48 Hours a Day Chapter 1268
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Chapter 1246: Chapter 1246 – The City
Chapter 1246 The City
“Mr. Tam stood still and did not move. However, when the monster appeared, a retired soldier ran into his tent and took out the large rectangular box that he had been carrying. The box was more than two meters long and had been placed with a set of drilling equipment. No one knew what was inside.
“It was not until this night that Mr. Tam opened the box and revealed the answer to the Riddle. In the box was a sickle with an exaggerated shape and an extremely long hilt. It looked very funny when paired with Mr. Tam’s slightly plump figure. After he took out the sickle, he muttered, “I’ll just make do with it. After all, this thing only belongs to me in the modern era.”After he finished speaking, I did not see how he swung the sickle. I saw the ugly monster’s body suddenly split into two and split open from the middle, just like a piece of butter that had been cut by a hot knife.
“Mr. Tam took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the red blood-like substance on the scythe. Then he raised his eyebrows and said, ‘since you’re here, don’t hide and watch the show.’. I noticed two figures flash past on a small iceberg not far away after he said that. I didn’t know if my eyes were playing tricks on me, because those two figures looked like two big walking octopuses.
“Mr. Tam’s body still didn’t move, but I noticed that this time, besides his scythe, there was some dark green liquid on his clothes. During this time, my eyes didn’t leave him at all. God knows how that dark green liquid appeared there.
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“He sighed and mumbled again. I usually don’t like to fight in front of other people’s homes, so I’ve been holding it in until now. You guys insist on forcing me, so why bother? Fortunately, I moved fast enough, so the guy below shouldn’t be able to sense it. After saying that, he put the scythe back into the box and returned to his previous smiling appearance. He turned his head and happily announced to us that the danger had been eliminated, so there was no need to worry about being attacked in the future.
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“After that, without waiting for us to answer, I had the four ex-soldiers carry away the monster’s corpse on the ground, pour oil on it, and set it on fire. After they burned the thing, I saw two more soldiers carrying the oil and walking towards the iceberg. Soon, a column of smoke rose from there.
“Who wants to have some roasted octopus tentacles tonight? Alright, I was just joking. It was obvious that Mr. Tam was in a good mood. He was still in the mood to tell a cold joke that had no meaning. In fact, the scene just now had scared most of us silly. Until now, we were still unable to react, especially the biologist. The dead monster had probably brought up some bad memories for him, and had scared him so much that he wet his
pants.
“But no one in the camp laughed at him, because we were all in the same mood. Of course, perhaps that Chinese couple was an exception. I saw that their gazes toward Mr. Tam became a little strange, as if they were sizing up some rare species. I felt that their interest in Mr. Tam even surpassed that of the monster, and they were even whispering their opinions. Once again, I was annoyed that I had never learned Chinese before.
“So I begged the doctor to go to them, but this time they didn’t give us any useful information. “But as Mr. Tam said, after the monster and the thing hiding in the dark died, no one came to stop us, and because we didn’t have to worry anymore, the search became more efficient, and we finally found the entrance to the ancient ruins two weeks later.
“It was under an iceberg. We drilled there for ten days before we found it. At that time, I couldn’t believe my eyes because we couldn’t find it for a long time. In addition, we lost the geologist Midway. I once suspected that we might never find it again. And speaking of which, we found this place thanks to Mr. Tam, who pointed out the direction for the exploration team.
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“After the last attack, I suspected that Mr. Tam had discovered something from the two things hiding in the dark. Before this, we were running around like headless chickens, trying our luck. After that day, he firmly told us to go this way. Even when we encountered icebergs and suspected that we were going in the wrong direction, he simply told us to prepare tools and equipment to break the
ice.”
“We used quite a lot of explosives. One of the ex-soldiers seemed to be an expert in explosives. We only started digging after he finished blasting. In ten days, we dug down about 200 meters. Finally, through the ice layer, we could vaguely see a strange city below.
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“That city has huge stone pillars and twisted buildings. The structures of the buildings inside often do not conform to Euclidean geometry. Whether it is the spatial structure or the size of the buildings, it gives people a strong sense of discomfort. Just looking at it makes people feel anxious and disgusted. What makes us even more uneasy is that the scene below is very similar to what we saw in the dream.
“After seeing the city under the ice, Mr. Tam strictly forbade us to use any more explosives. Everyone could only use an ice pick to excavate bit by bit. Even though it was still quite a distance from the city, even Mr. Tam had joined in, so the others had nothing to say. I could feel the excitement and urgency in his eyes, as if he was afraid of disturbing something below. “After that, we dug for another week. Blisters appeared on both of my hands, and finally, an ice path that could allow one person to pass through was dug out, all the way to the top of the stone pillar. The amazing thing was that even though I didn’t see any building that looked like a dome, there seemed to be something that separated the city from the ice layer above. There wasn’t a single piece of ice under the stone pillar.
“I can even see Moss on the pillar, but everything here seems dead silent, and it’s filled with a damp and gloomy atmosphere.”. Mr. Tam looked around at the people around him, and then his gaze fell on me, Dr. Baker, the Chinese couple, and the climatologist. He then asked, “Which one of you is willing to go down for me?”?
“When he saw that we didn’t speak, he explained that I wanted to go down by myself, but for some reason, I couldn’t do that. My men are the same, so I hope that there are some enthusiastic volunteers among you who will go down to retrieve something for us. I will reward you greatly after that.”
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