"Boss, I prepared according to the amount we needed for exploring treasures in the past, I didn't expect that we would need a large amount of explosives this time..."
Dai'an's fear had already shown on his face, and Gu Yu had put his hand on the handle of the machete.
"Anzi, you know my temper. I hate people who make excuses for their own failures. There's no next time, understand?"
After Gu Yu finished speaking, Dai'an nodded repeatedly like a little chicken pecking at food.
"We can't go out now, we can only move forward. We have to find a way to get through the mudfish group and then reach the second level. The height of this underground palace should just be able to reach the ground. That means we can reach the third level, maybe we can find a way to escape."
Seeing that the atmosphere had eased a bit, Zhuzi suggested. Of course, this is also a way out of desperation.
"But it's not easy to get through the mudfish group."
Behind us, there were at least a hundred mudfish eyeing us, meaning we had to cross the entire palace again. The difficulty involved can be imagined. I estimated the direction and then said, "We should go that way. But the mudfish have completely blocked the way, we can't get through."
"That's not necessarily the case. Anzi, take out the remaining explosives. Let's kill these mudfish and then go up from here!"
Gu Yu seemed to be taking out his long-held trump card. This time, he took out five black small stones, which were the toxic gas bombs from earlier.
"Brother Zhu, what's the deal with these stones? You just said they're toxic, they're not some chemical weapon, are they?"
The chubby one asked strangely.
"It wouldn't be wrong to call them chemical weapons. These stones are formed by burning the feces of a certain earth beast. I don't know the exact beast, that's someone else's secret. But in the past, I heard that Gu Yu had this trick up his sleeve. These stones can't withstand too much impact, so he would put a box wrapped in a sponge in his backpack. Once he uses these stones, he just needs to throw them out, and they will break open when they hit the ground, releasing toxic gas. I don't know why he wants to use explosives, but just watch."
Zhuzi's answer was quite vague, after all, it was someone else's special skill.
I saw Gu Yu gently pick up the black stones, split open the outer layer on his hand, and then poured gunpowder into them. He then closed the surface of the black stones again.
The mudfish group began to move, a large number of mudfish drilled out from the ground, moving forward along the damp earth. Gu Yu turned back and shouted, "Follow me, I won't wait for stragglers."
After that, he held the black stone and ran forward at full speed. Dai'an followed closely, and the rest of us ran after him.
The mudfish quickly sprang into action, and hundreds of mudfish split into two groups, encircling us from both sides. Gu Yu raised the black stone in his hand and threw it outside with force. The first black stone landed and immediately caused a terrifying explosion, with layers of black poisonous smoke billowing out. I quickly covered my mouth and nose with my sleeve, not daring to breathe loudly.
This time, the black stone thrown out was clearly more powerful than before, and the black poisonous smoke released was even denser. It seemed that after adding gunpowder, the power of these black stones had become significantly stronger!
"Is it because the gunpowder helps the components inside the black stones to burn fully, which results in the increased power?"
I speculated as I ran. The first batch of mudfish attacking suffered heavy casualties, with more than half dead. But more mudfish groups began to charge at us. We dare not stop, Gu Yu occasionally threw black stones. There were two loud explosions, dense smoke filled the entire first layer of the palace.
"Damn, it's so powerful, like a sweet potato grenade. When we get a chance, we should make some too!"
The fat man whispered from behind. I didn't have time to answer, and I could see the stairs leading to the first floor at last. The mudfish were badly injured, clearly this time we could survive!
"Haha, these mud creatures are no match for us, let's go for it!"
Zhu Zi also yelled with joy. But at that moment, another unexpected event occurred! I felt the ground behind me shaking violently, huge cracks and gaps appeared in the ground, the shaking was like an earthquake, forcing me to stop and look back, only to see something shining like a blade piercing out of the ground!
"What is that? A knife?"
Luo Qiong also saw it and asked me with surprise.
I shook my head, but the more I looked, the more I felt something was wrong, and it was not until it got closer that I realized what exactly it was! Then I turned back and shouted, "Damn, that's not a knife. It's a fish fin!"
I had seen in a movie, a shark showing its huge dorsal fin above the sea, which looked like a big knife that could split the surface of the water. And now, there seemed to be a "shark" approaching underground behind us. Moreover, judging by the size of the fin, this creature crawling under the ground was not small at all!
"Boom!"
It charged towards us, flipping huge chunks of rocks and tiles on the ground. Like a wild truck running amok, it seemed nothing could stop its impact.
I dodged aside. The creature crashed into the wall behind us, shaking it three times, and then a round head emerged from the ground, with a pair of cold eyes visible, black eyeballs and brown skin, this was clearly a giant version of the mudfish!
"This should be the leader I mentioned, the boss of these mudfish. We've killed so many mudfish, we've forced it out. Quick, retreat!"
Luo Qiong pulled Shen Mentian, the fragile girl was completely incapable of dealing with the successive dangers.
"Boom!"
The huge mudfish turned its head and charged at us again, I turned to Gu Yu and shouted, "Quick, throw the explosives..."
But then I realized, Gu Yu had already rushed to the stairs with Dai An when we were being attacked by the huge mudfish, completely ignoring our safety.
"Gu Yu! You're leaving me behind too?"
Zhu Zi shouted in surprise.
"I've said it before, those who can't keep up with my pace, I won't care whether you live or die. It's none of my business. An Zi, let's go!"
With that harsh remark, he took Dai An and went up the stairs. No poison gas, no crossbow arrows, are we supposed to fight this creature that's big enough to swallow us whole with our three-edged pricks? And, can our three-edged pricks really cause harm to its skin, which is strong enough to crush rocks and tiles?
"Bang! Bang!"
The sound of the stone cracking was getting closer. It was moving rapidly underground, and in a blink of an eye, it was about to charge at us.
"Be careful!"
As the huge mudfish charged toward us, I reached out and pushed the fat man in front of me, but I pushed too hard and ended up being flung away myself. It was just in time to dodge the charge of the huge mudfish, which passed through the space between us. I felt like I had just evaded an imperialist missile.
The body fell to the ground, and before standing up, I hurriedly asked, "Are you okay, Fatty?"
"No problem. I almost died just now."
I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard Fatty's voice. I was about to stand up from the ground, but before I could steady myself, the ground beneath my feet began to loosen. As I stood up, the ground beneath my feet completely cracked, and I fell down.
"Xiaoshan! Xiaoshan..."
I heard Fatty calling my name but it was too late; my body fell heavily, eventually plunging into darkness. Below was damp soil, with several streams flowing like small streams. Because the soil was relatively soft, I did not suffer any injuries when I fell. As I looked up, I could see that the hole in the overhead was about five or six meters away. I could hear Fatty's shouts, but before I could respond, a sudden loud noise came from ahead. My expression changed immediately, my heart pounding wildly. Then I saw the huge mudfish swimming towards me from the darkness ahead at an incredible speed, and it seemed to have spotted me and was coming in my direction!
I dared not think too much and just turned to run. The huge mudfish chased after me relentlessly, and I couldn't tell which direction led underground, I just knew that escaping was the priority. This run completely cut off my contact with Fatty and the others, and being chased and hunted by the huge mudfish, I found myself in an awkward situation alone.