Chapter 251 Terror is Coming
Obviously, Ryan was not the only one who discovered the abnormality in the stone chamber.
At this time, Bart also stopped.
This experienced hunter's face changed drastically when he noticed the marks he had left on the wall.
He stopped everyone: "Wait!"
"What's wrong, Captain?"
Everyone stopped and looked puzzled.
Ba said solemnly: "I think we may be in trouble..."
Hearing their leader say this, the members became nervous and looked at him sideways.
At this time, Bart pointed to the marks on the wall and said, "We have been to this stone room before."
When they first entered the corridor, the old hunting team leader, out of cautious habit, carved marks on every fork in the road and on the walls of some stone chambers.
Although it seemed like a useless move, because everyone thought they knew the way, especially the latter part of the road, which was completely straight, with no forks, so there was no need to remember.
But it was because of this small mark that Bart discovered the abnormality.
Sister Pasha was the member who had followed Bart the longest, so she had naturally noticed his movements of carving marks before.
Now, looking at the triangular sign with the direction in front of her, her face changed drastically: "Ah? How is it possible... Aren't we always moving forward? How did we return to the stone chamber we passed by?"
The young members of the group had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation and speculated: "Is it a maze? Are we walking back here again?"
"A maze is definitely a maze, but it may not be as simple as we think!"
Bart frowned.
After a pause, he explained in detail: "I marked it before. This should be the 23rd stone chamber we have walked through! Since we walked into the corridor with this stone chamber, we have not encountered any forks in the road. If this is a maze, then it should be a 'circular maze' that connects the beginning and the end. We walked back, why not the first chamber at the beginning, but the one in the middle?"
The wasteland hunters in this world have been clearing wasteland for years and have long since accumulated a lot of experience in exploring ruins.
They had all heard of labyrinths; many ancient ruins had such things.
It's a maze with loops connected from beginning to end, like a snake biting its own tail.
The environment is used to deceive people's perception, making them think that they are walking in a straight line, but in fact they are walking in a "circular line", which leads to an infinite cycle and trapping them to death.
But the pattern of that kind of maze is very obvious, that is, if you mark the things you encounter in an order of 123456, then the order of 123456 will continue to cycle.
The method to solve that kind of maze has long been summarized.
But obviously, this one is not.
They passed the first twenty-two stone chambers and came across the twenty-third.
That's why Bart said it was strange just now.
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Hearing this, Ryan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Bart. The old hunting leader was much more careful than he expected.
The intelligent computer also made the same judgment. This is the Stone Chamber No. 23.
However, he was not panicked at all.
The "intelligent brain" panel showed no fluctuations in mental power, so what was before him should be just a simple physical maze.
If this kind of existence alone existed, it would certainly not be infinitely broad.
At most, you can just make a few more trips. With the detailed comparative data from the "smart brain", you don't have to use your brain at all and you can quickly find some patterns.
Besides, Ryan had found some clues in the ancient characters and engraved symbols on the wall.
What he was worried about now was not this, but the occasional sound of gunfire that reached his ears.
Obviously, the hunters have already fought with the monsters in this maze.
But those sounds were strange... intermittent, and didn't seem to be coming from the same corridor at all.
He was wondering what had caused it when Bart spoke again.
"From now on, everyone make a mark. I'm afraid that if my judgment is wrong, there will be other references!"
Bart's arrangement is very reasonable.
Before, he marked it all by himself, and if there was any error in his senses, it might lead everyone to the wrong area of thinking.
But if everyone makes marks, even if Bart dies, the team members will be able to read the symbols and compare with each other.
"Yes, Captain."
The members of the "Mountain Antelope Group" took out their daggers and carved marks on the wall.
After marking, Bart called everyone and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the next stone chamber!"
Ryan was also very curious about the principle of this maze, so he followed closely.
After walking about a hundred meters, they found four more stone chambers numbered consecutively, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Then the markings broke again and they discovered a brand new stone chamber!
After carefully observing that there were no symbols on the wall, Bart's face turned a little ugly, "This... the situation is a little complicated."
Ryan pulled his chin and immediately knew what trouble he was talking about.
If they encountered a circular maze, then the next stone chamber after "Chapter 27" should be "Chapter 28".
But the stone chamber before him was one he had never seen before.
Then the group walked through two more stone chambers, which were still completely unfamiliar stone chambers that they had never seen before.
This discovery is quite surprising.
It was like a complete corridor, and only one section in the middle was replaced by a corridor that had been walked before.
Seeing this, Bart and the other scavengers still haven't figured it out, but Ryan, thinking about the words carved on the wall, his eyes sparkled, and he had vaguely guessed how to crack the maze.
However, the problem before them is not just the maze, but something else!
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Just when the "Mountain Antelope Group" stopped to study the maze problem.
Suddenly, the thief who was in charge of clearing the way ahead discovered something and exclaimed, "Captain, a body was found in the tunnel!"
Everyone hurried over and saw several bodies and blood on the ground.
Two human corpses and two corpses of "dog-headed" monsters.
The corpses were dressed like ordinary scavengers, wearing light chain mail. They looked like one was a two-handed swordsman and the other a heavy armored shield warrior.
Their weapons and supplies had been taken away, most likely by their companions.
The corpse also had the hunting group's emblem on its chest.
One of them recognized him and exclaimed, "Captain, this is someone from the Blackbird Regiment!"
Bart nodded : "Yeah."
The "Blackbird Hunting Group" is a medium-sized group with two to three hundred members. Their squads are similar to the "Mountain Antelope Group" and both have captains with second-level combat power.
This is also the reason why Bart looked solemn. If they can reduce the number of the other side, then it will definitely be a threat to their "Mountain Antelope Regiment"!
At this time, Ryan squatted down, put on gloves, and carefully looked at the wounds on the two bodies.
The fatal wound was on the neck, an obvious canine bite.
But what was strange was that the skin of the corpses was shriveled, and it seemed that the loss of body fluids was the cause of their rapid death.
At this time, after Ryan checked the two human corpses, he looked through the two "monster" corpses.
Both monsters had jackal-dog heads, and looked a bit like werewolves transformed into beasts, but except for their heads, their bodies were human-like, smooth and hairless, and their lower limbs were a bit like kangaroos, looking unusually strong. Their skin was also shriveled and gray-brown, like a mummy in a cemetery.
Ryan had seen sculptures of this creature on both sides of the temple entrance before, and their appearance was no longer strange to him. He just wondered in his heart: "Is this what is written on the passage, the messenger of the god of death [Osiris]?"
The fatal wounds were caused by ordinary gunshot wounds, and the bullets had made holes in the bodies of the two monsters.
I pinched the muscle tissue and it didn't feel particularly tough.
Ryan used tweezers to pick up the bullet and examined it. It was an ordinary lead-iron bullet without any special enchanted runes.
He immediately judged that the monster's physical toughness was about the same as that of an ordinary first-level transcendent, and it could be killed with just a gun.
However, he was immediately confused.
If the monster is so easy to kill, why did two people die in this hunting group?
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Ryan is the only surgeon in the team, and he is the most proficient in anatomy.
Although Bart had roughly determined the cause of death, he still asked, "Brother Nicholas, as a professional doctor, can you tell how these two people died?"
Ryan directly stated his judgment: "There is only one wound, and the carotid artery was bitten off. But theoretically, if this degree of injury is treated in time, there is still a chance of survival. But the corpse has another characteristic, that is, a large amount of body fluids have been lost. I suspect that these two monsters quickly sucked their blood while biting them..."
After a pause, he pointed at the dog-headed man's body and continued, "Moreover... the injuries of the two monsters are very common gunshot wounds. Logically speaking, in such a narrow passage, a monster of this level cannot kill two wasteland hunters in the crowd."
"Yes, this is also what I am confused about."
Bart nodded, frowned and thought deeply, then said: "But since this dog-headed monster can be killed with a musket, then the threat is not that big. But, how did they succeed?"
After a pause, he turned his eyes and said to everyone, "From now on, everyone, pay close attention to the movements in the corridor. Don't be careless about any unusual noises!"
"And, there's one more thing."
At this time, Ryan suddenly thought of something and analyzed: "There are no extra wounds on the bodies of the two 'Blackbird Group' . They should have been bitten to death without any struggle or resistance. I suspect that this monster can sneak up on them like a high-level assassin, completely avoiding human perception, biting their necks and killing them with one blow..."
Bat nodded. "I also think this is the most likely possibility. These monsters should have a kind of 'stealth' ability. Perhaps, they are hiding among us right now..."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone felt their hair stand on end and their eyes couldn't help but glance towards both ends of the corridor.
Apart from the corner illuminated by the torch, there is still endless darkness in the distance.
No one spoke for a while, and this brief silence made the atmosphere of terror spread quickly.
It was as if there was a monster hiding in the darkness, which would suddenly pounce out in an unexpected way and bite someone's neck off.
It seems that whatever you fear, will happen.
And at this moment, terror suddenly struck.
A slightly frightened voice sounded from behind, saying, "Doctor Nicholas, it would be better if you didn't say anything. Now that you've said this, I feel a chill down my spine..."
When everyone looked closely, they saw that it was a new member who was forcing a smile, as if he was trying to use a joking tone to ease the terrifying atmosphere.
Ryan remembered that the young hunter was called Donny.
At first, everyone glanced at him casually and wanted to respond to him to ease the atmosphere. But the next moment, everyone's eyes froze and their faces turned into a look of horror as if they had seen a ghost.
Because at this moment, they saw wisps of black gauze-like smoke coming out from the gaps in the bricks and stones of the corridor, and then quickly condensed into a grinning dog's head behind Tony's neck!
Everyone pointed behind Donnie, but didn't dare to speak, as if they were afraid of provoking something, "You..."
When Donnie saw everyone's expressions, he immediately understood something and his face turned pale!
He didn't dare look back, and the brief eye contact revealed two words: Save me!
No wonder he felt so cold, because the dog-headed monster was crawling on his back, with its claws on his shoulders...
No one dared to act rashly, and no one knew how to deal with this strange scene.
But the dog head surrounded by black air did not give everyone time to think. It was very rude. As soon as it took shape, it opened its mouth and was about to bite Tony's neck.
“Bang!”
At this moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out.
Captain Bart was quick-witted and quick-handed. He quickly drew his gun and pulled the trigger, hitting the dog-headed monster in the middle of its eyebrows.
However, what no one expected was.
This shot has absolutely no effect!
The bullet passed through, as if hitting the reflection in the water, making a small hole between the eyebrows of the black smoke dog head, causing ripples, but it returned to normal in an instant.
Ryan was shocked when he saw this scene. "Immune to physical damage?! How could this happen!"
The two monster corpses on the ground clearly died from gunshot wounds, so why did Bart's gun hit them but was ineffective?
After this shot, the "dog-headed man" bit Tony hard, and a ball of blood burst out.
"ah……"
A scream was heard.
It wasn't just Donny, screams were also heard from another direction!
Only then did everyone realize that there was more than one monster in the corridor!
Seeing that physical attacks were ineffective, Ryan gave up drawing his gun and was about to take out the "Holy Light Scroll" and tear it into pieces, but at this moment, dense gunfire rang out in the corridor.
But this time, the sounds of "puff", "puff", and "puff" were heard as bullets pierced through flesh and blood.
When Ryan looked again, he saw that the two dog-headed monsters had been beaten into bloody sieves and fell in a pool of blood.
Ryan looked at the dog-headed monster that was easily killed by the musket and stood there in a daze: "Not immune to physical attacks again?"
Looking at the four monster corpses on the ground with the same cause of death, he suddenly felt that he understood some of the monster's abilities.
