Falling into the Abyss

Two soldiers tried to call the headquarters, but found that they could not receive any response anyway.The nightmare that happened before came again, and the chief guard silently held down the soldier who kept restarting the communicator in panic, and said in a low voice, "Let's get out of here first, and be careful."

"On the head?"

"Those bugs came down from the tree. Let's put our backpacks on our heads and get out of here quickly!" Schneider seemed to have taken over the position of leader from the Alpha sergeant, and the other party did not raise any questions at this time any objection.

At this time, Ethan had a feeling that they couldn't leave.

Everyone put their backpacks on their heads one after another, lowered their bodies and walked quickly among the vegetation.But not far away, everyone stopped suddenly.

About twenty steps away in front of them, the bushes on the ground were densely packed with fleshy worms that were as long as pythons. Under the moonlight, they were all white and blooming, rubbing each other's soft and sticky bodies, dripping from their bodies. The translucent mucus covered the blades of grass, pulling out thin threads.From time to time, they raised their front ends with small mouths, swayed in the air twice as if aimlessly, and occasionally let out one or two hums that were also aimlessly sick.They didn't seem to be aware of the arrival of the seven of them, but the red blood that was still dripping around their mouths carried an obvious warning.

The seven people looked at each other, and the sergeant said, "Try in another direction!"

However, when they changed their route panting, they still stopped in front of a sea of ​​fleshy worms.No one knows when this sea of ​​insects all over the mountains and plains appeared, and why there was no sign when it came?

Are these disgusting creatures crowded under this woodland?

The tinnitus caused by infrasonic disturbance lingered in Ethan's ears, and suddenly he seemed to feel someone calling his name.The call came from the depths of the forest, from the depths of the earth beneath their feet, trembling in every molecule of air.On the one hand, he was somewhat inexplicably attracted, and on the other hand, he felt a heavy oppressive atmosphere rolling and steaming from the center of the woodland.

There lies the dark center of the planet...

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the fluorescent copper plum fruit on the tree seems to have been suddenly dimmed at this time, and there is no sound of other creatures in the forest except for the strange screams of the fleshy insects.

Suddenly, the bugs started to move.They squirmed their twisted and twisted bodies little by little, with no facial features, only the front end of a mouth dangling, aiming at their positions in unison.Then, the folds of the flesh began to ripple wave after wave, and as the ripples pushed back, the fleshy worms began to surround them.

When they squirmed, their bodies rubbed against the grass and trees on the ground to make a sticky sound, and their mouths opened one after another, screaming piercingly at them.The seven people retreated quickly, and one non-human tripped over a tree root, and suddenly a front end of a worm protruded from nowhere.The thin skin in the mouth wriggled and sucked, and the screams that people didn't know whether it was terror or pain stopped abruptly, leaving only the sound of flesh and blood being sucked and grinded, and the gray brain and blood dripped from the gap in the front end .

"Run!" Samuel roared, grabbed Ethan and turned around and ran away.Schneider, Sergeant, and the rest of the Inhuman named Stan followed.They were in a panic, and they could see the entangled worms everywhere, and heard their screams that pierced the sky.They shot, but the bullet hit the worm's body, like hitting a layer of soft pudding, which was quickly wrapped and healed by the flesh.And those strange insects would spit out hot yellow acid at them, and a few drops were splashed on the sergeant's arm, which immediately corroded his military uniform and weapons, and directly burned the flesh on his hands.He screamed in pain, but he didn't dare to stop, and continued to run wildly forward.

Ethan stumbled behind Samuel and looked back.The front ends of those worms swayed slowly in the dark.He always felt that these bugs didn't really want to eat them.If it was just to fill their stomachs, they would have been devoured by the countless worms long ago.

Those worms were telling them to run in a certain direction.

...the direction they came from just now.

Could it be... these seemingly primitive creatures that look like prehistoric creatures actually have a certain amount of intelligence?

Not long after, they stood in front of the staircase that they had seen before, which seemed to have been dusty for many centuries.It was an entrance hidden among the roots of the trees. The stairs went all the way underground, and the inside was so dark that they could not be seen clearly.Schneider turned on the light on the laser gun, and the straight beam ended on two stones that seemed to be doors.

The screams of the strange insects were still approaching from all directions, like a hell song urging them to death.Samuel looked at Schneider, "What should I do?"

"...Go in and talk!" Schneider gritted his teeth.

A group of people quickly stepped on the slippery moss and rotting leaves and rushed to the looming stone door underground.Ethan walked last, and the sour and rotten smell in his nose became stronger.He covered his nose with his hands, and looked at the artificially repaired stone walls on both sides of the stairs as he walked, and he could vaguely see many twisted mural-like things buried under moss marks and vines.

He reached out to push the vines away, and he really saw the murals that had been worn away by the wind and frost.It seemed to be a picture of prostration, many horned human figures lined up, prostrating several huge strip-shaped objects.But those strip-shaped objects all kowtowed towards a large group of stacked balls.

"Ethan! What are you doing! Come here!" Samuel urged him from below.

There were indeed two stone doors at the bottom of the stairs, which looked extraordinarily heavy. On each of the two doors was carved the profile of a male and female horned figure with an extremely painful expression.They folded their hands on their chests, but their eyes were opened in a strange way, and their mouths were opened wide, as if they were howling in extreme panic.

Those are really two uncomfortable reliefs.

What is even more uncomfortable is that the stone door, which seems to be difficult to push by human power, has a gap that is big enough for a person to pass sideways.The thick darkness behind the gap looked back at them quietly with an evil, seductive smile.

"What if this is the nest of those bugs?" The sergeant asked in surprise, pressing his injured right arm.

"Do we have any other options?" Ethan said suddenly, "Listen, they have been letting us in. If we don't go in, we will become like everyone else."

Schneider shot him sharply, "What? You can still understand those things?"

Schneider's words made Samuel look at Ethan nervously.The latter knew what Ethan had become, and probably wondered whether Ethan could really understand the language of those bugs.

After all... If he remembers correctly, when Ethan was no longer Ethan, he once drove two huge worms to wantonly devour the horned man under the altar...

The corners of Ethan's lips curled up suddenly, his smile was a little cold, "Maybe I can really understand..." After finishing speaking, he took the lead in walking sideways into the darkness.

Unable to catch him, Samuel clicked his tongue sullenly, and looked back at Schneider, "Damn it, it's dead anyway!" He also got into it with a heart attack.

In the darkness, the stench seemed to solidify into some kind of entity, choking Ethan to bend over and cough.However, Samuel didn't smell such a pungent smell, but felt that the air here seemed to be isolated from the world for a long time, very humid, and possibly full of various molds. Omega turned on the spotlight on the laser gun in his hand, and swept around.

After a period of gentle ground, there are steps again.Steps that creep down.On the stone walls on both sides, there are some crooked and horned characters engraved.

Schneider and two other people also got in. The first thing they did was try to push the half-open stone door.But that Shimen was stubborn, even in front of the four people.

At this moment, Ethan suddenly hissed and said, "Listen."

The other four paused and listened intently for a while, but they heard nothing.Schneider asked impatiently, "What are you listening to? Can't hear anything?"

"That's right, I just can't hear anything." Ethan said, "The bugs stopped screaming."

When he said this, the other four came to their senses.It was so quiet that one could even hear the rustling of the leaves blown by the wind.

"In that case, let's..." Before Samuel could finish speaking, he suddenly heard a bang.

The stone door, which had been opened just now and could not be pushed by four people, was suddenly closed at this moment.

Without anyone pushing, without any external force, it just closed.

It's as if it has consciousness on its own.

None of the six people could speak for a while, only the light in Samuel's hand opened up a golden bubble in the darkness.

"This is a trap!" The sergeant seemed to be exhausted and slid along the stone door and sat on the ground, with blood dripping from his burned right hand.

The quiet non-human named Stan pointed to the writing on the wall and asked, "What did it say?"

Schneider turned on the translation function of the portable capsule he hung around his neck, and a beam of light shot out from the small mini smart computer, scanning the text on the wall and analyzing it quickly.After a while, those words were converted into Earth language and re-projected.

Those words are actually just repeating the same sentence overwhelmingly.

"This is the resting place of the holy race, and it is also the starting point of your nightmares."