Plague Doctor

The entrance of the first tomb is very narrow, only slightly larger than an adult, like a pipe entrance.

For thousands of years, this place has long been submerged by groundwater and buried silence.

"I'm entering the first tomb." Lou Xiaoning said, swimming in the entrance, and there seemed to be a sound of gushing water around her. She felt the pressure of the water increasing, as if she was entering the depths of the ocean floor, not the desert. under.

Holding the underwater rifle on her body, she swam with both hands and kicked off with her feet. This entrance was about the length of a stone wall. After a few kicks, she entered the first chamber.

Just after crossing that boundary line, for an instant, Lou Xiaoning vaguely saw countless human figures emerging from the water, all over the space of the tomb.Her heart tightened, and out of instinct and the conditioned reflex that she had experienced over the years, she had to pull the trigger of the rifle in her hand immediately.

But then she saw again that those figures did not move, they just drifted there, as if they were...

Dead body.

"Why..." Lou Xiaoning frowned, already letting go of the entrance to the tomb and swimming forward carefully.

Smirnov then swam in, almost the same reaction, and asked in surprise, "What the hell is that?"

"It's a corpse, everyone, pay attention, there are a lot of corpses in the first tomb." Lou Xiaoning said quickly, the more he looked around, the more chilled his heart, "They are not mummies, they are'fresh' corpses. Rotting... The bodies I can see now are all women..."

The earphones of the members of the death squad immediately heard the sound of the degraded signal on the ground: "Captain Building, there is no underwater camera signal in the first tomb... There is an abnormal force interference... We can't see it, please describe What you see..."

The four people who entered the tomb were silent for a while, and they were unwilling to describe the weird tragedy here.

At a glance, there were dozens of corpses floating around, almost shoulder to shoulder, with long hair floating upwards, and their bodies sinking.

For the time being, every corpse they saw was an adult woman, dressed in ancient Egyptian-style robes and some jewelry, and they were all dressed up gorgeously.These women are young, tall, and well-groomed, including different races, Middle Eastern, Asian, white, black...

"The corpse did not float up, and it is impossible to determine the length of death." Lou Xiaoning said, swimming a little bit, and the two corpses were less than one meter away.

Their faces are stiff and pale, their eyes are wide open, and the pupils inside have already spread and become cloudy.

But in the silent chaos, there seemed to be a trace of fear before death.

This fear was also revealed in their stiff bodies, twisted muscles, and silent whining.

"It is impossible to determine the cause of their deaths," Lou Xiaoning said again, "There was no obvious trauma, even blood stains were not seen, it may be drowned alive, but I can't see their abdomen swelling...their gestures , Not crossing the chest, but lifting forward, it looks a bit like worshipping..."

Dozens of silent female bodies are floating in this way, as if performing some kind of ritual.

At this time, Xiaoxu’s voice came from the earphones, speaking a little faster than usual: “Those corpses are sacrifices to the Nile. The ancient Egyptians already had the technology to measure the water level, and they would set up water level gauges along the river. The ceremony was held near the water level gauge to call for floods and increase the power of the flood. Some of the water level gauges are special and are considered to be'caves' and'sources' that can control the flooding of the Nile. The ceremony held in this place is the most grand. One of the sacrifices is the so-called "female doll", which is dedicated to the river god and brings fertility. I think the corpses you see are such sacrifices."

"Rely..." As Lou Xiaoning wandered, the faces of innocent victims appeared in young women, and she was sullen in her heart. "The old scum of the Little Ram Cult, why don't they sacrifice themselves to their mothers? That's it."

"The first tomb may affect the global flooding situation." Xiaoxu said again, and the intermittent words have made it clear: "That is part of the ceremony...I suggest you move the corpses out immediately...that will To reduce the power of the flood, be careful of their weight, they are already breeding floods..."

"Understood." Lou Xiaoning waved his hand and asked Smirnov and the others to search the surroundings with her. "The first team, search the surroundings, slowly approach the door of the second tomb and take a look; the second team, come in. Transport these corpses out; the third team, guard the stairs."

Everyone immediately responded, and the four people in the tomb swam to search carefully.

First of all, we need to count the number of dead bodies, whether these are really dead bodies, or whether there are living people.

Also check the conditions embodied in the tomb wall, whether there is a danger of collapse, and whether it needs urgent reinforcement.

And whether there are any pitfalls or other discoveries.

At the same time, the four members of the second team swam into the tomb from outside one after another. Chen Jiahua was one of them.

Although he had already learned about the situation from the team communications, when Chen Jiahua saw the corpses floating in a crowd, there was still an instinctive chill, and then mixed with the complex emotions of sadness and anger, he paused slightly. Start to perform your tasks.

Four people work in pairs, each pulling a corpse that has been checked by the first team, one is responsible for dragging the corpse, and the other is responsible for defending against possible dangerous situations.

"Let me drag it." Chen Jiahua didn't need to say anything from his partner Billings, pulling the body of the young woman and pulling it out.

After a person drowns, the body will become heavier.

Even if he is young and strong, it is not easy to pull this corpse, and the water pressure here is weird...

Due to the narrow passage of the tomb, Chen Jiahua had to cross the passage in a posture of almost holding the corpse in his arms. Just when he squeezed in, he suddenly felt that the corpse in his arms was as heavy as a boulder, and he suddenly dragged it at all. Do not move.

But in this cramped stone wall passage space, he couldn't turn around, even as if... unable to get out, he seemed to be stuck with this corpse here, even if the torrent hits, he can't shake it half.However, at this time, the corpse seemed to move slightly, and the women’s long hair fluttered over and hit his mask, and the rational monitoring stone in his left hand glowed red. Chen Jiahua suddenly said anxiously: “The corpse is different, and there is mental erosion... "

His right hand is about to make the old seal, and the people who meet outside the entrance may also do the same.

But the corpse's hand, in turn, grabbed his hand, firmly grasping it.