Chapter 288 [Re-entering the Tiger's Den] (1)
Luo Lie responded immediately and shot it into the water with a casual knife. The flying knife penetrated into the water like a stone sinking into the sea. There was no response for a long time.
Luo Lie and the blind man did not dare to stay where they were. They hurriedly retreated back away from the beach.
The other few people came to answer when they heard the movement. Luo Lie signaled them to find cover and came to the front of the javelin. They worked with the blind man to pull out the javelin. Zhang Changgong leaned over the end of the javelin and sniffed it, and whispered: "It's that scale-armored monster."
Although Luo Lie used his sword in time, he did not see the true body of the monster. According to Zhang Changgong's description, weapons cast by the earth's black crystal material can cause damage to the monster, which means that the knife he threw out just now has very little damage to the monster. From this, it can also be inferred that this monster has certain commonalities with the previously mutated Fang Kewen and the lonely wolf.
Unlike Zhang Changgong's view, Luo Lie believes that this monster is probably also a mutated human. The biggest difference between humans and animals is in the use of tools. Since this monster can throw a javelin to attack them, it proves that the monster has a certain IQ and ability to use tools.
Luo Liedao: "Who else has anyone come to this island besides pirates?"
Hai Mingzhu said: "I heard that before the White Shark Gang occupied this island, the Japanese had stationed an army, but they gave up the island if they didn't know what happened later."
Luo Lie thought to himself that if there were indeed Japanese troops stationed in Minglu Island in the past, perhaps this was one of their experimental bases for the experiments planned by the Wind Chaser, and the scale-armored monster might be one of the experimental items.
The blind man said, "No matter what, we should leave here as soon as possible. This Minglu Island is a bit weird. I wonder how many monsters are hidden on the island."
Zhang Changgong said: "That monster is very powerful and can actually swallow poisonous insects alive."
They have seen the toxicity of the poisonous insect. It was just a single arrow contaminated with the body fluid of the poisonous insect caused chain poisoning to sharks. Nearly a hundred sharks have died, not even a single survivor. The monster swallowed poisonous insects alive, and its body absorbed much more venom than the sharks, and it can actually live in this world safely and soundly.
Zhang Changgong pulled out the dagger and handed it to the blind man. The dagger was stained with the blood of the monster. Isn’t it said that the dagger is also poisonous? Zhang Changgong thought of himself again. He was scratched by the monster. Although it was nothing unusual from the wound, his entire left arm is now numb. Is it also a sign of poisoning?
Hai Mingzhu and Zhang Changgong also thought of the same place and said with concern: "Does your wound still hurt?"
Zhang Changgong shook his head and said, "It hurt just now, but it doesn't hurt at all now."
It is not necessarily a good thing to not feel pain. Luo Lie asked Hai Mingzhu to help Zhang Changgong untie the bandaged wound. At this moment, the skin on the wound had turned gray and white. I don’t know if it was because of swelling or other reasons, it actually showed a metal-like luster.
The blind man took a breath: "It's bad, Lao Zhang, you may have been infected by that monster."
When Hai Mingzhu saw the scene in front of her, she was so anxious that she burst into tears: "What should I do? What should I do?"
Zhang Changgong said: "It's okay, you wash the dagger first, and then dig off the flesh and blood from the wound on my shoulder." He said it lightly, but his heart became extremely heavy, and infection means that he may turn into the monster.
Luo Lie frowned. Now Zhang Changgong's entire shoulder was infected. If he wanted to clearly understand the infected part, wouldn't he have to remove his entire left shoulder? If he took it seriously, even if Zhang Changgong's body was strong, he would probably not be able to survive.
Luo Lie silently searched for ways to rescue Zhang Changgong in his mind. His father planted the seeds of wisdom in his body. With his absorption of the seeds of wisdom, he also possessed wisdom and cognition beyond ordinary people. However, after eliminating the Lion King, his body was greatly traumatized, and his abilities in all aspects were stagnant or even retreating.
Luo Lie couldn't remember it. He could not confirm that the monster was a product of the Japanese experiment based on the clues in front of him.
Several people looked at Luo Lie and the blind man said, "What should I do?"
Luo Lie said: "I want to go back."
Everyone was stunned and immediately understood that what Luo Lie said was going back, which meant to return to the cave just now.
Zhang Changgong shook his head vigorously and said, "No, it's too dangerous, there's no need for you to take risks for me."
Luo Lie said: "If it were me, you would definitely do it without hesitation."
The blind man and Ye Qinghong nodded almost at the same time and said, "I'll go with you."
Luo Lie laughed: "It's not like going to fight in a group, the more people, the better. The sharks are dead. I just went back and checked. The monster's nest must be somewhere in the cave."
The blind man handed the dagger forged with the land Xuan Crystal to Luo Lie: "Take it on your own."
Luo Lie shook his head and said, "I still have a few flying knives, even if I encounter monsters, I can handle it." He did carry more than ten flying knives with him, but only one of them was forged with the land Xuan Crystal.
Ye Qinghong said: "Someone has to help you row."
Luo Liedao: "I swim over."
Ye Qinghong pursed her cherry lips, and she forced herself to persuade Luo Lie, because she understood that even if she said that, she could not change anything, not to mention that Zhang Changgong's condition was really dangerous, and perhaps the only chance to rescue him was in the cave.
Ye Qinghong said softly: "Take care." She wrapped her pistol in oilcloth and handed it to Luo Lie. Even if the pistol could not deal with the monster, she could at least be prepared for self-defense.
Luo Lie said: "I don't use a gun."
Ye Qinghong smiled and said, "Even if it's for me, can you change your stubbornness?"
Luo Lie hesitated for a moment and finally took the gun from Ye Qinghong's hand.
The blind man sent Luo Lie to the coast, patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "Be smart, don't hold on!"
Luo Lie smiled and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."
The blind man said, "You are all my good brothers, and one of them must be left behind!"
Luo Lie also reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Two women and one wounded person, you have to hold on if you really have trouble."
The blind man nodded heavily and said, "I will hold on to the sky when it falls."
Luo Lie had already walked into the water quickly. The sea water in this area was still rising due to the eruption temperature of the undersea volcano. Luo Lie looked through the eyepiece and found that the view under the sea was much better than outside. He did not dare to stay in the water for too long and swam quickly towards the direction of the cave.
Although he encountered several shark corpses on the way, there was no real threat to approach. He successfully found the entrance of the cave just now, dived into the cave, swam to the shore in one breath, and after climbing up, he took out the flashlight from the waterproof tart bag.
Using the light of the flashlight, I saw the mess on the shore, with nearly a hundred corpses lying everywhere, and the only one that did not rot was Hai Wuchang in the mouth of Hai Mingzhu.
Luo Lie came close to the corpse and was sure there was no movement around him. Then he observed Hai Wuchang's corpse. According to Zhang Changgong's description, a poisonous insect was attached to the back of the corpse. Luo Lie put on gloves and unbuttoned Hai Wuchang's armor.
Hai Wuchang's back was exposed, and there was a blood hole as thick as a wrist behind his cervical spine and at the sacroiliac. At that time, the poisonous insect, which was like a centipede, was inserted into Hai Wuchang's body from the head and tail. Luo Lie did not know why Hai Wuchang's corpse was so attractive to poisonous insects, and he did not see the same situation from the other corpses.
Luo Lie took off all Hai Wuchang's armor. The corpse that had lost the armor was lying on the cold ground like a pale worm. Luo Lie turned Hai Wuchang's corpse and found that Hai Wuchang's belly was almost transparent. He shone Hai Wuchang's belly with a flashlight beam. He could see that it was filled with red cherry-sized insect eggs. It was foreseeable that when these insect eggs hatched in the future, they would turn into poisonous insects.
Luo Lie speculated that Hai Wuchang was probably an expert in controlling insects with poison during his lifetime. Judging from the armor of Hai Wuchang, this person should be from Japan.
Luo Lie did not find any surprises on the corpse. There were damaged ship coffins around it. It seemed that these people were all the burialists of Hai Wuchang. These ship coffins should be their unique burial form. Luo Lie used a beam to illuminate the top of the rock wall and found that there seemed to be a small hole at the junction of the rock wall and the top. If you don’t look carefully, you will usually neglect it.
Luo Lie used the iron rod hanging from the ship's coffin to climb upwards. Although the stone wall was almost vertical, it was almost impossible for Luo Lie because his hands and feet had climbing. However, after climbing to the top, it was about two meters away from the small hole. Luo Lie used the concave and concave parts of the stone wall to grab the lower edge of the hole, and his arms were lying on the edge of the hole. The hole was about one meter in diameter and could accommodate a person to pass smoothly.
Luo Lie crawled into the cave and first shone the flashlight in front of him. He saw that the cave was tilted downward, and the outer opening was small and the inside was getting bigger and bigger. The sound of waves came from below. It seemed that it was connected to the sea.
Luo Lie walked down the sloped cave carefully. The ground was steep and slippery. If you were not careful, you would probably fall and roll down. After walking a distance, a platform appeared in front of you. There were several piles of ashes on the platform. You could tell at a glance that it was a trace of human use of fire. If this was the hiding place of the monster, the fire was naturally ignited by the monster. Luo Lie can now almost determine that the monster was not a beast, but a human.
Luo Lie looked around the platform. There was a natural depression near the stone wall in front of him, which contained some daily necessities. Luo Lie discovered some medicines and injections from it. What surprised him the most was that there were two blue earth-colored crystal ores, each the size of a fist.
Chapter completed!