Killing Insects

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Officer Zhan, who had never relaxed his vigilance, suddenly said, "Huh? Those characters are moving!"

The group walking along the stone-step path stopped involuntarily.

From the tunnel to the Moro Cult's stone hall, hidden dangers lurked everywhere. No one dared let their guard down. At the slightest disturbance, they reacted as if facing a great enemy.

Officer Hu, bringing up the rear, said, "It must be an illusion!"

How could characters carved into the wall move? It was probably just an illusion caused by the lamplight.

Li Bai, at the front of the group, raised his head and narrowed his eyes as he studied the strange Runes on the stone wall. "They really are moving. Let's hurry."

The nearest Runes were still more than ten feet away, beyond the reach of the Glazed Heart. It would be awkward to jump up just to see what was going on.

Still, those eerie Runes, which looked almost alive, did indeed give off an ominous feeling.

Since ancient times, small cults had often been evil cults. To survive among Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, they inevitably resorted to some bizarre, country-bumpkin methods, and they were usually nothing good.

Although the Moro Cult had vanished into history, managing to send a woman into the Western Xia imperial palace, where she gave birth to a young prince, was already remarkable. Unfortunately, the others were not blind. The prince's early death might have had other causes.

Hearing Li Bai's words, everyone was startled and hurriedly quickened their pace.

Just then, several Runes bulged out from the stone wall. Several jointed legs emerged beneath them and gave a forceful shove, completely breaking free of the wall before scurrying rapidly across it.

Where there was one, there were two; where there were two, there were three. More and