I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 180 Bats Attack People
Chen Su reached for the holster at his waist: "Tomb raider?"

"No. They say it's a rhythmic clicking sound."

Xu Ying shook her head, feeling fear at the unknown danger.

Qi Xiao's brow twitched, and he suddenly frowned and said sternly, "Stand against the wall now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground in the passageway ahead suddenly sank, revealing a dark, deep pit!
Then, the walls on both sides began to slowly rotate, and the mural was broken into disjointed fragments.

"A rotating maze!" Qi Xiao pulled Xu Ying to his side. "A mechanism used by the Jingjue people to confuse tomb raiders!"

The ground continued to collapse, and in the blink of an eye, the originally straight passageway turned into a complex maze.

Professor Mo was alarmed to find the compass needle spinning wildly: "The magnetic field has been disturbed!"

Lou Yiqun protected Professor Mo, "How are we going to get out of here!"

Suddenly, a swarm of dark bats rushed out of the dark passageway and flew towards the group.

These bats are enormous, with wingspans exceeding one meter. The dark mass casts huge shadows inside the underground tomb under the overhead lights, resembling colossal beasts from the abyss—truly terrifying!
"My goodness, what a huge bat!"

Everyone quickly covered their heads and hid.

Wearing night vision goggles, Xu Ying remained calm when she saw the swarm of large, dark bats rushing towards her.

She could see clearly that these bats were entirely black, but had the faces of corgis.

This is the largest fruit bat in the bat world. This guy looks very big and scary, but he is actually a vegetarian.

"Kakaka-"

The calls of these bats sound like the sound of a cassette tape.

[Hey, you two-legged creatures, get out of our way! Don't try to steal our food!]

[There's not much food left underground, so get out of there!]

The fruit bat flapped its wings, looking fierce and menacing.

It turned out they were afraid that Xu Ying and the others would steal their food.

"Wait, wait!"

"We're not here to steal your food!"

"Just passing by! How about we give you some toll money?"

Xu Ying quickly pulled Qi Xiao over, took things from his backpack and threw them on the ground: "Canned fruit, dried fruit, everything you could want!"

The stray hairs on her forehead were being fanned and flung about by the large, fluttering moths.

A cloud of dust rose from the passageway.

"Stop fanning me, you'll give me a cold!"

The fruit bats flapped their wings loudly, like a group of restless little clouds.

But when Xu Ying started throwing things on the ground, their movements gradually slowed down, their noses twitched, and their black bean-like eyes shone brightly.

[Huh? What's that smell?]

[It smells so good! A hundred times better than the moldy mushrooms on a coffin lid!]

[It's sweet! It's sweet!]
They fluttered down, their wings folded to their sides, like a group of dwarfs wearing black cloaks.

Professor Mo and the others were dumbfounded to see the restless swarm of bats suddenly become incredibly docile. In the past, when they encountered bats, they could only run away and hide.

A few of the bolder ones approached the food, their pointed beaks sniffing gently, their nostrils flaring, and their whiskers trembling with excitement.

One of the fruit bats was particularly persistent, its claws scratching at the metal lid of the fruit can, making a "clattering" sound. But the can was round and slippery, and its claws kept slipping, so it anxiously spun around in place, its wings flapping like a black whirlwind.

"Don't worry, no one's going to take it from you."

Xu Ying couldn't help but chuckle, and gently tapped the fruit bat that was struggling with the plastic bag with the telescopic pole, "Let me help you open it."

The fruit bats all stopped what they were doing, folded their wings, squatted in a row, and stared at her expectantly, just like a group of kindergarten children waiting for snacks.

[Really?]
[You're such a good person!]

[Hurry, hurry, hurry!]
Xu Ying smiled as she unscrewed the can of yellow peaches. With a "whoosh," the sweet juice, coated with golden flesh, slid onto the ground.

The fruit bats instantly erupted in excitement, like a pack of starving puppies, burying their heads in their food and munching away.

Their tongues are thin and long, nimbly curling up the fruit pulp, and they don't forget to lick the sugar juice on the ground clean, not letting go of even a trace of sweetness.

[Oh my god! This tastes divine!]

[It's much sweeter than the paint on the murals!]

Xu Ying opened the dried fruit bag again, and the aroma of candied fruit and dried fruit instantly filled the air.

The fruit bats immediately pounced, their wings folded into small baskets, scooping the dried fruit into their own pockets, their cheeks bulging as they crunched away, looking just like a bunch of little hamsters hoarding food.

Watching them wolf down their food, she couldn't help but ask, "What do you usually eat in the tomb?"

The fruit bats, while stuffing dried fruit into their mouths, mumbled their answers:

[A mushroom growing on a coffin lid!]

[Sometimes I lick the murals; the green paint tastes a bit bitter...]
[There were also dried dates buried with them! But they'd been sitting there for too long, and they were as hard as rocks!]

Xu Ying: "..."

Even if she starved to death, she would never touch any of the "food" in the tomb.

[Can you stay here forever? I'll do anything for you! In exchange for this delicious food~]

[Now that food is dwindling underground, we often eat only a few meals a day and fly around the tombs searching for food.]
[Ever since that group of people who were digging around in the tomb came, the airflow inside the tomb has changed.]
Xu Ying speculated that the tomb raiding gang dug caves everywhere, changing the cave layout and making the air circulation poor. As a result, the underground plants gradually became sparse due to the reduced oxygen content.

These tomb raiders probably didn't just enter the tomb in the last few days; they must have done a lot of work beforehand, such as digging tunnels and scouting the location.

Now that all preparations have been made, they have begun to move the contents of the tomb.

"No, this place is not suitable for human habitation. We are trapped in this maze-like chamber."

"We'll die if we stay here too long."

Xu Ying began to tempt the fruit bats who lived a miserable life underground every day: "Why don't you come out with us?"

"There are lots of delicious fresh fruits outside."

“You are used to living underground, or you can live in the abandoned nests of some large animals in the desert.”

The fruit bats were thrilled when they heard what Xu Ying said.

When are you leaving?
Xu Ying said with a wry smile, "Right now, we're just trapped in this maze and can't find our way out."

The fruit bats volunteered: "[We'll lead the way for you; we know this place best.]"
Bats can emit ultrasonic waves of 20-200kHz, calculating the distance to obstacles with an accuracy of 0.1 millimeters, making them veritable walking 3D map navigation systems!

Upon hearing that the fruit bats were willing to help, Xu Ying exclaimed with delight, "Then I'll leave it to you!"

The fruit bats flapped their wings, ["Follow us!"]
A moment later, Xu Ying pointed to a narrow passage on the left: "This way! The bats said they can sense the airflow."

The group moved forward cautiously, encountering dead ends or suddenly moving walls every few steps.