After walking for another half an hour, they finally arrived at the bottom of the cliff that had once given the team unlimited hope.
After some discussion.
Josiah decided to send Eric Jr. and the three soldiers who were the best at climbing up first. After confirming that it was the entrance to the Gem Palace, everyone would climb up using the ropes. Fox, Philip, and the others had no objections. If it was the entrance, then everyone could climb up using the ropes. If it was not, then they could save some effort.
The cliff was not only extremely steep, but it was also wet and slippery.
Eric Jr. and the three genetic soldiers climbed very slowly. One of them almost lost his footing and fell.
After climbing for about 200 meters, Eric Jr. found a place that could barely allow them to rest. Then, he tied the rope around his waist to the rock beside him and hung it down.
A few genetic soldiers were in a hurry to go back, so they went to help.
They grabbed the rope and climbed up as nimbly as an ape.
With the help of the rope, the climbing speed of the genetic soldiers behind them greatly increased. Eric Jr. was still sprinting up the cliff. They had already climbed to the place where they had rested earlier. They took out pulleys and prepared to pull up their companions who were not good at climbing. After another ten minutes or so, Eric Jr. climbed to the top of the cliff tiredly. He shouted excitedly, "Found it! There's a hole up there! There's really an entrance up there! Come up, we'll find the way home! "
The soldiers at the bottom of the cliff hugged each other excitedly.
Fox, the vixen, took the opportunity to take advantage of Lin Dong, intending to show off the power of the two lumps of flesh on her chest.
The female soldier called Vanessa, who was beside Lin Dong, almost transformed into Ultraman and shot two beams of death light from her eyes to kill the vixen.
"Wait, I think I heard a strange sound." Philip noticed that the darkness behind him was a little strange. He shone his flashlight and saw many fast-moving things in the darkness in the distance. Shadows flashed and disappeared in the light.
"When did they catch up?" Josiah quickly shone his flashlight and found that there seemed to be dozens of shadows.
"Could it be that the monster couple has caught up?" Griffon was startled. He then realized that the shadows dodging the flashlight were very small. Although there were many of them, they were only about a meter tall, and there seemed to be a tail behind them. Those shadows were very timid. When the flashlight shone on them, they immediately dodged. However, their speed was unimaginably fast. A few flashlights couldn't even capture their traces.
"A bunch of little monsters!" Big Ivan took out his pistol and fired three shots into the darkness. The shadows were so scared that they scattered and disappeared completely.
"Hahaha! These little things are too timid! "Griffon was overjoyed when he saw this.
"Courage can sometimes be made up for with numbers, especially when there are thousands of them. Then, even the most cowardly creature will become fearless and crazy!" Lin Dong scanned the area with his flashlight. People could see countless little monsters poking their heads out of the crevices.
There weren't many of them in just one place.
But if the number of people hiding in the crevices were added up, there would be no less than a few hundred.
Josiah couldn't care less about being exposed. He ordered the soldiers to fire a flare.
A trail of light.
It shot at high speed into the distant darkness.
Then, it turned into a dazzling light, briefly illuminating the space in their field of vision.
Those little monsters weren't in the dozens or hundreds, but in the tens of thousands. They were densely packed on the distant rocks, surrounding the human team like a tide.
They were indeed timid, but just as Lin Dong said, when their numbers reached a certain level, even the most timid creatures would become fearless.
Slowly, they approached Lin Dong.
However, the boldest of the little monsters was still a few dozen meters away.
They also maintained a distance of a few dozen meters. Before they probed the strength of the human team, they did not recklessly launch an attack.
"Go, go now!" Josiah ordered the genetic soldiers to climb the rope to the top. If they stayed any longer, they would all be wiped out. Although these little monsters were individually weaker than humans, there were too many of them. Once they attacked, they could completely overwhelm the enemy with their numbers. He secretly rejoiced. If they hadn't found the entrance to the tunnel, everyone would probably have died under the tide of attacks from these little monsters.
They had escaped from the giant snake and the monster couple. Were they going to die in the mouths of these little monsters in the end?
Of course, the soldiers didn't want that to happen.
They hurriedly climbed up the rope.
The soldiers above seemed to have noticed the danger below. They all helped pull the rope, hoping that their companions could escape faster.
"We have to leave some people behind to cover us. Otherwise, when these little monsters swarm us, none of us will be able to escape!" Josiah took off the flamethrower on the back of a genetic soldier and looked at Philip and Griffon. "Mr. Philip, and Mr. Griffin, I hope you two will stay with me to cover everyone's retreat!"
"No problem." Philip nodded.
"Why? I'm an honorable guest you invited! But if you give me the flamethrower, I don't mind letting these little things know what human technology is! " Griffon complained at first, but he didn't reject it immediately. He only asked for Josiah's flamethrower.
"I'll stay too!" Lin Dong thought for a while and made this decision.
"Mr. Wood, your safety is very important …" Josiah hoped that Lin Dong would go up, but Lin Dong insisted. He also felt that there was a higher chance of success with more people, so he didn't try to persuade him.
"Sigh, if that's the case, I'll stay with you too!" Before Fox could finish, Lin Dong glared at her.
"Do you think we're playing house now?" Lin Dong pushed her and Vanessa toward the rope at the same time.
"Alright, I'll listen to you, alright?" Fox used both her hands and feet to climb up gracefully. However, the men below didn't have the mood to admire her beautiful form, because the little monsters were already closing in like a tide. Griffon roared, and a fire dragon shot out of the flamethrower towards the little monsters in front of him.
Countless little monsters screamed in the fire. Some of the little monsters that were on fire pounced towards the underground river in a frenzy.
Some were burned to death before they could reach the river.
Others rushed into the river, but just as the danger of being on fire was over, they became food for others. All sorts of big fish or unknown monsters came after hearing the news. They stirred the river in a frenzy, looking forward to the arrival of a feast.
Josiah and Phillip kept shooting around them, killing all the little monsters that tried to get close to them on the rocks.
Sharp firearms.
The little monsters were temporarily frightened.
However, as their prey escaped, they gradually became more and more frenzied.
The tide-like little monsters charged towards them in a dense pack. At this moment, neither fire nor bullets could stop their advance. Josiah was so scared that his limbs turned to jelly, but he didn't forget to shout at Lin Dong, "Mr. Wood, leave immediately. All of us have to leave. These guys are very fast, we have to leave immediately!"
"I'll cover you!" Lin Dong gestured for Griffon to go first.
Griffon didn't stand on ceremony with him.
He climbed up the rope, and in a few turns, he climbed more than ten meters into the air, followed by Phillip.
Seeing the dense pack of little monsters, Josiah fired the last round of the gun in his hand. He no longer cared about Lin Dong and immediately jumped towards the rope, frantically climbing up. Lin Dong carried the flamethrower that Griffon had thrown on his back, and climbed at a moderate pace. The little monsters had already covered the ground where they had been. Countless shadows crawled on the rock walls, and they were much faster than the genetically modified soldiers.
Lin Dong used the flamethrower to clear out the little monsters behind him, and then used a dagger to cut the rope piece by piece.
In order to save their companions, the soldiers at the top of the cliff blindly fired their guns.
They hoped that this would be able to share the burden of their companions.
Who knew that behind him, a group of black shadows surged out from the tunnel and pounced at them with bared fangs and brandished claws. Eric Jr. was the first to notice the abnormality, and he shouted loudly, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Behind us! "
He saw a large type of long-legged spiders surging out from the tunnel. Although their numbers weren't as many as the little monsters below, there were still countless of them.
Fighting was happening both on and below the cliff.
If Lin Dong hadn't used the flamethrower to clear out the approaching little monsters from time to time, the long line of genetically modified soldiers climbing up the rope would have all become food for the little monsters. When Fox and the female soldiers finally climbed to the top of the cliff, they found that the battle above was even more intense. The sudden attack of the long-legged spiders had caused tons of damage to the genetically modified soldiers who were caught off guard!
"Oh my god!" Fox was most afraid of spiders. She would rather deal with the little monsters below than deal with the long-legged spiders above that looked a bit like the Red-knee Spider, but their bodies were much larger than a basin.
"Fire, spiders are afraid of fire!" Vanessa picked up the flamethrower of a genetically modified soldier who had fallen to the ground due to poison, but when she pulled the trigger, she found that the fuel inside had long been exhausted.
They held on until Lin Dong climbed up.
Using the flamethrower to burn and force back the long-legged spiders, five genetically modified soldiers had already fallen to the ground due to poison.
In addition, a genetic soldier was ambushed by a few little monsters while he was climbing up.
He slipped and fell off the cliff.
The soldier who had been bitten by the long-legged spiders was still breathing.
But no one could be sure how much longer they could live, and even if they could be saved, the remaining companions didn't have enough strength to bring them back to the base.
"I can wake them up, but I can't restore their combat power." Lin Dong used silver needles to stimulate the acupoints of the poisoned soldiers. Apart from one who was too deeply poisoned to wake up, the remaining four soldiers all opened their eyes.
"Boss, we can't leave. Give us a gun, we can still buy you some time!" One of the genetic soldiers hoped to earn some interest before he died. The other three soldiers were dejected, but they also knew that the team couldn't bring them along. Moreover, they were too deeply poisoned. Even if they brought them along, they wouldn't be able to make it back to the base in time. They silently took the gun and pulled off the safety. One of the soldiers asked for two grenades. When Eric Jr. asked them if there was anything else they needed, the four soldiers shook their heads.
Josiah lit a cigarette and passed it to one of the soldiers.
The soldier greedily took two big puffs, and then reluctantly passed it to his companions beside him.
Eric Jr. bent down and looked at the little monsters that were climbing down the cliff. He said to the four soldiers apologetically, "I'm sorry, we have to go. Take care!"
"I've lived enough. I've enjoyed the best women and wine, and I've driven the best cars. I've had enough!" The first genetic soldier who spoke squeezed out a smile. The remaining genetic soldiers hugged them one by one, including the female soldiers. Josiah clenched his teeth and shouted, "They're just one step ahead of us. If we don't leave now, we'll all die here!"
There were still countless long-legged spiders in the tunnel, and countless little monsters were climbing down the cliff.
If they attacked from both sides.
It was almost certain that they would be completely wiped out.
When the team ran forward, the intense gunshots behind them disappeared in less than a minute. It seemed that all the poisoned soldiers who stayed behind had been sacrificed.
Josiah angrily killed a few injured long-legged spiders.
Because he was worried about the little monsters chasing after him.
The people almost didn't care where they were going, they just ran forward as soon as they saw a path.
Sometimes they came across a large space that looked like a palace, but they didn't have time to take a closer look and just ran past it.
When they ran to a natural stone bridge that extended between two cliffs, Josiah suddenly realized that Lin Dong, who had been following behind them, had disappeared. Not only him, but Fox, Vanessa, and Philip, who were beside Lin Dong, were also not in the team.
"Impossible, I just saw him next to me!" Eric Jr. had been paying attention to Lin Dong, but he didn't expect that Lin Dong would disappear after just a turn. That sly fox girl, Fox, and the seemingly honest Philip were also nowhere to be seen … Griffon was stunned, but he quickly recovered. "Lord God wouldn't be running around, and there are no other forks here. I'm guessing that Fox and the others have stepped into a trap, and he's trying to rescue them! There's no point in him leaving the team now, because to return to the surface, he has to pass through your base! "
"Then let's go back quickly. If the little monster catches up with us, and he's alone, the consequences will be dire!" Big Ivan picked up his gun and prepared to go back.
"If you want to go back, we'll go back together. You can't do this alone!" Although Josiah thought that what Griffon said made sense, he would never let Griffon and Big Ivan out of his sight again.
"It's probably because we stepped on some kind of trap in the ruins of the palace." Eric Jr. remembered that there was a dull noise underground, but there was no trap triggered. He was worried that the little monster would chase after him, so he didn't pay much attention to it. The chances of Fox falling into a trap were not high. That fox girl was too cunning. She had always been watching the route that others had taken, no matter how urgent it was. It was also unlikely that Philip would fall into a trap. His ability was stronger than Fox's, so the chances of him falling into a trap were even lower. The only person who could fall into a trap was Vanessa, who was always by Mr. Wood's side.
"Should we all go back? Why don't we leave two people to guard the bridgehead? With this natural barrier, we should be able to stop the long-legged spiders! If all of us go back, what if the spiders come again and ambush us halfway? Won't we suffer losses again? "Griffon didn't agree with this plan.
"You want to stay?" Josiah looked at Griffon.
"Leave two people in your team! I know you don't trust us, but at a time like this, we can't just grow wings and fly out of the ground, can we? Now is the time to be in the same boat, not the time for you to suspect me and me to kill each other! If we do that, those damn little monsters and those long-legged spiders will be very happy! "Griffon was very angry and glared at Josiah.
"Very good!" Josiah retracted his suspicious gaze and pointed at Big Ivan. "Mr. Big Ivan and the two soldiers will stay. As for you, Mr. Griffin, who is willing to work together with us, please come with us to find your God. Hopefully, he won't abandon us!"
"I have never doubted his morals. If he was willing, your team would have died a long time ago!" Griffon scoffed.
"When it is proven that you are right, I will apologize to him!" Josiah nodded.
"And me, you also doubt my noble character!" Griffon reminded him.
When the group turned back and searched for Lin Dong and Fox along the way.
At the bridgehead.
The two genetic soldiers and Big Ivan stared nervously at the darkness on the other side of the bridge.
When there were a lot of people, there was no sound in the darkness, but when Josiah and Griffon left, the darkness on the other side of the bridge was immediately filled with all kinds of noises. Fortunately, although these noises were heard, there were no unusual movements.
"Damn it, didn't Orston and his team scout this path? Why didn't we see so many spiders? "one of the genetic soldiers could not help but complain.
"What did you say? Wait, did any of you see the flashlight Orston left behind? "Big Ivan suddenly asked.
"The flashlight he left behind?" The two genetic soldiers looked at each other. They also remembered this thing that everyone had overlooked.
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