Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Chapter 539  Mine!

With the strange corpses scattered all over the place, everyone could only move forward with heavy hearts. This time, the General's red blood eyes scanned across the masses. His already towering physique and cobra wide back made everyone flinch back when he turned around and looked at them dead in the eye. Even those who were used to working with him before were shocked by the murderous raw energy he was emitting. "Pull those crooked ears of yours and listen well. We won't be having any more funny business from anyone…" "Try it… I dare you to try touching anything again and see what will happen." If whatever is here doesn't kill them, then he would gladly take up the challenge.

As they say, a word to the wise is enough. But hold on… why can everyone suddenly understand each other? General Obediah's pupils dilated in a split second, before returning back to normal, staring at Dorian with reverence. Hitchcoff pushed his glasses in, also staring at Dorian's group deep in thought. 'It seems I really don't know much about the world. But it doesn't make any sense. What sort of monster can do this to a corpse?'

Hitchcoff's brows wrinkled. This was getting too unscientific, but stopping was never in the books. Today, they'll figure this situation out once and for all. Thinking that, Hitchcoff took off his glasses and used the small wiping cloth in his pocket to dust them off. But just then… Eh? Did he see something just now? Hit off blinked severally, swiftly turning his face to the ceiling only to be met with nothing but the old, thick, stony ceilings. Huh…

Must be his imagination. Shaking his head wryly, he followed behind General Obediah, not knowing that the thing he thought was imaginary, now popped his gruesome head with a strange green glowing light in its eyes. .

Onwards the group went, everyone hearing their own breathing growing harder and harder by the second. This was the furthest their people have ever reached. Everyone who came into the tomb died back there. They were the first to move past the chamber of temptations at the back. And now, they were staring at what looked like a giant bat cave which was far different from the glamourous splendor of the earlier room. There were many platforms with ancient stony buildings suspended high, connected to stone bridges. It truly looked like an underground city fitting for a King. The ancient ashy stony buildings gave a stark contrast to the dark, pale blue grounds around them. The grounds looked pale blue because of the blue glowing moss plants that stock to the corners of the cave's walls, providing dim illumination. For a moment, everyone felt like they had just stepped into a fantasy world, with how beautiful and mysterious their surroundings were. on the edge they stood on, there were stairways leading down, and a sturdy, well made stone bridge leading to the closest suspended platform. Kri! Kri!!~

What was that? Once again, everyone wished they had their guns with them while moving through his unpredictable place. Dammit! Why did they listen to these psychos who collected all their weapons? Many stared at Dorian's group viscously., thinking that if given the chance again, they would never entertain the crazy idea of handing in their weapons. It was funny how quick their memory was to forget that Dorian never gave them a choice. It seems they had forgotten how they were beaten into submission by academy disciples earlier, though their bodies remembered it quite well. Some quickly looked to the floor, swallowing their cursed words when Old Gia's eyes swept over them. Everyone looked up, wondering where the echoed strange noises could have come from. But before they could figure it out, they heard completely different noises from below. And then, their legs turned into cooked noodles, when a startling hissing noise bellowed from below. Hiss!!~

An unimaginable switch turned in their minds, as they slowly lowered their heads to give a good stare at sight far below. Holy Moly! Before, they were wondering whether to take the stairway down, or whether to continue on with the suspended stone bridges. But now, it seems fate has made the choice for them after all. The biologist in the group released a heavy breath, slowly etching to the edge with a trembling body that wasn't of fear… but excitement? "Sand Red line snakes!... How can they be so big?" Dropping to his knees and hunching over to stare at the many babies that were twirling and intertwining below, the biologist almost wished he could fly down there and get samples. "Careful, professor Bohania!" A well-decorated soldier from the biologist's country called, almost having a heart attack after seeing Bohania push a few rocks that fell below, as if in cinematic suspense. "Professor, please step back! I've been informed to protect you with my life, so don't make me act rash." As one of their country's treasures, who has many international awards and accolades, Bohania was a pride their country wasn't willing to lose. Other biologists also inches in closer, shocked by how Large these sand snakes were. "Impossible! How can they grow so big? Mutation? Is there radioactive matter fizzling in the air?" "Exactly! What did they eat or experience growing so big?" A few soldiers furrowed their brows, taking in bits and pieces of news in frightening wonder. According to these biologists, sand snakes are no longer than 3 fingers going together. As for length, they couldn't grow longer than 5 feet. Everyone stared at the spine-tingling sight below, feeling their blood go numb. "We-... we are going to cross over them?" A soft shivering voice asked. It was a female soldier whose number one fear was slithering, crawling creatures. You say these snakes shouldn't grow bigger than 3 fingers or longer than 5 feet. But why did each look like they could swallow a fully grown human without stress and still have enough room for a dog too? "Hold on! We can't just go ahead without collecting their samples!" Bohania advised, when seeing Dorian lead the way towards the suspended path far, high above the snakes down below.

A flash of greed flickered through his eyes, no one knowing what his thoughts were. 'If… if I can take a smoke and recreate it in my lab, then...'

Bohania was ecstatic, thinking of all the fame that will come to him once he succeeds. But why stop at this size? What if he can make it 10 or even 50 times larger? 'Mine, mine, mine! I must get this fame alone!'