Not far away, the female corpse was lying on the ice surface, with a hole the size of an egg on her forehead, not a drop of blood on the ground, and the shattered ice fragments were scattered on her still quite pretty face.

  "Super Child looked at the female corpse and said: 'She almost got us into trouble, how should we deal with her?'"

  "Let her go, after all, she has illuminated the depths of our hearts. The corpse of Shi Kuai will disperse on its own soon after coming into contact with the air. Let's go." Zhang Wenbin's footsteps had already sounded out on the ice, creaking and scraping...

  As they disappeared from view around a corner, Shoku also turned into a white skeleton at the same time.

  Along the way, murals were scattered around, some were simple characters, and some were strange beasts and ghosts. They all had a common feature, that is, they were brightly colored, with a touch of crimson red.

  The purpose of this trip was not to visit ancient ruins, and they didn't linger too long in front of the masterpieces left behind from those ancient times. Along the way, Zha Wenbin kept discussing a question with Old Wang: where did people get so much red dye thousands of years ago when color wasn't very developed? After some speculation, Zha Wenbin said the word that everyone least wanted to hear: blood! Indeed, in that ancient era when people drank blood and wore animal hides, blood was considered the essence of a person. Using one's most precious possession to worship or make offerings was the only way to demonstrate sincere devotion.

  They walked for more than three miles, and it's unclear whether the person had a strong momentum or was just lucky, but they didn't encounter anything, and by this point, they had already covered quite some distance. Most of them had entered deep into a certain mountain range.

  It should lead to lower temperatures as you get closer, but Wen Bin found that the ice blocks on the surrounding walls were gone, not to mention the icicles. The ground under his feet had unknowingly turned into dry mud and gravel, and he was starting to sweat.

  Later on, it evolved into every step forward, they could feel the temperature gradually increasing. The clothes on their bodies also changed from taking off their jackets at first to wearing only one layer of clothing. After walking for a while, Chaozi, Zhuo Xiong and Heng Roulian all took off their shirts, and the sweatshirts on Cha Wenbin and Lao Wang could be wrung out with water.

  Zha Wenbin took a few big gulps from the already melted thermos, wiped the sweat off his forehead and said: "This is too abnormal, just ahead was an icy world, but here it's like we've entered Taishang Laojun's furnace!"

  Old Wang's body was even more unbearable, the fat man was especially afraid of heat, he fanned hard, just wanting to lean his back against the stone and rest for a while. "Ah" suddenly bounced off, "Here even the stones are scorching hot, it's simply like being in two extreme worlds at once, haven't we walked under a volcano?"

  Cha Wenbin was taken aback: "Is there a volcano here?"

  Lao Wang thought for a moment: "This mountain should be an offshoot of Changbai Mountain, and Changbai Mountain is a volcano, so it's not impossible."

  The surrounding stone walls were slightly reddish in color due to the high temperature, and there were no plants around. Along the way, it was a spring with birdsong and flowers, a winter with icy skies and snowy lands, but here it was like a scorching summer. In this short mountain valley of less than 10 kilometers, there were actually three seasonal expressions. Zha Wenbin said: "Let's go further ahead and take a look. If the temperature is too high, I think we can only find another entrance. But since someone has been active here before, it proves that I've come to the right place."

  Later on, even the shoes under their feet felt like they were stepping on hot coals. Just when they couldn't hold on any longer, a distant and leisurely "gugugu" sound came drifting over.

  Chaozi and Zhuoxiong instinctively drew their guns, ready to defend themselves. Chaowenbin also made a motion to stop advancing. Sweat poured down from his forehead like pearls, blurring his vision due to the extremely high temperature. The ground seemed to be distorted, constantly trembling with the undulations of the heat waves.

  Chaozi discovered the situation in the first place, within fifty meters of them, there was a "stick" standing there, and that stick was swaying from side to side from time to time.

  "Look!", following Chaozi's pointing direction, Old Wang exclaimed in shock: "Don't move, that's a Red Snake Harp Spider!"

  As expected, that stick was still spitting out its core from time to time. The raised neck and the ordinary snake head were not the same, its head was even uglier, with two things similar to insect antennae standing upright.

  A snake blocking the road has never been a good omen since ancient times, and this strange snake was holding its ground against them. Zha Wenbin and his group didn't move, nor did the snake, but it kept making a "gurgling" sound, as if warning them.

  "What should we do?" Chaozi asked, with his and Zhuo Xiong's skills, they had a 90% chance of hitting it from this distance.

  "Old Wang, are you sure that's a Qin insect?" Cha Wenbin asked, staring intently ahead.

  "When I was young, our team conducted an archaeological excavation at the ancient city of Loulan in the Gobi Desert. We discovered a deeply buried underground palace and found its entrance. As we ventured deeper into the tomb, there was something guarding the coffin. At that time, we didn't know how vicious it was, so one of our teammates used a stick to shoo it away. The snake's movement was unexpectedly fast, and with a swift strike, it bit the teammate's throat, killing him instantly. Immediately after, everyone who was close by was attacked within the blink of an eye, and all those bitten died on the spot. Later, I and a few remaining teammates fled like flying birds, and our guide told us that this snake was the embodiment of the Sun God, guarding the tomb. We were punished for intruding into the tomb. After reporting back to the organization, they sent a large team with equipment to conduct a second excavation, but none of the local guides dared to lead the way again. So we had to act on our own. As a result, it took us three years to thoroughly search the Gobi Desert, but we never found that entrance again. The place I once visited seemed to have vanished into thin air overnight, and this case remained an unsolved mystery for us."

  Zha Wenbin drew out the Seven Star Sword and said, "Avatar of the Sun God? Interesting. It's so hot here that ordinary snakes can't stand it. Superzi, let's approach slowly. If it doesn't move within thirty meters, we'll fire a warning shot first. If it still doesn't move, we'll kill it immediately. The Qin Chong is said to be a snake with intelligence, very clever."

  A few people cautiously stared at the snake moving slowly, with Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong leading the way, each holding their own tools in hand. The cicada saw someone approaching and raised its neck even higher, making a louder "gu gu gu" sound.

  "Damn it, you're getting more and more arrogant. If you don't leave now, I'll smash your head first and then roast you to eat later." Chaozi's mouth had always been foul-mouthed, looking at the strange snake still showing off its might, his old habit recurred again.

  It was about forty meters away, and the qin insect seemed to have heard Chaozi's words and understood them. It suddenly stretched its body forward, let out a loud hiss, which was an attacking motion of a snake-like creature, as if responding to Chaozi.

  "It's still quite fierce, hehe." Chaozi smiled and said.

  "Be careful, this thing is not easy to mess with."

  This stick insect is about the same height as a cicada when it stands up, with half of its body still on the ground. It's as thick as a mineral water bottle and its entire body is bright red, especially its head, which looks very similar to a mantis. At around 30 meters away, it still maintains that attacking posture.

  "Warn him." Zhang Wenbin ordered.

  A gunshot rang out, and within ten centimeters of the ground where the cicada was, a burst of smoke suddenly erupted, and the powerful bullet blasted a hole in the ground, sending rocks flying everywhere.

  That locust obviously had no experience with this kind of thing, and was startled by the sudden movement, its body leaning back. Now in front of it were four such weapons aimed at its head, and if it made any attacking move, it would probably face a hail of bullets.

  The snake was indeed stunned, slowly lowering its neck and returning to the ground. It turned around and slowly swam backwards, soon disappearing from everyone's sight.

  Chaozi put away his weapon and smiled: "Still quite realistic."

  But Wen Bin doesn't think so. Since it has the intention of warning, it can be said that it is not certain whether we will encounter it again next time, this thing is clever.

  "Be careful, if there are a few more, it will be troublesome."

  It's strange to say, when they walked to that crater, they suddenly felt the temperature around them start to drop, and occasionally there was a gentle breeze coming over, which made Cha Wenbin and the others happy.

  As they walked further forward, the entrance suddenly became bright and clear. Just then, when the light shone on a patch of darkness, they thought they had already reached the end. But it was sharp-eyed Chaozi who shouted: "Heavens! Look at that thing!"

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