"Damn, how could it suddenly collapse?"

Rick Jones took a few steps back, the narrow crawling passage was completely blocked by rocks, and his companion on the other side of the passage was no longer able to come this way.

"I wonder if anyone will be buried alive inside?"

He cherishes his companions a lot.,It's the kind of character that doesn't want to give up on his companions even when it's a last resort.。

Noticing that Rick was eager to try, with a posture of wanting to start picking up the pile of rubble, Joey, who knew the character of the captain, hurriedly dissuaded: "It should be Rodman who is following me, this guy is grinding and chirping...... I didn't even climb into it when the passage collapsed. ”

"I hope so."

Rick sighed, knowing that it wasn't realistic to pick up rocks.

The four of them looked around, this place looked like a natural cave, the area was not large, there were more than a dozen large and small holes on the surrounding rock wall, the ground was covered with white bones, and in the center there was a pile of 'pyramids' made of skulls, which looked like an altar left after some kind of dark ritual, and it was quite terrifying visually.

"Oh my God!"

Joey let out an exclamation, and the number of skulls on the pile of skulls could tell how many people had died here.

"What the hell is this place?"

"Looks like some kind of lair of a large beast?"

Grylls licked his lips and swallowed.

"Hey, the beasts aren't interested in piling up their skulls to watch."

Joey complained, "And even if it's a beast, a beast that can kill so many people isn't that easy to deal with, right?" ”

Bai Ye switched his concentration posture and began to walk around the cave, observing the dozen or so holes on the rock wall.

You can feel the flow of wind in this cave, the air circulation is good, there is no strange smell, and you can faintly hear a rather faint rustling and 'chirping' sound in the direction of the wind.

"The wind is coming from this side."

After searching for a while, he stood beside one of the holes in the rock wall, the torch in his hand shaking by the wind that had poured in.

"It should be possible to get out here."

The reason why he dared to recognize the correct exit with such certainty was that he had just received the system's 50 Contemplation Stance proficiency bonus.

"Let's get out of here first, find out if there's a way back to the tunnel just now, and hope nothing happens to the three of them."

Rick Jones was the first to enter the cave with a torch, followed by the others.

……

The road behind the entrance to the cave was narrow at first, and it only looked like one person could pass through, and many of the places had to be sideways, but the later it became more and more wide.

"That strange sound has also become louder."

At first, in the white bone cave, Bai Ye thought that the strange sound was caused by the wind, but after walking here, he found that the rustling sound was obviously made by some kind of creature crawling and moving.

The occasional 'chirp' and 'coo' sound is more like the creature's unique cry.

"There may be a situation ahead."

He immediately slowed down and whispered a reminder to his companions.

Joey shrank behind Rick Jones, and Grylls stepped forward, pulling out a military dagger and holding it in his hand, a look of alarm on his face.

"There!"

The four of them quietly walked a few more steps, and Bai Ye stopped and stretched out his hand to point to a raised rock block 10 meters away.

The rest of the group looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a gray-white creature creature crouching on the rock, which looked the size of a child, and resembled Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, but it had a pointed canine head, a hairless head, wrinkled skin, and a mouth full of sharp teeth.

It had slender arms and legs, crouching on the rock in the manner of a frog, its head turning around, and a pair of dog ears erected, as if to make direction by sound.

This is the underground monster described in Thurber's letter. ’

Bai Ye silently took out the [Disciple's Hidden Blade] from his bag, put it on his right wrist, and threw a recognition skill towards the target by the way.

- You've used 'Identification' on the target, and you're observing......

- Observe the success! You've got information about your target.

Name: Ghoul

Health: 100%. Stamina: 70%.

Posture: Concentration LV0, Cautious LV4, Active LV5.

Ability 1: Devouring, devouring flesh can quickly restore stamina and a small amount of health.

Ability 2: Infected, with a small chance to infect the target.

Ability 3: Call sign, when in case of danger, it will make a loud call sign to attract the surrounding partners.

Weaknesses: deterioration of the head, throat, heart, vision.

- Your actions give you +100 Concentration Stance proficiency.

It is estimated that the creature is not advanced, and very detailed information has been easily observed.

"Because you have lived in the underground world for a long time, you have a serious deterioration in your eyesight? Everything else is very average, only the 'call sign' ability needs to be paid more attention to, this monster seems to be a ...... of group action"

Bai Ye observed the ghoul's surroundings, and sure enough, he saw several hideous-looking dog heads hiding behind some rocks.

Do they know we're here? Is this preparing to ambush us in a wave? ’

Rick Jones stretched out his palm, and pressed his palm downward twice, signaling everyone not to act rashly or make a sound.

He had apparently spotted a larger number of ghouls as well, and was going to observe what the monster was going to do first.

The ghoul crouching on the rock seemed to be a leader-like character, and after crouching for a moment without noticing movement, it suddenly stood upright, and let out a short, strange 'hmm' cry straight to its throat.

The ghouls hiding behind the rocks responded when they heard the cry, and they all stood up from their hiding places, and there were quite a few of them, about a dozen.

They landed on all fours, followed behind the leader, and slowly walked towards the four members of the expedition team.

The situation is quite bad!

It is unclear if the ghoul team has spotted the four members of the expedition team, but as long as they continue to walk in this direction, the two sides will meet in less than ten seconds.

There is no need to speculate whether the other party is hostile or not, because the small pile of 'skull pyramids' in front of it already says it all.

So, there are only two choices left in front of the expedition team of four: fight or run!

However, everyone knows what the situation is, and the result of turning around and running away is likely to be defeat, and then they are forced to fight.

Everyone quietly glanced at Rick Jones, waiting for the legendary explorer to give orders.

Rick appeared calm and composed, but his large, furry hands were pressed against his waist, where his sidearm should be hung.

However, just as the ghoul team approached less than ten meters away from the expedition team, suddenly! In the opposite direction of their travel, several gunshots rang out.

Bang bang bang!

The dozen or so ghouls that were slowly moving forward immediately stopped, their ears pricked up, and their mouths let out an irritating 'roar, boom, boom'.

Then, at the loud cry of the lead ghoul, the dozen or so ghouls immediately turned around and ran wildly in the direction from which the gunshots came.

……