mastiff gathered, he immediately ran towards everyone.
Lu Weilin no longer hesitated and aimed at the ghost mastiff that had been locked, and shot it out with a bullet and hit the ghost mastiff's head. The ghost mastiff rolled and threw itself to the ground.
Luo Lie yelled: "Follow me!" He ran towards a accompanying tomb on the right. There was no place to hide around them. Looking around, there were at least hundreds of ghost mastiffs. Only by seizing the terrain at high places and defending the high ground to fight back can one avoid casualties as much as possible.
The Pangling chosen by Luo Lie is not high, the overall height is only about eight meters. Due to weathering, the top of the Pangling has long been eroded into flat ground, which can provide them with a foothold.
A group of people had just escaped to the top of the Pangling. The group of ghost mastiffs had surrounded the place from all directions. Fortunately, they had sufficient ammunition. Lu Weilin, Yan Tianxin, and Zhou Wenhu were all sharpshooters in the team. Zhang Changgong and Tiewa were also good at long-distance attacks. Arnold and Luo Lie were responsible for throwing grenades, and the rest were responsible for responding. Although the ghost mastiffs were fierce and strong, their bodies were not steel bars and iron bones after all, and they could not resist the shooting of guns and bullets. More than half of them were killed or injured in a short time.
Song Changjin also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. In fact, the ghost mastiff he mentioned was just one of the mastiffs. This mastiff usually lives in the desert, does not like to live in groups, and likes to eat carrion and internal organs. It seems that the corpses that were severely damaged before were the ones they did.
Zhou Wenhu and Zhao Luxin hated these cruel ghost mastiffs very much. They raised their guns and aimed at the ghost mastiff below and repeatedly fired and killed them.
After being shot, the ghost mastiffs were killed and injured. They began to realize that if they just attacked, they would not only be unable to attack the high ground, but would instead be wiped out by these well-weaponed humans. So the surviving ghost mastiffs began to retreat.
Luo Lie reminded his companions not to go down to pursue, and could only shoot from a long distance.
Lu Weilin squatted and shot. He shot without firing a shot. A ghost mastiff was shot and killed by him on the spot. The rest stopped shooting. They did not have such magical shooting skills at such a long distance. Lu Weilin's shooting skills had a strong deterrent force on the ghost mastiff. The ghost mastiff kept retreating to the distance and returned to the place where they had just appeared.
Song Changjin murmured: "Strange, ghost mastiffs rarely appear in this area, and it is even more unheard of in groups."
Luo Liedao: "It is recorded in the Sanquan Picture?"
Song Changjin nodded and said, "This thing likes to eat rotten meat, is good at digging holes, and likes to dig dead graves and steal rotten corpses..." The ghost mastiff in the distance let out a shrill howl, and howls come one after another.
Zhang Changgong frowned and said, "Are they calling for their companions?"
Lu Weilin fired another shot, but the shot failed to hit the target, and the ghost mastiffs had already escaped beyond his range.
Yan Tianxin reminded everyone: "Look at that sand pit!"
Chapter completed!