Zha Wenbin took out a piece of white cloth, spread it on the coffin lid, and then mixed some red dye with cinnabar. He carefully printed the four characters onto the cloth, folded them up neatly, and put them away in his bag. The two of them were busy for a while, completely forgetting about the stone coffin behind them.

  "Bang, bang, bang" Another knock on the door suddenly woke up Chaozi who was studying the human-shaped relief sculpture and said: "Wenbin brother, theres something inside!"

  Zha Wenbin put his finger to his lips, making a "shh" shape, and crouched down. He pulled out the Seven Star Sword and walked over, leaning on it. Chaozi behind him also drew out his dagger and followed closely.

  Just now, I only paid attention to the coffin lid. When opening the coffin, I didnt notice what was inside at all. Lowering my head to take a look, the coffin was filled with red water. Zha Wenbin smelled it and found a faint smell of blood.

  A red liquid was constantly rolling with ripples, one circle after another, spreading in all directions to the rhythm of the knocking sound. It looked like the waves stirred up by fish in water, but now this scene appeared in a thousand-year-old bronze coffin, which really scared the two people and they took a step back. After looking for half a day, nothing floated out of the water surface.

  "Hey, Chaozi," said Zha Wenbin, "that thing is underwater, the waters too deep and murky to see what it is clearly, but Im sure its a living creature, not some ghost or monster. Hand me that hunting rifle, Ill go take a closer look."

  Taking the hunting rifle handed over by Chaozi, Zha Wenbin carefully inserted the gun butt into the water. Both of them stared at the water surface with bated breath. Suddenly, the rifle stock in his hand shook violently, and Zha Wenbin exclaimed: "Theres really something there! Its biting the gun butt!"

  Chaozi suddenly forgot his fear and excitedly shouted: "Pull it out!"

  With a strong pull, the gun stock emerged from the water. Upon closer inspection, several huge bite marks were left on the wooden rifle stock. Looking at those holes, if I had stretched my hand down just now, it would have been bitten off and disabled.

  The two of them looked at each other in dismay, this underwater thing was not only something, but also a formidable one.

  Chao Zi grabbed a handful of sleeves and said: "Lets drain the water in here, it might be an old turtle thats thousands of years old!"

  "Hey, stop messing around! This water looks like human blood. How can your turtle live in it for thousands of years?"

  "Whats to be done? I dont dare reach in and grab it, weve come this far, almost lost our lives, without even checking whats inside, my heart is suffocating."

  "Doesnt it like biting? Then lets go fishing and take out a sausage from your bag."

  As he spoke, Zha Wenbin took a silver needle and hooked it onto the hook, then threaded a piece of sausage onto the hook. The other end was tied to the hunting rifle, making a simple fishing rod. After preparing everything, he put the sausage into the coffin.

  Less than three seconds after putting it down, the shotgun in his hand sank down, good guy, great strength, if this wasnt a hemp rope, Im afraid it would have broken off with this one shot.

  "Hey, really took the bait! Pull it up and take a look!"

  Zha Wenbin made a gesture to Chaozi, who walked behind him. With a sudden burst of strength, he swung the hunting rifle in his hand to the left and slammed it against the stone wall with a loud "bang". Something was smashed hard against the stone wall and then fell to the ground.

  The two of them rushed over to take a look, and on the ground, they saw a worm covered in mud wriggling its body. They both recognized this thing - it was a "dead silkworm"!

  This silkworm corpse is not white, but yellow, very close to the color of that "silkworm king", and its size is about the same as an ordinary silkworm. A pair of antennae are dancing, but its clear that its antennae are still white, not black.

  Chaozi used a hunting rifle to poke the worm back and forth: "This one seems different from those dead silkworms, why does it still feel like a larva?"

  Zha Wenbin crouched not far away, watching Chaozi fiddling with something and said: "It should be a larva. I finally figured out why that big bug let us in. Chaozi, the two of us almost became its snack."

  " Dumpling?" Chaozi fiercely poked the "dead silkworm", and the bug ate a painful one, twisting vigorously on the ground, and the small stones on the edge flew around randomly. The strength was really great.

  Zha Wenbin held the scabbard and poked at the insect, saying: "This worm should have just been born. The Corpse Silkworm King that came in earlier must have given birth to it, so their colors are both yellow. This Corpse Silkworm larva is probably their next king. You said that in Tibet, this insect eats meat. If we two were summoned one after the other into that bronze coffin, was it not to leave us as a snack for it? I wondered why it didnt chase us earlier and instead let us enter the cave - it turns out it was preparing food for its offspring! Who would have thought an insect could be so intelligent and yet so vicious!"

  Chaozi heard that the "Corpse Silkworm King" had taken him as its prey, and if it werent for Cha Wenbins timely intervention, he would have become the insects next meal. He recalled how their class leader had lost a leg to this creature in the past, and now he himself had almost met his demise. This was indeed a case of new hatred added to old grudges. Just as he raised his gun butt to strike, Cha Wenbin stopped him: "Chaozi, dont move it! We might still need it to get out of here!"

  Chaozi pushed Cha Wenbin away and roared: "Dont stop me, I want to avenge our class leader! Wenbin brother, in the past, I listened to whatever you said, but this kind of scum is extremely poisonous and sinister. As you said, its still a snake, if we let it go today, who knows when it will harm another place!" He raised his shotgun again.

  "Slap!" Wen Bin slapped a palm on Chaozis head, making his body sway. He snatched the hunting rifle and said: "Chaozi, listen up! This worm cant be killed now. That one is the descendant of the Corpse Silkworm King. Since it let us in, it must be watching from around here. If we kill its heir to the throne, do you think those tens of thousands of corpse silkworms will let us leave?"

  Chaozi rubbed his own head, although he still had that lazy air many times, as a soldier, the consciousness of the overall situation was stronger than ordinary people. Cha Wenbins words made him understand the severity of the relationship, and this slap in the heart was refreshing. What to do when going out later? Who can guarantee that the "Corpse Silkworm King" will not avenge its own descendants? The previous few worms were no problem, but in this dark river full of rocks, its possible for a bunch of worms to pop out at any time, and if they really launched an attack, it would be absolutely impossible to defend against. Moreover, there were still two wounded soldiers now, and he was already exhausted.

  Whats Zhang Wenbin doing? He is now throwing sausage in front of that insect, and the insect doesnt stand on ceremony either. It takes a big bite of the sausage and starts wolfing it down.

  It seems that he really fawned on the descendants of this "Corpse Silkworm King". Super thought, you wouldnt think to please it, let it tell its old mom, these two are good people, and give me sausage to eat, let them go...

  Thinking of this, Chaozi not only felt ashamed, but also said: "Then Wenbin brother, what do you think we should do? Cant we just give it some snacks and let that worm have a change of heart and release Zhuo Xiong and the others?"

  Undo the hemp rope under the silver needle, Zha Wenbin tied a live knot to the hemp rope, pointing at the small corpse on the ground and saying: "Im going to take it as a hostage, isnt it the future king? Well catch it and take it out later. The Corpse Silkworm King is so clever, seeing its offspring in our hands, it shouldnt dare to act rashly."

  After finishing speaking, Zha Wenbin threw a sausage in front of him again, holding the hunting rifle, and the rope loop below just happened to be in front of the sausage.

  As expected, the insect smelled the fragrance and immediately twisted its body, crawling forward. Just as it bit into the fragrant sausage, the front half of its body had already entered the loop. Zhang Wenbins face showed a sly smile, his right hand suddenly pulled upwards, and the silkworm was caught.

  Zha Wenbin handed the hunting rifle back to Chaozi, and that insect was suspended in mid-air, unable to exert any strength, and could only twist and turn: "Chaozi, just hold it like this in mid-air, dont let it touch you, and dont let it touch the ground. Later, it will be our pioneer."

  Chaozi took it over with a smile, swung it in several circles, and the insect was suspended below, drawing several circles. When Chaozi stopped, the silkworm had already stopped moving, presumably dizzy from spinning. Chaozi pointed at the insect and shouted: "Let you be arrogant! See how your super grandfather deals with you today!"

  Zha Wenbin couldnt help but let this guy vent his emotions, as long as he didnt kill the insect. He walked back to the bronze coffin and stirred it with his sword, saying: "Stop playing around, hold that insect well, theres another corpse inside, which should be the real master."

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