I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 298 - 294 A Desperate Fight
Chapter 298: Chapter 294: A Desperate Fight
Chapter 298: Chapter 294: A Desperate Fight
Taotie, shouldering his Strange Dagger, walked shoulder to shoulder with Tom toward the chamber from which Old Zongzi had come.
Upon reaching outside the chamber, the two peered inside and couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
The Taoyong inside the chamber was shattered into pieces.
All eighteen Stone Coffins had their lids blown off.
They were scattered haphazardly throughout the chamber.
Seventeen Zongzi, clad in armor and wielding Strange Daggers, were chopping at the Taoyong.
From the shattered Taoyong, white glistening eggs occasionally poured out, hatching from their shells and transforming into Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects fluttering in the air, swirling around the Old Zongzi.
Seeing this scene, both Taotie and Tom’s expressions drastically changed, revealing looks of horror.
“Taotie, what should we do?”
Tom displayed a rare expression of utter helplessness.
Clearly, facing so many resurrected corpses had exceeded his comprehension.
Even though Taotie had lectured him about Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, this almost supernatural phenomenon was still hard for Tom to accept. The impenetrable armor and the bizarre Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects gave Tom a sense of powerlessness.
“Set them on fire!”
Taotie said in a deep voice.
“Quick, get the Molotov Cocktails ready!”
“The more, the better, and also the bombs and Kerosene.”
“We must exterminate all these Zongzi and Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects before they escape this chamber!”
“Otherwise none of us will survive!”
Taotie said with a grave expression.
“Okay!”
Tom nodded and responded.
He took off the backpack he was carrying and started to quietly retrieve materials, for fear that any loud movements might alert the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects.
Taotie gave Tom a glance, then looked back at the Zongzi and Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects in the chamber, his expression anxious, yet he could only fret and silently pray for Tom to hasten his movements.
Suddenly!
A Zongzi, carrying a Strange Dagger, started walking towards the entrance of the chamber.
Taotie felt a pang of dread and muttered under his breath, “Not good!”
Taotie took the Strange Dagger off his shoulder.
His hand slid into the connecting Gauntlet.
“Tom, hurry!”
“A Zongzi is coming!”
Taotie urged Tom in a low voice.
Hearing this, Tom looked up momentarily.
Saw an Old Zongzi staggering toward them.
He too displayed a look of urgency.
“Handle it!”
As he spoke, Tom picked up a Molotov Cocktail he had prepared and handed it to Taotie.
A single Molotov Cocktail could take care of a Zongzi.
The real trouble was those flying Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects–that was the major problem.
“No!”
Taotie shook his head, refusing to take the Molotov Cocktail.
“Once the fire starts, it will alert all the Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects; you need to hurry up,” Taotie said in a solemn tone.
Taotie glanced over and saw that Tom had already prepared over a dozen Molotov Cocktails, but it still wasn’t enough.
Watching the Old Zongzi draw nearer, Taotie’s brow furrowed deeply, pondering how to handle the situation.
But no matter how many solutions he considered, he couldn’t perfectly resolve the crisis at hand.
Taotie frustratingly scratched his head, feeling quite helpless.
If it weren’t for those Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, just facing the Zongzi alone, Taotie wouldn’t fear at all. He’d dare to rush in blade-first and fight to the death. However, with those Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects present, even if he could kill the Old Zongzi, he would end up surrounded by them, becoming a vessel for hatching their eggs.
At this moment, the Old Zongzi was still less than ten meters from the chamber door, and Taotie could already smell the rot mixed with an odd medicinal scent emanating from its body.
“Stop what you’re doing!”
“We have to act now!”
Taotie spoke in a low voice.
“If we don’t have enough Molotov Cocktails, use bombs!”
“I’ll take care of this Old Zongzi, you throw all the Molotov Cocktails into those Taoyongs, first to burn all those eggs to death. As for those Body-penetrating Poisonous Insects in the air, just bomb them, the effect should be similar.”
Taotie spoke out his thoughts on the countermeasures at a very fast pace.
“Okay!”
Tom nodded in agreement.
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He immediately stopped making Molotov Cocktails, packed the ultra-concentrated fuel and the bottles filled with kerosene into his backpack, and said, “We won’t need these things either. When you chop the bodies, throw them all in. Let’s make this fire bigger!”
Upon hearing Tom’s words, a light flashed in Taotie’s eyes.
“Okay!”
“Action!”
Taotie took over the backpack and said in a deep voice.
Before his words had faded, Taotie, carrying the backpack, charged toward the Old Zongzi.
Taotie kicked the Old Zongzi mid-air, flipping it over.
He fiercely flung the backpack towards the group of Taoyongs while simultaneously slashing down, severing the head of the Old Zongzi on the ground.
With one successful strike, Taotie quickly retreated.
He pulled out of the tomb chamber, grabbed a Molotov Cocktail, and smashed it hard on the Old Zongzi.
With a “crash,” the Molotov Cocktail shattered.
The Old Zongzi instantly burst into roaring flames.
The Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects inside the Old Zongzi, unable to crawl out in time, were engulfed by the flames.
Meanwhile, Tom began throwing bombs.
The twenty or so freshly made Molotov Cocktails were all hurled at the group of Taoyongs at once.
As each Molotov Cocktail fell, the group of Taoyongs burst into roaring flames, and several Old Zongzis, hit by the Molotov Cocktails, turned into human-shaped torches.
The Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects that had originally been swarming around them also ignited.
In an instant, the dense swarm of Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects was thrown into disarray,
flying chaotically inside the tomb chamber.
Seeing this, Taotie internally cursed.
“Throw the bombs quickly!”
“It would be best to make the bombs explode simultaneously!”
Taotie shouted to Tom.
Now that these Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects were scattered and flying randomly, just throwing bombs would hardly kill many of them.
Only by making all the bombs explode together could they
use the powerful shockwave generated by the explosion to knock down the airborne Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects, letting them perish in a sea of fire.
Tom grasped Taotie’s intention, immediately took off his coat, and wrapped all the bombs in it.
Activating one bomb, he listened to the countdown “beep,” and fiercely threw the coat-wrapped bombs toward the area most populated with Corpse-controlling Poisonous Insects.
“Quick, close the door!”
Tom yelled.
Taotie, who had been prepared, immediately closed the stone gate of the tomb chamber, picked up the Strange Dagger, and turned to run.
Tom followed close behind, running towards the tomb chamber where Fang Xiaocao and the others were.
Taotie and Tom hadn’t run far
when a huge explosion boomed behind them.
In an instant, the entire ancient tomb trembled and shook.
Even the whole mountain began to sway.
The tomb chamber showed signs of collapse.
Beams continuously fell from the ceiling of the tomb.
The stone slabs laid on the ground cracked.
Taotie and Tom were instantly knocked down.
Seeing that they could no longer run, it was already too late.
Taotie and Tom quickly flipped over to the corner of the wall of the tomb chamber where they had killed the first Old Zongzi, took off their bulletproof vests, held them high over their heads as shields, and protected their heads.
“Rumble~”
The massive explosion echoed throughout the ancient tomb.
Stones continuously fell from above, striking the bulletproof vests, causing Taotie and Tom to crouch in the corner, holding their heads, not daring to move.
