Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Contagious Fear

The three of them entered the iron gate. Below the iron gate was a cement road that sloped downward. The surrounding of the cement road was built very regularly, all reinforced with cement, and there were many hidden posts, but they were all abandoned.The mercenaries came in a hurry, and probably hadn't thought of setting up a checkpoint here. The slope of the cement road is very steep, and they descended nearly 30 meters before reaching a stable ground.The tunnel was very long, and they couldn't see any light. After a while, the team had already gone far.Yuan Sen turned on the flashlight, and there was a few inches of dust on the ground. There were many scattered footprints in the dust in the middle of the road, and the dust on both sides was still intact, which showed that this group of mercenaries had not been here for long.

They walked for a while and circled the corridors a few times. The tunnel was like a maze with forks constantly appearing, and after the forks there were forks again, which made people very headache.At the beginning, they could judge the direction based on the footprints on the dust. When they reached the depths of the tunnel, the dust was so thin that there was no trace of footsteps on it. During this process, they did not see a single person, not even a corpse. The three of them walked very carefully, desperately remembering the path they had traveled, and marking the hidden places. The forks of the authentic corridors are too complicated, and it is easy to get lost.

Yuan Sen squatted on the ground and used a dagger to draw a simple cross on the corner of the wall. He suddenly heard a slight vibration sound from a distance, so he put his ear on the ground and listened to the sound according to the resonance effect of the ground. The sound was indeed amplified. A lot, it should be a lot of people running. Bahar Guli said: "Brother, do you have any new discoveries?" Yuan Sen nodded and said, "There are a lot of people here. Let's hide for a while. If there is a gunfight here, there is no room for maneuver. It is easy to be used as a target."

Judging from the direction of the sound, the other party should have come running from the front. They retreated to the fork and found a cement bunker that was not easy to attract attention. The footsteps in the tunnel ahead were getting closer and closer, the sound was very chaotic, it didn't sound like soldiers running, not to mention there was no need to run in the tunnel. As the sound approached, they also saw beams of light shaking, which must be the mercenary's flashlights shining randomly.The three of them hid behind the bunker and did not dare to look out. They heard the sound of messy footsteps, and then heard the sound of painful screams mixed with the sound of footsteps.

Ai Kailam whispered: "Why are you still howling like ghosts and wolves? Could something have happened?" The screams were not one or two, but many people screaming together. The voices were in English and Russian, and it was impossible to understand what they were saying. The sound of a body hitting a wall. Yuan Sen was secretly shocked when he heard that, the group of mercenaries seemed to have entered a state of madness, completely different from their previous calm professionalism, how long did it take to get in! Ai Kailam whispered: "Brother Yuan, should we check the situation?"

Yuan Sen said: "Wait a minute, the situation is very wrong, you can still hear the sound of slashing and stabbing each other with knives." Ai Kailam's eyes lit up, and he said: "Could it be that this group of foreign soldiers found the treasure and fought over the uneven distribution of the spoils? Then I have to hurry over to get a piece of the pie." Yuan Sen held him down, and said: "Listen again, this is not a fight over spoils, they are all crazy, killing each other, bumping into walls, and howling, none of them is normal." Ai Kailam resisted listening for a while, and as expected, those people hit the wall like crazy, they fought each other, stabbed their sharp knives into each other's body, and some people fired, the bullets shot randomly, hit the concrete wall, and there was a bang. The bang sound, the screaming people made people panic, it was really miserable!

After the group of people gradually calmed down, they walked out of the concrete bunker.The corridor was pitch black, Yuan Sen turned on the flashlight, the scene in front of him could be described as horrible.A group of mercenaries, some stabbed daggers into the bodies of their companions, some smashed their heads, and several people had bullet holes all over their bodies, none of which was complete.Ekailam glanced at these broken corpses, and immediately squatted down and vomited. Bahargul turned her head and didn't dare to look. The ground was covered with flesh and internal organs. The blood stained the concrete floor red, and there was a strong fishy smell in the air.

Yuan Sen vomited several times and only spit out a little sour water. This was the first time he had seen such a scene of cannibalism. Ai Kailamu finished vomiting, shook his head, and said: "The evil nature of the ancient city of Iberis is really more terrifying than the legends. Damn it, I'll be bragging when I go back." Yuan Sen took a flashlight to take photos of those corpses again, and his extraordinary willpower quickly calmed him down. He found several familiar faces in the corpses. These people were the group of people who had just entered the tunnel. After a rough count, there were 14 dead bodies, except for Wang Hui.

Ai Kaila said awkwardly: "Brother, look so carefully, what are you looking for?" Yuan Sen said: "There are quite a few of these fourteen corpses, but there is no Assistant Wang. Do you think it's strange?" Ai Kailam was shocked and said: "Brother, don't scare me, they are the last team?" Yuan Sen nodded and said, "Their bodies were all damaged, but their faces were still good. Many mercenaries wore masks, but their team didn't, so I remembered their faces." The three of them suppressed their nausea and walked into the middle of the corridor where the mercenary squad killed themselves. There was a dead body standing upright. He had been shot many times, and the blood was all drained. Many bullets pierced his body.

Yuan Sen walked up to the corpse and pushed him, but the corpse did not fall down.Yuan Sen pushed again, this time with a lot of force, but the corpse remained motionless. Ai Kailam couldn't stand it anymore, and complained: "I said brother, everyone is dead, and you want to stand for a while, why are you pushing him?" Yuan Sen ignored him and walked to the front of the corpse. The corpse was very close to the concrete wall, almost lying on top of it.Yuan Sen shone a flashlight on the front of the corpse. The face of the corpse was distorted, and the mouth was tilted to one side. What was even more surprising was that his hand was forcefully inserted into the concrete wall.

The reappearance of this kind of corpse made Yuan Sen shudder.They are generally very tall, and their fingers are much thicker than ordinary Chinese fingers. Such thick fingers can drill holes naturally.Although the hole is extremely shallow, less than an inch, how can it be possible for humans to drill a hole in such a hard wall? Ai Kailam looked at the corpse, his face changed drastically, and he said, "Damn it, it's really a ghost. It's this kind of strange corpse again. I've been robbing graves and digging treasures all my life, and I've seen such corpses here." Yuan Sen said: "It can be speculated that not long after the mercenary entered the tunnel, he might have bumped into something that changed the mercenary's mind and body. The sword is still sharp enough to penetrate hard things." Bahargul stuck out her tongue when she heard it. It was the first time she saw such a corpse, and she felt extremely terrified.She jumped up and down on the corpse, trying not to let herself touch the internal organs of the mercenary's stump, and after walking out of the stump area, she said, "Brother, should we still go to Sister Hui?" Yuan Sen replied: "We must look for it. We are already close to the secret center, how can we give up? Ai Kailamu, you and Xiaoli wait for me here, and I will go find the secret alone." Hearing what Yuan Sen said, Baharguli blushed and hurriedly waved his hands: "Brother, I'm not afraid of death. If you want to go in, I will go too." Yuan Sen said: "Xiao Li, you have also seen how miserable the mercenary's approach to the secret is, and the corpses we found in the last century are exactly the same as their tragic situation. It is enough for one person to go to the danger, something went wrong It’s okay to deal with it, we will only be buried with you when we go together, I am your senior brother, and I will definitely not harm you.” Bahargul's eyes were red, and she almost cried. She held back her tears and said, "Brother, I know you are thinking of me, but I can't just watch you go in and you can't come out. You're going to kill us." Die together." Yuan Sen's heart warmed up. Although Bahar Guli was stupid and always caused troubles for him, her simplicity and kindness moved people.He stepped forward, patted his junior sister on the head, and said: "Listen to what senior brother said, I'm so good at martial arts, I shouldn't have any problems. Look at you, as long as my marksmanship is passable, and my escaping skills are too bad, what if I encounter something? Things, it’s too late to run, I still have to save you, isn’t it a waste of two lives?” Bahar Guli shook her head and said, "I don't care. It doesn't matter what you say. If we want to go, we will go together. We can run away together if we are in danger." Yuan Sen really had nothing to do with her.Ai Kaila said woodenly: "Brother, I am really afraid of death, especially at this juncture, I can't wait to turn around and leave, just this little girl, whether you hate it or not, I am embarrassed to say such words No. Let's go, let's go and see how Assistant Wang is doing, hurrying up might save her life." Yuan Sen patted the shoulders of Bahargul and Ekairamu, agreeing to their request.There was a sudden light in front of the tunnel, and then the sound of chaotic footsteps was heard, and there were quite a few people listening to the sound. The three hurriedly hid in the bunker, and they moved their positions so that they could look out from the gap in the concrete bunker.A dozen or so people ran out from the depths of the tunnel. They all wore protective masks, camouflage uniforms, chemical protective suits, leather gloves, and pliers in their hands.Those people stopped in front of the pile of corpses, and there was a long silence around their miserable companions, some wept and some cursed.After crying and cursing, they put the body into a black plastic bag with iron tongs and tied it tightly, and walked back carrying it. Yuan Sen stared at their actions without blinking his eyes. Those people packed every piece of flesh and blood, and even the blood on the ground was washed clean with unknown chemicals. The three of them came out from behind the concrete bunker while they were far away, looking at the clean and clean ground, extremely dazed.There was no trace of a fight on the wall or on the ground. After the corpse was packed away, it was as if the cruel and terrifying scene had never happened.They all had a question in their minds. There was nothing wrong with the mercenaries handling the corpses of their companions, but why did they handle them so carefully? Seeing them coming and going in a hurry seemed to be for the aftermath. Could there be something wrong with these corpses? Ai Kailam stared at the squad that handled the corpses going further and further, and said, "Brother Yuan, if you don't follow, they turn into a side road and disappear again." Yuan Sen nodded, took out his gun and rushed forward.The three of them were very careful, and there was still a bang bang bang in the concrete tunnel. Seeing that the flashlight in front of them gradually shrank, they couldn't care less. After they ran the straight road, there was a "back" turn. Yuan Sen rushed into the detour first. The detour was very short, less than 100 meters, and then there was another 90-degree turn.Akailam and Bahargul were left tens of meters behind. Yuan Sen was eager to follow the squad, and rushed into another bend without waiting for them. Aimed at his head. Yuan Sen's heart was beating wildly, and a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. The man with the gun was a head taller than him. He pulled off the mask on his face, revealing a long face covered with beards.The man was also sweating, staring at a pair of eyes full of despair and fear, and whispered to Yuan Sen: "Get away—" Yuan Sen didn't understand, so the guy paused again: "Get away——Now——" His gun moved forward an inch, and put it on Yuan Sen's head. Yuan Sen could only raise his hands and back away slowly.The guy said something in despair, and Yuan Sen understood a little bit. He was reminding Yuan Sen that this place is very dangerous. There are many unimaginable things that can drive people into madness. Many of his companions died. He didn't want more people to be buried with him. Yuan Sen understood his kindness, stepped back and spoke to him in English: "You are a good person. Thank you!" The man nodded at Yuan Sen, put the gun back, turned around and rushed into the darkness. When Akailam and Bahargul followed up, Yuan Sen's mind was full of the man's desperate eyes, and he finally understood a little bit that the mercenary might have encountered some kind of terrible thing, so that he fell into madness , even at the expense of committing suicide and fighting with his companions. Baharguli waved his hands twice in front of Yuan Sen's eyes, and said, "Brother, why are you in a daze?" Yuan Sen knocked her hand off and said, "I bumped into a mercenary, that's the one—" He pointed to the figure at the end of the flashlight. Bahar Gul said: "We saw and heard him speaking to you in English." Yuan Sen nodded and said, "He advised us to leave here quickly. He seems very kind and doesn't want more people to die like them." Bahargul glanced at him and said, "You're definitely not going back, are you?" Yuan Sen said: "Of course, I'm not emphasizing the horror of what they encountered, but I suspect that the madness can be contagious. They all wore clothes similar to chemical protective suits, and the group of people who didn't wear them all died." Hearing what Yuan Sen said, Baharguli's face changed drastically, and he said anxiously: "Sister Hui is wearing an ordinary camouflage uniform, she went in with the team, she is very capable, but if that kind of madness will It's contagious, she can't escape no matter how fast she runs?" Yuan Sen said: "So we urgently need three sets of chemical protective suits, otherwise we will be infected before we get close to the secret." Ai Kaila said awkwardly: "The anti-chemical suit is worn on the mercenaries. There is no other way. I can only snatch it. Brother, you think so too, right?" Yuan Sendao: "Responsiveness, get clothes and put them on as soon as possible. I feel that the deeper you go, the less at ease you will feel. You should be more careful." Both Bahargul and Akairam agreed, and Yuan Sen raised his flashlight to shine a light on the front. It was dark and there was no one in sight. He didn't know where the group of mercenaries went. He was thinking in his mind what to do next, when a gunshot broke the silence of the tunnel, and his flashlight shattered.Yuan Sen hurriedly jumped to the corner of the tunnel, the shell of the flashlight fell to the ground, and the bones rolled a long way. Ai Kailam cursed loudly: "Who the hell put a cold gun on—" As soon as he finished yelling, he regretted it. The gunshots were all aimed at him. Fortunately, he was quick enough to react. When Yuan Sen was shot, he dragged Bahar Gul to the corner. Inside, those bullets hit the wall, and the shell casings flew around, looking very lively. In addition to the gunshots, they also vaguely heard the sound of many people running, military boots stepping on the concrete floor, making a bang bang sound, and the sound traversed the entire tunnel corridor. The bullets hit their side for a while, and then they messed up. There were sounds from front, back, left, and right. People were shooting from every direction in the corridor. They kept hearing the sound of people screaming. There was a thumping sound, and there were wailing and cursing in English and Russian. Ai Kailam climbed up to Yuan Sen's side, and whispered, "They are harming themselves again. It sounds right, just like the group just now. It's really evil." The gunfire stopped soon, and there was a strong smell of blood in the air. They crawled into the dead corner of the tunnel corridor, not daring to make a sound, let alone turn on the flashlight. Akailam and Bahargul lay beside Yuan Sen, one on the left and the other on the right. Yuan Sen could feel Habalgul's body trembling a little. He patted his junior sister on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." Bahar Gul trembled and said, "Brother, I touched a lot of blood, and their blood flowed here—" Yuan Sen stretched out his hand to touch in front of Baharguli, and sure enough, he touched a large pool of blood, and he hurriedly dragged his junior sister up.Ai Kailamu turned on the flashlight, the ground seemed to be flooded, and there were wet bloodstains everywhere, lying or lying on every corner not far from them, there were many corpses, presumably hidden here secret whistle.They all wore chemical protective suits, masks on their faces, and anti-biochemical leather gloves on their hands, almost armed with their teeth. Ai Kailam walked around a few corpses, unable to control his emotions, and said: "Brother, look, those who did not wear chemical protective clothing were infected, and those who wore chemical protective clothing It's also infected, damn it, that thing is hard to guard against." Yuan Sen also felt the seriousness of the matter. The gun battle just past completely destroyed his chances, and the anti-chemical suit could not stop the invasion of that maddening thing.No wonder the Russian mercenary looked so desperate. If the chemical protective suit could stop the infection, he would certainly not be so frightened. Bahargul took out the waste paper and wiped off the blood on his hands, and said worriedly: "Brother, when the mercenaries cleaned up the corpses, they even cleaned up the blood. We were all stained with their blood. Will there be a problem?" Yuan Sen patted her on the head and said, "It's all covered anyway, there's nothing I can do about it." Bahar Gul was silent.Ai Kaila said woodenly: "Little girl, your senior brother will not speak at the critical moment. Tell me, you are all right if you are stained with blood. The way of mercenaries is to cross the river by feeling the stones and thinking about it on your own. You can't really." His words relieved Bahargul a lot, and the frowns that were frowned were relaxed, but there was still a faint worry in the brows, and she looked at Yuan Sen, melancholy and sad. The three of them waited on the spot for more than ten minutes, but no one came to collect the corpse, so they guessed that there was something wrong with the mercenaries inside, otherwise it was impossible for them not to hear the loud gunshots outside. As soon as they made up their minds, they immediately moved forward. At this point, there was no way out, either they were closer to the secret, or they would die. The three of them bypassed the pile of corpses and several corridors, and found a building that looked like a bunker. There was an iron door on the building, and there was a thick rust on the iron door. The door was opened, and an iron lock was hit by bullets. Knocked out on the ground. Yuan Sen opened the iron gate, but before he could go in, a person suddenly rushed into the diagonal crack, and that person ran over, and with a gust of wind, he flew into the bunker.Akailam and Bahargul were standing next to Yuan Sen. They only used their flashlights to see what was going on inside the iron gate, and they didn't expect that someone would rush in from the darkness to compete with them.Yuan Sen was stunned for a moment, jumped up and chased after him. His flashlight was broken, and he took out a spare.He held up the flashlight high and followed the figure. The figure swayed a few times in front of the flashlight, and then got into the darkness. The footsteps of this person were very soft, and it was Lian Jiazi at first glance. This man behaved so strangely, Yuan Sen would not let him go, he chased him all the way, even fired two shots, both missed. The entrance to the bunker is narrow, but the space inside is huge, like a huge warehouse. Yuan Sen took random photos with a flashlight and saw many machines and other things.The machine was covered with thick dust, and the two fled and chased, causing the dust to fly all over the sky and choking their throats dry. Both Akailam and Bahargul joined the siege and interception.The man was as slippery as a loach, and the three of them chased after him, but none of them could touch the hem of his clothes. Instead, they kept falling, often bumping into machines and stones.After chasing the man for more than ten minutes, the three of them had wounds on their faces and bodies, and they were in a panic. Yuan Sen secretly wondered, with this person's skills, it was easy to escape, but why did he stay here and play hide-and-seek with them? The man kept a distance of 20 meters from the three of them all the time, and the flashlight could only see his shadow, and the man disappeared as soon as the shadow flashed.Yuan Sen was familiar with the structure of the warehouse as he ran. Not counting the iron door they entered, there were three large iron doors that were locked tightly. Spider webs, dead bodies of spiders stuck to the web, became specimens. The man deliberately passed the iron gate, and when he ran past, he would turn his head to have a look. The three of them tossed and tossed with him for a long time, and their physical strength could not keep up. Bahargul squatted on the ground panting for breath, while Akailamu and Yuan Sen waited one after the other to intercept the man. The man skirted Ekela Wood and ran into the middle of a row of cobwebbed machines.Suddenly, a person rushed out from behind the machine, and that person rushed towards the strange figure.The weird figure seemed to be taken aback, and turned around to run, but was kicked over by the rushing person. The strange figure rolled a few times on the concrete floor, and Yuan Sen took the opportunity to jump up and hold him down. The person hiding behind the machine stepped out of the shadows, and Akailam and Bahargul both took pictures of her, so they could see her face clearly.Baharguli exclaimed happily, "Sister Hui, it's really you!" She jumped and ran over to hug Wang Hui. Wang Hui patted her head, then let her go, and walked to the person lying on the ground. The person was still struggling, and Yuan Sen couldn't hold him down. Wang Hui kicked the man on the back, and the man fell heavily to the ground, and did not respond for a long time.Yuan Sen saw that his body was going limp, so he touched his breath, but he felt blood. Wang Hui said: "Don't worry, he won't die." Yuan Sen and Ai Kailam looked at each other. Ai Kailam's eyes were full of fear, and he shook his head at him, obviously shocked by Wang Hui's domineering action.They thought to themselves, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't kick with such a force. After a while, the man moved and got up with difficulty, and only a few people could see his face clearly.This man has a huge head, a pile of flesh on his face, rigid, blood is all over the nose, the nosebleed is still flowing, and there is a stitch mark on his neck, which is exactly the same as the scar of old Germain. Yuan Sen's eyes widened, and he was a little confused about the relationship between the two. Obviously, this person was not old Germain, nor the weirdo from Populus euphratica.But the needle scar on his neck was exactly the same as Germain's and the weirdo's. Wang Hui said coldly, "After chasing you for so long, I finally caught you." The man wiped his nosebleed. He should be very angry, even very angry, but everyone couldn't see any expression. His face was cold and dull.His Adam's apple turned, and he made a hoarse and dry voice, and said: "I know I can't get rid of you, so I just took you to see that thing, but it's useless, you still can't change your destiny, hehe." As soon as Yuan Sen heard him speak, he immediately concluded that this person was a strange person in the Populus euphratica forest. His face had changed and was completely different from before, but his voice did not change. It was always the dull sound of sawing wood. If you listen to him Saying a few words will make you feel uncomfortable for several days.