The scorching sun hung high in the sky during the day in the Black Desert. The scorching sun seemed to be sucking away all living things in the desert.
The archeological team continued as usual. When the sun rose, they found a sand dune and dug a hole to sleep. They waited for the sun to set before continuing.
Today, everything was the same. The sun was setting in the west. Everyone came out of the sandpit, eating, drinking, chatting, and playing. The atmosphere was very relaxed, unlike the team that had been in the Black Desert for nearly ten days.
But soon, Sa Dipeng realized that Chu Jian was not there. He immediately walked to the sandpit where Chu Jian was resting. As he walked, he teased,""Old Chu, are you haunted by a wet dream? Brother Wang's loud voice didn't wake you up.”
"Sa Dipeng, are you looking for a beating? What do you mean by such a loud voice? This is called revolutionary optimism…"
"Chu Jian…"
Before Fatty Wang could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by Sa Dipeng's indignant voice.
Everyone was shocked.
He immediately realized that something had happened to Chu Jian!
Zhang Lei was the closest and the fastest. In a flash, he arrived beside Sa Dipeng.
Sa Dipeng had already removed the awning canvas on the sandpit. Chu Jian's tall body lay quietly in the sandpit, motionless.
His entire body was black and purple.
“艹”
Zhang Lei cursed when he saw this.
Chu Jian was poisoned, and his life and death were unknown.
How did he get poisoned? Was he attacked?
But why didn't I hear anything?
After Zhang Lei was transformed by the Crimson Core Divine Orb and the Primordial Yang Soul Essence, his five senses had become extremely sharp. Even if he was asleep, he would not be able to hide anything from him.
But now, Chu Jian was poisoned less than 20 meters away from him.
Zhang Lei's brows were tightly locked, and his expression was extremely solemn. Who could poison Chu Jian under my eyes?
"Chu Jian, what happened to you?"
Sa Dipeng's face was filled with grief. He was about to jump into the sandpit, but he was pulled back by Zhang Lei.
Chu Jian's poisoning situation was unknown, Sa Di Peng jumped in rashly, who knew what would happen.
"Zhang Lei, Chu Jian…Zhang Lei, you…"
Zhang Lei didn't say anything. He jumped into the sandpit and reached out to check Chu Jian's breathing.
Sa Dipeng was different from him. His blood was not afraid of poison.
"Zhang Lei, don't touch it."
Yang Xueli, Hu Jianjun, and the others who had surrounded them hurriedly stopped them.
Zhang Lei didn't care. He checked Chu Jian's breathing and touched his carotid artery. There were no signs of life.
Seeing Zhang Lei's solemn expression, the higher-ups all knew the result. The relaxed atmosphere instantly turned into grief and indignation.
"He's poisoned. Zhang Lei, be careful.”Yang Xueli reminded in a deep voice.
"I know."
As Zhang Lei spoke, he carefully examined Chu Jian's body, but he didn't find any traces.
"Could it be behind us?"
He gently turned Chu Jian's body over.
When they saw Chu Jian's back, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Chu Jian's back was in a mess. His flesh was badly mutilated, as if something had eaten him. Purple-black blood and some tiny pieces of flesh stuck to his clothes...
It was a tragic sight.
"Zhang Lei, come out quickly. It's the Man-Eating Scorpions…Everyone, retreat quickly, maintain your distance, and pay attention to your safety.”
Yang Xueli's scream immediately made everyone's expression change drastically, and they subconsciously took a few steps back.
Zhang Lei also jumped out of the sandpit, but he did not go far. He frowned and asked Yang Xueli,"What's a Man-Eating Scorpion? There are really man-eating scorpions in this world?"
Zhang Lei seemed to have heard of the name Man-eating Scorpion before, but he couldn't remember it clearly. It seemed to be the name of a foreign movie, but he had never seen this movie before.
" Man-eating scorpions do exist," Yang Xueli explained." But they only grow in the Sahara Desert. I've never heard of such things in other places."”
"Invasion species? Is this a level three world?"
Zhang Lei murmured softly. Suddenly, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and his eyes seemed to have automatically activated the x-ray vision function.
Then, the scenery in front of him changed. He saw a group of scorpions.
This group of scorpions was lurking in the sand about half a meter deep below Chu Jian's body. Each of them was about the size of a pinky finger, and their bodies were as black as ink.
This was a Man-Eating Scorpion?
Yang Xueli did not notice the golden light in Zhang Lei's eyes, nor did she know that Zhang Lei had already discovered the man-eating scorpions. She introduced in a deep voice,"It's said that the Man-eating Scorpion has a venomous claw that can spit venom. It's extremely poisonous, and the venom of a Man-eating Scorpion is enough to kill an adult elephant.”
" They tend to live in groups. Unlike other scorpions, they don't eat carrion. They like to take the initiative to hunt…"
However, Yang Xueli suddenly stopped before she could finish her sentence.
He was interrupted by Zhang Lei's actions.
Zhang Lei suddenly ran to his backpack and fumbled around for a moment before a gleaming knife appeared in his hand.
Zhang Lei, who took out the Cold Moon Saber, didn't say anything with a gloomy face. He seemed to be very angry. Without saying anything, he jumped into the sandpit again and grabbed Chu Jian's body and put it outside.
No one said anything. It was unknown whether they were attracted by the Cold Moon Saber or shocked by Zhang Lei's anger. In any case, no one said anything. They just watched in a daze.
Lei Zhang didn't care about the others. He was furious. He was even angrier than when he couldn't kill Golden Growler.
Ever since he subconsciously said the words 'species invasion', he had been inexplicably furious.
The strangest thing was that he didn't know why he was angry.
It was not because of Chu Jian's death. He was very sure of this.
Those who had read the original novel knew that Chu Jian, Sa Dipeng, and Ye Yixin would die sooner or later. It was impossible for Zhang Lei to be so angry if he had already expected it.
Vaguely, he felt that his anger seemed to come from his bloodline. It was similar to the anger of his dignity being trampled on or his territory being invaded.
But he couldn't figure out if that was the case.
"Die!"
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