I was standing close to Hong Jie and heard her loud scream. I quickly lowered my head to look at her legs.

In the light of my headlamp, through the somewhat murky water in the tunnel, I saw a crimson, palm-sized oval-shaped strange fish biting down hard on Hong Jie's thigh. Her stockings were torn to shreds, and blood flowed out, dyeing the water red.

Hong Jie couldn't stand the pain. Instinctively, she wanted to grab the strange fish and tear it off her leg.

I hurriedly stopped her, shaking my head and saying, "Hong Jie, don't pull! The fish is biting into your flesh. If you pull hard, you'll tear the skin and flesh off."

Hong Jie frowned, looking at me in pain and saying, "What do I do then! Rongsheng, save me!"

Without hesitation, I quickly reached out and pinched the fish on both sides of its gills, putting force into my hand and squeezing hard.

The strange fish released its grip. I pulled again, easily removing it from Hong Jie's leg.

I picked it up and saw that this palm-sized strange fish had an enormous mouth. Even more terrifying, its mouth was full of saw-like sharp teeth, densely packed and gleaming coldly, sending chills down your spine!

Hong Jie was terrified when she saw the fish's appearance, covering her leg and asking in astonishment, "What kind of fish is this? Why is it so ferocious?"

At this moment, Lao Wu also pulled off an identical fish from his butt, holding it in his hand and asking, "What kind of fish is this? Why does it bite people? My goodness! Look at this fish's teeth! It's too damn scary, isn't it?"

Professor Xu, who was standing next to him, leaned over to take a look and immediately said, "It's a piranha!"

"A piranha?!"

We were all stunned to hear this. We never expected to encounter piranhas in the tomb tunnel of the ancient Shu kingdom.

Professor Xu, a true intellectual, said as if reciting a treasure, "This fish has an overall oval shape, with a large patch of red on the lower abdomen. If I remember correctly, it should be a red-bellied piranha, also called a red piranha… But the native habitat of this fish should be in South America. How could it suddenly appear here? There can't be this kind of fish in China."

Lao Wu glared at him, saying unhappily, "Bullshit! My butt's already been bitten raw, and you're telling me there can't be this kind of fish in China? Are you talking nonsense?"

Professor Xu said aggrievedly, "All piranhas are native to South America. We don't have piranhas in our country! If you don't believe me, look it up. I'm definitely not making it up!"

However, as soon as he said this, he suddenly cried out "Ouch!" It seemed he had also been attacked by a piranha and bitten on the thigh.

He subconsciously reached out to pull it off, and I quickly reminded him, "Professor Xu, don't pull it directly! Pinch the gills to make it let go!"

Professor Xu was indeed smart and understood immediately. Following my instructions, he pinched the fish's gills and pulled it off, avoiding a lacerated wound.

But Lao Wu, who was impatient, was too reckless and directly tore off a piranha, causing the wound on his butt to be bloody and raw, with fresh blood spurting out.

The fresh blood flowed into the water, immediately dyeing the surface red. At that moment, the sound of rushing water suddenly came from the depths of the tunnel, as if a large group of piranhas were moving this way.

Professor Xu's expression changed drastically when he heard the sound. He said in a deep voice, "Not good! We're surrounded! Piranhas always move in groups and are very sensitive to the smell of blood! They're coming to eat us! Run! Run!"

After saying this, he turned around and prepared to go back.

But just after taking two steps with his long legs, he suddenly screamed and lifted his leg out of the water, shaking it. I saw four or five bright red piranhas hanging densely on his right leg. The scene was quite frightening!

We were also surrounded by piranhas from behind!

In the blink of an eye, Mei Shu, Hong Jie, and I were also surrounded by aggressive piranhas. They launched an attack from underwater, biting us with excruciating pain.

Hong Jie screamed, "Help! Help! Rongsheng, think of a way! Think of a way!"

Seeing the number of piranhas increasing, I was also at a loss.

At this critical moment, Mei Shu remained calm and suddenly raised a very pertinent question: "If there are so many piranhas in this tunnel, how did Shopkeeper Wang and the others get through? Could it be that they've all been eaten by the piranhas?"

As it happened, I saw a figure floating out of the depths of the tunnel. I swept it with my headlamp and saw a man floating in the water.

Hong Jie narrowed her eyes and recognized him, then immediately shouted, "Lao San! Lao San! What are you doing here? Where are Shopkeeper Wang and the others?"

But Lao San didn't say a word and didn't respond to Hong Jie.

As Lao San approached, we couldn't help but gasp!

Lao San's face was pale, his eyes wide open, and he had already died!

Except for his head, which was still relatively intact, his body had been gnawed into a skeleton, wearing a set of tattered clothes, floating helplessly in the water of the tunnel...

Seeing this scene, Hong Jie's eyes rolled back in her head, and she fell backward!

I quickly swam over and grabbed Hong Jie, shouting in her ear, "Hong Jie, wake up! Hold on, hold on!"

Mei Shu looked at Lao San's miserable and terrifying corpse but said thoughtfully, "There's only Lao San's body here, but no one else's. This means that Shopkeeper Wang and the others successfully got through..."

When Lao Wu heard this, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "I get it! Shopkeeper Wang must have deliberately used Lao San as bait, throwing him into the water. The piranhas were only concerned with eating Lao San, so the others took the opportunity to run past!"

Hearing this, I felt a chill in my heart!

If that was the truth, then Shopkeeper Wang was too vicious!

But something even more vicious was yet to come. Inspired by Shopkeeper Wang, Lao Wu also wanted to do the same.

It just so happened that Hong Jie in my arms had been frightened unconscious by Lao San and was unresponsive. Lao Wu pointed at her and shouted to me, "Boy, quickly throw Xiao Hong into the water to feed the fish! Sacrifice her, and we'll be saved! Hurry up!"

I shook my head decisively and said, "Lao Wu, are you crazy? What did Hong Jie do to offend you? Why are you trying to harm her like this?"

Lao Wu said sharply, "Are you stupid? If we don't sacrifice one, we'll all die! This bitch is a burden, unable to carry or lift anything. What's the point of keeping her? It's better to throw her here to feed the fish, which can be considered a contribution to everyone! Do it now! Don't force me to come over myself!"

I didn't do as he said but pinched Hong Jie's philtrum, trying to wake her up.

In the meantime, several more piranhas pounced on us. Some bit my calf, and others bit Lao Wu's thighs and butt.

Lao Wu screamed in pain, pointing at me and cursing, "You little bastard, quickly throw Xiao Hong into the water to feed the fish! I know this bitch is your lover, but don't let your personal feelings harm everyone! Hurry up!"