Captain Bai's expression darkened as he watched the approaching bone carvings, his pistol already aimed at them.
"These things are fearless of bullets, and they don't bleed. It's truly strange. Where does the blood on them even come from?"
Guo Liang also noticed their condition.
"These are bone carvings, essentially sculpted objects. They aren't alive, so of course, there's no blood."
Zhou Lin immediately acted, chanting under his breath.
"Funeral of Fire Sea."
Zhou Lin roared, and a wave of intense heat enveloped them.
The bone carvings dared not approach them for the moment.
Even though they couldn't get close, their gazes were hostile.
They searched for a breakthrough but found none. Finally, looking at Lamor, who had no breath left on the ground, they slowly and stiffly moved towards the side.
These bone carvings actually approached Lamor, tore open his clothes, revealing pale flesh.
One of the bone carvings ripped open Lamor's abdomen, pulling out his intestines and organs. The smell of blood instantly filled the space, followed by the skin.
The bone carvings' large black hands began to work on his face, leaving bloody gashes. Finally, his eyeballs were gouged out.
The archaeological team watched the gruesome scene, covering their mouths. Several couldn't bear to look.
The mercenaries had seen dead bodies and plenty of internal organs scattered around, but this was their first time witnessing a live dissection.
Their stomachs churned uncomfortably.
"Damn, why is this thing so gory?"
"I'm an archaeology student, not a medical student! Why do I have to see this? Skinning is one thing, but dismembering bones?"
"I can handle seeing it, but under such terrible conditions? This is going to kill me!"
The students were suffering immensely, sweating profusely, and the visual shock was unbearable.
Finally, Samor watched helplessly as Lamor was reduced to a skeleton, which these creatures then skillfully reinforced.
They then placed Lamor's bones on the wall and paid him no further attention. As for the flesh and blood on the ground, the bone carvings had already begun to consume it.
"Ugh..."
The metaphysics professor couldn't control himself, covering his mouth and retching.
Fortunately, he hadn't eaten much earlier, so most of it had been digested. Otherwise...
Guo Liang, the mercenaries, and the students couldn't hold it in and started to heave.
In the livestream.
"Holy crap... ugh... I just ate something delicious for lunch, and now it's all gone."
"You ate? I'm eating right now... How can I keep eating? This is unbearable."
"Your Great Xia is too disgusting. Killing people is one thing, but then eating them, and raw too."
"Your Great Xia is terrifying. Our people died so tragically?"
"Shut up! Even if he died, it was your professor who caused it. He's responsible for this guy's fate, and you're talking about death?"
"That's true. This is your problem, not ours. If you hadn't gone in earlier, you wouldn't be here and wouldn't have died."
...
Zhou Lin narrowed his eyes, spotting a small hole in the neck of the bone carvings. Though tiny, it wouldn't be easily noticed without careful observation.
"Go."
Zhou Lin commanded, and a red wall of fire pushed towards the opposite side.
As the bone carvings saw the flames approaching, they tried to flee backward, but their slow movements meant they were quickly engulfed by the inferno.
After being consumed by the fire, the bone carvings were reduced to blackened bones, which then turned to ash and fell to the ground.
The entire space was filled with residual heat.
"Why didn't you burn Lamor to ash? That way, he could have been taken back."
The metaphysics professor looked at the ashes on the ground but specifically excluded Lamor's bones.
"I need to confirm something. I can't move him for now. Besides, shouldn't Lamor have a chance for revenge?"
Zhou Lin's words were veiled.
"Captain Bai, I need you to do something for me."
Zhou Lin glanced at Captain Bai, who was still retching.
"What is it?"
Captain Bai looked at him, utterly bewildered.
Zhou Lin whispered a few words in Captain Bai's ear and then sat down to wait.
Seeing Zhou Lin stop moving, the others also sat down.
They began to rest on the spot.
However, Samor, seeing Zhou Lin inactive, took the initiative to stir up trouble. He needed to shift the blame for Lamor's death onto Great Xia.
"Why aren't you leaving? What if there's still danger? What will we do? You won't help us, so why aren't you leaving?"
Samor looked at Zhou Lin, a hint of anger in his voice.
"I don't care about your lives. What difference does it make if I leave or not?"
Zhou Lin seemed to find something amusing. Looking at Samor's expression, he knew what he was thinking.
"You... our people died because of you. How can you say such things now? We were invited by your Great Xia, but what do you mean by this?"
"If we all die on your Great Xia's soil, how will you explain it to Old Eagle Country?"
After hearing Zhou Lin's words, Samor steered the conversation towards Great Xia.
But before Zhou Lin could reply, he heard the students beside them losing their temper.
"Oh, for crying out loud! Have you no shame? You pushed your own technician into that place. Now that there's trouble, you think of us? Do you take Great Xia for fools?"
"Exactly! And you're a professor? What kind of professor behaves like you? Our professors are afraid, but they're more afraid of us dying. You're truly afraid of death."
"Do you think we're blind? You yourself kicked Lamor into that bone carving. You personally killed your own person, and now you want to blame us? Do you think Great Xia is easy to bully?"
The students nearby couldn't hold back any longer, only wanting to teach them a lesson. Did they think everyone was blind?
Zhou Lin looked at the students with satisfaction. Good, at least there were a few students who weren't blindly admiring foreigners.
The metaphysics professor and Guo Liang were very pleased with the students' words. They exchanged glances, a hint of a smile flashing in their eyes, and decided to remain silent.