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Bang bang bang!
Ding Ze threw the grenade very accurately and it exploded.

The statue, which was already riddled with holes, immediately shattered into pieces, with countless fragments flying everywhere, and at the same time, black smoke quickly spread.

Ding Ze didn't shoot again for the time being and looked carefully.

Um? Something's wrong!
Strictly speaking, the black smoke did not come out from the body of the statue, but from the bottom of the statue.

There is a big hole at the bottom of the hollow statue, and billowing black smoke is pouring out as if it has finally got a chance to be released.

So what is down there? What's there?
Ding Ze was very curious and wanted to go over to take a look, but he was not sure whether the black smoke was poisonous or not. He was not interested in being poisoned to death here.

then.

Bang bang bang.

Ding Ze fired several shots, and together with his employees, killed the last few jumping zombies, then shouted, "Retreat!"

The order was given, and because of the evil-looking black smoke, no one dared to delay, and they all moved quickly, grabbing the climbing ropes and climbing up as fast as they could.

At the same time, on the ground, the twenty or so people waiting by the big pit did not delay either. They pulled the climbing rope upwards with all their might.

Soon.

Ding Ze and the other first group of people arrived at the protective cover formed by large trees, and without stopping, helped to pull up the climbing rope.

Except for those experts, everyone else was a well-trained soldier, so everything went smoothly, and it didn't take long before everyone retreated to the protective shield and then continued to move upwards.

Returning to the edge of the pit, Ding Ze took a few breaths, lit a cigarette, and looked down.

The billowing black smoke seemed endless. It finally covered the bottom of the pit and was slowly surging upwards.

What exactly is that black smoke? Is it poisonous?

Ding Ze exhaled a puff of smoke and turned to the experts who were still panting. "Is there any good way to find out what the black smoke is?"

All the experts were scared and exhausted, but since Ding Ze asked the question, they had to answer.

soon.

The fact that using living organisms for testing is the most effective method in a place like this was put before Ding Ze.

This is a little bit difficult.

Where can we get a live animal in a place like this?

Ding Ze turned around and looked around...
There were explosions and gunshots not long ago. All the animals nearby were probably scared and ran away. Even the sound of birds could not be heard.

It’s not a good idea to just use people to try it out.

Well, then let’s settle for the next best thing and use plants.

About two minutes later, Ding Ze tied a bundle of grass with a climbing rope, threw it down, waited for a while, and then pulled the grass up.

I never thought it would be so useful.

I saw that the green grass was almost completely dyed black.

This is not the point. The point is that there are clearly countless tiny black insects moving on the green grass!

Good guy!
Ding Ze looked at it for a few seconds and felt like he had trypophobia.

There's nothing we can do. There are too many bugs.

Ding Ze decisively threw the green grass back down, and then ordered, "Pour oil, throw incendiary bombs, burn!"

All the employees immediately followed suit.
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There is strength in numbers.

In just a few minutes, a raging fire broke out in the pit, and millions of black insects were probably burned and crackled.

The employees were not idle, they were still throwing down dead firewood and pouring oil.

So it is.

Ten minutes later, the entire pit seemed to have turned into a huge fire pit. Extremely thick gray smoke kept rising, and the scene was quite spectacular.

"Keep burning!" Ding Ze really wanted to know what was at the bottom of the statue, so he gave the order.

In a blink of an eye, two hours had passed. Finally, the black smoke at the bottom of the pit had almost completely disappeared, and the strange black bugs were completely wiped out.

No more bugs poured out of the big hole at the bottom of the statue.

By the way, those living dead were also completely finished. They were burned and turned into dead bodies.

Ding Ze smiled and looked at it, very satisfied with the result, "Let's have lunch first, and then we'll go down and take a look after we finish eating."

The group didn't walk too far and just found a place nearby to have lunch.

It was already past one in the afternoon.

They spent the entire morning here, but in the end, they basically got nothing. It was really fucking disappointing.

Ding Ze didn't like to work in vain, so after lunch, without delay, he picked a group of employees, put on gas masks, and returned to the bottom of the pit.

Because there had just been a big fire, the temperature at the bottom of the pit was still quite high.

This kind of high temperature is really deadly.

Ding Ze had to make a quick decision. When he reached the hole at the bottom of the statue, he quickly threw some glow sticks down.

The glow stick only went down a short distance before stopping.

There was a pitch-black staircase below, which seemed to be made of black jade.

The stairs extended inclined deeper into the cave for about ten meters, then turned a corner. It was impossible to see what was behind it.

Faced with this fact, Ding Ze was really shocked. He felt like, damn, why does it look like there is an ancient tomb underneath?

The problem is, this thing is not popular in this area.

So, do you want to go down?
Of course I have to go down.

Now that we are here, how can we do this without finding out what is going on?
Ding Ze made the decision without hesitation, and then waved to the employee beside him, "Next."

Human beings' fear of the unknown is basically ingrained in their bones.

Although all the employees are professional soldiers, they still feel instinctive fear when faced with the unknown.

But, what can I say? If you eat this bowl of rice, you have to be mentally prepared to die at any time.

Without further ado, the employees turned on their tactical headlamps, and then, one after another, stepped onto the downward stairs.

Ding Ze thought for a moment and did not choose to wait there, so he followed him down.

Walk down a little further.

I have to say, it's really damn cool here. It's completely different from the bottom of the big pit above.

This kind of coolness is really comfortable.

There are clearly some strange patterns on the rock walls on both sides of the stairs, and these patterns are basically the same as those in the ancient city above.

Therefore, the things below were most likely created by people in the ancient city above.

This is tantamount to overturning their original speculation.

This fact proves that the ancient city at the bottom of the pit had been there from the beginning and did not collapse from the ground.

This means that hundreds of years ago, or even longer ago, there was a group of people who lived at the bottom of the pit and survived for a long time.

why?
How do people manage to survive underground?

What secrets are hidden in this place?
So many questions.

The more Ding Ze thought about it, the more excited he became.

At this time, the person at the front of the team reached the corner of the stairs.

After turning a corner, there were still stairs and darkness ahead.

At first glance, the stairs seem to have no end, which is really weird! (End of this chapter)