Chapter 1073

There is no doubt that Gru's sudden warning made Zhang Cheng fall into meditation involuntarily.

However, he did not have anxiety or fear, but felt unprecedented curiosity.

Because from each other's words, he perceived an unprecedented fear, as if he was afraid of something.

For a master who claims to stand at the apex of life in the universe, this emotion is really something unusual.

Although Zhang Cheng doesn't know what the initiators are planning, he can confirm that the plan must be related to some secrets he doesn't know yet.

At the thought of this, he became excited.

As for worry and fear, they have long been eliminated from eternity. Even if they face death directly, they will be very calm, rather than crying like ordinary people, or being in an extremely excited state and doing something they will never do under normal circumstances.

When he finished building a complex underground maze and began to investigate the so-called "Taboos", the first batch of adventurers finally reached their goal through thousands of hardships.

Staring at the entrance of the huge and dilapidated arched tomb in front of him, the leading man immediately couldn't help exclaiming: "my God! There is a huge underground labyrinth in this wilderness."

"It's really incredible! Look at these exquisite reliefs and the surrounding stone columns and statues. They are even more gorgeous than the palace. I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent by the people who built it in those years." another member also sighed.

"Ha ha! Look! There's not even a footprint here!"

"That's right! No matter what kind of treasure is buried inside, it belongs to us now."

"Today we'll camp for a night and start exploring early tomorrow morning."

"Light a campfire! Send two people to hunt and kill some animals. Let's have a hot meal and then have a good sleep. I'm running out of energy these days."

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In this way, in a cheerful atmosphere, the team members began to perform their duties, some went to chop firewood and boil water, and some went into the forest to hunt small animals.

In about an hour, the sun is about to set, and a few big pots will emit white heat and rich meat flavor.

People who have not traveled in the wild for a long time will never understand how painful it is to be willing to eat dry food and dried meat for ten and a half days and months in a row.

Not to mention whether there is vitamin supplement, just the dry and hard taste will cause great damage to the teeth.

Eating these things for a long time will not only lead to various red gastrointestinal diseases, but also the rate of tooth wear is much higher than that of ordinary people.

So when they can camp in a relatively safe place and eat a hot meal, it is definitely a supreme enjoyment for them.

But just when these adventurers were immersed in enjoying delicious food, a black shadow came out of the tomb quietly.

Its movements were so gentle that there was no sound at all. Its two dark red eyes revealed hatred and cruelty.

The meal lasted very short, about ten minutes.

When several people went to the river with their wooden bowls, the shadow followed a young man with light hands and feet.

At the moment when the young man just bent down, the dark shadow rushed up, pressed him to the ground with a lightning speed, opened his blood basin and sucked it out.

In less than a minute, the young man's soul was drawn out alive and swallowed up.

But that's not over!

After killing the target and swallowing the soul, the shadow also raised his black claws, peeled off each other's skin alive and slowly put it on himself.

It is unbelievable that once as like as two peas, the bloody skin will soon heal and become like the dead young people, and there will be red light from time to time.

Glancing at the bloody, skinnless body thrown into the river, the monster gave a deep, hoarse sneer, turned around, picked up the wooden bowl that fell on the ground, washed it with drinking water, and then returned to the camp.

The ignorant adventurers still gathered together and happily discussed tomorrow's adventure. No one realized that a terrible monster had lurked among them.

When the last afterglow of the sun completely disappeared and the sky was dominated by endless stars, most people opened their sleeping bags or blankets, closed their eyes and slowly fell asleep, leaving only about two or three people responsible for the first night watch.

There was no trace of carnivores around, let alone the presence of the same kind. The night watchman was very vigilant. He just sat around the campfire and chatted without a word.

With this opportunity, as like as two peas, black shadow fainted a woman and dragged it into the grass that she could not see in the bonfire. She swallowed her soul in the same way, peeling off the other's skin and disguised herself as another.

Obviously, women's identity is much easier to use than men, especially when they can make full use of the physical impulse of the body.

After a while, four or five men were cheated into the grass and became the prey of the shadow.

Its killing was so covert and efficient that a third of the team disappeared unknowingly.

When the next morning, the team leader planned to let some people guard the camp and others follow him into the underground, he suddenly found that his team members were so few, and immediately began to organize people to look around.

Not surprisingly, some guys who are good at tracking easily found a skinned body.

"Damn it! Who can tell me what the hell happened?" the leader shouted with a trembling voice.

Although the body has no skin, it is not difficult to judge its true identity from the height and pupil color of the dead.

When all the bodies were found, his hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably, and his eyes showed his inner panic and panic.

There's no way not to panic!

After sleeping for a while, the adventure team, which was finally put together, died for no reason, and the bodies were skinned without exception.

Some skins disappeared completely, while others were thrown on the ground at random.

"Head! Do you think there are some fatal traps or monsters hidden in the tomb that we don't know? After all, we have never encountered a similar situation after walking so far. But we have only lived here for one night, and one third of the people have been killed for no reason." another young man in leather armor asked carefully.