I Get A Random New Occupation Every Week

Chapter 3554: Chapter 3546: Snake Cave

The attention of the others was also drawn over.

Lin Yi used the dagger.

Scraped off a little bit of red substance.

With Lin Yi’s clinical experience,

he immediately recognized it as dried bloodstains.

It’s just been too long.

It’s already oxidized to black.

"Bloodstains in a place like this aren’t normal," Zhang Chaoyue muttered.

"What a dog’s brain you have."

Shao Jianfeng retorted:

"If there are bloodstains here, it means someone has been here. In a place like this, the only ones with the qualifications to come are the Chieftain, but the blood can’t be his; it must be someone else’s, or it’s from a corpse. In other words, we’ve come to the tribe’s sacrificial site."

As soon as these words were uttered,

the others also suddenly understood.

At the same time, they got goosebumps.

"This place is getting more and more interesting."

Lin Yi said with a smile:

"Let’s search. There must be something unusual around here."

Lin Yi searched in other areas.

He discovered some dried bloodstains on the way here as well.

But on the way here, their attention was focused on the walls.

The ground was all black, so no one noticed.

Clang, clang.

Ping, pong.

The group was tapping in different places.

They didn’t miss any gaps.

This kind of action continued for a long time.

But they found no clues.

"Stop searching in other places, the clue might be on the door."

Luo Qi’s words,

brought them together.

"Look at the bloodstains on the ground, extending all the way to the doorstep. From this, we can deduce that the Chieftain and his people might have brought whatever they used for the sacrifice, that is, the corpses, to the door."

They glanced up at the stone gate.

"The clue might be on this stone gate."

"This simplifies things. Go and bring the Chieftain here. He must know how to open the door."

"Don’t be in such a hurry," Luo Qi said:

"If even a primitive person can discover a mechanism, we’re not that bad off. Let’s look a bit more first."

"I’ll give you ten minutes. If you can’t find anything, we’ll have to call in someone else. Now’s not the time for jokes," Lin Yi said.

"Understood."

"Chaoyue, come over here," Luo Qi waved and said.

"What for?"

"Why so much nonsense? Come here quickly."

"You guys just exploit my skills."

Zhang Chaoyue reluctantly came to the stone gate.

"Crouch down."

"Damn."

Luo Qi straddled atop Zhang Chaoyue’s neck.

Zhang Chaoyue slowly stood up, and Luo Qi’s head reached over the stone gate.

Holding a fist, he knocked on it.

Screech, screech.

A friction sound came.

The top brick started moving.

One side recessed inward, while the other turned outward.

There was an axis in the middle,

causing the rectangular brick and the stone gate to rotate 90 degrees.

About 40 centimeters high, it wasn’t spacious, but not cramped either.

"Oh hell! What a smell! Cough, cough, cough..."

Luo Qi was choked into a coughing fit.

He even started dry heaving.

"Hold it in, don’t puke on me."

Not only Luo Qi,

but the others also smelled the stench of decay.

The group had all been exposed to rotting bodies.

But the odor wafting out,

was beyond their tolerance.

Even Lin Yi felt his stomach churn.

"Lin Bro, there are bloodstains here too. I guess they threw the bodies in here,"

Luo Qi said, covering his mouth and nose.

"That seems to be it. The stench of blood is also coming from here," Lin Yi said:

"See if there are any mechanisms on the side; we need to find a way to open the door."

Holding back the rotten smell, Luo Qi searched elsewhere again.

"Nothing."

"Come back down for now."

Zhang Chaoyue crouched down, and Luo Qi jumped to the ground.

"I could go fetch the Chieftain, no need to make it so complicated."

"I’m guessing even fetching him is useless,"

Lin Yi softly said:

"They came here just to offer sacrifices to the so-called gods; they wouldn’t know much more. I suspect he doesn’t know how to open this door either."

Lin Yi’s words served as a reminder to the others.

Primitive tribespeople weren’t that intelligent.

The chances of knowing about a mechanism were indeed slim.

After all, their task was already complete.

"Their method of sacrifice was probably just like this, exactly as depicted on the stone slab," Yu Siying said.

"Then, at this point, our clues end here," Shao Jianfeng said:

"The connection between the relics and the tribe ends here, leaving us to explore on our own from here on out."

"Wait, I hear something!"

Lin Yi’s words made the group fall silent.

Not just Lin Yi, the others also heard noises.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

Suddenly!

The group, holding flashlights, looked towards the secret compartment!

They were stunned to discover that over a dozen snakes, of various sizes, were slithering out!

"What the hell!"

Zhang Chaoyue jumped in shock.

"We’ve disturbed a snake den."

In just a moment of shock,

another dozen snakes, eyes glaring red and tongues flicking, slithered out.

Lin Yi suddenly stood up,

leaping high, forcefully pushing the rotating stone pillar back in place.

Some small snakes were trapped in the stone crevice,

and got their bodies crushed.

Even in their dying moments, those snakes bared their fangs menacingly at Lin Yi.

The stone pillar was pushed back into its original position, blocking the snakes’ path.

The snakes that had crawled out fell to the ground.

The group’s actions were swift.

Each handled a few, slicing them into several pieces.

"The boss sure is quick to react. A bit later and it would’ve been trouble."

"Inside there must be a snake pit; the tribe offers bodies to sustain these snakes," Lin Yi said.

"Yes, the so-called sacrifice is likely a ruse. The depictions on the stone slab are meant to have them sustain these snakes," Yu Siying said:

"I remember in Mayan civilizations, snakes were symbols of deity."

"That’s about right."

Lin Yi said:

"But there must be a passage to the outside world behind the door. Otherwise, without airflow, they’d suffocate too."

"If there are other passages, doesn’t that mean outsiders could sneak in from elsewhere?"

"The so-called passage isn’t for humans; it might just be a hole for these creatures to move through."

Lin Yi said this, not without reason.

Previously on the island’s ruins, there had been a similar situation.

Song Jinmin had investigated; that tunnel led to the no-man’s area.

So the situation here was probably similar.

"Over the years, the snakes inside have been sustained continuously. We don’t know how many there are or how large they might be. Blindly going in would be dangerous; we need to handle them before proceeding," Zhao Yunhu said.

"There are two options now."

Yu Siying said:

"Open a gap, let the snakes crawl out, and we’ll slowly kill them."

"The second option is to pour in high-concentration industrial ethanol and knock them all out."