Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 480 [Chapter Hidden in the Abyss] 24: The Infection Begins

'But if people don't even have the memory of courage, can people still have courage? '

Chen Yan thought a lot at this moment.

'The reason why people have courage is because the life experience that has happened objectively is something that has been encountered and solved in the past, which gives people the courage to face the unknown things in the future again. '

'Once you take the first step with courage, you have the possibility to take the second step. '

'But if the memory of facing things with courage no longer exists, how can a person use courage to face fear again? '

'From this point of view, it can interfere with memory, thus making people lose the courage to face the unknown and fear—such a [Snake Kiss Strain] is too scary even if it doesn't have any strong physical attack power. '

After a short thought, Chen Yan reminded his teammates that the wall in front of them was fake, and it was a spiritual barrier built by [Snake Kiss Plant] in their hearts.

After Chen Yan finished speaking, Jack Baldo shouted "So that's how it is", stepped out and passed through the black wall.

But Weber and Paulkin Walker were different from him. Even if they knew about such weird things, they didn't have enough courage and experience to deal with them. Therefore, even with Chen Yan's reminder, they still couldn't break through their own barriers. A spiritual barrier, unable to take a single step through the black wall.

"Don't worry, we won't leave you behind."

Seeing their situation, Jack Baldo immediately said these words, and then looked at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan nodded:

"Yes, we have to find the shuttle mining machine no matter what, and return to the ground safely together!"

Webb and Pauline Walker were relieved by Chen Yan's promise, and after a short discussion, the expedition team decided to prepare to go deeper.

At this moment, Captain Prosthetic Eye and his team of miners had left Chen Yan's field of vision and entered the corner of the mine tunnel without making a sound.

And the engine of the shuttle mining machine still kept on. After everyone stopped talking, the engine sound was like the low roar of some kind of vicious dog echoing in the dark.

Chen Yan and his teammates put their guns in hand, and after a short advance, they entered the corner of the mine tunnel.

Under the dim light of the searchlight, after the corner, there seemed to be a giant crawling in the darkness at the end of the road. A small part of the bottom of the thing was submerged in the deeper water flow, and the rest was exposed in the darkness above the water flow. The dust was shrouded in the sky, and the light of the searchlight was difficult to penetrate, and it was hard to see clearly for a while.

This thing... is it a shuttling mining machine in a flameout state?
The engine statement is coming from the direction of this thing!

Chen Yan and his teammates continued to move forward, only to see a few figures standing in front of the giant—that was Captain Prosthetic Eye and his team members.

They just stood blankly in front of the shadow giant, looked up at the giant, their bodies swayed slightly, and the guns in their hands hung down, as if they were possessed.

Chen Yan and his teammates continued to advance with their guns in hand, and the shadow of the giant under the searchlights above their heads gradually became clear——

Under the light of a few searchlights, a curled up huge snake skeleton appeared in the field of vision. The skeleton was covered with granular [Snake Kiss], and the sound of the engine came from the middle of the huge skeleton.

What kind of shuttle mining machine is this!
When he saw the densely packed [Snake Kiss Plants] crawling over the bones of the giant snake curled up in the dark, Chen Yan immediately realized that the sound of the engine that everyone heard after entering the subsidence area of ​​the Water-Turning Tomb should be [Snake Kiss Plants] ] An illusion stuffed into the brain!
The next moment with this thought in mind, the sound of the roaring engine stopped abruptly in Chen Yan's ears.

"Grass."

Chen Yan cursed, and told the team members around him the result of his guess.

Also at this moment, Captain Prosthetic Eye and his fellow miners not far in front of Chen Yan suddenly turned around and raised their guns at Chen Yan.

Paulkin Walker moved much faster than them. When they made the action of raising the muzzle, the 5.56mm empowered bullet in the rifle in Paulkin's hand had already been fired, passing through the miner's helmet and gas mask, and hitting them forehead.

Under the dim light of the searchlight, several blood flowers exploded, and the opponent was headshot by the whole team in an instant.

Their bodies fell into the water, and Weber said immediately: "I didn't sense the strain from their bodies... They should not be infected by the [Snake Kiss Strain], they just fell into the [Snake Kiss Strain] produced Illusion, so their bodies don't pollute the waters, and we... are not in danger of being polluted for the time being."

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, bent down, and lifted the eyelids of a certain miner.

"You see, the bloodshot eyes inside his eyelids are normal, and there is no such thing as a strain. The eyes are the most fragile thing in a person's body. If they have been infected with a strain, the strain will definitely exist in the eyelid."

The crowd followed closely and saw what he described.

Chen Yan was a little surprised that Weber knew some popular biology content. He thought, maybe Weber didn't know the specific subject knowledge, but just made such a judgment based on his direct experience in life.

"From the first time we encountered [Snake Kiss Strain] in the cave waters until now, we can almost judge that [Snake Kiss Strain] obviously has a strong self-awareness and a certain degree of wisdom—it is using hallucinations to control If we fail, we even know to use the thermal weapons of the miners to attack us."

Chen Yan's conclusion made everyone silent, which was obviously a very bad situation.

Humans have always been intimidated by inhuman intelligent beings, and such fears usually intensify with desperate situations.

Under the light of the searchlight, Chen Yan stared at the captain with the prosthetic eye whose miner's helmet and gas mask had been broken, and suddenly realized that something was wrong with him:
"Everyone look!"

Everyone's eyes were attracted by Chen Yan's words, and they saw dark green moss wriggling along the skin on the face that was originally pale due to the long time of not being exposed to the sun inside Captain Prosthetic Eye's damaged gas mask. climb.

It's 【Snake Kiss】!
Weber's judgments based on popular biology and lived experience were wrong!

For a few seconds when everyone held their breath, [Snake Kiss Plant] had already occupied the entire face of Captain Prosthetic Eye.

The next moment, the dead Captain Prosthetic Eye suddenly opened his eyes.

Paulkin Walker's muzzle aimed at his face also spewed out flames, and countless flames exploded in the dark underground. When everyone came back to their senses, Paulkin Walker had already smashed the head of Captain Prosthetic Eye. .

"Fuck! I don't believe he can still get up like this!"

Paulkin Walker cursed viciously out of fear, and the swear words and fierce attitude seemed to bring him a certain sense of security.

(End of this chapter)