Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 51 Desert Poison Scorpion
"Why?" Gu Meidi and I said in unison.

Professor Ye said: "You can know it by touching it!"

Gu Meidi and I looked at each other, and curiously stretched out our hand to touch the cheek of the wax corpse. After touching it, I found that my hand was greasy, as if it had been coated with wax oil.

"What... what's going on here? The wax oil has melted?" I looked up at the wax corpse in front of me, and found two clearly visible palm prints on the face of the wax corpse. up.

Professor Ye said: "Now you understand that the wax corpse is not actually laughing, it is because the wax oil is heated and melted, causing the facial deformation of the wax corpse, giving us the illusion that the wax corpse is laughing!"

Having cracked the weird secret of the wax corpse's smile, Gu Meidi and I both heaved a sigh of relief, secretly.It turned out that everything was due to the melting of the wax oil, and it was not some wax corpse laughing at all, it was all our fault for being too suspicious.I can't help but admire Professor Ye even more. He can always use science to explain these seemingly incredible things. It seems that we have a lot to learn from him.

We were about to leave, but at this moment, the wax corpse in front of us suddenly opened its mouth!
OMG!

We took a big step back in horror, and the cold sweat came down.

If the wax corpse smiled because the wax melted, then why did the wax corpse open its mouth?

Just when we were still in shock, a strange rustling sound came from the wax corpse's mouth.

I boldly walked forward, the Luoyang shovel from before was still pinned to my waist, I pulled out the Luoyang shovel, and used the shovel edge to pry the open mouth of the wax corpse.Suddenly, a black shadow sprang out from the wax corpse's mouth. I was startled, and quickly flicked the shovel blade, and the black shadow fell to the ground with a snap.

We took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp. That black shadow turned out to be a black poisonous scorpion, the size of a palm, with its tail raised high, crawling up and down on the ground, like a bragging scorpion. warrior.

I flipped the shovel blade over and slapped it down, smashing the poisonous scorpion into meat paste.

It's really strange, how could poisonous scorpions come out of the wax corpse's mouth?
I looked at the bloody meat sauce on the ground, puzzled, and the Gu Meidi next to me suddenly yelled loudly: "Look! Scorpions! There are so many scorpions!"

I looked up and saw a horrifying scene.

One after another, scorpions crawled out of the wax corpse's mouth, no, to be precise, they should have gushed out.The wax corpse's mouth has been completely opened, and those scorpions seem to be spit out from his mouth, endlessly, soon covered the entire body of the wax corpse, and approached us quickly.

Obviously, these scorpions were stuffed into the belly of the wax corpse when making the wax corpse?What was the purpose of the ancients doing this?How did these scorpions survive for thousands of years in the belly of the wax corpse?

All kinds of questions hovered in our minds, but at this moment we couldn't calm down and think about these questions, because more and more scorpions had surrounded me, and two scorpions even climbed up my instep.

Gu Meidi stomped his feet desperately and screamed: "We have to get out of here!"

"Go! Go back!" I waved the Luoyang shovel and swept away the scorpions under my feet.But those scorpions are like soldiers following one after another, just as one is swept away, another one immediately fills the gap, and they can't be driven away no matter how hard they are.I gritted my teeth suddenly, swung the Luoyang shovel and slapped the ground indiscriminately. After more than ten shovels in a row, the ground was covered with a layer of poisonous scorpion corpses, and a stench permeated instantly.

After running back for less than five meters, Gu Meidi pushed me from behind: "Tuobagu, what did you stop for? Why didn't you run?"

I licked my dry lips and said harshly, "We can't run away!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Meidi was shocked.

I raised the Luoyang shovel and pointed to the way I came: "I can't go back, the secret road is full of scorpions!"

Through the dim light of the fire, we saw with horror that the entire secret passage was covered with poisonous scorpions.The mouths of the wax corpses behind them were all cracked open, spitting out scorpions continuously.Tens of thousands of poisonous scorpions were densely packed together, forming a large black mass, not only covering the ground, but also covering the walls, and many even climbed onto the bluestone slab above the head.A strong stench filled the entire secret passage, and the sight in front of him made one's scalp tingle, and one felt so sick that one wanted to vomit.

Now we finally understand that the strange rustling sound we heard just now was the sound made by the army of scorpions crawling. Unfortunately, we were too negligent and didn't notice it for so long, so that we are now in a desperate situation. .

How to do?
What should we do now?
We were anxious like ants on a hot pot, Gu Meidi told us that these are desert scorpions with highly poisonous body.This type of scorpion likes to live in groups the most, and they always go out together in a mighty way. They are the overlords in the desert, and they can chew camels into bare skeletons.If we can't escape here in time, then in a few minutes, there will be three more white human skeletons in the secret passage, just thinking about it makes people shudder.

Countless poisonous scorpions surged in the secret passage like black tides.The road I came here was covered with layers of scorpions, and I couldn't go back.There are not many scorpions on the road ahead, and now we can only advance but not retreat, and run down the secret road.

Professor Ye was holding a torch in front to open the way, the Gumei flute was in the middle, and I was carrying a Luoyang shovel in the back to stop the scorpion tide.

After running for a short distance, I have come to the end of the secret passage, there is no road ahead, only a thick stone gate, like a broken dragon stone, blocking the secret passage tightly, this stone gate should be the gate of the tomb .

I saw that the tomb gate was made of blue-gray stones, and the tomb gate was also engraved with Zhenyin patterns, and there were several rows of Xixia characters on the left and right sides and on the top, and we couldn't understand what it meant.In the center of the tomb door, there is a pair of stone-carved hands. Those hands protrude from the tomb door, holding a stone-carved lamp niche in their palms. The whole shape looks ghostly.

Gu Meidi stepped forward and pushed the tomb door, and found that the tomb door was tight and seamless: "This tomb door is too heavy, it should not be opened manually, it may be controlled by some mechanism!"

I was sweating profusely from behind: "Then hurry up and find out where the mechanism is. There are more and more scorpion troops, and I can't stop it!"

When I said this, several scorpions had already climbed up my trouser legs. I jumped desperately, shaking the few scorpions to the ground, then picked up the Luoyang shovel, and slapped them into meat paste, black The slime coated the bottom of the shovel.

Professor Ye stared at the door of the tomb, and thought for a while: "You don't need to look for it, the mechanism should be on the door of the tomb!" Then, he put the torch into the lamp niche carved in stone.

After a while, the niche of the lamp was lit up, and a cluster of faint blue flames rose inside, and the flames flickered like erratic ghosts.Immediately afterwards, a dull rumbling sound came from behind the tomb door.In our amazed eyes, the heavy tomb door in front of us was pulled upwards by some unknown force, and it was suspended in mid-air, about 150 centimeters from the ground, which was enough for us to get in.

The situation was urgent, and we didn't have time to think about it, so we bent down and quickly got in.

There is also a pair of stone-carved hands behind the tomb door, holding a stone-carved lamp niche in their palms.Professor Ye lit the lamp alcove in the same way, and the faint blue flame rose accordingly. With the rumbling sound, the door of the tomb sank rapidly, completely isolating us from the secret passage outside with a bang, and also flooded the tomb like a flood. An army of moving scorpions blocked the entrance of the tomb.

Some poisonous scorpions crawled in when the tomb door was closed. I held the Luoyang shovel horizontally and guarded the tomb door, smashing all the poisonous scorpions that crawled into meat paste.There was also a poisonous scorpion crawling over the door of the tomb. I raised the Luoyang shovel and cut it in two with the sharp blade.

"It's finally safe!" I let out a long breath, wiped the hot sweat off my face, and slid limply on the ground against the door of the tomb, only then did I realize that my legs were hurting like cramps. , It can be seen how nervous just now.

"It's just temporarily safe!" Gu Meidi said, "We have already entered the tomb, and we don't know what terrible things will be waiting for us in the tomb!"

I glared at Gu Meidi: "Crow mouth!"

The torch in Professor Ye's hand was extinguished again, and the surroundings suddenly became dark, leaving only the lamp niche emitting a faint blue halo, which seemed even more quiet and eerie in this dead and silent tomb.

Professor Ye sighed: "We were too careless just now, and almost got caught!"

I was puzzled: "Why are there so many poisonous scorpions in the belly of the wax corpse?"

Professor Ye said: "I think this wax corpse secret passage is a deliberate trap! Before sealing the wax corpse, poisonous scorpions were put into the wax corpse's stomach. The wax oil will melt when exposed to high temperature. When the oil melts, the poisonous scorpions in the wax corpse's stomach will 'wake up', and then come out of the wax corpse's body, biting those who break into the secret passage! As for how these huge numbers of poisonous scorpions can survive in the wax corpse for thousands of years For a long time, we have no way of knowing this question, maybe it is some kind of secret technique of the ancients!"

Gu Meidi said: "In other words, if the wax oil does not melt, the poisonous scorpion inside will not crawl out? Is there some flaw in this design? How can the designer ensure that the wax oil can melt? If we If I didn't use a torch just now, but if I used wolf eyes or a small flashlight to light it, wouldn't it wake up the poisonous scorpion in the wax corpse?"

Professor Ye nodded and said: "In theory, there is nothing wrong with saying this, but you have overlooked a key point, that is, when the ancient designers designed this mechanism, how could they have thought that wolf eyes and flashlights would appear in later generations? Use torches or torches for lighting, as long as the melting point of the wax oil is low enough, it can ensure that the poisonous scorpion can break out of the body!"

Gu Meidi's cheeks flushed slightly: "Uh, that's right, it's still wise to teach you!"

I teased her with a smile: "It's not that the professor is wise, it's that you are too stupid to think of such a simple logic!"

"You..." Gu Meidi blushed, raised her fist and wanted to hit me.

"Hey, a good man uses his mouth but not his hands!" I quickly said, this little girl is a taekwondo master, I can't beat her.

"I'm not a good man!" Gu Meidi roared with wide eyes.

"Female men are also good men!" I shouted.

"Enough is enough, can you two calm down for a while, save some energy, we don't know what danger is waiting for us ahead!" Professor Ye said.

(End of this chapter)