In his haste, Zhou Xuan and Li Jinlong dragged Li Quan into the stone chamber, and Wang Dagui quickly filled the empty space in the passage.
Zhou Xuan tore open the right leg of Li Quan's trousers, revealing his calf. People around could see a bulge on the skin of his leg that was moving rapidly back and forth, while Li Quan himself just cried out in pain!
Zhou Xuan tore a strip from the hem of his shirt and then tied it tightly around Li Quan's calf to prevent the corpse worms inside the muscles from reaching the top. Then he used Li Quan's leg.
The corpse worms inside the muscles seemed a little afraid of the slapping sound and quickly moved downwards, and Zhou Xuan followed suit and slapped them downwards.
Li Quan's heel caught a flash of blood, and a speck of black blood splattered out. Li Jinlong tried to swat it with his shovel, but the corpse worms were too fast to catch it.
But Li Jinlong was not slow either. With his second shovel, he scooped up the corpse worm and then swung it forcefully towards the sky. The corpse worm was smashed onto the top stone slab with a "thud".
In a moment of urgency, Zhou Xuan also stood up, pushed his left hand upwards, and channeled his icy energy. As the corpse worm fell, Zhou Xuan grabbed it in his hand, and at the same time, the icy energy transformed the corpse worm into a golden worm.
But in that instant, Zhou Xuan suddenly froze, looking up and standing there dumbfounded.
Fu Ying and Wei Xiaoqing were the most concerned and quickly gathered around. Wei Xiaoqing asked, "Zhou Xuan, are you... are you alright?"
Fu Ying grabbed his hand, trying hard to pry his fingers open to get the corpse worm out, but Zhou Xuan's grip was very tight. She couldn't pry it open no matter how hard she tried.
Li Jinlong, Lan Gaofeng, and Wei Haihong all stared nervously at Zhou Xuan's hand. They had witnessed the power of the corpse worms before, and the way Zhou Xuan was holding it meant there was great danger. Seeing Zhou Xuan's blank expression, they all assumed that the corpse worms had already burrowed into his arm, and they were both shocked and panicked.
Looking at the entrance to the passage, Wang Dagui, Wang Qiang, Wang Sheng, and Li Yong were all struggling to extinguish the approaching corpse worms, and the fire obviously wouldn't last much longer.
Almost everyone's hearts sank. Without a doubt, if a miracle didn't happen, all fifteen of them would become fifteen skeletons left in this stone.
Of all these people, only Zhou Xuan didn't think that way!
Because when he was using ice energy to transform the corpse worms, the ice energy penetrated the stone slab above his head, and he discovered that the top was hollow, and there was a mechanism entrance right in the middle!
Fu Ying's voice trembled with anxiety as she cried out, "Zhou Xuan, wake up! Wake up! Let go, let go!"
Zhou Xuan then realized what was happening and reached out to Li Jinlong, saying, "Old Li, hand me your shovel!"
Li Jinlong didn't know what Zhou Xuan was going to do, but he still handed him the shovel.
Zhou Xuan took the shovel and stood in the very center of the stone chamber. Then he looked up and stretched the shovel to the ceiling of the chamber, and used it to push hard against a protruding dot in the very center.
Just like that, a dull "crackling" sound rang out.
The others in the stone chamber were startled, and then looked up at the source of the sound.
With a loud noise, the stone slab in the very center of the stone chamber's ceiling was moved aside, revealing a square hole about half a meter in diameter!
After a moment of surprise, the people in the stone chamber immediately cheered!
Zhou Xuan shouted, "Stop shouting! Everyone come and help! Let the girls go up first, then Professor Yang and Professor Qin, and finally us... Hurry, don't waste time!"
Actually, Zhou Xuan didn't need to urge them. These people weren't stupid. Wei Haihong didn't even think about it and quickly dragged Zhou Xuan along. The two of them lifted Wei Xiaoqing to the cave entrance. Wei Xiaoqing first placed the high-powered light on it, and then climbed up by stepping on Zhou Xuan's shoulders.
Zhou Xuan turned around and lifted Fu Ying up, pulling her up by the waist. The stone chamber was only two meters high. Wei Xiaoqing reached out and grabbed Fu Ying's hand from above.
Fu Ying was already quite agile; she grabbed Wei Xiaoqing's hand and used it to get up there, and then she helped the two old professors up as well.
Seeing that the situation at the entrance of the passage was becoming increasingly critical, Zhou Xuan quickly pushed Wei Haihong to the front without saying a word. The Lan executives understood and several people worked together to send him up.
Next, they carried the injured Li Quan upstairs. Fang Jianjun then pushed Lan Gaofeng upstairs in a hurry. Just then, they heard several people in the passageway shouting, "Quickly back up! Quickly! It's too late!"
Seeing that the fire was about to go out, Zhou Xuan quickly picked up several backpacks from the ground and threw them near the fire at the entrance of the passage. He then opened another bottle of wine belonging to Wang Fugui and vigorously poured it onto the fire. The fire suddenly flared up, immediately blocking a large number of corpse worms. However, in the gap, hundreds of corpse worms also scurried into the stone chamber.
Fu Ying reached her hand down into the hole above and cried out desperately, "Just...mouth...8.o...fishing book concave different body clam!"
The people at the entrance of the passage also retreated into the stone chamber, frantically swatting away the corpse worms inside while grabbing onto the hands reaching down from above to climb up.
Although Zhou Xuan was also in danger, his body was already circulating ice energy. The corpse beetles that came into contact with him were only transformed when they opened their mouths. The situation was critical, and no one in the field noticed him. Moreover, the number of corpse beetles did not pose a threat to him and did not consume much ice energy. However, if the overwhelming number of corpse beetles outside the passage came in, it would be fatal.
At this moment, Li Jinlong, Wang Dagui, Li Yong, and Fang Jianjun all went up.
Zhou Xuan only heard Fu Ying's almost sobbing voice: "Zhou Xuan, come here quickly, come here quickly!"
While tears streamed down her face, Wei Xiaoqing desperately dragged Fu Ying along, afraid that she would jump down.
Wei Haihong and the Lan executives were also urgently calling for Zhou Xuan, urging him to rush to the scene.
As soon as Wang Qiang climbed up the net, his younger brother Wang Sheng screamed in agony as corpse worms burrowed into his legs. Wang Qiang, standing above, cried out urgently, "Brother, quickly put your hands up!"
Wang Sheng could no longer stand steadily, and his outstretched hand could not reach. Below, only Wang Sheng, another police officer, and Zhou Xuan and two others remained.
Zhou Xuan immediately called to the police officer, "You help me lift him up and take him upstairs."
The police officer was terrified and jumped up in a hurry, trying to grab the hand that was reaching down from above.
Zhou Xuan lifted Wang Sheng by the waist with a shout, using all his strength. The hand above grabbed Wang Sheng's hand, and the policeman also grabbed the hand above. The person above exerted force, but when he and Wang Sheng's bodies collided, they got stuck at the entrance of the hole. Since the entrance could only accommodate one person at a time, both of them were anxiously shouting. Wang Sheng's feet were being devoured by corpse worms, and he screamed in excruciating pain.
Zhou Xuan transformed the corpse worms at his feet into gold, then dragged the policeman down by the foot, pulling him off, and shouted, "Can't you give way a little? If this continues, we'll all die."
The police officer was pulled off the plane by Zhou Xuan and thrown to the ground. He was so frightened that he shoved Zhou Xuan away with a contorted face and quickly stood up. Wang Sheng pulled him up with that.
The police officer leaped upwards, but missed the hand reaching down from above. At that moment, the fire at the entrance of the passage went out, the obstruction disappeared completely, and the corpse worms swarmed in.
The police officer screamed in agony as he was surrounded and bitten by countless corpse worms. In his screams, he desperately leaped up, only to be grabbed by the outstretched hand of the person above and dragged up.
Zhou Xuan was also surrounded by corpse worms, but he had already circulated his icy energy throughout his body, paying special attention to the ground beneath his feet. Any corpse worms that came within three inches of him were transformed into golden worms.
Zhou Xuan's method of use wouldn't overwhelm him, because the ice energy used for the transformation wasn't too intense, unlike the initial burst where he used all his strength to transform the corpse worms, which was unbearable.
At this moment, Wei Haihong was in the cave above. Lan Gaofeng and Fu Ying and the others only saw that Zhou Xuan was surrounded by a dark mass of corpse worms. Although they were shouting, their hearts sank. With the number and power of the corpse beetles, even if Zhou Xuan was pulled up, his leg and waist muscles would definitely be devoured. Whether he could survive would depend on God.
Without further hesitation, Zhou Xuan transformed countless corpse worms around him, then leaped upwards with all his might, grabbing Wei Haihong with one hand and Fu Ying's hand with the other.